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Seven Korean films invited to 2012 Berlinale
By Claire Lee
Published : Feb 1, 2012 - 20:28 Updated : Feb 1, 2012 - 20:28
Seven Korean films have been invited to this year's Berlinale, scheduled for Feb. 9-19.
Among the seven, director Kang Ju-gyu's 28 billion won war blockbuster "My Way" and Jeon Kyu-hwan's drama "Varanasi" have been invited to the festival's non-competition "Panorama" section.
Starring local heartthrob Jang Dong-gun and Japanese star Joe Odagiri, "My Way" was one of the most anticipated films of last year. However, it had a lackluster performance at the box office, attracting 2.14 million viewers, out of 12 million expected.
Scenes from "My Way" (top) and "Hindsight," two of the seven Korean films invited to Berlinale this year. (CJ Entertainment)
Jeon's "Varanasi," on the other hand, is an account of a publishing house owner who ends up having an affair with one of the writers he works with, and his wife who falls for a young Arab man in India. Director Jeon was invited to the Berlin festival last year as well, with his feature-length drama "Dance Town."
Last year's box office-hit "Punch" for director Lee Han has been invited to "Generation 14plus," a competition section of Berlinale devoted to films by teenagers. A cheerful yet touching portrait of a young boy from a multicultural family, the film drew 5.27 million viewers last year.
Heavyweight actor Song Kang-ho and rising actress Shin Se-kyung starring "salt-themed" action romance "Hindsight (Blue Salt)" has been invited to "Culinary Cinema," a non-competition section which features 15 films about food and the environment. The film did not succeed at box office, only drawing 770,000 viewers.
For the festival's competition section for shorts, two Korean films have been invited. Kim Souk-young, a film student at Korea National University of Arts, is heading to Berlin with her school project "Anesthesia," a true-case inspired account of a woman raped by a doctor while under anesthetic. Last year, director Yang Hyo-joo, who was also a student at KNUA at the time, won the Silver Bear Award for her short "Broken Night."
Along with Kim, director Lee Woo-jung's short "Ad Balloon," the winner of Sonje award at BIFF last year, has also been invited.
For the non-competition section "forum," director Kim Joong-hyun's short "Choked" has been invited.
Aside from the Korean directors, Japanese filmmaker Yang Yong-hi, who is of Korean descent, has been invited for "forum" for her feature-length documentary "Our Homeland," while Korean-American director Kim So-yong is heading to Berlin for the same section for her drama "For Ellen."
By Claire Lee (dyc@heraldcorp.com)


DC Research is delighted to be carrying out the Resilient Heritage Programme Evaluation on behalf of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), the evaluation runs throughout 2018 and 2019, and is due to be completed early in 2020.
Resilient Heritage is a grants programme of between £3,000 and £250,000 to help strengthen organisations, build staff and volunteer capacity, and better manage heritage in the long term. The programme aims to support organisations to increase their capacity and capability or to undertake a significant programme of organisational change to become more resilient.
The evaluation will assess the impact of Resilient Heritage funding on increasing grantees capacity, capability and overall resilience, as well as looking at the benefits of the Resilient Heritage Strength Checker. It will include the production of reports and case studies telling the story of Resilient Heritage grantee organisations – outlining their experiences, tracking their story from pre-grant position to final achievements and impacts, as well as identifying lessons for other heritage organisations.


If I was to write a book, it would be presumptuous to think I could write a book and to have it be something that you want to buy and read. In order to mitigate the damage done by my incorrect feelings, I will tell you right now that I am completely without expertise on anything you wish me to tell you about. This is because I am an expert at saying things that, to you, are worthless and not even real because you, unlike me, are a dignified person of class. I could go about pulling you back to the level that I think you are at, which of course is the correct action to take, but I find that I should have sympathy for you who wants to hold on so tight to things that make you feel good, which only consolidates my contempt for you. It is a bad investment for you to buy my book talking about how writers that use real life names and specific movements and relevant causes are worthless books because you actually buy and like what they argue and theorize about. It seems like I have no choice but to tell you that you are a wonderful person, for, is that not why you buy a book?
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Enjoy this chicken dish warm or cold. It's perfect for leftovers!
Place chicken and flour into a ziploc baggie and toss until coated.
Heat a pan over medium heat with olive oil. Add chicken to the pan and cook for 3-5 minutes. Place the chicken into the bottom of the crockpot.
In a small bowl, mix together: sweet chili sauce, liquid aminos, ketchup, garlic, and ginger. Then, pour over the chicken in the crockpot.
Top with broccoli and cashews. Cook on low for 4-5 hours.
Sere over brown rice or quinoa.


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Жан IV (; 15 жовтня 1396 — 5 листопада 1450) — граф Араманьяк, Фезансак, Родез в 1418—1450 роках.

Життєпис
Походив з Дому Фезансаге (Другий Дім Арманьяк). Старший син Бернара VII, графа Прманьяка, Фезансак, Родеза, Пардіака, та Бони Беррійської. Народився 1396 року в Родезі. 1407 року оженився на доньці герцога Бретані. 1418 року після загибелі батька успадкував усі родинні володіння, окрім графства Пардіак, яке передав братові Бернару.

Після того, як не домігся від дофіна Карла покарання вбивць батька, повертається до Гасконі. Тут в Ере укладає союз з графами Жаном III д'Астараком і Жаном I де Фуа. 1419 року після смерті дружини оженився вдруге.

1420 року викупив в Жана I, герцога Бурбона, графство л'Іль-ан-Журден та віконство Жімуа за 38 тис. золотих екю. 1422 року приніс оммаж Хуану II, королю Кастилії, за графство Арманьяк. Натомість отримує ренту в 3 тис. ліврів.

Починає боротьбу за графство Комменж, але без успіху. Водночас відмовився від допомоги французькому королю на півночі держави. При цьому сприяв вторгненню великих компаній (загонів найманців) в Кондомуа, Лангедок.

1436 року вів перемовини з англійським двором, плануючи влаштувати шлюб з королем Генріхом VI. Того ж року брав участь у змові Карла I, герцога Бурбон, Жана II, герцога Алансону, Жана VI, герцога Бретані. 1425 року король Франції віхилив вимогу Жана IV на графство Бігорр, яке передав графу Фуа.

1440 року долучився до Прагерії проти французького короля Карла VII. 1442 року після поразки англійців в Аквітанії переходить на бік Франції. Того ж року відхиляє вимогу французького короля відмовитися від титулу граф милістю божою, подає протест до Паризького парламенту.

1445 року проти графа Арманьяка виступило королівське військо Франції. В л'Іль-ан-Журден Жан IV опинився обложеним, вийшов на перемовини, де його схопили та відправили до Каркассону. За нього вступилися Кастилія, Савойя, Алансон, Орлеан, Мен, Фуа, Дюнуа, але справа Арманьяка було передано до Паризького парламенту. 1448 року Жан IV звернувся до милосердя короля. Карл VII надав грамоту про помилування, але на дуже важких і принизливих умовах. Графство Родез було передано королю як запоруку вірності графа. Практично у всіх скільки-небудь значущих фортецях і містах Жана IV — Лектурі, Гурдоні, Севераку, Бокері, Шодесеге, Капденаку, Катр Шатейері — розміщувалися королівські залоги. Граф Арманьяк провів останні дні свого життя в замку Л'Іль-Журден, де і помер 1450 року. Владу успадкував син Жан V.

Родина
1. Дружина — Бланш, донька Жана V, герцога Бретані

Діти:
 Бона (1416—1435/1448)

2. Дружина — Ізабела, донька Карла III, короля Наварри

Діти:
 Жан (1420—1473), граф Арманьяк, Фезансак, Родез
 Карл (1425—1497), граф Арманьяк, Фезансак, Родез
 Марія (бл. 1421—1473), дружина Жана II, герцога Алансона
 Елеонора (1423—1456), дружина Людовика де Шалона, принца Оранського
 Ізабела (1430/1433- 1476)

 2 бастарда

Джерела
 Charles Samaran, La maison d'Armagnac au xve siècle et les dernières luttes de la féodalité dans le Midi de la France, Paris, Alphonse Picard et fils, 1907, XXI-523 p.
 Baqué Z. Histoire comtes D'Armagnac. — Auch: Imprimerie Brevetée F. Cocharaux, 1945
 Dicks, Samuel E. (1967). «Henry VI and the Daughters of Armagnac: A Problem in Medieval Diplomacy» (PDF). The Emporia State Research Studies. 15 (4: Medieval and Renaissance Studies): 5–12.

Графи Арманьяк
Графи Фезансак
Графи Родез
Столітня війна

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Fun Things, Triple-post Thursday, Us!
My friend Jenna has recently begun sending me various memes and photos that she finds on pinterest via facebook and it seriously makes my day. As such, I will now share some of them with you.


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"There is no substitute for hard work."
September 4, 2015 Dean's Diary - Medical College of GeorgiaPeter F. Buckley, MD
-Thomas A. Edison
Our Children's Hospital… Is Simply the Best
We talk a lot about how awesome you all are and you just keep proving it! Hope you already got this great – and perhaps slightly more objective – review this week but we just had to share and/or repeat. Our Children's Hospital of Georgia has been ranked the highest performing children's hospital in the nation in quality and safety compared with 122 of its peers. The ranking comes from the University HealthSystem Consortium, which also ranked our hospital top in pediatric care for all of 2014. What can we say but awesome and congratulations. In his comments on this terrific honor, our Dr. Charlie Linder, Chair of Pediatrics, talked again about the team effort that makes this, and really, everything we do, well doable. No doubt, Dr. Linder. We simply could not be more proud and certainly this amazing, sustained team effort could have no better cause.
Our Community's Effort… On Behalf of Children…
Our children really are our future. Just last week, we talked about a record $1.4 million in donations for the amazing services and programs at our children's hospital. Well, we are profoundly proud to share this week another amazing community endeavor for children that, through hard work, is also thriving in our midst. Press On, a fund of The Community Foundation for the CSRA, was formed 15 years ago by Stephen and Erin Chance to help fight – and win – the too-difficult battle against neuroblastoma. Their son Patrick had just been diagnosed with this cancer that often starts in nerve cells in the adrenal gland, typically in infants and children. Three years later, Turner and Tara Simkins expanded the fight when their son Brennan was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Patrick died January 9, 2012 and Brennan is in remission. Much like your work at our children's hospital, these families' efforts honor their children and all children. Please see http://pressonfund.org/about/. Who could find anything more pure than that?
Is Absolutely the Best As Well
Just yesterday, these amazing families, now in powerful partnership with Jeannette and Tony Loop, who had lost their dear son Angelo, announced that they have donated $2.5 million to help fund translational studies that will identify much-needed new pediatric cancer treatments and help bring more recently discovered cancer therapies to children in our community. The JANUS Research Group, Inc. (http://www.janusresearch.com/), where the Loops are a member of the executive team, have made a long-term commitment to this priceless effort. In announcing the amazing gift, Mrs. Simkins said, "When you hear there are no curative options for your child, it stops you in your tracks." Certainly that takes our breath and so does the generosity and commitment of these families. Our absolute best wishes for the success of this much-needed new program. Please take a few moments to learn more here http://www.gru.edu/cancer/presson/.
We Are Building… On an Amazing Legacy…
You know, this amazing medical college has such a long, proud history. We came across another piece recently that shows the far-reaching impact of our alumni and our faculty – and the ones who happen to be both. The late and truly great Dr. Hervey Cleckley, a 1929 graduate and long-time faculty member of our school, came to our minds recently with this Wall Street Journal piece by Terry Teachout, see http://on.wsj.com/1FkfrFL, highlighting Dr. Cleckley's amazing skills in describing the complex personality disorder psychopathy, or sociopathy, in his famous work, "The Mask of Sanity." In fact, Dr. Cleckley helped define the characteristics of psychopathy and truly does a beautiful job of bringing it to life in his book. While we could never equal Dr. Cleckley's ability to describe this condition, it most simply means individuals whose behavior is amoral, antisocial and manipulative. We are sure you have also heard of Dr. Cleckley's other famous book, "The Three Faces of Eve," co-authored with Dr. Corbett Thigpen, a 1945 graduate of our medical school and former student of Dr. Cleckley. Wow, see why we can't help but talk about our distinguished past and fabulous future!
Toward an Even-More Amazing Future…
And speaking of our fabulous future, the terrific annual GME leadership Development Program Retreat was held this week. It was another great opportunity and gathering for our residency program directors and coordinators, chief residents as well as our GME colleagues at Eisenhower Army Medical Center. By the by, we are privileged to have some of Eisenhower's residents come here and vice versa. This great group was able to learn more about results of our recent faculty and resident survey, which showed many of our residency programs are exceeding national norms. Awesome! These great programs, in turn, had the opportunity to share their magic with everyone. Our famous Dr. Walter Moore, longtime leader of GME for our medical school and teaching hospitals, gave an update on residency accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. No doubt most of you remember limits this group made to resident work hours years ago. Now ACGME has instituted CLER, or the Clinical Learning Environment Review, Program that ensures we also focus on quality and safety of the environment for both the resident and the patient. We absolutely agree. Our endless thanks for the tireless efforts of our GME Office by Dr. Moore, Candice Henderson, Mary Stephens, Erica Bass and Shawnda Claxton.
And it's Your Hard Work.. That Is Making it Happen
One more bit of just great news about our educational efforts! We are super pleased to share that under the leadership of Dr. Mike Diamond, we are now among 15 institutions In our nation helping train the next generation of physician scientists in obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Diamond is PI for the new NIH-funded Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program. In fact, he has been involved with the program since it started 17 years ago. Getting a program going here was one of his goals when he came to us from Wayne State University as our chair of Ob-Gyn. The program is for junior faculty as well as residents or fellows who have just completed training at locations across the nation or at our very own medical school. Recruitment for the $1.7 million program, which will train two physicians at a time for up to five years, starts this month! We thank Drs. Nita J. Maihle, Ayman Al-Hendy and Lara M. Stepleman for also taking a leadership role in this and many other endeavors.
And finally today, I wanted to share with you something more personal than usual for these weekly writings. I do so because, like you, this man, who I am privileged to call my uncle, made a real difference in the lives and health of so many. Earlier this week my uncle Dr. Garrett O' Connor passed away. Garrett, who emigrated from Ireland and became a renowned expert on alcoholism and addictions, was on faculty at Johns Hopkins and at UCLA, was former medical director for the Betty Ford Clinic, and recently served as board member of RiverMend Health, who owns the Bluff Plantation addiction facility here in Augusta. Garrett was extraordinarily kind to me and I was immensely proud to follow in his footsteps in becoming a psychiatrist and in emigrating to America. My thoughts are with his wife of 40 years, renowned Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan, and his three children and grandchildren.
Sept. 9 – The Educational Innovation Institute, or EII, hosts Career Development 101, 1:15-4:30PM in the Greenblatt Library, Room AB 108, on the Health Sciences Campus, for faculty with primarily clinical and teaching responsibilities. This faculty orientation event offers practical suggestions and resources on teaching, promotion and research. RSVP to EDI@GRU.eduby Aug. 26. Participation fulfills the Preparing to Teach expectation for teaching faculty.
Sept 9 – The university's Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit, "Connecting Awareness to Action," 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center. Keynote speaker CNN Commentator Marc Lamont will discuss "Building Community in an Hours of Chaos: Progress in the Age of Obama." For a complete schedule and registration visit gru.edu/diversity/summit/.
Sept. 11 – The GRU Faculty Club hosts the academic year's first after-hours social gathering at 5:30 p.m., Mi Rancho Mexican Restaurant, 3064 Washington Road.
Sept. 12 – GRU Day of Service, http://calendar.gru.edu/event/day-of-service-2015.
Sept. 12 – MCG Alumni Association Regional Reception in Augusta, 6 p.m., Augusta Marriott.
Sept. 13 – MCG Alumni Association Board Meeting, Harrison Commons, 9:30 a.m.
Sept. 14 – University Senate Meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m., JSAC Ballroom, Summerville Campus.
Sept. 15 – EII in collaboration with the GRU Cancer Center hosts, Career Development 101 for Early Career Investigators, 8:00AM – 12:30PM in Cancer Research Building, Room CN 1102, on the Health Sciences Campus. The primary goals are to orient early career investigators to the multiple, research-related resources on campus, provide practical career development strategies, and foster connections among research faculty. RSVP to Lisa Middleton by Aug. 26.
Sept. 17 – University Senate Fall Assembly/New Faculty Welcome, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Alumni Center Ballrooms, Health Sciences Campus.
Sept. 21 – Medical Scholars Research Symposium, Harrison Commons, 11 a.m.
Oct. 5 – University Senate Meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m., EC-1222, Health Sciences Campus.
Oct. 8 – MCG Alumni Association Regional Reception in Albany, Doublegate Country Club, 6 p.m.
Oct. 8, 9 – Patient- and Family-Centered Care Annual Conference with keynote Allison Massari, an in-demand speaker, entrepreneur, executive coach, and interdisciplinary artist. The conference will be held from 1-5 p.m. Oct. 8 and 8 a.m. to noon Oct. 9 in the Lee Auditorium. For more information call 706-721-7322, email pfcc@gru.edu and to register go to http://www.grhealth.org/patient-family-centered-care/9th-annual-pfcc-conference-2015. For live streaming, please visit: http://www.gru.edu/stream/.
Oct. 10 – White Coat Ceremony, Bell Auditorium, 3 p.m.
Oct. 13 – MCG Alumni Association Regional Reception in Rome, Coosa Country Club, 6 p.m.
Oct. 15 – MCG Alumni Association Regional Reception in Savannah, Home of Dr. and Mrs. Melvin and Roberta Kamine-Haysman, 6 p.m.
Oct. 24 – President Keel's Gala, a black tie event to support GRU and the Augusta Community, at The Quadrangle, on the Summerville Campus. Cocktails 6-7 p.m., Dinner and Dancing, 7-11 p.m. Visit http://www.grupresidentsgala.com/#the-gala for more information and tickets.
Oct. 27 – Town Hall meeting with students, noon-1 p.m., Harrison Commons, GB 1220A.
Oct. 29 – MCG Alumni Association Regional Reception in Valdosta, Valdosta Country Club, 6 p.m.
Nov. 2 – University Senate Meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m., JSAC Ballroom, Summerville Campus.
Nov. 13 – Body Donation Memorial Service, 1 p.m., Lee Auditorium.
Dec. 7 – University Senate Meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m., EC-1222, Health Sciences Campus.
Jan. 11 – University Senate Meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m., JSAC Ballroom, Summerville Campus.
Jan. 12 – Town Hall meeting with students, noon-1 p.m., Harrison Commons, GB 1220A.
Feb. 1 – University Senate Meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m., EC-1222, Health Sciences Campus.
Feb. 25 – MCG Alumni Association Board Meeting, Macon, Idle Hour Country Club, 3:30 p.m.
March 7 – University Senate Meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m., JSAC Ballroom, Summerville Campus.
March 18 – Match Day, location TBD!
April 11 – University Senate Meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m., EC-1222, Health Sciences Campus.
April 15 – MCG Alumni Association sponsors the Raft Debate. More to come.
April 29-May 1 – Alumni Weekend
May 12 – Hooding 2016, location and time TBD.
Have a great Labor Day weekend. You have absolutely earned it!
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Seated Liberty Quarters (1838-1891)
< 1861 25C MS | 1862 25C MS >
Seated Liberty Quarters
1861 S 25C MS
NGC Universal ID: 23TU
Category: Seated Liberty Quarters (1838-1891)
Mintage: 96,000
Obverse Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Reverse Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Weight: 6.2200g
Melt Value: $4.65 (1/20/2021)
Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions (HA.com)
This low-mintage issue is one of the real rarities of the Seated Liberty Quarter Dollar series. Most survivors are heavily worn and/or damaged, with even the middle circulated grades being quite elusive. No Mint State pieces are known, and the spike in pieces graded AU by NGC likely represents resubmissions of the same specimen in an attempt to get an MS grade.
Two die pairs have been identified for 1861-S, with none of the four dies being used in more than one combination. The obverses are Type 2, while the reverses are old Type 1 dies leftover from shipments during the 1850s.
Base $ 350 525 1000 1800 4800 9000 11000 16500 32500 - - - - - - - - - - -
Total Graded: 37
Average Grade: VF
NGC CENSUS DETAIL Last Updated: 1/19/2021 1861 S 25C MS
Base 4 1 4 3 13 2 3 3 - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 37
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total 4 1 4 3 13 2 3 3 - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 37
11% 3% 11% 8% 35% 5% 8% 8% - 3% 8% - - - - - - - - - - -
NGC Registry Score 1861 S 25C MS PL
Base 304 351 665 851 1759 3413 3916 4338 4236 4167 4059 3984 7719 13528 23636 41186 45406 49939 54798 59998 65555 71485
319 455 727 1153 2310 3580 4056 4338 4236 4167 4059 5229 9655 16897 29486 42592 46917 51558 56531 61850 67531 75059
0 0 0 0 0 0 4056 4338 4236 4167 4059 5229 9655 16897 29486 42592 46917 51558 56531 61850 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 4197 4338 4236 4167 4059 6474 11591 20266 35336 43999 48428 53178 58264 63702 0 0
Quarter Dollar Type Set (Incl. 20 Cents) 255
Seated Liberty Quarters 1838-1891, Circulation Issue 77
Seated Liberty Quarters, 1838-1891, Circulated Coins Only 42
Seated Liberty Quarters 1838-1891, One-Per-Date, Circulation Issue 30
Seated Liberty Quarters, No Motto, 1838-1865, Circulation Issue 18
Grade: AU 58
Owner: jlmjjhac


Rail passengers travelling between Derby, Belper, Ambergate and Matlock are being urged to plan ahead as further changes to services are introduced as part of the Derby Resignalling project.
From Saturday, August 25 work will start to replace the track to the north of Derby station meaning trains between Matlock and Derby will not be able to run.
A bus replacement service will be in operation on the route, which also serves Duffield, Whatstandwell, Cromford and Matlock bath stations, until October 7.
Customers travelling during this time are urged to check their journey before setting off as some stations are not suitable for bus replacement services. Therefore, buses will pick up and drop off in other locations.
Work has been taking place since Sunday, July 22 to upgrade the track and signalling and rebuild the platforms at the southern end of Derby station – and now attention turns to the north of the station.
Adam Piddington, customer experience director at East Midlands Trains, which runs the services, said: "It is fantastic to see how quickly the work is progressing at the southern end of Derby station.
"However, there are further changes to services in the meantime and from Saturday until October 7 there will not be any East Midlands Trains services between Derby and Matlock while the track and signalling to the north of Derby station is replaced.
"We understand these changes will have an impact on those travelling throughout this time but we have worked hard with Network Rail to provide the best possible alternatives for customers.
"We are adding extra wayfinding on the route for customers, providing customer service staff on every vehicle and increasing the frequency of services to provide more options for customers. We will also have extra vehicles on standby, particularly for the Matlock Illuminations firework displays.


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Celebrity & Royal Weddings
Royal Wedding Menus Over the Years: What Was Eaten at Receptions
From apps to dessert.
Jenna Milliner-Waddell
Jenna Milliner-Waddell has a bachelor's degree in multiplatform journalism. Her work has appeared in Brides, Refinery29, and The Strategist.
Central Press
One royal wedding detail that isn't usually revealed before the nuptials? The wedding menu. Traditionally, royal brides and grooms hold a post-ceremony brunch (Queen Elizabeth is the typical host!) followed by an evening reception—and sometimes even another celebration the next day!
Below, we've uncovered the details and dishes of royal wedding menus throughout the years—from Queen Elizabeth's to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's! Read through to satisfy your craving for more royal wedding details.
Prince Albert and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
In case anyone was unaware of their sovereignty status, when Prince Albert wed Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother, in 1923, they served dishes named after royal family members, according to Food & Wine. "Consommé á la Windsor" was their soup, "Suprèmes de Saumon Reine Mary" was a salmon dish, "Côtelettes d'Agneau Prince Albert" were lamb cutlets, and "Chapons á la Strathmore," Scottish-style capons. The couple ended the meal with "Fraises Duchesse Elizabeth" (a.k.a. strawberries and cream), which would later become a dessert staple at royal nuptials.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
Darren McGrady, former chef to Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana, William, and Harry, reports that at the Queen's 1947 wedding breakfast (that's the traditional mid-morning or afternoon reception to those across the pond), "Filet de Sole Mountbatten" was served alongside a French casserole. For dessert, the Queen and Prince Philip dined on "Bombe Glacée Princesse Elizabeth"—an ice cream dish made with strawberries that were out of season for their November nuptials—but the Queen gets what she wants! A fruit cake (another tradition when it comes to British royal weddings) was also served.
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
In keeping with the tradition of royal weddings past, the dishes at Princess Diana's lavish affair also bore the names of royal family members. According to the menu obtained by Huffington Post, "Supreme de Volaille Princess de Galles" (or "Princess of Wales chicken supreme") was the main course, consisting of a chicken breast stuffed with lamb mousse. Strawberries and cream were also offered, followed by 27 (yes, 27) wedding cakes, with the official confection being a five-foot-tall fruitcake cake that featured the prince's coat of arms, Diana's family crest, an ornamental "C" and "D," and a flourish of flowers.
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson
Love Food reports that this royal couple's menu included the now-late Queen Mother's favorite dish: Eggs Drumkilbo, a starter plate consisting of hard-boiled eggs with lobster and seafood sauce. Following that came lamb with mint sauce and new potatoes. The meal was finished with the standard strawberries with clotted cream, and the staggering tiered wedding cake, seen above.
Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones
Speaking with former royal chef Darren McGrady, CTV News reports that Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones bucked tradition at their 1999 royal wedding, offering a buffet style meal instead of a formal sit-down dinner. However, Queen Elizabeth arranged for a sit-down meal for herself, Prince Philip, and the Queen Mother. (You wouldn't expect the Queen to wait in a buffet line, would you?)
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Prince Willam and Kate Middleton's menu card from their 2011 royal wedding hit the auction circuit in 2015, revealing for the first time just what the royal couple and their guests dined on during the big day. Following their wedding breakfast of canapés, the pair's evening reception offered dishes featuring U.K.-sourced ingredients. The starter course included marinated South Uist salmon and Lyme Bay crab. The main course, Saddle of North Highland Mey Select organic lamb, was served with Highgrove spring vegetables, English asparagus, Jersey Royal potatoes, and sauce Windsor. And for dessert, the couple enjoyed a trio of Berkshire honey ice cream.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
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While it was rumored that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's menu would incorporate some American fare, their lunchtime reception featured a selection of dishes reminiscent of royal wedding meals past. According to the royal family website, guests were served a number of canapés, including a poached free-range chicken in a lightly spiced yogurt with roasted apricot, croquette of confit Windsor lamb with roasted vegetables and shallot jam, and grilled english asparagus wrapped in Cumbrian ham.
Guests were also served a selection of bowl foods like roasted pork belly, a chicken dish, and a pea and mint risotto. For dessert, the highly anticipated lemon elderflower wedding cake by pastry chef Claire Ptak was served with some sweet canapés including champagne and pistachio macaroons, orange crème brûlée tartlets, and miniature rhubarb crumble tartlets.
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank
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Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank will have a traditional post-ceremony brunch, just like the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but with one big difference: More mouths to feed! The couple has reportedly invited 250 more wedding guests than Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Providing catering for that many guests is bound to get expensive. Hamish Shephard, founder of British wedding planning website Bridebook, estimates that Eugenie's family will be shelling out £100,000 to £151,600 (between $130,000 and $197,000) on high-end catering.
Following the evening reception at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, the couple is reportedly throwing another party the following day—which means, yes, more food will be served. "After the more formal celebration [of Eugenie's wedding] at Windsor Castle on Friday, the Saturday bash will be a relaxed party," a source told The Times. "There will be dodgems and funfair rides, coconut shies, lots of food stalls, loads of cocktails, bloody Marys for the hangovers and a festival vibe."
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Mathematics is a poem. It is a lucid sensual precise exposition of beautiful ideas directed to specific goals. It is worthwhile to have as broad a cross-section of mankind as possible be conversant with what goes on in mathematics. Just as everyone knows that the Internet is a powerful and important tool for communication so everyone should know that the Poincare conjecture gives us important information about the shape of our universe. Just as every responsible citizen realizes that the mass-production automobile was pioneered by Henry Ford so everyone should know that the P/NP problem has implications for security and data manipulation that will affect everyone. This book endeavors to tell the story of the modern impact of mathematics of its trials and triumphs and insights in language that can be appreciated by a broad audience. It endeavors to show what mathematics means for our lives how it impacts all of us and what new thoughts it should cause us to entertain. It introduces new vistas of mathematical ideas and shares the excitement of new ideas freshly minted. It discusses the significance and impact of these ideas and gives them meaning that will travel well and cause people to reconsider their place in the universe. Mathematics is one of mankind's oldest disciplines. Along with philosophy it has shaped the very modus of human thought. And it continues to do so. To be unaware of modern mathematics is to miss out on a large slice of life. It is to be left out of essential modern developments. We want to address this point and do something about it. This is a book to make mathematics exciting for people of all interests and all walks of life. Mathematics is exhilarating it is ennobling it is uplifting and it is fascinating. We want to show people this part of our world and to get them to travel new paths.


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WASHINGTON - No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide.
It was "furlough Friday." Roughly 5 percent of the federal workforce - 115,000 people at six major agencies - were told not to show up as the government dealt with the continuing effects of the sequester spending cuts.
The good news for many federal workers: a four-day Memorial Day weekend. The bad news: no pay for the day.
The across-the-board budget reductions, the result of Washington's failure to work out a long-term, deficit-cutting plan in November 2012, essentially shut down some government agencies, though it had a negligible impact on others.
The IRS, embroiled in a scandal over agents targeting tea party groups, got a day of quiet. Its offices were closed with more than 90,000 employees furloughed Friday, one of five days the agency plans to shut down this year to save money.
A self-employed, small business owner calling the agency's hotline to check on the deadline for second-quarter estimated taxes got a recording saying, "Due to the current budget situation, all IRS offices are closed on Friday, May 24." The tax deadlines are unaffected.
HUD furloughed nearly its entire staff of more than 8,400 employees, closed the agency's headquarters in Washington and shut down about 80 field offices.
That meant no walk-in housing counseling services at HUD offices to help people wanting to buy homes, refinance or avoid foreclosure. The furloughs also created delays for developers and municipalities needing technical assistance or approval of housing projects, officials said.
At the Labor Department, spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said 437 employees out of about 16,500 were furloughed. She said the layoffs were negotiated between supervisors and employees to have the least possible impact on the agency's operations.
Furloughs also hit the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Management and Budget and the Interior Department.
J. David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees, dismissed any suggestion the extra day was welcome news to anyone.
" �Furlough Friday' is a disgrace to our nation," Cox said in a statement. "Let no one believe for a moment that this is some kind of four-day weekend or holiday for federal employees forced out of work without pay."
He called it "a day of shame for the lawmakers and administration officials who allowed sequester and furloughs to occur."
The automatic cuts that kicked in March 1 have had a disparate effect on individual agencies and their workers. The State Department, for example, said it can handle a $400 million cut without forcing employees to take unpaid leave. The Pentagon, on the other hand, decided to furlough about 680,000 civilian employees for 11 days through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year.
President Barack Obama has pressed Congress to reverse the automatic cuts, but many Republicans have shown little inclination to do so. Lawmakers see the broad reductions, recently estimated at $81 billion, as a surefire way to trim the federal deficit, despite the outcry from defense hawks in Congress that the military cuts are too painful.
Congress did step in last month to undo furloughs for air traffic controllers after a week of coast-to-coast flight delays, and lawmakers have found money for meat inspectors.
The furloughs have frustrated many government employees facing several days without pay.
The EPA's decision to post job openings after sequestration began angered union officials who argued the agency should be using any available money to reduce the number of furlough days instead of hiring new employees.
John O'Grady, president of AFGE Local 704 in Chicago, left a protest on his voice mail.
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One of the most important goals of the joint air campaign against Daesh, as part of a deal between Turkeyand the U.S., is to push the terror group away from Turkey's border with Syria.
The creation of a safety zone in northern Syria will give refugees fleeing the fighting instigated by Daesh and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad a haven and allow aid agencies to operate unhindered.
Removing Daesh from the land bordering Turkey will also bolster national security.
Earlier this week, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced an agreement between Turkeyand the U.S. over joint air operations against Daesh.
On Saturday, the Foreign Ministry confirmed Turkey's first airstrikes as part of the U.S.-led coalition. It followed Ankara's decision last month to open the Incirlik air base to coalition aircraft.
Meanwhile, Turkish authorities continue to stress the significance of establishing a safety zone for Turkey's border security.
An area between Jarabulus and Azaz in Aleppo province, across the border from Turkey's southern Gaziantep province, has been under Daesh control for nearly two-and-a-half years.
The Jarabulus to Azaz line will mark the east-west axis of the safety zone, which will be out in place once the international coalition clears the area of Daesh militants.
The U.S. prefers to avoid the term safety zone as the Obama administration fears it could bring political, military and legal responsibilities.
However, in a recent news briefing, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook did not reiterate the previous denial of plans for a safety zone despite being pressed on the issue.
As Daesh is forced south by the coalition air campaign, a safety zone will be protected by air power and on the ground through moderate opposition fighters such as the Free Syrian Army.
The depth of the zone into Syrian territory will be determined by military planners as events unfold on the ground.
The violence and oppression of the Syrian regime and Daesh against Syria's civilian population rages on as the civil war enters its fifth year.
It is predicted that Syrians, looking for a way out, will continue to head north to Turkey as they seek refuge.
Clearing the region adjacent to Turkey between Jarabulus and Azaz and establishing a protected area is designed to provide a home for displaced Syrians.
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The presence of moderate opposition forces will make it easier to provide essential public services and distribute humanitarian aid.
The anticipated safety zone is also an objective of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), a Kurdish-Syrian group whose forces recently seized Tell Abyad, a border city approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Daesh's de facto capital Raqqa, allowing the Kurds to link two areas they already controlled — Kobani and Hasakah.
The PYD — linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is deemed a terror organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU — would link the isolated area they control around Afrin in northwestern Syria to Kobani if they were able to seize the territory being considered for the safe zone.
This would give the group control over the entire Turkish-Syrian border. Other opposition forces, such as the Free Syrian Army and Ahrar ash-Sham, are opposed to the PYD moving west of the Euphrates River to occupy the area as this would cut off their access to the Turkish border.
Turkey, while noting that PYD positions would not be targeted during the anti-Daesh campaign, has repeated its warning for the group not to force non-Kurdish ethnic groups such as Turkmen and Arabs from the regions it controls.
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It's one o'clock in the morning in a dimly lit basement beneath an office block on Hackney Road and the rhythmic wailing of the building's fire alarm is discordantly mingling with the flickering drums and grinding bass of Ed Rush and Optical's 1998 dark drum and bass classic, 'Alien Girl'.
At the edge of the crowd that has started to mass in front of a sprawling soundsystem, cigarette smoke is mingling with paint fumes as a punk girl wearing a black tutu rapidly spray paints on one of the basement walls.
As the siren blares out a raver carrying a torch and wearing a camouflage jacket walks methodically through the tangle of people on the dancefloor, stopping at certain points to gaffer-tape black bin sacks over the smoke detectors that are dotted across the low ceiling of the basement.
Seconds after the final smoke detector is taped up the alarm abruptly cuts out, leaving the bass to swirl through the smoke and paint fumes uninterrupted.
Tonight, this empty four-storey building has been taken over by some of London's most active free party soundsystems, becoming a frontline in the city's war on, what the police call, "unlicensed music events".
Over the last decade, as licensing requirements in the capital have become more onerous and the number of legitimate nightclubs in London has halved, illegal raves have seen a renaissance.
The number of unlicensed parties in London nearly doubled between 2016 and 2017, according to data collected by SCO-36, a Metropolitan Police intelligence unit.
As illegal raves have proliferated, the Met has increasingly associated them with public order and drug offences and allocated more resources to prevent them from happening. In March, the Metropolitan Police released a statement saying it had "renewed" its focus on unlicensed music events over recent years "following the deaths of young people and serious disorder".
This followed statements from Detective Chief Inspector John Oldham, the Head of Crime at the Met's Public Order Command, who said his police force had changed its tactics regarding unlicensed music events in 2015, and started to prioritise the surveillance of suspected organisers.
Covert tools now used by the Met's Public Order Command include online monitoring and the use of intelligence collection officers that are sent into venues. Speaking in January, Oldham said he expected that the ongoing crackdown would lead to a significant decline in illegal raves over 2018.
"I think that we're at the cusp of having a drastic effect on them in terms of turning the corner and making the numbers go down," he said.
But, so far, this hasn't happened.
About an hour after the location of the party is released, the trickle of people pouring in through the gap in the gate turns into a flood.
On Hackney Road, small groups assemble in the streets and lock bicycles to railings before following the sound of thumping bass down a back street and, eventually, through a gap in some chained gates into the building's car park.
Inside the yard a group of people are milling around next to a loading bay – chatting and smoking cigarettes. Others form part of a rapidly expanding queue to the building's narrow doorway.
One girl in a black and white checked dress is wearing a plastic tiara in honour of the royal wedding, which concluded just 12 hours before and saw film stars and aristocracy pile into an ancient building where they listened to Bach, Schubert, and Fauré.
At the door a fiver is handed over and pink permanent marker is scribbled onto each person's hand as they enter. Within minutes, the cold, empty office block becomes a sweaty pit – with a gridlocked throng of revellers clutching balloons crushing into the staircase that leads to the basement.
The crowd ranges from shell suit-wearing full-time squatters with asymmetrical haircuts to bearded accountants and dreadlocked virtual reality tech entrepreneurs.
Ancient, mohawked speed freaks mingle with vegans in hemp robes. There are men wearing hoop earrings and gold-trimmed sportswear. Anarchists, hippies, transvestites, and young, spray can-toting teenagers.
All are united by one thing: the desire to party without being constrained by the rules laid down by a club, a licensing body, or the law.
As the building starts to fill up with people and the party moves up a gear, on the ground floor speakers start to be unloaded from a white van and another rig is assembled.
This is raving stripped down to its most basic elements: big soundsystems, minimal lighting, no searches at the door, no ID checks, no fixed set times, no closing time, and no maximum capacity.
Instead of expensive drinks, cans of beer and balloons of nitrous oxide, pumped straight from a large blue cylinder, are being sold for two pounds each at a makeshift bar.
Instead of bouncers, squat dogs trot about, winding their way through people's legs. Instead of toilets, traffic cones have been wedged upside down into holes in the concrete floor in an area next to the bar that has been partitioned off with a shoulder-high piece of wooden fence.
Above the cones '"Ladies Toilets" has been scrawled on the wall in spray paint. Despite the intentions of the Metropolitan Police, 2018 has been studded by scores of anarchic parties like this in London – from low key events, discreetly tucked away in dilapidated industrial estates to outdoor raves in the city's rural nooks.
There have also been audacious building hijackings, like when rave crews took over the abandoned Coronet Theatre in late January, putting on a party for hundreds of people as police vehicles lined the roads outside.
Nearly all of these parties have gone off without any problems, but not every hastily arranged rave in an abandoned building ends well.
The lack of security at some illegal parties makes them vulnerable to gangs that are willing to use violence to make fast money, and parties can be marred by tragic deaths from drug overdoses. Last Halloween two people were shot when gunmen wearing masks let off semi-automatic weapons at an illegal party in Leyton, and over the course of 2014 two teenage boys died after taking drugs at separate unlicensed raves in London.
The Met says incidents like these justify its ongoing crackdown, but free party crews argue there are just as many issues with drugs and violence at licensed music events, and heavy-handed police tactics often cause more problems than they solve.
In November 2015, when the Met first started to harden its stance against squat parties, one instalment of the notorious Scumoween raves resulted in pitched battles between partygoers and police officers in Lambeth.
A total of 26 officers and a police dog were hurt in the clashes and 54 people were arrested.
Afterwards, both the free party crews and the police blamed each other for the rioting, with ravers saying the police were too aggressive and unwilling to negotiate a resolution. The police complained of being attacked and taunted by the crowd.
The investigation into the 2015 Scumoween cost the Met more than half a million pounds, according to information provided to Mixmag under freedom of information laws. Those behind some of the more brazen illegal parties say the police effort to clampdown on London's rave renaissance is a futile waste of public resources.
"The police may say they are conducting 'intelligence-led operations' - but the truth is they really don't have a clue what they are dealing with," says a member of one of the most active London free party crews, who asked to be referred to as Dave, though this is not his real name.
"One of the big mistakes the police make is that they always want to know who 'the organiser' is.
Dave says his crew doesn't charge people to get into parties unless they are collecting funds for a cause.
On the night of the party in the Hackney office block money is being raised for the Brufut Education Project, a scheme to provide education to children in Gambia that has been supported by several rigs in the London freeparty scene since 2010.
"We're not trying to make money," says Dave.
The world of legitimate clubbing and promotion has been turned on its head by the rise of social media, with marketing teams doing everything possible to generate viral advertising campaigns and "Instagenic" moments.
But in the free party scene, much has remained the same since the late eighties, when the likes of Carl Cox and Paul Oakenfold were making a name for themselves at rural raves on the outskirts of London.
Most illegal parties still use the last-minute release of the location via a voicemail message as a tactic to try and stop the police from shutting the party down in its early stages – allowing the rave to reach a size where the police risk prompting a riot if they try to shut it down.
"Promoters at Printworks or Fabric want the maximum number of people seeing details of their party on Facebook and Instagram," says a member of one crew.
Part of the reason that London is seeing surging demand for illegal parties is down to simple economics, according to the free party veteran and acid techno innovator Chris Liberator.
"Working people can't buy homes. They've got no foothold in any part of London's environment whatsoever - and very little cultural representation."
Chris, who released the tongue-in-cheek squat party anthem One Night In Hackney in collaboration with Dave The Drummer in 2004, says illegal parties can be seen as a way for people to take back part of the city and make it their own - even if it is just for one night.
"Cultural expression does not work within a strict set of rules. At most big clubs now you have to jump through hoops to get in. At some you literally have to bring your passport.
"There are people in their fifties who have been raving for 30 years and they don't want to be literally humiliated when they go out.
"This is not the Handmaid's Tale or some dystopian future. This is a normal London night out. We shouldn't have to go through all this kind of stuff.
"I'm not saying that there shouldn't be health and safety rules. I'm just saying what people feel and a lot of people do not want to play, all the time, by a set of rules that pretty much take the fun out of everything."
As the rave spirals into the early morning the pounding techno in the basement disintegrates into a scattering of broken beats and synth lines as the French breakcore DJ Stazma The Junglechrist opens his set with the track Fluent from his 'Fluorhydrique' EP, which is set to be released on the Houston-based label Defunkt Records. Gradually, Stazma drags the rave into a new dark and chaotic phase, ushering in a chopped-up, reconfigured sprawl of drum patterns and juddering bass sounds.
Upstairs, on the ground floor, a different kind of chaos is unfolding as a mishmash of jazz and Afrobeat oddities are played out. The psychedelic '70s Soviet jazz of Aleksandr Zatsepin smoothly slides into the disco flute riffing of Jimi Tenor and funk drumming of Tony Allen, which in turn transitions into 'Juan Pablo' by South London's new age jazz pioneers Ezra Collective.
The growing strength and diversity of London's illegal rave scene is partly being driven by higher costs and stricter rules at mainstream clubs, according to Tommy, a member of the collective Broken Note.
"London is becoming less and less available for any promoters to do anything," he says.
Broken Note's sound is a relentlessly heavy mishmash of dubstep, drum 'n' bass, techno, metal, and punk rock.
It was originally forged in the squat parties of Hackney Wick 13 years ago and its members have witnessed London's free party scene fluctuate over the years.
"When we first came into the scene there was a lot of techno guys around like Dave The Drummer and Chris Liberator," he says.
Over the last few years Broken Note has taken its sound to clubs and festivals in the US, South America, Australia, Japan and Thailand.
"We've played all over the world at this point, but I feel that the core of what keeps us on track is remembering why we do it and how we started," says Tommy.
"It's never been about making money. We always try to go into the studio with the same mentality as if we are taking a rig into a warehouse."
Manchester-based DJ and producer Gore Tech manages the label Exe Project and says it's the unpredictability that keeps him coming back to the London freeparty scene, despite the risk of police raids and occasional loss of equipment.
"I know lifelong ravers that have been completely put off the scene after a single night when it all goes wrong," he says. "It can be terrifying – people running everywhere and police sending in dogs.
"But I still find it exciting to breathe life into these huge structures that are otherwise abandoned.
"In a club often everything sounds great and the DJ will usually walk away happy with the engineering, but when you are in a building that isn't actually designed for music you get some incredible, unexpected effects," he says.
As pale morning light drifts though the windows on the ground floor, the jazz DJ is replaced by Oliotronix, a female Estonian DJ-producer dressed in NASA overalls with her entire face painted bright blue who proceeds to bombard the room with pounding 8-bit techno via a bastardised Gameboy with enhanced bass and a 3.5mm line out socket soldered into it.
Speaking after the party, Stazma says London's illegal parties often give opportunities to uncompromising producers and DJs that are deemed uncommercial by licensed nightclubs and venues.
"The spirit at these parties is unique," he says. "What I like about the English guys, especially the free party crews in London, is that they come to rave hard to super weird music.
"There is a freedom you rarely experience in London's legitimate clubs," she says. "You've got this huge diverse audience - all harmoniously working together - bringing their art, bringing their sound system, their time, their skills, their effort.
When the police arrive, at around 9am, dozens of ravers are lounging around in the car park in the morning sun.
While the officers negotiate with a small group at the gate they are generally ignored by the huddled groups of smokers and drinkers that fill the yard – some sitting on battered armchairs that have been fished out of a nearby skip.
After around 40-minutes at the gates the police drive away. It seems like a deal has been brokered and the, now very hot and sweaty, party in the basement is free to carry on without interruption.
Outside, conversations range wildly from deranged nonsense, to discussions on the pros and cons of playing jazz at a squat rave, to reminiscences about other parties – an oral history of the anarchic underbelly of the UK's electronic music scene.
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The Corner Laughers Release "The Calculating Boy" Single on May 15
Record Label: Big Stir Records
"charming slice of off-kilter (indie) pop, almost as if Andy Partridge has bequeathed one of his own melodies to them" – Backseat Mafia
SAN FRANCISCO (April 27, 2020) – Urgent, slightly sinister and a bit magical, The Corner Laughers' new indie-pop single, "The Calculating Boy," seemingly fits in a world that has been turned upside down. With soaring XTC-like production and tick-tock rhythms, the song hinges on a spooky vibe sure to catch the ear of would-be witches, history nerds and anyone who feels a bit out of step with the mainstream. It will be released on May 15. The song is off the album Temescal Telegraph, due out June 5.
"The Calculating Boy" takes inspiration in part from the real story of George Parker Bidder, a 19th-century English mathematical prodigy with uncanny natural skills who, as a child, was exhibited around the country by his stonemason father. A gifted engineer, Bidder was also one of the founders of the Electric Telegraph Company, which brought new communication technology to the public.
The song also explores the paranoia of the Salem Witch Trials, inspired by songwriter Karla Kane's recent New England tour, as well as a general fascination with how humans encounter, explore and respond to ideas of the occult and to those who are considered "different."
The album, Temescal Telegraph, plays with micro and macro lenses, connecting detailed personal experiences with the cosmic scale. Expect to encounter bees in harmony, ghosts, witches, environmental apocalypse, fallen leaves, and omniscient vultures. Current issues meet ancient echoes. Moods meander between wistful melancholy and exhilaration. To quote one of its songs, "It's alright to care."
Temescal Telegraph Track Listing
The Calculating Boy
The Accepted Time
The Lilac Line
Loma Alta
Sisters of the Pollen
Wren in the Rain
Goodguy Sun
Skylarks of Britain
Lord Richard
About The Corner Laughers
Karla Kane's literate lyrics and "ridiculously catchy" melodies (Word Magazine) are backed up by the powerhouse combination of KC Bowman (guitars, bass, keyboards), Khoi Huynh (bass, piano, guitars) and Charlie Crabtree (drums). An intriguing mixture of bookish and badass, together they create "rousing, visionary adult pop" (Tom Robinson's Fresh on the Net). The Corner Laughers music has been featured in Old Navy, Victoria's Secret and American Eagle, been played on the BBC and CBC, and featured in The Guardian and Bitch Magazine. Matilda Effect received best album of the year (2015) in Goldmine Magazine. They've performed with Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), Mike Viola (Candy Butchers), and Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding).
Praise for "The Calculating Boy"
"Following in the traditions of bands like Belle & Sebastian and XTC, they mask the ache of their words with a cover of effervescent melodic wanderings." – Beats Per Minute
"one of the most innovative bands of this century" – Hear a Single
By Janelle|2020-05-15T19:40:20+00:00April 17th, 2020|Artist News|


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Political leaders who are at the helm of affairs are responsible for the general well-being of the country. They carry immense responsibility on their shoulders. They deserve fair compensation for their services. However, compensation of leaders of some countries is exorbitant.
Here are some countries where the ratio of political leader's pay to their country's GDP per person is very high.
Top 20 Highest Paid Political Leaders in the World as of 2015:
1.) Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore – $1,700,000
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong takes home $1,700,000 (S$2.2M) every year. The salary is more than 30 times that of an average Singaporean. Between 2008 to 2012, he earned $2,856,930 (S$3,870,000) per year. Following the public unhappiness of his high salary, the PM took a 28% paycut reducing his salary to S$2.2 million (US$1.7 million). Even with the pay cut, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is still the highest-paid political leader in the world. more than enough to buy his favorite luxury car.
2.) CY Leung, Chief Executive of Hong Kong – $530,000
The Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is the head of the government of Hong Kong. At $530,000, his annual salary is nearly 12 times that of an average citizen of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; more than 27 times the salary of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who earns $19,000 per annum, just 10,000 yuan per month.
3.) Barack Obama, President of United States – $400,000
Obama is the President of the United States of America. He is the head of state and the head of government of the USA. His annual salary is $400,000, nearly eight times that of an average American. The salary of the President of the United States of America was doubled during George Bush Junior's tenure.
4.) Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia – $345,000
The 28th Australian Prime Minister pulls in a base salary of $345,ooo per annum, after an increased on his salary.
=5.) Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland – $340,000
Higgins annual salary is $340,000; after taking office he requested that his salary be reduced by 23.5 percent from €325,000 to about €250,000.
=5) Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg – $340,000
Xavier Bettel has been the Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 4 December 2013. His annual income is $340,000. He has previously served as Mayor of Luxembourg City. He is a member of the Luxembourg Democratic Party.
7.) Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada – $296,400
PM Stephen Harper is six on the list with a salary of US$29,400 yearly. Most people will argue he is earning too much.
8.) John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand – $290,000
John Key is the Prime Minister of New Zealand. His annual salary is $290,00o. It is around 10 times the salary of an average New Zealand citizen.
9.) Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany – $283,608
Angela Merkel is the leader of Europe's largest economy. She pulls in an annual salary of $283,608. Many will say she deserve the salary, she is an original architect of the 28-member European Union.
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10.) Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa – $272,000
The President of the Republic of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under the Constitution of South of South Africa. Jacob Zuma is the current President of South Africa. His annual salary is $272,280. He earns around 26 times more than the average citizen of the country. He is currently the highest-earning president in Africa.
11) Giorgio Napolitano, President of Italy – $270,000
Giorgio Napolitano has been the President of Italy since May 15 2006. His annual income is €230,000. A senior shorthand writer in the parliament earns up to €270,000 per year. The annual bill for operating the lower house of the Italian parliament costs as much as those of nations like Germany and Britain.
12.) Francois Hollande, President of France – $230,000
President of France, François Hollande has a salary of $230,000. The president's gross salary, which more than doubled under Mr Sarkozy, took a cut to €14,910 a month from €21,300.
13) David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – $215,000
David Cameron has been the Prime Minister of the UK since May 11 2010. Currently the Prime Minister receives £142,500 including a salary of £65,737 as a member of parliament. Until 2006, the Lord Chancellor was the highest paid member of the government ahead of the Prime Minister.
14.) ShinzO Abe, Prime Minister of Japan – $202,700
The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, is the head of government of Japan. He takes $202,700 home every year. That is around eight times the annual salary of an average Japanese citizen.
15) Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland – $190,000
Sauli Niinisto has been the President of Finland since March 1 2012. Currently the President receives an annual salary of €160,000.
16) Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland – $188,000
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson assumed the office of the President of Iceland on August 1 1996. His annual income is $188,000. The monthly salary of the President of Iceland is 2,048,229 ISK.
17.) Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea – $187,000
The South Korean president took a 1.7% (3,851,000 won) increase to 196,404,000 won (approximately $187,000).
18. Ma Ying-jeou, President of Taiwan – $184,000
The Chinese President, Xi Jinping's salary is just about 20% of what his Taiwanese counterpart Ma Ying-jeou earns.
19) Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands – $170,000
Mark Rutte has been the Prime Minister of the Netherlands since October 14 2010. He earns $170,000 annually. The salary of the Prime Minister of Netherlands is €144,000 (including €7887.24 expenses).
20.) Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya – $132,000
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta took a 20% pay cut, his basic salary is now $132,000 per annum while the former president Mwai Kibaki earned $427,886 per annum. That was staggering 240 times that of an average Kenyan citizen. According to Forbes, Kenyatta has a net worth of $500 million.
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