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Nebraska Jazz Orchestra presents Bernin' Drums
Join the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra for the sizzling start to its 2012-2013 concert season, as it presents "Bernin' Drums," featuring guest artist Bernie Dresel. Percussive tour de force Bernie Dresel has played with Maynard Ferguson, David Byrne, Gordon Goodwin, Ringo Starr and Chaka Khan, and now he's joining the NJO for what's sure to be an unforgettable performance.
"Bernin' Drums" will be held Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at the Cornhusker Hotel, 333 South 13th Street in Lincoln, Nebraska at 7:30 p.m. Featured music will be selected from "Strike up the Band," by George Gershwin, arr. Sammy Nestico; "Get in Line," "Samba del Gringo," and "Count Bubba," by Gordon Goodwin, "Love for Sale," by Cole Porter, arr. Pete Myers; "A Foggy Day," by George Gershwin, arr. Peter Bouffard, and " Don Lee," by Charlie Parker, arr. Mark Benson.
Bernie Dresel Bernie Dresel, longtime drummer for the Brian Setzer Orchestra, has performed with a who's who of music legends. Originally driven to a career in music when his grandmother bought him the Fab Four's American debut, "Meet The Beatles," Bernie began drumming at age 4. During his high school years Bernie supplied the backbeat to the wildly popular local band, Starbreaker. After high school Bernie headed to Rochester, NY to the Eastman School of Music where he studied classical percussion. Upon graduating in the spring of 1983 he moved to Los Angeles.
Bernie has done loads of session work and built quite a reputation as a reliable and brilliant musician. He's played with Maynard Ferguson, Talking Head David Byrne, The Rippingtons and Chaka Khan, in addition to doing a lot of session work. Bernie has also lent his considerable talents to television show scores like Dallas, Knots Landing, Deep Space Nine, Suddenly Susan and many cartoons including The Simpsons and Pinky and The Brain, as well as numerous movie scores.
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Bellamy torches Roosters supremo over ladder reset plan
by Rebecca Williams
Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has lashed out at a push from the Roosters for the NRL season to resume with every team back on zero points, describing such a move as "unfair".
Roosters' chairman Nick Politis has called for competition points from the opening two rounds for all 16 clubs to be wiped ahead of the planned season restart on May 28 to protect the "integrity of the competition".
But Bellamy has hit back at the suggestion, saying Politis was "trying to look after his own club", as the Roosters target a treble of premierships this year.
The fourth-placed Melbourne Storm is one of six teams to make an unbeaten start to the NRL season before it was put on hold. Another four teams notched one victory.
Roosters boss Nick Politis has called for the NRL season to resume with every team back on zero points
The Roosters were among the six winless teams from the opening two rounds.
Bellamy said every team which had won in the first two rounds had earned those victories and it would be unfair to take those points away.
"There was some talk about this a couple of weeks ago and our chairman Peter V'landys came out and said it won't be happening, but all of a sudden it has raised its head again," Bellamy said.
"Your opinion is going to be on how you went in those first two games, I suppose. If you won the first two you want the points to stay, if you lost your first two then you don't want them to stay.
"Our season was postponed after the first two rounds, it wasn't scrapped. I'm thinking if it's postponed then we continue on as we did before.
Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy is unimpressed with Politis' comments. Picture: AAP
"Nick coming out and saying that, obviously he's just trying to look after his own club. At the end of the day, the six clubs that have won their first two games, and obviously there is some clubs that have won one game as well, have fought pretty hard to win those games and I know we did.
"I think (his suggestion) is unfair. You're going to be upsetting a lot of fans. The determination was our competition was postponed …. we didn't say that we are ending this competition and starting another one later on, it was we are postponing our season.
"I think all the messaging has been around we are going to start again from where we have finished off. To me, it's the only fair way to start on the points that they earned in those first two rounds."
Politis believes the competition will be 'meaningless' under current proposals. Picture: NRL Photos
Politis said the competition would be "meaningless" if it resumed over 13 games as it would be "mathematically impossible for the bottom four teams to make the top four".
But Bellamy argued keeping the results from the first two rounds would provide extra time in a shortened season where State of Origin could be played.
"If it's decided everyone is going to play each other once in the condensed season it gives us two extra weeks," Bellamy said.
"Instead of playing 15 games, you've only got to play 13 because we want to fit Origin in.
"Obviously we are looking to get back on May 28, but if it gets pushed back another couple of weeks, then you've got those two weeks up your sleeve."
Bellamy has accused Politis of acting with self-interest at heart. Picture: AAP
Bellamy backed the NRL to make the right call on when the season resumed as the league pushed ahead with plans to return late next month.
"We have got to trust the league there and they will be getting advice and guidance from governments," Bellamy said.
"I'm sure the NRL is not going to do anything that is going to put our players or our staff or the community in general under any sort of danger.
"I'm confident in the administration that we have got that they will make the right decisions."
VIRUS BREAK COULD HELP STORM: CRONK
Melbourne's ability to start fast and play clinical football might give them the biggest advantage if the NRL's hiatus ends late next month.
The Storm are one of six teams undefeated through the opening two rounds of the competition, after wins over Manly and Cronulla.
They are also renowned as the best starters in the competition. They have won their past 18 round-one matches, going undefeated on the opening weekend of the season since coach Craig Bellamy's signing in 2003. Crucially, they've also won their past 16 matches after a week off, dating back to 2016, be it after a bye, representative round, in the finals or at the season's start.
Cooper Cronk (R) believes the Storm's structures will serve them well in an unusual season. Picture: Brett Costello
Also playing into Melbourne's hands is their clinical nature, according to former champion Melbourne halfback Cooper Cronk.
"I think Melbourne and Canberra are positioned perfectly," Cronk told Fox League Live.
"Basically what is going to win you footy games is good defence, high completions and a good kicking game.
"Make the other teams make errors and then you kick on afterwards. And Melbourne has been doing that for a long period of time.
"(They) haven't lost a round one under Craig Bellamy since his beginning. So you would imagine that trend is going to continue." A shorter season should also favour teams who have recorded early wins. The NRL is still to decide the exact format of the schedule depending on meetings this week with broadcasters.
However, it's believed the most likely scenario will be 15 rounds plus some additional rounds for rivalry matches.
An 18-round season, for instance, would likely mean a team could only afford nine losses at the most to make the finals.
And that would place extra pressure on the six teams who have lost both their opening games, including two-time defending premiers the Sydney Roosters. "It's going to be a real mental battle for a lot of teams who are 0-2," says Cronk, who remains on the Roosters' coaching staff.
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Q: Parse date without timezone javascript I want to parse a date without a timezone in JavaScript. I tried:
new Date(Date.parse("2005-07-08T00:00:00+0000"));

Which returned Fri Jul 08 2005 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (Central European Daylight Time):
new Date(Date.parse("2005-07-08 00:00:00 GMT+0000"));

returns the same result and:
new Date(Date.parse("2005-07-08 00:00:00 GMT-0000"));

also returns the same result.
I want to parse time:

*

*without time zone.

*without calling a constructor Date.UTC or new Date(year, month, day).

*by simply passing a string into the Date constructor (without prototype approaches).

I have to produce a Date object, not a String.

A: The Date object itself will contain timezone anyway, and the returned result is the effect of converting it to string in a default way. I.e. you cannot create a date object without timezone. But what you can do is mimic the behavior of Date object by creating your own one.
This is, however, better to be handed over to libraries like moment.js.

A: Date in JavaScript is just keeping it simple inside, so the date-time data is stored in UTC Unix epoch (milliseconds or ms).
If you want to have a "fixed" time that doesn't change in whatever timezone you are on the earth, you can adjust the time in UTC to match your current local timezone and save it. And when retrieving it, in whatever your local timezone you are in, it will show the adjusted UTC time based on the one who saved it and then add the local timezone offset to get the "fixed" time.
To save date (in ms):
toUTC(datetime) {
  const myDate = (typeof datetime === 'number')
    ? new Date(datetime)
    : datetime;

  if (!myDate || (typeof myDate.getTime !== 'function')) {
    return 0;
  }

  const getUTC = myDate.getTime();
  const offset = myDate.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000; // It's in minutes so convert to ms
  return getUTC - offset; // UTC - OFFSET
}

To retrieve/show date (in ms):
fromUTC(datetime) {
  const myDate = (typeof datetime === 'number')
    ? new Date(datetime)
    : datetime;

  if (!myDate || (typeof myDate.getTime !== 'function')) {
    return 0;
  }

  const getUTC = myDate.getTime();
  const offset = myDate.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000; // It's in minutes so convert to ms
  return getUTC + offset; // UTC + OFFSET
}

Then you can:
const saveTime = new Date(toUTC(Date.parse("2005-07-08T00:00:00+0000")));
// SEND TO DB....

// FROM DB...
const showTime = new Date(fromUTC(saveTime));

A: Here's a simple solution:
const handler1 = {
  construct(target, args) {
    let newDate = new target(...args);
    var tzDifference = newDate.getTimezoneOffset();
    return new target(newDate.getTime() + tzDifference * 60 * 1000);
  }
};

Date = new Proxy(Date, handler1);

A: You can use this code
var stringDate = "2005-07-08T00:00:00+0000";
var dTimezone = new Date();
var offset = dTimezone.getTimezoneOffset() / 60;
var date = new Date(Date.parse(stringDate));
date.setHours(date.getHours() + offset);

A: The solution is almost the same as @wawka's, however it handles different timezones with plus and minus sings using Math.abs:
const date = new Date("2021-05-24T22:00:18.512Z")
const userTimezoneOffset = Math.abs(date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000);
new Date(date.getTime() - userTimezoneOffset);

A: The only time new Date() does the time zone conversion is when you pass the time zone reference. For e.g. in the following string "2022-08-16T10:54:12Z" the Z at the end is a reference to timezone. If the object is passing this variable at the end, you can use the following code to get a new date object without time conversion:
const dateStr = '2022-07-21T09:35:31.820Z';

const date = new Date(dateStr);
console.log(date); //  Thu Jul 21 2022 12:35:31 GMT+0300

const result = new Date(date.toISOString().slice(0, -1));
console.log(result); //  Thu Jul 21 2022 09:35:31 GMT+0300

A: I would personally prefer @wawka's answer, however, I also came up with a not so clean trick to solve this problem, which is simpler and can work if you are sure about the format of the strings you want to convert.
Look at the code snippet below:

var dateString = '2021-08-02T00:00:00'

var dateObj = new Date(dateString + 'Z')
console.log("No Timezone manipulation: ", dateObj)

var dateObjWithTZ = new Date(dateString)
console.log("Normal conversion: ", dateObjWithTZ)

This works in this case, because adding a Z to the end of the date time string will make JS treat this string to be a UTC date string, so it does not add timezone difference to it.

A: I have the same issue. I get a date as a String, for example: '2016-08-25T00:00:00', but I need to have Date object with correct time. To convert String into object, I use getTimezoneOffset:
var date = new Date('2016-08-25T00:00:00')
var userTimezoneOffset = date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000;
new Date(date.getTime() - userTimezoneOffset);

getTimezoneOffset() will return ether negative or positive value. This must be subtracted to work in every location in world.

A: I ran into the same problem and then remembered something wonky about a legacy project I was working on and how they handled this issue. I didn't understand it at the time and didn't really care until I ran into the problem myself
var date = '2014-01-02T00:00:00.000Z'
date = date.substring(0,10).split('-')
date = date[1] + '-' + date[2] + '-' + date[0]

new Date(date) #Thu Jan 02 2014 00:00:00 GMT-0600

For whatever reason passing the date in as "01-02-2014" sets the timezone to zero and ignores the user's timezone. This may be a fluke in the Date class but it existed some time ago and exists today. And it seems to work cross-browser. Try it for yourself.
This code is implemented in a global project where timezones matter a lot but the person looking at the date did not care about the exact moment it was introduced.

A: The date is parsed correctly, it's just toString that converts it to your local timezone:

let s = "2005-07-08T11:22:33+0000";
let d = new Date(Date.parse(s));

// this logs for me
// "Fri Jul 08 2005 13:22:33 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)"
// and something else for you

console.log(d.toString())

// this logs
// Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:22:33 GMT
// for everyone

console.log(d.toUTCString())

Javascript Date object are timestamps - they merely contain a number of milliseconds since the epoch. There is no timezone info in a Date object. Which calendar date (day, minutes, seconds) this timestamp represents is a matter of the interpretation (one of to...String methods).
The above example shows that the date is being parsed correctly - that is, it actually contains an amount of milliseconds corresponding to "2005-07-08T11:22:33" in GMT.

A: Since it is really a formatting issue when displaying the date (e.g. displays in local time), I like to use the new(ish) Intl.DateTimeFormat object to perform the formatting as it is more explicit and provides more output options:
const dateOptions = { timeZone: 'UTC', month: 'long', day: 'numeric', year: 'numeric' };

const dateFormatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', dateOptions);
const dateAsFormattedString = dateFormatter.format(new Date('2019-06-01T00:00:00.000+00:00'));

console.log(dateAsFormattedString) // "June 1, 2019"

As shown, by setting the timeZone to 'UTC' it will not perform local conversions. As a bonus, it also allows you to create more polished outputs. You can read more about the Intl.DateTimeFormat object in Mozilla - Intl.DateTimeFormat.
The same functionality can be achieved without creating a new Intl.DateTimeFormat object. Simply pass the locale and date options directly into the toLocaleDateString() function.
const dateOptions = { timeZone: 'UTC', month: 'long', day: 'numeric', year: 'numeric' };
const myDate = new Date('2019-06-01T00:00:00.000+00:00');
myDate.toLocaleDateString('en-US', dateOptions); // "June 1, 2019"

A: I found JavaScript Date Object and Time Zones | Fixing an "off by 1 day" bug on YouTube. This fixes/resets the offset for the local timezone. There's a great explanation to this problem in the video.

// date as YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z

let dateFormat = new Date(date)

// Methods on Date Object will convert from UTC to users timezone
// Set minutes to current minutes (UTC) + User local time UTC offset

dateFormat.setMinutes(dateFormat.getMinutes() + dateFormat.getTimezoneOffset())

// Now we can use methods on the date obj without the timezone conversion

let dateStr = dateFormat.toDateString();

A: Timezone is a part of Javascript. I used the following code to adjust the date according to the timezone.

var dt = new Date("Fri Mar 11, 2022  4:03 PM");
dt.setTime(dt.getTime() - dt.getTimezoneOffset() *60 * 1000); //Adjust for Timezone
document.write(dt.toISOString());

A: There are some inherent problems with date parsing that are unfortunately not addressed well by default.
-Human readable dates have implicit timezone in them
-There are many widely used date formats around the web that are ambiguous
To solve these problems easy and clean one would need a function like this:
>parse(whateverDateTimeString,expectedDatePattern,timezone)
"unix time in milliseconds"

I have searched for this, but found nothing like that!
So I created:
https://github.com/zsoltszabo/timestamp-grabber
Enjoy!

A: (new Date().toString()).replace(/ \w+-\d+ \(.*\)$/,"")
This will have output: Tue Jul 10 2018 19:07:11
(new Date("2005-07-08T11:22:33+0000").toString()).replace(/ \w+-\d+ \(.*\)$/,"")
This will have output: Fri Jul 08 2005 04:22:33
Note: The time returned will depend on your local timezone

A: This is the solution that I came up with for this problem which works for me.

library used: momentjs with plain javascript Date class.
Step 1.
Convert String date to moment object (PS: moment retains the original date and time as long as toDate() method is not called):
const dateMoment = moment("2005-07-08T11:22:33+0000");
Step 2.
Extract hours and minutes values from the previously created moment object:
  const hours = dateMoment.hours();
  const mins = dateMoment.minutes();

Step 3.
Convert moment to Date(PS: this will change the original date based on the timezone of your browser/machine, but don't worry and read step 4.):
  const dateObj = dateMoment.toDate();

Step 4.
Manually set the hours and minutes extracted in Step 2.
  dateObj.setHours(hours);
  dateObj.setMinutes(mins);

Step 5.
dateObj will now have show the original Date without any timezone difference. Even the Daylight time changes won't have any effect on the date object as we are manually setting the original hours and minutes.
Hope this helps.

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In the 2012/2013 season we have made a point of injecting business practices into the running of the Club. The not-for-profit world is very different, but what we have been able to start and what has been successful for us, is bringing a disciplined and a hard-headed approach to everything we do. We've focused on our goals that we set and we have an absolute obsession with results and outcomes. We've made sure that we have the business processes, disciplines and strategies to ensure that we are creating a Club for the long term. A much stronger focus on financial sustainability and accountability is changing the management culture of the Club. This culture change will enable us to perform successfully and to articulate our values and goals to all stakeholders, sponsors and donors.
It costs about $650,000 per annum to run the Club and it takes all members to make the Club great. Representation isn't just competing in a race, but how we present ourselves on the beach, with our Sponsors and within our organisation.
As a Club member, if you fulfil your Club Membership Obligations, you are entitled to represent the Club, and where appropriate, the Club will assist you in this cause.
For more information, download the Club Representation Assistance Policy. If you apply and qualify, you can claim your approved assistance amount using the Club Representation Assistance Claim Form.


Champion Daliena's Loezewytz (28-10-2004), known as Wytske. Her father is (from Germany) Champion Witali von Ramenka; an elegant, light coloured male with an american mother. Wytskes mother is Champion Daliena's Sweet-Katinka. She is a nice mixture of both of them. She is a flirting happy girl, the clown of the household, who has won many prices on shows. She attracs attention with her amazing green eyes.
Daliena's Crema Catalana (15-03-2010), daughter of Int. Ch. Daliena's Djagilevs Yulia and Djagilevs El Marques da Silva. She looks like she is not real but a pluche little toy. I wanted to have 1 more American looking girl to mix with my South-African boy. I can hardly wait to see how she will look when she grows up, and......how her offspring will turn out. I can already see her great coat structure! She is a small, but heavy build girl with big green eyes. Here Catlijntje is 1.5 year.
Daliena's Ellora (23-11-2010), daughter of Ch. Daliena's Loezewytz and Azreal Serafin from South Africa. She looks a lot like her father. For me she has an australian look, mixed with the cats I had a long time before in my pedigrees. She has a medium light coat and a naughty face. I love her "eyeliner".


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Billboard Honors Katy Perry; Adele to Sing Next Bond Film Theme Song
U.S. singer Katy Perry at the European Premiere of her film "Part of Me" in London, July 3, 2012.
Katy Perry has been chosen as Billboard's Woman of the Year. The award recognizes "achievements of a trailblazing female recording artist over the past 12 months, and acknowledges her overall success in the music business and her leadership in embracing the changing industry." Billboard's editorial director Bill Werde says, "Katy Perry broke into the industry not even five years ago and has already accomplished more than most artists can hope for in an entire career. …With what seems like a never-ending supply of record-breaking, chart-topping hits, coupled with her unique and fresh style, Katy Perry is hands-down one of the most exciting and inspiring artists in the industry today." Katy will receive the award on November 30 at the 2012 Billboard Women in Music event in New York City.
Adele Tapped to Sing Next Bond Theme Song
Singer Adele poses on arrival at the 2011 MTV Vide
Singer Adele poses on arrival at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, August 28, 2011.
British pop star Adele will sing the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film Skyfall. The Skyfall soundtrack is set for release on November 6 and the movie will be in theaters on November 9. Artists who have recorded Bond themes over the years include Carly Simon, Alicia Keys & Jack White, Madonna, Shirley Bassey, Paul McCartney & Wings, and Sheena Easton.
Pink Back on Top of Billboard Album Chart
Pink is a Mom; Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' a Best
Pop star Pink (file photo)
This week, Pink earns her first Number One album on the Billboard 200 chart with her sixth studio collection, The Truth About Love. The album sold more than 280,000 copies in the U.S. its first week of release, making it the third highest-selling debut this year. The Truth About Love also debuted at Number One in Australia, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Canada and Switzerland. The album's debut single, "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)," holds at Number 5 on this week's Hot 100 chart.
This week's other Top 10 entries on the Billboard 200 chart include "Kanye West Presents GOOD Music Cruel Summer" by various artists (Number 2), "Battle Born" by The Killers (Number 3), "Kiss" by Carly Rae Jepsen (Number 6), "Shields" by Grizzly Bear (Number 7) and "The Sound of the Life of the Mind" by Ben Folds Five (Number 10).
Lil Wayne to Open Skateboard Park
Recording artist Lil Wayne talks during an intervi
Recording artist Lil Wayne talks during an interview at the opening of a new skateboard park he helped finance along with Glu Agency and Mountain Dew, in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Sept. 26, 2012.
Lil Wayne charts his 109th song on the Hot 100 chart this week. He now surpasses Elvis Presley's record of 108 charted singles. The only act with more entries on the Hot 100 chart is the cast to the hit television series Glee, which has posted 204 songs. In other Lil Wayne news, on October 1, the rapper will open a skateboarding park in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. That section of the city was devastated by 2005's Hurricane Katrina. "I just want to help out my city, help out the people and the kids, give them something to do, something they haven't done before," Lil Wayne told the Associated Press. "It's always good to learn something new."
Kenny Rogers Autobiography Hits Book Stores
Kenny Rogers' first-ever autobiography, Luck or Something Like It, was released on October 2. The memoir covers everything from growing up in poverty in Houston, Texas to his rise to international fame and legendary 50-year career in music. Kenny will promote the release with a seven-city book tour, which begins in New Jersey on October 2.
New Album Releases / October 2:
"The 2nd Law" by Muse, "Glad Rag Doll" by Diana Krall
"Sticks & Stones" by Cher Lloyd
"Born To Sing: No Plan B" by Van Morrison
"Songs From The Silver Screen" by Jackie Evancho
"Fanatic" by Heart, "Paradise" by Cody Simpson
"Gold Dust" by Tori Amos, "Sugaring Season" by Beth Orton
"Glad All Over" by The Wallflowers
"Transit of Venus" by Three Days Grace
"Kaleidoscope Dream" by Miguel
"Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City" by Kendrick Lamar
"Now For Plan A" by Tragically Hip
"Free The Music" by Jerrod Niemann
"Sing The Delta" by Iris Dement, "Gospel Gems"
The Oak Ridge Boys and "Cheers, It's Christmas" by Blake Shelton
Music Events/Festivals/Benefits:
A benefit concert to help support the legacy of The Band's late vocalist and drummer Levon Helm will be held in East Rutherford, New Jersey on October 3. Among the artists appearing at the "Love For Levon" concert are Roger Waters, Gregg Allman, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Bruce Hornsby, Mavis Staples and John Mayer. Proceeds will help Helms' estate keep ownership of his home, barn and studio.
On October 5, the 2nd annual Johnny Cash Music Festival will take place in Jonesboro, Arkansas. This year's performers include Dierks Bentley, Cash's daughter Rosanne Cash, the Civil Wars and Willie Nelson. Proceeds from the event will fund the restoration of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home in Dyess, Arkansas and a scholarship fund established in the late singer's name. Cash's son, John Carter Cash, said, "I'm very excited about this year's event, and I know that it will benefit a great area and a lot of great people. Dyess is an area that really needs help."
Star Birthdays
On September 30, pop singer Johnny Mathis celebrated his 77th birthday. In 1957, the San Francisco native recorded his biggest hit and only solo Number One song, "Chances Are." Mathis reached the top of the charts again in 1978 with "Too Much Too Little Too Late," a duet with Deniece Williams. His greatest hits album, released in 1958, stayed on the Billboard chart for seven years. In 1996, Mathis celebrated his 40th anniversary in music with the album, "All About Love." For his 1998 CD, "Because You Loved Me," he recorded some of his favorite love songs. In 2003, Mathis received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His 2005 album, "Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album," contains pop standards by Rogers & Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Lerner & Lowe, Harold Arlen, and others. In 2008, Mathis recorded "A Night To Remember," which features such guests as Yolanda Adams, Dave Koz, Gladys Knight and Kenny G. Mathis covers Country classics on his latest album, "Let It Be Me - Mathis In Nashville." He recently had hip replacement surgery, which forced him to postpone concerts through mid-October. He'll resume his 2012 tour dates on October 26.
On October 2, Sting turned 61. Born Gordon Sumner, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist performed with the British rock band The Police from 1976 to 1983. Since then, he has recorded several solo albums and is actively involved in various environmental and humanitarian causes, including Amnesty International and efforts to save the tropical rainforests. His first live album in 15 years, "All This Time," came out in 2001. The following year, he received an Emmy Award for his television special, "A&E In Concert: Sting In Tuscany … All This Time." He dedicated the award to his late friend Timothy White (Billboard magazine editor-in-chief), who died of a heart attack in June 2002. In 2003, Sting received a Century Award, Billboard's highest honor for creative achievement. In 2007 and 2008, the Police performed a worldwide reunion tour. Sting's 2009 album, "If On A Winter's Night," contains traditional songs, carols and lullabies of the British Isles, plus two original songs. In 2010, he released his tenth and latest album, "Symphonicities," in conjunction with a concert tour of the same name. He's backed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on the album, which features symphonic versions of his popular hits.
On October 2, singer Don McLean celebrated his 67th birthday. In 1971, McLean recorded the Number One single "American Pie," which he wrote as a tribute to the late Buddy Holly. The song remained at the top of the chart for four weeks. Ten years later, McLean scored a Top Five hit with the Roy Orbison tune "Crying." In 1997, he joined Garth Brooks on stage in New York's Central Park to perform a duet version of "American Pie." McLean released two studio albums in 2003 - "The Western Album" and the children's collection, "You've Got To Share." Also released that year was a re-issue of "American Pie," which includes two additional tracks from the original studio sessions. In 2004, McLean was inducted into the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriters' Hall of Fame. McLean's 2005 release, "Rearview Mirror: An American Musical Journey," includes his biggest hits, plus some rare and never-before-heard tracks from his personal archive. McLean visited the Voice of America on September 14 to appear on Larry London's live music show "Border Crossings." He talked about his legendary career and CD and DVD, "American Troubadour." On October 19, he'll take his 40th anniversary tour to Europe.
Singer and actress Ashlee Simpson celebrates her 28th birthday on October 3. The younger sister of Jessica Simpson recorded her Number One debut album, "Autobiography," in 2004. Its biggest hit was the Top 5 single "Pieces of Me." Later that year, she was criticized for lip-synching on "Saturday Night Live." In 2005, Ashlee rebounded with her second chart-topping album, "I Am Me," which produced the chart hits "Boyfriend" and "L.O.V.E." Her latest album is 2008's "Bittersweet World." Ashlee married Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz in 2008. She gave birth to their son, Bronx Mowgli Wentz, in November 2008. Ashlee and Pete divorced in November 2011. Simpson will appear in the 2013 film "Pawn Shop Chronicles." She's also working on her fourth studio album, which she describes as having both a rock/pop and dance feel.
On October 3, Gwen Stefani of the rock group No Doubt turns 43. No Doubt broke onto the music scene in 1995 with the album "Tragic Kingdom." By 1999, the collection had surpassed sales of 10 million copies in the U.S. That was followed by "Return To Saturn" in 2000 and "Rock Steady" in 2001. Gwen married Gavin Rossdale, leader of the rock band Bush, in 2002. Her 2004 debut solo album, "Love, Angel, Music, Baby," featured the hits "Rich Girl," "What You Waiting For" and "Hollaback Girl." Also in 2004, Gwen launched her own LAMB clothing line and made her film debut in Martin Scorcese's "Aviator." In 2006, Gwen gave birth to her first son, Kingston. Later that same year, her second solo album, "The Sweet Escape," was released. Gwen and Gavin welcomed their second son, Zuma, in 2008. Last year, Gwen launched her Harakuju Mini children's line of clothing. On September 25, No Doubt released its first album in 11 years, "Push and Shove."
On October 3, South Carolina native Chubby Checker (real name Ernest Evans) will turn 71. Checker is nicknamed "The King of the Twist." His best-known song, "The Twist," appeared on the charts and reached Number One twice. It spent 18 weeks on the list in 1960 and another 21 weeks in 1961. Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is the only other song in history to re-enter the pop charts and return to the Number One position. In 2007, Chubby released the new single "Knock Down the Walls," which became a hit on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. In 2008, Billboard magazine named "The Twist" the biggest chart hit of all time. Now celebrating his 50th year in music, Chubby still performs concerts and also has his own line of food products.
Country singer Heidi Newfield will celebrate her 42nd birthday on October 4. Heidi performed in the Country trio Trick Pony from 1996 to 2006. The band's hits included "Pour Me," "On A Night Like This" and their cover of the Bonnie Tyler classic "It's A Heartache." In 2007, Heidi was signed to Curb Records, which released her debut solo album, "What Am I Waiting For." The album produced the Top 20 hit "Johnny & June." ("Johnny & June" CDP-33921)
2006 American Idol winner Taylor Hicks turns 36 on October 6. Taylor was born in Birmingham, Alabama and spent ten years working toward a career in music. After winning the "American Idol" title in May 2006, he was signed to Arista Records. The label released his self-titled album in November 2006. Its first single, "Do I Make You Proud," debuted at Number One on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. In 2007, Random House published Taylor's memoir, "Heart Full of Soul." The following year, he was dropped from Arista Records. In 2008, Taylor released the compilation album "Early Works," which includes songs from the two CDs he recorded before appearing on "American Idol." In 2009, Taylor released his latest album, "The Distance," on his own Modern Whomp Records label. He recently extended his show at Bally's Las Vegas for another year.
Awards Presentations / Winners
Juan Luis Guerra leads the nominees for the 2012 Latin Grammy Awards. The Dominican singer's six nominations include Record of the Year for "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital." Following close behind with five nods is Mexican pop duo Jesse & Joy. Ricardo Arjona, Edgar Barrera, Juanes, Carla Morrison, Arturo Sandoval, Ivete Sangalo and Caetano Veloso each earned four nominations. The 13th annual Latin Grammy Awards will be handed out in Las Vegas on November 15. (Complete list of nominees available at www.latingrammy.com.)
Look Who's Going On Tour!
On October 3, Country singer Luke Bryan will begin his fourth annual "Farm Tour" in Claxton, Georgia. He'll perform eight shows in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Florida through October 13. The four-year run of Luke's "Farm Tour" has provided 20 scholarships to students of farming families. During the past year, Luke has scored three consecutive million-selling singles from his latest album, "Tailgates & Tanlines." The album is nominated for the Country Music Association's 2012 Album of the Year Award. He's also up for Male Vocalist of the Year.
Kix Brooks Goes Solo on 'New To This Town'
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Alabama Shakes, Gillian Welch and The Civil Wars all took home trophies when the 11th Americana Honors and Awards were given out in Nashville
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Two Years After Pulling Back, Gilt City Moves Ahead
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Following a retrenchment, Gilt City is growing again. Street Fight caught up with Steven Schneider, the president and general manager at the local shopping site, to talk about the evolution of local commerce, the business of curation, and the changing relationship between ecommerce and brick-and-mortar marketplaces for retailers…
Case Study: For NYC Nightlife Group, Adding Restrictions Increases Deal Profitability
July 11, 2013 July 10, 2013 by Stephanie Miles	Share this
As the marketing director for The Lure Group, Kelly Bruce isn't afraid to try new digital platforms on for size. Over the years, she's worked with dozens of hyperlocal vendors, including Foursquare, Yelp, Gilt City, Grouper, Scoutmob, and HowAboutWe. "We're doing all these different experience packages to bring in a new audience who might not be familiar with the venues," said Bruce. "Every couple of weeks, we reach new people."
Street Fight Daily: Gilt City Names New Head, Facebook Courts SMBs
August 10, 2012 August 10, 2012 by The Editors	Share this
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Sarah Chubb, Former President Of Conde Nast Digital, Is Now President Of Gilt City (SAI)… Facebook Courts Small Business Dollars With Easy Social Ad Campaign Creation (TechCrunch)… Reid Hoffman: Groupon Made Multiple Missteps While Going Public (PandoDaily)…
6 Deal Platforms For Targeting Upscale Customers
March 8, 2012 March 8, 2012 by Stephanie Miles	Share this
As businesses continue to search for ways to target the type of clientele that can afford to pay full-price for their products and services, more and more are turning toward deal platforms with "upscale" and "affluent" subscribers as a solution…
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February 3, 2012 February 3, 2012 by The Editors	Share this
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Mobile Ad Network Mojiva Reaches 1 Billion Devices (TechCrunch)…
Gilt City Gets New Look — Providers Members with Improved Shopping Experience (Daily Deal Media)…
Lesson From Gilt: Consolidation Means Growing Up for Daily Deals
January 25, 2012 by Steven Jacobs	Share this
Gilt City's retreat points to a larger systemic issue for the deals space in 2012. With venture investment in the space waning, access to the type of funding necessary to scale the capital-intensive sales efforts is becoming much more difficult — and the potential for a relative newcomer to achieve Groupon or LivingSocial-like growth seems a lot less likely…
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Gilt Groupe Cuts Include 10 Percent of Employees and Two Executives (AllThingsD)…
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Will Patch's Fate Foretell the Future of Local Online News? Hardly (Knight Digital Media Center)…
Gilt City's City Unlisted: Merging Commerce and Content
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Gilt City, the group-buying offshoot of luxury commerce brand Gilt Groupe, has — among other things — built its business on developing a strong editorial voice mostly through the selection and presentation of its offers. In May, however, the company launched an under-the-radar beta project called City Unlisted to experiment with an alternative approach to pairing content and commerce…
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AOL's Armstrong Talks Patch Strategy in Q3 Earnings Call (PaidContent)
"When you talk to major auto makers, half goes into local and regional," Armstrong said, saying that AOL will also be aiming more heavily at local retailers as the company works to make Patch profitable. Armstrong didn't provide any clearer sense, however, when Patch would be evenly profitable, as opposed to the expectation that some parts of the network will do more than break even by the end of the year…
Groupon's IPO Is Coming — But How Much Is It Really Worth? (GigaOm)
Colleen Taylor: It's been a long and winding road, but Groupon is set to hold its initial public offering on the stock market any day now, with several reports saying the IPO will take place by week's end. It will be interesting to see just how high Groupon goes once it actually hits the public market…
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Gilt City Picks Up BuyWithMe at a Discount (AllThingsD)
The daily deals site operated by fashion and luxury online retailer Gilt Groupe, has acquired daily deals company BuyWithMe. Gilt will be purchasing BuyWithMe's assets, including its member and vendor lists, as well as some of its technology…
Cachet, Not Cash Fuels NYT's Local Team-Ups (NetNewsCheck)
The New York Times' local partnerships with the Bay Citizen, the Texas Tribune and the Chicago News Cooperative have been a boon to the legitimacy nonprofit sites and their missions to raise the level of local journalism in their markets. But some acknowledge that weighing the Times' needs against their own can be a challenge…
Google is collaborating with discount luxury network Gilt City as it looks to expand its Google Offers deals service. The partnership comes as the search giant has been adding a number of new coupon features and retailers to its mobile payments product, Google Wallet. (PaidContent)…
The Guardian is testing a new hyperlocal service called "n0tice," which is an attempt to create a publishing platform based on location — and it uses the metaphor of a community noticeboard to get there. (GigaOm)…
October 3, 2011 October 3, 2011 by David Hirschman	Share this
Loopt has been allowed its first patent, and it could be a big one. In layman's terms, the patent describes using your location to display relevant ads and offers on top of a map, as an interstitial, or as a text ad — another claim also discusses displaying where your friends are on the same map. (TechCrunch)…
A basic contradiction at the heart of the daily deals industry on the Internet has become apparent. Consumers have been told: You will never pay full price again. The merchants were hearing: You are going to get new customers who will stick around and pay full price. Disappointment was inevitable. (New York Times)…
Gilt City's Richardson: Aiming Offers at the Local Elite
July 25, 2011 January 25, 2012 by David Hirschman	Share this
Most online ventures aimed at local markets tend to cast a wide net — targeting content or offers to a wide swath of consumers based solely on their location, and pulling sponsors and advertisers from local merchants. Gilt City, the localized offers arm of Gilt Groupe, has taken another route, targeting only the very wealthiest consumers in a handful of around the country with pricey-and-luxurious member offers and and events (featuring brands that aren't necessarily local in nature)…
Announcing Street Fight's First Annual Hyperlocal Industry Summit
July 11, 2011 August 17, 2011 by David Hirschman	Share this
Street Fight is proud to announce our first annual industry summit, which will bring together leading minds from across the hyperlocal industry on October 25th-26th in New York City. Participants will include top executives from Patch, Topix, Fwix, Yipit, Gilt City and many more. Buy your ticket before July 31 and save $200!
Gilt City Takes Facebook Further
July 8, 2011 July 8, 2011 by The Editors	Share this
Last spring, an intriguing New York Magazine profile discussed some of the challenges Gilt Groupe faced as it grew bigger and more popular. Among them was the loss of its aura of exclusivity and community. At the very end of the article was revealed a long-term strategy…
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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups…
Gilt City, the local daily deals counterpart of high-end flash sales site Gilt, has established a private loyalty rewards program using Facebook Groups. (Mashable)…
Foursquare released a new feature yesterday: Notifications. Unlike the push notifications for check-ins you're used to seeing on the Foursquare mobile apps, these new Notifications focus on other activities on Foursquare "beyond the check-in." (TechCrunch)…
Making Deals More Relevant
June 29, 2011 June 29, 2011 by Steven Jacobs	Share this
In considering the future of daily deals and group buying, one theme that keeps coming up is the idea that increasingly sophisticated targeting (and thus relevance) will, over time, make the deals proposition better for both merchants and consumers. As with traditional advertising, the better targeted a deal is for a consumer's preferences and geo-location, the better value the promotion is for the merchant who runs it…
For a Couture Cookie Shop, Branding Is Everything
June 14, 2011 January 25, 2012 by Stephanie Miles	Share this
At Cookie Couture in Miami, co-owner Jael Toledo is careful about the image she projects. Together with her sister and business partner Cindy Toledo, Jael has eschewed more well-known daily deal sites in favor of "high-end" niche sites like Gilt City and DailyCandy Deals as a way to position Cookie Couture as South Florida's premiere purveyor of chic baked goods.
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The Louisville Medical Institute was a medical school founded in 1837 in Louisville, Kentucky. It would be merged with two other colleges into the University of Louisville in 1846 and is considered the ancestor of the university's present day medical school.

The LMI was begun due to a faculty rivalry at Lexington's Transylvania University medical school, and was established by three defectors, most notably Charles Caldwell. Many of its faculty were among the best doctors in the region, and the school grew quickly, drawing students from Kentucky and several other states. The city of Louisville built the school a new building located at the present day intersection of 8th and Chestnut Streets.

In 1846, the Kentucky General Assembly merged the LMI, along with rival medical school the Louisville Collegiate Institute and a newly created law school, into the University of Louisville.

References
 Encyclopedia of Louisville, p 561.

Further reading

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University of Louisville
Educational institutions established in 1837
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Church of Our Saviour or COOS is a church in Queenstown, Singapore, which began as a mission in the 1950s along Alexandra Road and has since grown into a megachurch with a weekly attendance of approximately 4,500. While it is a parish within the mainline Anglican church, COOS is known for its contemporary worship services and charismatic practices like speaking in tongues, faith healing and deliverance.

The church is known for its ex-gay ministry Choices, a group formed by Sy Rogers of Exodus International in 1991 to offer conversion therapy of a religious nature.

In 2009, a group of women associated with the church engineered a takeover of the Association of Women for Action and Research, alleging that the feminist group was harbouring and pushing a "pro-gay agenda". They were eventually voted out at an Extraordinary General Meeting.

COOS is currently led by Senior Pastor Daniel Wee.

Vision

Church of Our Saviour defines its vision as, "Making people powerful in God. Restoring destinies. Transforming communities." Missions to foreign lands are hosted and conducted, with an emphasis on cultural sensitivity for relevancy. The beliefs of the church are defined as:

 God
 Jesus Christ
 Holy Spirit
 The Bible
 Salvation
 The Church

Choices

Choices is a ministry established by Church of Our Saviour in 1991, with the purpose of assisting people "who struggle with homosexuality recover their God-intended sexual identity. In overcoming same-sex attractions, clients are empowered to take responsibility in maintaining moral and relational wholeness." Essentially a sexual orientation conversion therapy of a religious nature, Choices uses the instrument of a safe for self-disclosure, self-discovery, change and growth, to achieve its purpose. It also emphasises on having a nurturing environment and network to support the conversion, so as to "discover life beyond the control of homosexuality."

To project a scientific basis for its beliefs on homosexuality, Church of Our Saviour, in November 2007, includes in its website a self-prepared document, which is a summation of various documents that speak against homosexuality as being a genetic trait.

The document mentions clearly its position is established firmly based on the Christian belief that God abhors homosexuality. It also states that Choices has effectively converted homosexuals, though it offers no numbers or statistics on its website. The website showcases several testimonies from individuals who previously subscribed to the homosexual lifestyle and claim to have found healing with the help of Choices ministry.

Controversies

Treatment at Choices ministry

While both Church of Our Saviour and Choices ministry offer no reliable statistics or qualitative case studies, incidences of treatment failure have surfaced across the Internet. The Singaporean-managed homosexual support website, www.yawningbread.org, features a testimony of an ex-member of Church of Our Saviour, who suffered a nervous breakdown due to the treatment.

Opposition to repealing of homosexual conduct penal code 377a
In 2007, a review of the Singaporean Penal Code suggested that code 377a, which criminalises homosexual conduct between males, be removed. Church of Our Saviour responded strongly to this, foremost by adding to its website a "position statement" stating its firm stand against homosexuality, and that homosexuality is a sin against god.

In addition, Senior Pastor Derek Hong gave various sermons on the issue. In a sermon in August 2007, titled "God's Church and Homosexuality," Hong insisted on the existence of an agenda by gay activists. This agenda allegedly seeks to ultimately silence all Ex-Gay groups, eradicate anti-homosexuality groups such as churches, strive for legalising of same-sex marriages, and strive to promote homosexuality as a viable lifestyle. Hong, however, did not offer any concrete evidence or proof of his accusations.

An email has also surfaced, allegedly claiming that Hong has circulated an email in April 2007, encouraging acquaintances to mobilise, influence public opinion, and lobby the government. The email recommends a suggested format of writing a protest and also the destination to submit the protest to, namely the Singaporean government feedback website at reach.gov.sg. While there is no evidence that Hong was indeed the author of the email, and Hong himself has issued no statement regarding it, an examination of the forum topics at reach.gov.sg reveals a large number of postings adopting exactly the recommended format.

Takeover of AWARE
Association of Women for Action and Research is an independent advocacy organization in Singapore, noted for its work towards gender equality in the country for 25 years. Its past campaigns led to revisions to the Penal Code, e.g. giving Singaporean women the same citizenship rights as men in 2004.

In March 2009, a majority of the management committee were replaced by members of the Church of Our Saviour, after an annual general meeting which was well-attended by members who had only recently joined AWARE. The takeover was organised by Dr Thio Su Mien, former dean of Law at the National University of Singapore, who said she was concerned over AWARE's attempts to redefine marriage and family. Dr Thio Su Mien who described herself as the "feminist mentor" is also the Senior Executive Director of TSMP Law Corporation and mother of Nominated MP, Dr Thio Li Ann. Many letters to the national press questioned the nature of the reforms to be expected from the new committee members. An extraordinary general meeting was called by the members to carry out a vote of no-confidence on the new committee. Hong urged members of the church to join AWARE to support the new committee but was criticised by the Singapore's National Council of Churches for misusing his pulpit, for which Hong subsequently apologized. The new committee was ousted in May 2009 during the EGM.

Deputy Prime minister Wong Kan Seng voiced his disapproval of incident that "a group of conservative Christians, all attending the same church, which held strong views on homosexuality, had moved in and taken over AWARE because they disapproved of what AWARE had been doing", and called for tolerance, cautioning that religion and politics must be kept separate.

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Anglican church buildings in Singapore


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September 6th, 2011: Nosferatu (1922)
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What It's About: Realtor Knock (Alexander Granach) sends his young agent Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to the castle of Count Orlok (Max Schrek). Orlok seeks to by property in Wisbourg. Unfortunately for Hutter, Orlok is a vampire or Nosferatu. Can Hutter return to Wisbourg in time to save the city, and more importantly his wife Ellen (Greta Schroder)?
Why Watch it Today?: Actor Max Schreck was born today in 1879, unless you believe that yarn about him actually being a vampire that director F.W. Murnau hired for his film (a myth that served as the basis of Shadow of the Vampire in 2000). Of course, as my pal Edward puts it, if that were true Schreck would be the Step'n'Fetchit of vampires (there's also the little fact that Schreck made movies before and after Nosferatu, including the early European sci-fi epic The Tunnel).
In any case, Schreck's Orlok (and his make-up) are more well-known than the film itself, thanks to the film's public domain status, a 1979 remake from German art house favorite Werner Herzog, and works influenced by Nosferatu, such as Stephen King's Salem's Lot. Not bad for a film that was nearly lost for all time thanks to Bram Stoker's widow, who sued Murnau for filming Dracula without paying for the rights. All known prints were destroyed, but copies sent to foreign markets survived, but Schreck's decidedly unromantic vampire was displaced in the public imagination in 1931 by Bela Lugosi's highly imitated depiction of the count in the first official film version of Dracula.
Where to Get It: Public libraries, or Watch Online at Amazon, iTunes, and Netflix
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The devastating global consequences of the war in Ukraine
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The European Commission wants us to reduce our gas use by 15%
The war in Ukraine is increasing the risk of global hunger by limiting exports of wheat, cooking oil and fertilizers. It has led to higher food prices and increased food insecurity throughout the world. Rising food prices also compound the problem of climate change and crop failure. In South Sudan, more than half of the population – 63 per cent – are likely facing food insecurity and will continue to do so until July 2022. In Africa and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, an estimated one of every three pieces of bread is baked with wheat grown in Ukraine.
In areas struggling with hunger as a result of prolonged periods of climate events and crop failure, rising food prices make a tough situation even worse. Water stress here has caused crop yields to plummet. By the end of the year, an additional 6 million people may experience severe hunger, according to World Food Programme (WFP) estimates. The decreased exports and high food prices stemming from the war in Ukraine have worsened these already stressed conditions. Food insecurity can combine with other factors, like trust in the government and existing tensions, to trigger responses like migration, protests, and in extreme cases, violence.
While food insecurity does not guarantee conflict or regional instability, in several cases it has proved to influence the development of tensions. In 2018 in Sudan, for instance, a reduction in bread subsidies tripled the price of bread overnight. This event, along with concerns about fuel prices and other grievances, sparked large protests which ultimately led to a change in leadership. Residents in Turkana, Kenya dig shallow wells in a dry riverbed to supply drinking water in November 2021.Rolien Sasse, Water Peace and Security. Such responses also highlight the pressures placed on food subsidies in countries which have historically sought to reduce prices for consumers too. This burden can mean they have to forgo other long-term investments like social programs, infrastructure, and water governance improvement plans that are needed to build resilience to water and food-related shocks.
Although the war in Ukraine triggered a cascade of impacts and potential instability for regions throughout the world, the outlook is not entirely bleak. By understanding the impacts of water-related and food-related security risks, especially in the context of a changing climate, and proactively identifying areas that will suffer most from these risks, inclusive actions can be informed to prevent and mitigate conflict. The WPS Global Early Warning Tool forecasts areas of potential conflict over the next 12 months to support proactive action. Water, Peace and Security partnership aims to build awareness of the conditions that trigger instability to help address challenges before conflict erupts and to consider environmental factors when resolving disputes. The world's interconnected, globally influenced water security challenges demand that we pay attention – and that we act now to mitigate current and future security risks.
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var expect = require('expect.js');
var assert = require('assert');

describe('B2Cloud', function() {
  this.timeout(20000);
  describe('Auth', function () {
    var time;

    it('should authorize with b2cloud using promises', function (done) {
      this.timeout(5000);
      return b2cloud.auth.getBasicAuth().then(function (res) {
        expect(res).to.only.have.keys('accountId', 'apiUrl', 'authorizationToken', 'downloadUrl', 'expires');
        done();
        time = new Date();
      });
    });

    it('should authorize with b2cloud using a callback', function (done) {
      b2cloud.auth.getBasicAuth(function(err, auth) {
        expect(auth).to.only.have.keys('accountId', 'apiUrl', 'authorizationToken', 'downloadUrl', 'expires');
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should cache the login token to improve performance', function() {
      b2cloud.auth.getBasicAuth(function() {
        // Typically logins take 100-600ms, cache usually responds in 1ms
        expect(new Date() - time).to.be.below(20);
      });
    });
  });

  describe('Bucket', function () {

    var bucketName;
    var bucket;
    var file;
    // Used for caching test
    var startTime;

    before(function(done) {
      this.timeout(15000);
      require('crypto').randomBytes(8, function (ex, buf) {
        bucketName = "test" + buf.toString('hex');
        return b2cloud.bucket.createBucket(bucketName, 'allPublic').then(function (res) {
          bucket = res;
          return b2cloud.file.uploadFile('./test/data/backblaze-logo.gif', bucketName);
        }).then(function(res) {
          file = res;
          done();
        });
      });
    });

    after(function(done) {
      this.timeout(15000);
      return b2cloud.file.deleteFileVersion(file.fileName, file.fileId).then(function() {
        return b2cloud.bucket.deleteBucket(bucket.bucketId)
      }).then(function() {
        done();
      }).catch(function(err) {
        console.warn('could not delete files out of bucket');
        done();
      })
    });

    it('should create and delete bucket with b2cloud using promises', function (done) {
      // These operations can be quite slow.
      this.timeout(10000);
      require('crypto').randomBytes(8, function(ex, buf) {
        var bucketName = buf.toString('hex');
        var testBucket;
        return b2cloud.bucket.createBucket(bucketName, 'allPublic').then(function(bucket) {
          testBucket = bucket;
          expect(bucket).to.only.have.keys('accountId', 'bucketId', 'bucketName', 'bucketType');
          return bucket;
        }).then(function(bucket) {
          return b2cloud.bucket.deleteBucket(bucket.bucketId);
        }).then(function(bucket) {
          expect(bucket).to.eql(testBucket);
          done();
        });
      });
    });

    it('should be able to get a bucket object by bucket name', function(done) {
      this.timeout(5000);
      return b2cloud.bucket.getBucketByName(bucketName).then(function(res) {
        expect(res).to.eql(bucket);
        startTime = new Date();
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should be able to get a bucket object by bucket name using a callback', function(done) {
      this.timeout(5000);
      return b2cloud.bucket.getBucketByName(bucketName, function(err, res) {
        expect(res).to.eql(bucket);
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should use bucket cache when fetching buckets by name', function(done) {
      return b2cloud.bucket.getBucketByName(bucketName).then(function(res) {
        expect(new Date() - startTime).to.be.below(20);
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should list all files inside a bucket using a promise', function(done) {
      this.timeout(5000);
      return b2cloud.bucket.listBucketFiles(bucketName).then(function(res) {
        expect(res.files.length).to.eql(1);
        expect(res.files[0].fileId).to.eql(file.fileId);
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should list all files inside a bucket using a callback', function(done) {
      this.timeout(5000);
      return b2cloud.bucket.listBucketFiles(bucketName, function(err, res) {
        expect(res.files.length).to.eql(1);
        expect(res.files[0].fileId).to.eql(file.fileId);
        done();
      });
    });
  });

  describe('File', function () {
    var bucketName;
    var bucket;
    before(function(done) {
      this.timeout(10000);
      require('crypto').randomBytes(8, function (ex, buf) {
        bucketName = buf.toString('hex');
        return b2cloud.bucket.createBucket(bucketName, 'allPublic').then(function (res) {
          bucket = res;
          done();
        });
      });
    });

    after(function(done) {
      return b2cloud.bucket.deleteBucket(bucket.bucketId).then(function() {
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should be able to get a uploadUrl by bucketName', function (done) {
      this.timeout(5000);
      return b2cloud.file.getUploadUrl(bucketName).then(function(res) {
        expect(res).to.only.have.keys('authorizationToken', 'bucketId', 'uploadUrl');
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should be able to get a uploadUrl by bucketName using a callback', function (done) {
      this.timeout(5000);
      return b2cloud.file.getUploadUrl(bucketName, function(err, res) {
        expect(res).to.only.have.keys('authorizationToken', 'bucketId', 'uploadUrl');
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should be able to upload and delete a file', function(done) {
      this.timeout(35000);
      var file;
      return b2cloud.file.uploadFile('./test/data/backblaze-logo.gif', bucketName).then(function(res) {
        file = res;
        return b2cloud.file.deleteFileVersion(res.fileName, res.fileId);
      }).then(function(res) {
        expect(res.fileId).to.eql(file.fileId);
        done();
      }).catch(function(err) {
        console.log(err);
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should be able to get information about a file', function(done) {
      this.timeout(35000);
      var file;
      return b2cloud.file.uploadFile('./test/data/backblaze-logo.gif', bucketName).then(function(res) {
        file = res;
      }).then(function(res) {
        return b2cloud.file.getFileInfo(file.fileId);
      }).then(function(res) {
        expect(res.contentSha1).to.eql('29c4a53c491737d82688bbe0c1d27829d0adbdd5');
        expect(res.contentType).to.eql('image/gif');
        expect(res.fileName).to.eql('backblaze-logo.gif');
        return b2cloud.file.deleteFileVersion(file.fileName, file.fileId);
      }).then(function() {
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should be able to get information about a file using a callback', function(done) {
      this.timeout(35000);
      var file;
      return b2cloud.file.uploadFile('./test/data/backblaze-logo.gif', bucketName).then(function(res) {
        file = res;
        b2cloud.file.getFileInfo(file.fileId, function(err, res) {
          expect(res.contentSha1).to.eql('29c4a53c491737d82688bbe0c1d27829d0adbdd5');
          expect(res.contentType).to.eql('image/gif');
          expect(res.fileName).to.eql('backblaze-logo.gif');
          b2cloud.file.deleteFileVersion(file.fileName, file.fileId, function(err, res) {
            done();
          });
        });
      });
    });

    it('should be able to upload and delete a file using callbacks', function(done) {
      this.timeout(35000);
      var file;
      b2cloud.file.uploadFile('./test/data/backblaze-logo.gif', bucketName, function(err, upload) {
        file = upload;
        b2cloud.file.deleteFileVersion(upload.fileName, upload.fileId, function(err, res) {
          expect(res.fileId).to.eql(upload.fileId);
          done(err);
        });
      });
    });

    it('should be able to upload, download and delete a file', function(done) {
      this.timeout(100000);
      var file;
      var fs = require('fs');
      return b2cloud.file.uploadFile('./test/data/backblaze-logo.gif', bucketName).then(function(res) {
        file = res;
        return b2cloud.file.downloadFile(file.fileName, bucketName, '/tmp/backblaze.gif', {
          start:0,
          end: 99
        });
      }).then(function() {
        return b2cloud.file.deleteFileVersion(file.fileName, file.fileId);
      }).then(function(res) {
        expect(res.fileId).to.eql(file.fileId);
        done();
      }).catch(function(err) {
        console.warn(err);
        done();
      })
    });
  });
});

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Central Asia: A New Tajik-Uzbek Cycle Of Tension
November 28, 2006 15:16 GMT
By Adolat Najimova
(RFE/RL) WASHINGTON, November 28, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A series of recent events in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan has highlighted tensions between those two Central Asian republics, with officials on each side accusing their neighbors of exacerbating the problem. The mood suggests that leaders in Tashkent and Dushanbe continue to pursue policies of mutual confrontation rather than communication.
On November 16, a Tajik border guard shot and killed one of his Uzbek counterparts. Uzbekistan's National Security Service seized on the shooting as an indicator of "criminal and provocative" behavior that signals disregard for international standards. It then went on to accuse the Tajik side of triggering 24 incidents in the past year -- including several military incursions across their nearly 1,200-kilometer border.
Tajik authorities acknowledged the mid-November shooting, but countered that their border guards' actions were legal and were prompted by an Uzbek incursion over a barbed-wire fence. They said the Uzbek guards had ignored warnings and their own forces were simply acting in self-defense.
'Spy Mania'
Within a day of that incident, Interfax-Kazakhstan reported that an Uzbek military court had sentenced five people -- including two Tajik citizens -- to lengthy prison terms on charges that included spying for the Tajik government. An unnamed court official was quoted as saying that a Tajik woman disguised as a prostitute had been sent to Uzbekistan to gather sensitive information about Uzbek military sites in the border area. The source suggested that an Uzbek military officer had been recruited from a nearby airbase along with an Uzbek woman who had received training in subversive activities at a special camp in Tajikistan.
But a spokesman for the Uzbek National Security Service, Olim Toraqulov, told RFE/RL's Uzbek Service on November 17 that this spy case dated back to 2004.
Uzbek "spy mania" continued as local media gave extensive coverage to the case of a Tajik citizen who was accused of having been recruited by the Tajik Interior Ministry to assassinate Uzbek officials. Uzbekistan's leading television channel aired a program called "Threat," in which that suspect claims that senior Tajik officials ordered him to "eliminate certain people in Uzbekistan" and provided him with a weapon and $800.
Turnabout As Fair Play
Days later, on November 21, a Tajik military court began the trial of two men accused of killing the head of the Defense Ministry's Military Institute, Kahkimsho Khafizov. A report by Avesta news agency suggested that the defendants killed the Tajik general on January 27 to avenge his refusal to continue collaborating with a fugitive former military commander, Makhmud Khudoyberdiev.
Both defendants in the Tajik case are ethnic Uzbeks -- and are said to be Khudoyberdiev supporters. Tajik authorities have accused the ethnic Uzbek Khudoyberdiev of attempting a coup d'etat in 1998, when they accuse him of entering Tajikistan from Uzbekistan with a group of armed supporters.
Also in November, Tajik authorities launched a campaign to resettle some 1,000 ethnic Tajik families to a western border region that is primarily populated by ethnic Uzbeks. The official aim is to cultivate agricultural land, but local observers have accused authorities of seeking to counterbalance ethnic Uzbek dominance in a key industrial area. A local aluminum-smelting business that some have said was at one point under Uzbek influence, contributes hugely to Tajik exports.
Uneasy Past
These recent contretemps come against a backdrop of uneasy bilateral relations since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Dushanbe and Tashkent have long lists of mutual grievances.
But the public accusations that have followed these latest incidents have aggravated relations. What is worse, they appear to reflect long-standing animosity between Uzbek President Islam Karimov and his Tajik counterpart, Imomali Rakhmonov, in a region where personal ambitions can dramatically affect policies.
Both Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are members of the same regional groupings -- including the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Economic Community, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- and, correspondingly, are expected to cooperate and share information in the economic and military spheres.
Uzbekistan's attempts to seal off its lengthy border with Tajikistan and its strict visa regime have hurt trade and left some residents deprived of the right to visit relatives on the other side of that frontier.
But Tashkent remains deaf to Dushanbe's appeals to ease such restrictions. On the contrary, Uzbek authorities are likely to use the recent border shooting and espionage cases to justify delays in responding to such calls.
For their part, Tajik authorities appear inclined to use incidents with Uzbekistan to show that they are unwilling to tolerate an attitude of superiority from Tashkent. President Rakhmonov's recent election to a third term as Tajik president almost guarantees that responses to unwelcome Uzbek activities will only get louder -- and perhaps more frequent.
Such tit-for-tat relations -- particularly if they include such skeletons as the two-year-old espionage case -- are unlikely to improve bilateral relations. On the other hand, the Uzbek and Tajik leaderships might well curb this "spy mania" if they reject a policy of confrontation.
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General Juan Prim (1814-1870)
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Henri Regnault
French, 1843-1871
31 11/16 × 25 5/16 in. (80.5 × 64.2 cm)
Wentworth Greene Field Fund
Art News (Annual Supplement) 36, 26 (1938), p. 162 (ill.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 365.
Santa Barbara, Museum of Art, The Horse in Art, July–August 1954, cat. 35; traveled to San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, August–September 1954; Kansas City, W. R. Nelson Gallery, October–November 1954.
Baltimore, Maryland, The Walters Art Gallery, Fortuny and his Circle, March 28–May 15, 1970.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Second Empire, 1852–1870: Art in France under Napoleon III, October 1–November 26, 1978, cat. VI-99 (ill.); traveled to Detroit Institute of Arts, January 15–March 18, 1979; Paris, Grand Palais, April 24–July 2, 1979.
Marie Sterner Galleries, New York by 1938 [illustrated in an advertisement for Sterner Galleries in Art News 36, 26 (1938)]; bought by the Art Institute with Wentworth Greene Field funds, 1947.
Tobias and the Angel, 1878
Jean Charles Cazin
October Day, 1890/93
Landscape, 1865/70
Wounded Lioness, 1840/50
Pierre Andrieu
Barks Fleeing Before the Storm, 1870/75
Jules Dupré
Portrait of a Boy, 1886
Portrait of a Man, 1843
Antonio Maria Esquivel
Woman Mending, 1895
Portrait of the Artist's Sister, 1891
Stoke-by-Nayland, 1836
Bathing Nymphs and Child, 1855/60
Poppy Field (Giverny), 1890/91


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Q: mixing multiple charset in a database I would like to store in my database both utf8 and utf8mb4 charset.
For now all my database has a unique charset utf8 and a unique collation utf8_unicode_ci but I need to store some data in utf8mb4.
I think it is possible to mix both charset, utf8 is a subset of utf8mb4 so they are compatible. But I would like to know how to configure my database to be the more efficient :

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*which charset to use for the client ?

*which charset to use for the connection ?

*which charset to use for the results ?

*Is it possible to mix charset without performance issue ? I will not compare utf8 and utf8mb4 columns

Thank you

A: Yes, you can have any mixture of CHARACTER SETs among the columns in a table.  SET NAMES (or some connection parameter) establishes the encoding of the client's bytes; use utf8mb4 there.
Also consider the newer collation utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci.
There are no significant performance issues.


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Who doesn't love a family road trip? Packing the whole family up into the car and setting off to your destination is a great way to bring everyone closer together and enjoy some family time. When taking a family road trip it's so important to be sure you have armed with some good safety tips too!
We used to love family road trips and took every opportunity to take them. Even though at times, it was stressful with two kids in the car, they always turned out to be great fun and a wonderful learning experience.
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Tuesday, Jul 3, 2007, 15:08
Gazprom negotiates for a share in Hungarian Emfesz
The Hungarian natural gas trader Emfesz Kft, which belongs to Gazprom's partner in RosUkrEnergo Dmitry Firtash, has received permission to build the most powerful gas and steam electricity generator in Hungary – reports daily Kommersant.
It will have a capacity of 2400 MW. Its first block is planned for launch in 2011 with a capacity of 800 MW, that is, 9.2% of the country's electricity market. It will allow Hungary to stop importing electricity from Ukraine and Slovakia. Firtash needs €1.5 billion ($2 billion) to realize the project, part of which Gazprom may provide by buying a share in Emfesz. The new plant will be located in the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg area along a natural gas trunk line and close to the Ukrainian border.
Emfesz has a long-term contract with RosUkrEnergo to buy gas at 15-20% below the Hungarian market rate, which will enable it to sell electricity at a price competitive with Ukrainian and Slovakian sources. Today, 1 KW/h of electricity from Ukraine costs 6.5-7 eurocents, while 1 KW/h of electricity from the new plant will cost less than 5 eurocents. The future plant is expected to reach full capacity in 2020, at which time it will account for 21% of the Hungarian market and be Hungary' largest electricity producer.
Emfesz is also licensed to trade natural gas in Hungary. It rents distribution lines and underground reservoirs with a capacity of 7.5 billion cu. m. from E.On. Its proceeds in 2006 amounted to $778 million, with $73 million in net profit. At least €500 million will be needed for the first stage of the electric plant project. Emfesz press secretary Boris Shestakov told Kommersant that the money would be obtained on credit, but a source in Group DF, which owns the Cypriote Mabofi Holding, which owns Emfesz, and which is owned by Firtash, Gazprom has proposed the purchase of 50% of Emfesz. A Gazprom source has also confirmed that information. Another source said that Firtash is only willing to sell half of Emtesz to RosUkrEnergo, which he and Gazprom own equally.
This is not Gazprom's first attempt to enter the Hungarian market. Its agreement with E.On to exchange shares in the German company's Hungarian assets for a share in the Yuzhno-Russkoe gas deposit has seemed to be in danger since last week, however. Half of Emfesz has been estimated to be worth $350-400 million. (kommersant.com)
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PlayStation 5 Awards offer great new graphics and sharing options
Sony previously unveiled the Trophy overhaul system for PlayStation. However, the company has yet to show how the awards will work on the PlayStation 5, in terms of the way they will appear on screen. Of course, the limited details about the "create button" for the DualSense controller offer its own set of questions in this regard. Some of these questions are now answered, thanks to a new video that shows what happens when players win a trophy on their next-generation console.
Greg Miller of Kinda Funny shared the aforementioned video via their recent Twitter post. Check it out in the tweet below:
Prizes are getting cooler than ever at # PS5. pic.twitter.com/YLvscVHrW4
Greg Miller (@GameOverGreggy) October 27, 2020
On PlayStation 4, the system takes a screenshot of the moment players win the trophy. Sometimes the screenshots are very good, and may be good enough to share on social media. Most of the time, the screenshot will show a black screen or an inappropriate camera angle.
Evident from Miller's video, the PS5 will address this by capturing a few seconds of footage. When you get the trophy in the above clip, an input graphic appears at the bottom of the screen. This drawing shows the type of cup, in this case bronze, and its description. This all unfolds moments before the usual Trophy icon appears in the upper-right corner of the screen. This upgrade to the formula should allow players more options when it comes to sharing the noteworthy trophy progression.
We hope Sony itself provides more details on all of the above soon. We are still waiting for additional information about the clear digital rewards that will come with some next-generation prizes unlocking.
PlayStation 5 arrives in stores in the US, Japan, Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and South Korea on November 12. The next-generation console will be launched in Europe, the Middle East, South America, Asia and South Africa a week later on November 19.
[Source: Greg Miller on Twitter]
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– Contributed by – Dr. Charles D.C., Licensed Chiropractor, Wellness Professional and Author of "The Fat Loss Factor".
Did you know that some people lose weight when they are under stress? It's true. The rest of us pack on pounds like crazy and then get even more stressed out because we're gaining weight. It's natural to turn to "comfort foods" and the TV when you feel like you can't handle your life right now.
This doesn't help you to eliminate stress, it can create more!
Presumably you're pretty much always under some stress, but you want to have a healthy weight in spite of that. How do you do that?
First, don't let your weight goals cause you even more stress! That would make things harder for you, and so would be self-defeating! Instead, think of your attempt to maintain (or to achieve) a healthy weight as a chance to take care of yourself. There isn't some state of perfection that you have to reach, you just need to balance your life, and that includes a little bit of caring for your body.
Second, in the spirit of taking care of yourself, find activities that you enjoy and make time for them. Even as stressed out as you are, and as rushed as you feel, give yourself permission to take care of your yourself by exercising a little. Take a few deep breaths, then a 5 minute walk around the block. Slow down and take the stairs at work, instead of the elevator. Sign up for a weekly yoga class, and really go. This is time for you!
The little bit of time you lose here or there won't make things any worse, and might make you feel a little better.
Third, exercise reduces stress. There have been many studies that show a strong connection between regular exercise and reduced stress. Even depression is sometimes eased by exercise. The time you take for yourself, to do some physical activity that you enjoy doing, will make you more productive later. You'll feel better, you'll look better, and you'll even work better.
Food choices are a little tougher. I know how tempting comfort foods are when I'm under stress. The thing to bear in mind is that even if you choose comfort foods, you can still be careful not to eat too much. Ask yourself, "Am I hungry enough to eat an apple?" If the answer is no, then you aren't really hungry, so don't eat.
Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is really just a matter of taking care of yourself. No matter how tempting it is to be sedentary and eat lots of junk food, you have to take care of your long term interests a little, by exercising and eating right (or at least by not eating too much).
The truth is, fast weight loss comes from a diet that works and is easy to follow. We will teach you a very simple method that will get you losing fat and not muscle or… water weight. You will be able to repeat this program again and again for the rest of your life!