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The Oddly Comforting Allure of London's Vintage Tube Textiles
Fun fact. The woman who revolutionised British print design with some of the most iconic patterns for public transport was in fact a distant cousin of Karl Marx. Her name was Enid Marx, and in 1937 she was selected by the London Passenger Transport Board to design the moquette seat fabrics for the London bus and tube seats. Her mission was to design patterns that could hide wear and dirt but also avoid the "dazzle" problem – the potentially nauseating effects of a pattern in motion. In light of the often nauseating political climate as of late, particularly for Britain, I thought we might help provide some comfort by revisiting some of London's oddly alluring public transport textiles…
Let's start with Enid Marx's iconic "shield" pattern that was used on the London Underground for decades. Her designs added a cheerfulness to the daily commute, particularly during the war when the British people were in desperate need of distraction from the grim reality of the London Blitz.
The city's often ignored moquettes were first applied to London transport seating in the 1920s, and the designs have been mass-produced in thousands of metres of identical fabric by the same company since the 1830s.
Versatile and overlooked works of art in fabric form, the vintage patterns can evoke all sorts of emotion and nostalgia, triggering fond memories of journeys made around London over the years.
At the 2019 London Design Festival, public transport moquettes of yore were officially back in style, with a refreshingly candy-coloured twist. Inspired by designs from the Transport for London fabric archives (dating back to the 1930s), British textile brand Kirkby Design recreated seven heritage moquette patterns featured on the city's Underground tube seats.
© Kirkby
These overlooked designs have long accompanied generations of Londoners and visitors around the city on one of the oldest subway systems in the world. And with the current mood in Britain, we hope they might provide a just a little bit of comfort for some.
Vintage images courtesy of the Transport for London Archives.
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COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - A prominent attorney and former U.S. congressman from Columbus has passed away.
Jack T. Brinkley died at approximately 7:25 a.m. in the emergency room of St. Francis Hospital at the age of 88.
Brinkley served eight terms as a U.S. congressman from 1967 to 1983 and one year in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966.
He was taken to the emergency room for difficulty breathing and diagnosed with cardiac arrest, according to Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan.
His manner death has been ruled natural.
I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend, former Congressman Jack Brinkley," said Congressman Bishop. "He was a great representative in Washington for our area and he served us with great distinction. Our nation has lost an exceptional public servant, and I have lost a trusted friend and mentor. Georgia and the nation are truly better because of his service and we extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.


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Incredible Facts About the Leaning Tower of Pisa
With more than 5 million visitors each year, the Leaning Tower of Pisa (Torre Pendente) is one of the best-known landmarks in Italy. It is also the most famous tourist backdrop in Pisa, and visitors really keep getting creative when it comes to posing in front of it (we have gathered our favorite snapshots on our Instagram for you). If you are wondering now what makes this tower special and why it is tilted, keep on reading!
A Miracle on Square of Miracles
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower or campanile located on the Square of Miracles (Campo dei Miracoli or Piazza dei Miracoli) in the city of Pisa. This famous tower is only one of the four buildings that form the cathedral complex in this square. The impressive Romanesque cathedral, Duomo di Pisa, was built first. The baptistery was added next, after which the work on the tower began. Before the tower was finished, the cemetery, Campo Santo, completed the complex.
As the signature piece of this complex, this tower was surely a miracle at the time it was built, not just because of its signature lean, but because it was the tallest bell tower in Europe.
Square of Miracles
Building the Tower for Centuries
Construction work started at the end of the 12th century and was finally finished at the end of the 14th. Yes, it took two centuries to build this tower! But you have to keep in mind that the work had to be paused twice — for over a century in total — because of military conflicts among Italian republics at the time.
The Pisa Tower Got Famous Because of a Mistake
Without its signature lean, the Tower of Pisa would probably be just another tower in just another European city. But because of the poor planning that was done prior to building the tower, it eventually started to lean. The architects working on this project made the foundations too shallow and didn't take into calculation the softness of the ground which consists of sand, clay, and deposits from the Arno and Serchio rivers. It just couldn't support the weight of the tower; after building its second floor, the builders noticed that it started to tilt. However, this didn't stop them from finishing the tower. Who would have thought that exactly this mistake would make the tower as famous as it is today?
The Lean Switched Directions
As the construction workers kept going with adding additional stories on the structure that had already started to lean, they confused its gravity center. So, instead of fixing the building's posture, they caused the lean to switch its directions — it started to lean south instead of north, which was originally the case.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is Still Standing… For Now
As the years (and centuries) passed by, the ground beneath the tower kept sinking and the lean got worse: from the initial 0.2 degrees, it increased to a 5.5 degree lean towards the south. So in the 1990s, engineers tried to fix the tower's lean by leveling the ground beneath it using anchoring mechanisms. This stabilized the tower and reduced its tilt to 3.97 degrees. Unfortunately, this didn't last long, so engineers tried fixing it again in 2008, and successfully stopped the tipping of the tower. However, the ground isn't fixed for good, so the tower might start tilting again in the early 23rd century — at least that is their prediction.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa on Square of Miracles
It's Not the Only Structure in Pisa That Leans
Believe it or not, the Tower of Pisa is not the only structure in this Italian city that has an unusual posture. This is certainly caused by the city's soft ground. But could it also be attributed to the lack of expertise of the Pisani architects? Among the leaning structures, you'll see San Nicola, a 12th-century church located less than a kilometer from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and San Michele degli Scalzi, an 11th-century church about three kilometers to the east.
…Nor in the World
The Tower has some serious competitors around the world. Two towers in Germany have "out-leaned" the Pisani tower: the Leaning Tower of Surhuusen, dating back to the 14th century, and the tower of the 14th-century church Oberkirche. The shorter of the Two Towers of Bologna leans farther than the Tower of Pisa.
Galileo Galilei and the Tower
There's a legend related to the tower and the famous Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer Galileo Galilei. Apparently, Galileo dropped balls of the same material, but different masses, from the tower to demonstrate that the speed of their fall was independent of their mass. However, there is no evidence that this ever happened, and today it is only considered as a thought experiment.
Close-up of the famous tower
The Tower Survived World War II
You might think that a tower this tall is not the best option to hide your troops in — it might be an easy target. But the German army thought it wasn't the worst idea, because it provided the best surveillance of the surroundings.
When the American troops arrived on Italian ground, they were ordered to destroy all buildings that could serve as a hiding place for the enemies, and the leaning tower was one of them. Luckily, the retreat took place shortly after their arrival, and they never made it to the tower, so it survived the war without a scratch.
This miraculous tower is one of the most popular and most photographed Italian landmarks — you've seen so many people taking photos where it looks like they're pushing the tower with their bodies, as we mentioned.
Creativity knows no limits when it comes to capturing the best angles of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. © coach.pvnda on Instagram
Together with the Square of Miracles, it stands on, the tower was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and it was totally deserved.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is also on our list of the most iconic European landmarks, so if you're interested to find out about the rest of the list, check out our blog post "7 Most Iconic Landmarks in Europe".
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Astrobiologist and Author David Grinspoon joins us to talk about his new book, Earth in Human Hands - Shaping Our Planet's Future. Following all the great demotions, humanity is about to get a great promotion - and we're not ready for it, but we have no choice.
Vladimir Vernadsky and His Revolutionary Theory of the Biosphere and the Noosphere.
1) Dr Grinspoon is one of the few scientists who properly grasps what should be obvious to the science: humans are natural, not extra-natural part of Earth's ecosystem and as such inevitably impact this system back, which is neither good or bad by itself-it is just a fact of life. Pristine Earth is one with humans and results of their existence on it.
2) Where I disagree with him is on the next step. He is convinced that social/ethical constructs can be used to limit basic biological wants, needs, drives... to shape the future. I am of a more Naturalist mindset on this-that we need to shape our social/ethical constructs in a way that the basic biological drives are satisfied or the system will be unsustainable.
(Practical example for the later: Chinese one child policy to stem population growth-not only did it harm population in many direct ways but it produced inevitable side-consequences as recent report of tens of millions missing girls over that policy times hints).
Thanks for you comments. I am looking for follow up questions for David, so if you can put @) in the form of a question, I will add it to my list.


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13% humidity is very low! That's a firefighters nightmare. I don't know if it ever gets that low here. If it does it's not for long. I would have never guessed it would get that low close to the coast. Maybe y'all will get a shower soon.
I am a ways from the coast now. The 10 day forecast has highs of 99-100 everyday with zero chance of rain. Even over on the coast we get very little rain in July and August. For the future I won't be going up the hill. Too much dry grass to ride a quad up there.
For your sake, I hope the Hammonds family does not visit you.
It's not the Hammonds he has to worry about. It's the idiots from the government that'll burn him out setting prescribed burns, or back fires. The BLM takes lessons from the EPA.
I spent 30 years living in the high plains deserts of Wyoming and Montana. Helena MT is a good example. In a good year, they get a total of 10 inches of precipitation. You have to water your lawn daily if you want grass. Many give up and go to rock gardens, etc. The common cause of fires is the exhaust systems of motored vehicles and campfires that get away. Ranchers, campers, day travelers, etc cause 90 percent of the fires.
The west is beautiful but everything has a price. Those areas are subject to a great fire risk. I lived in Montana City outside of Helena. Pronghorn, elk, bear, etc in your back yard. But every summer was stressful because of the fire risk.
All of the fires that I know of so far this year were caused by one of three things. Lightening, campers, and smokers. Big one (1000,000+ acres) in central Oregon was lightening. Huge one in northern Nevada (400,000+) was caused by campfires/fireworks. But what ever the cause we are sure ripe to burn a bunch of country in the next couple weeks.
And the Hammonds would be welcome at my house anytime.
It is still way too hot and too dry. The west is burning up again this year. There is a 100% complete burn ban. To the point that is is illegal to smoke a cigarette outside. What I wonder about is why so many of these fires this year are arson caused. We have had a couple local ones that got put out quickly that were arson. Wasco County which is just about burnt completely down has had 3 big fires. One from lightning, one they know is arson, and one that is still going now which arson is suspected. The arson one burnt over 70,000 acres, killed one man, burnt several homes, and a lot of wheat that was just ready to cut was disked in to create fire lines.
It's 103, 104, and 102 the next three days. Then down to the 90's. No rain at all in the plans. We're headed up north next weekend, but on of the roads up is closed by a fire, so we'll see how that goes.
Dave, we have one of our guys that was in Dalles but got moved to Merlin. Said he had been on wheat field fires. Is that near you.
kenny thomas wrote: Dave, we have one of our guys that was in Dalles but got moved to Merlin. Said he had been on wheat field fires. Is that near you.
The wheat fields are just across the Columbia from where I lived the last 9 months. I am about half the state east of there now. This area is big open rangeland. We have dodged the bullet so far. All of our fires have been human started and along roads. That allows getting resources to them quickly. What is scary here is there is a lot of very rugged country that simply doesn't allow getting to them with equipment. A 5 acre fire along a road gets stepped on quickly. It is those back country fires that go from 5 to 500 acres pretty fast. After that it is Katie bar the door.
Dave wrote: It is still way too hot and too dry. The west is burning up again this year. There is a 100% complete burn ban. To the point that is is illegal to smoke a cigarette outside. What I wonder about is why so many of these fires this year are arson caused. We have had a couple local ones that got put out quickly that were arson. Wasco County which is just about burnt completely down has had 3 big fires. One from lightning, one they know is arson, and one that is still going now which arson is suspected. The arson one burnt over 70,000 acres, killed one man, burnt several homes, and a lot of wheat that was just ready to cut was disked in to create fire lines.
Just wondering, if it's illegal to smoke inside like it is in many places, which law do you break?
A person would have to smoke in their own home or in their car.


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Lisa Appleton Sex Doctor: 'Wife only wants sex if we're having an orgy'
EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Appleton is back solving Daily Star Online's nookie nightmares and hanky-panky horrors
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Body-confident beauty Lisa Appleton is back helping Daily Star Online readers with their most pressing sex problems.
The Big Brother babe, 51, shared her pearls of wisdom last week for a man whose wife wanted to try "dogging" for the first time.
Lisa didn't encourage the reluctant man to go dogging, instead she suggested: "Go for a drive and park up (not where the dogging goes on) maybe a dark little lane somewhere and just surprise her.
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"And just say, 'We'll go look at the stars and we'll have some fun'."
This week, Lisa is helping a man whose wife only seems to enjoy sex if they're having an orgy.
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'Wife only wants sex if we're having an orgy'
I sexually experimented with my wife a few months ago in perhaps my most wildest sexual episode to date.
Back before I got married, I was rather experimental sexually and had threesomes, drug-fuelled sex and had sexual contact with a man.
But when I met my wife she was more than enough for me and I was happy having arguably cookie cutter sex.
But it appears I'm not enough for her anymore.
We have these two friends I'll call them "Carol and Ian" and they are very much into swinging and have discussed their escapades with them at length previously.
At our last dinner party they invited us to come along I said I wasn't interested but my wife jumped at the chance. So I agreed to go ahead.
We then accompanied "Carol and Ian" to their next party and the four of us plus four strangers ended up having group sex in a big room in this stately home.
The experience was fun but not one I wanted to repeat.
I've tried to make love to my wife on numerous occasions since that night but she just hasn't been interested.
She then finally revealed the other night that sex just me and her doesn't feel as exciting anymore after the orgy and having another one. But I really don't think it's for me.
I love my wife Lisa, but I really don't want share her. What do I do?
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Well, first of all, it's always going to be very, very risky, anything involving other partners in your relationship or marriage.
Whether it' threesomes or one-night stands, affairs, orgies – anything like this, it's going to cause problems as we're only human at the end of the day.
We all have hearts and feelings and you've got to be really thick-skinned and mentally prepared for something going wrong and for your emotions getting the better of you.
We're not robots and we're not made of bricks, if we had no hearts or psychological feelings, that had no impact on our brains, it would be easy.
You've done it now, it's not like something you can pull back on. But it is in the past.
It's affecting you now and your wife and where you go from this day onwards.
From what you've said, it is must be so hard for you because your wife is enjoying it and jumping at the chance.
And you're seeing your wife – someone you love and shared vows with excited that she's going to go to other orgies in stately homes. I mean, what's next?!
A fancy yacht somewhere cruising down the Nile, I mean, you don't know how far she'll take it.
It's like she's not on the same wave-length with you at all at the minute, which must be very hard on you because your barriers are now going – you don't want to lose your wife – but she's not interested in you anymore. This has gone so far.
I feel that as well as having a chat with your wife, I would have some time out as well.
I think you need to give your wife some time to think. I would have a chat with her, tell her how you're feeling.
Be diplomatic about it, you don't need to be kicking off, just tell her politely.
Just go with your heart and how you feel and I would just have some time out, keep your chin up.
I'm wishing you all the best.
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Growing up in Bend, OR. Mick Mortlock looked up to his Uncle John. Uncle John Jones visited his house…a lot. In meetings with Mick's dad and other friends, they filled up the living room, dining room with campaign materials like yard signs and door hangers. They stayed up late planning strategies and talking about what Uncle John would do to help the community and the country, once he was elected. John Jones was running for Congress. He would later serve as an aide to Senator Neuberger.
To 4-year-old Mick, this imprinted the ideal of public service through politics as a way of life. Mick would watch every subsequent Democratic convention, meet Presidential candidate Nelson Rockefeller. As an adult, Mick served in the Air Force, and ran for the Oregon State Legislature.
As Mick report he went to the university "and radicalized." He was elected to represent NW Portland for "Bend in the River" an organization connected with Oregon's Conservative Environmentalist Governor, Tom McCall.
What motivated Mick was being connected to something larger than himself and contributing back to society. He created ballot measures and sent them to newspapers around the country as a referendum for dialogue. He is always busy thinking about new ways to get people talking and involved.
Today, Mick continues his many contributions as President of Healthy Democracy, a citizen initiative review process for ballot measures in Oregon. Their recent deliberations were observed by other organizations and states for possible replication. A big nod to the Healthy Democracy team.
It's people like Mick who dive into the deep end that keep our civil society moving by poking and prodding the political system, the politicians and yes, the citizens and community members to remind us all to do our jobs.


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Lupe Fiasco Working On Next Album, Food & Liquor 2
Lupe Fiasco Talks Food & Liquor 2
After a four year struggle to get his last album Lasers released, Lupe Fiasco isn't wasting time to get started on his next album.
The Chicago rapper told Billboard.com that he already began working on his new album, Food & Liquor 2, and is taking what he learned from releasing Lasers into his next project.
"It's really taking the lessons I learned from Lasers, and applying that to Food & Liquor [2]. That's really it," he said.
Fiasco also explained to Billboard that he wasn't content in the final product of Lasers, which is a point he made public while promoting the album.
"Me being an artist, I'm never happy with my work, because I don't ever think it's finished. It's hard for an artist to walk away from a piece and say, 'okay, that's done.'"
Lasers landed at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling over 200,000 copies in its first week.
Lupe's single "The Show Goes On" was certified platinum in April.
No release date for Food & Liquor 2 has been announced.
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Another Voice: The next president must punish other nations' unfair trade practices
By Staff|Published Fri, Apr 1, 2016
By Kevin L. Kearns
As New York faces a primary election, voters are keenly aware that the economy is struggling. And nowhere is this more evident than in U.S. manufacturing, which has contracted for four straight months and is in a recession.
America has lost roughly 5 million manufacturing jobs since 2000, including roughly 300,000 jobs in New York. The loss of so much skilled, high-paying work has profoundly hurt America's middle class, with formerly well-paid workers forced into unemployment, early retirement or low-wage service jobs. No wonder voters are angry.
To restore the viability of domestic manufacturing, voters should look for candidates who will tackle a major problem facing the nation's factories, namely, bad U.S. trade policies.
When Americans are asked why U.S. factories are moving overseas, they usually think "cheap labor." But labor is only a small part of the picture. What really hurts U.S. factories are the huge subsidies that foreign governments provide to their industrial sectors.
China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and some European Union countries deliberately intervene in currency markets, making their exports artificially cheap against American-made goods. That's why, for example, the annual U.S. trade deficit with China has jumped from $83 billion in 2000 to $366 billion in 2015. Voters should be asking, "Who will stop this hemorrhaging of our manufacturing base?"
In 2013, bipartisan majorities in the House and the Senate urged President Obama to include strong, enforceable currency measures in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP.) Congress did so again in 2015. Unfortunately, the Obama administration ignored Congress, and there are no penalties for currency manipulation in the TPP. If passed, the deal will allow even more artificially cheap goods to enter the U.S. market, further weakening industry.
America's manufacturers are beset by a host of other unfair trade practices. China hugely subsidizes its energy sector and props up key industries like auto, steel, glass, paper, rubber and electronics. These subsidies are actionable under world trade law, and could be countered if only a U.S. president enforced existing trade laws.
A strong manufacturing base is critical to America's economic future. Manufacturing jobs pay better than service jobs and provide better benefits. Manufacturing also supports related jobs throughout the economy and drives 70 percent of private-sector research and development.
Voters must help rebuild manufacturing by asking candidates if they support action against currency manipulation, and will reject outsourcing deals like the TPP. When voters listen closely to candidates on trade issues, they'll find out who wants a robust future for America's factories and workers.
Kevin L. Kearns is president of the U.S. Business & Industry Council.


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Irving Berlin: New York Genius
A fast-moving, musically astute portrait of arguably the greatest composer of American popular music.
Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called—by George Gershwin, among others—the greatest songwriter of the golden age of the American popular song. "Berlin has no place in American music," legendary composer Jerome Kern wrote, "he is American music." In a career that spanned an astonishing nine decades, Berlin wrote some 1500 tunes, including "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "God Bless America," "White Christmas," and on and on. From ragtime to the rock era, Berlin's work has endured in the very fiber of American national identity.
Exploring the intertwining of Berlin's life with the life of New York City, noted biographer James Kaplan offers a visceral narrative of Berlin as self-made man and witty, wily, tough Jewish immigrant. This fast-paced, musically opinionated biography uncovers Berlin's unique brilliance as a composer of music and lyrics. Masterfully written and psychologically penetrating, Kaplan's book underscores Berlin's continued relevance in American popular culture.
"James Kaplan's Irving Berlin is just like its subject: taut, vibrant, and thrumming with the irresistible words and music of America's songwriter laureate. It's by turns a buoyant and poignant trip across the tumultuous 20th century, through the eyes of an artist who helped define its popular taste. Kaplan reclaims the proud Jewish identity of the patriotic immigrant who knew that his country was blessed, because he had been."
—Todd S. Purdum, author of Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution.
From Irving Berlin: New York Genius:
The Ted Snyder Company was, like every other successful publisher on Tin Pan Alley, a mill: a warren of small noisy chambers where not only the house talent, but song-pluggers and postulant composers pounded out would-be euphonies on battered uprights in cacophonous chorus. It would have taken a powerful imagination, not to mention an ironclad will, to conceive fresh musical ideas under such conditions: Berlin had both. One day in the summer or fall of 1910, a ragtime-flavored melody came to him, at work, "right out of the air," as he recalled a few years later. "I wrote the whole thing in eighteen minutes, surrounded on all sides by roaring pianos and roaring vaudeville actors." The "thing" — the understatement is nothing short of colossal — was the tune (apparently lyric-less at first) that would become "Alexander's Ragtime Band."
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ed stelmach declares no need for elections, extends senate terms by decree.
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December 3, 2004: "It is a worthwhile cause," says Ed Stelmach, Alberta's intergovernmental affairs minister. "We are going to continue to push for Senate reform and one way is to hold these elections."
April 29, 2010: Premier Stelmach announced that Alberta will not hold a new round of Senate nominee elections, and will instead extend the terms for the province's three senators-in-waiting through a cabinet decree.
While legislation exists governing Senate elections in Alberta, there is a regulation that allows the provincial cabinet to extend the terms of Senators-in-Waiting until cabinet ministers decide to hold another election (which could be indefinite), defeating the purpose of holding Senate elections in the first place.
UPDATE: Alberta's Senators-in-Waiting have some harsh words for Premier Stelmach and the Calgary Herald says he "could use a refresher course on democracy."
Tags Betty Unger, Ed Stelmach, Link Byfield
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14 replies on "ed stelmach declares no need for elections, extends senate terms by decree."
Colsays:
Stelmach is running afraid. He would rather not hold and election than lose it to the WIldrose Alliance.
Stelmach must gosays:
I overheard 2 Conservtive MLA's talking in a restaurant this week that it was time for Stelmach to resign. They said something about a motion from a Vice President for his resignation at the PC convention this week?
I overheard 2 Conservtive MLA's talking in a restaurant this week that it was time for Stelmach to resign. I didnt know their names. One of them had a beard. They said something about a motion from a Vice President for his resignation at the PC convention this week?
Karensays:
Why are we spending any time talking about elected senators? Last time I checked Canada didn't have an elected senate. Just because you want something to be true doesn't make it so. Much work has to go into reforming the senate. Electing senators is about step one thousand. Electing senators opens a whole stinky, kettle of fish not many have the stomach for.
Most Canadians don't vote now, what makes anyone think they will vote for senators?
Nealsays:
Karen, Alberta's previous elections for Senators-in-waiting were strong symbolic gestures. Those elections told Ottawa that, at least as far as Albertans were concerned, we were ready for all the other changes that are required in order for a modern elected Senate to be put in place.
Stelmach is doing all Albertans a horrible disservice by postponing further elections indefinitely. In doing so, he shows a real disregard for the Reform party's accomplishments in the 90s. It's no wonder federal CPC members are disserting Stelmach's party in droves. This latest bit of stupidity on the part of the premier will likely push even more folks out from his PC tent and over to the Wildrose Alliance or various other provincial parties.
Joe Albertansays:
What business would a provincial party like the PC's or Wildrose Alliance have running candidates in a federal senate election anyway? What a joke.
Neal, Alberta's previous senate election was a sham and I for one am getting tired of folks holding it up as the pinnacle of democracy. Who "appointed" those four individuals to be on the ballot? Don't you find it a bit curious that only people with ties to the reform movement were on the ballot?
One of the good things about current senate appointments is that we get a range of people from different backgrounds who would not usually run for public office. Our current senators are artists, journalist, athletes, etc.
Mr. Stelmach should let the nominations expire and we should engage in a debate about real senate reform.
An elected senate under the current structure is a joke indeed.
Karen, the process for getting on the ballot was completely open and transparent. In I believe the first election, one of my NAIT instructors, a fellow named Guy DeRosiers (sp?) ran as an independent. The option to run and be on the ballot is open to all.
Given that, how can you say it was a sham? I personally rejected my senate ballot last time around, but only because there were no candidates I felt I could support, not because the election was somehow rigged or unfair.
The so-called left parties decided against running candidates, so there were no Liberals or NDP on the ballot. You'd have to ask their braintrusts why they thought that was a good idea.
As far as praising the merits of an appointed senate, I'd rather have a say in which idiots lead us than to praise my benevolent dictators, no matter how smart, diverse, etc they may appear.
I agree with Joe Albertan that it would be odd for provincial parties to start running candidates for federal office. I would suggest that for us as voters, it would be wise to find skilled independents to send to the Senate. It might help to break down the partisan logjam that is Ottawa.
Holly Sticksays:
It was a sham and I, like many others, went and voted in the election but refused the ballot for the senator vote.
People like Link Byfiield do not represent me in any meaningful way.
Magna Cartasays:
I also rejected my senate ballot. But I was grateful for the opportunity to have this choice. I hate it when a politician appoints my representative like some Politburo appointee who then makes claims to make decisions that are in my interest. I also hate the sense of entitlement that these appointed hacks assume for themselves with me then being powerless to do anything about it.
An elected Senate means we can remove jerks.
Bradsays:
Do any of the above posters know who the Alberta Senators are? They are as follows:
Banks, Tommy Liberal Party of Canada
Brown, Bert Conservative Party of Canada
Fairbairn, Joyce Liberal Party of Canada
McCoy, Elaine Progressive Conservative Party
Mitchell, Grant Liberal Party of Canada
Tardif, Claudette Liberal Party of Canada
Now, if memory serves, Elaine McCoy was an Alberta PC MLA, and Minister; Grant Mitchell was an Alberta ALP MLA and leader of the Party; I can't recall whether Joyce Fairbairn was an Alberta MP, or MLA, or unsuccessful Liberal candidate; same for Claudette Tardiff (Metis by the way); and Tommy Banks – well, we all know who Tommy Banks is.
Bert Brown was the only "elected" Senator, and he was appointed by Steven Harper. Joyce Fairbairn was appointed by Pierre Trudeau, Tommy Banks was appointed by Jean Chretien, and the rest were appointed by Paul Martin.
The only two whose names appear in the press with any frequency are Tommy Banks and Grant Mitchell – and not in a negative way (i.e.: attended fewest sessions, etc.). Tommy Banks in particular has clearly been an extremely hard-working Senator, who takes his role and responsibilities as seriously as they require, and has been doing an outstanding job doing what a Senator is supposed to do ("sober second thought" without having to pander to the electorate and all that).
What has Bert Brown been doing?
My point is that, as with Judges, appointed Senators who can function based on what they believe is best for Canada, without having to worry about election or re-election, so long as they are competent and motivated to do that, serve us better than do elected Senators.
There are 105 Senators – Alberta has 6. It seems to me that for those 6 to have any effect whatsoever, they have to have been people that have had a well recognized commitment to making Canada a better place in which to live before their appointment.
I suppose it's possible that were an election of Senators-in-waiting in Alberta, that (at least some of) the candidates might meet that criterion. But based on what I've seen so far (concerning Alberta's elected Senators), I have my doubts.
The currency of this whole debate comes about by the way, because the Harper introduced a Bill to Parliament this past week that would recognize provincial Senatorial elections – to the extent that the Harper would consider the appointment of any such so elected (as long as they were CPC, or Reform, or Wildrose, or equivalents thereof?)
Do you seriously think the Harper would appoint a Senator elected in Quebec with Bloc affiliations? Or a Liberal elected in Ontario? Or an NDP elected in BC?
jerrymacgpsays:
I can't speak for the Liberals, but the reason the NDP do not support or participate in elections to the Senate is that abolition of the Senate is a long-standing NDP policy.
As for the effects elected Senators may have, I fear that if it really takes hold across the country, it has the potential to become a classic case of "be careful what you wish for". A Senate with electoral legitimacy but which remains structured as it is now, could create serious mischief with our political system. Government legislation, matters of confidence in the House, could be defeated in the Senate with no recourse for the voters.
Martin Levensonsays:
Tell me, if you're disenchanted with the role of the PMO and the party apparatti in federal politics, why in the world would you want to bring in elections for the Senate? Don't you think Senators are currently more free to ignore the party line than they would if they had to depend on the party to get elected? Oh, and I'm not singling out one party or the others
Do we NEED more trained seals in Ottawa?
Nathan Grundahlsays:
I am not surprised by the latest blow out. I could care less about the senators
remarks. The F bomb is the least of Canada's worries or the tax payers that fund
her paycheck. Mark my words this is only the tip of the ones that fly around the
world and speak for you in Canada, Without being elected by you. If you have
ever heard of "pork barrel politics" this is Canada's version of that. Shadow
politics that go on without your approval. It is not a Conservative, Liberal or
even New Democrats problem it is the corrupt system that it lives in.


I have searched around to see if other instructors are having the issue I am, but I cannot seem to find an answer. I use turnitin as a teaching tool to reinforce all the instruction I provide about citing sources appropriately, etc (this is a *big* etc). I also have plenty of discussion posts, smaller-stakes assignments, etc (another big "etc") to make sure my students are not graded on three essays only in my English courses. However.....my issue is with students submitting essay drafts that have clearly been written by someone else. This has happened several times now in my 10 years of teaching online. My question: is there an authentication software that will analyze multiple samples of a student's writing in Canvas--and then "match" it against other, larger-stakes assignments, like essays? Or, more simply perhaps, is there an authentication app out there that would allow an instructor to submit two or three short pieces of written text and have it compared against something more comprehensive, like an essay, to see if there is consistency in writing style? I always tell my students that their writing style is like a thumb print--so where is the software to support this theory?
Hi, Stacy Kimmey Welcome to the Canvas Community! I don't have an immediate answer for you, but thought you might be interested in this ongoing discussion about contract cheating: What $25,352 worth in contract cheating looks like.
The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning, Teaching and Writing in Higher Education by Michele Eodice et al.
That is an awesome idea Stacy Kimmey and something I bet is in reach. Here's a modest proposal: Tracking the writing styles of students could begin when they first get their smartphones. By then their K12 institutions will have years of writing samples that could be processed and scored using an educationally influenced algorithm. This data could be shared (with the permission of fully informed parents, of course) with companies like Google and Facebook.
The involvement of social media companies results in a win-win for both them and educators. Social media companies would benefit from the additional ability to authenticate users, which will help them fend off the draconian regulation on its way and show themselves as good digital citizens. Educators would benefit from the additional inputs into each student's writing style score from their social media activity. This will be especially helpful for educators who have assignments that are flavored with the spice of social media. (I have students write Twitter-style definitions of textbook terms in an assignment I call #ExplainHistoryBadly.) And if the permissions for mining their data in this way is all buried deep in clickthrough terms of service, we can avoid the creepy treehouse syndrome.
Gregory, I have a lot of concerns about tracking students for plagiarism from the time they are in kindergarten through graduate school. At what point would that data be destroyed, or would it always sit their waiting for a hacker to find the essay that a congressional candidate wrote supporting a controversial topic when they were fifteen, in order to use it against them decades later? (That is already a concern with LMS's and any kind of software that stores student writing.) What about the student who journals something very personal that then gets out because of some policy decision by Google or Facebook for their own profit? Would students be allowed to opt out of the choices their parents made once they turn 18 and have this data destroyed? (I would be willing to bet that this would be the case under EU law and policy.) What would this kind of tracking allow sophisticated profilers (I'm thinking of the Cambridge Analytica scandal), with access to AI's that can harvest written work, understand, and categorize it, to do in developing even more advanced and targetable profiles?
More importantly from an academic aspect, what is the actual message we are sending to students when we operate this way? On our campus, we are becoming increasingly concerned about how we use these technologies in ways that do not violate student trust in the professor and the institution. I've only read one of the books that Laura Gibbs mentioned, but the approach in James Lang's Cheating Lessons is the direction we would recommend to our faculty.
In the longer term, I wonder about the viability of any form of plagiarism checking. If Turnitin can author software that takes writing samples and compares them, how long before inexpensive AI's are available that will take someone's writing samples and use them to craft an essay that is algorithmically indistinguishable from something they could have written? Can intellectual property in a written work remain a viable proposition over the next five to ten years?
Excellent concerns and ones I share as well. I am following Laura Gibbs's lead in making assignments that encourage the development of interest in the subject instead of focusing on the grade. Rigidly structured writing assignments, giving students group work, telling them that all quizzes are open book and collaborative, etc. -- these certainly reduce the stress of dealing with many issues related to academic integrity.
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Stacy, that is what the upcoming Turnitin Authorship Investigation does (https://www.turnitin.com/solutions/authorship-investigation). My understanding, from talking to our reps, is that it is intended less for regular classroom use than for forensics when contract cheating is suspected. It does not work like the regular Turnitin, but, instead, compares writing samples on stylistic grounds.
Hi, Gill from Turnitin here! As Guy alludes to above we're pleased to announce that Authorship Investigate is launching in late January/early February 2019. It uses forensic linguistic analysis and natural language processing to compare differences across students' work and help investigate suspicions of contract cheating and can potentially provide much needed evidence to those tasked with dealing with cases. Please let me know if you would like to speak to a team member who can share more information!
Hi Stacy Kimmey I just saw this! This whole field of determining writing styles is called 'stylometry' so what you are looking for is basically a stylometry tool. It is absolutely true that most people who routinely read and analyze written pieces of text (teachers/editors) can intuitively tell difference in writing styles, but the keyword here is 'intuition'.
There are a lot of technical (and forensic) nuisances when it comes to labeling authors to samples. To get a glimpse of it visit I Write Like and insert various samples of your own writing and you'll see what I mean. I Write Like, has built 'writing profiles' of famous authors (you would do the same with your writing samples) and compares what you entered into it's service against those and outputs the profile which matches yours. Even changing the sample size (number of words) can often lead to a dramatic change in the output. And secondly in the case of unauthorized assistance (contract cheating or otherwise), there is the problem of obtaining a 'true sample': a piece of writing which contains all the intricacies of a student's writing. If previous submission/samples were written by someone else too, the entire process would be invalidated.
The above however is just one aspect, the LARGER problem is that stylometry works both ways: they cannot only be used to identify but also to anonymize a piece of text. So, in essence, a tool which can de-anonymize can also anonymize hence the whole process of 'authentication' is invalidated (at scale). A cheating student might not be sophisticated enough, but people who help them cheat usually are. So, for the case of contract cheating, if someone is paying someone else to do their work if they just 'anonymize' it after running it through a similar tool (like student's use spinbot to avoid being caught by Turnitin) there is very little value to be gained from this endeavor.
I will also tag Scott Miller here, since I remember he recommended stylometry as a feature idea here as well. I forgot to mention this stuff to him at the time.


In the Southeast corner of Washington in the middle of empty fields lies a must-see waterfall Adventure. Carved out by the Snake River, massive canyons are carved out with large sections of the Colombia River Basalt Gorge being exposed for an eyes view. The falls itself fall from an impressive 377 feet down below. Our design focuses on the contrast of colors during a sunrise at the falls.
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Lifestyle Health L.A. County Health Officer urges measles vaccinations
At 117, Jamaican woman likely just became world's oldest
Written by RAYMOND SIMPSON
By RAYMOND SIMPSON
Violet Brown spent much of her life cutting sugarcane in the fields around her home in western Jamaica. She attended church regularly, avoids pork and chicken and celebrated her 117th birthday last month.
On Saturday, she is believed to have become the world's oldest living person following the death of Emma Morano of Italy, born Nov. 29, 1899.
Brown told The Associated Press she is surprised but grateful to have lived this long.
"This is what God has given me, so I have to take it — long life," Brown said in an interview in her home in the town of Duanvale.
Brown is considered to be the oldest person in the world with credible birth documentation, according to Robert Young, director of the supercentenarian research and database division at Gerontology Research Group, a network of volunteer researchers into the world's oldest people. Its website says she was born on March 10, 1900.
Brown has not yet been declared the world's oldest by Guinness World Records, considered to be the official arbiter of the oldest person title but Guinness depends heavily on Young's group. Young said he has met Brown and examined her birth certificate, which was issued by the British authorities who governed Jamaica at the time of her birth.
"She's the oldest person that we have sufficient documentation for at this time," Young said.
Jamaica's prime minister congratulated Brown on Twitter.
Guinness said it was researching a number of candidates for the new world's oldest person title.
"It can be a uniquely complex and sometimes lengthy process," Guinness spokeswoman Elizabeth Montoya said. "There is no confirmation of a new title holder until our thorough processes are complete."
Brown has two caregivers and spends most of the day resting in the home she shares with her 97-year-old son. She is able to sit up by herself and walk short distances. And while she is hard of hearing, she offered swift, complete responses to questions about her life and family.
The secret to long life is hard work, she said.
"I was a cane farmer. I would do every work myself," she said. "I worked, me and my husband, over that hill."
She also credited her Christian faith for her long life.
"I've done nearly everything at the church," she said. "I spent all my time in the church. I like to sing. I spent all my time in the church from a child to right up," to today, she said.


Boleslawiec first finds mention in 1202 AD. This was perhaps when it first came into being. The town is located in the northwest part of Silesia. Prince Boleslaw Wysoki established it formally in 1251. Thereafter it was under the Bohemian rule in 1392 and in Prussia in 1742, before being part of Poland in 1945 as decided in the Potsdam Conference. The largest contingent of the Soviet Red Army was posted there and remained in Boleslawiec until as recent as 1992. Today Boleslawiec is more famous for its pottery industry, which has attracted worldwide attention.


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Last Update November 20, 2014
New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez confirms split with longtime agent Scott Boras
NEW YORK – Alex Rodriguez and longtime agent Scott Boras have split.
"I'm not going to get into the details, but I will tell you that Scott and I had a good run," the New York Yankees slugger said Friday. "Nothing drastic happened, it's just at this point in my career my goal is to finish as a New York Yankee and be a world champion again. And some of the things I needed 20 years ago I really don't need now."
It's unlikely that Rodriguez will have to negotiate another contract during his playing career. The third baseman is in the third season of a record $275 million, 10-year deal that carries through the 2017 season, when he will turn 42.
Rodriguez has said he negotiated that contract without Boras' help. The three-time MVP opted out of his previous deal after the 2007 season but criticized Boras for the timing of that announcement, which came during Game 4 of the World Series between Boston and Colorado.
The players' association said its database still had Boras listed as Rodriguez's agent, but that could just be a matter of paperwork.
Boras negotiated the $252 million, 10-year contract Rodriguez signed with the Texas Rangers before the 2001 season. A-Rod, now seventh on baseball's career list with 604 home runs, was traded to the Yankees in February 2004.
Last year, he admitted using steroids from 2001-03 with Texas.
Currently sidelined with a strained left calf, Rodriguez is eligible to come off the disabled list Sunday. He took batting practice and grounders on the field Friday before the Yankees played Toronto. He also ran the bases and said he felt no pain.
"Today was a good day," Rodriguez said. "That was a good test. Tomorrow's another one."
New York manager Joe Girardi said the plan is still for his cleanup hitter to return to the lineup Sunday, but Rodriguez put the timetable at Sunday to Tuesday.
"I'm going to wait and see," he said. "I don't want to over-promise."
To get more work in, Rodriguez said he'll face injured pitcher Andy Pettitte in simulated at-bats Saturday. Pettitte has been out since July 19 with a strained left groin and is trying to get back in the rotation.
Rodriguez said he'll wear cleats and push himself harder on Saturday. He plans to run the bases again, going first to third and scoring from second.
"Just want to make sure we cover everything before we get back out there," he said. "But today felt pretty good."
Rodriguez is hitting .265 with 21 homers and 97 RBIs for the AL East leaders, who finish their three-game series with Toronto on Sunday.
"Tell him to take another day. Don't rush yourself back," Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said with a chuckle.
In other news, Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher was not in the starting lineup because of a stiff left knee that knocked him out of Thursday's game against Oakland after one inning. Austin Kearns started in right.
Derek Jeter was rested, with Eduardo Nunez starting in his place at shortstop.


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Q: React Router and useContext not working together When I'm trying to read data, it is successfully logged in console in every file except in my SwitchRouter.tsx and I don't know why. What I'm trying to do is get value of user(isLogin) and based on that value conditionally render component. (If user is logged in, then user have access to UserContact, UserPosts and AboutMe, and if user is not logged in, then he has access to HomePage only)
NavigationBar.tsx
function NavigationBar() {

    const { user } = useContext(LoginUserContext)

    console.log('nav bar', user)                      // working fine

    return (

            <Router>
                <NavLinkRouter />
                <SwitchRouter />
            </Router>

    )
}

export default NavigationBar

function SwitchRouter() {

    const { user } = useContext(LoginUserContext)

    console.log('switch route', user)                    // not displaying anything

    return (
        <Switch>
            <Route path="/" exact component={HomePage} />
            <Route path="/contacts" render={() => (user.isLogin ? <UserContact /> : <Redirect to="/" />)} />
            <Route path="/posts" render={() => (user.isLogin ? <UserPosts /> : <Redirect to="/" />)} />
            <Route path="/aboutme" render={() => (user.isLogin ? <AboutMe /> : <Redirect to="/" />)} />
            <Route path="/login" component={Login} />
        </Switch>
    )
}

export default SwitchRouter

function NavLinkRouter() {

    const history = useHistory()

    const handleLogin = () => {
        history.push('/Login')
        if(user.isLogin) {
            setUser({...user, isLogin: false})
            history.push('/')
        }
    }

    const { user, setUser } = useContext(LoginUserContext)

    console.log('nav link', user)                         //working fine

    return (

<NavLink className="navlink" activeStyle={{ color: 'rgb(52,48,76)' }} strict to="/" exact>Home Page</NavLink>

<NavLink className="navlink" activeStyle={{ color: 'rgb(52,48,76)' }} strict to="/contacts" >User Contacts</NavLink>

<NavLink className="navlink" activeStyle={{ color: 'rgb(52,48,76)' }} strict to="/posts" >Posts</NavLink>

<NavLink className="navlink" activeStyle={{ color: 'rgb(52,48,76)' }} strict to="/aboutme" >About Me</NavLink>

            <button className="btnLogin" onClick={handleLogin}>{user.isLogin ? 'Logout' : 'Login'}</button>

    )
}

export default NavLinkRouter

Why is only in SwitchRouter.tsx not displaying anything? And how can I get that value of user to use it for conditional rendering?
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Our Crystal Libertarians were recently featured in LP News, the National LP's publication of news happening around the country.
When Libertarians Elizabeth Dahl and Olga Parsons each won their election in November 2014 to the city council in Crystal, Minnesota, a majority of libertarian-leaning members was formed.
The seven-member council consists of the mayor, a representative from each of four city wards, and one from each of two sections. Dahl was elected in Ward 1 and Parsons in Section 2. Libertarian Casey Peak was elected in Ward 3 in 2012.
Two other council members are liberty-minded: incumbent mayor Jim Adams, and Ward 2 Representative Jeff Kolb who was elected in November 2014.
"We have a really amazing team on the committee," said Parsons.
After Peak was elected, he saw that he needed to get more libertarian-minded members on the council in order to get things done. So he formed a group to recruit candidates, which landed Dahl, Parsons, and Kolb. The three campaigned together and shared contact information, greatly enhancing their prospects for election.
The five are aligned in their goals to cut city spending and bureaucracy and to expand transparency and responsiveness to citizens. They work closely together, already raising awareness in the town and getting results.
They defeated a $13 million bond for a public works facility in February, which Adams and Peak had been fighting on the previous council. The city has "more than enough cash" according to Dahl to pay for the facility while leaving a sizable reserve for emergencies.
Their opponents claimed that the bond was needed to mitigate "generational inequity," arguing that since future taxpayers will benefit from the facility, they should have to pay for it.
Dahl noted that just as people often want to upgrade their homes to keep up with the neighbors, city spending advocates — usually government employees but also some constituents — compare Crystal City to other cities.
Voters apparently rejected his view, giving Dahl 67 percent of the vote.
Casey Peak's priority is getting the city government off people's backs. "There are way too many city rules and laws that prevent people from earning income, starting a business, and living as they see fit," he said. Dahl notes that citizens have been trying to reduce the volume of regulations for years, unsuccessfully.
Peak said that some regulations even cite international building codes, specifying, for example, how homeowners must put up a wall in their own house. Another ordinance mandates that citizens must eradicate certain weeds on their property, including violets, which Peak notes are native to the area and which some citizens like to plant.
The city's regulations comprise 35,000 lines of code — more than there are residents in this town," said Dahl.
In another victory, Adams and Peak succeeded in eliminating language from city law last year that restricts firearms on public building premises.
Crystal had maintained a ban on guns in public buildings in violation of a state ruling. Adams and Peak brought the law into compliance and got notices of the gun ban taken down from City Hall. It's now legal to carry.
"The law was not only harmful to rights of the people, since City Hall is their building, but was also contrary to state law," said Peak.
Fulfilling their promise of responsiveness to citizens' concerns, Kolb, Dahl, and Parsons created the Citizen Connection Initiative, which promises Crystal citizens that council members will respond to issues and concerns they raise within 48 hours. It also includes a Facebook page and website, where the three post highlights of city council meetings and keep citizens abreast of major issues.
A major challenge for the council is to tackle what Dahl calls "insidious assessments" — hidden taxes that are included in property tax bills.
Council members intend to educate citizens to be more aware of the taxes they pay.
The group is also fighting eminent domain. Federal law gives railroad companies the authority to demand that private property owners sell their property. Canadian Pacific and BNSF railroad companies are now exploiting this power in their attempt to put a new line through the middle of town.
Council members are holding public forums packed with attendees to raise awareness of the situation. They have teamed with County Commissioner Mike Opat to fight it. The county, which has the funds to fight the railroad in court, is buying land from owners before the railroad can, in order to serve as plaintiff.
Crystal is a suburb of Minneapolis with a population of 23,000, including many young families who moved from other locations.
During her campaign last year, Dahl, a mother of three young children, knocked on all 2,300 doors in her ward.
Parson's section is twice as big, which she also managed to canvass in its entirety — both before and again after the primary — as the mother of two children. She spent an average of three hours every day for four months.
"I had the support of my family and strong backing in the community, which made my election possible," said Parsons.
Read the original LP News article here on pages 3 and 4.
Read More: We need more cities like Crystal! Want to help YOUR community? 28 municipalities have local elections this November. Here's the listing and more info on running for office.


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І́гор Вале́рійович Хра́мов ( , м. Мерефа, Харківської області) — український балетмейстер і педагог, керівник балету Львівського національного академічного театру опери та балету імені Соломії Крушельницької. Народний артист України (2017).

Загальні відомості
1984 — закінчив Київське державне хореографічне училище.

2005 — закінчив Київський університет культури і мистецтв

1984—2011 — соліст балету Львівського національного академічного театру опери та балету імені Соломії Крушельницької.

В цьому театрі став художнім керівником балетної трупи (2002-2019р.р), з 2020р. - педагог-репетитор з класу балету.

Як педагог викладає в Дрогобицькому педагогічному університеті імені Івана Франка (професор кафедри культурології та мистецької освіти). За сумісництвом працює у Львівському коледжі культури і мистецтв.

Його творчі інтереси пов'язані з балетмейстерською роботою, постановкою балетів та танців.

Є членом Національної Хореографічної Спілки України.

Партії
У творчому доробку артиста понад 40 партій, зокрема:
 Принц Зігфрід, Ротбарт, па-де-труа («Лебедине озеро» П. Чайковського)
 Принц, Дроссельмейєр («Лускунчик» П. Чайковського)
 Альберт, Ганс («Жізель» А. Адана)
 Феб де Шатопер («Есмеральда» Ц. Пуньї)
 Солор, Факір Магадавея («Баядерка» Л. Мінкуса)
 Степан, Князь, Перко («Лілея» К. Данькевича)
 Франц, Коппеліус («Коппелія» Л. Деліба)
 Кавалер (Гран па з балету «Пахіта» Л. Мінкуса)
 Кавалер («Шопеніана» Ф. Шопена)
 Петро («Привал кавалерії» І. Армсгеймера)
 Вакх, Паріс (балетна сцена «Ніч вальпургії» з опери «Фауст» Ш. Гуно)
 Джотто («Франческа да Ріміні» П. Чайковського)
 Ромео («Ромео і Джульєтта» С. Прокоф'єва)
 Адам, Бог-творець («Створення світу» А. Петрова)
 Дж. Пуччіні («Повернення Баттерфляй» Д. Пуччіні-М. Скорика)
 Базіль, Еспадо («Дон Кіхот» Л. Мінкуса)
 Куман (балетна сцена «Половецькі танці» з опери «Князь Ігор» А. Бородіна)
 Марцеліна («Даремна обережність» П. Гертеля)
 Хозе, Ескамільйо («Кармен — сюїта» Ж. Бізе-Р. Щедріна)
 Pas d'esclave, Pas de deux (з балету «Корсар» А. Адана)
 Золотий раб («Шехеразада» М. Римського-Корсакова)

Хореографія та постановка танців
 «Весела вдова» Ф. Легара
 «Царева наречена» М. Римського-Корсакова
 «Любовний напій» Г. Доніцетті
 «Білосніжка та семеро гномів» Б. Павловського
 «Титанік» Дж. Хорнера
 «Привид опери» Р. Клайдермана
 «Подих весни» Дж. Гершвіна
 «Двоє» А. Вівальді
 «Іспанські мініатюри» М. Римського-Корсакова
 «Червона калина» на музику Б.Янівського
 «Героям слава!» на музику М.Скорика

Визнання
 2000 — заслужений артист України
 2007 — премія ім. В. Писарєва Національної Спілки Театральних діячів України
 2010 — Почесна Грамота Кабінету Міністрів України
 2017 — народний артист України

Примітки

Посилання
 Храмов Ігор Валерійовичddpu.drohobych.net

 Кафедра режисури та хореографії lnu.edu.ua
 Львівський «Корсар» проклав дорогу в майбутнє… життєдайне veche.kiev.ua
 Небалетні пристрасті zaxid.net
 Фото УНІАН
Науковці Львівського університету
Персоналії:Дрогобич
Українські балетмейстери
Народні артисти України
Випускники Київського державного хореографічного училища
Уродженці Мерефи


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