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Remembering Jeff Beck
Relentless Innovator of the Electric Guitar
By: Steve Nelson - Jan 13, 2023
Beck at the Tea Party
The Jeff Beck Group,
Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck at the Tea Party.
Yardbirds with Beck and Jimmy Page fourth from left.
Scene with Beck from Blow-Up.
Growing up a rock 'n' roll fan in the 1950s and 1960s, I have seen so many of my favorite performers leave for their final tour in the sky. In '59, a plane crash took Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. In '70 and '71 hard living and drugs got Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. There were many more: Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Bob Marley, Sterling Morrison of The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed, Brian Jones and Charlie Watts of the Stones.
When I logged onto the home page of The New York Times website on January 11 and saw a large picture of Jeff Beck, I knew what it meant before I'd read a word. The plug had been pulled from one of the greatest electric guitar players of all time. Dead at 78 from bacterial meningitis.
Jeff first made his mark in The Yardbirds, replacing another pretty good guitar guy, Eric Clapton. I was a big fan of the band, but I'd never seen them play, in person or otherwise. Until one day in December '66. I was visiting New York for a few days, and while reading the Sunday Times came across a large ad for the world premiere that night of Michelangelo Antonioni's new film, Blow-Up. I'd seen most of his films and didn't want to miss this one. So on Monday at noon I was in the Coronet Theatre for the first showing of its theatrical run.
When the scene rolled with The Yardbirds playing in a club and Jeff Beck smashing his guitar into a cranky amplifier, I was mesmerized. When the film ended, I didn't move and sat through it again. It was not the only film I've seen twice, but it was the only one I saw twice in a row. I might have stayed for a third showing if I didn't have to leave for dinner with my parents. They never would have understood why if I didn't make it.
By the following summer I had a new job: manager of a club called The Boston Tea Party, a psychedelic temple of rock. In seven US tours, The Yardbirds had never played Beantown, despite having a fervent fan base there. Graffiti in the Tea Party men's room proclaimed "Beck is God." So when their agent offered me the chance to book the band in April '68, I jumped at it. Jeff had left the band by then, replaced on lead guitar by Jimmy Page, who'd played second fiddle to him in the version of the group in Blow-Up.
Meanwhile, Jeff had formed his own eponymous band, and on their first American tour, I booked them for four nights at the end of June. I'd been having a disagreement with the owner of the Tea Party, Ray Riepen, over my compensation. He also gave me grief over what I was paying The Jeff Beck Group: $2000. That's right, $500 a night for Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood with top session drummer Mick Waller. Are you fucking kidding me?
To promote the show I produced a handbill with a head shot of Jeff on the front – he embodied that British rock star look – with a reprint on the back of a rave review in The New York Times of the group opening for The Grateful Dead at the Fillmore East. They killed the Dead.
Wednesday night we had about half a house, OK for the middle of the week. But I knew what was to come. In the crowd were the local musicians and hip influencers who would spread the word the next day through the grapevine in Cambridge and Boston. Sure enough, the next three nights were packed beyond capacity, with people on line unable to get in.
Their Tea Party shows consisted mostly of tunes from their first album due out the following month, Truth. It was a harbinger of the varied styles and influences that became Jeff's hallmark. The opening cut was a classic Yardbirds number, "Shapes of Things." The classic English air "Greensleeves," the contemporary folk tune "Morning Dew," even the show tune "Old Man River." Electric blues, with tunes by B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, all of whom had played the Tea Party that spring. And Jeff's signature instrumental "Beck's Bolero," with Jeff's guitar soaring above a Ravel-like beat.
I had to run the club, so I couldn't sit around and watch the whole show, but over the course of the four days I managed to catch most of it. There was Rod Stewart growling "Ain't Superstitious" with Jeff, Ron and Micky just whaling it. It was my last weekend as manager, having decided it was time to move on. What a way to bow out. Ain't that the truth.
After the final show on Saturday night, the band came over to my apartment near Harvard Square. My girlfriend Barbara and I were in the process of moving, our furniture already gone. So we all lounged on cushions on the floor, sipping wine and having a conversation like we were students at Oxford. It's the only after-show party I ever went to where no one was smoking dope. But the band was high with the success of their tour.
Long after my music biz days I became, among many other things, an inveterate writer of letters to the editor. I've had quite a few published in that Holy Grail for letter writers, The New York Times. In fact, I'm probably the only person ever to have two letters published in the Times on the same day. It was in a Sunday paper. One letter was in the News section. The other was in Arts, praising Jeff Beck and recalling his appearance at the Tea Party.
In the Times obit for Jeff, it cited a quote by him in Music Radar, talking about his Fender Stratocaster: "It's a tool of great inspiration and torture at the same time. It's forever sitting there, challenging you to find something else in it. But it is there if you really search." So much of Sixties rock (and beyond) was about wringing new sounds from an electric guitar. No one was a more relentless and creative explorer of that wild country than Jeff Beck.
Adapted in part from Steve Nelson's memoir Gettin' Home: An Odyssey Through The '60s. www.gettinhome.com
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"Wow, what a line-up! Thanks for evoking the excitement of the privilege of witnessing their music. And hanging out with them in your spartan place! Beck was a true artist."
Posted By: Pennie Brantley on 01-16-2023, 02:36 pm


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The percussion and strings start off bright, but deceive you as they turn to a powerful minor key. The string bass plays a prominent role, interacting with and leading the treble to the sudden conclusion.
Think dark overgrown forest with overtones of magic in it. This one can loop perfectly - if you cut it right.
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Long broad notes with a solo oboe. The title probably says enough.


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As I watch the sun set on my sons childhood I can't help but reflect on some lessons I've learnt over my fundamental years. Some have been ingrained whilst others smack me up the side of the head when I least expect it as if to remind me that I should have known better.
No staying back at work last night as John was turning 16. Birthday dinner booked in at Rockpool - delightful as always Mr Perry - filled with wonderful food and much love and laughter, followed by many wrong turns (and I wasn't even driving!) and more laughter on the way home. Lying in bed after a wonderful night, I couldn't help but think of all that lay ahead of John, the lessons he still has to learn and the experiences that he will have, and of course that lead to much reflection. What have been some of the most important lessons that I have learnt?
I didn't really learn to swim properly until about 8 years ago - watching the kids have their lessons taught me a lot, and we had a pool where I could practice in isolation and peace, as well as some trials on the lounge room floor. I had a healthy fear of swimming since I was a small child which I attribute firmly to the family beach trip when my father decided it was time I learnt to swim. Dad's idea of teaching you to swim was to take you out into the ocean, an unmeasured distance, he tells it as about a kilometre, I am inclined to agree with this, but I had child size eyes so everything looked bigger or longer than it really was. Once the people back on the sand had been reduced to ant size he got you to float and then when you were doing that well, he swam back to shore (well, out of my eye sight anyway - he was close in case I got into what he called real trouble). Literally I was left to sink or swim. I couldn't tread water (still can't properly) and went under quite a few times, my spluttered screams and my tiny arms were unnoticed back on shore. Deciding I didn't want to die, I did the only thing I could, I floated on my back and once I regained my breath I steadily kicked my way back to shore. It took 45 minutes. I was exhausted, sunburnt and didn't speak to Dad for a week, as I remember, neither did Mum.
As you would suspect this gave me a healthy distrust of water that didn't come from a tap. Any suggestion of swimming sent shivers down my spine. This however was not the lesson.
We had been having swimming lessons at school for years, however the instructors at the pool would test us at the beginning of each year to assess our ability. Having none, I was relegated to spend my time in the kiddy pool with the other non-swimmers, splashing around. This seemed like a much better idea to me than the terror of being forced to swim laps and the instructor didn't want to bother with kids that couldn't swim so it was a win-win. In the later years of primary (grade) school there were new instructors and we non-swimmers got very excited at our improving skill. This however is not the lesson.
Our school had a policy that everyone had to compete, part of our educational arsenal apparently. So I as forced to swim. The only stroke I was half decent at was backstroke, and by half decent I mean I resembled a carriage with two very wonky wheels travelling through a muddy field.You could automatically rule out any stroke that required my face to be in water as I enjoyed breathing, still do actually. Backstroke also meant I could start the race in the water, and avoid diving or belly flopping if we are calling a spade a spade.
We line up for the race breath held tight in my chest and wait for the gun. An explosion of noise fills the air and rings in my ears as the gun is shot from right in front of me. Startled, I'm slow off the wall, I throw myself backwards hard to catch up and succeed in doing the one thing I am trying to avoid, I've thrown myself under the water too far and struggle as I come upright in the pool, gagging. Using the lane barriers for support I recompose and start my stroke. But it's too late, I am already too far behind. Much spluttering and flailing later and I can hear the cheers and whoops of victory as I touch for the turn, sadly with my head as my arms hit the edge of the pool mid stroke. I look around and people are still racing so I decide to keep going. I won't give up. As I begin my second lap, everyone is calling for me to gat out of the pool - the race was over. I stop, clinging to the lane barrier and look at those waiving at me from the side of the pool, calling for me to get out. The older kids, my classmates and teachers, the people I'm meant to listen to.
Random acts of kindness change the world.
Get your children proper swimming lessons - Don't worry Dad - all is forgiven, I still love you.


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The name of the Church was discussed in depth by theologians, Bishops and Archbishops. It was Edward Lutyens who suggested that the Church should be the Church of the city, a place for all sects and creed to meet. He suggested that it should be dedicated to and called the Church of God the Father as that would make sense to everyone - the Christians and the outsiders. Bishop Charles Gore of Oxford added that for Indians and most English people the notion of redemption, salvation and meditation was the greatest need of the hour. Lord Irwin in keeping with general feeling, suggested the title "The Church of Holy Redemption". On 25 November 1930 it was finally agreed to dedicate the Church as "The Church of the Redemption".


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QA192 QUESTION: Can you explain to us how it is that in many religions and in traditions like initiation, the idea of sexual abstinence is linked with spiritual development?
ANSWER: Yes. Some of the explanations that you already have discovered for yourself are quite true and quite valid, but there is more to it than that. Now, what you know is the truth, that in former times – thousands of years ago – the development of man, his inner state, his instinctual side, was truly in such a low scale that he was indeed – I would not say like a beast, because animals do not have the pollution of mind that any entity in the human state can have – so much worse than animals.
There was bestiality, cruelty, and hate mixed in and utter selfishness, unloving attitudes in man's sexuality in former times. The will was so little developed that whenever the instinctual side came out spontaneously, this bestiality manifested and diluted the spiritual energies, whose influx was still weak and could not afford this pollution from the bestial side of man.
Now, you know even in today's state of consciousness, when you go deep enough in your self-search, in your self-exploration, in the deepest hidden regions of your soul, that to the degree there is unexpressed, denied, held back evil and destructiveness, it manifests and is caught in the sexual urge so that often the only place the negativity manifests is in a perhaps sublimated or deviated way.
Nevertheless, in its essence, the sexuality shows selfish, cruel, sadistic or masochistic tendencies wherever the total personality is not yet integrated and whole. However, thousands of years ago, the will was so weak and the mind capacity so limited, that in order to develop spiritually, spontaneity could not exist.
Spiritual development, nurturing and opening the channels for spiritual energy, was only possible when the entity learned willpower, self-discipline, discipline of mind, and clear thinking. So these attributes stood in cross-counter distinction to the spontaneous letting go of the emotional side. This meant that for thousands of years, in order to catch up with the evolutionary process, the instinctual side had to be kept in abeyance and the conscious side of will, of discipline, and of thinking capacity had to be cultivated. So in that sense, the teachings were quite correct at that particular time.
Where the error existed was, number one, to believe it is that way per se, and that sexuality is per se a contradiction to spirituality. The error was also in not realizing that this is a question of changing aspects and levels of consciousness. What is, at one period, the only possible way in order to attain development becomes, at another period where evolution has already fulfilled itself, a disastrous thing that splits off the personality further.
So it is therefore that in today's time the exact opposite approach must be taken. The will and the thinking process have advanced so considerably that the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction and people are too much geared on thinking, on repressing, on self-discipline in a wrong kind of way, and the spontaneous nature has lagged behind.
It is now important that the instinctual side catches up in the evolutionary ages to come, so that the spiritualization of all levels of being can proceed. Spiritualization was concerned thousands of years ago with the levels of will and of thinking. Spiritualization now moves into the levels of feeling and instincts. And for that the instinctual side must be exposed with its evil, with its destructiveness, because only then can it become spiritualized. And this, of course, includes the sexuality.
The sexual urges which are still trapped in negative ways of being, in destructive aspects, must expose themselves; the meaning must be understood by the entity so that the spiritualization of the whole of human consciousness can proceed.
In former times, religion was concerned with the action of man, which is the will. Then came the time of Jesus, which was that thinking was as important as the action. And now, in the New Age, as psychology and the unconscious and instinctual nature are being brought into the foreground, we move into the level of the feeling, so that the purification of the total being, the total manifest person, can take place. It is now no longer a question of keeping anything in abeyance in order to bring spiritual power into the system.

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Despite Late Surge, Devils Fall to Ducks 3-2
Following the Devils' loss to the Islanders on Long Island Thursday, they knew something had to change. They wanted a win heading into their week-long bye that starts tomorrow and ends on Monday, January 28 at Pittsburgh.
Unfortunately, they could not pick up that momentum as they fell to the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 at Prudential Center today.
The big news coming out of yesterday's practice was veteran Drew Stafford calling a players-only meeting on the ice following the hard workout they were put through by the coaching staff. The Devils had a season-low 17 shots versus the Isles and wanted to get out some frustrations amongst the players. It has been a frustrating season for all involved and the players just needed to work some stuff out.
In other news, Taylor Hall will indeed miss the 2019 All-Star festivities in San Jose and Kyle Palmieri has been chosen to take his place as the Devils' lone representative. Palmieri, for his part, said that, while he is excited and grateful for the opportunity, he would give it all back to have a healthy Taylor Hall in the Devils' lineup. But Palmieri definitely deserves this honor and congratulations to him. We will see him in San Jose on the 26th and 27th.
Injuries have been a big part of the year and they continue to plague the Devils' season. Miles Wood has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to January 14 due to his lower body injury. Ben Lovejoy missed today's game with the upper body injury that kept him out of the Islander game as well. He was scratched from the lineup. In addition, Blake Pietila was sent back down to AHL Binghamton.
With all of those roster moves, the Devils recalled Kurtis Gabriel and Nathan Bastian from Binghamton to fill up the spots vacated. Gabriel was a healthy scratch today along with Egor Yakovelv. Bastian, however, would see playing time, making his NHL debut wearing number 42. He would even get into his first NHL fight, battling Josh Manson in the second period.
Mackenzie Blackwood was back in net for the Devils, as he stopped 11 of 14 shots against for a .786 save percentage. For Anaheim, their All-Star, John Gibson started and made 29 stops on 31 shots for a .935 save percentage. The Devils held the Ducks shots down under 20, including out shooting them 14-3 in the second period, but still could not score enough of their own to prevail.
Marcus Johansson, who went on to be named the game's third star, got the scoring going 6:50 into the game. He took a pass from Jesper Bratt in the Ducks' zone and skated to the front of the net all alone, backhanding it upstairs to beat Gibson and make it 1-0 Devils. Will Butcher had the secondary assist on this early goal.
But the Ducks wasted no time in getting that one back. Daniel Sprong buried a Nick Ritchie rebound over Blackwood's glove to tie things. Adam Henrique had the secondary assist and got the puck to the net in the fist place. The goal came at 9:10. The Devils challenged for offsides, saying that Henrique was the man to head into the zone before the puck, but after the review, the call on the ice stood: it was a good goal. Because the Devils lost the challenge for offsides, they took a delay of game bench minor that put Anaheim on the power play.
And 1:28 into that man advantage, Troy Terry took a pass from Hampus Lindholm at the top of the far faceoff circle. He fired and scored his first National Hockey League goal, the second player to do it against the Devils in two games. Sprong had the other assist on this one, which put the Ducks up 2-1. Terry, you may remember, was the shootout specialist from Team USA at the 2017 World Junior Championship, seemingly scoring every time he touched the puck in that situation.
Special teams struggled for the Devils today. They went 0-for-4 with seven shots on the power play and had three shorthanded shots. Anaheim was 1-for-2, scoring on their only power play shot. They also had one shorthanded shot on Blackwood.
Brian Boyle was shaken up in the first period when he was hit awkwardly by Manson.
There was no scoring in the second period, although the Devils had lots of chances. But in the third period, newly acquired Derek Grant scored for the Ducks 5:11 into the frame. The Devils had dominated the first five minutes of the period in terms of possession, but once Anaheim took control, Terry got the puck to Grant at the near faceoff dot in the Devils' zone and he snapped one by Blackwood just under the crossbar. It was now 3-1 Ducks.
But hold on, with Blackwood pulled for the extra attacker and 56 seconds to go in regulation, Butcher found a nice seam to get the puck to Bratt at the near faceoff dot. Much like the Grant goal, Bratt snapped a wrist shot by Gibson's glove to make it 3-2 Anaheim.
But that was it. The Devils had that late surge but could not do any more. A few timely defensive plays by the Ducks let time run out and the Devils fell, 3-2.
New Jersey out shot the Ducks 31-14. The Devils won 49-percent of the game's faceoffs, the teams were dead even in hits with 19 each, the Ducks blocked more shots at 11 to the Devils' nine. The Devils also had more giveaways at four to Anaheim's one.
Sami Vatanen led the Devils defensemen in ice time against his former team, going 23:39 (including 2:54 of power play time and 1:57 on the penalty kill) while Travis Zajac led all skaters with 23:51 (4:36 on the PP and 1:47 on the PK). Shots were led by Damon Severson and Vatanen, who both had five apiece. Hits were led by the All-Star Kyle Palmieri with six. Blocked shots were led by Andy Greene with two, as he also leads all NHL players in blocked shots this season so far. Blake Coleman led in takeaways with two.
Next up for the Devils, their much needed bye week. They will be off until a week from Monday when they travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins. In the meantime, the 2019 NHL All-Star Skills Weekend will take place on the 26th and 27th. We will have coverage of that for you, to see how Palmieri does.
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Major console/PC game publisher THQ (UFC Undisputed 2010) has done publishing and distribution deals for other companies for some time, but it's adding its recently-revealed Partners division for "more focus."
The division, tailored to larger firms who may want to self-fund some or all of its game's development and lean on THQ for distribution and marketing, will "provide select developers and publishers access to THQ�s global retail and online publishing network".
So says THQ Partners president Tim Walsh, who tells Gamasutra that developers and publishers will benefit from having a central point of contact, "Hopefully I'll be able to work with some of the larger studios and developers who are considering a partners type of agreement," says Walsh.
The brand-new division is just starting to explore its options, but in the long term, Walsh hopes that based on each party's resources and what they bring to the table, individual deals will be tailored to be "win win" for both parties.
The model for THQ's partner program is obviously EA Partners. Like THQ, Electronic Arts had long acted as a publisher and distributor of third-party titles, but established EA Partners to work with larger companies such as Valve, Epic and Harmonix/MTV.
Walsh says it'll broadly be similar for THQ Partners -- partner titles will differ from other titles in the THQ publishing portfolio "only in the sense of where they come from," he says. "We want to give recognition to the source, especially if it's existing IP."
"The economics of the video game business have evolved so that it's possible now for development teams to secure financing for their development... if someone has done that, they may want to consider a partners-type deal, because they're going to be able to retain more of the margin," he says.
"At that point they also want to control the look and feel of the game," Walsh adds. "If you're one of those companies, then we have a program that allows us to get your products to market, leveraging our global sales and marketing team."
Given that the economics of the game development business are shifting such that working with a partner-type program is not only viable, but even desirable for many companies, how might the landscape shape up?
"There are plenty of groups out there with IP and with development teams -- more than enough that, even if all the major publishers had partners programs, we still wouldn't be able to get to the point where there'd be a shortage of high-quality projects," says Walsh.
"Longer-term, I think it's an evolution of the market," he suggests. "As things get more and more digital-oriented, retail is going to become just one revenue stream. Over the years, as that continues to evolve, at some point development teams will say, 'well, look -- we don't need to own our retail distribution channel."
Many companies are likely to find they're better-served outsourcing such an expensive piece of overhead to a partner, says Walsh, with the added bonus of being able to focus solely on creating games as content. "I see that definitely as a pattern, not so much in the near term, but maybe medium-term," Walsh suggests. "Maybe the case will be that there ends up being just a few global retail publishers that everyone uses."
And those few global retail publishers capable of offering such programs are already rivals, so there'll be little effect on the way they compete with one another, especially because there's plenty of room for everyone: "You can only have so many titles in a partners program," Walsh points out. "It's limited -- you don't want to become just a distributor, so there's a natural limit on the number of titles that any major retail-level publisher would pick up."
The big question, then, is what THQ is seeking in its partners. "I think it's a development studio that has the ability to build their own content, have their own production teams -- they may or may not have a global brand management function, and they have a slate of properties, whether it's one, two or three titles a year, and they have plans going forward for several years," he explains.
"That's ideal, because for me it gives us a chance to create a relationship, and for them to get to know THQ. And as time goes on, you just get better and better at execution."
For the fiscal year, Walsh says THQ hopes to pick up two or three partners that have that sort of profile, in addition to "one-off" global and regional deals. "It doesn't have to be someone that has a long-term type of strategy," he points out. "It could be the case that there's a game being published by a Japanese publisher, and they're looking for European distribution."
Walsh says a good side effect of the partner format is an expansion on the creativity on offer in game development: "When you rely on a publisher to make the decision on whether or not to invest in the developer or the IP, even the large publishers only have so much that they can invest -- they have their own stable of sequels, so the number of completely new games and IP is limited, because there's just not that many spots."
So if a company can simply focus on backing and creating its own idea, and then still have access to a global publishing network, "that allows new ideas to come to market," Walsh says. "That's what's really exciting about it."


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"Who knows but that before the next century dawns it will be recognized that the inventor of the bicycle has done more to revolutionize the religious, moral and social ideas of mankind than all the philosophers of our time?"
If you like cycling —especially Victorian cycling!— be sure to check out my fiction series about a cycling club in the 1880s and '90s, the Tales of Chetzemoka!
"Recent performances on the wheel would seem to indicate that we have not yet apprehended the possibilities of 'cycling. Tours of prodigious distances have been made in incredibly short periods of time. Regions have been traversed hitherto regarded as inacessible. Two ladies recently rode over the Alps [on highwheel tricycles], from Basle to Porto Maurizio, crossing by the Gemina Passi... The distance between John o' Groats and Land's End has been made in eight days. 255 miles have been covered in one day." —G.E.B. "The Future." Outing and The Wheelman, December, 1883, p. 227.
"I am of opinion that no exercise for women has ever been discovered that is to them so really useful [as riding a high wheel tricycle]. Young and middle-aged ladies can learn to ride the tricycle with greatest facility, and they become excellently skillful. One young lady, who is very dear to me, can beeat me both in pace and in distance, and in a tour we have made to-day of several miles on a beautiful country road, we have enjoyed ourselves as much as when we ride out together on horseback, while we have had better exercise. I shall rejoice to see the time when this exercise shall be as popular amongst girls and women as tennis and the dance, for the more fully the physical life of our womankind is developed, the better for men as well as women." —Dr. B.W. Richardson, "On-Dits and Facts of the Month." The Ladies' Treasury: A Household Magazine, 1882, p. 715.
"To say that it is hard to learn to ride the bicycle is an exageration, and arises mainly from the fact that the pride of some who are graceful riders makes them magnify their own accomplishments by alarming unnecessarily, those who are anxious to learn. A few lessons and a little dertermination and, before one is aware of it, the art is acquired."
—Hull, Geo. S., M.D. "Physicians and the Bicyle." Outing and the Wheelman. October 1883, p. 57.
"Does the novelty [of cycling] wear off? Ask the first bicyclist you meet, and be prepared for his emphatic "No!""
—George S. Hull, "Physicians and the Bicyle." Outing and the Wheelman. October 1883, p. 57.
"With a good bicycle, well ridden, any man, old or young, may enjoy the finest and most exhilerating exercise the world has yet seen and be as safe as the occupant of a carriage, and safer than the horseman."—Henry W. Williams, "The Wheelman." February, 1883, p. 378.
"[C]ertainly no one can doubt that the modern bicycle is a thing of beauty. It belongs to the nineteenth-century. It has all the lines, it has all the bearings, it has all the motions, it has all the airiness, it has all the aspirations of the nineteenth-century in it. It belongs to the same category of modern things as the Brooklyn Bridge."—Rev. George Pentecost. "Speeches Made At The Banquet of the League of American Wheelmen, Monday, May 28, 1882, At Metropolitan Hotel, New York City." July, 1883. p. 308.
Taken from "The Youths Companion" Boston: June 14, 1888. No. 41.
Cycling fashion plate from "Black and White" magazine, August 15, 1896, p. 216.
Taken from "Harper's Weekly" New York: June 24, 1893 . Vol 37.
Ad from "Life" Magazine, April 2, 1896.
From "The Wheelman," July 1883, page 258.
From "The Wheelman" June 1883, page 167.
From "The Wheelman" June 1883, page 164.
From "The Wheelman," May 1883.
From the book, "A Canterbury Pilgrimage" page 47.
From "The Wheelman July 1883."
From "The Wheelman," July, 1883, p. 259.
From "The Youth's Companion" March 29, 1900.
Palmer tires advertisement from "Life" magazine, April 2, 1896.
Rambler bicycles advertisement from "Life" magazine, April 2, 1896.
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Q: In Rails, How should I allow users to create an ordered list of other users? Suppose I have a User model, and I'd like to allow each user to choose their "top friends" that are also users, in order of favoriteness. This way a user can have a "best friend" and a "3rd best friend" and so on. I think what I'm looking for (correct me if this is a bad path to go down) is a habtm within the User model, with the added dimension of an order to them.
The end goal is to allow me to do something like:
@user.favorite_users => an ordered list of their favorite users.
@user.favorite_users.each do |user|
 //iterate through each user in order from best friend to worst friend
end

I'm using Ruby 2.3.0, Rails 4.2.

A: Try the following:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :friendships
  has_many :friends, -> { order 'friendships.order ASC'}, through: :friendships
end

class Friendship < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :user
  belongs_to :friend, class_name: 'User'
end

@user.friends will give you list of users ordered by order in friendships

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A disused toilet block on Barry Island will be turned into restaurants, Vale of Glamorgan council has said.
The Grade II listed shelter at Nell's Point was built in 1923 and has been on sale since 2015.
Nextcolour, which turned a 1930s cinema into restaurants at Oyster Wharf in the Mumbles, Swansea, has been chosen to develop the site.
Vale of Glamorgan council said it was "another step in the regeneration of Barry Island".
The old toilet block has not been used since 1995 and will now be turned into a "number of high-quality restaurants" alongside modern toilet facilities and new beach huts.
It follows a number of similar developments across the United Kingdom.
Several old public toilets have been turned into restaurants in London and Manchester, while a similar site in Cumbria was earmarked for housing development earlier this year.
Councillor John Thomas, leader of the Vale of Glamorgan council said the development would "further boost the area and help cement its reputation as a first-class seaside resort".
Nextcolour CEO James Morse said: "We are delighted to have been appointed by the Vale of Glamorgan Council to redevelop the former changing rooms above the beach at Nell's Point."
Detailed plans for the development are set to be unveiled early in 2018.


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Immaculate Heart of Mary College is a private, Filipino Catholic school administered by the Philippine Province of the  Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It was established in June 1949. The school offers Preschool, Primary and Secondary Education for boys and girls (Coed).

History
In 1750, Mother Paula, of the Third Order of St. Dominic, sailed from Spain to the Philippines with the intent to provide a home for poor and abandoned children. She opened a house she called Beater De Santa Rosa, named in honor of St. Rose of Lima, where she began to take care of children.

After Mother Paula's death, the house was placed under Royal Patronage. The Royal Audience, through its regent, His Excellency, D.S. Trevino, sought the assistance of the Daughters of Charity to continue the work. In 1866, Sister Pervasive, Carmen, and Eustacia De Lara took over Beater, and with the approval of its board of directors, changed its name to Collegial De Santa Rosa. In addition to providing a home for young girls, the Sisters ensured the girls received a thorough Catholic education.

The school enjoyed the support of the Spanish government and wealthy families of that time. It was able to withstand the revolution and a nearby earthquake. Over time, it grew into an elite school for girls. In 1933–34, the High School Home Economics was opened. Two years later, the Junior Normal College was inaugurated.

On December 27, 1941, a bomb dropped by the Japanese destroyed the school. The Sisters sought refuge in Concordia College, the provincial house of the Daughters of Charity. In spite of the war, the Sisters continued their mission of caring for homeless children and teaching catechism. They engaged in needlework to support themselves.

When liberation came in 1943, Mrs. Warner, an American who stayed with the Sisters, offered her home at Manga Avenue in Santa Mesa, Manila as a new school site. They were able to reopen the primary school and offer a special course in needlework and handicraft.

In 1946, with Sister Carmen Reta, D.C. as Visitatrix, a building in Santa Mesa was bought. There, the Sisters resumed their operation. In October, the Board of Directors of Santa Rosa proposed for the Sisters' return to the former site, Intramuros. The Sisters refused due to the fact that they would have to accept certain conditions, such as having to relinquish the name Colegio de Santa Rosa. Instead, they adopted the name Immaculate Heart of Mary College.

The Sisters were then faced with the task of putting up a college of their own. Due to their hard work, cooperation, and guidance, the school's population grew and its buildings were expanded.

In 1952, The Sisters bought a lot in Quezon City where the college presently stands. A four-story, U-shaped building was built. It was inaugurated on February 2, 1957, along with the unveiling image of Our Lady at the campus rotunda, by Father Zacaraias Subinas, C.M.

In 1957, the school launched an expansion under Sister Filomena Zulueta, D.C. Additional wings were built to house the chapel and the auditorium. New equipment and facilities were installed. Saint Joseph's Home was completed in 1959.

From 1963-1972 an additional wing was constructed, the Sacred Heart Building, to house primary school classrooms. Personnel upgrading was undertaken and lay members joined the administrative staff. However, competition led to inadequate enrollment, and the College Department was phased out.

The school has continued upgrading itself. In 1983, the individual Reading Program was implemented. The Basic Education Department (BED) had its Congregational Evaluation Visit (CEV) on March 3–5, 1986.

Academics

Basic Education
 Kindergarten to year 12

Catholic elementary schools in Metro Manila
Catholic secondary schools in Metro Manila
Schools in Quezon City
Educational institutions established in 1949
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Private Markets Due Diligence: Private vs. Public Markets
You've no doubt heard about or read about the ever-declining number of public market stocks available to investors today. For instance, the Wilshire 5000 Index used to contain 5,000 stocks; today that number is closer to 3,500. With this decline in the opportunity set for investors in public markets, many are turning to the private space to access not only a wider range of opportunities, but perhaps also capture some of the potential outperformance that has frequently been synonymous with the space.
While more and more investors are flocking to private markets, the dynamics are often very different than those of the public markets. For investors trying to conduct due diligence on funds in this asset class, you'll want to adjust some of the questions you ask and characteristics you look for to ensure you are able to select managers who have the potential to deliver strong returns. This article is the first in a brief series that will touch on some of the differences in investing in public vs. private markets. It will also endeavor to offer some practical questions to ask as you are researching private markets strategies, which are those that provide access to the asset class but have more liquidity than traditional private funds. We will discuss deal flow (and why it matters as much as it does), performance and outlook of public vs. private markets, and some of the challenges associated with traditional drawdown structure funds.
A Large and Inefficient Opportunity Set
An overwhelmingly large percentage of companies are private, resulting in what equates to be a substantial opportunity set, albeit one that brings significant challenges. Despite the size of the deal market on the private side, it is not always an even playing field, and not nearly as efficient as the public markets. Informational advantages – largely achieved through scale and relationships – do exist and may be one factor that separates those who outperform and deliver on the promises of private market general partners.
As the private equity buyout market has matured, you'll notice in the U.S. vs. Developed Europe buyout funds charts that the average trend line of returns has decreased. And although Developed Europe buyout IRRs, in particular, have dropped from 2008, the spread over the public markets has remained healthy.
Source: Bain - Global Private Equity Report 2019
The longer-term trend of decreasing returns makes sense, as more capital flows to the asset class, deal valuations get driven up and generating alpha becomes increasingly difficult. Managers and investors often state that the high transaction multiples represent the biggest challenge at present. As you can see, this is a valid concern.
Unpacking the Top Quartile
Anyone who operates in the private markets knows that asset managers tout their meaningful deal flow as a competitive advantage. Given that, it's imperative to look under the hood and unpack what specific advantages a manager's deal flow is really creating. There has been no shortage of deals, but there is a limited number of good deals, and it's often the case that the best deals are not undertaken through a competitive bidding process. Instead, they are going to be carried out in partnership with managers who have scale, relationships and access. That is a big reason why the outperformance has generally continued to persist for top-quartile managers. The importance of manager selection and portfolio construction cannot be overstated. When conducting due diligence in this space, a few key questions advisors should be asking asset managers are: 'What is your breakdown of deal flow by each investment type and strategy? Credit? Co-investments? Secondaries?' and 'Where is the main source of your deal flow?'
Despite the growing opportunity set and new entrants coming into the space, top-quartile managers continue to find ways to set themselves apart, as is evidenced in the U.S. and Developed Europe Buyout Funds charts shown earlier. Finding attractive valuations continues to present a challenge, however, so one way for managers to ensure they can find what they believe to be the best deals is by having access to the most meaningful deal flow. Ultimately, a manager wants to be in the enviable position of seeing a lot but doing only a little. There is a clear correlation between those managers with good deals and those managers generating strong performance and claiming the coveted top-quartile spot.
It is important to note that the difference is wider between competing firms within the private markets vs. competing firms within the public markets. This dynamic speaks to the efficiency of the public markets, where all information is publicly available, thereby creating a level playing field. Larger firms in the public space certainly have some advantages over smaller firms, but those are narrower. On the other hand, having scale in the private markets often equates to substantial competitive advantages over subscale competitors.
The private markets are highly fragmented, providing a significant informational advantage for those who possess the resources and have the access to utilize it. For those lacking these attributes, the private markets can be a very challenging space. With information and the ability to synthesis it efficiently, resourced firms tip the scales in their favor in underwriting and can stay away from overpriced and inferior deals.
Let's talk a bit more about performance. Over longer time periods, private equity has outperformed other equity-based assets on an absolute and risk-adjusted basis. But, when we look at shorter time periods, the outperformance isn't as significant, primarily due to the public market's recent strong performance.
Source: Bain - Public vs. Private Equity Returns Article
Interestingly, when looking at the figure below, the top-quartile manager performance trend line has remained steady as transaction multiples have been pushed up. This demonstrates why top-tier managers have continued to see substantial inflows as they have the access to high-quality deals that still drive returns even if they are paying up. Thinking about this another way, manager and fund count has grown significantly, so there are more managers in the quartile, but the other quartiles' performance has suffered pointing to an increased manager dispersion, making manager selection even more critical. This is a significant differentiator as boutique managers may have some niche specialization, but they often simply do not get access to the quality high-profile deals.
Traditional Private Market Structures
Traditionally, the private markets have been accessed through commingled funds. These structures present a few challenges for retail investors especially as they tend to have higher minimum investment amounts, which can make it difficult for individual investors to diversify across strategies and vintage years. Within these traditional structures, investors commit capital and then wait for the general partner to call or draw down their capital when needed. This presents another challenge in the way of liquidity management as investors must essentially maintain some level of liquidity to meet capital calls. This potentially leads to cash drag on time-weighted portfolio returns.
All of these factors are exacerbated further by the fact that traditional private markets partnerships are getting longer. Though funds are often assumed to be from 8 to 10 years, data from Pitchbook states that it often takes 11 to 14 years for a PE fund to reach an RVPI (residual value to paid) of less than .05x, which potentially increases risk for investors.
Staying Private
More and more, we see good companies choosing to remain private for longer, effectively expanding the opportunity set for private market investors. Access to capital for private companies has improved dramatically as the private markets have matured; in fact, Cobalt LP reported that 20 years ago there were 1,551 funds and 1,031 fund families in the private markets, whereas as of November 2020 there were roughly 11,769 funds and 7,681 fund families. The growth of available investment capital helps to alleviate the need for companies to go through a public listing process. In short, companies have a lot more options today than they had in the past.
For those that do choose to go public, they tend to be doing so much later in their lifecycle. Staying private longer means that a great deal of the growth and value creation is taking place while private. By the time companies go public, they are increasingly in a much more mature phase than had been the case historically.
Outlook Ahead
Given the meaningful opportunity set and the compelling dynamics outlined above, we believe the interest in and outlook for the private markets may continue to be strong. We anticipate that capital may continue to flow to the private markets at an increasing rate – this, of course, begs the question, "What about all the dry powder?" Capital overhang, or dry powder, in private markets is often cited as a concern; however, we believe a far more relevant metric is how quickly private markets managers are putting that capital to work.Evidence exists to suggest that private equity managers are in fact deploying capital in a healthy time frame. If assets are moving into the space and deals are getting done efficiently, there is potential for strong performance.
With that, we wrap our discussion of the various potential benefits of and outlook for the private markets, as well as the explanation of why scale, relationships and expertise really matter when it comes to investing in the private markets. In subsequent articles, we'll delve into the structures and suggest some things to consider and questions to ask as you research the space.
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Weekly Research Briefing: Peak Financial News Week
I can't recall a bigger financial news, data and decision release week than this one. Central bank decisions are coming from the Fed, European Central Bank, the Bank of England and Brazil. Data releases on U.S. jobs, U.S. ISM, Euro inflation, Euro GDP plus an OPEC meeting.
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Weekly Research Briefing: Rabbit Run
A new year and a new zodiac sign. If the tiger's job last year was to hunt, kill and devour the public markets, then mission accomplished. Let's now hope that this year's rabbit will stay alert and outrun anything that might try and tackle the markets.
Weekly Research Briefing: At Least The Markets Are Dry
Few umbrellas are needed for equity or debt investors right now as the markets continue to see more sunshine ahead.
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Wertach is a well-known holiday resort for families recommended by the ADAC (General German Automobile Club). The village is on an altitude of 915 m a.s.l. and is therefore the highest market village in Germany. The market rights were granted to Wertach in the year 1423 and markets still take place twice a year.
The recognised health climate resort in the Allgäu is home to approx. 3.000 inhabitants with about 1600 guest beds and 2 campsites. From the various mountains "Reuterwanne" (1542 m), "Wertacher Hörnle" (1695 m with alprose blossom at the end of June) and "Grünten" (1738 m) you have a fantastic view over the beautiful walking areas, two thirds of which are protected nature conservation areas.
Various points of interest are the parish church "St. Ulrich", the chapel "St. Sebastian" ("Kleine Wies"), the mountain cheese dairy, the local history museum and the 400 year old hammer mill, which dates back to the 17th century (approx. 1610 - 1620).
Please just contact us for more information!
Welcome to Wertach in the Allgäu in the Bavarian Alps. Wertach is a well known holiday resort recommended for family holidays by the ADAC (General German Automobile Club).


Band Boosters maintains individual student accounts for any money raised by the student when s/he participates in a band fundraiser. These fundraisers include the Marchathon, Citrus Sales, and occasional other fundraising ventures. For the majority of our fund raisers, 50% of the proceeds from these programs goes into the student's account and 50% goes into the Band Booster's general fund.
Money will be issued from a student's individual fundraising account in the form of a check to the party owed compensation or by marking the Individual Student Fundraising Account as the payment method on an official band activity form when applicable (ex. when signing up for Marching Band choose the Individual Student Fundraising Account as form of payment. The Marching Band fees then will be deducted directly from your child's individual account).


Starting with ActiveBarcode Version 6.60, an Add-In for Word 2010 or newer is available. This makes working with the barcode object in many application scenarios easier. See this step-by-step tutorial for the Word add-in.
A short description of how to add a barcode to a Word document: First launch Word and create a new document or open an already existing document.
Activate "Customize Ribbon" and then activate the option "Developer" inside the main tabs and then close the option window.
Now you can embed the ActiveBarcode control element into your Word Document. Select Developer tab. Click on the button "Legacy Tools" from the range of "Controls" and then select "More controls" there.


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Thread: Texas Trivia
LauraP
wherever the fancy takes us
Not Star Lover but here's some trivia
There's one Texas ranch, the King Ranch, that's bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island.
There's a windmill farm that's about seven times the size of Manhattan.
Texas is filled with tiny little towns that boast awesome names. If you can't afford a European vacation, just hop in your car and drive through Paris, Athens, Naples, London, Dublin, and Florence, Texas. There's even a town called Earth in the plains of Llano Estacado—and it's the only town on the planet to bear that name.
Texas has its own pledge of allegiance. Students are required by state law to recite both the American pledge of allegiance and the Texas pledge every morning. Here's how that one goes: "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."
The U.S. has three power grids: One for the East, one for the West, and one for Texas. The continental U.S. is served by three separate power grids: The Eastern Interconnection, the Western Interconnection, and Texas. It all has to do with the state's commitment to avoiding federal regulations. According to the Texas Tribune, "In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Federal Power Act, which charged the Federal Power Commission with overseeing interstate electricity sales. By not crossing state lines, Texas utilities avoided being subjected to federal rules."
Texas still owns all of its public lands. If the federal government wants to create a park or cut a stand of timber, it must first ask the state's permission. If the state really wanted to—and if there is one thing about Texas we all know it's that Texas does as Texas wants—they could split themselves into five different states without the need for Federal approval. Not to mention that, at its current size, the state is actually larger than every single country in Europe.
Emily Morgan (also known as Emily D. West), an African American indentured servant, is the subject of the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas."
Slaughter, Texas is proud to have never once had a homicide in its history.
In 1968, someone buried a time capsule containing a passbook with a $10 deposit to a bank account, expecting a serious payout in the future. How serious? An expected $1 quadrillion when it is to be opened up in 2968.
It's illegal to sell or buy a bodily organ, to dust a public building with a feather duster, to milk somebody else's cow, and to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel. And you absolutely cannot let a camel run loose on the beaches of Galveston. On the other hand, it's totally legal for you to shoot and kill Bigfoot if you happen to see him out and about.
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Armed Forces Memorial Day: Governor Emmanuel pleads with politicians not to threaten the unity of Nigeria
Akwa Ibom State Governor Odom Emmanuel has urged politicians not to threaten the unity of Nigeria in their quest to seize power.
Speaking during the Armed Forces Memorial Day celebration in Oyo on Sunday, Emmanuel said the nation's fallen heroes paid the price for peace and harmony in the country, so the political class should reciprocate this gesture with unity, justice, equality, fairness and love.
He said: "As we prepare to elect our new group of leaders, I urge our political class to understand that we need the country to be one, inseparable whole, in order to fulfill our leadership aspirations.
We must not threaten the unity of this nation for the narrow desire to be in power. If these brave men and women pay the ultimate price for us to stay in peace and harmony, we must also pay them a similar price of appreciation and gratitude by ensuring that our cords of unity, justice, equality, fairness, and love remain intact. Articles of Faith.
Explaining that the nation's diversity is being exploited for narrow political gain, the Governor encouraged Nigerians to stretch the boundaries of love and brotherhood so that the sacrifices of our brave fallen officers are not in vain.
He said, "As we honor these great patriots, let us remember that the factors that led to the various wars in which they participated, or the internal processes to secure our peace for which they paid with their lives are still with us.
Throughout the country, some rhetoric widening the gap of separation and weakening the strings of our national unity still circulates and amplifies through many echoes.
"We must increase the embers of our unity deeper and expand the boundaries of love and brotherhood more, so the sacrifices of these brave officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces that we have come here today to honor, will not be in vain."
Governor Emmanuel also praised the security services in the state for their peace and security in Akwa Ibom, noting that he has implemented some projects out of appreciation.
The projects he mentioned include the redesign and construction of 168 housing units for the Nigerian Army Battalion in Ibagua, with a water network. Construction of internal roads and apartment blocks for the 2nd Brigade of the Nigerian Army Headquarters at Mbiukburu, Nsit Ibom, as well as the donation of gunboats to the Maritime Response Unit.
He stated that these projects earned Akwa Ibom the Best Security and Safety State Award in Nigeria during the recent African Security Summit in Banjul, Gambia, last November.
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Flying with a breeze: the USA appreciated the unusual footage of Su-57 tests
The path to adopting a fighter is long and difficult. It includes hours of testing in the air and on the ground to measure performance and verify performance.
One of the most unusual tests is flying without a flashlight. Such a procedure is necessary to better assess the loads on the aircraft and the pilot during the emergency escape procedure. Naturally, there is literally no need to leave the plane. Basically, this is what happens in the cockpit a few seconds before the pilot ejects.
On October 3, 2020, the Russian Ministry of Defense published a video dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the 929th State Flight Test Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense named after V.I. V.P. Chkalov (929 GLITs). The footage showed the Su-57, the test pilot of which was flying with a breeze in the south of the Astrakhan region of Russia.
The fighter with tail number "058", shown in the video and known as T-50-8, made its first flight on November 17, 2016. This aircraft became the seventh flying prototype, since the T-50-7 was created exclusively for ground testing.
The presented footage clearly shows that the test pilot, who is at the helm, is dressed in a non-standard flight suit. The cockpit windshield is in place and the rear is completely removed, including the frame.
Usually Su-57 and Su-35S are equipped with K-36D-5 ejection seats from NPP ZVEZDA JSC, which differ in improved operational characteristics, and pilots are provided with a PPK-7 flight suit and a ZSH-10 helmet from this company. The Russians successfully tested the Su-57 without a flashlight and were able to evaluate the pilot's emergency escape from the plane.
In addition, the said video had first shown Su-35S, which launched the long-range air-to-air missile R-37M.
Russian Su-35 first launched the latest R-37M missile
The Celera 500L super-economical aircraft prepares for testing in the USA
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Somewhere there was information that some sheikhs - lovers of convertibles - were interested in this model.


Like-baiting is "when a post explicitly asks News Feed readers to like, comment or share the post" in the hopes of additional distribution. Although in the past these posts were more widely seen, readers reported that they were less relevant than other stories with comparable analytics (likes, comments and shares). "Over time, these stories lead to a less enjoyable experience of Facebook since they drown out content from friends and Pages that people really care about," the Facebook blog states.
To ask for the Like or not.
Despite Facebook's unequivocal statement indicating that posts telling readers to share/like/comment will be less shareable, Unbenchable CEO and Facebook expert Lou Abramowski has ignored the suggestion … and still received great results. In a Facebook page for Ultimate Frisbee fans, Abramowski recently posted a link to a Huffington Post article written by Isaac Saul, saying "LIKE if you know what Isaac's talkin bout." The post received 841 likes and 390 shares – and more than 125,000 views – in just three days. The difference may be that asking for likes, when done only on occasion and embedded with highly relevant and shareable content is different than inundating readers with prompts on a regular basis.
Some people on Facebook complain they're inundated with the same posts or images, see a lot of material they find uninteresting or irrelevant, and sometimes even click on misleading posts which appear relevant but turn out to be anything but. The changes being made are an attempt to address these very issues, and are based on data from users who indicated which posts were relevant, as well as posts or pages they hid. Ideally, tweaks to Facebook's algorithm will improve user's experience with its news feed, so that content viewed is relevant and trustworthy. Facebook's referral traffic share continues to grow, and changes that improve reader experience may lead to more people spending more time on the social media platform.
But how do the changes affect your business' Facebook posts? If you haven't been reposting content ad nausea, creating misleading ads or repeatedly requesting likes, comments and shares, you may not notice any changes at all – or maybe even experience a slight increase in how often your posts are viewed. To increase the shareability of your Facebook content, though, it's best to keep in mind the tips below.
Consider Facebook ads – and make sure they're targeted.
What's the best way to get people to consistently read and share your content on Facebook? Other than making sure the content is high quality, ensuring the right people see it is key.
Luckily, Facebook ads allow for very specific targeting by location, age, interests and other demographics. Make sure to be extremely specific about who you want to reach. Targeting the right person increases clicks and shares. It also leads to more people following you – so they'll read your content without having to see ads going forward. We created a short guide to walk you through creating a simple Facebook retargeting ad.
Even a small budget for ads can have a good ROI.
Post previews with images are better than photos alone.
"Photos are going to be shown more than if you just use text, and that's across the board for any kind of business," says Horton. She's also noticed that posting a link with the preview image is more widely shown than just posting a link, even if you add in your own photo. Make sure to use stock images, or your own photos, for your posts and share those same images along with the link in Facebook.
As always, make sure you're sharing fantastic content.
Much like Google, the details of Facebook's algorithm will always be somewhat secretive, but one thing is clear: your content marketing will always yield a far better return if you post quality content. No amount of targeted ads or social media savvy can make a rushed post instantly shareable. The better your posts, the more fans will engage with them – which, Horton points out, means they'll be more likely to see your updates in their news feed. So, make sure to put your best foot forward on your blog and, hopefully, fans will follow.
Excellent point! This is something we do monitor, but I did not mention in our study. What's interesting about Negative Feedback is that it correlates well with Engagement. Whenever you see a crazy successful post with Engagement, we will see it being one of the higher recipients of Negative Feedback. We believe this is due to additional "unexpected exposure". The people who tend to always engage and see your content, tend to expect it in their news feed—thus have a lower likelihood of reporting Negative Feedback.
As an object picks up speed in the system and begins to show more virally and to non-fans, people begin to see the object who would be in our "unexpected exposure" category. We believe this subset of people have a higher probability of reporting Negative Feedback.
If this is the case, then it's hard to maintain what to avoid… Unless you begin to cluster topics together and monitor the ratio of Negative Feedback : Organic Reach.


Wednesday, January 23, 2019 — Anaheim, Calif., January 23, 2019 – Sonarworks [Booth ACC North, 19312], developer of Reference studio calibration software, and ADAM Audio [Booth 84, 85], manufacturer of premium monitoring products, announced a partnership that will help creators around the world achieve studio reference sound. The two brands have combined their expertise, and plan to unveil new monitoring solutions first half of 2019.
More details regarding the cooperation between ADAM Audio and Sonarworks will be announced in the near future. Meantime, please visit Sonarworks at The NAMM Show 2019 [Booth ACC North, 19312] and and ADAM Audio [Booth 84, 85]. For more information about Sonarworks and ADAM Audio, please visit https://www.sonarworks.com and http://www.adam-audio.com.
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Q: How can I wait for a variable to initialize before running a function? (React) I call the function from useEffect() using a variable that receives data from the extension in the browser. But function called before init a value. How can I wait for a variable to initialize? And then call function... I need to get valueFromExtention and then call doSomething()
const myFunction = () => {
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UseEffect(() => {
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A: Just write conditional logic that checks for a value.

    useEffect(() => {
        if(typeof value !== "undefined"){
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    });

A: try the following
const myFunction = (value) => doSomething(value);

UseEffect(() => {
  const valueFromExtention = window.objectFromExtension.someProp;
  if(valueFromExtention)
      myFunction(valueFromExtention);
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Jon Baker
Jonathan A. Baker
Actor Larry Wilcox
Appears in Seasons 1 through 5 (1977 - 1982)
Call Numbers 6 Adam (1975)[1] / 7 Mary 3 (1977-1982) / 79 Charles (1999)[2]
Badge Number 8712[3][4]
Jon Baker as seen in the pilot episode
Jon getting help while sliding out of Ponch's recently totaled Firebird as seen in Destruction Derby
Jon Baker was born in Rawlins, Wyoming[5] and raised on a ranch. (Larry Wilcox was also raised on a ranch in Rawlins, Wyoming.) Jon referred to it as "a pretty big spread."
Jon is a leo[5], which places his birthday between July 23rd and August 22nd.
As a kid, Jon raised parakeets.[5] and had a horse named "Old Grey". It was in Wyoming that he joined the Boy Scouts.[6] He has a brother[7] and an older sister who was widowed. She was left alone with her son Wes Miller.[8]
During high school (when his surname was JB[9]), Jon worked in a bowling alley as a bowling instructor. (He currently wears a 10D bowling shoe.)[10] Jon was also on the high school football team. One of his teammates was Leo Norrison, who was a year ahead of him.[9]
Later, Jon served in Vietnam (probably USMC like Larry Wilcox).
Traffic Officer Jon Baker
After joining the CHP, as any aspiring motor officer before being assigned to a motor squad, Jon was assigned to a patrol car. In 1975, he met Frank Poncherello and convinced him to become a CHP officer.[1]
In the mid-1970s, Jon was partnered with Gary Bertrom. He was 28 years old when he was killed while chasing a speeding car. Gary's brother, Pete, wanted to be a CHP but he is colorblind. Pete was later arrested for impersonating an officer.[11]
When Frank Poncherello was put on six month probation in early 1977, Getraer partnered him with Jon.[7] They served as partners for five and a half years before Jon returned to Wyoming to help out on his father's farm in the middle of 1982. Bobby Nelson took his place at Central.[12]
Jon lives in the Raintree Condominiums and Townhouses community where pets are not allowed.[13] He doesn't have a TV[14], but somehow knows how to fix them.[15] He used to drive an Austin Mini with vanity plates "J A B"[16] or "JAB 5" [13] but got his blue truck for the second season. (Although several blue trucks were used in the series, the most common was a 1978 GMC Sierra Grande with the license plate 1E49964.)
His accomplishments and talents include: being a bowling instructor[10], an attempt writing a book[15], jet-skier[17], volleyball player[6], certified flight instructor, plays handball better than Ponch, horseback rider, calf roper, wind-surfer, hang-glider, sky-diver, and talented skate boarder. His favourite quote: "Take it easy ! Will you ?", you can hear him saying that in numerous episodes to many distressed drivers.
Jon speaks French in "The Sheik" but couldn't speak a word of it when he pulled over the three-wheeled car in "Hustle". He must have taken lessons.
Shortly after the sixth season, Jon returned from Wyoming and became Ponch's partner once again. A year and a half later, Ponch retired and moved to Marin County.
By 1999, Jon had been promoted to Captain and had married Officer Sandy Baker. He teamed up with Ponch after Ponch returned to the CHP.[2]
↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 122: "Flashback!"
↑ 2.0 2.1 Episode CHiPs '99: "CHiPs '99"
↑ Episode 323: "Nightingale"
↑ Episode 501: "Suicide Stunt"
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Episode 118: "Cry Wolf"
↑ 6.0 6.1 Episode 119: "Crash Diet"
↑ 7.0 7.1 Episode 101: "Pilot"
↑ Episode 203: "Family Crisis"
↑ 9.0 9.1 Episode 110: "Highway Robbery"
↑ 10.0 10.1 Episode 109: "Hustle"
↑ Episode 210: "Return of the Turks"
↑ Episode 601: "Meet the New Guy"
↑ 13.0 13.1 Episode 103: "Dog Gone"
↑ Episode 108: "Green Thumb Burglar"
↑ 15.0 15.1 Episode 107: "Taking Its Toll"
↑ Episode 102: "Undertow"
↑ Episode 115: "Surf's Up"
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A wickedly wonderful studio session included Henry Zebrowski, comedian and actor from Queens, New York, known for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), White Irish Drinkers (2010) and A to Z (2014).
Henry's energy was off the charts as he recorded voice-over for "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell", featuring Gary (Henry Zebrowski) playing a bumbling employee in Hell whose schemes to recruit humans to Hell often fail.
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Two small paintings in London and New York are believed to come from the same predella, and are attributed to Zanobi Strozzi, a Florentine painter who was probably a pupil of Fra Angelico.  They are an Adoration of the Magi in the National Gallery in London, and a Nativity (strictly an Adoration of the Child) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. They date to about 1433–34 and are in tempera and gold on panel.

Various suggestions have been made as to the authorship of the panels, and the polyptych altarpiece of which the predella formed the lowest part. The two owning museums now agree that these two panels are the only ones to survive from the same predella.  The most likely solution is that the altarpiece had as its main panel a Virgin and Child now in the Hermitage Museum, and side panels of saints, namely: "on the left, Saints Nicholas, Lawrence, and John the Baptist (Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York), and, on the right, Saints Zenobius, Francis, and Anthony of Padua (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)."

There was probably at least one more panel, as the centre of the predella. This might have been a Marriage of the Virgin, or an Annunciation, other core scenes in cycles of the Life of the Virgin.  Both John the Baptist and Zenobius were patron saints of Florence, where according to tradition Zenobius had been the first bishop, and Saints Francis and Anthony were Franciscans, suggesting that the altarpiece was made for a Franciscan church in the city.  The other two saints, Nicholas and Lawrence, may have been the name saints of people connected to the commission, or reflect the dedication of the original chapel or church.

It remains possible that Fra Angelico himself had a role in the altarpiece; possibly it was sub-contracted by him to Strozzi and perhaps others.

London Adoration of the Magi
The painting shows iconographical details found in other Florentine paintings of the period.  Saint Joseph holds the gift of the eldest king, who kneels before the baby Jesus. The gifts of the other two kings are covered with veils.  The flowers in the grassy foreground relate to Strozzi's illuminations.

The scale of the figures and horses is not consistent, and one scholar divides the attribution between Strozzi and Battista di Biagio Sanguigni (aka the Master of 1419), with whom Strozzi lived until 1438.  In general the style imitates Fra Angelico's style of the 1430s, and another possibility is that he painted Saint Joseph and the sitting and kneeling figures, generally recognised as being of better quality, while Strozzi contributed the rather cruder other standing figures, which can be considered more typical of his style.

Notes

References
Christiansen, Keith, Met "catalogue" entry, on painting's web page, 2012
Gordon, Dillian, National Gallery Catalogues (new series): The Fifteenth Century Italian Paintings, Volume 1, 2003,
Kanter, Laurence, and Pia Palladino, with contributions by Magnolia Scudieri, Carl Brandon Strehlke, Victor M. Schmidt, and Anneke de Vries, Fra Angelico, 2005, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, google books
Yale; Yale University Art Gallery, webpage

External links
National Gallery: Zanobi, Strozzi, with zoomable image

Collections of the National Gallery, London
Paintings in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nativity of Jesus in art
Adoration of the Magi in art
15th-century paintings


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Why didn't the Portal Gun fail to create a Portal on the Moon?
In the end of Portal 2, I fired the portal gun to the Moon. And it worked, which created a quantum tunnel between Moon's surface and Floor below Wheatley - sucking Wheatley out into space.
Throughout the entire Portal game series, we've seen that the highly experimental Portal Gun works only on white plain surfaces. To make a Portal on other plain surface, we even need to paint that with white gel. The surface of Moon is neither plain nor white. How did the Portal Gun work on it, then?
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I wouldn't put it past Cave Johnson to have painted the moon with the gel. – Xantec Apr 20 '13 at 13:50
Cave Johnson makes a reference to the White Gel being made of crushed moon rocks, which make a great portal conductor, indicating that the moon itself can also be portal-able.
From the Unofficial Portal Wiki:
According to Cave Johnson, conversion gel is made from ground-up moon rocks, which make a great portal conductor. This is shown when Chell fires a portal at the moon near the end of the game, despite the non-flat surface of the moon.
You can see the white gel explanation from this point in a Let's Play.
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Making a white gel from moon rocks is a good trick given that the moon is actually nearly as non-reflective as coal: universetoday.com/35372/albedo – Wayfaring Stranger Apr 20 '13 at 15:07
@WayfaringStranger: The moon's surface is silica in a large part, which in a pure form is a bright white, and is also the biggest component of glass. A lot of a substance properties are determined by how it crystallizes, and what it's mixed with. Compare for example graphite (as in pencils) versus diamond. That's both just carbon, and one is solid black while the other is transparant. My point is that even if the moon isn't a super good reflector, that doesn't mean you can't make something white out of the material. – Joren Apr 20 '13 at 18:30
@Joren: Sure, I'm just thinking about the dust on Neil Armstrong's boots. For certain, video game programmers would specify an elaborate refining process required to conjure up the good stuff. – Wayfaring Stranger Apr 20 '13 at 18:56
@WayfaringStranger The bigger question is, what's the big deal about moon rocks considering the moon is just a big chunk of Earth that got blown off a few billion years ago? – KutuluMike Apr 21 '13 at 12:31
@Michael Edenfield, could be the fermionic Helium 3 content ofthe lunar regolith, brought in by solar wind, that makes for good portal paste. That theory'd make the white color somewhat optional,which is good because portal gun works when fired at the dark grey lunar surface. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermionic_condensate – Wayfaring Stranger Apr 21 '13 at 17:08
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Torrance Theatre Company's Sylvia
Location: TTC at 1316 Cabrillo
1316 Cabrillo Ave
Submission Attachment: Torrance Theatre Company's Sylvia.jpg
Written by A.R. Gurney
Directed by Jim Hormel
Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg's career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate's career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park—or that has found him—bearing only the name "Sylvia" on her name tag. A street-smart mixture of Lab and Poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife. She offers Greg an escape from the frustrations of his job and the unknowns of middle age. To Kate, Sylvia becomes a rival for affection. And Sylvia thinks Kate just doesn't understand the relationship between man and dog. The marriage is put in serious jeopardy until, after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise, and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.
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How do you rate on the scale of 'Emotional Intelligence'?
Emotional Intelligence has firmly put itself on the success assessment pedestal, in business circles, and being spoken about continually. You may not have heard of it but decades of research now point to Emotional Intelligence as the critical factor that sets star performers apart from the rest.
There has been a missing link in gauging human performance. Although we probably all suspected it, just because you have a higher than average IQ, it doesn't mean you are going to be more successful than the next person with an average intelligence score. IQ has never been a good gauge for demonstrating success and the common outcome was to see those of average intelligence continually outperforming those of higher intelligence or IQ levels. The scientific research demonstrated this to be the case 70% of the time.
So, what exactly is this new 'success' gauge?
Emotional Intelligence is in each of us and a little intangible. It gauges how we manage our behaviour in certain situations, how we navigate through the social complexities of business and life, and how we make personal decisions based on experience and rational thought. It is the crucial part of how we achieve positive results with the decisions we consider and make on a daily basis. I suspect many hadn't thought of it this way, but actually it makes perfect sense. If you are in control of your emotions, rational in your decision-making behaviour, strong awareness of the situation, and have the necessary social skills to communicate your decisions effectively, you are essentially emotionally intelligent. You are in control.
The graphic above demonstrates the four core skills of Emotional Intelligence, each pairing up under two primary competencies. These are personal competence and social competence.
This is about your self-awareness and self-management skills, how you focus more on you than on other people. It's your ability to continually stay aware of your emotions and manage your behaviour effectively. It's about your tendencies when faced with decisions and your perception of them in a specific situation. Self-management is how you use that awareness effectively, demonstrating flexibility and directing your behaviour in a positive way.
This is a combination of social awareness, relationships and the management skills you adopt in situations. It's how you gauge other people's moods, behaviour and, ultimately, motives. Good social competence allows you to respond effectively to improve the quality of that relationship.
Emotional Intelligence taps into human behaviour and has no relation to your IQ. In fact, research has demonstrated there is no connection between IQ and emotional intelligence – you cannot predict how emotionally intelligent someone is based on how smart they are. IQ is based on your ability to learn, and this is the same whether you're at a young age or as you hit 50, whereas Emotional Intelligence represents a set of skills that is acquired and improved upon as you experience more in your life. Some people are naturally more emotionally intelligent than others, but everyone has the ability to develop a high level of Emotional Intelligence through the self/social awareness skills they learn. They can learn how to improve their self-management and relationship-management skills and hone their Emotional Intelligence to create the desired outcomes.
Personality is the final aspect of your performance as an emotionally intelligence individual, and something that defines all of us. Hard wired preferences, introversion and extroversion, and how we balance those emotions, are what creates our personality traits. These also impact on how we make our decisions.
If you are a parent, and take the average teenager at school, you will understand, at that age, they are still finding their own self/social-awareness and learning self-management and how they manage their own relationships. They still have a great deal of learning to do and social skills can be erratic. Their own perception and positioning within peer groups are defining their personalities. If you understand the average teenager, this really starts to demonstrate the strength of Emotional Intelligence and dictate how you conduct yourself and make important decisions.
You may be sitting at your desk reading this and trying to relate the importance of it. Of course, you can gauge and read between the lines from reading the research, but the key denominator is how Emotional Intelligence actually predicts performance. If you score high, you are probably getting the results in your business you want, or you will do. Scoring low could see you getting things wrong on a regular basis. Professional success is now being defined by Emotional Intelligence and it's a powerful direction to explore as a business owner, to make self-improvements, which in turn impact on your business success.
90% of the top performers scored highly in Emotional Intelligence. The flip side was just 20% of bottom performers scoring high in the tests. So, you can be a top performer without a high Emotional Intelligence score, but the chances are slim.
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