No one knew at all that at this moment, above Chengdu, at a boundary that neither Foundation Establishment cultivators nor the clans could reach, in a place that couldn't be seen even at the highest altitude of 12,000 meters that a normal airplane could attain, there was majestic palace that was roughly 20,000 meters long hidden from view in the cloud sea.
It was in the form of a tortoise. Here, sunlight was especially gorgeous, shining on the tortoise and reflecting an infinite radiance. The palace seemed to come alive and roam the sea of clouds.
The Heavenraiser Palace, Daomaster Ancientpine's abode.
"How?" Ancestor Ancientpine clasped his cup of tea and asked leisurely.
"That's good…" Ancientpine sighed and slowly walked down as he carried his tea. He wanted to say something, but his voice ultimately became a long sigh.
"If the situation permits it, I will save his life." Ancientpine softly replied.
"I have said that should the situation permit it, I will surely save his life! If he does not die, this land is his! Is this not sacrifice enough to stake his life? Get out, I wish not to spare faulty words with you!" Ancientpine snorted coldly. He brushed his sleeve and turned his head but didn't otherwise turn around.
The voice disappeared, and a wisp of helplessness flickered through Daomaster Ancientpine's eyes. After ages, he made a long sigh.
Time passed, day after day.
Twenty days… Barely ten days remained until Longsu Province was open to cultivators.
"Huff…" On an airplane flying from the Capital to Chengdu, a man furrowed his brows and yawned. Presently, it was six in the afternoon, the evening twilight dyeing the horizon an expanse of crimson clouds. There was still another hour before the plane reached his destination and finally concluded this aerial journey.
But he now suddenly discovered… that the television in front of him had been stowed away. Just as his brows knitted together, a stewardess walked down the aisle with great haste, bowing cordially towards all the passengers.
"What the heck?!" A man angrily hammered his fist into a seat. What was the damn reason? He hadn't heard anything said about this! Supernatural phenomena? Who knew whether the airplane would dispatch when the time came! Once he returned he was definitely registering a complaint about this service approach!
However… his anger didn't last for long. Because in the next moment, on the other side of the airplane… an eye-piercing red light shone!
At the other side, everyone near the windows leaned up against the glass. With eyes wide and mouths hanging wide open, they peered. They grouped up so tightly that they were impenetrable, not even a droplet of water capable trickling through!
Over a thousand meters away from them, between the clouds below and above them… they saw a scarlet-red pillar of clouds form between the two sides! Like a cyclone of clouds! Bolts of lightning were surging and wandering to and fro within the supernatural wonder!
At this moment, in the sky above and clouds below, a cloud pillar had completely linked the two, storming angrily like the ocean and stirring like waves. Streaks of seemingly explosive red light jetted out from the cloud pillar, thunder and lightning illuminating several thousand kilometers of clouds in its wake!
20,000 meters high above, Daomaster Ancientpine glanced down insipidly, withdrawing his gaze soon afterwards without the slightest care.
"Descend! Quickly descend!!!" On the airplane, it was unknown who screamed out. Following this cry, everyone on the entire plane began to shriek! Even the fabulously-trained stewardesses were no exception, each one of them falling to wide-eyed astonishment!
The world below were unaware of the events occurring on the airplane. At this instant, Xu Yangyi and Chu Zhaonan were standing before a window, watching the sky with grave expressions.
Mortals could not see… but right now, all of Chengdu's cultivators looked up at the sky in unison.
Half an hour ago, all the clouds began to rage. An endless, immense vortex was slowly taking root in the sky!
It formed in thirty minutes. Since the beginning of mad surges to the present gentle rotations, the clouds were still clouds. The sole difference was the fear-inducing spiritual pressure ceaselessly swelling in the eye of the cloud maelstrom!
Qishan's Bottomless Pit, the hall of the Linghu Clan's White Tiger Hall. The Linghu Clan were already searching the clouds above, looking at the towering cloud pillar beneath the setting sun.
The boundless cloud sea laid below his feet, his scalp reflecting the red of the sky. This cloud pillar was the shared boundary point of Longsu and Xichuan.
His gown and snow-white beard and brows whistled in the blowing wind. Two middle-aged men in tunic suits stood at his side, their pupils golden slits and their hands folded into their pockets. The trio set their eyes on the tremendous cloud pillar with extreme solemnity.
The Linghu Clan… The renowned Three Tigers of Linghu. Mention of their names sent panic and terror throughout the lands!
Xu Yangyi's expression was terribly grave as he looked up at the sky. This horrific spiritual pressure…. This was no natural phenomenon whatsoever… but rather a super-large transference, a spatial warping heralded by several thousand meters of transference!
At the head of the Sky Universe Palace's white crane, there were five old men wearing changpaos who had hairpins fastened in their hair. They stood high up in the sky, the expression in their eyes like a hook as they stared straight at the cloud pillar.
The Lou Clan's Five Honored Stars. The Lou Clan's greatest in power!
They had 9,000 subordinate cultivators and close to 600 imperial defenders. Twenty-eight Foundation Establishment cultivators and two half-step Core Formation!
BOOM!!! Thunder and lightning pierced through the heavens. In Xu Yangyi's location, all that could be seen of the clouds above was a shining stretch of pure gold. He and Chu Zhaonan clearly understood that this was the result of a finished Transference Formation.
In the next second… the cloud bank shattered.
Above Xu Yangyi, a tremendous shadow quickly shrouded all of Chengdu!
It wasn't tall, only around fifty to sixty meters high. Contrasted to the colossal white crane and the white tiger that was hundreds of meters in size, there was fundamentally no comparison to be made.
And yet… it possessed no less than half of Chengdu's size!
Ruuummbblee… Countless ashen runes lingered over the surface of pitch-black stone. Its walls carried the scars of infinite divine abilities. Gorges that extended several meters deep spread over it, bringing a formless air of desolation. Seizing the boundless cloud sea, the mass slowly pressed down like a mythical beast in the sky.
Xu Yangyi didn't speak, softly gripping the teacup in his hand.
Xu Yangyi didn't answer because he already saw… that as the city walls gradually revealed themselves in the clouds… a minimum of 500 black-armored cultivators stood in the clear sky. Cold like sharp swords, they followed the slow emergence of the Kindling Mulberry Wall.
Tremendous pressure and a tremendous city. Like heavenly generals and soldiers surrounding and protecting the throne hall of the high heavens! White clouds like waves were split apart by the giant city. Richly ornamented buildings and towers brought the taste of deathly stillness, little by little. Floating clouds, vast and distant, appeared before the crowd's eyes.
1. "You were originally one of high character and moral standing, how could you turn coat?" (卿本佳人,奈何做贼) Literally: You are a fine person, how could you be a thief? Chinese phrase originating from the History of the Sui dynasty (581-617 CE).
2. A poem by our favorite Tang poet Li Bai.
3. 王 means "King" in Chinese.


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When does the 1-year HSA rollover clock start and end?
When I initiate the distribution with the "from" HSA?
When I receive the distribution from the "from" HSA (either receive the check or receive the ACH transfer in my personal, non-HSA, bank account)?
When I initiate the rollover contribution with the "to" HSA?
When the rollover contribution posts to the "to" HSA account (either the the check or ACH transfer from my personal, non-HSA, bank account posts)?
Put another way, when is the soonest I can I initiate another rollover (indirect through me, not trustee-to-trustee) next year given a timeline this year that looks like this: 3/1 - initiated withdrawal from the "from" HSA; 3/2 - check sent made out to me; 3/5 - check received; 3/6 - check deposited/posted to personal account; 3/8 - check cleared personal account and rollover contribution initiated with "to" HSA; 3/9 - ACH withdrawal from personal account; 3/14 - ACH transfer posted to "to" HSA?
Am I good as long as I wait at least one year from when the rollover was initiated (3/2/2019 or later), or do I need to wait until one year after the entire rollover was completed (3/15/2019 or later)?
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Thanks, tfb! You're right, of course, there is such a thing as over optimization with such things. I should probably just play it safe and let things drift by half a month every year.
So it sounds like the technically "right" answer is the date I received the check/ACH transfer -- in this case 3/5, so as long as I receive the next check/transfer 3/6/2019 or later I would be compliant?
PS - I used your blog post on the topic for guidance in this process, so thanks for that too!
I don't know whether the fund leaving the HSA counts as my receiving it. I can't trust I will remember it correctly so I just use the drift method. One less thing to worry about.
Just curious why you're choosing to use the indirect rollover method rather than a trustee-to-trustee transfer?
Fees are the usual reason. Or sometimes you need to keep the account open for employer contributions.
Right. Old employer used HSA bank which charges fees. New employer uses Optum Bank which charges fees. Moving the HSA Bank funds to Lively this year, and plan to move the Optum Bank funds to lively once a year going forward.
You can do all of those moves via trustee-to-trustee transfer. In this case you're not intending to keep the HSA Bank account open anyway, and you could just leave a token amount in the Optum Bank account to keep it open for now contributions from your employer.
Well, actually, you can still move 100% of the money from Optum to Lively once a year and mark the "keep account open" box on the transfer form. None of this requires an indirect rollover. I still don't see why this is the preferred method here.
There's no guarantee the "Keep Account Open" box will be respected by the sending HSA custodian. Mine didn't, even though I spoke with them in advance and checked the box on the form. They automatically closed the account and charged the $25 account closure fee. They ultimately refunded the fee and suggested I leave a few dollars in the account for future transfers.
My employer-sponsored HSA custodian does not charge a fee for transfers, so I'm doing quarterly transfers. But if they did, I might use the annual rollover option too.
Right, but I'm pretty sure I ran across a fee that HSA Bank charges to do a trustee to trustee transfer. I've already done that withdrawal, so I didn't check again, so I could be wrong.
Optum has a "$20.00 charge to transfer your HSA to another bank or custodian (outbound transfer of your entire HSA or a portion)"
Thanks, that's a good tip. I'll make sure I leave a small amount in Optum for future transfers.
Can I ask how indirect rollovers are reported on 1099s?
I have been doing an annual indirect rollover for years to avoid a $25 trustee to trustee transfer fee, but the transferee just reports the amount as a distribution on the 1099. Should I be doing something other than keeping a copy of the check from one HSA account to another in case I receive a question about the 1099?
The paying custodian correctly reports it as a distribution. They don't know what you did with the money. You report on Form 8889 the amount of the distribution and how much of it you rolled over to another HSA.


SAS Scandinavian Airlines,?SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Sweden's ?national carrier, operates connecting flights to major cities in Sweden via Stockholm. Through its Star Alliance members, SAS links many parts of the world directly to Sweden.?
To travel to the southern part of Sweden you can also fly into Copenhagen in Denmark and cross the now famous ?resund Bridge.?
Hot air balloons gliding across the Stockholm skyline, a sure sign of summer.
SAS joins with all major European air carriers in linking major Swedish cities to the rest of the Continent on a daily basis. Finnair links Sweden to the rest of Europe via Helsinki.
Sweden has never been more accessible with a large number of direct flights from the UK and a maximum flight time of three and half hours. You can fly direct to both Stockholm and Gothenburg with SAS, British Airways, Ryanair, BMI?(to Gothenburg) and easyJet. Norwegian?fly direct to Stockholm.
Sk?ne and Malm? is easily accessible via Copenhagen in Denmark and the ?resund bridge and SAS, British Airways, easyJet, BMI?and Norwegian fly here.
Direct service between the United States and Sweden is operated by SAS in cooperation with United Airlines and other members of Star Alliance. Non-stop services offered from Newark, NJ and Chicago to Stockholm (via Copenhagen from Seattle and Washington, DC).?Delta Airlines offer non-stop service between New York, JFK and Stockholm. Norwegian?also fly to Sweden from Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, New York (JFK) , Boston, Las Vegas and Oakland.?
Most European airlines, Icelandair and Finnair to mention a few, fly to Sweden from North America via connection in Europe.
More information relating to Swedish airports and services can be found at Swedavia website.
From Stockholm Arlanda International airport you can take a? 50 min domestic connecting flight to the city of Malm? in Sk?ne and a 20 minute train journey on the famed Oresund bridge separates it from Copenhagen International airport.


Every year, the people of the City of Sorrows leave a baby in the forest. The infant is a sacrifice to the witch, in hopes that it will keep them safe for another year. The Elders perpetuate the cruel tradition in order to maintain their control of the frightened townspeople.
This tradition is a lie. The forest witch, Xan, is loving and kind. She is a guardian of the forest and lives a simple life with a poetic swamp monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. Every year Xan nourishes the child with starlight and delivers them across the forest to a loving family.
One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby girl moonlight. The ordinary girl becomes filled with extraordinary magic and Xan decides to raise the child as her own. But as Luna grows, so does her magic, threatening the delicate order in the forest.
Barnhill has created a magic new fairy tale in The Girl Who Drank the Moon. This story asks sweeping questions about society, memories, and sadness with the simple sweetness of a peaceful bog. Told from several viewpoints, Barnhill explores the Elders' deception and the power we all have to right terrible wrongs. Luna's strength doesn't come from the powerful magic she possesses, but from the strength she has been given by those who have raised her with love.
Oh this sounds so wonderful!
The story sounds so great! I really like this kind of book, magic and mysterious. And for me, novel with "the girl who..." is good to choose :D Thank you for the review. Gonna find it.


There is a way to take the whole family on a road trip and not spend hundreds on campervan rental and that is campervan relocation in NZ. This is where a vehicle has been leased and driven to the destination and then left at the local rental outlet, the van then needs to be transported back to the original location. So instead of loading all of these stranded vehicles onto a transport truck the rental agency would much prefer to give you a discount on rental fees and have you drive it back for them, they may even chuck in the fuel and insurance costs for free. Saves them both time and money doing it this way and they can have their vehicle back sooner and ready to be leased out once more. Otherwise they have to wait until they have a full load of vehicles to put on the trucks for transportation and this can take some time and not all the vehicles will be going to the same place.
Some rentals will be just a dollar a day to hire and that is a huge saving on your trip, if you are really lucky you will be able to find a vehicle to take you to your destination and another for the return trip saving you bucket loads of cash in the process. There is however a catch in that you generally need to have the vehicle back at the original rental outlet before a certain date, so this is not the sightseeing tour that you were planning on taking, instead it is just so you can get from point A to point B in the shortest time possible and without all the expensive costs involved. This means long hours of non-stop driving so that you can reach your destination in time and you will need two drivers to do this responsibly and safely. If you do the planning carefully and keep within your time limits you may be able to get a little sight-seeing in but don't be too sure of it and keep in mind all the conditions that you may encounter on the road.
You need to take into account bad weather, road works and possible crashes holding up traffic and then there is the traffic itself if you have to go through any major cities on the way, try to hit the big populations during non-peak hours so that you can get through as quickly as possible. Around two in the morning is a good time as the roads are nearly deserted compared to day time driving. In fact keeping the driving to mostly night time will smooth the driving considerably, hazards are harder to see and there is more risk of collisions with wild life but the advantages of car relocation Wellington to Auckland are of having highways to yourself and not having to battle through the crowds.


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Changes coming to NBA 2K League: Tournament schedule, amateur 3-on-3 games, higher prize pool
Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY
To anyone who's ever thought they could take on the professional gamers who make up the NBA 2K League: your shot is coming.
Among the many innovations ahead of the league's fifth year in 2022 is the creation of 3-on-3 tournaments (sponsored by cryptocurrency platform Coinbase). Amateur teams can enter qualifying events to earn spots in the group stage of these tournaments with a shot at the prize pool.
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"What we realized, in listening to the 2K player community, is there is a massive number of players playing 3v3 in the park that we weren't really catering to," 2K league president Brendan Donohue told USA TODAY Sports. "So I think what's going to be fun to watch is a totally new community that's kind of coming now into the league."
The 2K League will shift from a normal "regular season" and primarily focus on tournaments (and qualifying events for those tournaments), a differentiator esports at large has tried to capitalize on compared to traditional sports, which cannot afford to schedule high-stakes tournaments year round.
Wizards District Gaming celebrates its 2021 NBA 2K League championship in September.
The 5-on-5 model for the league's 24 teams will continue and will determine postseason qualification. Players will also participate in three separate 3v3 tournaments during the season, which run from April to August (games are broadcast on YouTube and Twitch in the U.S.).
That means the best players are going to have to excel in both formats, Donohue said. They will have to prove to the average Joes looking for a challenge why they are considered the professionals.
"Now we can answer that question," Donohue said. "We think this is going to be really popular with the player base."
The total prize money handed out by the league last year was $1.5 million, but this is "by far the biggest" pot in league history, Donohue said, although the final financials aren't yet set. Separate prize pools exist for the different tournament formats.
Donohue expects 2K teams attached to NBA franchises (Knicks Gaming, etc.) will do more in their local markets. But engaging with the broader player base through innovations such as the 3v3 tournaments is the first step in becoming more integrated with the "retail experience," giving players the chance to unlock apparel (or other products) within the game.
That shouldn't be much of a problem. According to Donohue, the average fan of the 2K League plays 30 hours of video games per week.
"It's a super-engaged audience," he said.
Donohue also hopes that the 3-on-3 tournaments further integrate the league with "influencer" culture, so those individuals don't have to commit to being a full-time 2K player and can compete in the amateur tournaments while hanging onto their Internet hustle.
The 2K League played the majority of last season online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but hosted playoffs and finals in-person in Dallas and first in-person All-Star Game in New York after the season.
That experience will influence how the league conducts the 2022 calendar.
"I think we'll always carry the hybrid model, but it's going to be much more heavily in-person, where it will be a good mix of both, but our biggest moments of the year will be in person," Donohue said.
Last year's Finals drew more than 1.2 million unique viewers on Twitch, the league said.
And with the new tournament-focused format, the league is hoping to attract even more attention in 2022.
"We wanted to take the same number of games," Donohue said, "but make those games more important."
Follow Chris Bumbaca on Twitter @BOOMbaca.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NBA 2K League 2022 season brings new rules, 3-on-3 amateur tournaments

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[WORLDKINGS] On this day - January 23, 2023 – The 73rd Anniversary of Jerusalem's Proclamation as the Capital of Israel (1950)
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - January 22, 2023 – The 166th Anniversary of National Association of Base Ball Players founded in New York (1857)
(Worldkings.org) On this date in 1950, Israel's first Knesset declared Jerusalem to be the the capital of Israel — defying Jordan's annexation of East Jerusalem in 1949 as well as the United Nations' partition resolution of November 29, 1947, which had envisioned the city under UN administration.
By a vote of 60-2 with members of Mapam and Herut abstaining, the Knesset adopts a proclamation declaring Jerusalem the capital of the State of Israel. In December 1949, the cabinet had drafted the resolution following a compromise between those who wanted an official legislative act declaring the city as capital of the country and those who felt that such an action was unnecessary.
During the vote, an amendment proposed by Herut which would have made the resolution applicable to all of Jerusalem, including the Old City which at the time was occupied by Transjordan, was defeated. The two members who voted against the proposal were from the Communist party which supported an International trusteeship for the city as had been proposed by the United Nations.
On Jan 23, 1950, Israel's legislature declared Jerusalem the capital of the State of Israel. The proclamation declared, "Whereas with establishment of the state of Israel, Jerusalem once more becomes the capital; Whereas practical difficulties which caused the Knesset and government institutions to be temporarily housed elsewhere have now for the most part been removed and the government is carrying out the transfer of its institutions to Jerusalem; The Knesset expresses the wish that construction of the seat of the government and Knesset in Jerusalem proceed speedily on the site allotted by the government for this purpose."
When Israel established Jerusalem as the current capital in 1950, the Arab-Israeli War had already fractured the city. A concrete wall and barbed wire split the city between western Jerusalem, owned by Israel, and an eastern section, annexed by Jordan.
According to jewishcurrents.org & israeled.org
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Tags: Jerusalem, Israel, capital, commemorative event
[WorldKings - Wowtimes - Almanac Events & Achievements 2023] Milestones laid the foundation for 72 years of development of the famous American Jack in the Box restaurant chain (1951)
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - January 21, 2023 – The 234th Anniversary of 1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy" is published (1789)
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - January 20, 2023 – The 14th Anniversary of the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama (2009)
[WORLDKINGS] On this day - January 19, 2023 – The 40th anniversary of the first electric lighting system using overhead wires being put into operation (1883)
[WorldKings - Wowtimes - Almanac Events & Achievements 2023] Milestones make up 43 years of history of United Microelectronics Corporation, the first semiconductor company in Taiwan (1980)


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New Recording! "Transforming Forest" for Piano Trio
My work Transforming Forest (2018), commissioned by Montage Music Society for World Premiere at SITE Santa Fe this past spring, is now available for online streaming!
In the following video, I pair the ensemble's gorgeous studio recording with my photography of the music's inspiration: four site-specific land art installations by Andy Goldsworthy in the Presidio of San Francisco, CA. Video of a live performance of Transforming Forest on Montage Music Society's Altazano Salon Series is also available for viewing.
Watch both versions below (or on YouTube here and here), and continue reading for my notes about this work.
studio video credits
Performed by Montage Music Society (Elizabeth Baker, violin; Sally Guenther, cello; Debra Ayers, piano). Audio Recording, Mixing, Editing, and Mastering: Rick Bolton (Rick_Bolton@iCloud.com). Photography and Video Editing by Nell Shaw Cohen.
Live Video credits
Performed by Montage Music Society (Elizabeth Baker, violin; Sally Guenther, cello; Debra Ayers, piano). Video by Vincent Stenerson. Photography by Nell Shaw Cohen.
Transforming Forest was commissioned by Montage Music Society for World Premiere at SITE Santa Fe in March 2019. In this work for violin, cello, and piano, each short movement is inspired by one of four site-specific installations created by British artist Andy Goldsworthy in the Presidio of San Francisco: a park and former U.S. Army military fort in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. These remarkable installations were created by Goldsworthy between 2008 and 2014 using organic, on-site materials such as tree branches and soil.
Sites of urban wilderness in the Bay Area have frequently served as points of reference in my creative process. The Presidio's landscape of eucalyptus and cypress was formative: my childhood home was steps from the sites where these installations were later created. Having made countless pilgrimages to these works by Goldsworthy, I felt impelled to formulate a musical response to these powerful places.
Goldsworthy's four Presidio installations are transformed through the growth of surrounding vegetation, the elements, the passage of time, and visitor interactions. In my response, I sought to evoke different kinds of transformation connected to each of the four installations.
Wood Line is a long, curving line of eucalyptus branches (1,200 feet) placed along the forest floor. Many times, I've traced this path with my own feet—walking alongside it, or balancing on top of the branches themselves, the surfaces of which have become smooth from the wear of footsteps over the years. In my response, "Tracing," a musical motif is continually "traced" through heterophony: picked up by each of the instruments in different tempi and registers.
Tree Fall is a tree trunk suspended from the roof of a small, disused military building. The trunk and roof were covered in wet clay, which developed intricate, cracking patterns on its surface while drying. In "Cracking," a dark, chorale-like music, conveying the womb-like interior of the building, "cracks" open into a rhythmically dynamic middle section.
Goldsworthy created Earth Wall by burying and then excavating a sculpture made of eucalyptus branches from within a rammed earth wall at the Presidio Officers' Club. A lively third movement, "Excavating," evokes the spherical tangle of branches at the core of the wall through a building contrapuntal texture.
In the final movement, "Obscuring," climbing gestures in the piano are juxtaposed with sustained notes in the strings to capture the spatial quality of Spire: a 100-foot structure made from Monterey cypress trunks thrusting dramatically into the open sky. Contrasting material in triple meter—tender at first, becoming increasingly robust—gradually takes over. This music reflects the stand of young trees surrounding Spire, which will eventually obscure it in years to come as these cypresses grow and mature.
Skylark Premieres "Transform the World with Beauty"
Skylark Vocal Ensemble. Photo: Sasha Greenhalgh.
I am thrilled that brilliant GRAMMY Award-nominated vocal ensemble Skylark will premiere my work Transform the World with Beauty on April 4, 5, 6, and 7 during their tour of Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.! Concert details are listed below.
Skylark is one of the leading vocal ensembles in the U.S., praised for their "awe-inspiring" performances (Boston Music Intelligencer), and their "original" (BBC Radio 3), "imaginative" (Limelight Australia), and "engrossing" (WQXR NYC) programming.
Skylark commissioned me to write a piece for their program Masterpiece, offering musical reflections and reactions to the visual arts. Transform the World with Beauty, an 11-minute work in three movements, is inspired by the flowering of visual art and poetry in Victorian Britain during the 1840s-1870s.
The first movement, "My First Camera," celebrates avant-garde photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron. In my adaptation of an excerpt from Cameron's autobiography, this pioneering artist describes the power of her creative impulse when she first took up the camera as a 48-year-old wife and mother. (Image: Julia Margaret Cameron, "Pomona," 1872.)
"In an Artist's Studio" is a setting of a poem by Christina Rossetti. She offers an incisive, feminist critique of her brother, Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his obsessive depictions of an idealized woman. (Image: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "The Annunciation" (detail), 1849.)
The final, title movement is inspired by the work and ideas of William Morris. The botanical and mythological titles of Morris' sensuous textiles and wallpaper designs are juxtaposed with lofty sentiments from his philosophical lectures and essays. These two strands of Morris' world, disparate at first, come together into a hopeful vision of society "transformed" through the beauty of nature and art. (Image: William Morris, "Strawberry Thief" wallpaper design, 1883.)
Transform the World with Beauty will be recorded during Skylark's tour, and I look forward to sharing it with you all! Sadly, I can't attend the Massachusetts dates myself, but I'm thrilled to hear the concert in D.C. See the links below and visit Skylark's website for more information.
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019 AT 7:00PM
Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019 AT 7:00PM
Gloucester Meeting House, Gloucester, MA
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2019 AT 3:00PM
Cole Memorial Chapel, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2019 AT 4:00PM
St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown Parish, Washington DC
World Premiere of "Transforming Forest" at SITE Santa Fe
"Tree Fall" by Andy Goldsworthy. Photo by Nell Shaw Cohen.
Announcing the World Premiere of Transforming Forest (2018) for piano, violin, and cello, commissioned by Montage Music Society—Santa Fe's chamber ensemble dedicated to music inspired by visual art.
The World Premiere is presented by SITE Santa Fe, a world-renowned space for contemporary art. The program will be repeated on Montage Music Society's Altazano Salon Series.
I composed Transforming Forest in response to the four incredible installations created by British artist Andy Goldsworthy in the Presidio of San Francisco. These site-specific artworks resonate deeply with me and I hope to share some small piece of that through my music. Visit my website about the project for descriptions of my music and the artworks that inspired it.
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2019 @ 6:00PM
SITE Sante Fe, Santa Fe, NM
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019 @ 3:00PM
Altazano Salon Series, Santa Fe, NM
Posted on January 18, 2019 February 8, 2019
World Premiere of "The Sphinx and the Milky Way" for orchestra at University of Wisconsin
"The Sphinx and the Milky Way" (1946) by Charles E. Burchfield.
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Symphony Orchestra presents the World Premiere of The Sphinx and the Milky Way—my tone poem for orchestra inspired by the visionary artworks of Charles E. Burchfield. (Pictured: Burchfield's eponymous painting of a sphinx moth!)
This work was written in 2011 during my studies at New England Conservatory, where it was given a wonderful reading and recording session. Listen to NEC's reading.
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2019 @ 2:00PM
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
La Crosse, WI
(Special shout out to The Institute for Composer Diversity, whose database led this orchestra's director to find my work!)
Quintet of the Americas Performs "Watercolors" at Parrish Art Museum 11/11
Saturday, November 11, 2017, 5:00pm
279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, NY 11976
Tickets start at $200 / $150 Members
Tickets and venue information
My work for wind quintet, Watercolors (2011), returns to the Parrish Art Museum in The Hamptons on November 11. This performance by the internationally acclaimed Quintet of the Americas will kick off the museum's anniversary benefit party—five years after Watercolors was performed at their grand opening in November 2012!
Watercolors for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon was inspired by the watercolor paintings of Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)—including one in the Parrish's permanent collection, which will be on display in the galleries in conjunction with this concert. (Learn more about the connection between Burchfield's art and my music here.)
Long recognized as leading interpreters of folk and contemporary wind quintet music of North and South America, Quintet of the Americas has spent over three decades commissioning over 70 works, performing over three hundred concerts throughout the United States, and in Canada, the Caribbean, South America and Eastern Europe, and recording eight CDs. It will be an amazing honor to have my music performed by this group!
Inspired by the natural setting and artistic life of Long Island's East End, the Parrish Art Museum illuminates the creative process and how art and artists transform our experiences and understanding of the world and how we live in it. The Museum fosters connections among individuals, art, and artists through care and interpretation of the collection, presentation of exhibitions, publications, educational initiatives, programs, and artists-in-residence. The Parrish is a center for cultural engagement, an inspiration and destination for the region, the nation, and the world.
How wonderful to think that this will be the fourth time my music has been performed at the Parrish Art Museum. (See blog posts from the first time in 2012, second in 2013, and third in 2016.)
Writing for NewMusicBox
I was honored to be invited by the wonderful NewMusicBox (a publication of New Music USA) to contribute six columns as a guest writer during November and December 2015. In case you missed it, here's a round-up:
New Music for Learning – The connections between music and learning shouldn't only be a topic of interest for scientists or educators, but something that composers, performers, and presenters acknowledge and actively apply to their work.
Music Inspired by Visual Art – Music envisioned expressly for the purpose of illuminating, commenting upon, and conversing with visual art.
Why Landscape Music is More Important Than Ever – The intrinsic power of music to facilitate reflection and reinterpretation of life experiences makes creating Landscape Music a compelling approach to improving and deepening our connection to nature—a goal which is more important now than ever.
How Landscape Music Evokes the Natural World – What is the role of nature in culture? Why use the term "landscape" in reference to music? How can music symbolize the natural world? What are some of the specific approaches composers have taken to creating landscapes in their music?
We Need More (On-Demand) Films of New Operas – Making more live films of new and recent operas, and making those films readily available to the public, might be much more important to the future of opera than is currently appreciated.
Creating Points of Entry into Opera Through Video – Opera videos provided the "way in" I needed to become a fan, which led me to pursue live opera performances and eventually to compose opera myself. Now I'm looking for ways to help more people find their way in, too.
Music Inspired by Art in the Whitney Museum's Collection
I recently had the pleasure of visiting the stunning new home of the Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking district of New York City. Three of the artists prominently featured in their wide-reaching inaugural installation of works from the collection, American is Hard to See – Charles Burchfield, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Chiura Obata – have been primary inspirations in my ongoing work of composing music in response to visual art. Each of these artists engaged with nature, place, and spirituality, and conveyed a powerful "musicality" in their images, although in very distinct ways.
If you've recently visited the Whitney, plan to visit in the future, or if you're just curious, I hope you'll enjoy perusing this little guide to music I've composed inspired by artists in the Whitney's collection. Think of it as an art & music pairing menu!
Charles Burchfield
On view at the Whitney: Charles Burchfield (1893-1967), Cricket Chorus in the Arbor, 1917. More information
The Whitney has an exceptional collection of works by Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), and it was at the Whitney at their 2010 exhibit Heat Waves in a Swamp that I had an impactful first experience with seeing his paintings and drawings in person.
Several of Burchfield's early paintings are now on display on the 8th floor of the Whitney in a section dedicated to art related to music and sound. Appropriate, then, to pair these works with some music related to art!
My compositions inspired by the works of Charles E. Burchfield include an orchestral tone poem and a one-act opera (listen above).
Watercolors, my wind quintet inspired by four of Burchfield's paintings, was performed at the grand opening of the Parrish Art Museum. Visit Beyond the Notes to see a complete video of that performance and to learn about Burchfield's paintings.
Chiura Obata
On view at the Whitney: Chiura Obata (1885-1975), Evening Glow of Yosemite Fall, 1930. More information.
On the seventh floor of the Whitney, you'll find eight woodblock prints by the (in my opinion, vastly under-appreciated) Japanese-American painter and woodblock print designer, Chiura Obata (1885-1975). It's a special opportunity to see these rarely-displayed works.
Obata's woodblock prints and watercolor paintings of Yosemite, the High Sierra, and the internment camp in Utah where he and his family were imprisoned, inspired my piece Dai-Shizen (Great Nature) for flute and guitar (listen above). This piece was commissioned by Devin Ulibarri and Alicia Mielke and premiered last June at Boston GuitarFest. Learn more about Obata's artworks and my music.
On view at the Whitney: Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), Summer Days, 1936. More information.
My journey creating music inspired by art began in 2009 with Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), an artist long-celebrated by the Whitney. Summer Days, one of many exquisite paintings that emerged from the landscape of her adopted home in New Mexico, is on display on the 7th floor. A few of her abstract works are also visible on the 8th floor.
My music inspired by O'Keeffe's paintings – especially her vision of New Mexico – has included an art song for soprano and chamber ensemble; an orchestral tone poem (listen above); and a multimedia video work (watch below). Visit Beyond the Notes to learn about Georgia O'Keeffe and my music.
Posted on February 6, 2015 May 9, 2015
Launch of Landscape Music, online publication
I'm excited to share my new online publication with you, Landscape Music: Investigating Music Inspired by Landscape, Nature, and Place. With this project, I hope to provide a platform for work by composers and musicians creating what I call "Landscape Music" and to raise the profile of related aesthetics, methods, politics, and philosophies.
Visit About to learn more about the goals and ideas behind Landscape Music, or dive right into my new content!
Stephen Lias, Adventurer-Composer
As a self-made specialist in music inspired by the U.S. National Parks, Stephen Lias has been Artist-in-Residence at Rocky Mountain, Glacier, Denali, Glacier Bay, and Gates of the Arctic National Parks, and has written over a dozen park-related pieces.
Rachel Panitch: Making Music in Zion National Park
Fiddler, composer, and improvisor Rachel Panitch spent four weeks as Artist-in-Residence at Zion National Park in Utah, where she created several works inspired by the park and performed her music on site.
Composing Point Reyes from Chimney Rock
An in-depth exploration of my process for writing this orchestral tone poem inspired by the coastal landscape of Point Reyes National Seashore.
"Landscape" and the role of art in our understanding of nature – Culture is the way in which we humans necessarily make sense and meaning from the natural world around us, whether it's through an Albert Bierstadt painting or a Disney movie.
Why Landscape Music is more important than ever – How artists best utilize our time, skills, and insights as creators to reconnect ourselves and our audiences with the natural world?
Why I started Landscape Music – I seek to explore commonalities, divergences, exciting new developments, unexplored potentials, and possibly to derive some general principles or practices for musical landscapes.
Additional content will be coming soon! Follow me on Twitter to receive updates.
I'm looking for contributors! Please let me know if you're interested in writing for Landscape Music, or if you have suggestions of composers or works I should consider profiling.
Premiere of "Dai-Shizen (Great Nature)" at Boston GuitarFest, June 28
UPDATE: video recording of this performance is now online!
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Devin Ulibarri
The World Premiere of Dai-Shizen (Great Nature) for guitar and flute will be performed by fellow New England Conservatory alumni Devin Ulibarri and Alicia Mielke on the Emerging Artists concert at the 9th annual Boston GuitarFest this Saturday, June 28, 3:00pm in Jordan Hall.
Alicia Mielke
I am honored to have my music presented on this prestigious festival by these two wonderful performers!
Visit the Boston GuitarFest website for more information about this concert and for tickets.
Dai-Shizen and Chiura Obata
When guitarist Devin Ulibarri – who I previously collaborated with in 2011 on Triptych – asked me to write a piece for him and flutist Alicia Mielke relating to Boston GuitarFest's theme of "American Odyssey," I gravitated towards the woodblock prints and ink and watercolor paintings of Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata (1885-1975). Obata lived and worked primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area and devoted himself to bringing traditional Japanese aesthetics and techniques into American art. Obata's own "American Odyssey" as an immigrant deeply devoted to the culture and landscape of California was complex and richly represented by his artwork.
Chiura Obata, "Mono Crater, Sierra Nevada, California"
While composing this piece, I considered specific images and qualities I perceived in Obata's art and used those as prompts for musical ideas. I felt the lush yet restrained, and powerful yet delicate expressiveness of Obata's prints and paintings would be reflected very effectively by flute and guitar. On a more personal level, my choice to respond to Obata's artworks relates to my own background as a Bay Area native and love for California landscapes, as well as Devin's deep commitment to Japanese culture and language.
I was particularly inspired by Obata's ability to follow his philosophy of dai-shizen (Great Nature)—nature as a source of artistic inspiration and spiritual harmony—throughout the best and worst moments of his life. Obata and his family spent over a year in internment camps during World War II, primarily in Utah. Despite these demeaning conditions, Obata strove to bring meaning into the lives of those around him. He founded an art school with his fellow internees and created stunning, emotionally charged watercolor paintings juxtaposing the dreary manmade structures of the prison camp against broad expanses of desert, mountains, and fiery sunsets.
Chiura Obata, "Sunset, Watertower, March 10, 1943"
New videos "California Zephyr," "Horizon," and upcoming premiere in Boston
California Zephyr – Video and Music Online
This video and music piece inspired by a cross-country train trip, created for the NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble, was given an excellent premiere performance with video projection on April 28 in the Frederick Loewe Theatre at NYU. Now you can watch the video online with live musical recording. I hope you enjoy it!
Horizon: New York #1 & #2 – Dance & Music Films Online
The audience at my April 29th recital saw the world premiere screening of version #1 of Horizon: New York, a short film I created featuring wonderful dancer-choreographer Callie Lyons and cellist Fjóla Evans. There are actually two versions of the video, shot in two different locations in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Bridge Park and Prospect Park), both of which are now available for viewing online.
Premiere of Commissioned Work at Boston GuitarFest
When guitarist Devin Ulibarri – who I previously collaborated with in 2011 on Triptych – asked me to write a piece for him and flutist Alicia Mielke relating to Boston GuitarFest's theme of "American Odyssey," I gravitated towards the woodblock prints and ink and watercolor paintings of the Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata (1885-1975).
Devin and Alicia will premiere my Obata-inspired composition Dai-Shizen (Great Nature) at the Emerging Artists concert on the 9th annual Boston GuitarFest on Saturday, June 28 at 3:00pm in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Visit the Boston GuitarFest website to learn more about the concert.
The Coming of Spring: Success
Thank you to everyone who came out to see my recital and the staged workshop production of one-act monodrama The Coming of Spring on April 29. This was an extremely special evening for me and the audience response was very rewarding!
The performance was well documented and I'll be sharing video and audio excerpts with you in the near future.
New Recording! "Transforming Forest" for Piano Trio July 17, 2019
Skylark Premieres "Transform the World with Beauty" March 21, 2019
World Premiere of "Transforming Forest" at SITE Santa Fe February 7, 2019
Artist Residency at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM January 22, 2019
World Premiere of "The Sphinx and the Milky Way" for orchestra at University of Wisconsin January 18, 2019
Live Video of "Retrace" Performed by Citywater January 3, 2019
Workshop Production of "Mabel's Call" at University of New Mexico October 17, 2018
World Premiere Performances of "Retrace" on Landscape Music: Rivers & Trails Concert Series August 29, 2018
Warm Reception for "Mabel's Call" on Fort Worth Opera's Frontiers Showcase June 3, 2018
"Fallen Star" workshop at New Dramatists June 2, 2018
"Mabel's Call" Selected for Fort Worth Opera's 2018 Frontiers Showcase March 22, 2018
Rodeo opera research trip in Houston March 20, 2018
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It's Friday and the SECOND episode of Someone Like You has dropped! This week we meet Mark. He's a twenty-two-year-old Pasadena college student who wants to one day run his own business that incorporates his art.
In his words, he was chronically homeless all throughout school and when he entered his Senior year of high school his Mom kicked him out from their living arrangement at the time, so he had to figure out where to go after the final bell rang.
Growing up he didn't have a father figure or a role model because his father went to jail and got deported. Mark's uncle (which he now realizes could've been a role model) died after a horrific motorcycle accident around the same time he lost his father. He was only seven years old.
The house he claims as his 'childhood home' had his grandmother, big sister, aunt and her son, his mom, and uncle all living under one roof. The reason quotations are around childhood home is because Mark rarely ever stayed there while he was growing up.
His story is complicated, as many of the youth who have experienced homelessness are. Take a listen and meet Mark, and if something strikes you tell us about it in the comment section below.
There are nearly 35,000 kids searching for a safe place to sleep each night in the U.S. alone, and if you're living in California like me, Los Angeles has about 6,000 youth out on the street each night and the Bay area has about 3,500 kids.
Someone Like You podcast is dedicated to answering these three questions: who are the homeless? How did they become homeless? What can we do to end homelessness? So join me as I try to find the solution, one interview at a time.
I wore your shirt with pride today and assigned this episode for students to listen and respond. Wishing you well, BB!


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Q: Existence conditions for integral transforms Let's take the Fourier transform of Faraday's law of induction
$$ \nabla \times E = - \partial_t B $$
$$ \mathcal{F}[\nabla \times E]\ = \mathcal{F}[- \partial_t B] $$
$$ \nabla \times \mathcal{F}[E]\ = - \mathcal{F}[\partial_t B] $$
Using integration by parts $u = e^{- i \omega t}$, $du = - i \omega e^{i \omega t}$, $dv = \partial_t B$, $v = B$, so the right side becomes
$$ e^{- i \omega t} B \ \big|_{-\infty}^\infty + i \omega \int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{- i \omega t} B$$
Now I know from other sources that the left term is $0$, but why? We are solving for B so how do we know its characteristics yet?
Also, how do we know that $\mathcal{F}[E]$ and $\mathcal{F}[B]$ exist? Certainly plane waves solutions satisfy Maxwell's equations but do not have the correct boundary condition to make the left term $0$. Does this show that the Fourier transform does not give a general solution like the method of separation of variables does?
More generally how do we know any integral transform of an unknown function exists? Take for example the Laplace transform of $p(x)y'' + q(x)y' + r(x)y = f(x)$. I know the Laplace transform can be applied when each coefficient is bounded by some exponential function. But that only guarantees that the Laplace transform of each coefficient exists. Sure we can go through the problem and solve for $\mathcal{L}[y] =$ some function of $s$, so we know it exists that way. But is there any way to guarantee that $\mathcal{L}[y]$ exists before we solve the problem?

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Recap: Eagles Lose to Bears, Fall to 7-4
By Michael Levin Nov 28, 2010, 7:35pm EST
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I'm not sure what happened in that onside kick, but I'm certain people are going to be talking about it all week. The phrase "gave himself up" in the rulebook will be torn apart, just another blemish on the questionable season NFL referees have put together. Here's some bullet points because I'm disgusted.
The defense didn't tackle. At all.
Trevard Lindley and Joselio Hanson played like trash. Quintin Mikell, Nate Allen, and Dmitri Patterson were also bad. Hopefully Asante Samuel will be ready for Thursday's game against the Texans. At least it seems like all-pro receiver Andre Johnson will be suspended for the game for fighting with Cortland Finnegan.
They fell behind early and didn't go to the running game enough. LeSean McCoy was really effective in limited carries. Give it to him more often.
Jay Cutler wasn't pressured enough. They sacked him four times (2 by Trent Cole) but they barely hurried him otherwise. If you hit him enough, he'll start handing the ball to you. He didn't turn the ball over today, only the third time this season he hasn't coughed it up somehow. He's an up-and-down QB that we didn't make pay for his downs today. Awful showing.
The offensive line couldn't contain Julian Peterson. He was really good today and the front five let him get to Michael Vick too much. He was constantly under pressure.
Even though the safeties were dropped back so far for the Bears D, Jeremy Maclin and Desean Jackson need to be able to stretch the field somehow. Each Eagles drive took a ton of time off the clock, playing right into the Bears game plan.
Very short week. Game Thursday. We're tied once again with the Giants (who barely beat Jacksonville) atop the NFC East.
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Yep that is correct - Instagram now has it's own TV platform.
Whether you watch via the Instagram app or use the dedicated IGTV app you can keep track of even longer videos and clips from your favourite 'Instagrammers' as well as your friends.
Because a 1 minute tutorial on 'How to make a chicken a vest' is never going to be long enough, you can now watch and create videos up to an hour long. Another bonus of IGTV is that it is designed with viewing on a mobile device in mind, all of the content is full screen and vertical.
Just like a TV once you tune in the video is already rolling with content from people that you already follow on Instagram. Want something different, you can change channels just like you would a regular TV, discovering new content by swiping up to find dedicated suggestions just for you based on your likes.
This could be a game changer for video content on social media, and I wonder if we will see changes on other platforms.
Who will you be tuning in to?
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This is my first readathon as a (rookie) manager, which is why I'll be reading The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo. I started reading it last week, and so far it's pretty good!
The Time Machine is great! I think I prefer The War of the Worlds, though. So far I have done 2 1/2 hrs of reading according to my stopwatch.
I started _A Vindication of the Rights of Woman_ just last night (barely, just chapter 1) but I might not get back to it during the 24 hour readathon. I will check in with the readalong on Sunday, I think.
I hope you have a lovely time during the readathon. I always meet so many wonderful new bloggers (and other sorts of readers) during the readathon. I hope you also get a bit of writing done.


Artist, clinical social worker, and somatic psychotherapist Jim Elniski will lead a gallery talk Interpreting Sangyoon Lee's concept of "life force". Jim Elniski will talk about the ways Sangyoon Lee's interactive electronic installation, Pan raises important psychosocial issues related to what Lee identifies as the relational aspects of the "life force". Elniski will contextualize this work by discussing 19th and 20th century ideasabout the "life force" and how this relates to the current uses of interactivity and group participation, including community based art practices.
The Gallery Talk is scheduled for 4pm.


As they say, it's a jungle out there. The online world is filled with all sorts of personality. There are lots of good people, but there some people with ulterior motives that prey on unsuspecting customers to harness their personal information and steal their identity or money. These scammers and hackers are savvy enough, and they can bypass any weak security software on your computer to steal your personal information. Make sure your computer has a strong firewall in the form of strong antivirus software to keep these scammers and hackers at bay. However, to keep yourself safe online, research e-commerce stores that you want to buy and sell furniture on upfront. Always buy and sell on renowned e-commerce platforms like Shopify and eBay.
Always make a point to check the authenticity of the e-commerce platform you want to buy and sell furniture on. A legitimate e-commerce platform that sells furniture online must have a phone number and physical address. If they don't, that should be a red flag already. You can then conduct a Google search to know more about the online retailer. Read reviews about the e-commerce platform online to see what customers are saying about it.
Note that some few negative comments are not an indication that the company offers poor services. If you can, read all the reviews, both positive and negative, and decide whether or not it's an excellent platform to buy and sell furniture online. A few negative comments are okay, but when many people are complaining, it's better to keep off that online platform. Also, check out the authenticity of those positive reviews. Some online businesses just solicit and pay for positive reviews to hoodwink customers to buy from them. Always check reviews from authoritative and independent reviews sites like Glassdoor, Angie's List, and Epinions.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a kind of software that offers secure and encrypted communication between an e-commerce platform and a web browser. This certificate is essential, especially on e-commerce platforms that facilitate transfers of money from one individual to another. It's usually installed on web pages that require customers to submit sensitive information, such as credit card details or passwords over the internet. So if the e-commerce platform you intend to shop on lacks an SSL certificate, do not attempt to buy and sell furniture on it.
Get to know details about the e-commerce platform, such as return policy, shipping charges and other details relevant to buying and selling furniture online. Get these details by talking to someone over the phone. Compare the information they provide with that on the fine print. If they don't match, then that should be a red flag.
The idea is always to remain safe while shopping online. It's better to implement the safeguards than be sorry. It's really painful to lose your hard earned cash online, or worse still someone stealing your identity.


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Strange Visions of the Hyper-Congested Megacities of the Future
Marcus Lyon
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Alyssa Coppelman
Photographer Marcus Lyon's images of crammed megacities and never ending highways might make you feel like going off the grid—at least for a little while. In his series BRICs, Exodus, and Timeout, he creates images that are large-scale visions of globalization and human activity worldwide. The photos aren't actual shots of Moscow or Mumbai, but composites of hundreds of images to make you feel overwhelmed by the sheer power and size of it all.
Photographer Marcus Lyon's images of crammed megacities and never-ending highways might make you feel like going off the grid.
In his claustrophobic series BRICs, Exodus, and Timeout, Lyon creates large-scale visions of globalization and human activity. The images aren't just photos of Moscow or Mumbai or Marina del Rey, but composites of hundreds of images meant to overwhelm you with the enormity of it all.
Lyon's photographs are minutely planned to the last detail, sometimes years before they are made. After conceptualizing the image in his head---which requires tremendous research and strategizing---he flies over a specific location just once, photographing the ground below. Lyon then digitally stitches together as many as 1,000 photographs to achieve an image that drowns the viewer in congested chaos. The intricate compositions are an artful commentary on humanity's never-ending expansion and consumption, and the vast chasm between the rich and poor.
"Emotionally and environmentally these mass ideas, actions, movements of people, production processes, and the titans of political and consumer power that house them, are so huge that no single image can define their influence," Lyon says of the work. "So I have endeavored to create new visual languages within which I can communicate a deeper truth."
From Los Angeles to Hong Kong, each photo teems with urbanization. In Lyon's dystopian vision of the world, there is nary a tree to be seen, and the world is overrun with planes, trains and automobiles swarming across the globe. Lyon weaves his images together so seamlessly that the megacities and mass transit systems he fashions almost could be mistaken for the real thing.
Though the work is fiction, the images are familiar, even intriguing, enough to create what feels like a vision of a future that is in some ways already upon us. Considering last week's news that we're on the precipice of causing the mass extinction of ocean life, Lyon's work as a whole serves as a visual prompt to consider more seriously the havoc humankind is wreaking on this planet.
Images from Exodus and Timeout are on view at Somerset Housein London through April 22.
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Wow! Love the new look! I want to see you if you come to town! Even if it's just for a drive-by singing of the Jedi song.
And if you come to town I expect to see you this time!
I know who the "friend" is and it totally sounds like her... you gotta love her. Hahahaha!
also, this was hilarious. I love friends like that! I also miss your quick witty responses, it almost makes the story all by itself!


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Major Brendan Rodgers decision could potentially scupper two Arsenal transfers
Kelvin Jaja
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers could potentially be set to scupper both Joe Willock and Ainsley Maitland-Niles' chances of departing Arsenal this summer.
The two midfielders have been linked with a move to Newcastle United this summer as Magpies Steve Bruce continues his search for midfield recruits.
As per The Athletic, the two Arsenal academy graduates are on a list of options at St James' Park, with Willock being prioritised following his highly successful loan spell last season in which he netted eight goals in 14 Premier League appearances.
Maitland-Niles is also under consideration as an alternative alongside Chelsea youngster Conor Gallagher.
Leicester man Hamza Choudhury is also another name that appeals to the Magpies having been linked with the 23-year-old on a number of occasions in the past, including during the January transfer window.
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In the end, the midfielder ended up staying at the King Power Stadium for the rest of the 2020/21 campaign but is still believed to be keen on a switch to Newcastle.
According to The Northern Echo, Choudhury is ready to push through a move away from Leicester in order to find more regular first-team football.
Should he succeed and Leicester boss Rodgers makes the decision to finally allow him to leave, this could see the Magpies' interest in Arsenal duo Willock and Maitland-Niles waver.
Premier League rules state that only two domestic loans are permitted at any one time meaning that should Choudhury arrive at Newcastle, only one of the two Gunners' pair would be allowed to sign for the Magpies.
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Newcastle boss Steve Bruce has already suggested that he is still looking to secure a deal for Willock, meaning that Maitland-Niles would again be left looking for different options having also spent the second-half of last season out on loan with West Bromwich Albion.
Speaking last week, Bruce said: "You have to ask Arsenal, it's their decision and it's the player's decision.
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Suncus etruscuswhite-toothed pygmy shrew
By Anna Ferry
Etruscan shrews, Suncus etruscus, have a wide distribution, but they are mainly confined to the Mediterranean lowlands from Portugal to the Middle East. There are reports of S. etruscus in Africa. Many former subspecies that have since been elevated to species occur in Southeast Asia and Madagascar. ("Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status Survey and Conservation and Action Plan", 1995; Dobson, 1998; Nowak, 1990)
The habitat of Etruscan shrews includes forest, shrub and grassland environments. Suncus hosei, a former subspecies of S. etruscus, has been found in the dipterocarp forests of Asia. Some older accounts report S. etruscus at elevations as high as 4250 meters and as low as 100 meters in Malaysia. However, due to the fact that some subspecies have been elevated to full species, this may not reflect the true elevational range of Suncus etruscus. (Davison, 1979)
2066.93 to 3280.84 ft
Suncus etruscus may be one of the smallest mammals living today, with most adults weighing between 1.8 and 3 grams and ranging from 35 to 50 mm in length. They tend to be grayish-brown with short soft hair, and they are often recognized by their small hind limbs. There is no apparent sexual dimorphism. The basal metabolic rate of these tiny creatures averages 3.22 cubic centimeters of oxygen per hour. ("Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status Survey and Conservation and Action Plan", 1995; McNab, 1988; Nowak, 1990)
1.8 to 3 g
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3.22 cm3.O2/g/hr
The mating system of Suncus etruscus is not very well understood. In one study it was found that young pairs of S. etruscus did live peacefully during the mating season. It must be noted that the closely related species Suncus varilla appears to be monogamous, and pairs live together throughout the year. The small size and difficulty of capturing S. estruscus makes it difficult to study. It is not known if its behavioral characteristics are similar to those of S. varilla. (Nowak, 1990)
The time in which Suncus etruscus breeds and the information about its young have not been widely studied. However, other species in the genus Suncus have been known to breed at all times of the year, most notably Suncus murinus, which has been widely studied. Most pregnancies occur from October through December. One study of S. etruscus pairs found that the gestation of this species was about 27.5 days and that litter sizes were anywhere from 2 to 6. Weaning in the genus Suncus as a whole is from 17 to 20 days. Suncus varilla apparently reaches sexual maturity about 24 months after birth. Suncus murinus females, however, reach sexual maturity at around 36 days. (Nowak, 1990)
Not known for this species
27.5 days
All eutherian mammals nurture their young before birth via the placenta, and all mammals provide their newborns with milk. There is little else known about the parental investment of Etruscan shrews. Parental investment by other members of the genus Suncus is quite variable. In the case of Suncus murinus, both parents collect nesting material. Suncus murinus young have been seen caravanning behind their mother when they are learning to find their own food. Suncus varilla young stay with their mother for up to nine months after being weaned, whereas S. murinus young are separated from their parents within a few months. (Nowak, 1990)
There is little known about the life span of Suncus etruscus, but the lifespans of other species in the genus range from 1.5 to 3 years. Etruscan shrews are hard to keep alive in captivity due to their size and their large energy requirements. (Nowak, 1990; Nowak, 1990)
1.5 to 3 years
Shrews in general are very active and always foraging for food. This is especially true in the case of Suncus etruscus; being such a small animal, it has high energy demands. These shrews constantly use their long noses to locate food. They appear not to rely on sight to find food, nor do they use their forelimbs to aid in consuming their food. They also tend to groom themselves constantly when not eating and they are always moving. When they are still, they tend to hide under dead leaves, but this has never been seen for more than a half an hour. This behavior has been observed in the wild and in captivity. In the wild they tend to move based on the availability of cover and leaves to hide under. Suncus etruscus is most likely solitary and territorial, except during the breeding season, as is the closely related Suncus murinus. (Davison, 1979; Nowak, 1990)
Most shrews in the genus Suncus are solitary and territorial. In order to defend their territories, they all make some sort of chirping noises and show aggressive behavior toward any intruders. When Suncus etruscus is in torpor and then suddenly awakened it makes harsh shrieking calls and this noise is usually only made when it is unable to flee the area.
In a study using captive individuals, it was found that these shrews would make clicking sounds that would become more rapid the faster they were moving. When the animals were motionless the clicking sounds were not heard. It was believed that these sounds could be a form of echolocation; however, this behavior has only been observed in one study.
Shrews seem to rely most heavily on their senses of smell and touch to find food, as they have poor vision. (Davison, 1979; Hutterer, et al., 1979; Nowak, 1990)
Suncus etruscus is an insectivorous species, as are most other shrews. They eat ants and other small insects; in captive studies they have eaten mealworms and crickets. They don't use their forefeet to aid in consuming food. So, the smaller the food, the easier it can be handled. When captive individuals are given large food pieces, they cannot eat them readily; small pieces need to be detached before they can be eaten. Etruscan shrews rely little on sight in locating food. Sometimes they may even run into their food. They are always looking for food in order to meet their high energy demands. (Davison, 1979; Jurgens, 2002)
Etruscan shrews are extremely small and therefore little is known about their predation. Owls are known predators. Owl pellets often contain the remains of Etruscan shrews. (Hutterer and Kock, 2002)
owls (Strigiformes)
Shrews are food for predators such as owls, and probably play a large role in controlling insect populations. ("Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status Survey and Conservation and Action Plan", 1995)
The importance of Suncus etruscus to humans in not known, aside from their importance as members of healthy ecosystems. ("Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status Survey and Conservation and Action Plan", 1995)
There are no known negative affects of Suncus etruscus on humans. ("Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status Survey and Conservation and Action Plan", 1995)
The conservation status on Suncus etruscus is of least concern. However, some of the former subspecies are threatened. Suncus fellowgordoni is endangered; Suncus hosei is vulnerable. ("Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status Survey and Conservation and Action Plan", 1995)
There are several former subspecies of S. etruscus that have been elevated to full species. These include Suncus madagascariensis, S. fellowsgordoni, S. hosei, and S. malayanus. There is little to no information on these species and some accounts still treat these as subspecies of S. etruscus. All of these species (or subspecies depending on the author) are extremely similar in size and appearance to S. etruscus. ("Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status Survey and Conservation and Action Plan", 1995; Nowak, 1990)
Allison Poor (editor), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
Anna Ferry (author), University of Alaska Fairbanks, Link E. Olson (editor, instructor), University of Alaska Fairbanks.
1995. "Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status Survey and Conservation and Action Plan" (On-line). Accessed November 05, 2004 at http://members.vienna.at/shrew/itsesAP95-cover.html.
Cagnin, M., S. Moreno, G. Aloise, G. Garofalo, R. Villafuerte, P. Gaona, M. Cristaldi. 1998. Comparative study of Spanish and Itialian terrestrial small mammals coenoses from different biotopes in Mediterranean peninsular tip regions. Journal of Biogeography, 25: 1105-1113.
Davison, G. 1979. Some notes on Savi's Pigmy Shrew. The Malayan Nature Journal, 32/3 and 4: 227-231.
Dobson, M. 1998. Mammal distributions in the western Mediterrranean: the role of human intervention. Mammal Review, 28/2: 77-88.
Hutterer, R., D. Kock. 2002. Recent and acient records of shrews from Syria, with notes on Crocidura katinka Bate, 1937 (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 50/3: 249-259.
Hutterer, R., P. Vogel, H. Frey, M. Genoud. 1979. Vocalization of the Shrews Suncus etruscus and Crocidura russula during Normothmia and Torpor. Acta Theriologica, 24/21: 271-276.
Jurgens, K. 2002. Etruscan Shrew Muscle: the conseguences of being small. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 205: 2161-2166.
McNab, B. 1988. Complications Inherent in Scaling and Basal Rate of Metabolism in Mammals. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 63/1: 25-54.
Nowak, R. 1990. Walker's Mammals of the world. Baltimore and London: John Hopkins University Press.
Order Soricomorpha insectivores
Soricomorpha: information (1) Soricomorpha: pictures (105) Soricomorpha: specimens (654)
Family Soricidae shrews
Soricidae: information (1) Soricidae: pictures (85) Soricidae: specimens (516)
Genus Suncus musk shrews and pygmy shrews
Suncus: pictures (3) Suncus: specimens (17)
Species Suncus etruscus white-toothed pygmy shrew
Suncus etruscus: information (1) Suncus etruscus: pictures (1) Suncus etruscus: specimens (7)
To cite this page: Ferry, A. 2005. "Suncus etruscus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed January 18, 2021 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Suncus_etruscus/


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