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Chef's Table goes inside the lives and kitchens of six of the world's most renowned international chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their lives, talents and passion from their piece of culinary heaven.
Jeong Kwan is a not your regular defined chef. She's living as a monk in Korea. She is connected to the spiritual side of food. Instead of trying to be the best in the world, any sense of ego is stripped from her mind and she cooks from the soul. This episode follows the daily life of Jeong Kwan, as she lovingly prepares vegan 'temple food', using ages old recipes and natural ingredients. She is a humble genius. Inspirational and meditative, gorgeously shot. She is a tiny, calm, firebrand.
Vladimir Mukhin
A powerful depiction of Vladimir Mukhin's struggle to resuscitate an almost forgotten russian cuisine, going against the established tradition. Be prepared for stunning images of culinary creations at White Rabbit, some will leave you uneased.
A fifth-generation chef, Mukhin worked in his father's kitchen as a young man, preparing Soviet-era classics. So, like generations of youths before him, Mukhin had to rebel against the old man. He left his small hometown of Essentuki for Moscow and became obsessed with modern techniques and food from across Europe. It wasn't until he worked as a sous chef in France, when he collaborated on a menu with chef Christian Etienne, that Mukhin realized Russian cuisine could exist within modern cooking. 'His French clients who ate it were amazed,' he says. ¡They loved his Russian cooking.'
Nancy Silverton
Nancy Silverton describes her life path involving both Los Angeles and Italy, her family and her obsession with bread. She was born in Sherman Oaks, CA in a family where going out to eat was considered a special treat. But when she entered college and found herself 'very attracted by a handsome man' who worked in a kitchen, she landed herself a job and a new passion.
These details, which all lead up to her stint at Wolfgang Puck's celebrated LA restaurant Spago in 1982, are intercut with present-day scenes of Silverton working at Osteria Mozza.
Ivan Orkin
Ivan Orkin, the brash, white, Jewish guy from New York who made his name as one of the best ramen makers on the planet has an unorthodox story. That means no tweezer food, plenty of swear words, no slow shots of the chef communing with nature. He was a problem child, fell in love with Japan, fell in love with cooking, suffered personal tragedy, and found his reason for being and his ultimate success in Tokyo.
Tim Raue
Meet Tim Raue, the lauded German chef who went from gang life to fine dining. After leaving the streets, he defied all odds with explosive creativity, but also the knack for running several lucrative restaurants. For a high school dropout once told he could only be a house painter, gardener, or cook, it's a culinary story that does seem to be written in the Michelin stars.
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Circumnavigators Travel-Study Grant
A once-in-a-lifetime $9,500 grant to spend the summer travelling the world, researching a topic of your choice.
Congratulations 2019 winner Chris LaMountain! Chris is a Bienen-Weinberg dual-degree student majoring in vocal performance and religious studies, and his project is called "A Global Song: Investigating the Global Diversity of Baha'i Temple Music." Read the Bienen School of Music story.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 for Summer 2020 travel-study.
Final interviews will be held TBA. Interviews are conducted in person only, so finalists must be present.
Applicants must be full-time Northwestern juniors who will be returning to campus next year. NU students with senior standing may apply only if they will be returning to Northwestern as full-time undergraduates for the entire academic year following the summer circumnavigation.
Students who will be studying abroad or otherwise away from campus during the winter/spring before the trip or during the academic year following the trip are not eligible.
Applicants must be available for an in-person interview on campus. Exact date to be determined.
Students in any discipline may apply. However, the national office of the Circumnavigators Club Foundation has requested no proposals in the following areas: 1) global environmental and conservation issues, 2) microfinance and microcredit, and 3) alternative energy and rural electrification.
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One winner is chosen each year. The grant recipient travels:
for at least ten continuous weeks
to at least five different countries (excluding the U.S. and Canada)
on at least three different continents (excluding North America)
Study whatever you want as long as it fits into a global context! You will also want to consider the ethical implications of your project, so please review these Principles of Ethical Research.
The winner is required to keep a blog throughout the duration of the trip, posting at least twice a week.
Requirements for international projects apply.
This grant is jointly funded by Northwestern University and the Chicago Chapter of the Circumnavigators Club. Visit the Chicago Chapter of the Circumnavigators Club and the Circumnavigators Club Foundation to learn more about the organization and its support of around-the-world travel-study projects.
Post-trip Requirements
The grant recipient is required to submit a 50-page (minimum) research paper to the Circumnavigators Club Chicago Chapter and Foundation.
A draft analytical outline of the research paper is due to the Chapter's Foundation Coordinator within 30 days of the end of the trip. The final paper must be submitted no later than 90 days following the end of the trip.
Within 60 days, a summary of all expenses, such as travel, food, lodging, extras must be sent to New York headquarters.
The winner will speak to at least two Circumnavigators Club banquets during the nine months following the trip.
The grant recipient will be expected to help advise applicants for the following year's competition, including speaking at the Fall info session in October, and to help mentor the following year's winner by passing on tips and suggestions.
After completion of the requirements, the grant recipient is expected to complete an application and join the Circumnavigators Club.
The winner travels during the summer between junior and senior year.
Read international projects for important travel restrictions.
Faculty Role:
Discussing your ideas with faculty is key to developing a meaningful and feasible global project. The unique travel requirements of the grant (to a minimum of five countries and three continents) pose challenges distinct from those of traditional, more narrowly focused research projects.
Faculty serve primarily as recommenders, rather than project supervisors.
Applications require endorsements from two faculty recommenders (aka sponsors).
Outside faculty may be used as recommenders; graduate students and post-docs are not eligible, unless they are added as a supplemental third endorsement. If a recommender falls into one of these categories, contact the Circumnavigator Coordinator prior to the application deadline for details.
Request endorsements well before the deadline.
Ask your recommenders to review Info for Faculty and provide them with a draft of your proposal and resume well in advance to give them time to write their endorsements.
Endorsements are due within 48 hours after the student deadline.
Unendorsed applications will not be considered.
Make sure faculty see the Info for Faculty page to show them how to access our system and the endorsement questions asked.
Faculty and the Library
Discuss your ideas with faculty members who may be able offer insights on what you want to do. Faculty also can help you assess and refine the proposal.
Given the scope of a Circumnavigator project, it is a good idea to ask a number of faculty members for input on your ideas. You can find faculty with interests related to yours by searching the Northwestern Scholars database. You should also take full advantage of library resources.
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Check Events.
Last year's winner will speak about her/his experience, and members of the Circumnavigators Club Chicago Chapter will be present to answer questions. In addition, Northwestern representatives will be present to go over the application process and to answer questions.
PROPOSAL WRITING GUIDE
You may seek feedback from an advisor in the Office of Undergraduate Research once you have written a draft proposal.
While a faculty advisor can best apply his or her expertise to the intellectual and methodological foundations of the project, the Office of Undergraduate Research can offer useful writing assistance in shaping the proposal for readers from both the Northwestern Review Committee and the Circumnavigators Club.
Three Finalists are Chosen
A Northwestern Review Committee evaluates applications and selects three finalists before winter break to be interviewed by the Chicago Circumnavigators Club Selection Committee.
In-Person Interview Required
Finalists must be available in person for an on-campus interview with members of the Circumnavigators Club in early January. No phone, Skype, or alternate day interviews will be permitted.
The Circumnavigators Club will choose the grant winner and notify all three finalists, the University, and the International Foundation in New York of its decision.
What Are They Looking For?
Both Northwestern and the Circumnavigators Club are looking for interesting, pertinent, and globally-based topics, undertaken by persons who can easily think on their feet in any situation they might encounter abroad.
Final selection will further be based on a number of factors, including: (a) merit of the subject to be studied, (b) student's academic record, (c) poise, maturity and communication skills, and (d) inherent discipline and enthusiasm of the candidates.
Group Projects:
No group submissions are allowed; the grant is only for a single individual. The travel-study trip must be undertaken by the grant recipient alone, unaccompanied by friends, significant others, relatives, a research partner or partners, or larger group of associates.
Do I have to be on campus both winter and spring quarters of junior year to be eligible?
Yes. You must attend the finalist interview in person to be considered, and it takes place in January. The winner meets regularly with the Circumnavigators Club in the winter and spring to work out the logistics of the trip, something which is not feasible from long distance.
Do I have to be on campus all of senior year, too?
Yes. The responsibilities of the Circumnavigators Grant winner include being available to advise potential applicants in the fall, serving as a mentor to the next winner in winter and spring, and attending Circumnavigators Club events during the academic year after the trip.
Tell me about past winners.
To find out about award recipients and their projects (blogs and photos!), see the Circumnavigators Club Chicago Chapter Foundation Scholars page.
Visit the Circumnavigators Club Foundation national office website for a list of all previous Foundation Scholars and projects sponsored nationally.
See also "Around the World for 40 Years: Reflections by the Circumnavigators Club Foundation Scholars"
How will I plan the actual trip?
Representatives of the Chicago Chapter of the Circumnavigators Club will work closely with the winner to develop the final itinerary, ensuring that the trip is feasible and meets all requirements. Their preparatory work will also include activating contacts in countries prior to the circumnavigation to ensure that the travel and research project will proceed smoothly. They will also be available to help you during the trip. You will also work with the NU Circumnavigators Coordinator to set up a blog for your trip and the Chicago Circumnavigators webmaster to establish dedicated pages for your circumnavigation.
What if I don't win?
While only one Northwestern student wins the Circumnavigators Grant each year, there are many other options for using the ideas and proposal you've developed. With some modifications, most Circumnavigators applications make excellent Summer URG proposals, and the core ideas can serve as the basis for other grants and fellowships.
What are my options for publishing, presenting, or building on my findings from the trip?
One of the benefits of the Circumnavigators Grant is the opportunity to present your research to diverse audiences. In addition to submitting your research paper to the Circumnavigators Club Foundation, you will speak about your experiences at least two Circumnavigators Club banquets during the nine months following the trip.
See also Present Your Research.
Many Circumnavigators Grant winners go on to apply for prestigious fellowships, such as Fulbright, Rhodes or Luces, and/or PhD scholarship programs. Contact Northwestern's Office of Fellowships to find out more about these opportunities.
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Breaking the Impasse
June 29, 2016 by alexforshaw
The referendum was a disaster. There, I've said it. I'm not talking about the result. I mean the whole ill-conceived exercise. And its outcome: the uncertainty we now find ourselves in the middle of is not doing anybody any good, inside the UK or out.
Nobody appears to have a plan for exiting the EU: if they did we'd have started the process already. I believe the problem is that if you ask a hundred people what they want the future relationship between the UK and the rest of the world to look like you'll get dozens of different answers.
The one big positive of the referendum has been to expose the immense dissatisfaction across the country with the current state of affairs. But just as people had many different reasons for choosing how they voted, so there are many different causes for that dissatisfaction.
I'm all for leaving, if by leaving you mean the huge inequalities between the rich and the poor, the increasing squeeze we feel on our ability to simply carry on with our day to day lives, the way that politicians in Westminster feel more and more remote from the realities of life in the UK, the way so many people feel their needs are ignored.
All these things and more came out in the vote to leave. Against them were a fear of the unknown, of some calamity in the event of such a big change. But also a feeling among many remain voters that their situation was bearable and that the ideals for which the EU was founded have deep meaning and significance.
By making it a stark choice between in or out the referendum completely ignored the fact that many on both sides share common concerns about pressures on public services like the NHS, on schools, on housing, on jobs. For me these are more important issues than whether or not the UK remains in the EU. But they are not being addressed. Both sides in the referendum used them to score points but since the result was called nobody has put forward any plan to improve the state of things.
I think it's time for a revolution. A revolution in the way we as a country approach the issues directly affecting us, the people, right now. Our democracy is broken. We don't feel our representatives in parliament really represent us: we vote for them every four or five years and after that we go back to being ignored and told what to do.
The current system lacks feedback; it lacks the input from the people at the bottom, the electorate, about what we need. Not what a political party thought we wanted and promised years ago in order to get our vote, but what we want and need today.
I propose putting together a representative group of people from across the country. All ages, all political leanings, all levels of education. Selected by lot, like a big jury. Give them full access to all the information, all the experts, and let them decide between them what needs to change and how to go about it. We trust juries a lot more than politicians, and that is how juries work.
They won't be experts themselves, at least not when they start. But they will represent us with all our hopes and fears. They will be us. I'd certainly trust them to work for the benefit of the people of this country. More so than the politicians. I'm sure that between them they could work out a set of priorities and a new direction for the country. One that a clear majority of people could get behind and support.
It's an idea that is being used (in similar form) in Ireland today to work on constitutional issues. It could work here too. And it would give people a real voice, not only to decide on issues but also to decide what issues are important. Out political system is failing us. Let's do things differently going forward. Let's make our democracy more direct. Let's involve the people directly. And we'll have a chance to make things better for all of us and not just the 1%, the elite, the rich.
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Walt Whitman Turns 200
Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819 and this year is his 200th birthday. He was buried at our very own Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, New Jersey on March 30, 1892. Today we honor and celebrate his life and what he meant to this country.
Whitman was born in Huntington, NY, and was the second of nine children. He is best known for Leaves of Grass, a collection of poetry which went through six editions and nine successive printings between 1855 and 1892. Walt Whitman's work allowed readers to question what they knew about their country, war, sexuality, and religion. He was not afraid to speak on topics that were considered immoral, and was eventually know as the "poet of democracy". Today, his work is available in multiple languages and is a celebrated masterpiece.
Why We Celebrate
Walt Whitman sparked new ideas and ways of thinking about the world through his work. His courage was an inspiration and is still celebrated today. This is why we honor his life and how his work affected the nation over 150 years ago. His influence can still be felt today.
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Louis Cicalese, cemetery trustee in New Jersey is president of the board of the historic Harleigh Cemetery and serves as an advisor to a number of non-profit cemetery organizations in New Jersey.
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Louis Cicalese believes in the mission and core values of his company, a mission which puts people before sales. Both are important, but he will never accept one at the expense of the other. To this end, Louis Cicalese will strive to be conscious, sincere, honest and prepared, all while also being himself. The mission thus becomes a "touchstone" to help guide our decision-making processes. Read more about Louis Cicalese.


Around 3,600 years ago, reliefs in Egyptian tombs and temples depicted pharaohs and warriors proudly riding into battle on horse-drawn chariots. Some historians claim that the chariot launched a technological and strategic revolution, and was the secret weapon behind Egypt's greatest era of conquest known as the New Kingdom. But was the Egyptian chariot really a revolutionary design? How decisive a role did it play in the bloody battles of the ancient world? In this film, a team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots. They discover astonishingly advanced features, including spoked wheels, springs, shock absorbers, anti-roll bars, and even a convex shaped rear mirror, leading one of them to compare the level of design to the engineering standards of 1930's-era Buicks! By driving our pair of replicas to their limits in the desert outside Cairo, NOVA's experts test the claim that the chariot marks a crucial turning point in ancient military history.
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Horizon Zero Dawn's Aloy is coming to Genshin Impact
July 26, 2021 July 26, 2021 Ratziel San Juan	1 Comment	Aloy, Genshin Impact, Horizon Forbidden West, horizon zero dawn, Mihoyo, PC, PS4, Sony
Aloy, the protagonist of action RPG Horizon: Zero Dawn and its upcoming sequel Horizon: Forbidden West, is coming to free-to-play RPG Genshin Impact.
Through its official gaming community HoYoLAB and Genshin Impact's official social media accounts, developer MiHoYo released details about Aloy's inclusion in the game.
The "Savior From Another World" and "Nora Huntress" will be a 5-star, Cryo-type characters.
The accompanying art reveals Aloy's in-game appearance and weapon: the bow, which is her primary choice of ranged weapon in her original game.
Although Aloy has many outfits in her original game, it's her default Nora Brave outfit has made it into Genshin. She is still seen with freckles and long red hair pulled back with braids on the sides and in the back.
Aloy's storyline in Genshin Impact was revealed to take place after the events of the first Horizon game.
"She thought that this would be the end of her journey. But there is always more to an adventurer's tale. She has now come to Teyvat in search of new challenges. In this brave new world, Aloy is ready for the hunt!" read her official character overview posted by MiHoYo. (Read: Honkai Impact 3rd reveals more details on Genshin Impact crossover)
To play as the event-exclusive character, travelers must have reached Adventure Rank 20 or above before obtaining Aloy directly through in-game mail.
Aloy is a timed exclusive for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. For both video game consoles, the character will become obtainable after Genshin Impact's 2.1 updates up to the start of the version 2.2 maintenance (expected at 5:59 p.m. on October 13, 2021, in the Philippines). During the event, all travelers who log into Genshin Impact on the PS4 and PS5 system will be able to access Aloy via in-game mail.
The Horizon character will only be obtainable for every other available platform after the 2.2 updates up to the start of version 2.3 maintenance (expected at 5:59 p.m. on November 24, 2021, in the Philippines). Within this period, travelers who have yet to obtain Aloy during the initial phase will be able to access her via in-game mail.
To scale, Genshin Impact's latest patch is the newly-released version 2.0 "The Immovable God and the Eternal Euthymia" update. MiHoYo usually updates the game at six-week intervals.
Genshin Impact is available to play on Android, iOS, Windows, PS4, and PS5. It will also come to Nintendo Switch in the future, MiHoYo officially announced before the game's September 2020 release.
Horizon: Zero Dawn, meanwhile, is playable on PS4 and Windows. Its sequel is expected to be released sometime in 2021 for PS4 and PS5.
In Horizon, players can choose between three different categories of skills to customize gameplay styles: Prowler (stealth), Brave (combat), and Forager (survival). Moreover, Aloy can wield a spear, her default melee weapon, instead of a bow.
"An outcast since birth, Aloy grew up in a harsh mountain wilderness near the tribe that shunned her. Fostered by an expert hunter, she trained to hunt with cat-like grace and deadly accuracy," read Aloy's character overview.
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Joe McFadden & Rita Simons star in the new stage verion of best selling author Peter James' novel The House on Cold Hill.
The thrilling work of multi-million selling author Peter James returns to Brighton in 2019 with the world premiere production of the spine chilling stage play The House on Cold Hill – Adapted from his best-selling 2015 novel and based on the author's own real life experience in a haunted house, the play will star winner of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing 2017, Joe McFadden as Ollie Harcourt and joining him, as his wife Caro Harcourt, will be award winning actress Rita Simons, (who played the iconic Roxy Mitchell in EastEnders), as well as award winning actors, Charlie Clements (Bradley in EastEnders) as Chris, and Persephone Swales-Dawson (villainess 'Nico Blake' in Hollyoaks) as Jade, making her professional stage debut.
In Peter's ghostly mystery, the Harcourt family – Ollie, Caro and daughter Jade – move into the house of the dreams that has been empty for the last forty years. However, their dream home quickly turns into the stuff of nightmares, as DEAD SCARY they begin to sense that they aren't the only residents at Cold Hill… The House on Cold Hill is a modern day ghostly thriller that will send shivers down your spine and make you think twice about returning home to a dark, empty house after the show!
Rita Simons said, "I am really thrilled to be starring in the House on Cold Hill along side such great actors as Joe, Charlie, Persephone and the rest of the cast. I could not put it down when I first read the script – it's a brilliant and modern day supernatural thriller that had me totally gripped and occasionally jumping out of my seat! I can't wait to see audiences hopefully have the same reaction to it, in theatres around the UK."
Joe McFadden said, "It's a real honour to be entrusted with the character of Ollie and the words of skilled wordsmith, Peter James. He's created a story that is both chilling and an interesting portrayal of modern family life and will definitely make you think twice about buying that sprawling dream pad in the country!"
Charlie Clements starred in EastEnders from 2006 – 2010, winning several awards for his performance as 'Bradley Manning'. Since leaving the soap, stage and screen credits include the UK tour of The Haunting, Faith at the Courtyard Theatre, and roles in Casualty and The Bill. Persephone Swales-Dawson played serial killer 'Nico Blake' in Channel 4's Hollyoaks from 2014-16, and returned in 2018. She won Best Bad Girl at the Inside Soap Awards in 2016. The House on Cold Hill marks her professional stage debut.
The House on Cold Hill becomes the fourth play in his box office smash hit and critically acclaimed stage franchise following the huge sell out success of Not Dead Enough, The Perfect Murder and Dead Simple on stage. Nearly half a million fans have now seen his work on stage in 30 cities across the UK and Ireland, with stars including Claire Goose, Shane Richie, Jessie Wallace, Tina Hobley, Les Dennis, Jamie Lomas, Laura Whitmore, Robert Daws, and Dawn Steele.
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Logan First Film This Year to Send Out Awards Screeners to Oscar Voters
By Eric McAdams | September 15, 2017 | 11:37am
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In case there was any doubt, 20th Century Fox is serious about taking home Oscar gold this year.
According to Deadline, screeners for Fox's superhero film Logan arrived in voters' mailboxes from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences yesterday, earlier than any other film from any other studio this year. It's a bold move, and signals a lot of confidence in the strength of the film from the studio.
But then, Logan is certainly a strong awards contender, perhaps stronger than any other superhero film that has ever come before. Holding at 93 percent Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was universally praised by critics and audiences, as it told an especially affecting, deeply emotional story that said goodbye to fan-favorite X-Men.
No superhero film has ever won an Oscar in the screenwriting or directing categories, much less Best Picture. Superhero films tend to be nominated in technical fields like visual effects or sound editing, or design fields like makeup and art direction. Only one superhero film has ever taken home an Oscar in an acting field—and that was Heath Ledger's posthumous Best Supporting Actor win for The Dark Knight.
And while this history does make Logan a bit of an underdog in the awards race, remember that that disadvantage is offset by the tremendous amount of money at its disposal. Unlike the smaller, artsier dramas that tend to dominate the awards circuit, Logan made over $600 million at the box office this year. If they want to flood awards voters with screeners, they certainly have the budget to do it.
Deadline reports that in years past, films like Miles Ahead and Maggie's Plan were the first to send out screeners, and they did so at the end of August (weeks earlier than Logan). Deadline also points out that those films did not win any Oscars that year.
Read our Logan review here and find out where it's ranked on our list of the year's best films (so far) here.
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36. Vanguard vibe
jonturney September 4, 2021 52 for 2021, Joe Lovano
Song and Dance, from Joe Lovano Quartets, Live at the Village Vanguard, 1994
All of Joe Lovano's early dates for Blue Note were pretty special, but this one stands out for me. Maybe it's the venue – that Village Vanguard vibe – or the live recording. Joe has made too few recordings out of the studio, I reckon.
Then there's the personnel. Both of these twin CDs had great players, but I tend to go back to the freer-wheeling quartet on the first, recorded on a single night in 1994 (already 27 years ago: how did that happen?). Billy Hart on drums is spectacular, and wonderfully well recorded and balanced. Anthony Cox, who we heard less of later in his career when he seemed to turn more to teaching, I got to know on what I think of as Joe's breakthrough recording, the aptly named Sounds of Joy in'91 with Ed Blackwell: Joe likes strong drummers.This date was more like that than the other live quartet date (with Mulgrew Miller et al): more Lovano compositions, less straight ahead playing.
Then there's Tom Harrell, a marvellous improviser and a match for Lovano in every way, as he shows when they interweave on the opener, Lovano's catchy Fort Worth. His rich, keening trumpet and flugelhorn sound is also more often heard in slightly more obviously boppish settings (he came up with Horace Silver and Phil Woods after all). He and Joe had already played on one another's earlier albums, and he responds brilliantly to the slightly more open approach of this band.
The results make one wish this quartet had secured a longer life than (I suspect) a single engagement at the Vanguard. Imagine if they had stayed together for a year or two, and toured. A couple of the Lovano compositions, it occurs to me now, are as close to the sound of Old and New Dreams as anyone got after that incomparable group disbanded. This, which closes the CD, is one of them.
That's about the lolloping theme, the way all four work together, responding continually to each other – but especially about the way the drums aerate the sound, and – on this one – the way the two horns work together. They solo separately, Lovano first, all bustle and attack, Harrell following with a determined effort to deliver a motivic improvisation, Hart and Cox following every twist and turn. Cox shows his class in his own solo, then the horns play us out.
Like the other piece in this vein, Uprising, it's almost as good as the old and new dreamers. If the players don't quite rise to Ornette Coleman levels of inspiration, as the players in that band almost always did, they come close. Imagine what they could have done if they'd had a lot more hours together on the bandstand…
Why the No 36? This is one of a series running (in no particular order) through 2021. I explain a bit what it's doing here.
There's a cumulative playlist of all the ones that can be found on Spotify.
(Vanguard pix from CD inlay by Jimmy Katz)
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tony benjamin says:
Hey John – i'm Still working my way through those albums but meanwhile I've put up Bristol's jazz for September here: https://www.bristol247.com/culture/music/bristols-jazz-month-september-21/ Loadsa gigs. And I hear there's jazz at the Old Duke again but nothing on their website. Tbx
On Sat, 4 Sep 2021 at 11:17 Mainly jazz in Bristol wrote:
> jonturney posted: " Song and Dance, from Joe Lovano Quartets, Live at the > Village Vanguard, 1994 > https://open.spotify.com/track/19aQzC9zdzghHVS5e0CsCu?si=bcde846d436e417d > All of Joe Lovano's early dates for Blue Note were pretty special, but this > one stands out for " >
jonturney says:
Yes – found it this afternoon, and tweeted :). Will put a separate note on here too.
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Battle for 1st Place Awaits Lions, Colts
By Greg Johnstone
Photo credits: Chris Aduama/aduamaphotography.com and Hartford City FC
The top two teams in the NPSL Atlantic White Conference square off Sunday when Hartford City travels to Malden, Mass. to face Boston City FC.
The game is critical for both teams, as the top of the division table is tight with four teams within one point of the lead. Boston City and Hartford City are tied at the top spot with a 2-0-2 record, though Boston City's goal differential (+7) is comfortably ahead of Hartford (+4). Right on their heels are the Kingston Stockade and the Rhode Island Reds, who both have 2-1-1 records.
Hartford City – also known as the Colts – held the top spot prior to last weekend, but the Lions leapfrogged Hartford City through goal differential, thanks to a 6-1 victory over the Seacoast United Phantoms.
"This will be a great match for all soccer fans to attend and enjoy," said Boston City FC coach Palhinha in a press release. "We are excited to play a team that is already among the contenders in our division."
Boston City has overcome injuries in recent weeks, with captain Ronaldo Vieira, midfielder Homero Morais, and goalkeeper Vitor Scariot all missing last week's match against Seacoast United Mariners, but are expected to be available for the squad for this weekend's clash. They look to support striker Jhonata Batista, who leads the team in scoring with seven goals between league and U.S. Open Cup play, including a hat-trick last weekend.
Hartford City joined the NPSL this season and made a strong impression right away, notching a pair of two-goal victories over Kingston Stockade and Seacoast United Mariners, but have settled with a pair of draws over the past two weeks. Forward Luke Alvaro leads the team with three of the team's eight goals this year, including both goals in a 2-2 draw against Stockade last weekend.
Boston City will look to take advantage of tired legs as Sunday's tie will be the second match in back-to-back days for Hartford City, who will kick off against Seacoast United Mariners this Saturday at 2 pm.
The match will take place at Malden Catholic High School. Kickoff for the match is at 6:00 pm.
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Q: Regex.Match for a string like sampleText(any Alphanumeric charectors) I have a string as
"AND A.BrandId IN (0,1,3,5,9,10)  AND AgeGroup IN (0-24,24-36)  AND Gender IN (0,1,2)"
and I want to replace the "AgeGroup IN (0-24,24-36)" with other text, keeping the remaining part of the string as it as. How to do that?

A: It would be much easier to use the String.Replace("Old String", "New String") method for this, instead of using Regular Expressions:
Example:
string oldFoo = "AND A.BrandId IN (0,1,3,5,9,10) AND AgeGroup IN (0-24,24-36) AND Gender IN (0,1,2)";
string newFoo;
newFoo = oldFoo.Replace("AgeGroup IN (0-24,24-36)", "newFooText");

More Information on the String.Replace() Method: MSDN

A: If you think that your string may change to AgeGroup IN (0-2, 0-4, 24-56,24-36, 4-12) some thing like that, you can use Regular expressions to replace this string with other string.
                string newString = Regex.Replace(str, @"AgeGroup\sIN\s\((\s*\d*[-]\d*,*)*\)", "Other_Text");

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They have been manufacturing high quality clay tiles for over 200 years, and invented the first mechanical press to make tiles in 1841.
Tiles are manufactured at 12 productions sites throughout France, offering 70 different varieties, in 220 colour combinations. Across all of the production sites, Imerys can produce enough tiles for around 500 roofs per day. The 2 main sites that we supply tiles from, each have a capacity in excess of 150,000 tonnes per year.
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At Sutton Courtenay, we use a combination of resources to teach phonics., including Letters and Sounds, Jolly Phonics, and Phonics International with children.We teach phonics actively from the moment children come to school. At first, they learn about sounds all around them through songs, rhymes, and experimenting with their voices and language patterns. This prepares them for the skill of being able to break words up into sounds prior to learning to read and spell.
When children are ready to learn letter sounds, we start with actions to help them remember the sounds and link them to letter shapes. We use the Jolly Phonics scheme to help with this. You can help your child by practising the actions and sounds on the sound cards they bring home and from the sheet below.
As children become more confident, we teach them spelling alternatives for each sound. For example, there are several ways of spelling the /ee/ sound, such as in the words read, me, theme, and mummy.
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Joel Pearson (* 21. März 1983 in Wollongong) ist ein australischer Straßenradrennfahrer.

Joel Pearson gewann 2003 die vierte Etappe bei der Cascade-Lounge Bar Northern Tour und wurde Zweiter in der Gesamtwertung. In der Saison 2007 war er auf einem Teilstück der Tour de la Dordogne erfolgreich. Seit 2008 fährt Pearson für das australische Continental Team Savings & Loans. In seiner ersten Saison dort gewann er jeweils eine Etappe beim Circuit des Plages Vendéennes und bei der Tour of Tasmania. Anfang 2009 war er auf dem fünften Teilstück der Tour of Wellington erfolgreich.

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4th District Democratic Candidate Brown issues statement on Doolittle retirement
For the Tribune
In response to today's announcement that Congressman John Doolittle will not seek re-election, District 4 Congressional Candidate and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Charlie Brown issued the following statement:
"I believe John did the right thing today for his family, for the 4th District and for America. Now is the time to unite as Americans, heal our wounds and move forward to solve the many difficult challenges we face both here in CD4, and across the country we love."
Brown spent 26 years in the U.S. Air Force. He served as a rescue helicopter pilot at the end of the Vietnam War, and has flown reconnaissance missions in support of military operations around the world. He is also a credentialed California teacher, former professional staff-member at the Roseville Police Department, and Democratic Candidate for Congress in California's 4th District.


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Text;

namespace ExpressionToCodeLib.Internal
{
    class SubExpressionPerLineCodeAnnotator : ICodeAnnotator
    {
        public string AnnotateExpressionTree(ExpressionToCodeConfiguration config, Expression expr, string msg, bool hideOutermostValue)
            => (msg == null ? "" : msg + "\n\n") + ExpressionWithSubExpressions.Create(config, expr, hideOutermostValue).ComposeToSingleString();

        struct ExpressionWithSubExpressions
        {
            string ExpressionString;
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            public struct SubExpressionValue : IEquatable<SubExpressionValue>
            {
                public string SubExpression,
                    ValueAsString;

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                    => obj is SubExpressionValue val && Equals(val);

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                    => SubExpression == val.SubExpression && ValueAsString == val.ValueAsString;
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Question: I sold my 18-wheeler on a private deal (lease/purchase) and they buyer won't live up to his end of the deal. Not only that but the truck broke down about 3 weeks after we signed the agreement and it is going to cost approximately $20,000 to fix it. What legal recourse do I have?
Answer: If you have a legal contract and the buyer breached, then you may want to consider contacting an attorney to file a civil action against the buyer. The following link contains a number of resources that may assist you in finding a pro bono or reduced cost attorney in Arizona: http://azlawhelp.org/legalaidlisting.cfm
I sold my 18-wheeler on a private deal (lease/purchase) and they buyer won't live up to his end of the deal. Not only that but the truck broke down about 3 weeks after we signed the agreement and it is going to cost approximately $20,000 to fix it. What legal recourse do I have?
Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc. - Casa Grande - Pinal County
DES Division of Child Support Enforcement - Phoenix
Family Lawyer's Assistance Project (FLAP)- Phoenix


Salaried employees are sometimes exempt from state and federal laws regarding labor. Illinois follows federal standards when determining who is eligible for overtime, minimum wage, and other automatic employee benefits. Most salaried employees are eligible. In Illinois, a salaried worker is a person who receives a fixed amount of income each pay period regardless of how many hours worked or the quality of the work. This differs from hourly workers, who log their hours and are paid for the amount of time they work, and commissioned workers such as salespeople, who are paid a percentage of each order they bring into a business.
Salaried workers in Illinois are entitled to worker's compensation if they are injured in the course of performing job duties. Worker's compensation entitles them to medical care following an injury as well as cash benefits if they cannot work for more than seven days. The cash benefit is equivalent to two-thirds of the worker's average weekly wages. This is easier to calculate for salaried workers, since they receive the same wages every week.
Salary workers may be entitled to overtime pay in Illinois. Illinois law does not exempt people from this requirement based upon how they are paid but upon the type of job they hold. Professionals and executives are exempt from overtime pay. Illinois determines executive or professional status based on federal standards. Executives must make more than $455 per week, manage or supervise a business or department (including at least two other employees) and have the authority to hire and fire personnel. Professionals have the same salary requirements but work in a field that requires advanced knowledge or creative skill, regardless of supervisory duties.
The minimum wage in Illinois is $8 per hour. Strictly speaking, salaried employees are not entitled to minimum wage since they are not paid by the hour. However, all salaried employees except those exempt from overtime requirements are also entitled to minimum wage requirements. Salaried employees can determine if they are being paid in accordance with minimum wage laws by dividing their total salary per week by the average number of hours they work each week.
Illinois law requires that all workers receive at least a 20-minute break after working 5 hours. Whether the worker is salaried or paid hourly is irrelevant to this requirement. Hourly employees are paid for breaks lasting 20 minutes or less. The payment requirement does not apply to salaried workers as they are not paid by the hour.
Ori, Jack. "Illinois Employment Laws for Salaried Workers." , https://legalbeagle.com/6683193-illinois-employment-laws-salaried-workers.html. Accessed 21 April 2019.


Editor's Note: You can watch a new video of Laura describing how she challenges her students with the NaNoWriMo project, and then see how her kids responded.
My 8th-graders do their best writing when it is part of a project that is meaningful to them and will be published in some way when they are finished. So over the years, my students have written and illustrated children's books for schools in Uganda, published magazines on topics of their choice, blogged poems from their autobiographies, and showcased their best work in online portfolios.
But I have never seen students write with as much enthusiasm as they do each November when my 8th-graders participate in the Young Writers Program of National Novel Writing Month (a.k.a. NaNoWriMo). I must admit, I was not confident that all of my 13-year-old students would jump at the chance to write a novel in a month. Even my most creative projects have left some students doodling in the margins, bereft of inspiration. But write an entire novel? In a month? Was I crazy?
Some students confessed to being terrified when I announced this novel-writing challenge, but by the time November 1st arrived, they were all anxious to start their stories. And their enthusiasm and creativity caught me by surprise. Using Google docs to peek into their novels-in-progress, I discovered clever and original zombie apocalypse stories, tragic teen dramas, Percy Jackson/Harry Potter/Twilight fan fiction, hilarious road trip chronicles, and underdog athlete sagas. For the first time in my 20-year career, students came flying in the door begging for writing time -- yes, begging to write! Our classroom was transformed.
Although the challenge to write a novel may light a powerful fire under your students, they need much more than a challenge if you want them to be successful and win with NaNoWriMo. This is what worked for us.
1) Plan ahead for your students to be successful.
What happens after they get that great idea for a novel? NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program offers grade-level workbooks chock-full of graphic organizers, step-by-step instructions, examples and advice that helped my students prepare for the challenge. Teachers need to facilitate lots of brainstorming and planning time prior to November so that our students are ready to dive in, start writing on November 1 and keep writing the entire month.
2) Figure out the technology.
Although word processing and online accounts aren't necessary for participation in NaNoWriMo, they certainly made a significant difference for my students. How will your students write their novels? Is there a computer lab on campus? Are there laptops that can be shared between classrooms? We used our library's computer lab until a grant from a local foundation gave us classroom laptops. For low-income schools, NaNoWriMo offers a loaner programof word processors. Since NaNoWriMo gives students lots of online support (including individual tracking of their word counts toward their goals), I highly recommend that teachers figure out some way for their students to have access to Internet-connected computers for this project.
3) Schedule time for their writing.
Writing a novel in a month calls for time every day to write. Fortunately, my principal recognizes the value of writing and PBL, and she agreed to let me suspend all other classwork and homework for the month of November so that my students could work on their novels every day. Aside from some mini-lessons at the start of each class period to address issues like dialogue punctuation, character development and writer's block, our class periods were devoted to non-stop writing.
4) Join them in the challenge.
The first week of NaNoWriMo, I put the opening page of my own novel-in-progress on the board for my students to read. I wanted to share something I had discovered in my first day of writing: when I had one of my characters slam a door, it gave me an idea for a character's flashback to her father, who never slammed a door. This quick lesson taught my students about flashbacks, but also showed them that their teacher was writing and learning along with them. Our principal even joined us, sometimes bringing her laptop to our classroom to write with us. We were all "writing buddies" on the NaNoWriMo site, which meant our students could see our progress (or lack of it) throughout the month. Suddenly our writing looked nothing like "school work" and more like a community of writers: adults and teens, struggling together on a very real-world kind of writing.
5) Celebrate milestones towards success.
Following the advice of NaNoWriMo, my students chose word count goals that would be challenging yet attainable for them. But rather than waiting an entire month to celebrate their work, we honored mini-milestones with stickers on a chart for every 10% written toward their goal (yes, 8th-graders still like stickers!), and a "First Class Novelist" pin for the halfway mark. Sometimes we ended class by sharing excerpts from our novels. In May, when our novels were published (with some available at our own page on Amazon.com), our local bookstore hosted three nights of readings so that my students could read aloud from their novels to the community.
Without a doubt, NaNoWriMo has been the most exciting project I have witnessed in my career. At the end of the school year, my students gave me their enthusiastic endorsements of the project.
Go to http://nanoteacher.weebly.com/ for more details on how to bring NaNoWriMo to your students.


This article addresses the discourse on social justice and inclusion in music education by exploring how educational systems can be transformed in the rapidly changing world of late modernity. We aim to show that one possible approach to tackling injustice in music education at the micro level is to reflect on the possibilities for institutional change at the macro level. As an institutional context, we use Basic Education in the Arts, a characteristically Finnish system of extracurricular arts education. With the help of systems analysis and a case from the Arts as Public Service: Strategic Steps towards Equality (ArtsEqual) research project, we aim to show that the resilience of a music education system can be supported by institutional innovations that help to redefine the system's purpose and identity and make its boundaries more flexible. Our case study, the Flora project, suggests that institutional innovation can lead to new insights on how social justice and inclusion may be enhanced within a music education system by opening its borders to the exchange of new information and resourcing options. However, to grasp the full import of such initiatives requires that policy makers and institutional leaders understand the need to reflect critically on the possibilities of institutional change, recognizing the important role that operators within the system can play in such change.


The 2012 campaign sometimes feels like a debate over dogs riding on car roofs and which party likes moms more.
But the election almost certainly will still turn on the state of the U.S. economy as the nation tries to pull away from one of the worst recessions in history. And both President Barack Obama and likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney have their work cut out for them in gaming out an uneven recovery.
Will Obama convince voters that he steered the nation away from the cusp of total collapse and has the economy moving sharply ahead? Or will Romney succeed in selling the idea that the "Obama economy" is an abysmal failure?
Can Obama convince voters the economy is really getting better?
It's still the top issue on voters' minds. But the president hasn't sold voters on the idea that's he's on the right track and deserves four more years to finish the job. A run of mediocre economic data, including a surprisingly weak 120,000 jobs created in March and a spike in jobless claims, is not helping him.
A recent Reuters poll found that 53 percent of registered voters said jobs and the economy were the most important issue. But 43 percent favored Obama on the issue, while 45 percent gave Romney higher marks. A New York Times/CBS News poll showed voters evenly split on whom to trust to make the right decisions on the economy, not a comfortable spot for a sitting president against an opponent who just finished a bruising primary that dragged him to the right.
The Obama case centers on a handful of statistics, but they all pivot on one axis: After big job losses from the Great Recession ended in 2010, the economy has been steadily pushing ahead. And since hitting 10 percent in October of 2009, the unemployment rate is now down to 8.2 percent, still precariously high but headed in the right direction.
Furman and officials at the Obama reelection campaign say that without the nearly $800 billion stimulus package and the sustained federal rescues of the banking industry and automakers General Motors and Chrysler, the nation would have plunged into a second Great Depression. "You look at what we did, and the economic response spanned the entire spectrum from consumers to businesses to homeowners to state and local governments," Furman said.


Whether you are opting for the full white Wedding or a quick trip to the Blacksmith's shop at Gretna Green, The Scottish Wedding Book is for you. Discover the history behind the traditions, while ensuring that your day is carried out with true Scots precision. The Scottish Wedding Book offers advice on all aspects of a true Scottish Wedding, from food to photography, and from the dress to the Wedding Cake. A valuable aide for the soon-to-be-wed, and an interesting read for those simply interested in one of Scotland's liveliest and most famous traditions.


Only a few elegant functionalist buildings such as Lasipalatsi remain in Europe. Today, Lasipalatsi is a restaurant, cafe and meeting place known throughout the city, but how did all begin? Read Lasipalatsi's fascinating history!
The glass palace was originally intended to be a temporary building for about ten years until the final city plan was completed. The temporary bazaar type building was a sight to be seen once completed. Its open and light filled spaces were an attraction that drew people from afar. The neon lights and advertisements were a spectacular and colourful colourful part of Lasipalatsi from the very beginning. The designers of Lasipalatsi were architectures students Viljo Revell, Niilo Kokko and Heimo Riihimäki, still at the beginning of their careers.
The building's most important tenants were SOK's 700-seat large restaurant and the 800-seat movie theatre BioRex, which was the most modern in the Nordic countries. BioRex was the premiere theatre of SF films at the time and Lasipalatsi itself was featured in many scenes in Finnish film. Varuboden's grocery store, Siemen Oy – Frö Ab and HOK's ice cream parlour (previously Valio's bar) were the most prominent companies in Lasipalatsi for decades.
The building represents pure functionalism at its best: a movie theatre with its foyer, a dining room with halls and cafeterias, a winter garden, business spaces that you could see through and bright glass surfaces, glossy surfaces, metallic poles, bright wall surfaces with paintings and large glass surfaces – all a sight to be seen in their time.
In the 1930s Restaurant Lasipalatsi was a place to be seen in the centre of Helsinki as well as a popular restaurant. The original dining room had a roof terrace and a winter garden with exotic palm trees ordered from across Europe. Lasipalatsi later moved under the city's ownership and Suurravintola moved to the SOK's new building in 1949.
Lasipalatsi's original demolition plans were postponed from one decade to another, but the building was also never refurbished because its final destiny remained unresolved. In the 1980s, Ale-pub's large advertisements reflected the building's discount status. It was only once the city's construction board threatened to fine the building did the real estate authorities renovate the building's exterior walls. In the summer of 1985, the old greyish-coloured paint was replaced by a tinted white mortar. The citizens of Helsinki also opposed the demolition of the building time and again, and the even the Museum Administration supported its protection.
Lasipalatsi was restored to its original appearance and completely restored in 1998. The renovation was planned between 1996 and 1998 by architect Pia Ilonen and Minna Lukander from the architectural firm Talli. Architect Martti Lukander was responsible for the interior design. In the autumn of 1998, Lasipalatsi regained its 1930s glamor complete with its colours and lighting. Restaurant Lasipalatsi was one of Helsinki's "New Wonders" and one of the centre's focal points.
The Lasipalatsi Film and Media Center is owned and operated by the City of Helsinki and it operated in the spirit of the open and opulent building as it was designed in the 1930s. The modern functionalist space became a space for urban culture that was easily accessible to all. Lasipalatsi brought modern technology and IT services to people and also featured European films, changing exhibitions, urban studies and a wide range of cultural events.
In September 2013, Föreningen Konstsamfundet proposed to the City of Helsinki that a new Art Museum be built in Lasipalatsi and Lasipalatsi Square. In May 2014, the City Council decided unanimously to accept the creation of a new real estate company to accommodate the project and transfer the ownership of the Lasipalatsi building to the company co-owned by Konstsamfundet and the city of Helsinki. The business spaces in the building will be managed by the city's real estate authority. The Amos Rex museum's construction and Lasipalatsi's repairs began in January 2016 (Design by JKMM Architects).
Lasipalatsi was renovated and restored to its original splendour. Amos Rex is to become a cultural centre, consisting of the old Lasipalatsi, the BioRex cinema and the exhibition space under the Lasipalatsi Square. The museum entrance, lobby and other facilities were placed in the northern part of the actual Lasipalatsi. Due to its protected status, the property was not changed externally. The renovation of the Lasipalatsi commercial premises was completed in March 2017. The work on the exhibition hall under the square and the Lasipalatsi museum facilities will continue through 2018.


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In a series of public letters, two professors at Episcopal seminaries discuss the approach taken by the Task Force on the Study of Marriage in evaluating what the Bible has to say about marriage and sexuality.
Wesley Hill is assistant professor of biblical studies at Trinity School for Ministry and Garwood P. Anderson is professor of New Testament and Greek at Nashotah House Theological Seminary.
See "Scripture and Sexuality: Further Problems with the Report of the Task Force on the Study of Marriage" at Fully Alive.


First organised in June 2008, CrimeFest is a convention for people who like to read an occasional crime novel as well as for die-hard fanatics. It has not only become one of the biggest crime fiction events in Europe, but is also one of the most popular dates in the international crime fiction calendar. CrimeFest draws top crime novelists, readers, editors, publishers and reviewers from around the world and gives delegates the opportunity to celebrate the genre in a friendly, informal and inclusive atmosphere.
Please find the CrimeFest programme here.