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Today was an amazing day. We started off the longest day of the camp by waking up at 6 am at Cane Garden Bay. Then we went on our 7-mile hike up to the top of Mt. Sage. Though the hike was very steep and long, it was nice to have a long time on shore, getting exercise. And the banana smoothies at the top were to die for. After we finished the hike, we went into town to eat burgers in paradise! When we finished up in Cane Garden Bay we motored over to Sandy Cay, my favorite place in the world. The amazing blue water against the bright white sand with the forest of palm trees filled with hermit crabs is something you don't see often. Me and Lilly went on a personal hike up a small rocky path at Sandy Cay. We saw the most amazing view and we both decided it was the beautiful place we've ever been to. After we left that amazing beach, we motored over to Sidney's peace and love for our third BBQ! Even though it was a long day, I enjoyed every minute of it. #MyFavDay.


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Here are the main events I'm reading at this year so far.
In my role as Visiting Professor at Newman University, Birmingham, I am helping to organise a conference called 'Troubling Research: Liminal Spaces, Methodological Challenges, Innovative Approaches' scheduled for 7th and 8th July 2016. Abstracts should be submitted by 1 March. Details can be downloaded here.
Among my current interests is the establishment of a (Royal) College of Teaching – I have written and spoken extensively about the issues and challenges of such a move, and the lessons to be learned from the establishment and abolition of the General Teaching Council.
I continue to give seminars and guest lectures on teachers' professional knowledge and development, and on the art and science of teaching.
Some Languages Are Hard To Dream In was published in July 2010. It is a sequence of short poems with striking images by Christopher Hedley-Dent. It is published as a pamphlet by Mulfran Press.
My third poetry collection, No Doves, was published in February 2010 by Mulfran Press.
As well as being a Research Fellow at the Department of Education, Oxford University, I studied for both my PGCE and DPhil there. I have particularly fond memories over the years of its garden, which was designed in the 1960s by Dame Sylvia Crowe. All the ecological principles she espoused and illustrated in her book Garden Design (first published in 1958) are intimately enacted in this courtyard-like space: unity, scale, space, time, light and shade, tone and texture. You can download a copy here.
The second poem – a kind of meditation on the college crest – was commissioned to mark the opening of the dining hall at Kellogg College, Oxford. The building previously housed part of the Pitt-Rivers ethnological collection.
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"CHUCKY" series gets a trailer and premiere date
The deadly doll's creator is bringing him to the small screen, with bloodthirstiness intact.
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Emygdius was born to a family of non-Christians in the third century. He was born in Trier in what would eventually be known as Germany. His noble family scorned him when he converted to Christianity at the age of twenty-three but he was not deterred from his faith. Instead, he hoped to win them as he had been won. Whether they turned him out or simply continued to refuse him, eventually Emygdius found some other place to live and joined with three other Christians who felt a burning desire to share their faith in Rome. Knowing Rome to be a dangerous place for a Christian–especially one with a steadfast love for its citizens–they went aware that they may be walking to their own death.Their love compelled them go when their reason bid otherwise.
After arriving in Rome, he was taken in by a wealthy man by the name of Gratianus. Gratianus had a paralyzed daughter and Emygdius was moved in compassion for her and her devoted father. In his compassion, he prayed for and cured her. Gratianus and his family soon converted and Emygdius' fiery ministry of healing and evangelism had started in a powerful way.
Setting him down, they stared at him in anticipation of the great works he would do now that he was in a temple and being adored. Afraid to blink in case they missed it, they stared at him in rapt attention. Looking around Emygdius noticed that there were hundreds of sick people praying to idols for healing. He offered a simple and quiet prayer on their behalf and many were healed at that moment. The crowd gasped and prepared to worship him when Emygdius stopped them and proclaimed, "I am a follower of Jesus–whom you have crucified–and a Christian." As the crowd gazed in shock, Emygdius tipped over and shattered the idols in the temple. In a flourish, he pushed over the great statue of Aesculapius demonstrating the superiority of the Crucified King over dead idols. For Emygdius, there was no hope in religious observation and adoration–rather, there was only hope in pursuit of and trust in Jesus. Many were converted to the Gospel of love for enemies and forgiveness for all that day in that temple to other gods.
Eventually, Emygdius ended up in Ascoli Piceno where the local governor–Polymius–demanded an audience with him. Polymius had heard the stories of Emygdius' healing and evangelistic efforts. He knew how the people responded to this loving and compassionate man. He sensed that Emygdius was the name on the lips of Ascoli Piceno. He wanted Emygdius to join with him and, thereby, to gather the allegiance of the people behind him. He hoped that Emygdius could be convinced and seduced by Imperial offerings of power and glory because he had heard that many Christians could not be converted by force. He offered power to Emygdius but Emygdius refused it insisting that it was not real. He offered power and influence if only Emygdius would worship at the statue of Jupiter. Emygdius refused. He offered his beautiful daughter's hand in marriage along with the power and influence and left them alone hoping that Emygdius' desire for the beautiful woman would win him over. Instead, Emygdius shared the message of Christian hope and faith with her and converted her. As Polymius returned to find the two, Emygdius was baptizing his daughter. Enraged, Polymius had Emygdius decapitated.
For Emygdius, the sweet seduction of power and influence was of no interest because it was not real–the promises of power were vain illusions and delusions. Emygdius had seen through the Imperial lie of power and happiness and, instead, knew that true power was found in submission and sacrifice. He had sworn allegiance to the slaughtered lamb instead of the rampaging lion and this allegiance held him regardless of even the greatest threats.
Laurence was a deacon in Rome during the 3rd century. Like so many 3rd century Roman Christians, he faced innumerable pressures from the Roman Empire and the expectations of the imperial mindset. Also like many 3rd century Roman Christians, he faced down death because of refusal to cooperate with the imperial lies and deceptions. In the case of Laurence, it was the persecutions executed by Valerian that would result in his eventual death. Valerian, like other emperors, disenfranchised and exiled powerful Christians in the Senate and murdered priests, deacons, bishops, and powerless Christians. Laurence, indeed, was well accompanied in his death and died a faithful follower along with his other brothers and sisters in the faith.
As a deacon, he was a leader within the early Church and intensely connected with the lives of many other Christians. He helped officiate the services of the early Church and offered hospitality and compassion to countless needy individuals and families. As an officiant and leader in Rome, he was well-acquainted with Pope St. Sixtus II. Valerian had Sixtus seized and ordered his execution. This surely had a significant impact on Laurence. As Sixtus walked to his death and martyrdom, Laurence met him and asked him: " Father, where are you going without your son? Holy priest,where are you hurrying off to without your deacon? You never mounted the altar of sacrifice without your servant, before, and you wish to do it now?" Sixtus looked at his dead friend and took a moment from his own walk to death and glory and remarked to Laurence, "Soon, you will follow me." Sixtus wasn't wrong.
His death was ordered. He was seized and beaten. Finally, he was chained to a metal gridiron. He was given a chance to deny his faith but he refused. He had been baptized into death of self and remained comfortable with his commitments even if it infuriated the Empire that didn't get it (it never does). They lowered the gridiron over the fire and began to grill Laurence. They hoped to prolong Laurence's pain and suffering. They hoped to demonstrate the power of the Empire over the death and destruction of the body.They reveled in the power of fear over the minds of people. Yet, Laurence had already demonstrated the failure of the Empire to ever change or heal even one person. It was, instead, the love that Laurence offered and the Church taught that was, truly, transformational. He died on the gridiron but not before calling out to his executioners: "This side is already done and if you want me cooked just right you better turn me over." In his death, as in his life, Laurence offered a mockery of the values and methods of the Empire and the world. For Laurence, as for the rest of us, the only hope for life and change dwelt in a God who was love, a Lord who was a lamb, a Spirit who dwelt in the hearts of people, and a death that brought life.
The van was filled to capacity as we waited at the stoplight on the intersection of South Ridge St and Patton St. It's a long light before you can turn left down Patton to make the trek up North Main hill, so I had a little bit of time to find a good station on the van's radio. Each month, we borrow the van from one of our partner congregations to give rides to and from the big meal we host with another partner congregation. While people are often subdued and quietly thankful on their way to the meal, they are more likely to sing and joke on their way home—they are also more likely to want to have the radio turned on. While before the meal the van is a borrowed vehicle, after the meal it has often transformed into a rolling extension of the meal and God's jubilee. Those who needed the sustenance of the meal join with those who needed the fellowship of the meal until it's hard to tell the difference between them. Of course, there never was really a difference: they're both hungry.
As we settled on a popular radio station, we were just in time for a song that is guaranteed to get stuck in your head for hours (if not days!) at a time. "My blood runs cold. My memory has just been sold…" the radio proclaimed as I turned down Patton St toward the river. Before I could reach up to change the radio station or turn the radio off—even road noise would be preferable to J Geils Band—I noticed that there were several other songs already being sung in the van. In hope that they might have something better to sing, I listened.
As we passed over the bridge under which one of the riders of the bus—one of our brothers and friends—had once taken shelter, I could hear him softly repeating the refrain of a favorite song: "In the name of the Lord," he sang as he passed over the place where he had once found meager shelter. He had been living there when we first met him and he first started eating with us. Eventually, he moved up to the Northside to a place of his own choosing, where he provided a measure of hospitality to those in direr need—he didn't have much, but what he had, he shared. Still thankful for how God was moving in his life, his quiet, repeated chorus sounded to me like one of fledgling hope finding root in community.
Passing the elementary school on North Main St where so many of our younger brothers and sisters had once attended, I noticed the crowd of children singing, "The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round…" Their school had been shut down when the city made budget cuts and many of them were now bussed to a different city school. Though their little school had once had a greater than 93% free and reduced lunch rate, it had been one of the highest performing schools in the city. Its students, in the middle of one of the largest food deserts in the city, had outperformed the meager expectations of those who didn't know their powerful potential with the help and guidance of loving teachers and administrators. But, their school was older and smaller in a city with fewer and fewer students, so it was closed. As several of the parents joined their song, I thought about how some of them were still succeeding, but others were falling behind. I wondered if they sang that song when they didn't have to ride the bus to get to school; I wondered if there were any better solutions. Yet, in that moment, their song sounded defiantly joyful.
As we drew closer to our stop on North Main, we passed a side street where a number of our dearest friends have struggled with their own sobriety. A particular house on that street was a perpetual source of slavery for our friends who struggled against addictions. It was near that street that I heard Evan singing, "Shut the door, keep out the devil, shut the door, keep the devil in the night" with a voice so insistent that I nearly reached for the door handle. Evan had baked and brought two pies that night: a lemon meringue pie that everyone raves over and a chocolate pie that is his personal favorite. He was very pleased to carry back empty pie tins to his tiny home where he keeps meticulous watch over a little, but constantly expanding, garden. That night, in addition to his very popular pies, he had also brought with him a 1-month-keychain from Narcotics Anonymous for which he was equally proud. His catchy chorus was joined by another sister who shared his struggles, but who had recently relapsed. In her mouth, the song sounded less insistent and more pleading.
As the last chords of "Centerfold" faded from the radio, I gave thanks for the other songs being offered in the van and the voices that lifted them up quietly or boisterously. A part of our commitment to living life in community and to the practices of hospitality, simplicity, prayer, and relationship has meant learning new songs and how to sing them—not just the songs we sing at prayer and on porches, but also the songs that the neighborhood sings in its heart; the stories it tells to those who will pay attention. If we cultivate the ears to hear, and the eyes to see, we find that the siren song of our world and its temptations ends up sounding like a forgettable, synthesizer heavy, 80s new wave hit. That is to say, cheap and inauthentic when compared to the vibrant songs we learn to sing of God's goodness from those who've experienced it profoundly. We've got to sing better songs, and if we don't know any, then let's borrow a song from somebody who does—in hopes that they might have a better song to sing, let's listen.


With the midterm elections now behind us, the EAC has begun implementing the 2018 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS). The EAVS is the agency's biennial survey that collects the most comprehensive nationwide data on election administration from nearly 6,500 local election jurisdictions across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
Moderated by Kathy Boockvar, Senior Advisor to the Governor on Elections Modernization for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the summit's final panel will focus on post-election processes and include discussion from four expert panelists.
Following a panel on Election Day preparation, Chairman Thomas Hicks will be sitting down with four expert panelists to discuss how election officials and other stakeholders are using data to improve Election Day and voting processes.
Following a panel on voter registration at the Election Data Summit, MIT Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science Charles Stewart III will moderate a discussion on how data can be used to expedite and improve Election Day preparation. This morning, the EAC is pleased to announce the three expert panelists who will join him on stage.
The EAC will kick off the Election Data Summit with a panel exploring how voter registration data is used, collected and shared in light of recent trends towards modernizing voter registration systems and processes and increased sharing of registration data among states.
The EAC is busy laying the groundwork for implementing the 2018 EAVS, the eighth biennial survey of its kind. We have started reaching out to our points of contact in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and the territories this week, and we'll be launching the EAVS web portal later this month.
This week, the EAC released our first-ever Data Interactive using survey responses to the 2016 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS). For the first time, election officials, academics, advocates, and other stakeholders can examine specific EAVS data not just at the state level, but at the local level as well.
Auburn University and the Election Center hosted the "Inclusion & Integrity in Election Administration Symposium," a series of data-driven conversations focused on improving the Election Assistance Commission's (EAC) Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS). Panelists and those attending shared great insight and feedback about the EAVS and how the EAC could make the data more meaningful for election officials.
The Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS) is the most comprehensive set of election information available, but with that wealth of information comes the challenge of interpreting it and applying the lessons contained within that data.
As part of our countdown to National Voter Registration Day on September 26, the EAC is highlighting a variety of resources, data, and other related information about the registration process. An essential component of this is statewide voter registration databases, which are the foundation of the elections process.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections recently created its own series of data visualizations showing detailed voter registration data – both National Voter Registration Act statistics and daily voter registration data going back to 2008 – as well as election results from November 2016. This is in addition to the already enormous amount of elections data the state includes on its website.
We also want to learn more about other jurisdictions that have undertaken similar efforts. For example, we know that Orange County, California has conducted multiple surveys of poll workers over the years and their findings have provided useful guidance for election officials. We encourage those in jurisdictions who have conducted similar surveys to reach out to us and share your stories. We'd love to feature them here on our blog!
There has been a lot of talk lately about the need for accurate voter lists. As part of the EAC's work with election administrators, we know state and local election officials work diligently to maintain voter registration lists. That work is an essential part of protecting election integrity and providing those eligible the opportunity to vote.
This week, we'll look at how other stakeholders – other government agencies, academics and interest groups – use the EAVS data to better understand elections.
Data Is? Data Are? The Debates Continues.
At the EAC, we talk a lot about data, especially this month, as we look at the past, present, and future of our Election Administration and Voting Survey. When describing data some here use "data are" (which has been my preference), while others use "data is."
Winter is Coming and So are the Data!
We will provide monthly updates on the 2016 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS) as well as related news, so look for more information about the survey in the New Year!
We plan to provide monthly updates on the EAVS as well as related news, so look for more information about the survey in the New Year!
In the coming months after the election, states will begin responding to the 2016 EAVS which will provide final data about early and absentee voting, as well as plenty of other election administration data. Stay tuned for updates in 2017!
According to data collected by Dr. Michael McDonald and the United States Election Project, at least 26 million voters (as of the morning of November 1) have already cast ballots for the Nov. 8 general election. And with early voting in full swing in many states this final week before Election Day, those numbers are increasing rapidly.
Earlier this month, the EAC released two videos from experts in the field about how to visualize elections data and how visualizing these data can be used in policy and budget discussions. And last week the Pew Charitable Trusts released its most recent iteration of the Elections Performance Index (EPI) with data from the 2014 elections, using 17 indicators to examine how states administer elections.


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Wild 2022 Wall Calendar
Untamed Animals, Untouched Landscapes
By Thomas D. Mangelsen
Featuring photographs from Thomas D. Mangelsen, the Wild 2022 Wall Calendar is a must have for any lover of nature, wildlife, or conservation.
Thomas D. Mangelsen is one of the world's premier nature photographers. This calendar features his most spectacular images—ranging from powerful shots of elephants, owls, bison, and other animals to breathtaking scenes of wilderness areas and national parks.
24 amazing color photographs
Bonus Spread for September-December 2021
Generous grids for adding appointments and reminders
Major official world holidays
Opens to 12 inches x 24 inches
Thomas D. Mangelsen
One of the most prolific nature photographers of all time, Thomas D. Mangelsen is as much an artist as he is a conservationist. Tom was named the 2011 Conservation Photographer of the Year by Nature's Best Photography, placing his work in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He was named one of the 40 Most Influential Nature Photographers by Outdoor Photography.
Publisher: Universe Publishing (June 22, 2021)
Photography > Subjects & Themes > Landscapes
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I'd be lying if I said that if I thought they were gonna make it, I don't blame anybody for writing them off. They had won 2 road games the entire year, Quinnipiac and Navy, and they had to win 2 on the road and upset the number 1 team in the conference. But good for them, its still a very young team. If they don't win it this year, hopefully going to the tourney will be a good experience for them for next year. Experience is my main concern. Nobody on the Mount team has ever played an NEC tournament game. The starters are a senior, 3 sophomores, and a freshman, and the top 3 off the bench are 2 sophomores and a freshman.
As for the women's team, nobody here really cares about them. The men drew 1,800 fans last night, the women are lucky to draw 180 fans. I haven't seen them play so I can't really comment on their dirtiness.


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The RCA Grad Who Hacked a Piece of Gym Equipment to Create These Slumped, Ceramic Vases
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Having combed through the torrent of this summer's design graduates, it's gratifying to find someone we had the prescience to bookmark early on in his career: For Philipp Schenk-Mischke's Process Plug-Ins project — the final collection of the designer's Royal College of Art Design Products career — Schenk-Mischke looked at traditional modes of manufacturing, assembly, and use, and introduced physical "plug-ins" that might distort the final outcomes. Not unlike today's web browser add-ons that enable digital customization, the designer hacked existing manufacturing techniques to add on specific features — and explore the expressive potential of industrial materials — in his physical objects.
For Schenk-Mischke's Primitive Fixings shelving collection, for example, the designer devised a method of joining materials together by pouring liquid aluminum into pre-drilled channels. When solidified, the aluminum acts like a dowel, allowing the designer to connect once-complicated materials. Both functional and expressive, we like the collaged-together look of the aluminum and marble slab shelving units, with their glue-like, once-molten blobs looking more like organic jewelry pieces than typical construction screws.
The show-stealers here, however, are the BTM Ceramics: a collection of distorted, high-gloss ceramic vases. The vases are altered just after being taken out of the mold; the malleable pieces are placed on a body vibration plate — a piece of equipment hijacked from the fitness industry — and gently jiggled into more slumped, organic forms. Stay tuned for more RCA projects later this week!
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Italian product designer Valentina Cameranesi Sgroi worked as lead designer for Diesel Home — developing furniture and lighting for its collaborations with Moroso and Foscarini — for three years before becoming a freelance creative director in 2012. Since then, she's also developed a personal body of work that includes video art, photography, and ceramics, exploring "the relationship between the natural and artificial." Her latest project, Associations, is a series of vases that take inspiration from '70s craftsmanship but with simple, expressive shapes that evoke Ettore Sottsass and the Italian artist Gino de Dominicis. All of the pieces in the collection are made by artisans in Veneto, Italy.
This Swiss Designer Blends the Rational With the Emotional to Create Some of the Most Beautiful Objects We've Seen
"When I started at ECAL at age 18, I actually didn't know much about design," admits Dimitri Bähler. "As a kid, I was more interested in music, fashion, and illustration, along with biology and chemistry. In fact, I've always combined those two poles of interests: the rational and the emotional." That seems as good a way as any to describe Bähler, a young Swiss designer whose work has always seemed the result of both meticulous planning and wild experimentation. In many of his pieces, a relatively strict basic form is married to a more complex and renegade surface treatment.
These Colorful Vases Are the Latest Sign that Acrylic Is on the Rise
Remember when we named the California Light and Space art movement one of the top trends to watch in 2017? Well, the evidence just keeps mounting. Seoul design trio Hattern say their new series of two-tone acrylic vases were inspired by the way Impressionist painters tried to capture the effects of changing light quality on nature, but we can't help but see elements of Vasa, Helen Pashgian, and Peter Alexander's work. Is acrylic the new marble?
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Get Familiar With The Origin Of Betting In Kenya
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Betting has been a part of Kenyan culture for centuries. From traditional betting games to modern online sportsbooks, Kenyans have always had an appetite for gambling. In recent years, the growth of legalized sports betting in Kenya…
Muthoni Drummer Queen joins Spotify EQUAL Music Programme
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Spotify today announced that Kenyan rapper, drummer, and cultural entrepreneur Muthoni Drummer Queen has joined its EQUAL Music Programme as December's Artist of the Month. Spotify EQUAL aims to foster gender equality in music and…
Kenyan rapper; Nyashinski weds his malaika.
Natasha Moses Dec 15, 2021
Nyashinski the Kenyan Rapper has finally tied the knot with his 'Malaika'. The Kenyan musical artist and rapper Nyamari Ogengu, Nyashinski has finally gotten married this weekend on Friday 10th December 2021 at the Nairobi Chapel.…
Phy: The most underrated Kenyan artist.
Natasha Moses Dec 8, 2021
Get familiar with Mwihaki Ng'etich known as Phy, the most underrated Kenyan artist. Every era has its icon, just as there was Moses during the exodus, there is Phy in Kenyan music. I agree, there has been music evolution music for…
Kenyan Musicians who can't stand each other.
In the entertainment world conflicts and clashes are normal, Feuds and misunderstandings happen all the time due to music competitions or misinterpretations of interviews when one is asked about the other and most of the time these can be…
H_art the Band: What makes the Kenyan band so iconic.
It's not easy for people especially adults do work together for a very long time as a team. We have seen bands break up even after having a great audience. From one direction to the 'Yamoto 'band from Tanzania. They all broke up at…
Willy Paul: What you should know about this Kenyan artist as a fan.
Wilson Abubakar Radildo famous as Willy Paul or Pozee is a Kenyan sweetheart; perhaps this is due to his humble nature and lack of arrogance. Every man is complex and there is no single way to define a person much less an artist. The…
The Greatest 10 Kenyan Artists in 2021 and their Hit Songs.
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It's another time of the year where people are evaluating what they did from January was it a great year? Meanwhile, I'm assessing which song was the crème de la crème among Kenyan artists and their greatest hits. Kenyan artists…
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It's true beyond reasonable doubt that around the years 2004 towards the end of 2010 there was an entertainment war in the eastern part of Africa (Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania) where every artist then released the greatest hits they could.…
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Sauti Sol is the name for a Kenyan band where 'Sauti' is a Swahili word meaning Voice(s) and Sol is a Spanish word that means sun. In that context, you could call them "voices of the sun". Unless you are allergic to good music, it's…
Nyashiski: The Kenyan musical GOAT we've always needed.
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Where Sinatra Held Court Throughout the 1960s
Robert Davi thought he had the world on a string in 1977 when he made his onscreen debut at age 24 opposite Frank Sinatra in the TV movie "Contract on Cherry Street." Embarking on a fabled Hollywood career that would one day include playing a James Bond villain ("License to Kill"), an FBI Agent in "Die Hard" and Agent Bailey Malone in the hit 90s NBC series "Profiler," Davi recalls the thrill of drinking his first ever Jack Daniels with Ol' Blue Eyes.
That feeling of sitting on a rainbow at the bar with his boyhood idol seems wee small (as in "In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning") compared to where the multi-talented Davi is today, achieving a lifelong dream with the release of his critically acclaimed Fontana/Universal album Davi Sings Sinatra: On The Road To Romance (www.davisingssinatra.com)
Bringing his own vocal panache and the spirited swing of a 30 piece orchestra to 12 lovelorn Sinatra chestnuts, the classically trained singer—working with legendary Grammy winning producer Phil Ramone—does more than simply pay homage to an inspiration and legend. Davi's deeper purpose involves satisfying a deep hunger for the music of the Great American Songbook, which he calls "America's Shakespeare, the golden age of American music." Rather than simply include randomly selected songs, Davi chose each piece and designed the tracking to reflect the theme of a true "road to romance"—from the elation of meeting and falling in love to the seduction phase, then falling out of love, dealing with the resulting despair and finally, rebuilding one's life and becoming open to love again.
While the best is no doubt yet to come, his romance of America is off to a brilliant start.
Recently noted on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart as "greatest gainer," Davi Sings Sinatra is currently in the Top Ten at #7 and rising—just behind Duets II and The Classic Christmas Album by one of Sinatra's contemporaries, Tony Bennett, and Michael Buble's Christmas.
Female fans from coast to coast are bombarding radio stations with requests. And from musicians and songwriters who worked with Sinatra to Hollywood heavyweights (Dan Aykroyd, Mickey Rourke) and fans of all ages who have seen Davi strut his "Nice N' Easy" stuff at clubs in New York and L.A. (including a sold out show at Herb Alpert's Vibrato), everyone's going "All The Way" in their praise.
Vibes great Emil Richards, who played with Sinatra from 1959-74, told Davi, "The power that came out of your voice was stupendous. The ballads you sang showed a charisma and depth that the Old Man would have been proud of. I now know for certain that he would have gladly passed the torch on to you." In July, 2011, Davi gave three sold out, "standing o" performances in NYC—34 years to the day since he first saw Frank perform. Ervin Drake, one of the last living legends of The Great American Songbook, who penned the classic "It Was A Very Good Year," attended opening night and returned for a second show two days later. He said, "Robert Davi would make a worthy successor to the incomparable Frank Sinatra, whether in the fields of stage, screen or television. And having been chosen years ago by the Master himself, to act in a film side by side with him, this is not a vain pronouncement."
Treading and performing on truly hallowed ground, Davi is set to headline The Venetian Showroom in Las Vegas, February 23-25. The Venetian Hotel is built on the former site of the historic Sands, where Sinatra (often performing with The Rat Pack) held court throughout the 1960s.
As ambitious a recording artist and performer as he has been as an actor and director,
Davi's goal with Davi Sings Sinatra is not simply to offer nostalgic entertainment, but to help unite the country at a very divisive time. "There was a greater civility between people at the time when these songs were first popular, and this music helped breed that feeling," he says. "During my parents' time while our country faced many difficulties, these songs helped it glow with promise. The music reminded them that our country was a place where dreams came true, and inspired people from all over the world to find for themselves the magic that was America. Frank Sinatra's voice was the soundtrack for their lives.
"Today we find our country and the world in extremely difficult circumstances," he adds. "We are seeing erosion in culture and music. This music is as relevant today as it was when it was created. It was romantic without being crude. The songs were poetic and if there was heartbreak – it was sung with a delicate tenderness not a resentful anger and disrespect toward women. My album is a journey through different aspects of love, but just as importantly, a metaphor for this great country of ours – that no matter how hard times are, 'The Best is Yet To Come.'"
Davi is in a giving spirit this holiday season, marking the proceeds from his recently recorded, re-imagined version of "Mistletoe and Holly" (which first appeared on Sinatra's 1957 classic A Jolly Christmas) to help The Salvation Army provide emergency assistance to the millions of families in need this Christmas season. The funds will be donated to the organization's 120th annual Red Kettle Campaign, which kicked off nationally on Thanksgiving Day.
The track will be be available on iTunes and Amazon.com December 13.
Davi officially announced a call of action to Los Angeles radio stations November 28. "This is an urgent appeal to all media to help us build a momentum of strength and unity in America as we begin our countdown to 'Mistletoe Tuesday', said Davi, who recently headlined a benefit event for the Humane Society at L.A.'s The Grove. "In order to better provide for these dear souls who have been knocked to their knees by a wounded economy, we ask humbly for all broadcasters and print media to join our mission in the true spirit of giving by helping us spread this good news and counting down with us."
Much like Sinatra before him, Davi studied classical music and opera in his native New York. In high school in Long Island, he was in both the glee and drama clubs and won state competitions in voice and dramatic interpretation. He attended Hofstra University on a drama scholarship and worked with some of the top operatic voices, including Italian baritone Tito Gobbi. "I had a good operatic voice," he says, "but when it came time to pursue a career, I didn't feel the impulse or need to be a professional singer. I didn't just want to be a singer who made sounds, but one who could communicate ideas, thoughts and feelings through music. While some opera singers communicate emotion through their voice, most of it to me was more cold and technical than emotional."
Thirty years into his career as an actor, Davi planted the seeds for his long awaited emergence as a singer and recording artist by recording "So Much In Love" on the soundtrack of "The Dukes," the well received independent 2007 film (starring Davi, Chazz Palminteri and Peter Bogdanovich) that marked his directorial debut. Davi asked Bob Cavallo, Chairman of Disney Music, to recommend a voice teacher, and Davi began working with Gary Catona, who has developed a revolutionary vocal technique with the classic Bel Canto style at its base. Bursting with renewed passion and confidence, the actor, working with arranger Nic ten.Broek (who did music for "The Dukes" and has worked with jazz great Nancy Wilson), gathered a 30 piece orchestra at Capitol Studios and recorded a four song demo. With Disney Music's blessing, Davi spearheaded the fundraising for the project whose concept evolved into Davi Sings Sinatra: On The Road To Romance.
Davi is currently starring in the new film "Iceman" with Michael Shannon, Ray Liotta, Chris Evans and Maggie Gyllenhaal. He recently sold an original screenplay called "The Voice" to Mark Canton's Atmosphere Entertainment MM; the story revolves around a character who is obsessed with Sinatra. Naturally, Davi himself is attached to star in the production.
"As much as I love acting, I felt like the musical side of me was imprisoned inside my success in that arena for years," says Davi. "Once I got going on this project, it's like a furnace was lit and the music started pouring out of me. Besides allowing me to get back to my first love, celebrate Sinatra's legacy and fill a void in our current musical culture, I hope that this music inspires people with the kind of optimism and hope that transcends generations and cultures—just as it did when our parents and grandparents first heard it. My humble mission as a singer and interpreter of this Songbook is to help reinvigorate the spirit of America, the spirit that makes it the greatest country in the world."
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Inconsistent Response of Bacterial Phyla Diversity and Abundance to Soil Salinity in A Chinese Delta
Chao Yang, Kangjia Li, Dantong Lv, Shenyi Jiang, Junqi Sun, Hao Lin, Juan Sun
Qingdao Agricultural University
Kangjia Li
Dantong Lv
Shenyi Jiang
Junqi Sun
Hao Lin
Juan Sun
Soil salinization is an increasingly serious problem and decreases crop yields in the Yellow River Delta (YRD), but its effects on bacterial community and diversity at the phylum level are not well known. We used high-throughput sequencing of soil bacterial 16S rRNA to identify soil bacterial communities and diversity across a gradient of soil salinity (electrical conductivity), namely, S1: low salinity level (1.78 ds/m), S2: medium salinity level (3.16 ds/m), S3: high salinity level (17.26 ds/m), S4: extreme salinity level (34.41 ds/m), and a non-salted site as the control (CK, 0.92 ds/m). Our results indicated that CK, S2, S3, and S4 exhibited an increased soil C/N ratio of 0.64, 0.97, 1.27, and 1.55 times, respectively, compared with that in S1. Significantly lower values of the Shannon and Chao 1 indexes were observed in S4 compared with the CK (p < 0.05). High salinity decreased the relative abundance of Actinobacteria and Acidobacteria, but increased that of Gemmatimonadetes and Bacteroidetes. Additionally, the Shannon diversity of Bacteroidetes increased by 15.5% in S4 compared with that in the CK. Our results indicate that soil salt is a main factor regulating bacterial phyla diversity and community in the extremely saline-alkaline soils of YRD. The high abundance and diversity of Bacteroidetes can be used for saline-alkali land restoration.
Soil salinity, Bacterial community, Bacterial phyla diversity, Yellow River Delta
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8:38 AM PDT 10/25/2012 by Megan Lehmann
A terrific music documentary with a difference. TWITTER
Tetsuaki Matsue's restlessly inventive film takes us deep inside the fractured memories of Japanese didgeridoo player Goma.
TOKYO – Just when you thought it had all been done, Japanese filmmaker Tetsuaki Matsue manages to upend the documentary format with Flashback Memories 3D, a truly novel cinematic experience that is part biopic, part concert movie, part vicarious trippy rave happening. A groovy and stirring fusion of stomping electronica-driven world music and personal insights, it introduces Japanese didgeridoo player Goma, whose memory functions were severely damaged in a 2009 road accident, through prismatic 3D recreations of his fractured brain images.
The slow-build trance effect created by the drone of its subject's virtually ceaseless didgeridoo won't be to everyone's taste, but the Space Shower TV production gives more insight into how it feels to be Goma than a hundred talking heads could manage.
STORY: Tokyo International Film Festival to Screen 'Feng Shui' Despite Request to Withdraw Film
Following on from his equally unorthodox music documentaries Live Tape, awarded Best Picture in the 2009 Tokyo International Film Festival's Japanese Eyes section, and last year's hit Tokyo Drifter, Matsue's latest does his country proud as the sole Japanese entry in this year's main competition.
Design here has clearly been inspired by the circular breathing technique used to keep a continuous flow of air moving through the ancient Australian aboriginal instrument. The steady, unbroken sound of Goma's didgeridoo, backed by his excellent three-piece percussion-and-drums ensemble, the Jungle Rhythm Section, underscores the entire film.
Dressed in white, hands fluttering and twisting as he breathes into the stand-mounted wooden instrument, the charismatic musician, whose live shows are a sensation in Japan's dance clubs and festivals such as Fuji Rock, takes centre stage throughout the live studio performance, filmed at Tokyo music venue Shibuya WWW.
Behind him, on an enormous screen, his life plays out. Matsue mixes old performance footage with home videos, snatches of sketched animations, still photos and superimposed diary entries by Goma and his wife, Sumie. Occasionally, a colorful swirl of Aboriginal dot paintings consumes the background.
It's a restlessly inventive arrangement, enhanced by the layering of the 3D format and Tomonori Watanabe's crisp cinematography.
Exposition via a tapestry of footage dating back to the 1990s takes up the first 30 minutes or so. We see Goma busking with his didgeridoo on the streets of Surfer's Paradise, Australia, and hanging with the Outback aborigines. Moving quickly through his return to Japan, marriage, CD releases, the birth of his daughter and many performances, we come to November 26, 2009.
Goma was traveling alone in his car on the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway when he was involved in a collision. He recounts a near-death experience – via superimposed titles as fluffy white clouds bump against each other behind him – and the doctors diagnosed higher brain dysfunction. Partial memory loss and difficulty maintaining new memories – he cannot remember the filming of this documentary – led Goma to question at times the wisdom of living.
He and wife Sumie are candid and ultimately hopeful about his life post-accident, while the ever-present, harmonically dense music of the didgeridoo – considered by proponents to have mystical properties – provides an aural conduit to Goma's strong spirituality.
Cast: Goma, Kosuke Tsuji, Kenta Tajika, Kyoichi Shiino
Production company: Space Shower TV
Director: Tetsuaki Matsue
Producer: Junji Takane
Director of photography: Tomonori Watanabe
Editor: Daisuke Imai
Sales: Spotted Productions, Tokyo
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Home Elections 2019
TN CEO ropes in sign language interpreter for press briefings
Chennai, 1:51 PM, 11 April, 2019
Suresh Kumar, a special teacher, interpreting the speech of chief electoral officer Satyabrata Sahoo at a press briefing on April 11
In a first time in Tamil Nadu's electoral history, the chief electoral officer's was accompanied by a sign language interpreter while addressing a press conference at the Secretariat here on Thursday (April 11).
While TN's chief electoral officer Satyabrata Sahoo briefed the media on election updates, Suresh Kumar, a special teacher, simultaneously interpreted Sahoo's words into sign language, for the benefit of hearing impaired voters.
"There were requests from the differently abled community to have a sign language interpreter at press briefings to make it easier for people with hearing impairment to follow the Lok Sabha poll updates in the state. As their demand was valid, we have deputed a sign language interpreter," Sahoo said.
The ECI has also enrolled 192 patients of the Institute of Mental Health as voters for the polls on April 18. "Doctors examined about 900 patients in the hospital and those who had shown improvement after treatment were registered as voters. They will also be given a demo to vote," Sahoo said.
During the press meet, Sahoo said he would ensure a fair election. He said as 4,185 cases have been filed for violating the model code of conduct in the state. "Similarly, unaccounted cash of ₹127.66 crore has been seized by the poll officials, while around ₹37.78 crore have been seized by the I-T officials," Sahoo said.
Asked about the IT raids at the residences of opposition party leaders, Sahoo said that there was no ulterior motive behind the raids.
Meanwhile, on April 10 Election Commission appointed Ashutosh Shukla as the Director General of Police (elections) and asked all the police officials involved in the poll duty to report to Shukla. "DGP TK Rajendran will not be associated in any matter in the process of election and will not communicate with SPs, DIGs, IGs or other officials on election related matter or have any meeting with them till the completion of Lok Sabha elections in the state," the order appointing Shukla as DGP (Elections) read.
Following the order, Shukla on Thursday took charge as the DGP (elections) and said that he would depute additional police officers in sensitive polling booths to ensure that people cast their votes without fear.In a first time in Tamil Nadu's electoral history, the chief electoral officer's was accompanied by a sign language interpreter while addressing a press conference at the Secretariat here on Thursday (April 11).
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Transfer rumours: Nottingham Forest eyeing £10m move for Liverpool starlet, Premier League club target Middlesbrough forward
The latest transfer news and rumours from in and around the Sky Bet Championship
Championship duo Nottingham Forest and Reading are reportedly eyeing a move for Liverpool youngster Sheyi Ojo.
According to the Irish Sun , the Premier League giants are ready to sell the England U21 winger for £10m-plus.
The 21-year-old spent last season on loan at Fulham, and helped guide the club to promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs.
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"Middlesbrough have inserted an £18m release clause in the contract of Spanish winger Traore, also on the radar of big-spending Premier League new boys Wolves.
"Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain are also weighing up moves for the 22-year-old, who made just 12 appearances for Aston Villa before being sold to Boro for £8m two years ago."
Derbyshire PoliceMan on attempted murder charge as woman 'shot in face' in Warren Street, DerbyThe victim is in hospital with serious injuries
Confirmed: Defender ends short stint with Derby County
Derby CountyThe 28-year-old found chances hard to come by as he returns to his former club in his homeland.


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Elenco delle circoscrizioni:
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 Chikongola
 Chingungwe
 Dinduma
 Kitama
 Kwanyama
 Litehu
 Luagala
 Lukokoda
 Lyenje
 Mahuta
 Maundo
 Mchichira
 Mdimbamnyoma
 Mdumbwe
 Michenjele
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 Mihuta
 Milingodi
 Mkonjowano
 Mkoreha
 Mkundi
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 Mnyawa
 Nambahu
 Namikupa
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 Ngunja
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Mario and I last night
Four open books, two spiral notebooks, the year-end issues of The New Yorker, The Sun, The Paris Review, a cup of tea gone cold, a bottled water mixed with microgreens, and two new coasters I got for Christmas are part of the clutter on my desk, all of which distract me as I type. I look across the room at Mario's workspace, neat and organized. His daily planner and a sharpened pencil lay next to his marble-base desk lamp. I need his help. Tonight, exhausted with a bit of writer's block, I call out to him across the hall.
"Babe?"
"Yeah?" he answers from our bedroom, then comes into our office.
I raise my eyebrows at him. "What should I write for our anniversary blog?"
He thinks, then walks to the vertical files next to his desk—where manila folders are sorted alphabetically—and grabs a book—made from letter-sized printer paper and separated with tabs—that he gave me last year on our Anniversary: The Unique Marriage of Janet and Mario.
"Here," he says. "Why not look at this and get some ideas?"
He hands me the book and kisses me, encouraged by my enthusiasm.
"Where did you get that? I didn't know you kept it there!"
He gave me this book last year at this time, but in the busy-ness of the holidays and the exhaustion of graduation, I forgot where we put it. He created the book for me—for us—with his whole heart. It's half-memory album, half-statistical research that mathematically proves how we are unique and special as a couple.
I can't stop smiling. It has been two hours since I started this blog; I've been looking at the book ever since.
Mario is now relaxing outside, bundled up in winter clothes, drinking a hot cup of raspberry tea (with a scotch chaser), smoking a good cigar, and playing a mindless game. I am supposed to be blogging in here, but I am remembering why I love him. I am not supposed to be this distracted—but I love this 30th Anniversary Notebook. I wish Mario was here sitting with me so we could look at it together.
The book is divided into eight sections: 1. Brazen Princess (a commemorative blog I published on the day we celebrated 30 years); 2. By the Numbers (my favorite section—I'll tell you why soon); 3. 30 Years Ago (What was happening in the world in 1987, the year we married); 4. Tested (trivia quizzes that test how much I know about our time together); 5. Marriage (articles and letters from and about couples who have endured); 6. Over the Years; 7. Unique Utterances (We love to quote each other); 8. Where Do We Go From Here? (a challenge to us to continue adding to the book).
As I read The Unique Marriage of Janet and Mario, I remember falling in love with Mario, more than 32 years ago.
30 Years Ago: What was happening in the world in 1987, the year we married?
In 1986 I had just come out of a turbulent, destructive relationship. I needed a job so that I could support my new baby (Vince) who had just turned one-year-old. Since I didn't have a college degree, my job-options were limited. I took a job at a local State Park as a Park Aid—Mario was the supervising State Park Ranger.
Mario was a very good boss and recognized that I was a good employee—able to do more than work the entrance kiosk and perform low-level office duties. One day, Mario handed me two large books—DOS Manuals—and told me to learn everything and explain it to him. I did. Later that week, after learning Multi-user DOS commands, I taught Mario and all the other Rangers about the new PC, including what prompts and commands were. I didn't know then, but this knowledge of DOS would later help me build a quasi-career.
Mario genuinely liked me and believed in me. We were both single parents and had guilt about failing our former partners, and ultimately our children. Nevertheless, I didn't really think of him romantically. He wasn't really my type—even though he was incredibly gorgeous and hilarious—an athletic, Republican, introverted, logical, moustache-cop. He was also much older than me (I was 23, he was 32). By the time I realized I was falling in love with him, I also had to admit that he was way out of my league.
Then, after work one night, I asked Mario for advice on a parenting matter. He offered his opinion as a friend, not my boss. The subject matter led us into deep conversation, and when it was time for me to go, he walked with me back to our cars.
"Alright, Goodnight," he said, then added: "Can I give you a hug goodbye? Hugs are cool between friends, right?"
I almost said no. I knew I was in love with him and I knew if we hugged he would be able to tell. But we were drawn together like magnet and steel. I fell into him, my face against the warm glow of his neck, our bodies fitting together like puzzle pieces. It was like heaven opened and the skies parted and angels came down and drenched us with stars and music.
When we let go—about two minutes later—Mario looked at me, stunned.
"Um, yeah. Hugs are cool."
I smiled broadly.
This is still one of my favorite "unique utterances" of Mario's.
Us in 1987
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After the hug, we had to rethink everything, including our workplace. We had chemistry that was unlike anything I had ever experienced, and it was very hard to ignore. I had hope that our relationship was something more than just physical attraction. We worked well together, knew each other's values, and most importantly, we had already seen our long-term relationships fail and we didn't want to repeat the past. Thoughts of Mario constantly danced in my head.
One day, not long after we had agreed to take our new relationship seriously, I was cleaning the office and thinking about how much I loved Mario. We had already told each other "I love you" and were still in that blissful state of newness and realization.
Because the office was quiet and the other ranger was out in the field, I decided to cross a major boundary and go into Mario's office and tell him I loved him—again. When I stood in his doorway, he didn't look up, but continued typing on his desktop PC. Because I was so 23, and believed every Cosmopolitan article I ever read about a woman's ability to derail her man with body movements and innuendo, I wasn't discouraged.
"Hi," he said, suddenly, looking up from his work. "How can I help you?"
"Um," I said, trying to look coy. "I was curious about something." I walked over to his desk and knelt down next to him, an action which made him uncomfortable. Nevertheless, I persevered.
"I think of you all the time," I whispered. "How much do you think about me?" I was smiling, excited to be close to him like this at work—it felt forbidden and dangerous. Instead of the Cosmo reaction I was hoping for, Mario looked up to the office ceiling.
"Hmmm," he said. "That's an interesting question. Can I get back to you?"
Mario's businesslike answer was clearly meant to sober me up, which it did. I stood up, feeling foolish, and started to leave the room. He stopped me.
"I'm serious," he said. "I'll think about it and get back to you." Then, he returned to his work.
I tried to keep busy the rest of the day, as Mario continued to type away in his office. I chided myself for my immature behavior. Mario and I had agreed to keep our work environment professional and our relationship on the down-low. That afternoon, I was too embarrassed to say goodbye.
"Wait," Mario called from his office when I tried to sneak away. "Are you leaving?"
"Yeah," I said, keeping my hand on the doorknob. "I didn't want to disturb you again, and…"
"But I've been thinking about your question," Mario said. I heard him stand up and then he appeared in his doorway. By now, all of our coworkers had gone home, so he seemed less guarded.
"You asked how much I thought about you, and I was thinking it's pretty close to ten per cent of the time." He smiled triumphantly.
Because I was already embarrassed, I didn't feel like joking around. From the way he was watching me, like he was waiting for my reaction, I suddenly realized he was serious.
"You think about me ten per cent of the time?" I asked, letting go of the doorknob. The door closed behind me.
Mario nodded, but he seemed to notice that his answer offended me. "That's a lot!" he said, ready to defend his answer. "Ten percent of the time is a big chunk of my day." He looked in the office cubby holes for new messages or mail, almost nervously. I had never before seen Mario nervous.
"Really?" I asked, my face reddening. "Because to me, that seems like…not a lot."
I left, and he didn't try to stop me. I made the long drive home, crying big, hot tears that I couldn't stop. I knew that Mario didn't love me like I loved him—the kind of love that makes you want to marry that person. By the time I picked Vince up from the babysitter, I was a mess—and this whole thing was breaking my heart.
By the Numbers:
I walked in the door and my Mom told me that Mario had called, very concerned about me.
"He asked me to give you the message to call him back as soon as you get home."
I called him.
"I don't know what I was thinking," Mario said. "I know you're upset, but I want to apologize."
"Okay," I said, relieved, but still mournful. "I shouldn't have done this at work."
"Yeah," Mario said, and I could tell he was relieved I said this. "We have to be professional at work, even if we're alone."
"But I've been thinking more about your question, and I realize now that I think about you at least twenty per cent of the time."
I froze. Was he joking? There was silence on the other end of the phone.
"Because I was thinking that I sleep about a third of my life, so that's thirty-three per cent right there."
I wasn't sad anymore; I was angry.
"Mario, listen," I said. "I'm going to save you a lot of heartache and grief here. The next girl you date, just tell her you think about her all of the time. That's all you need to say, Okay?"
He sighed. "But that would be a lie."
"Just say that. Girls like hearing that."
Then, I hung up.
I went to work the next day, accepting that Mario and I were not meant to be. When I got to work at 8:00, Mario was already there—he wasn't scheduled to arrive until ten.
"I need to talk to you after you hang the flags," he said, authoritatively. He stood up straight, looking a little like Chuck Norris.
"Alright," I said, casually.
After I hung the flags, I went into his office. He shut the door and asked me to sit down. When I did, he took a manilla file folder and handed it to me—inside was a pie graph.
If you want to see the pie graph, click here
The pie graph was literally drawn in pencil and crayon, since Mario had young boys with their coloring stuff at his house. He had color-coded the graph to show how he saw the division of his time.
"When I say I think about you twenty percent of the time, this is what I mean," he said. "Do you see this? That percentage is you and this is how much I think about you and to me that's a whole hell of a lot. Here's where I sleep, and I don't consciously think of you, even though sometimes I do dream about you…"
I smiled, which relaxed him.
He pointed to each piece of the pie graph, showing me how logically minded he was. As he spoke, I wondered about something: what if Mario was serious? What if twenty percent of the time is a whole lot? What if I have a logical man who will not lie to me just to make me feel like the heroine in a romantic comedy? I wasn't sure what I was going to say, but I suddenly wondered if this man in front of me, showing me a crayon pie graph that took a lot of time to think about, measure, and present to me… what if he really did love me?
That would be the best thing ever.
So, you see, "By the Numbers" is my favorite section because only Mario can make numbers soothe me. This section shows me that even statisticians can learn how to schmooze a woman, after years of living with her.
Posted by Brazen Princess at 5:17 AM
Labels: beautiful man, Happy Anniversary to US! 31 Years, logic, numbers., statistics


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Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. ... Bible Verse Crafts
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He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished.
Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great. Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers' houses. And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness, was there. (But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.) Moreover, the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly sought it out. ... Scripture Verse Crafts


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David Cameron war vom 11. Mai 2010 bis zum 13. Juli 2016 Premierminister des Vereinigten Königreichs.
Am 6. Mai 2010 hatte Camerons Partei, die Conservative Party, bei der Unterhauswahl 36,1 % der Stimmen erhalten und 306 der Wahlkreise errungen.
Sie bildete eine Koalition mit den Liberaldemokraten (57 Wahlkreise).

Sein Koalitionskabinett löste das Kabinett Brown ab. Es bestand bei Amtsantritt im Juni 2010 aus 18 Konservativen und 5 Liberaldemokraten; fünf der Kabinettsmitglieder waren Frauen.

Cameron regierte mit einer Koalition aus seiner Conservative Party ("Tories") und den Liberal Democrats. Dies war die erste Koalitionsbildung im Vereinigten Königreich seit Generationen; das britische Wahlrecht begünstigt große und benachteiligt kleine Parteien (siehe auch Politisches System des Vereinigten Königreichs).

Am 15. Juni 2015 endete die fünfjährige Legislaturperiode des 55. Unterhauses. Bei der Britischen Unterhauswahl 2015 wurden die Konservativen stärkste Partei (36,9 % der Stimmen; Labour erhielt 30,5 %) und erhielten eine absolute Mehrheit der Abgeordnetensitze. Anschließend bildete Cameron seine Regierung zum Kabinett Cameron II um.

Geschichte
Bei der Wahl am 6. Mai 2010 erzielte erstmals seit 1974 keine Partei eine absolute Mehrheit; es kam zu einem hung parliament. Gordon Brown trat zurück.
Die Liberaldemokraten verhandelten mit den Konservativen und mit Labour; danach entschieden sie sich für eine Koalition mit den Konservativen. Diese Entscheidung fiel in der Fraktion einstimmig und im Parteirat bei einer Gegenstimme.
Konservative und Liberaldemokraten hatten eine Stimmenmehrheit im Unterhaus (House of Commons); ein Bündnis aus Labour und Liberaldemokraten wäre dagegen auf die Unterstützung von Regionalparteien angewiesen gewesen.

Der Liberale David Laws, Chefsekretär des Schatzamtes (in etwa einem deutschen Kanzleramtsminister entsprechend), trat am 29. Mai 2010 (nach 17 Tagen im Amt) zurück. Laws hatte sich vor seinem Amtsantritt als Minister Mietzahlungen seines Lebensgefährten James Lundie als eigene Spesen ausbezahlen lassen. Damit verstieß er gegen parlamentarische Vorschriften, die 2006 erlassen worden waren.
Als Motiv gab Laws an, seine sexuelle Orientierung vor öffentlicher Anteilnahme schützen zu wollen. Sein Kabinettskollege und Parteifreund Danny Alexander übernahm Laws' Ressort. Vor dem Hintergrund des Spesenskandals in der vorangegangenen Sitzungsperiode bezeichnete der Abgeordnete Elfyn Llwyd die (von Premierminister Cameron zunächst angedachte) Beibehaltung Laws' im Kabinett als "unhaltbar". In Alexanders Amt rückte der Abgeordnete Michael Moore nach.

Liam Fox trat am 14. Oktober 2011 als Verteidigungsminister zurück, nachdem er wegen Vermischung privater und beruflicher Kontakte in die Kritik geraten war; der bisherige Verkehrsminister Philip Hammond wurde sein Nachfolger. Ihm folgte Justine Greening als neue Verkehrsministerin.

Am 3. Februar 2012 gab Energieminister (Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change) Chris Huhne seinen Rücktritt bekannt. Grund dafür war der Vorwurf, seine Frau habe die Verantwortung für einen Geschwindigkeitsverstoß übernommen, den er selbst begangen haben soll. Am selben Tag wurde Anklage gegen ihn erhoben. Neuer Energieminister wurde Edward Davey.

Am 4. September 2012 gab Premierminister Cameron eine Kabinettsumbildung bekannt.; neu auf ihren Positionen waren:
 Theresa Villiers: Ministerin für Nordirland-Fragen
 Maria Miller: Kulturministerin
 Justine Greening: Entwicklungshilfe (zuvor: Verkehrsministerin)
 Patrick Mc Loughlin: Verkehrsminister
 Jeremy Hunt: Gesundheitsminister (statt Andrew Lansley)
 Chris Grayling: Justizminister (statt Ken Clarke)

Am 9. April 2014 wurde die Berufung von Sajid Javid zum Kulturminister bekanntgegeben, der damit Maria Miller ersetzte, die nach einer Spesenaffäre zurückgetreten war.

Am 14. Juli 2014 erklärten Außenminister William Hague und Minister ohne Geschäftsbereich Kenneth Clarke ihren Rücktritt. Hague übernahm bis zur Parlamentswahl den Vorsitz des House of Commons; er war damit weiterhin im Rang eines Ministers und Mitglied der Regierung. Einen Tag später gab Cameron eine weitergehende Kabinettsumbildung bekannt.
Neu ins Kabinett bzw. auf neue Positionen berufen wurden:
 William Hague: Führer des House of Commons (zuvor Außenminister und 'Erster Minister', letzteres bleibt er weiterhin),
 Philip Hammond: Außenminister (zuvor Verteidigungsminister),
 Michael Fallon: Verteidigungsminister,
 Michael Gove: Chief Whip im House of Commons (zuvor Bildungsminister),
 Nicky Morgan: Ministerin für Bildung, Staatsministerin für Frauen und Gleichstellung,
 Liz Truss: Ministerin für Umwelt, Ernährung und ländlichen Raum,
 Stephen Crapp: Minister für Wales
Weitere Veränderungen auf Ebene der Staatsministerien sind in der folgenden Tabelle eingepflegt.

Kabinettspositionen

Weblinks
 Cameron's government: A guide to who's who, BBC News, 14. Mai 2010 (englisch)
 Election 2010: the new cabinet, The Guardian, 12. Mai 2010, interaktive Präsentation (englisch)

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Best Podcasts To Learn Spanish
We all know that learning a language is one of the most useful traits we can pick up, it makes traveling much easier, can lead us into new job opportunities and can also be a great way to impress friends and family with what we have learnt so far.
This is especially true with Spanish which is the national language of over 25 countries and has now surpassed English to become the most spoken language in the world.
It's not easy to learn however, even if you already speak a latin based language while it can original seem easy to make the conversion to learning another language with similar dialects to your own, there are so many specific characters and pronunciations in Spanish that it takes time to learn, and there's no better way than with podcasts.
Here are the best podcasts that teach Spanish while still remaining fun and engaging while you listen.
#1 Coffee Break Spanish
#2 Spanish Obsessed
#3 Unlimited Spanish
#4 StoryLearning Spanish
#5 Lightspeed Spanish
This podcast is an incredibly unique way to learn Spanish since it makes you feel as if you're right there in a classroom being taught all aspects of the language depending on how much you already know.
Through 160 episodes all centered on different parts of the Spanish language, podcast host and teacher Mark teaches his student Kara how to correctly use Spanish phrases, their correct pronunciation, which words are best to avoid and so much more.
The beauty of this podcast is with such a huge variety of episodes all being no longer than 20 minutes, you can pick and choose the episodes you want to listen to and learn from depending on your Spanish experience at that time, making it one of the best podcasts for in depth learning.
In this fun and engaging podcast, hosted by Lis from Colombia and Rob from England, the couple shares their fascination and obsession with all things Spanish which they discuss with an infectious passion each and every episode.
Alongside learning about Spanish cultural and social norms, as well as those in other Spanish speaking areas such as in South America, the podcast also offers Spanish language training to its audiences with four different levels: From scratch, beginner, intermediate and advanced.
Whether you are a more experienced speaker and just want some background knowledge on Spanish culture, or if you are learning Spanish for the first time, Spanish Obsessed covers all bases of what makes Spain and it's language so great.
Spanish host Oscar from Spain in this incredibly engaging podcast teaches how to speak Spanish specifically at a beginner and intermediate level.
The way Oscar teaches the language for each episode is very unique and interesting, in some episodes after learning some basic phrases, he will prompt the reader to tell a short story using the key words learnt that session, and other times at the end of an episode he will simulate a conversation with the listener using a question and answer technique.
For beginner to advanced level lessons that really test your Spanish knowledge in an enjoyable and immersive way, Unlimited Spanish is the perfect podcast choice.
This podcast and its Argentinian host Sofia Poggi believes that learning a language through stories is much more memorable and natural than learning from a textbook, and so every episode of this podcast, Sofia presents an easy to understand story in Spanish that becomes more challenging to interpret as it goes on.
With each episode only being 8 minutes on average, StoryLearning Spanish is excellent for beginner to intermediate Spanish speakers to find where they are lacking in knowledge of the language and what areas of a conversation they might want to improve on.
This podcast is perfect for if you have a beginner to moderate grasp of the Spanish language and want to test yourself in a real conversation with a native Spanish speaker, while also picking up some new Spanish phrases and dialect along the way.
In Lightspeed Spanish, Gordon, who is British but a fluent Spanish speaker, sits down with Spanish guests to have a conversation about all things Spanish including the culture, history and the peculiar usage of some Spanish words.
The conversations each episode last 10 minutes, providing a bitesize dialogues which are both extremely fun and entertaining to listen to, but can also challenge your Spanish vocabulary so you can only improve.
Learning Spanish takes patience, however it doesn't mean you need to be sitting at a desk for hours staring at a textbook to do it. Try out some of these quick and easy to listen to podcasts that will greatly aid you in improving your Spanish writing and speaking skills whenever you decide to tune in to an episode.


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Q: How to remove the starting header in a MemoryStream and save the rest to a file? I currently have a TMemoryStream that gets filled via reading a varbinary field, which is originally encoded by UTF8 standard from a MS SQL Server DB table.
The varbinary field contains a header part which needs to be removed before saving the remainder of the stream as a file.
I have successfully pulled out the header information required, which includes the file name, but haven't
found a solution for then saving the remainder of the stream as a valid file.
The data is initially read into a TdxMemData dataset.
procedure TBaseDataPump.SaveAttachments(mtblAttachmentInfo: TdxMemData);
var
  AFile: TMemoryStream;
  ANewFile: TStringStream;
  sFullPath: String;
  wsImageBlob, wsHeader, wsBody: WideString;
  iposition: Integer;
begin
  if mtblAttachmentInfo.Active then // TdxMemData filled with data
  begin
    with mtblAttachmentInfo do
    begin
      First;
      while NOT EOF do
      begin
        // Below code works fine to save the file without removing the data
        AFile := TMemoryStream.Create; // Create the memory stream
        TBlobField(FieldByName('ImageBlob')).SaveToStream(AFile);
        // load the file image from the data to the memory strem

        // Get the header content
        ANewFile := TStringStream.Create('');
        TBlobField(FieldByName('ImageBlob')).SaveToStream(ANewFile);
        // read  the filed again to a TStringStream

        wsImageBlob := UTF8ToString(ANewFile.DataString);
        // I can see the data as wide string and can find the header bit and its ending position on the
        //  its ending position on the  string
        iposition := AnsiPos(#13#13#10, wsImageBlob); // find the header ending position

        // getting the header to another widestring
        wsHeader := AnsiLeftStr(wsImageBlob,position);
        wsHeader := AnsiLeftStr(wsImageBlob,POS(#9,wsHeader)-1);
        wsHeader := StringReplace(wsHeader,'''','',[rfReplaceall]);

        // need to save the stream from the position of the end of header as file
      end;
    end;

  end;
end;

A: Found the solution with the copyfrom method. and its is as follows :
      // Create the  TStringStream
      ANewFile := TStringStream.Create('');

      try
        TBlobField(FieldByName('ImageBlob')).SaveToStream(ANewFile);

        // get the blob as a string so we can extract the header information
        wsImageBlob := UTF8ToString(ANewFile.DataString);

        position := AnsiPos(#13#13#10, wsImageBlob);

        if position <> 0 then begin
          // have header information to extract
          position := position + 2;

          wsHeader := AnsiLeftStr(wsImageBlob, position);
          wsHeader := AnsiLeftStr(wsImageBlob, POS(#9, wsHeader) - 1);
          wsHeader := StringReplace(wsHeader, '''', '', [rfReplaceall]);

          sFilePath := sDirectorypath + wsHeader;

          ANewFile.Position := position;

          AFile := TMemoryStream.Create;
          try
            AFile.CopyFrom(ANewFile, ANewFile.Size - position);

            AFile.SaveToFile(sFilePath);
          finally
            FreeAndNil(AFile);
          end;
        end
      finally
        FreeAndNil(ANewFile);
      end;

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Iconic Australian rock band Midnight Oil today announced two intimate gigs for late May. These will be the Oils' only Australian concerts for 2019 apart from their headlining appearance at the world's most remote music festival, The Big Red Bash, near Birdsville on July 18.


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În România există mai multe biserici de lemn amplasate în localități cu denumirea Nistorești:
Biserica de lemn din Nistorești, Gorj
Biserica de lemn din Nistorești, Vrancea


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Commerzbank Hires McKinsey in Sign Deeper Change Is in Store
Steven Arons
May 08 2020, 1:58 PM May 09 2020, 1:09 AM May 08 2020, 1:58 PM May 09 2020, 1:09 AM
(Bloomberg) -- Commerzbank AG hired consultancy McKinsey & Co. to review its business model in a sign that a planned update of cost-cutting targets this summer may turn into a more comprehensive restructuring.
The mandate includes an examination of the bank's two main divisions focusing on retail clients and companies, according to people familiar with the matter. It will run at least through June, they said, asking for anonymity to discuss the private information.
Spokesmen for McKinsey and Commerzbank declined to comment.
Commerzbank Chief Executive Officer Martin Zielke is under pressure after key shareholders including the German government in private rejected targets announced last year as not ambitious enough. The bank has since said that it's working on additional cost cuts, but the involvement of McKinsey suggests it may be looking to make deeper changes.
The Frankfurt-based lender has struggled with low profitability since it was bailed out during the financial crisis. The share price has lost almost 99% from its peak before the crisis, and has declined 60% under Zielke.
The review follows a government-commissioned study into Commerzbank by Boston Consulting Group that said the cost cutting targets could be doubled or even tripled, Bloomberg reported in February. The report also said the bank should make deep reductions to its branch network and stop a planned foreign expansion of its corporate clients division.
Roland Boekhout, who heads that division, has said that the bank's focus during the current coronavirus pandemic is on existing clients and not on acquiring new ones. He has also said the crisis confirms that the lender's earlier decision to shutter about 20% of its branches was appropriate.
Zielke has said the virus crisis has compelled many bank clients to switch to Internet offerings, accelerating a trend underway before the pandemic's outbreak.
"Banks must further build out" their digital offerings, he said in his acceptance speech after being appointed head of Germany's most influential banking lobby in April. "It must be our ambition to be drivers of digitalization and to be at the technological vanguard."


Environmental, Health and Safety News: Detergent packets pose health hazard to children.
Detergent packets pose health hazard to children.
They're brightly colored, squishy and bite-size, and may look like candy to young children. And that's the problem. Toddlers often can't resist popping small detergent packets for dishwashers and washing machines into their mouths, resulting in serious health problems.


...there has been a casual, slightly confused quality to these first hours of the Obama Administration. The executive order on torture needed to be accompanied by a strong, firm statement on the part of the President, making clear that the Army Field Manual is the operating standard now, and that the deviations from that standard in the last Administration were reprehensible.
Also needed was some clearer guidance on the economy. I know the Economic Team is working through the regime for the implementation of the next $350 billion of the bank bailout--but with the banking system teetering, and home foreclosures mounting, there was a need for a clear statement of defining principles--a headline, a soundbite, something for the worried people of the country to talk about at dinner tonight. Ditto for the stimulus package.


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Texpertise Network announces commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Nov 27, 2019 | Industry News
[Image Courtesy of Messe Frankfurt GmbH/Jens Liebchen 2019] Heimtextil will be held from 7-10 January 2020 in Frankfurt, Germany
Texpertise Network has announced its commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGSs) in global partnership with the Conscious Fashion Campaign and the United Nations Office for Partnerships.
Organised by Messe Frankfurt, the Texpertise Network aims to gradually integrate the SDGSs into over 50 of its international textile trade fairs, which are said to attract more than 22,000 companies and over half a million trade visitors annually.
Robert Skinner, executive director of the United Nations Office for Partnerships, said: "The international fashion and textile industry has a massive influence on the achievement of the SDGSs, both in terms of climate protection measures; ensuring environmental protection; promoting circularity; and enabling fair working conditions.
"Thanks to the more than 50 textile events that Messe Frankfurt organises across the globe, we can reach a broad, professional audience, raise awareness of the goals and galvanise support."
In 2019, Messe Frankfurt introduced the SDGSs to its events for the first time at Neonyt, a platform for sustainable fashion as part of Berlin Fashion Week, during which the Conscious Fashion Campaign was also presented. Taking place from the 7-10 January 2020, the Heimtextil trade fair for home and contract textiles will be the next event to present the SDGSs, through an interactive stand in the Green Village, as well as panel discussions. The SDGSs will also be integrated into the Green Directory for the first time, which lists companies with sustainable production at Heimtextil.
Kerry Bannigan, founder of the Conscious Fashion Campaign, commented: "As a leading global company, Messe Frankfurt's commitment to the SDGSs amplifies our messaging for the fashion and textile sector to choose economically, socially and environmentally responsible business practices to build a better world. Each Texpertise Network event by 2022 will be encouraging all exhibitors and attendees to take meaningful action."
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