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Our Artists in Residence are dynamic and innovative professional musicians on the cutting-edge of the classical musical field today. Artists collaborate with festival participants in guided chamber music and duo rehearsals, perform in public concerts together, and lead performance and other creative classes. Learn more about our Artist in Residence Program here.
Peter Dugan, Head of Artist in Residence Program, piano
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New York, NY – April 18, 2019 – Pianist Peter Dugan photographed at the Yamaha Salon in Manhattan
Pianist Peter Dugan's debut performances with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony were described by the Los Angeles Times as "stunning" and by the SF Chronicle as "fearlessly athletic." He is heard across America as the host of NPR's beloved program From the Top. He has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across North America and abroad, and can be heard as the piano soloist on a new release of Ives' Fourth Symphony from Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. In 2020, he joined violinist Joshua Bell for At Home With Music, a national PBS broadcast and live album release on Sony Classical. Prizing stylistic versatility as the hallmark of a 21st century musician, Peter is equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms.
A sought-after multi-genre artist, Peter has performed in duos and trios with artists ranging from Itzhak Perlman and Renee Fleming to Jesse Colin Young and Glenn Close. The Wall Street Journal described Peter's collaboration with violinist Charles Yang as a "classical-meets-rockstar duo." This season Charles and Peter are Artists in Residence at New York's Kaufman Music Center and the Cali School of Music at Montclair State University.
Peter has been presented in chamber music recitals by Carnegie Hall, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Music at Menlo, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and the Moab Music Festival. He was a 2021 featured recitalist and lecturer for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy and has soloed with the San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and New World Symphony.
His latest album with baritone John Brancy – The Journey Home: Live from the Kennedy Center – was released on Avie Records in 2021 along with an accompanying documentary film from WNET's AllArts. Together John and Peter won first prize at the 2018 Montreal International Music Competition and second prize at the 2017 Wigmore Hall International Song Competition.
Peter advocates the importance of music in the community and at all levels of society. As a founding creator of Operation Superpower, a superhero opera for children, he has traveled to dozens of schools in the greater New York area, performing for students and encouraging them to use their talents – their superpowers – for good. He is head of the Artist in Residence program at pianoSonoma and a founding faculty member of the Resonance and Soundboard Institutes at Honeywell Arts Academy.
Peter holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied under Matti Raekallio. He resides in New York City with his wife, mezzo-soprano Kara Dugan, and serves on the piano faculty at The Juilliard School Extension. Peter is a Yamaha Artist.
Michael Dahlberg, cello
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Cellist and educator Michael Dahlberg has built an eclectic career exploring music as a vehicle for learning and community-building while maintaining a regular freelance schedule that has carried him from local gallery spaces to international concert halls.
A chamber musician noted for his "sensitivity and coloristic playing" (The New York Times), Michael graduated from New England Conservatory (NEC), where he studied with Yeesun Kim. During his degree, Michael worked closely with members of the Borromeo, Cleveland, Concord, Juilliard and Takács Quartets as well as Lucy Chapman, Kim Kashkashian and Vivian Weilerstein.
Across his five summers at Tanglewood Music Center, Michael was awarded the Karl Zeise Memorial Cello Award (2009) and featured in contemporary chamber works as a New Fromm Player (2011-2013). Collaborators during this time ranged from artists such as Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Oliver Knussen, Charles Wuorinen and John Zorn to the Mark Morris Dance Group and Laura Grill Band.
Locally in Boston, Michael was a founding member and principal cellist of ensembles such as Discovery Ensemble, Juventas New Music Ensemble and Phoenix Orchestra, groups aimed at revitalizing the way classical music is developed, presented and taught in New England. He earned entrepreneurial grants and awards from NEC and the St. Botolph Club for projects that "reflect the essence of reinvention and new thinking" (Tony Woodcock, NEC President Emeritus).
During the 2011-2013 seasons, Michael performed across New England as cellist of the Boston Public Quartet (BPQ). The BPQ presented concerts and workshops as Celebrity Series' first "Artist in Community" and were featured as the fellowship ensemble at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music in 2013. As teaching artists, the BPQ founded the non-profit musiConnects, providing Boston-area communities access to music instruction, forums for creative collaboration, and free performances. Michael served as Managing Director of musiConnects in 2012/2013, helping to double private donations that year.
As Director of National Outreach Programs for NPR's "From the Top," Michael designed and facilitated over 80 interactive music events nationwide for more than 11,000 audience members of all ages. As facilitator of these events and accompanying leadership seminars, Michael worked directly with over 250 of America's top young musicians, to help expand the ways they empower, inspire, and create change through music.
In his free time, Michael loves to cook, explore, and play classic video games. He recently relocated to the Bay Area with his wife, Allesandra, and their 15-pound-cat, Gus. Learn more on his website: www.michael-dahlberg.com.
Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano
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Mezzo soprano Kara Dugan has been praised by The New York Times for her "vocal warmth and rich character." Her diverse career ranges from baroque oratorio to world premieres. Her work with living composers has included the world premiere of Michael Tilson Thomas' Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind, a production of John Musto's Bastianello at Festival Napa Valley with the composer at the piano, and an appearance with the Albany Symphony performing Michael Daugherty's This Land Sings, a multi-genre tribute to Woody Guthrie. Recently, she won first place in the Rochester International Vocal Competition and was selected to be a member of WQXR's Artist Propulsion Lab.
Her work as a baroque concert soloist began during her studies at The Juilliard School and has taken her on three international tours with Juilliard415 and conductors Ton Koopman, Masaaki Suzuki, and Nicholas McGegan, culminating in a performance as the Soprano II soloist in Bach's Mass in B minor at the Boston Early Music Festival. Operatic highlights include Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Zaida in Rossini's Il Turco in Italia, and Nireno in Handel's Giulio Cesare. She has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Marlboro Music Festival, Ravinia Steans Institute, Aspen Music Festival, Wolf Trap Opera, and at venues ranging from National Sawdust to Alice Tully Hall.
As a passionate recitalist she performs often with her husband Peter Dugan, pianist and host of NPR's From the Top. The husband and wife duo were recently featured on PBS Great Performances' "Now Hear This" and have performed across the United States, including at the Joye in Aiken Festival, Charles Ives Concert Series, Moab Music Festival, Portland Chamber Music Festival, and most recently at WQXR's Greene Space. The duo's eclectic repertoire has brought them to a wide range of venues including Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, where they joined genre-defying string group Time for Three. Kara received her Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees from The Juilliard School. She is a proud recipient of the Novick Career Advancement Grant.
Anita Graef, cello
Described as a musician of "superb artistry" (Pasadena Now) who plays with "high energy and polish" (WQXR), cellist Anita Graef has earned recognition for her music making as an artist who is equally at home exploring traditional as well as contemporary works, along with a deep commitment to service, outreach and education. Notable appearances include features in Strings Magazine, as well as Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert series, and "Concerts from the Library of Congress." She has also performed as a guest of various radio programs, including WQXR, WFMT, WGTE, WUOL, WOSU, WVPB, NPR and others. Anita has performed with orchestras across the United States, with recent and upcoming engagements including the Louisville Orchestra, Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra and others. Highlights of the 2022-2023 season include her New York debut with the Riverside Symphony, as well as recital appearances at the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, Ojai's Chamber on the Mountain, the Charlotte Warner Concert Series at Kenyon College, the Nielsen Concert Series, and return appearances to "Live from WFMT" and "Temecula Presents," among others.
As a recitalist, Anita's appearances include the New Lens Concert Series, Chamber on the Mountain, the Speed Art Museum, the Al Ringling Theatre, Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society, Boston Court Pasadena, the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, Vesper Concerts, Round Lake Auditorium, Antigonish Performing Arts, Lyric Chamber Music Society, the Chicago Symphony Overture Council, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, "Concerts from the Library of Congress," and live radio broadcasts including "Young Artists Showcase" on WQXR and "Live from WFMT." Her approach to programming is fresh and innovative, mixing works from the classical canon along with those from underrepresented voices, as well as several world premieres. She also serves as the Artistic Director and cellist of the Juliani Ensemble, an inventive, multi-faceted chamber ensemble, with whom she has performed extensively both nationally and internationally.
Festival appearances include her role as an Artist in Residence at pianoSonoma, the Victoria Bach Festival, Lake George Music Festival, as a Fellow with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, as principal cellist at Brevard Music Festival, as assistant principal cellist of Miami Music Festival, as well as the Catskills High Peaks Music Festival and Credo Chamber Music Festival at Oberlin Conservatory. As an orchestral musician, frequent appearances include the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, originally as a recipient of the CSO-CCM Fellowship, as assistant principal of the Missouri Symphony, as well as performances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, and others.
As a passionate educator and instructor, Anita has performed and taught masterclasses at institutions such as Washington and Lee University, Kenyon College, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, the University of Missouri, Grand View University, Columbia University, the University of Chicago and others. She has taught as a Youth Programs Artist for Music in May festival, as a teaching artist for GetClassical's "GC In School" program, and has led workshops for Lyric Chamber Music Society and Mayfair Arts Center. As a writer, her work has been published in Strings Magazine, where she serves as a frequent contributor.
She was recently named as the 2022 Gheens Young Artist, an award from the Gheens Foundation which included her concerto debut with the Louisville Orchestra, as well performing, speaking and serving as an educator throughout the city. In 2021, she was announced as the recipient of the American Prize in Instrumental Performance.
Born into a family of professional musicians, Anita grew up surrounded by music. Her introduction to music began with piano studies, while beginning to study cello at age four, later making her concerto debut at the age of twelve. She went on to obtain a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, where she studied with professor Anthony Elliott. Following this, she completed studies for a Master's Degree at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, under the tutelage of Ilya Finkelshteyn.
When not making music, Anita enjoys reading, cooking, crocheting, weight lifting, hiking, spending time with friends and family, volunteer work and exploring new cities.
Anita performs on a modern Italian cello by Ferdinando Garimberti, dated 1923.
For more information, visit anitagraef.com.
Sasha Kasman Laude, piano
Pianist Sasha Kasman Laude's playing has been described by the Palm Beach Arts Paper as "powerful and vivid" and having "such an abundance of intelligence that it can only be described as relentless" (Ludwig van Toronto). She is in demand as a soloist and pedagogue with engagements across three continents.
Sasha appears as a guest artist and teacher at the invitation of such festivals as International Keyboard Institute and Festival, Southeastern Piano Festival, Utah State University Summer Piano Festival, Baia Mare (Romania), Busan International Music Academy (South Korea), and PianoCity Milano (Italy). She has given solo recitals at major venues including Steinway Hall in New York City, Yamaha Ginza Hall in Tokyo, Salle Cortot in Paris, and Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.
Sasha has performed as a soloist with over a dozen orchestras in the USA and abroad under the batons of distinguished maestros Jeffrey Kahane, Neal Gittleman, Gregory Vajda, Jeffrey Milarsky, Yaniv Attar, Christopher Confessore, Jacques Cohen, Mykola Dyadura, Nazar Yakobenchuk, Yuriy Litun, and Natalia Ponomarchuk. Kasman Laude enjoys a longstanding collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, having performed seven different concertos with the ensemble. While a student at Juilliard, Sasha premiered Marc Migó's Double Concerto for Piano and Violin with the Juilliard Orchestra in New York's Alice Tully Hall. She is an advocate and experienced performer of contemporary music, premiering works of Stewart Goodyear, Nathan Daughtrey, Zachary Detrick, and Eric Mobley. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Kasman Laude has collaborated with such esteemed players as Martin Beaver, Blake Pouliot, Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin, the Viano and Aeolus String Quartets, and the New York Chamber Players. She and her father Yakov Kasman have been a touring piano duo for close to fifteen years.
Sasha is a recipient of the Raeburn Finalist Prize at the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition (broadcast worldwide). She is a top prizewinner of numerous international competitions (Premio Melini, Charles Wadsworth, Seattle, Wideman, National Federation of Music Clubs, Horowitz, and others). In 2019, she became a Young Artist-in-Residence of National Public Radio's Performance Today hosted by Fred Child. Her playing and interviews have been broadcast numerous times on NPR stations nationwide. Sasha's current season includes engagements with the Birmingham Chamber Music Society, InConcert Series of Apalachicola, FL, International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival in Colorado, Vivace International Music Festival in North Carolina, and the Dayton Philharmonic, as well as her debut with the Ann Arbor Symphony and second consecutive summer at pianoSonoma.
A native of Moscow,Sasha began her musical studies with her parents, acclaimed pianists and pedagogues Yakov and Tatiana Kasman. She continued studying with her father at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and went on to receive MM and DMA degrees from the Juilliard School (studying with Robert McDonald) and University of Michigan (studio assistant of Logan Skelton) respectively. Sasha is a dedicated music teacher herself; in addition to maintaining a private studio, she has lectured and given masterclasses at Lee University, Utah State University, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and Bowling Green State University. Sasha is an alumna of PianoArts' Fellow program, having given close to one hundred educational performances in the Milwaukee area for children and adults. In her leisure time, she enjoys beating her husband at chess and transcribing Soviet film music.
Riley Mulherkar, trumpet
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Riley Mulherkar has been recognized as a "smart young trumpet player" by The New York Times, praised by The Wall Street Journal as a "youngster to keep an eye on," and is a 2020 recipient of Lincoln Center's Emerging Artist Award for his work as "an original bandleader, composer, arranger, educator, community activist and advocate for jazz and the arts." Riley works with a number of leading artists of our time, including Wynton Marsalis, Anna Deavere Smith, and Alan Cumming, and is a founding member of The Westerlies, a new music brass quartet that creates the rarest of hybrids: music that is both "folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous" (NPR Music). Riley also serves as Artistic Director for Jazz at Joye in Aiken, bringing leading young talent to the historic city of Aiken, South Carolina.
Born and raised in Seattle, Riley moved to New York in 2010 to study at The Juilliard School, where he completed his Bachelor's Degree in 2014 and his Master's in 2015. In 2014, he was the first recipient of the Laurie Frink Career Grant at the Festival of New Trumpet Music.
Riley is actively engaged in educational initiatives, founding the Joye in Aiken Jazz Camp in 2021, directing the Summer Advanced Institute at Seattle JazzEd from 2017-2019, and serving as an ambassador for Jazz at Lincoln Center's "Jazz for Young People" program in New York and St. Louis from 2016 – 2018. Additionally, Riley is an artist-in-residence at The College of Performing Arts at The New School in New York, NY.
Riley is an Edwards Artist and performs on Edwards trumpets.
Doori Na, violin
Known for his sweet and "sumptuous tone" (New York Times), American-born Doori Na took up violin at the age of four and began his studies with Li Lin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In the fall of 2018, he made his debut with The San Francisco Symphony performing Bach's Double Violin Concerto with Itzhak Perlman and Michael Tilson Thomas.
Currently living in New York City, Doori plays with numerous ensembles around the city. He has played with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with tours in the US, Japan, and Europe performing in venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Musiverien in Vienna. Doori is also a member of Argento Chamber Ensemble performing works of living composers such as Georg Friedrich Haas, Beat Furrer, Tristan Murail, and many more. New Chamber Ballet is where you can find Doori regularly performing solo works for dance and he has been a part of the company since 2013. Recent tours include performing in Lake Tahoe, Germany, and Guatemala.
Chamber music has also been an integral part of Doori's musical career. He has collaborated with members of the Juilliard String Quartet, Orion String Quartet, New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera and has been fortunate to tour with Itzhak Perlman at venues such as the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Other notable experiences include performing at the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach with the Bonhoeffer Trio and Les Amies trio. In addition to performing, Doori has been active in teaching and doing outreach at schools. He has worked at the Juilliard School as a teaching assistant to Catherine Cho as well as working as a coach for the Pre-College Orchestra. Outreach to schools include going to Sarasota, Florida with the Perlman Music Program/Suncoast, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates with Juilliard Global Ventures, and the British International School of Chicago with The Juilliard School President, Joseph Polisi.
Doori attended the Juilliard School with the Dorothy Starling and Dorothy Delay scholarships and holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree where he studied under Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, and Donald Weilerstein. He was concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra and was fortunate to play on a Guadagnini and Vuillaume violin from the Juilliard School's prestigious violin collection.
Shelbie Rassler, composition
Shelbie Rassler rose to national and global acclaim for her compositions and viral social impact music videos supporting those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Following her viral production of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "What the World Needs Now," Shelbie was presented with a CBS Sunday Morning Award, and the video was featured with a discussion between Shelbie and Mr. Bacharach on CNN's "The Fourth in America" Primetime Special. Shelbie has since been interviewed on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Forbes, NPR, SiriusXM, and dozens of other media outlets. She currently works with Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley on their hit show, "Stars in the House," collaborating with Broadway stars and raising over $1 million for The Entertainment Community Fund. Most notably, she acted in a key role on the music production team of the "Seasons of Love/Let the Sunshine In" Broadway performance at the Emmy-nominated 2021 presidential inauguration concert, alongside artists such as Katy Perry and Demi Lovato. Her production of "Georgia On My Mind," featuring countless Tony award-winning Broadway performers, is actively distributed by Broadway Records and landed on the Billboard charts. She produced a string of virtual performances, man of which were fundraisers for organizations such as the NAACP, Americans for the Arts, several Covid relief healthcare workers' funds, and Stacey Abrams' "Rock the Runoff COncert," which resulted in a $1.2 million donation and featured artists such as Justin Timberlake and John Legend. Shelbie has recently written new works, arrangements, and orchestrations for notable performers and ensembles such Yo-Yo Ma, Anthony McGill, Lara Downs, Brad Balliet of Decoda (Carnegie Hall's Ensemble-in-Residence), the New World Symphony Orchestra, members of the United Nations Chamber Music Scoiety, and the Broward Health Foundation, as well as several SONY Records and RCA Records artists. As a music director, Shelbie has worked at the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts, and her musical theater work has been featured in Feinstein's 54Below and the New York Musical Festival
Shelbie was named Truthspaper's "Young Woman of the Year", alongside notable figures such as Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Greta Thunberg. She has also been nominated for an American Academy of Arts and Letters Composer Award, was named the Boston Conservatory at Berklee's Presser Scholar and recently won the Eugene New Music Festival Call for Scores. As a film composer, Shelbie has worked on the music production team of various Netflix shows and has written the score for a Lexus commercial and documentary, various HBO Max ads, several theme songs and jingles for renowned social media influencers, and many short films, including Titan, which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime and is a CMF Cannes Film Festival Official Selection. As a motivational speaker, Shelbie served as one of the 19 Featured Speakers at the 2021 Imagine Solutions Conference, alongside individuals such as Robert Langer (co-founder of Moderna) and Cecilia Conrad (CEO of Lever for Change). She has spoken at countless conferences and on dozens of panels at organizations such as the College Music Society and has taught masterclasses at organizations and institutions such as Maestra Music, led by Georgia Stitt, Emerson College, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and more.
Shelbie graduated from The Juilliard School in 2022 with a Master's in Music Composition, where she studied with Pulitzer Prize winner John Corigliano and was a Juilliard Teaching Fellow, and from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in 2020, where she studied with renown composer Jonathan Bailey Holland. As a proud Juilliard Career Advancement Fellow, Shelbie recently launched a women-owned music services company, Jenkins & Rassler, alongside her creative partner Katie Jenkins, focusing on new music for interdisciplinary arts and creative collaborations. The company is proudly holding a Fellowship with the Satellite Collective and provides working opportunities to help uplift their community of artists on the J&R Artist Roster. Shelbie has been a Composer-in-Residence at University of Kansas, the pianoSonoma Music Festival, where she is thrilled to be joining again this upcoming summer (!!), and University of Colorado Denver, where she will be arranging the institution's new alma mater, alongside Grammy-Nominated artist Becca Stevens. During the school year, Shelbie often works as a Guest Artist at The Juilliard School, and over the summers, she works at the Vail International Dance Festival, alongside Artistic Director Damian Woetzel and several world-renowned dance companies, where she can be found conducting and performing with esteemed artists, including Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. Shelbie looks forward to the premieres of the many composition commissions in the works, including a full-length concerto for Kebra Seyoun-Charles, winner of the 2022 Sphinx Competition, and a new work for the New York City Ballet's Choreographic Institute. Shelbie is so incredibly grateful for the many teachers, mentors, collaborators and supporters in her life and is excited to continue sharing music directly from her heart to audiences all over the world!
Christine Wu, piano
American pianist Christine Wu has performed in concert venues throughout North America and Europe, including in Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Petit Palau de la Música Catalana, and Théâtre du Châtelet.
Praised in The New York Times by chief music critic Anthony Tommasini for her "arresting" playing, Christine's performance of Oliver Knussen's Variations, Op. 24, was described as "one of the highlights of the program" at Tanglewood's Festival of Contemporary Music. Christine is the third prize winner of the Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, and has performed both solo and chamber music in festivals including Music Academy of the West, Tanglewood Music Center, and Aspen Music Festival.
As someone who believes in the importance of playing both classical and contemporary music, Christine has a wide range of experience as a solo and ensemble player of new music. She is a former member of the Frankfurt-based International Ensemble Modern Akademie, and has played in major new music festivals including the Lucerne Festival, ManiFeste Paris, and Time of Music Festival in Viitasaari, Finland, and premiered over 20 new works.
Christine received both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where she was a student of Hung
Kuan Chen and Julian Martin. She also holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Yale School of Music, where she studied with Peter Frankl, Christopher Elton, and Peter Serkin. Christine is currently based in Cologne,Germany, where she studies with Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
Charles Yang, violin
Recipient of the 2018 Leonard Bernstein Award and described by the Boston Globe as one who "plays classical violin with the charisma of a rock star," Juilliard graduate Charles Yang began his violin studies with his mother in Austin, Texas, and has since studied with world-renowned pedagogues Kurt Sassmanshaus, Paul Kantor, Brian Lewis and Glenn Dicterow. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras and in concert in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Russia, China, and Taiwan, and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. On June 9th of 2005, the Mayor of Austin presented Charles with his own "Charles Yang Day". In 2016 Charles joined the crossover string-band, Time for Three.
Not only confined to classical violin, Charles' improvisational crossover abilities as a violinist, electric violinist, and vocalist have led him to featured performances with a variety of artists in such festivals as The Aspen Music Festival, The Schleswig- Holstein Music Festival, The Ravinia Festival, The Crested Butte Music Festival, The Cayman Arts Festival, The YouTube Music Awards, The Moab Music Festival, TED, Caramoor, The EG Conference, Google Zeitgeist, Interlochen, and onstage at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera House, David H. Koch Theater, Dizzy's and David Rubinstein Atrium; The Long Center, Rudolfinum, The Royal Danish Theatre, Le Poisson Rouge, Highline Ballroom, Ars Nova, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Forbidden City in Beijing among many others. He has performed in the presence of two former US Presidents, the Queen of Denmark and has shared the stage in collaborations with artists including Peter Dugan, CDZA, Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young, Jake Shimabukuro, Ray Benson, Michael Gordon, Marcelo Gomes, Savion Glover, Twyla Tharp, Misty Copeland, and Jon Batiste. Charles recently made his solo debut with Marin Alsop and The Chicago Symphony at The Ravinia Festival. His career has been followed by various news media including The New York Times, The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Financial Times, The Austin-American Statesman, The Austin Chronicle and The Strad. Charles is featured in Nick Romeo's book Driven, as well as Discovery Channel's Curiosity.
The Texas Observer noted, "Mr. Yang is a true crossover artist, a pioneer who can hop between classical and popular music and bring fresh ideas to fans of both genres. Rather than maintaining an insular focus and simply assuming that an audience for classical music will always exist, he wants to actively create that audience, to persuade and seduce others into enjoying a type of music as passionately as he does."


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Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial
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Jean-Dolidier-Weg 75, 21039 Hamburg, Germany
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Neuengamme concentration camp was established in 1938 as a subcamp of Sachsenhausen. Neuengamme became an independent camp in 1940. More than half of the approximately 100,400 prisoners of the camp, who were mostly foreign nationals, did not survive Nazi persecution. Neuengamme Memorial, which was inaugurated on the 60th anniversary of the camp's liberation in May 2005, encompasses the entire grounds and 17 original buildings of the former camp.
Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial (Gudrun Meyer via wiki commons)
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Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial (Reading Tom via flickr)
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Posted on May 10, 2018 by Kevin Colley
Sandhill IPCC, Tanks to hold second 'Tackle Hunger Night'
By Kevin Colley - kcolley@aimmediamidwest.com
How do you truly celebrate America's favorite sport?
By bringing the people out to you — in order to celebrate a bigger cause for the communities across the Portsmouth area.
And for the second year in a row, that's exactly what the West Portsmouth Tanks' football program — in conjunction with Sandhill IPCC Church Pastor Gary Newman — are doing when the Tanks play host to the Columbus Gladiators on Saturday evening at 7 p.m. in what will be the season opener for the Washington Township-based semi-pro football program.
However, the contest goes much further than the game itself.
As with last year, Sandhill IPCC and the Tanks are teaming up to host a 'Tackle Hunger Night,' where Newman and the Tanks, behind the effort of 2017 Blue Collar Football League Defensive Coordinator of the Year Brian Wroten, are asking fans and players to donate at least two non-perishable food items to the cause.
For Newman, it was an honor to be asked to participate in such an effort once again.
"They treat us pretty decent down there (in Washington Township)," Newman said. "They try to fundraise all summer in order to give those guys a banquet at the end of the year, and we've been a part of that through having those inflatables. I believe that it's a great thing to have a football team on the West Side."
With the amount of success that Sandhill IPCC and the Tanks had together in 2017, the idea of doing the Tackle Hunger Night all over again was a no-brainer to Wroten. In fact, the sharp defensive mind was the person who reached out to Newman about doing the idea for a second year in a row.
"Brian actually contacted me," Newman said. "I didn't really expect that. He just said that he wanted to do it the opening day of the year. He wanted to do it, and I was all excited about it."
And so the idea was, once again, set into motion.
Sandhill IPCC, which is based in South Shore, Ky. has a low pantry for its children who are in dire need of food. Newman, who has started a "backpack fund," has tried to send food home with the children on Sunday mornings, but the pastor has more children in need that he and his Sandhill IPCC staff pick up as part of their bus ministry.
"Hopefully, more than anything, we'll fill up those backpacks for the kids," Newman said. "We're hoping for big things. The Lord has really blessed our ministry with a lot of people who want to help and think of others before themselves."
Last season, the First Annual version of Tackle Hunger Night raised over $1,000 worth of perishable goods. On Saturday, Newman believes that number can be equaled, especially with the help of a litany of key contributors.
"The players themselves brought snacks and things that we can use," Newman said. "Last year, the players brought in so many of those non-perishables, and of course, Glockner's donated corn and green beans to us, which helped us with our Thanksgiving boxes and Christmas boxes. All around, it does a whole lot. It does a great deal for us. Brian and I work so good together, and we at Sandhill appreciate them so much. Plus, we get to enjoy the football game."
And it's the Tanks' want to give back that really impresses Newman. In fact, Newman is a big proponent of semi-professional football over the National Football League because of the down-to-earth nature that the players on the unit carry.
"It's all about money with professional sports, and how much those guys can make," Newman said. "They're arrogant with the world and the things that they do. It turns me off. These guys here aren't making anything, yet they're still taking their time to play a football game, and I really enjoy that. I really enjoy them."
In addition to watching a physical, hard-fought football contest, Newman also enjoys providing fun to the youngsters of today. The minster actually went out and bought brand-new equipment that should all the kids to "play all night" on the inflatables, which includes a bouncy house, a slide, and an obstacle course. Ticket prices are $8.00 for adults, while kids, even if they don't bring in two perishable items, can still play on the inflatables for just $5. Veterans will also get in free by providing military I.D.
"I just went and bought a brand new generator," Newman said. "The electric that the inflatables use up seem to blow the breakers back down, so we went and bought us a 750-watt generator this year brand new. I just got it on my truck. I just got it whirled up, started it up, and we're ready for it now this year, so the inflatables will get to stay up."
However, the main goal, according to Newman, is not to just help those in need — it's about changing their lives for the better through the joy and fun that the Lord will provide them through this day.
"It's just about being able to raise enough food and do the things that the Lord has commanded us to do," Newman said. "We want to reach out and touch lives, and hopefully, lives are changed."
If non-perishable items cannot be brought to the contest, money donations will also be accepted, and if individuals have non-perishable items and wish to donate but cannot attend the Gladiators-Tanks contest, contact Gary Newman at (740) 821-0766 to have the items picked up by Newman.
By Kevin Colley
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Montreal QC - Germany defeated Nigeria 1-0 to win the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal last Sunday. After covering the 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup and staying abreast with its many twists and turns I think it's safe to say that the notion that the best teams always win is not quite accurate.
No one can deny that Germany U-20 Women was outplayed by Nigeria in the championship final match and won the Cup thanks to some excellent goalkeeping and admirable team discipline.
It was an action filled final with Germany Meike Kamper playing a major role in net for Germany. She was undoubtedly the best goalkeeper in the tournament and was certainly up for the task against the tournament leading scorer in Nigeria's #4, Asisat Oshoala in the final.
Kamper won the Golden Glove as the Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament and finished with consecutive Player of the Match awards for her stellar play in both the semi-final and final. She neutralized two of the most potent offences in the tournament even though Germany was at a disadvantage both territorially play and the number of scoring chances.
However, the play that broke Nigeria's back was their goal that was called back with five minutes remaining. It occurred when one of Nigeria players touch the ball that was already entering the German's net and was ruled to be in an offside position.
Oshoala won the Golden Boot with Pauline Bremer and Sara Daebritz of Germany second and third respectively Oshoala also won the Adidas Golden Ball as the Tournament's Best Player with the Silver going to Griedge Mbock Bathy and the Bronze to Claire Lavogez both of France. Canada won the Fair Play Award.
The final of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 was a repeat of the 2010 showpiece between the then hosts Germany and Nigeria. Unfortunately for Nigeria, last Sunday's final score was also in the favour of the Germans.
Germany has reached the final of the competition on four occasions and their appearance marked their third in a row.
France defeated the 2006 winners Korea DPR 3-2 in the third place match to claim the bronze medal but the Asians have arrived to stay in the world of soccer.
The North Koreans knocked out the reigning champions USA but was not up for the task in the quarter-finals and suffered a surprising 6-2 loss at the hands of the Nigerians.
Korea DPR did a lot better than their neighbours but unfortunately they had to face a France U-20 Women's team which by my watch was the best playing team in the 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup tournament. However just like Nigeria in the final France paid the price against Germany for missing too many scoring opportunities in their semi final match also. When with just over 9 minutes left in regulation they allowed the winning goal against the run of play.


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Due to the known corrosion and crystallization issues of LiBr/H2O, the state-of-the-art working pair in sorption heat pump (SHP) systems, research into alternative working pairs is of high practical relevance. We have studied a wide range of ionic liquids (ILs) for this application in order to find potential new systems with enhanced performance. The screening was conducted with a focus on vapor pressure measurements of, in total, 74 examined working pairs. As common vapor liquid-equilibrium measurements are very precise but rather time-consuming, we developed a new setup allowing a fast relative determination of humidities with very small sample volumes for screening purposes. By this method we identified seventeen IL/H2O working pairs fulfilling the technical relevant criterion of a water vapor pressure p(H2O) <= 10 mbar at T = 308 K with an IL content of less than 80 wt % (wm < 0.8). Further evaluation of these candidates with respect to their thermal stability and viscosity allowed us to identify [MMIM][HCOO]/H2O, [MIVIIM][OAc]/H2O, [M.MININC2H5COO]/H2O, [Me4N][HCOO]/H2O, [Me4N][OAc]/ H2O and [Me4N] [C2H5COO]/H2O as the most promising IL/H2O systems for a possible application in SHP systems.
Popp, Sabine, et al. "Screening of Ionic Liquid/H2O Working Pairs for Application in Low Temperature Driven Sorption Heat Pump Systems." ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 3 (2015): 750-757.


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Many private insurers use third-party "episode grouper" software that aggregates data from pharmacies and outpatient and inpatient care, then compares costs of treating episodes of illness among physicians, Dr Williams says. In theory, the software also incorporates information about the quality of care, but in reality insurers don't collect much quality data beyond patient satisfaction surveys, Dr Williams says.
Most private insurance companies provide little public information about the software they use, and in general how they profile physicians. Representatives of UnitedHealthcare, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, and America's Health Insurance Plans did not return phone calls. Queries to four other plans went unanswered.
UnitedHealthcare offers sample tiers and rates for physicians to members of its North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital Advantage plan in in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties in Long Island, New York (Table).
Table. Sample Tiers and Rates for UnitedHealthcare's North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital Advantage Plan[1]
Primary Care Physician Copayment
Specialist Copayment
In-Network Coinsurance
In-Network Maximum Out of Pocket Cost
Emergency Department Copayment
Tier 1 $30 $250 10% $1000 $200
Tier 2 $100 $500 30% $2000 $200
In an email, Aetna spokesperson Sherry Sanderford says that her company assigns ophthalmologists and other physicians in its Performance Network to tiers on the basis of the hospitals they use. If the ophthalmologists don't use hospitals much, or they use tier-1 hospitals, they are sorted into tier 1. If they use tier-2 hospitals, they are sorted into tier 2 themselves.
Besides cost efficiency, Sanderford says, Aetna rates hospitals on the basis of adverse events; 30-day hospital readmissions; average length of stay compared with expected averages; data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); and "cost efficiency" compared with other hospitals in that market.
Similar to UnitedHealthcare, Aetna Performance Network patients pay $500 deductibles for both tier-1 and tier-2 doctors in-network, and $1000 deductibles for physicians who are out of network. They pay 20% of their remaining bill in tier 1, 40% in tier 2, and 50% out of network.
"Aetna Performance Network encourages members to think differently about healthcare spending and approach it like a consumer would consider any important financial decision—by becoming educated about their options and comparing costs before making a thoughtful decision," Sanderford says.


Are you looking for the best portable charger for Samsung Galaxy device? If yes, then you have landed to the right place as here in this article I am going to review the best power bank for Samsung Galaxy 10, S10 Plus, S10 E, S10 5G, S9, S9 Plus, S8, S8 Plus or Note 9, and Note 8.
MyCharge Adventure Mega-C charger is a portable power bank enabled with Qualcomm Quick Charge technology. Its pocket-sized compact design is perfectly compatible with your stylish Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
This 20100mAh robust portable charger is splash-resistant, dust-proof, drop, and impact-resistant. It has a sturdy finish throughout the exterior side. The inclusive carabiner clip lets you attach it with your belt, bag or any safe loop. This makes it easier for you to access the power bank and charge your device almost at an arm's length.
The 3.0 power bank bears dual USB-A & USB-C ports with fast charging delivery. The shared output being 18w, the batteries are charged pretty quickly, up to 10 times faster. It only requires a Lithium-ion battery to operate (included with the device).
The wireless portable 10000mAh charger from Hokonui is compatible with the latest Samsung smartphones. It is a smart 3.0 power bank with fast Qi technology.
Made up of safe and durable material preventing overheating, over-charging and short circuit issues, the design of the power bank is very impressive. With this wireless power bank, you can charge smartphones, tablets, and notepads. As it can hold up to 10000 mAh of power, you can efficiently charge about four devices simultaneously – two with Micro USB ports and one with PD port and wireless each. Both PD and Micro USB ports can deliver up to 18w power.
Although the charger can provide a large capacity of high-speed charging, it needs only 4 to 5 hours to fill up its battery. Moreover, for any unsatisfactory customer concern, Hokonui assures 18 months warranty and three months replacement or refund.
This 10000mAh Anker Portable charge can charge your Samsung device fully multiple times. It supports Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 to charge your phones at 1.5 times faster than other portable chargers available on the market.
This Anker Power bank is built to have a protective silicone shield. Thus, it can withstand accidental bumps and drops. Moreover, it is extremely slim in profile and light in weight. You can easily slide it into your pocket and carry it effortlessly wherever you go. This portable charger even fits in your palm.
As the power bank is designed with PowerIQ 2.0 technology, it identifies the type of device plugged into it and supplies charging accordingly. Further, the Multi-Protect safety system keeps away your device from unwanted power surges, overheating, and more. You get a Micro USB cable and a travel pouch along with this portable charger.
Here is one more power bank from Anker and this one has a huge power capacity of 26800mAh. Hence, you can charge your smartphones, tablets, or even notebooks multiple times.
It features two USB ports and one USB-C port. Besides, its USB-C port offers PD (Power Delivery) that helps you save much time by providing fast charging. To activate USB-C output, you need to press the LED Power Wheel before connecting your device. The PowerIQ technology is efficient to recognize the devices so that it can offer faster-charging speeds.
The power bank is compact in size, and thus you can carry it wherever you go. Apart from 18 months worry-free guarantee, you get a 30W USB-C wall charger, Micro USB cable, USB-C to USB-C cable, and a travel case on the purchase of this power bank from Anker.
If you are in search of a portable charger that can charge multiple devices simultaneously, then here is the one from RAVPower. This 26800mAh ultra-high capacity power bank comes with two iSmart ports and one USB-C port. Using these ports, you can charge upto three devices at a time. The iSmart ports automatically identify the device plugged into it and adjust the current flow to deliver the fastest possible charging. Moreover, the Panasonic IC protects your device from overheating, overcharging, short circuit, and power surges.
This 30W portable PD charger can fill the batteries of your devices in about 4-5 hours. Thus, it is the best alternative for on the go use. Besides, its matte finish surface is scratch-resistant. So, you can keep your device on the charger while carrying it in your hand and free yourself from the worries of your device getting scratched.
Aukey presents a universal portable charger that can charge one USB-C and three USB-A devices at the same time. With a capacity of 20000mAh, it can charge your Samsung devices multiple times.
It is designed to have a slim profile which makes it easy for you to hold it in your hands. Further, the matte surface avoids fingerprints from nesting over it to keep the charger neat and clean. Thus, you can mount your smartphone over it and slide them into your bag or pocket without feeling any extra bulk.
There is a small LED indicator that notifies you about the remaining battery level. Hence, you can charge the power bank with its provided Micro USB or USB-C port. Additionally, the in-built safety features safeguard your smartphone against over current, overcharging, and overheating. In case of unavoidable issues, Aukey ensures you with the 45-day money back guarantee and 24 months replacement warranty.
This external battery pack from Ainope is so minimalistic in design that it hides in your palm. Though small in size, it offers 10000mAh power capacity to charge your latest Samsung smartphones. It is light in weight, and hence you can carry it wherever you go.
One striking feature about this external battery pack is that it charges your phone as soon as you connect it. Apart from this, it also charges your phone while it is recharging itself. An accurate LCD power display on the right corner shows the exact amount of battery remaining. So, you can recharge it and never run out of power. Its multi-protection system and Li-polymer battery cells make sure that your device remains protected against unexpected hazards.
The dual USB ports support charging two devices at a time and deliver fastest possible speed up to 2.1A. Its USB Type-C port enables you to charge devices by choosing the preferred charging method – either USB-C or Micro USB. Moreover, this battery pack is even compatible to charge some of the low input devices like smartwatches, Bluetooth headsets, and GPS devices.
The 10000mAh portable battery charger from Xiaomi is capable of holding power for long time use. You can carry it conveniently while on business trips or vacations to keep your Samsung devices juiced up.
It is compatible with QC2.0 and QC3.0 devices. Further, the incorporated smart circuit intelligently adjusts up to 18W to increase your device's battery life by charging them two times faster as compared to other conventional chargers. Though it boasts a USB-C port for fast charging, it does not support USB PD.
This portable battery charger is ergonomically designed to fit in your hand comfortably. The rounded edges on both sides ensure that you can slide it hassle-free into your pocket, purse or bag. It is thin in profile and extremely portable. The aluminum casing with a matte finish matches any of your Samsung smartphones and enables you for on the go use.
This power bank from ZMI is said to be one of the smallest and lightest power banks available on the market. It is a storehouse of 10000mAh power and is extremely thin in design. Its anti-slip surface provides you with a firm hold. Besides, it is scratch resistant and flame resistant to assure that your device is safe.
This power bank charges devices with premium battery cells that integrate with the incorporated Zimi's power management IC technology to maximize energy conversion. You can charge your Samsung devices via three modes provided in this power bank – high-speed, normal, and low. With its dual input interface, you can recharge your smartphone quickly. This power bank does not support USB PD.
It poses the finest quality circuitry that safeguards your device against overtemperature, sort circuits, over voltage, over current, battery over-discharge, battery overcharge, and hardware shut-off. Along with this power bank from ZMI, you get a Micro USB cable, 18 months warranty, and lifetime technical support.
With such a huge 30,000mAh battery capacity, this is one of the finest external battery pack. It is said to be world's toughest USB Type-C external battery pack that provides Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0.
Equipped with 5 USB output ports, this battery pack lets you charge multiple devices simultaneously. It charges all the devices with optimal speed. The built-in safety protection system ensures complete protection of your device while in the charging mode. Moreover, the LED indicator lets you know about the charging and discharging status of the battery pack.
Which power bank are you going to buy from this list of the best portable charger for Galaxy 10, S10 Plus, S10 E, S10 5G, S9, S9 Plus, S8, S8 Plus or Note 9, and Note 8? Do let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.


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Expert: Legal battles possible against same-sex marriage, contraception
U.S. Supreme Court on day of decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
By Michael A. Cantu
KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade is, according to experts, expected to lead to a series of legal battles over the coming months.
On Monday, a Louisiana judge blocked enforcement of an abortion trigger law there.
The same day, Texas abortion providers announced they are suing the state over pre-Roe laws, which they hope will allow abortion services to continues until the state's own abortion trigger law goes into effect in less than a month.
Those are currently court battles, but there are also questions around what other legal challenges could emerge because of Friday's ruling.
"Justice Thomas' concurrence in the abortion explicitly called into question precedence about, not just birth control, but also about same-sex marriage," said Jeffrey Dixon, associate professor of political science at Texas A&M University Central Texas.
Justice Clarence Thomas' opinion in Friday's ruling opened up the possibility of legal challenges when it comes to the right to privacy. That is what rulings related to contraception and same-sex marriage are centered around.
"That's an invitation to anybody who wants to, or any state that wants to, to try regulating this stuff and see if they can get away with it now that the court has a new majority," said Dixon.
Though an invitation, public opinion also weighs heavily on how likely any action is in the future.
Pew Research polls show over time, the public has been less-opposed to same sex marriage and even more people have favorable views of contraceptives.
"Fewer states have an incentive to challenge that status quo," said Dixon. "Having said that, I would not be that there are zero states willing to challenge the status quo."
But, at least in terms of Friday's ruling, many people are still focused on the topic of abortion.
"Now we know that we're going to have to fight with the Planned Parenthood in New Mexico, even," said a pro-life rally-goer during a Friday event in Waco.
"And state, by state, by state, we have to see the end of abortions – state, by state, by state," she said.
But as to whether-or-not the topics can resurface, Dixon said anything is still possible.
"The lesson that I teach my students is that the court is a political institution ... So, law is in fact political and not just calling balls and strike," said Dixon.


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Trio nabbed after surrendering gun as security for soft drinks
HARARE – Three Harare men's bizarre attempt to quench their thirst through surrendering an unlicensed firearm as collateral security to a tuck-shop operator from whom they borrowed four bottles of soft drinks saw them land into the hands of the law for possessing an unlicensed firearm.
Police revealed the incident via their official communication channel on social media Friday.
"On 20/10/22, Police in Marlborough acted on a tip-off and arrested Norman Chingonzo (30), Tichaona Banda (31), and Kudzai Gumbo (24) for possessing a firearm without a license in Mt Hampden.
"One of the suspects had left the black pellet gun at a tuck-shop as collateral after borrowing four bottles of soft drinks.
"Police have since recovered the firearm," police said.
In August this year, government declared an amnesty on all illegal firearm holders to voluntarily surrender the weapons to their nearest police stations with no questions asked.
The amnesty came into force on August 8 and ended 30 September 2022.
This followed a spike in armed robberies and other offences involving the use of firearms throughout the country.
Police announced at end of the amnesty that 538 firearms and 260 rounds of ammunition had been voluntarily surrendered as at September 29, 2022.
Those who did not surrender the lethal weapons during the window period prescribed by government face prosecution.
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In 1815 William Smith drew a map of the United Kingdom which transformed the scientific landscape: it laid the foundations for modern geology, and identified natural resources that would the fuel the Industrial Revolution. But up until last year, this first-edition copy was considered to be lost forever.
As a geologist in London in the early 1800s, Smith began looking at the alignment of fossils as a way to trace rock layers, therefore pioneering the field of stratigraphy. His work created a formal methodology for geologic surveys, influencing the way that similar surveys were undertaken in other countries. This discovery was nothing less than revolutionary, or shall I say evolutionary: Smith was highly influential in the work of Charles Darwin.
The 1815 Geological Map of England and Wales was nicknamed "The Map That Changed the World" and there's even a book by that name which asserts the importance of Smith's accomplishment; as well as the rather sad aftermath. Because he was not a member of the intelligentsia (he was a surveyor and canal worker) he was plagiarised and lived homeless for a decade.


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Auburn Historical Museum
A U.S. professor of physics and scientist, Robert Goddard was a pioneer of controlled, liquid-fueled rocketry. He launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926. From 1930 to 1935, he launched rockets that attained speeds of up to 885 kilometers per hour (km/h) (550 miles per hour (mph)). Though his work in the field was revolutionary, he was sometimes ridiculed for his theories.
Robert Goddard received little scientific support during his lifetime. Eventually, however, he became recognized, along with Tsiolkovsky and Oberth, as one of the fathers of modern rocketry. He was the first not only to recognize the scientific potential behind missiles and space travel but also to bring about the physical design and construction of those ideas.
When Goddard was a child, he tried making a hot air balloon out of sheets of aluminum. It didn't work.
While in high school, he tried to compress graphite with hydrogen explosions, he wanted to make diamonds. At this time, he was known to keep a suitcase of TNT in his attic.
While attending WPI, Goddard wrote the school song, which is still used today.
He was sure we'd all be traveling by vacuum tube by 1950
In 1913, Goddard developed tuberculosis. His doctors gave him 2 weeks to live.
He was widely known as "Crazy Bob"
In 1917, while working for the Army, Goddard invented the bazooka. As it was powered by nitro glycerine, the Army needed to modify it for use. It took them 25 years to perfect the design.
Goddard launched 8 rockets in Auburn, including the world's first liquid fuel rocket, with no publicity. The papers were simply not interested.
When Charles Lindbergh came to visit him, to check him out for funding from the Guggenheims, Bob and Esther Goddard gave him milk and chocolate cake, the only food fit for the most famous man in the world.
After his death, Esther Goddard got 131 patents in her husband's name, using notes, sketches and photos she found in the house.
Esther became so famous in her own right, going around being sure Goddard was not forgotten, that she had a singular honor bestowed upon her in 1971. Come to the Auburn Historical Museum to see the photo of that event.
Dr. Robert H. Goddard Archives from Clark University
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As enthusiastic as I am about services like Napster, it's worth noting that if you're concerned with audio quality, you should think of Napster as an auditioning tool. A service that allows you to listen to an album at your leisure for a while before you decide whether or not to buy the CD. You see, even if you download music from Napster, the vast majority of it will be encoded at 192kbps, which many will consider too low, especially if you've gone to the trouble of ripping your whole CD collection in Flac (yes I'm talking about you Jon). But even that caveat doesn't change the fact that the addition of Napster support to the Sonos party is a definite bonus.
However, while I'm talking about music services, I should probably mention another potential issue. If you're one of those strange people who insists on buying DRM encoded tracks from the iTunes store, a Sonos system will not be able to play those tracks, since Apple is far from liberal when it comes to licensing its DRM technology. Personally I don't see this as a problem, since I have no idea why anyone would buy compressed music from iTunes, when the proper CD can usually be had for roughly the same price, giving you the uncompressed music and the opportunity to make a compressed copy yourself. That said, I'm sure that there are many, many people out there with a library full of DRM music purchased from iTunes, and this could be a major consideration for them.
Oh, and I almost forgot that the Sonos system will let you stream Internet radio stations too, so if you happen to be in an area of poor broadcast reception, you can be sure you never miss your favourite show. Not to mention the fact that if you have a penchant for a particular foreign radio station, you'll be able to listen to that all over the house – assuming it streams its content of course.
Finally, if you find yourself in the mood for a house party, a Sonos setup will let you pump the same music to multiple rooms, to keep the party going all over the house. Of course playing different tracks in different zones is also possible, but syncing the same track in multiple locations is another impressive feat.
The BU150 bundle may look expensive at £699, but it really isn't. What you're getting is a superb, easy to setup, easy to use and brilliantly implemented wireless digital music system. But before you whip your credit card out, let's not forget that you're going to need a decent set of speakers to go with the ZP120, and already have a Hi-Fi to connect the ZP90 to. Realistically, you're probably looking at closer to a grand to get the very best out of a Sonos system – that will let you buy a great pair of speakers, a ZoneBridge and a docking cradle for the controller. And even when the purchase price is pushing four figures, I still can't help but think it's worth it.
Two years ago Sonos had the best digital music solution out there, and two years later nothing has changed. Yes, there are other products on the market that can do some of what the Sonos can do, but there's nothing short of a full professional install that can really compete with this. If you're looking for the most versatile way to listen to digital music anywhere in your home, you better start saving for a BU150.


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Tennessee Lady Vols basketball vs. UCF: Score prediction, scouting report
Lady Vols basketball has one more opponent left in its six-game homestand.
Tennessee (6-5) takes on Central Florida (6-2) on Wednesday (6:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network+) at Thompson-Boling Arena. The Lady Vols are coming off a 96-57 win over Wright State on Sunday and have both Rickea Jackson and Jasmine Franklin back in action.
It was announced last week, however, that four-year starter Tamari Key is out for the season due to blood clots found in her lungs. The Lady Vols will have one more game to navigate playing without their 6-foot-6 center before facing No. 2 Stanford.
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Here's what you need to know about the matchup with UCF:
Different program after Abrahamson-Henderson departure
The Tennessee-UCF game last season was competitive – and somewhat painful to watch with a combined 52 turnovers.
But it was a close game, with the Lady Vols winning 49-41. UCF is a different program since Katie Abrahamson-Henderson left to take the head coaching job at Georgia, though. Only three players from last year's 26-4 team remain, though there are three more returners who didn't play last season.
Destiny Thomas, a senior forward, is the lone returning starter and leads the Knights with 13.1 points and 12.4 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Laila Jewett, another returner, is right behind Thomas with 10.5 points, four rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
UCF struggled offensively in last two games
The Knights have not played a difficult schedule and their two losses were to Auburn and Seton Hall.
Auburn blew out UCF by 40 points and the Knights only scored 46 in the loss. They lost 63-56 to Seton Hall on Sunday. The results aren't all that surprising given the roster turnover.
This game is a perfect opportunity for Tennessee to take another step defensively. The Lady Vols should hold UCF to the same or fewer points than Auburn did.
Auburn scored 26 points off turnovers, and Wednesday is a great opportunity for Tennessee to create offense from its defense.
Opportunity to build confidence before Stanford
Tennessee has taken positive steps in each of its last three games.
It took the Lady Vols until the third quarter to ramp things up defensively, but adjustments were made Sunday and they outscored Wright State 27-9 in the third. Tennessee's 84.6% shooting in that quarter was a program record.
Lady Vols coach Kellie Harper said she'll be specific about what she wants to see from her team Wednesday. The emphasis lately has been defensive intensity and disciplined boxouts, and Harper wants her team to keep building on that.
"Obviously, we want to build on the offensive efficiency that we had this game," Harper said Sunday. "Really, really proud of that and the patience we had to find easy looks. What we want to do is always try to find little ways to be better. We're not going to overlook anybody. We're going to come out here and try to do what we need to do to be the best we can be on Wednesday."
Score prediction
Tennessee 90, UCF 42: If Auburn can beat this UCF team 86-46, the Lady Vols should crush them. This game is an opportunity for Tennessee to fix the little things and gain some confidence without Key on the court before the Cardinal. Based on the team we have seen in the last week, I see another blowout win on Wednesday.


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Sorry I'm assuming some familiarity with the case, but it's late ...
I wondered earlier how non-compliance with an Open Meetings Law can be a "purely internal legislative proceeding" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel v. Wisconsin Dept. of Administration, 2009 WI 79, emphasis added). The distinction is crucial to the question of whether the Wisconsin courts have the constitutional authority to review the legislature's activities in following its own internal rules, even when those rules conflict with the Wisconsin statutes (a.k.a., "The Law").
In turn, that question is crucial to the case.
Then I returned to WisEye and found this exchange from last Friday's hearing in Dane County circuit court, which I hadn't heard earlier:
Judge Sumi: We're not talking about the legislature enforcing its own rules, we're talking about the legislature obeying a law that gives people public access to government.
AAG Lazar: Correct.
Judge Sumi: It's not an internal rule, it's a vastly external expectation — [a] right — that people have under the Open Meetings Law.
AAG Lazar: Absolutely correct.
The AAG's emphatic concessions are in direct contradiction to the legal arguments J.B. Van Hollen advanced to the court of appeals Monday morning.* And JBVH has at least one other problem as well.**
A big problem, I reckon.
* Petition For Leave To Appeal (.pdf; 39 pgs.)
** And don't tell me that "in no case" means "in no civil case."
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Mike Nadel: Bullish on any coach with a pulse
Mike Nadel
Mike Nadel's column for Thursday, May 29.
What do incarcerated former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, porn star Jesse Jane, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars Exploration Program manager Fuk Li and yours truly have in common?
We appear to be among the extreme minority of Americans who didn't make John Paxson's "short list" of candidates for the Chicago Bulls' coaching job.
And as a guy who once led my team at Rob Judson's basketball camp to a 4-11 record, I'm a bit insulted by the snub.
Go ahead, accuse Paxson of falling too much in love with the guys he drafted ... of overpaying role players with limited skills and questionable character ... of failing to acquire Dwyane Wade, Pau Gasol or Kobe Bryant, each of whom could have been had ... of letting the inmates run the asylum ... of worrying too little about actual disciplinary matters and too much about the organization's silly headband prohibition (because, really, who'd want a bum like LeBron James?) ... and of presiding over the NBA's most disappointing team in 2007-08.
Just don't accuse the general manager of failing to do his due diligence as his search for the next coach enters month No. 6 since Scott Skiles was shown the door (and replaced on a very interim basis by the since-departed Jim Boylan).
You know the saying "leave no stone unturned"? Well, those aren't just words to Paxson. He actually is looking under rocks -- which helps explain his interest in Dennis Rodman, Eliot Spitzer, Bobby Knight, Mike Tyson, Kelvin Sampson, Latrell Sprewell, Bruce Pearl, Jerry Springer, Donald Rumsfeld and the dude responsible for "The Hottie and the Nottie."
Word is, Pax offered the job to Digger Phelps, but his old Notre Dame mentor insisted upon wearing a green carnation on his lapel instead of the red one mandated by Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf.
Seriously, among those in whom Paxson has (or had) interest: Rick Carlisle, Dwane Casey, Tyrone Corbin and Michael Curry ... and those are only the C's.
Also: former NBA head coaches Jeff Bzdelik, Avery Johnson, John Lucas and Kurt Rambis.
In addition: ex-players Jeff Hornacek, Mark Jackson, Chuck Person, Brian Shaw, Eric Snow and Elston Turner.
Don't forget lead Boston Celtics assistant Tom Thibodeau, who might not be available to interview for another three weeks.
Before making a several-month commitment to Michael Jordan's Charlotte Bobcats, Larry Brown said Chicago could have been his kind of town. Scottie Pippen expressed interest, too, if for no other reason than to call the final shot for himself with 1.8 seconds left in a tied playoff game.
And that leaves dozens -- millions? -- of candidates we haven't heard about yet.
Not that there's any hurry, of course. The draft is four weeks away, training camp doesn't start until October and there's a good five months before the next coach will have to bench Tyrus Thomas for repeatedly being out of position.
But really, why is this process taking so long? Well, to be fair, there have been a few distractions.
Ex-Suns coach Mike D'Antoni strung along the Bulls before taking big money to lose 50 games a year with the Knicks.
An outraged Reinsdorf called D'Antoni a liar, a scoundrel and a guy who can't fry an egg without breaking the yolk.
Then there's Tokin' Joakim.
Coming off a rookie season in which he got into altercations with coaches, was regularly tardy and had to be disciplined by his own teammates, Joakim Noah was arrested over the weekend for walking the streets of Gainesville, Fla., with an open container of alcohol (a plastic cup filled with cognac) and possessing marijuana with the intent to consume several bags of Funyuns.
After getting Noah on the phone, a furious Paxson said: "I have two questions for you, Joakim. Do you want to play in this league? And really ... cognac in a plastic cup?"
Finally, there's the happy distraction of the Bulls overcoming ridiculous odds to win the NBA draft lottery, giving Paxson the pleasantly difficult choice between Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley.
John Calipari, who coached Rose at Memphis, says Paxson would be a fool to pass on the former Chicago prep point guard sensation. Grateful for the advice, Pax put Calipari on his coaching list.
"There's always room for one more!" Paxson said. "By the way, what's Mrs. Calipari's philosophy on defending the screen-roll?"
Mike Nadel (mikenadel@sbcglobal.net) is GateHouse News Service's Chicago sports columnist. Read his blog, The Baldest Truth, at www.thebaldesttruth.com.


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Q: Unable to add user with CrmService API in Dynamics CRM We have Dynamics CRM 4 update rollup 6 configured as an IFD and have set the UserRootPath using the deployment configuration tool. Adding users through the CRM interface works perfectly. However, when trying to add a user through the CrmService API, the user is not added and we get the trace message included below. Adding users through the CrmService API works if we remove the UserRootPath setting from the organization. The path appears to be correct, works within other LDAP tools, and the user is within the specified OU. We are using the path "LDAP://dcserver/OU=testorg;OU=Hosting;DC=domain;DC=local".

[2009-09-29 13:19:54.7] Process: w3wp |Organization:---- |Thread:    9 |Category: Platform.Sdk |User: ---- |Level: Error | CompositeSoapExtensionExceptionHandler.Handle
>CrmSoapExtension detected CrmException:
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request. ---> System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMException (0x80072020): An operations error occurred.

   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail)
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind()
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_AdsObject()
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher.FindAll(Boolean findMoreThanOne)
   at System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher.FindOne()
   at Microsoft.Crm.ObjectModel.SystemUserServiceInternal`1.CheckUserUnderRootPath(String domainAccountName, ExecutionContext context)
   at Microsoft.Crm.ObjectModel.SystemUserServiceInternal`1.CreateInternal(Guid organizationId, IBusinessEntity systemuser, ExecutionContext context)
   at Microsoft.Crm.ObjectModel.SystemUserServiceInternal`1.Create(IBusinessEntity systemuser, ExecutionContext context)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   at System.Web.Services.Protocols.LogicalMethodInfo.Invoke(Object target, Object[] values)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.InternalOperationPlugin.Execute(IPluginExecutionContext context)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.PluginStep.Execute(PipelineExecutionContext context)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.Pipeline.Execute(PipelineExecutionContext context)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.MessageProcessor.Execute(PipelineExecutionContext context)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.InternalMessageDispatcher.Execute(PipelineExecutionContext context)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.ExternalMessageDispatcher.Execute(String messageName, Int32 primaryObjectTypeCode, Int32 secondaryObjectTypeCode, PropertyBag fields, CorrelationToken correlationToken, CallerOriginToken originToken, UserAuth userAuth, Guid callerId)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.RequestBase.Process(Int32 primaryObjectTypeCode, Int32 secondaryObjectTypeCode, CorrelationToken correlationToken, CallerOriginToken originToken, UserAuth userAuth, Guid callerId)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.RequestBase.Process(CorrelationToken correlationToken, CallerOriginToken originToken, UserAuth userAuth, Guid callerId)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.CrmServiceInternal.Execute(RequestBase request, CorrelationToken correlationToken, CallerOriginToken originToken, UserAuth userAuth, Guid callerId)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Crm2007.CrmService.Execute(Request request)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

A: The 0x80072020 error is related to a generic "Access Denied" in AD.
Depending on your configuration, you could try to pinpoint the issue by modifying the following:
1) Grant the "delegate" option to the application pool user using Active Directory Users and Computers.
2) Add a web.config to the MSCRMServices folder and turn impersonation on such as:
< identity impersonate="true" userName="mydomain\bob" password="builder" />


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Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
Charles Roven
Deborah Snyder
Jon Berg
Jim Rowe
Wesley Coller
Curt Kanemoto
Chris Terrio
Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Raymond Fisher, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J.K. Simmons
JUSTICE LEAGUE and all related characters and elements are trademarks of © DC Comics. © 2017 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and RatPac-Dune Entertainment Inc.
Justice League - The New Heroes: Cyborg Featurette
Road to Justice
Heart of Justice
Technology of the Justice League
Justice League: The New Heroes
Steppenwolf the Conqueror
Scene Studies
Suit Up: The Look of the League
Critics Consensus: Justice League leaps over a number of DC movies, but its single bound isn't enough to shed the murky aesthetic, thin characters, and chaotic action that continue to dog the franchise.
Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman got the tone right last time, which suggested things were looking up. But...
There's some welcome levity, some genuine conversation (as when Bats and Diana share a drink), and...
Sara Stewart
A pointless flail of expensive (yet, somehow, cheap-looking) CGI that no amount of tacked-on quips...
Jonathan L. Fischer
Even the strength of Superman couldn't turn this ship all the way around.
A C-grade B-movie wherein all involved fully satisfy their contractual obligations.
Everyone involved in making "Justice League," and everyone who will eventually see it, deserved so...
The Reader (Omaha, NE)
Ryan Syrek
Being better than the fiery cinematic hemorrhoid that was Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice does...
From the Front Row
Matthew Lucas
Here we are, five films into a cinematic universe that still doesn't feel cohesive or particularly...
Kaitlyn Booth
Justice League has a few decent moments and character interactions, but a scattershot tone, an odd...
Mama's Geeky
Tessa Smith
Wonder Woman is by far the best part of Justice League! Others are annoying and forgettable and th...
All-star superhero adventure is uneven but entertaining.
Parents need to know that Justice League is DC Comics' all-star superhero adventure, with Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman. As in previous DC movies, this one has lots of large-scale, explosive violence (close-up battles as well as mass destruction of property, all with loads of different weapons). But it's not as dark, and there's far less romance -- minus comments about Wonder Woman's attractiveness, a few shots of shirtless men, and a couple of kisses. Language includes occasional use of words including "s--t," "a--hole," and "son of a bitch." With its big ensemble and messages of teamwork and courage, expect this installment to appeal to viewers of all ages, but it's most appropriate for tweens and up. And while it's not strictly necessary, it's best to have seen Wonder Woman and Batman v Superman to really follow along. (Note: Be sure to watch the entire end credits of Justice League, because there are two extra scenes that set up the sequel.)
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Release Date:November 17, 2017
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It would be nice to think that you're going to be just as excited about going to work tomorrow as you were on your first day on the job.
But between increased workloads caused by your company's reluctance to hire more people, or a change in management that has put less than stellar people in charge of your little corner of the universe, or maybe the fact that you have done the same job for a while now, you may be feeling….well, not exactly burned out, but fatigued.
• And while looking for another job is clearly a choice, terrific jobs are hard to come by in this limp-along economy and you may not be ready to undergo that kind of disruption.
Let us suggest another alternative: Start something. More specifically, start something outside of work.
It could be a new company — or at least something that could lead to starting your own company — but it also could be something artsy like writing a book, composing music or doing something for the betterment of your community (such as developing an idea for a new after-school program). Heck, it could even be something you've always wanted to do — like learning to play the piano or speak a new language — with absolutely no possibility of financial reward. You simply want to do it for the sheer enjoyment of it.
It doesn't matter what it is. The key is to start, to take a small step toward what you think you want. You don't have to make a commitment to see this fledgling notion through to the end. That would be silly — you simply don't know if this new thing is something that you are really going to like.
The key is to get moving without much cost (either in time or in any other resource.) As with all new ventures, you want to stay within your acceptable loss.
Once you take that small, inexpensive step, see what you've learned. If you're happy with the results, take another step toward your goal. Pause again to see what you've learned this time and, if it feels right, go take another step.
How is this going to make you happier at your job? That's simple. Some of the enthusiasm you have for your outside venture is going to carry over into your work. Making progress on things you care about elevates your mood. You'll come to work pleased with yourself and you'll be less dour. Guaranteed. That could be enough to get you out of your funk — which is certainly a good thing both for you, your colleagues and your company.
First, you may have started down the road that could lead to you starting your own business.
Second, because you have done it, you are in the process of proving to yourself that you know how to create something new. That will be a valuable skill to have no matter what you do next — start your own company, look for a new job or try to carve out a new sort of position in your current company.
Of course, there is an alternative, and you've probably met this person before. It's the person who tells you about all the things they might do, but who never seems to take the first step toward any of their goals. You offer an idea. You offer encouragement and support. But nothing happens. Somehow this person seems more comfortable and even (ironically) pleased with dreaming about possibilities while remaining unhappy.
The remedy for this malaise is simple (although not often taken). It is to act. Every action causes a change in reality. Every action carries the potential for learning. Learning about your next step. Learning about what you like or don't like. Every act can build momentum. Small desires grow. A small talent or expertise can be developed and honed. Before you know it, you can be on a new course. But only if you act.
So, as counter-intuitive as it seems, to be more excited about your job, go do something great outside of it.


Assuming you have now read the 1939 Molotov Ribbentrop section, you will understand that the USSR was now invading Poland in the Eastern Kresy region.
Vast amounts of polish people, from soldiers down to their babies, were arrested and deported. How did this come about? Who controlled it and why was it allowed to happen?
What Stalin got away with and has never been accountable for is shocking. He mocked the value of human life and declared the loss of one life to be "tragic" but the loss of a million lives to be a "statistic". His "justice" came out of the barrel of a gun.
Stalins henchmen, the NKVD undertook Stalins dirty work, his own hands never got dirty but rather he used and manipulated others to do his work for him.
The above video gives massive insight on how Stalin learned to manipulate people via fabricated plots and false charges and how later, via the NKVD he would continue this behaviour against the Polish people.
The NKVD Who Were They?
The USSR had an internal ministry called the NKVD that had existed prior to Stalin and continued right through his reign.
The NKVD was known as "The People's Commissariat Of Internal Affairs"
They acted as the Police force and oversaw Police work as well as prisons and labour camps along with Soviet border protection. They had their own professional spies as well as civilian ones.
The NKVD had a huge part to play in the political repression of the Polish people, the mass deportation of them to Siberia and Kaazakhstan, as well as mass executions, including the Katyn forest massacre. It is quite worrying really that the same department could act as judge and jury.
In 1939, after Poland was invaded by the Russians, a puppet Russian government was installed in Poland. The NKVD moved into Poland also and thus began a geo-political reordering that lead to terrible atrocities, arrests and deportations. Around 21% (6 million) of Polands inhabitants were directly affected.