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Final stand: Senior guard Arik Smith made his senior night memorable with 35 points and 10 rebounds in his final regular season home game in a Kingsmen jersey.
After transferring from University of Wisconsin—River Falls last year, senior guard Arik Smith has enjoyed success in a Kingsmen uniform.
The Bakersfield native was awarded with a first team All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honor last season after leading the Kingsmen in scoring, averaging 16.8 points a game, which was fifth best in the conference according to clusports.com.
This season the senior guard is outdoing himself from last year averaging 19.3 points per game with the playoffs right around the corner.
Kingsmen head coach Rich Rider elected Smith team captain at the beginning of the season.
"My role is to be a leader. That's on and off the court. I've always been a lead by example type of leader, rather than a vocal one. I guess I've done an ok job thus far," Smith said.
The coaching staff has noticed Smith's leadership skills develop.
"He's really improved his leadership by example. Improving his competitive nature on every play," assistant coach Geoff Dains said in an email interview.
As captain, Smith has been able to lead the Kingsmen to a 17-6 record and a Thrivent Financial Tournament championship, which was good enough to be tied for first place in the conference as of Feb. 23.
On and off the court Smith has enjoyed his time at Cal Lutheran.
"This school has grown on me a lot in the past two years. I have built life-long friendships here at CLU and I have been fortunate enough to experience places I have never been to, like Hawaii and Costa Rica. The memories this place has given me are unforgettable," Smith said.
With his senior year coming to an end in May, Smith is trying to make every minute with his teammates last.
"The basketball program is like my second family. I spend the majority of my time with my teammates. We workout, practice and hangout together every single day. I wouldn't want to spend my time any other way," Smith said. "The bus rides and trips are a lot of fun. It's just crazy to think that soon I will no longer be able to do those things with them anymore."
However, even though Smith's collegiate career is coming to end this year, he says he would love the opportunity to keep playing basketball.
"My plan is to continue playing basketball. I would like to play in another country, doesn't matter where I just want to experience that for as long as I can," Smith said.
Gianna DiBacco, a member of the women's basketball team said that he has put together a strong season through his work ethic.
"You can tell by his intensity on the court that he is giving his all each time he steps on the court," DiBacco said.
Smith has high expectations for himself along with his team.
"I made a goal for myself that before I'm done playing I want to become an All-American," Smith said.
With the numbers he is putting up this season, being an All-American might not be out of the question.
The Kingsmen will enter the SCIAC postseason tournament after playing their last conference game on Feb. 24 at Occidental College. Stay tuned to clusports.com for more details about the postseason tournament.
Connor Sipes
Published February 25th, 2015
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No booze until Brexit! Weary-looking Boris Johnson says he is giving up alcohol until the UK has left the EU (just hours after posing with a dram of whisky)
The Prime Minister was pictured sipping whiskey at a distillery in Scotland
But he said on a hospital visit in Nottingham today is on the wagon until Brexit
Mr Johnson is criss-crossing country ahead of December 12's general election
He has endured a bruising opening to the campaign owing to several setbacks
By Jack Elsom For Mailonline
Boris Johnson has claimed he is giving up booze until Brexit has been sorted.
The Prime Minister, who was pictured sipping whisky at a distillery on the campaign stump in Scotland yesterday, is criss-crossing the country ahead of December 12's crunch election.
And the nationwide tour - launched amid a flurry of setbacks - seems to be taking a toll on the Conservative leader, who appeared weary today as he glugged tea with nurses during a hospital visit.
The nurses at King's Mill hospital in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, told Mr Johnson a lot of people smoke in Ashfield before he switched his attention to vaping, saying: 'I'm not certain about it. It might just encourage them to get into nicotine.'
He then asked 'what about alcohol?' before adding: 'I've had to give it up until we get Brexit done.'
Boris Johnson claimed he has given up booze until Brexit is sorted during a visit to King's Mill hospital in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, today where he glugged tea with nurses
The Prime Minister was pictured sipping whisky at a distillery on the campaign stump in Scotland yesterday
His revelation came only a day after a tour of Roseisle Distillery in Morayshire where he sampled a whisky he described as 'delicious'.
Mr Johnson jokingly told reporters he was 'not allowed' to enjoy too much of the spirits, before taking another small sip.
The new self-imposed booze ban marks a change in Mr Johnson's campaigning strategy, as during the 2016 referendum he was often pictured enjoying pints in pubs with punters.
In June, a spilt glass of red wine sparked a furious row with girlfriend Carrie Symonds which became public and threatened to torpedo his Tory leadership campaign.
A neighbour recorded 31-year-old Ms Symonds slating Mr Johnson for ruining her flat's sofa and branding him spoilt.
Since his relationship with Ms Symonds, many have noted his more slender build amid reports that the PR guru has whipped him into shape by overhauling his diet.
Mr Johnson used his visit to the hospital to rubbish opposition claims that a Conservative Brexit would result in the sale of the NHS.
Mr Johnson pours tea for nurses at the King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield today
After asking them about whether alcohol was a problem in Ashfield, the Prime Minister said: 'I've had to give it up until we get Brexit done'
Yesterday, Mr Johnson visited Roseisle Distillery where he sampled some whisky he described as 'delicious'
He said: 'We can do free trade deals with countries around the world but under us the NHS is not for sale. It's not going to be on any kind of international trade negotiation.
'This is pure Loch Ness Monster, Bermuda Triangle stuff.
'The NHS, free at the point of use, is a fantastic service and we not only believe in it, but are investing more in it than at any time in recent memory and we'll continue to do so.'
Nigel Farage won't win a SINGLE seat on December 12,... Boris Johnson's poll lead dips but Tories are still 11...
The opening few days of the campaign have been bruising for Mr Johnson, whose launch rally in Birmingham was overshadowed by a series of wobbles.
Jacob Rees-Mogg was forced to apologise for implying Grenfell Tower victims lacked 'common sense' for following fire brigade advice to stay in their apartments.
Alun Cairns, the longest serving cabinet minister, quit as Welsh Secretary amid accusations he knowingly endorsed a candidate who had collapsed a rape trial.
The former Mayor of London drinks a pint of beer in a Darlington pub during the referendum campaign
The Prime Minister chats with nurses at the King's Mill Hospital on the campaign trail, where he said that speculation about the NHS being for sale was 'Loch Ness' territory
And Tory Chairman James Cleverly took a hammering after shrugging off claims that his party had doctored a video which showed Labour's Sir Keir Starmer supposedly struggling to answer an interviewer's question.
This culminated in a two per cent dip in the polls for the Conservatives, yet they remain firmly ahead of Labour who failed to capitalise on the Tory setbacks.
The Prime Minister is now touring the UK ahead of the winter ballot in which he hopes to clinch a majority to ram his Brexit deal through Parliament.
After MPs thwarted his efforts to leave the bloc on October 31, the EU set a new January deadline.
But, weary that the current batch of MPs could force persistent delays, he called a snap election to change the make-up of Parliament - he hopes in his favour.
Mr Johnson did not clarify whether he was giving up drinking until the first phase of Brexit by the end of January or the end of the transition period in December next year.
The Prime Minister takes a selfie on his visit to the hospital, where he rubbished opposition claims that a Tory Brexit would put the NHS up for grabs
In June, a spilt glass of red wine sparked a furious row with girlfriend Carrie Symonds (pictured together at the Conservative campaign launch in Birmingham this week) which became public and threatened to torpedo his Tory leadership campaign
The bruising start to the campaign culminated in a two per cent dip in the polls for the Conservatives, yet they remain firmly ahead of Labour who failed to capitalise on the Tory setbacks
Boris Johnson says he is giving up drinking until Brexit

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I am a second-generation broadcaster, management consultant, web designer, and talent coach.
For fun, I write humor essays. This blog is a random blend of those essays, and more personal pieces.
You see, about eight years ago I began an unexpected journey, living and coping with a progressive neuromuscular disorder that has had a huge impact on what I can do and how I do it.
I hope my story will resonate with others who are facing similar challenges in their lives, and perhaps what I discover along the way will help them better find their way.


Over the past months New Zealand has been effected by numerous weather-related events. One of the consequences of the recent storms affecting Auckland's stormwater, wastewater and water services has been considerable media comment about expectations of councils in managing water resources.
John Pfahlert, CEO Water New Zealand, and Garry Macdonald, Beca Business Director - Water, wrote an article on the matter for the Water New Zealand Journal.
Stormwater overflows mixed with sewage, debate around whether water bottling companies should pay for water, public debate about whether major rivers should be swimmable or wadeable, infrastructure replacement costs and pressure on small councils – the list of topical issues around "3 waters' is getting quite lengthy!
And it's not just water and wastewater that's coming into focus, as flooding becomes an issue and debate starts about what level of protection is appropriate given more frequent extreme events – and climate changes.
The New Lynn flash floods and physical damage to properties is only the most recent example. We have seen 'flash floods' in other centres such as Wellington and Napier that have overwhelmed the stormwater systems designed for a 50 year annual recurrence interval (ARI event). And this is a part from the regular flooding of households in Christchurch following the quakes, and relatively small changes in land levels that has had a massive impact on how stormwater is managed in the city. It also raises the issue of how we 'value' water.
We sense a growing public hardening around holding government to account for the way water is managed. And it isn't just in this country that the issue is getting a public airing.
A new report from the USA finds that closing the nation's gap in investment in infrastructure would create 1.3million jobs and generate US$220 billion in economic activity. The analysis found a severe economic cost to inaction. At a national level a one day disruption in water can lead to a loss of $43.5b in sales and $22.5 billion in GDP. The report "The Economic Benefits of Investing in Water Infrastructure', was commissioned by the Value of Water Campaign to better understand how investment in the nation's water infrastructure affects economic growth and employment.
To maintain clean, reliable water services alone, the American Society of Civil engineers estimates that the US needs to invest an additional US$82 billion in water infrastructure per year over the next decade at all levels of government.
Despite this increased need, the report finds that the Federal Government's contribution to water infrastructure continues to decrease, now just nine percent – down from more than 60 percent 40 years ago. The analysis falls against a national backdrop of increasingly complex water challenges that are exacerbated by overstressed and antiquated drinking water, wastewater and stormwater management systems – as well as regulatory requirements that at times outpace the technological capabilities of the nation's water and wastewater facilities.
"The report findings make it clear that investments in water infrastructure generate higher quality jobs, increase the competitiveness of American businesses, and leads to a significant injection of economic activity throughout the nation" says Radhika Fox, Executive Director of the Value of Water Campaign.
So, there is an interesting association between the economic advantages of investing in water infrastructure not just roads and transportation infrastructure (as per our Roads of National Significance) and the consequences of loss of water services industry and the country as a whole.
It's interesting to note that our own Government sees the economic benefit to the country of investing in rural irrigation schemes, but doesn't appear to have supporting data/incentive to invest in urban sector water supply schemes.
There's been plenty of talk in the country about the bow wave of investment required to replace out aging water infrastructure.
Central Government seems satisfied to leave the financial burden with local councils to deal with – on the apparent premise that three waters services are a 'local issue' that has little or no national significance.
The Value of Water report suggests otherwise – that all water services, and any disruption to them, have a much wider economic and social impact than just at local level.
Local government New Zealand continues to beat the drums on adequate financing for water infrastructure, with the launch of Water 2050 – an initiative to develop cohesive water policy across the three waters and rural sectors.
The Havelock inquiry will also lend its voice to the debate in due course. The challenge for the water sector is to acknowledge that what happened at Havelock North is really our 'Pike River' moment.
We need to see the Inquiry as an opportunity to improve performance, not bury the issues and pretend it was a one off that couldn't happen on 'my patch'. Failure to learn this time around may mean that next time it happens that isn't all we'll be burying.


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Time out agreed in battle to save Blackpool netball courts
Blackpool Sports Centre
Shelagh Parkinson
Published: 15:40 Tuesday 15 October 2019
Talks are to be held in a bid to solve a row over plans to convert part of a sports centre into a children's play area after thousands of people signed a petition calling for the facility to be saved.
Blackpool Council's executive agreed to defer a decision after being asked to approve borrowing of £325,000 to change indoor court space at Blackpool Sports Centre into a soft play area for under-eights and a cafe.
The move would halve the space at the dual sports hall on West Park Drive, meaning the loss of one netball court and five badminton courts.
The Fylde Netball League - which celebrated its 60th anniversary this year - launched a petition to save the venue which attracted more than 4,000 signatures in less than three days.
Former England national netball coach Tracey Neville used Twitter to lend her support to the campaign.
A Blackpool Council spokesperson said: "The proposal to develop a soft play centre and cafe at Blackpool Sports Centre has been deferred.
"We need to spend more time looking at the financial model in light of the recently announced changes to prudential borrowing.
"This will also give us an opportunity to speak again to the groups that use the venue to see if there are any solutions to the issues that they have raised."
Fylde Netball League secretary Barbara Graham welcomed the move.
She said: "I'm sure there is a solution to increase revenue, expecially when it comes to day-time use.
"A lot of other groups, especially smaller groups, have been in touch with me who also need to use the dual hall facility.
"The number of signatures on the petition is rising steadily so it clearly affects a lot of people and the council does need to listen to them.
"We have even had support from recently retired national coach Tracey Neville, and if we can't promote netball in a year when Liverpool hosted the Netball World Cup, when can we do it?"
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'Missing fisherman' walks into Blackpool bait shop unaware of nine-hour rescue search


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The Impala is one of the most common antelope to spot on the wild plains of Africa. I considered calling this image "Pray" as a prayer may well benefit this young male impala! I managed to isolate him from his herd… and feel a sense of vulnerability as I contemplate its lot in life.


Communication is essential to the success of any business in the world today. Research studies show that savvy customers are more likely to do business with a company whose support team offers timely and accurate responses to their queries.
A company that has really made tremendous strides in client communication is Interush. Here are tips on how companies can maintain good communication with their clients.
Billions of people from all across the globe use social media to socialize as well as communicate with the support teams of various companies. If you are yet to embrace social media as a platform for offering support to customers, then this is the high time you came up with a plan on how to join millions of other businesses that are already doing so. Ideally, you should set up a team to monitor the company's social media pages 24/7.
Your business website should not only be accessible using a computer but also mobile devices. Therefore, it is imperative to make sure that the site is responsive and available to all customers at any time of the day. If the site is currently hosted on a shared server, consider moving it to a dedicated server to avoid unnecessary hinges and downtime. By posting the relevant information on the website, you will save time that you would have spent sending out emails and letters to individual clients.
If you have a brick and mortar office, it is recommended to invest in a modern customer care center fitted with fast internet and other supporting communication equipment. Consider invest in any of the Interush communication products to streamline operations in this department. Go an extra mile and train the staff members on how to operate the system to achieve the expected positive results.
Finally, let the customers know the various channels that they can use to get in touch with you. You could use the website for this purpose or send out an email.


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Christopher Boatwright
Stuttgart Ballet: Principal (1974-1982)
San Francisco Ballet: Principal 1985
Los Angeles Ballet
Arizona Dance Theatre,
Alonzo King/LINES Contemporary Ballet
Years Active: 1974-1997
Born in 1953, from Brooklyn, New York
Studied at School of American Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, and Stuttgart Ballet's school
Performed with the Stuttgart Ballet from 1974-1982 as a principal
Danced with San Francisco Ballet beginning in 1985 as a corp de ballet member
He also performed with Los Angeles Ballet, Arizona Dance Theatre, and Lines Contemporary Ballet
He died in San Francisco in 1997
(1953-1997) originally from Brooklyn, New York, Boatwright started dancing in high school and studied dance at the School of American Ballet and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. At the age of twenty, he received a scholarship to study in Stuttgart. After training at the Stuttgart school, he performed with the Stuttgart Ballet, a world-renowned ballet company, from 1974 to 1982. Yet after performing there for eight years, and reaching principal status. In 1985 he returned to the U. S and joined the corps de ballet of the San Francisco Ballet. It took two years before Boatwright was elevated to principal status there. He also performed with Los Angeles Ballet, Arizona Dance Theatre, and Lines Contemporary Ballet. He died in San Francisco in March of 1997. Hartmut Regitz, "Christopher Boatwright, the Black Orpheus, Died," Ballett International, May 1997, 13.
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http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/08/arts/christopher-boatwright-dancer-known-for-classicism-was-42.html
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Christopher+Boatwright%3A+transformed+through+dance.-a018237482
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Christopher-Boatwright-2851889.php
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1983/02/27/the-black-ballet-barrier/db757559-5ce8-4035-8b40-69243769c771/?utm_term=.e0c988e4df92
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EMT Kyle Corey Trained on 28-14
West Mead 1 officers and members would like to say thank you and congratulations to Kyle Corey. Kyle joined our fire company as a junior when he turned 14. Last night Kyle completed his driver training program for 28-14 and can now operate this unit in support of our EMS program as well as other calls that utilize 28-14. Kyle is currently an EMT for Meadville Ambulance and has chosen to serve his community as a career and as a volunteer.
By Brad Johnston|2020-03-25T09:13:40-04:00March 25th, 2020|Miscellaneous|1 Comment
About the Author: Brad Johnston
A second-generation firefighter, former Fire Chief Brad Johnston joined West Mead #1 as a junior and fought his first interior fire just after turning 18. At age 26 he became fire chief and served from 2006 to 2011. In 2015 he again assumed the responsibility of fire chief and served until 2020. Brad has over 20 years of active service with West Mead #1, and he is also active on the Crawford County Scuba Team.
Linda Corey November 19, 2021 at 3:44 am - Reply
I'm Kyle's Grandma and very proud of him! His Grandfather is proud as well. He has followed in the family footsteps and doing an excellent job!!


'DIN 201' by Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez is the sixth exhibition in the series 'Cabinets' which explores the working process of internationally renowned artists both emerging and established. 'Cabinets' is a unique series of exhibitions, which has as its overriding reference point, the Renaissance phenomenon 'The Cabinet of Curiosity' otherwise known as 'Wunderkammer'. The term was originally given to rooms displaying objects, antiquities, paintings and other eclectic ephemera from science and the arts and prefigures the birth of the Museum in Western art. Moreover these vitrines also left a spatial legacy credited with the development of Installation art. In the installations of Echeverri Fernandez, found or discarded objects from popular culture are often combined to examine the interaction between their suspended presence and the environment they're placed within. Through a process of perpetual representation there unfolds a specific narrative or relationship between the objects, which often embraces a certain nostalgic appearance. The attention of the artist is often driven by 'fragments of things', which through a given context, demonstrate desperate and paradoxically loose relations. The elusive nature of these relationships allows the defining process to be constantly reinterpreted and renewed. Recent solo exhibitions include: 'New Plane', MCA, Malta; 'Werkstatt des Albhabets', Carl Freedman Gallery, London. Group exhibitions include 'Les Formes Féminines', Triangle France, Marseille; 'Sculpture Show', Eastside Projects, Birmingham; 'SecondHand', Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, curated by Tracey Emin, London; 'Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art', Barbican, London; 'Gut of the Quantifier', Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York; 'Fit to Print', Gagosian Gallery, New York. Each 'Cabinets' exhibition will consist of three substantial, purpose-built vitrines. The artist's interaction with these generates a project, which, we hope, will uncover new territories of research previously unseen in their work. Furthermore, the cabinets highly specific format suggests a particular form of audience engagement and approach, thus altering and expanding the works viewing conditions. Accompanying the series will be a limited edition box set of printed matter, designed by 'Language of Form' Pamphlets will accompany each show with a commissioned text written by Nicolas de Oliveira and Nicola Oxley, founding Directors of the 'Museum of Installation' and co-authors of several seminal books on installation art. The next exhibition in the series will be a solo show by Martin Westwood.


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Q: Random pivot not working quick sort I am having trouble understanding this partition method. Using a random pivot doesn't seem to work, it only seems to work if I use one of these as the pivot:

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*arr[(left + right) / 2]
However, I thought any element should work. When I change it to something like arr[1] the code stops working... Am I misunderstanding something about the pivot?
Here is the code for the partition() method:
public static int partition(int arr[], int left, int right) {
    // Pick a pivot point. Can be any element.
    int pivot = arr[(left + right) / 2];

    while (left <= right) {
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And here is a link to the full Quick Sort code: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e1c74f2794ecb5b898ab
As a side note, I'm also a bit unsure as why we are returning left from the partition() method.

A: The pivot in Quicksort should be chosen from the elements of the sub-array being partitioned. Therefore it must be arr[i] such that i is between left and right. Choosing arr[1] can't work if left > 1 or right < 1.
As for returning left - partition performs swapping of array elements in the range of left to right such that after it is done, all the elements from left (the original left passed to the method) to the left returned by the method - 1 are smaller than all the elements from the left returned by the method to the original right passed to the method. This allows you to make a recursive call to quicksort for each of the two partitions.
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Der Synagogenbezirk Eisleben mit Sitz in Eisleben, heute die zweitgrößte Stadt im Landkreis Mansfeld-Südharz in Sachsen-Anhalt, wurde nach dem Preußischen Judengesetz von 1847 geschaffen.

Zum Synagogenbezirk gehörten neben Eisleben die Orte Ermsleben, Friedeburg, Hettstedt, Leimbach und Mansfeld an.

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 Geschichte der letzten jüdischen Gemeinde zu Eisleben (abgerufen am 16. November 2015)

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Judentum in Lutherstadt Eisleben

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November 27, 2018 Venkat Raman
Supplied Content Auckland, November 27, 2018 The Auckland Council voted unanimously today to move towards pedestrianising Queen Street and trialling an open streets initiative in the city centre and suburbs. Mayor Phil Goff said that further pedestrianisation of Queen Street would change Auckland's main street from a traffic route to a place people can enjoy, and open streets trials would…
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Ex-boyfriend guilty of 'cold-blooded killing'
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Anneke Smith (RNZ) Auckland, November 26, 2018 A High Court jury has taken less than an hour to find the man accused of murdering South Auckland mother Arishma Chand guilty. Ms Chand, 24, was stabbed to death in her Manurewa home in the early hours of 12 November last year. Her ex-boyfriend, 42-year-old Rohit Deepak Singh, was charged with her…
Bust broker could owe up to 4000 NZ investors
Madison Reidy (RNZ) Auckland, November 27, 2018 The collapse of an Australian finance company has put the investment of possibly thousands of New Zealanders at risk. Sydney-based administrators were appointed to Halifax Investment Services last week and investors accounts were frozen. The lead administrator of Halifax Investment Services, Morgan Kelly of Ferrier Hodgson, told RNZ there was about 4000 investor…
Dairy owners fined for employment law breaches
Supplied Content Christchurch, November 27, 2018 A Christchurch suburban dairy and its owners have been ordered to pay $85,000 in penalties for exploiting and underpaying a staff member by more than $103,000 over a four-year period. Indy Supa, a dairy in the Christchurch suburb of Shirley has been ordered by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to pay $61,000, and…
Eleventh Annual Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards
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Legal firm wins Supreme Business Award at Indian Newslink Business Awards Auckland, November 26, 2018 South Auckland based Legal firm, Legal Associates was a major winner at the Eleventh Annual Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards held at SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland City tonight. The firm was named the Supreme Business of the Year, the highest Award. Legal Associates also won…
Information is power and only governments have it
Peter Dunne Wellington, November 23, 2018 There is a popular misconception that the apparently clubby nature of Parliament means that all MPs, in Government or Opposition, have pretty much the same access to information. That has never been the case, even since the introduction of MMP. The Government of the day not only holds power, but also controls access to…
Departing Temple Priest honoured in Auckland
Ragavan Rengachariar Auckland, November 23, 2018 A group of Auckland devotees were treated to a special discourse on Sri Manavala Mamunigal (Saint Acharyan) and on Sri Aandal Thirukalyanam (Celestial Wedding) on the eve of impending departure of Acharyan U Ve Pandurangan Narasimhan Swamy, who was until recently the Chief Priest at Hamilton Balaji temple. Sri Aandal Thirukalyanam Editor's Note: Indian…
Jewellery collection to honour Suffrage legacy
Supplied Content Wellington, November 23, 2018 On November 28 in 1893, New Zealand women voted in a general election for the very first time! As part of the celebrations 125 years on, it is important that we acknowledge those women who fought so hard to gain the right to vote. To mark this occasion Te Puna Foundation invited The Village…
The Ajaz Patel Story- more than just blind faith
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Poker is a game played with cards and chips. It is a game of skill, and players must know their hands well. They must also minimize their losses when they have poor hands. In some games, players are required to put a sum of money into the pot before they are dealt the cards. This is called an ante.
The first player to bet is said to be the "first bettor". After a player bets, the betting interval begins. When the betting interval ends, the dealer will deal the next card to each player.
Each betting interval involves two or more rounds of dealing. The first round is called the first betting interval, and the second and third rounds are called the second and third betting intervals.
The final betting interval is known as the showdown. All bets are made during this interval. If no bets are made by any player, the hand is a tie. There are several types of tie. Some are ties based on suits. These are broken by secondary pairs.
The pot is the sum of all bets made by all players during the deal. The pot can be won by the best hand. Alternatively, the pot can be won by a player who makes a bet that no other player calls.
Poker is usually played with at least six players. However, it can be played with any number of players. A single game can be played with up to eight players.
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Apple pushes Siri to the fore at annual developer conference
Analysts and investors are watching the conference this year for signs of what the company's next blockbuster product might be a decade after the introduction of its iPhone.
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Apple Inc kicked off its annual developer conference on Monday by unveiling a "Siri face" for the Apple Watch that will enable the voice-activated assistant to provide users with information like commute times for upcoming appointments.
The company was expected to introduce iOS 11, the next version of the software that powers the iPhone and iPad. Developers will keep an eye out for hints about new capabilities in the next iPhone, such as so-called augmented reality, in which digital information is overlaid on real-world images.
Apple was also expected to unveil improvements to Siri, its digital voice assistant that competes with Amazon.com Inc's Alexa and the Google Assistant helper.
The Siri face for the Apple Watch was the first step in that direction, blending users' calendar information with other useful details, like airline tickets they may have booked. While Siri was previously available on the Apple Watch, the assistant's ability to automatically show information was limited.
The company is also reportedly working on a home speaker powered by Siri that could be unveiled during the conference, which would be a rarity for an event that traditionally features software and minor updates to hardware such as its Mac laptops.
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook also announced on Monday that content from Amazon Prime Video, long absent from the Apple TV product, would come to Apple devices such as the TV, iPhones and iPad later this year.
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If you ponder mammoths, certain species of which died out a mere 3,000 or so years ago, their existence is but a breath away from our own. Echoes of their lives can be seen in today's elephants, which lumber across our world in ways that might not be so different than their ancient relatives. Mammoths are almost tangible in that way.
In a new paper published in PeerJ, Alton Dooley, Jr. and colleagues announce the discovery of Mammut pacificus, a new species of mastodon specific to a small segment of the North American West. It is the first new North American mastodon species to be recognized in 50 years.
None of the six authors expected this result from their research. In fact, they explored every other avenue exceptdefining a new species in the years leading up to this paper.
Adding to the surprise is that none of the fossils studied in this research was excavated recently. Many were carefully collected from what is now known as Diamond Valley Lake and eventually stored at the Western Science Center in Hemet, California. A team of diggers lead by co-author Kathleen Springer worked to excavate as many fossils as possible in the 1990s. They uncovered 100,000 Pleistocene fossils. Any thing else now remains under billions of gallons of water—an emergency water reservoir for southern California.
What does this research mean for the average person and why should we care? Aside from augmenting our knowledge of Pleistocene megafauna, it increases our understanding of life on this planet. It takes us one step closer to knowing how that life evolved, existed, and eventually went extinct. And it certainly encourages even more questions that beg to be answered: Why, for example, did this particular species evolve with these particular anatomical traits? What does that say about the environment in which it lived?


What is the Difference Comparing an Idea and their Invention and How Do I Properly Document Excellent Idea?
The dictionary is an invention as "a device, contrivance or process begun after study and experiment." An suggestion is defined available as "a formulated assumed or opinion." By working with these definitions, a person will should ask ones self how much inquiry and experiment may have you really done on your considered. Is your conception a tangible solution or just some recognition of any problem that specs a solution?
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The real challenge with inventing is in fact not just lawyer a need, but also figuring inside a solution. The may seem simple sense; however, I really can tell shoppers that I enjoy talked with hundreds or thousands inventors who imagined they had fantastic invention, when in fact they had an idea with out a well-defined solution.
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Emma is everyone's friend. She's a really good dancer, too. Slipping? Sliding? Or just a little bit sloppy? Emma can help. She's happy to take the time to adjust anyone's arabesque. Maybe it's because she's the oldest in the group, but all the Little Dancers look to up to Emma. She's confident and patient…the best kind of teacher.


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We cannot have "zero suicides" if we allow euthanasia
Suicide does not magically become "assisted dying" when the poison is prescribed and the setting is pleasant. We're either fine with it, or we aren't
The Deputy Prime Minsiter announces his "zero suicide" campaign at the King's Fund in London Photo: PA
By Dr Kevin Yuill
11:54AM GMT 20 Jan 2015
Nick Clegg wants to end suicide. At a mental health conference on Monday he called on every part of the NHS to help reduce the current rate of 4,700 people a year. "Suicide is, and always has been, a massive taboo in our society," he told the audience. "People are genuinely scared to talk about it, never mind intervene when they believe a loved one is at risk."
In this he follows the World Health Organization, which has long pointed to suicide as an international problem. They point out that more than 800,000 people every year die by suicide worldwide. As the WHO noted in 2000: "Suicide should not be depicted as a method of coping with personal problems …Instead, the emphasis should be on mourning the person's death."
Yet the campaign against suicide throws up questions about assisted dying, which was debated in the House of Lords last week. Here we find another example of the "massive taboo" that people are scared to talk about. That is: isn't assisted dying really suicide? How can we wage a war against suicide for some whilst encouraging it as a legitimate choice for others? Though the Lords voted down an amendment to Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying bill that would have changed the term to "assisted suicide", and though Dignity in Dying insists otherwise, it is difficult to argue that what is being proposed is not essentially suicide. Ingesting poison in a room with the intent to die does not magically become "assisted dying" if the poison is prescribed. Over the border in Scotland, the similar proposed legislation was called – less euphemistically – the "Assisted Suicide" bill.
Those who support assisted dying but not suicide must ask why they approve of a terminally-ill person taking her life when they take a zero tolerance approach to other suicides. The similarities are there. Most of the reasons put forward for allowing assisted death can be reasons for any suicide. If autonomy is important, why isn't the autonomy of those without a terminal illness? Many if not most suicides reflect an attempt to end suffering, just as the Falconer Bill wishes to do in the terminally ill. The reasons why people take their lives under the US state of Oregon's Death With Dignity Act, the model for Falconer's bill,reflect existential issues around loss that can be felt by anyone - of autonomy, of enjoyment of life's activities, of dignity. Pain didn't make it into the top five. Many of the 4700 suicides Clegg referred probably took their lives because they, too, felt the remainder of their lives unbearable.
If assisted dying is suicide, then the effect of the Falconer Bill is very clear. It will treble suicides amongst the terminally. Extrapolating from the example of Oregon, Dignity in Dying estimate that 1000 people per year will opt for ingesting poison if the Falconer Bill passes. But they estimate that there are currently about 330 suicides by terminally-ill people in Britain. Right now suicide is legal in Britain; with encouragement and assistance – who knows? – we might get the rate even higher.
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Just as problematically, the Falconer Bill would institutionalize exactly what the WHO inveighed against – suicide as a method of coping with personal problems. Surely, its message to those who confront huge difficulties in life, who are depressed about what the future might bring, and who find it difficult to cope, is to take the easy way out.
Clegg's plan to reduce suicides to zero will hardly be a success if we encourage a segment of our population to "choose the circumstances of their own deaths". Perhaps the first step in this ambitious plan to reduce suicides, then, should be to reject the Falconer Bill.
Dr Kevin Yuill is Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Sunderland, and author of Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalization, which will be out in paperback on 26 January.
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeye's fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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Un-American Statesman (Austin American-Statesman nickname)
The Austin American-Statesman is the daily newspaper for the capital city of Austin. The Democratic Statesman dates back to 1871, and today's newspaper is called "The Statesman" for short. "Statesman" (http://www.statesman.com) is also the newspaper's website.
"Un-American Statesman" is a nickname used by those who feel that the newspaper holds far-left liberal views. Un-American Statesman is cited in print since 1994.
There are many other nicknames. When the newspaper makes mistakes, Statesman becomes Mistakesman (a nickname used since at least 1992). Real Estatesman (in print since at least 1992) is a nickname used by people who think that the newspaper favors Austin's developers.
"Spaceman" (or Austin American-Spaceman or Austin Spaceman) replaces "Statesman" when people think the newspaper has some far-out views. The nickname "Spaceman" has been used since at least 1994 and it's frequently combined with "Un-American" to form the Austin Un-American-Spaceman.
Wikipedia: Austin American-Statesman
The Austin American-Statesman is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is an award-winning publication owned by Cox Enterprises. The Statesman places focus on issues affecting Austin and the Central Texas region.
The Statesman endorsed George W. Bush in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, and Republican governor Rick Perry along with every other Republican incumbent in 2006. In the 2008 presidential election, however, the paper endorsed Barack Obama. The Statesman also provides coverage of the Libertarian Party and Green Party matters.
The Austin American-Statesman competes with the Austin Chronicle, an alternative weekly. The paper tends to print Associated Press, New York Times, The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times international and national news, but has strong Central Texas coverage, especially in political reporting. The Statesman benefits from the culture and writing heritage of Austin. It extensively covers the music scene, especially the annual South by Southwest Music Festival. The newspaper co-sponsors various events around Austin such as the Capital 10K foot race and the Season for Caring charity campaign.
The Statesman's news website is Statesman.com and its entertainment site is Austin360.com. Both sites are known for embracing citizen journalism because they are among the few newspaper Internet sites to host reader blogs.
Wikipedia: Un-American
Un-American is a pejorative term of US political discourse which is applied to people or institutions in the United States seen as deviating from US norms.
The most famous use is in the title of the House Un-American Activities Committee which was started to combat Nazi and Ku Klux Klan (KKK) activity in the US during World War II and which later investigated the activities of Communists and purported Communists in the US. By 1959, however, former President Harry S. Truman had denounced the House Un-American Activities Committee as the "most un-American thing in the country today."
The use and meaning of the term is by no means uniform in the US. Due in part to these historical associations with political abuses and jingoism, the attitudes of Americans toward the pejorative use of "Un-American" are often critical or suspicious. Moreover, Americans may vary widely in what they believe to be un-American.
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The Austin unAmerican Statesman even had a giant picture of this incident in the Sports section the next day.
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Look at the business section of the Austin UnAmerican Spacemen (AKA Austin American Statesman). There are several listings for the low cost market.
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Comment by shadow — Posted August 26, 2005 at 07:43
A whacko liberal should like the Austin un-American Spaceman newspaper which is read by all good socialists around the People's Republic of Austin.
More nonsense from the Austin (Un-)American Statesman, the most liberal daily newspaper in Texas.
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Re: Newspaper Nicknames [Mark Krikorian]
Oh, my. It seems that a lot of people don't really like their hometown newspapers. Sure, some of the nicknames are pretty puerile, but a little puerility can be a good thing:
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Is this the end of newspapers as we know them?
In our case it would be no big loss. The Austin Unamerican Statesman is a Communist inspired rag which can't reasonably be called a "News" Paper. All it is is one big leftist opinion column.
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Cool New Wink Hotels Launches in Vietnam
The QUO-branded Wink Hotels recently launched with a dazzling event in Saigon that attracted more than 300 industry guests, as well as local bloggers, models and influencers.
An innovative, contemporary and avant-garde brand, Wink Hotels is set to transform the Vietnamese hotel industry.
QUO CEO David Keen sees the Wink brand as a tipping point for hospitality in the Indochina region, one that represents the democratising changes currently shifting the balance of power in the industry. "It reflects a change in society in Vietnam and in Indochina – change that is happening as fast as a wink. The brand is fun, it's entrepreneurial, it's dynamic, it's irreverent; it's a brand that will be a catalyst for change for all of hospitality in Vietnam."
Created for the dynamic new generation emerging throughout the region, Wink Hotels promises an eclectic cocktail of modernity, innovation and efficiency, all underpinned by traditional Vietnamese values.
"We call this new generation 'Indochine 2.0'," said Peter R. Ryder, co-founder of Indochina Vanguard Hotels and Chief Executive Officer of Indochina Capital Corporation. "Wink speaks to its core by representing the power and tenacity of the Vietnamese identity, by catering to their fast-paced, ever-changing lifestyles and immersing them in the cultural depths of the destination."
Wink Hotels caters to the needs of Indochine 2.0 travellers by tapping into contemporary desires and expectations. Each hotel will feature multifunctional, multifaceted open-plan lobbies that offer entertainment, food and drink, a library and retail space; flexible minimalist-style guestrooms; state-of-the-art intuitive in-room technology; and well-equipped co-working spaces. An automated check-in system will allow travellers to save time on arrival, while a downloadable itinerary will give them an insider's guide to the city that highlights the locale's most exciting and unique spots.
"With Wink Hotels, we want to be more than just the stylish 'new kid on the block'," said Bruce Musick, co-founder of Indochina Vanguard Hotels and Group Chief Executive Officer of Vanguard Hotels. "We want to change and disrupt the local hotel industry by challenging passé, outdated notions of hospitality, and developing a truly innovative and exciting brand that resonates with young and young-at-heart local and regional travellers."
Wink Hotels will also provide guests with a literal taste of the locale. The brand's exciting new food concept sees vendor-style carts delivering the best local street food to the shophouse-inspired multi-use space on the ground floor.
"Vietnam deserves the best, and we want to bring the finest elements of the hospitality industry to this dynamic country," says Michael Piro, co-founder of Indochina Vanguard Hotels and Chief Operating Officer of Indochina Land. "We will provide a consistent brand experience not only in primary markets such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Danang but also, over time, in many of Vietnam's emerging secondary cities."
The first Wink Hotel is planned for Ho Chi Minh City in Q3 2019.
To discover more information on Wink Hotels, visit the QUO developed website at www.wink-hotels.com


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The star of the Trussardi Jeans Men's Belts from the SS19 Collection is the buckle. Colourful and coming in a work style or sporty, the collection begins with delicate pastel tones, such as light blue, and moves to stronger nuances of brown. The distinctive logo is an additional stylish touch that creates a contemporary design.


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Join the biggest action day for schools in the world, 22 May!
Environment Online – ENO is a global virtual school and network for sustainable development. It has been running since 2000 and reached thousands of schools in 150 countries. ENO Tree Planting Day has been the most popular activity. It's an open event for schools and groups interested in environment and peace. It is arranged twice in a year, in May and in September. We plant trees and get to know about species on the planting sites.
The first ENO Tree Planting Day took place about eight years ago in 2004. So far schools have planted over 7 million trees and we aim to plant 100 million trees by the end of 2017. To celebrate the 12th ENO Tree Planting Day and the forthcoming Rio 20+ we call all the schools in the world to plant trees with us on the 22nd of May 2012. We aim to create the worlds' biggest educational event for schools. Target is to plant 20 million trees during 2012, in every country of the world.
Participating schools will receive certificates for their efforts. In addition there will be special awards for the most active countries and planters. Awards will be given in Rio 20+ Summit 22nd of June 2012.
Welcome to take part! Register your school and find more information on the event website http://treeday.enoprogramme.org
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Matthew Heinrich has made a splash at LFCC on his path to becoming a marine mammal behaviorist.
After graduating with his associate of science degree in the spring, Heinrich plans to study animal science and cognitive neuroscience at Virginia Tech, and plans to then go on to get a master's degree. He hopes to become an animal behaviorist for a conservation agency.
Heincrich was recently awarded a $3,500 Mike and Wendy Smith Chancellor's Award for Leadership in Philanthropy Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship, which has certainly eased any financial burden he had been facing.
A strong proponent of LFCC, he serves as secretary of communications for the Warrenton Campus branch of Phi Theta Kappa, an honor society for two-year colleges, and as a student ambassador, promoting LFCC to prospective students.
Choosing Lord Fairfax for his first two years of college wasn't a tough choice for him.
Heinrich's favorite professor is Jeremiah Dyke.
"He's an incredible math professor, and he can make the most terrified of students feel confident with math," he says.
But, his favorite subject remains biology.
And, it's long been a focus in his life. In October, Heinrich started working at the National Zoo through the Smithsonian's Citizen Science program as a reptile and amphibian educator and researcher. He also works at an equine facility doing horse husbandry and training. He says he finds horses fascinating.
A boyhood trip to Sea World led to his love of marine mammals, and his extensive experience with 4-H further fostered his fascination and affection for animals. Through the program, he has raised chickens, rabbits, pigs and sheep. Heinrich has also had two internships with zoological facilities.


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Democrats Decry 'Sham' Kavanaugh Hearing After GOP Refuses Additional Witnesses
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 21: Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) speaks during a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on August 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
By Cameron Joseph
Senate Democrats slammed their GOP counterparts for scheduling what they described as a "sham" hearing on allegations of sexual assault levied against Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday, ripping them for refusing to allow corroborating witnesses.
"We're calling for an investigation, an assessment of the facts, for other witnesses to be heard from, and then have this hearing," Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), a member of Democratic leadership, told reporters Tuesday afternoon.
Facing mounting pressure, Senate Republicans announced Monday evening that they'd hold a hearing next Monday to look into whether California professor Christine Blasey Ford's allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers.
But the GOP didn't consult Democrats before announcing that day. They didn't even ask Ford if she'd be available to testify then. And while Republican say they are reaching out to others about the alleged incident, Grassley said that he's only planning on testimony Ford and Kavanaugh. This will limit the committee's ability to publicly assess other corroborating evidence and more accurately weigh whether Ford's telling the truth.
The White House and Justice Department haven't instructed the FBI to investigate the matter, keeping them from probing the facts of the case. Ford has said she'd testify in front of the Senate, but has yet to respond to Republicans' demand that she appear before the committee on Monday.
Those maneuvers to rush through Kavanaugh's confirmation in spite of these serious allegations have Democrats incensed.
"We should not be rushing to judgment with a sham hearing on Monday," Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said Tuesday, after arguing Ford's "account is specific, she told her therapist five years ago, she told her friend last year, she passed a polygraph test and she has everything to lose."
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was visibly enraged by the GOP's approach.
"What really bothers me and gets me so angry is that the White Wouse is victimizing this person," she said. "To the men in this country, just shut up and step up. Do the right thing for a change."
As Democrats walked away from the microphones at their weekly Senate press conference, Hirono confronted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who was walking to the mics.
"Do the right thing!" she said while pointing at him, according to the Washington Examiner.
McConnell, for his part, said the one-on-one Monday hearing was plenty to hear out both sides.
"It's pretty obvious this is all about delaying the process, but the accuser has a right to be heard," he said. "Monday is her opportunity."
McConnell didn't answer questions about why other witnesses wouldn't be allowed to testify.
Cameron Joseph Cameron Joseph is Talking Points Memo's senior political correspondent based in Washington, D.C. He covers Capitol Hill, the White House and the permanent campaign. Previous publications include the New York Daily News, Mashable, The Hill and National Journal. He grew up near Chicago and is an irrationally passionate Cubs fan.
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Tom then became a west coast representative of "Vance security" a high end cooperate security company from the east coast to help introduce their philosophies to the celebrity driven west coast. Tom was introduced to the world of music security with the band "Live". Traveling over 20 countries 2 years, Tom knew it was a perfect fit to use his security background to upgrade and update some of the touring security philosophies.
Since then Tom has been in 78 countries with bands Metallica, Green Day, Linkin Park, System of a down, Creed, Live, Kanye West, Louis C.K., Amy Schumer, Matisyahu and more.
Tom also assists other bands security teams when available such as Guns N Roses and Dolly Parton. Tom proudly has been the Main Stage Security Director for Coachella for the last 7 years and worked with many of the biggest A list bands in recent years.
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Techstep is a dark subgenre of drum and bass that was created in the mid-1990s.

Style
It is characterized by a dark, sci-fi mood, near-exclusive use of synthesised or sampled sound sources, 2-step kicks and snares and influences from industrial and techno music, what some writers have described as a "clinical" sound. Although described as having a "techy" feel, techstep's relationship with techno should not be overstated. It shares the technique of creating a high-energy collage from abstract, synthetic noises, including samples, bleeps and squelches: it rarely uses instruments that have not been processed by effects. Similarly, quantized drum-machine kit and percussion sounds are favored over naturalistic human breakbeats. However, it usually adheres to drum and bass norms in other regards, especially in terms of musical structure, with the emphasis on the "drop". Techstep saw jungle music's obsession with bass change, from aiming for low and deep to exploring timbre, artists aiming to outdo each other with ever more distorted and "twisted" bass sounds.

History
Techstep developed from jungle music and hardstep around 1995. The name of the genre was coined by Ed Rush and Trace, who were both instrumental in shaping the sound of techstep. In this case, "tech" did not refer to the smoother style of Detroit techno, but to the raver, more caustic hardcore sounds that were popular in Belgium in the earlier part of the decade, often known as Belgian techno. Techstep was a reaction to the appearance of more pop and virtuosic musical elements on jungle and drum 'n' bass tracks, which were seen as an adulteration of "true" or "original" jungle. Instead the genre was infused with a simpler, colder sound that stripped away most R&B elements, and replaced them with a more hardcore sound, and ideological influences like youth anti-capitalism movements, and dystopian films like Blade Runner and RoboCop. One of the first incarnations of the techstep sound is DJ Trace's remix of T-Power's "Mutant Jazz" which appeared on S.O.U.R. Recordings in 1995. This remix, co-produced by Ed Rush and Nico, features the trademark stepping beats and distorted Reese bassline which would become symbolic of the techstep genre. The Torque compilation (No U Turn), the Techsteppin''' compilation (Emotif), Breakage LP (Penny Black 1997), and Platinum Breakz 1, 2, and MDZ 01'' (Metalheadz) feature some selections of techstep tracks.

Some of the original techstep producers eventually developed the neurofunk style. These include early pioneers Ed Rush & Optical, Teebee, Dom & Roland and Doc Scott. Moving Shadow and Metalheadz were important labels in the development of the style.

See also
 Drum and bass
 Neurofunk
 2-step garage
 Digital hardcore
 Breakbeat
 Breakbeat hardcore
 Dubstep
 Breakcore
 Darkstep

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Drum and bass subgenres
English styles of music


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Exhibiting original memorabilia about Uncle Ho
On the occasion of the 127th anniversary of the birth of President Ho Chi Minh, the Central Museum of Ho Chi Minh has coordinated with the Department of Culture and Sport of Thua Thien Hue Province for the first time to bring 22 original artifacts in the collection of normal life memorabilia of President Ho Chi Minh, preserved by the Central Museum of Ho Chi Minh, to Thua Thien Hue to show in the exhibition entitled The story behind the souvenirs. The exhibition runs from May 18th to June 15th, 2017.
Exhibition The story behind the souvenirs introduces 120 documentations and artifacts, focusing on two main contents: the memorabilia which highlight Uncle Ho's moral example; and Thua Thien Hue and souvenirs about Uncle Ho. The objects displayed at the exhibition are mostly original artifacts, especially 22 original artifacts in Uncle Ho's memorabilia collection. The original souvenirs seem to still carry the soul and warmth of the time when he was still living. Still here are two clogs Uncle Ho would wear on his casual walks; the staff stick from the years in the Viet Bac war zone; the fan made from palm leaves in the Presidential Garden; ordinary typewriter; pens, pencils, rulers, the stone to block papers, which he used for daily work; exercise kits which helped him to maintain his health ... In addition to the ordinary life artifacts, there are also manuscripts of famous works such as "Walk the road and tell the story", the work "Modify the working style" published for the first time in 1948 .... Every souvenir about him is a story about the moral example of Ho Chi Minh, which is pure, simple, and wholehearted for his country and people.
President Ho Chi Minh was very simple and economical in his daily life. From eating to living style, he was like an ordinary man. The palm-leaf fan is one of Uncle Ho's simple, casual living utensils during the hot summer days. A fan made by a comrade of Uncle Ho from a palm leaf in the Presidential Garden. The palm leaf was cut short, dried and squeezed into a fan. Uncle Ho loved this fan and usually left it at the head of his bed when the weather was hot. Though simple, the artifact shows the sentiments of the housekeepers who lived with Uncle Ho.
A simple palm fan of Uncle Ho
There is a story that recounts as such: In the early days returning to the capital, Uncle Ho stayed in the house of an electrician who served in the former Governor Residency. His room was narrow so it was very hot during summer. Uncle Ho often used a fan made of palm leaves. Seeing Uncle Ho was living in such a cramped space, the Foreign Ministry bought an air conditioner and installed it in his room when he was out for work. When he arrived home, Uncle asked the guard: "Our house is 'smelly' today!" (when installing the air conditioner, the staff used a type of dry perfume for room aroma). Knowing that they could not hide anything from Uncle Ho, the service comrades had to explain the reason for the air conditioner. Uncle Ho said nothing, but in the evening he said: "You should bring this air conditioner to the wounded brothers in Hang Bot. When visited them today, I saw that they were very hot. I do not yet need it."
Uncle Ho's fountain pen
In his daily work, President Ho Chi Minh used the "Cuu Long" pen made by Hong Ha Stationery Factory. Through study of books, newspapers, manuscripts, typed documents, and through the comparison of pen and ink strokes of documents at the Ho Chi Minh Museum archives, it has been concluded that many manuscripts and writings by President Ho Chí Minh were written with this purple "Cuu Long" fountain pen.
With this pen, President Ho Chi Minh also signed many edicts of medals for units and individuals who made outstanding achievements and brave deeds in combat, in production, and in study. Uncle also used this pen to write important things, such as things to remember in his little notebook to keep track of domestic and international news, and things which needed to be done.
The phone Uncle Ho used in his stilt house
In order for Uncle to be directly and regularly informed of the fighting situation in both the South and the North, and directly and timely guide our troops and people to perform the tasks, and at the request of the President's Office, the Communication Command had set three telephones in the stilt house. The telephones were located in the left-hand corner of the first floor of the stilt house, where President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked.
The phone used by Uncle Ho
The black plastic phone in this exhibition is one of these three telephones, installed in 1966, and were regularly used by him to work directly with comrades in the Operations Department, General Staff.
The manuscript of "Walk the road and tell the story"
"Walk the road and tell the story" written by Ho Chi Minh under the pseudonym T. Lan was published in 13 issues of the People's newspaper, a spokesperson for the Communist Party of Vietnam from 10/5/1961 to 6 / 8/1961 (including some unpublishedissues). The Truth Publisher (now the National Political Publisher) also published this work in 1963. Many other publishers later reprinted the book.
This is a work by President Ho Chi Minh himself. But in order to appeal to readers, President Ho Chi Minh took the true context of the 1950 Border Campaign. President Ho Chi Minh told soldiers about his secret revolutionary activities during the period from his departure to find a way to save the country until the success of August Revolution (from 1920 to 1945).
The Vietnamese manuscript consists of 3 copies: the first was handwritten and edited by President Ho Chi Minh; the second was typed and edited by President Ho Chi Minh; the third was typed by the President's Office and edited by President Ho Chi Minh, then sent to the newspaper. President Ho Chi Minh reusedthe blank sides of news pages, documents and calendars to write all pages of the first and second manuscripts.
The special feature of this collection is not just the original material written by Ho Chi Minh himself; but also that many of these original documents have no second copy.
These are just four of the 22 original souvenirs of President Ho Chi Minh presented at the exhibition 'The story behind the souvenirs'; the spiritual, historical and scientific values brought by these souvenirs contribute to the success of propagation on learning and behaving mirroring the thought, morality and style of Ho Chi Minh at the present time.
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Lowering Neu pole and opening the seal to greet new year
Working throughout Tet to welcome visitors
Om ngự revived
Warming hearts with real experience
Phong, Trung, and passion for digitizing photos of heritage
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Exciting traditional Fairy Swing Festival in Dien Hoa Commune
Many attractive services for visitors during the Lunar New Year
Reading books in the middle of the heritage
People going to pagodas to worship Buddha in beautiful weather
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Advocates fear rise in anti-Muslim attacks after Paris, San Bernardino
December 10, 2015 / 2:49 PM / AP
NEW YORK -- A severed pig's head was left outside a mosque in Philadelphia. An Islamic center in Florida was defaced. A Sikh temple in California was vandalized by someone who mistook it for a mosque and left graffiti that included a profane reference to the Islamic State group.
Advocacy groups believe there has been a spike in anti-Muslim incidents across the United States in recent weeks that can be linked to last week's mass shooting in California and the inflammatory rhetoric of Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates. And they say that Muslims are fearful the backlash could lead to further harassment and violence.
"The spike began with the Paris attacks and has intensified with what happened in San Bernardino and now with what Donald Trump is proposing," Ibrahim Hooper, lead spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Wednesday. "I have never seen such fear and apprehension in the Muslim community, even after 9/11."
It's hard to measure the extent of the problem. The FBI, which keeps statistics on hate crimes committed nationwide, counted 154 bias offenses against Muslims last year. Data for 2015 is unavailable. The Anti-Defamation League, relying partly on complaints and partly on media reports, said it has logged more than three dozen incidents since the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris that left 130 dead.
"We're talking at least three dozen that we're aware of, and I'm sure there are many more incidents that haven't been reported," said Oren Segal, the director of the ADL's Center on Extremism. "With legit terror attacks and the public discourse about them, it has created an atmosphere ripe for these types of stereotypes and incidents," Segal said. "People are exploiting them."
Segal wasn't able to provide a comparison point to the same period last year, but said that the pace of incidents appears to have picked up since the Dec. 2 shooting in San Bernardino that killed 14 people and injured 21 others.
The suspects, Syed Rizwan Farook, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, later died in a gun battle with police. That shooting prompted Trump on Monday to propose a complete ban on Muslim immigrantion into the U.S., triggering a fierce debate that has dominated the national political conversation.
Advocates say other GOP presidential candidates also have fueled anti-Islamic sentiment, including Ben Carson, who suggested a Muslim should not be president, and Rick Santorum, who questioned whether the U.S. Constitution protected Islam.
"The ground had been primed for this kind of harassment by the ongoing demonization of Islam," said Hooper. "After 9/11 there were hate crimes on the edges of society, but now it's in the mainstream with the leading Republican presidential candidate saying Muslims are not wanted in America."
Among the incidents reported since the California shooting:
- In Philadelphia, police have stepped up patrols around houses of worship after a severed pig's head was left outside the Al Aqsa Islamic Society. Police are continuing to investigate; no arrests have been made.
-A Florida man was arrested after authorities said he vandalized the Islamic Center of Palm Beach in North Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday. More than a dozen windows were broken.
-The imam of an Islamic center in St. Louis, Missouri, told a local television station that someone claiming to be a former Marine left a threatening voicemail message on the mosque's answering machine on Saturday. Fox 2 TV (KTVI), which obtained a copy of the recording, reported that the man said he "killed a lot of Muslims" and, using expletives, said he would decapitate Muslims.
Sometimes it's hard for authorities to decipher whether the suspects are fueled by bigotry or whether there's something else in play.
The New York Police Department said Piro Kolvani, 55, walked into a food market in Queens Saturday, had a brief verbal exchange with the store clerk and then attacked him. The clerk, Sarker Haque, 53, told WPIX-TV his assailant shouted "I kill Muslims," before punching him in his left eye.
In a short, disjointed phone interview Wednesday, Kolvani said he was trying to buy something in the store. When asked if he said anything negative about Muslims during his exchange with the clerk, he shouted "No! No! No!" and then hung up on a reporter.
Kolvani was arrested on an assault charge but the Queens District Attorney's office has not determined if he'll be charged with a hate crime. Court records show Kolvani, a resident of Jacksonville, Florida, was arrested there after allegedly pulling his pants down in front of a Walmart store on Nov. 21.