On vacation till 19th of August 2018 — .:: GSA SEO & Marketing Forum ::.
Even though I'm on vacation for several days already, I'm probably not available the next week for major tasks (bug fixing and new features) since I'm traveling around.
I will try to answer emails and also do support here on the forum but please bare with me that I can't answer as fast as I used to.
Have an a amazing vacation, Sven! If anyone deserves one, you do, for all your dependable, brilliant, and dedicated hard work at GSA.
Hit those beaches as much as you can, if you can!
hehe not that far...for personal reasons we have to stay in the area I life.
Hooray! Please look into forum issues that I described in your PM.
Take your time, Sven! U deserve a break!


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Vanitaa Rawat Appointed National Advisor of Sports Promotion Organization's Women's Wing
October 6, 2021 2 min read dsprime
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], October 5: NLP Practitioner, Life Coach, and Content Creator Vanitaa Rawat has been appointed as National Advisor of the women's wing of the Sports Promotion Organization of India
Vanitaa's appointment was announced during the Organization's 4th annual general meeting at Haridwar on October 3.
Accepting the responsibility, Vanitaa spoke about the pivotal contribution of women in sports and noted the success achieved by Indian sportswomen in the Olympics and other global sports events in recent years.
"It is time women increase their representation in sports and become the torchbearers of change. Sports can be a great career option. The way forward is to promote sports culture in the country and encourage sportspersons, especially women," said Vanitaa, adding she is looking forward to working alongside eminent personalities to promote sports.
The 4th AGM was attended by representatives of more than a dozen state units of the Organization and office bearers of the women's wing. The board members and new appointees were felicitated by Om Prakash Jamdagni, senior BJP leader and representative of Haridwar MP.
The Sports Promotion Organization of India is a non-governmental organization that has devoted itself to promoting sports. Founded by Naman Bhardwaj, the Organization has a presence across several states and is rapidly expanding to more places.
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There was always a standing joke around our house when we would see a truck with a big sign on it that said "Baled Pine Straw, Inc." Inevitably, someone would say, wonder what they sell? When I first saw Mortise & Tenon Magazine, I couldn't help but think about that old joke and wonder, what is that book about? Like the pine straw from the truck, this one is about mortises and tenons and woodworking from many years ago. As little as you think about it, electricity for woodworking tools is only about a hundred years old. Mortise & Tenon Magazine is aimed at those of us who treasure and appreciate those times before electricity in woodworking.
The tone of the book is a semi-academic investigation of pre-electrical, pre-industrial woodworking. Joshua Klein, the Editor-In-Chief has an article in the current issue called The Artisan's Guide to Pre-Industrial Table Construction. In the article, Klein starts at the beginning of making a table with hand tools with a particular emphasis on which parts of the process are important and which can be left to the underside of the table where very few people will ever see them. What is good to know from this process is the efficiencies built into the making of furniture at the time. Very few modern woodworkers have to make a living with their craft and if something takes six months or three years, it is not a major issue. On the other hand, if the baby needs milk and the only way to buy the milk is to deliver the finished table, then the maker is going to be real quick to leave the inside of the rails rough planed. I know at my shop, my habit is to go to the shop for an hour or three but seldom more at a time, and then come back several days later. My task for any given day might be to plane all the table side rails front and back and then come back in a few days to cut the tenons. In the time Klein is speaking to, a craftsman would work from dark to dark and have a system worked out to maximize efficiency and workflow. If one side of a board will always be hidden, no time will be wasted smoothing and flattening. Baby needs the milk!
All the authors in Issue #4 are well known and well qualified and the subject is furniture built with hand tools. There is a nice article on axes in the workshop, hardly the first choice of a tool for someone looking at the latest 8" power jointer in the tool catalog. Few of us pick up an axe first when it comes to shaping a piece of wood. We are much more likely to head to the bandsaw or the tablesaw, but if an axe and a nice stump are in the house, and once you learn what the axe will do, there will come a time when the axe is the first choice. It is really surprising how much work you can do and the tolerances you can reach with a sharp axe.
The Business of Woodworking: 1700 to 1840 by Charles Hummel, is one of those articles you pick up when you can't sleep. You would think it is much quicker than a glass of warm milk, but I was surprised at the information included. Hummel details what a craftsman could make in a day and the amount of time it took to make a particular piece by hand, time frames that we today look upon in amazement.
Peter Follansbee recommends a book entitled The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725, a real page turner, I'm sure. When I read his article, I can see the appeal to someone who is all about timber framing. This is important information that needs to be preserved and I am glad someone was able and willing to do it.
Why does all this interest anyone? I mean, who cares about Traditional Timber Framing in Romania? Well, I do. We look at old stuff like this for the same reason we do genetic testing with something like 23andMe.com or ancestry.com We want to know where we come from.
The picture above is where I come from and why I care about stuff like this: that is my Great Grandfather in about 1885 in the wagon and buggy shop in the back yard of my childhood home in rural Georgia. He's the one in the middle with the leather apron.
If you too care about stuff like this, you will enjoy Mortise & Tenon Magazine. The current issue, just out, is #4 and like the first three issues is available at Highland Woodworking. At the very least, look inside the back cover and see what a "Colophon" is, as in "Mortise & Tenon Magazine is set in Fairfield, a contemporary typeface consciously tethered to Venetian Old Face Tradition." That gives you a good idea of what you will find here. Highly recommended!
Terry Chapman is a Professional Engineer (Civil) and Land Surveyor who lives south of Atlanta. He has done woodworking for many years and particularly enjoys bowl turning and making Windsor Chairs. He currently works as Site Development Manager for a local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity and has one son who pastors a Church in Connecticut. You can email him at cdeinc@mindspring.com.


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Q: Uncaught TypeError: button.addEventListener is not a function I am learning js on my own and I am new in programming. I am stuck on the below code and any help will be much appreciated:

To-Do list

  <input type="text">

X one

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Javascript part:
let li = document.getElementsByTagName("li");

let button = document.getElementsByTagName("span");

button.addEventListener("click", function() {
  console.log("clicked");
})

This throwing an error saying that it is not a function. Where is my mistake?

A: The function Element.getElementsByTagName() returns a HTMLCollection of elements, you need to loop over it to bind the events.

let li = document.getElementsByTagName("li");
let buttons = document.getElementsByTagName("span");

Array.from(buttons).forEach(b => {
  b.addEventListener("click", function() {
    console.log("clicked");
  });
});

To-Do list

  <input type="text">

X one

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A: getElementsByTagName returns a list of elements
we can addEventListener on every element

let li = document.getElementsByTagName("li");

let button = document.getElementsByTagName("span");

console.log(button); // list of elements

// and we have to addEventListener on every element
Array.prototype.map.call(button, (b) => {
  b.addEventListener("click", function() {
    console.log("clicked");
  })
})

To-Do list

  <input type="text">

X one

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Or we can addEventListener on parent element (ul for example):
document.querySelector('ul').addEventListener("click", function(e) {
  console.log(e.target); // this will helps us to figure out on what exact element a click was made
  console.log("clicked");
})

A: You could just iterate over the buttons like so:
let li = document.getElementsByTagName("li");

let buttons = document.getElementsByTagName("span");

[].forEach.call(buttons, function(button) {
    button.addEventListener("click", function() {
        console.log("You clicked!");
    });
});

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Q: .htaccess treating $_GET= as variable I understand .htaccess and ?var=$1, what I'm trying to do is treat $1 as a standalone, such as
http://localhost.com/file.php?stackoverflow

Would be equivalent to
http://localhost.com/file.php?site=stackoverflow

I'm guessing this has to be done in the same way the way I stated below.

A: You can use this method although I'd recommend using a conventional method that you listed below...
For a URL of http://localhost.com/file.php?stackoverflow, if you wanted to test the existence of that parameter, you'd be able to use something like this -
if (isset($_GET['stackoverflow']){
  // parameter exists.
}

A: Supposing the site always should be the first querystring parameter:
$site = "";
foreach($_GET as $key=>$_){
  $site = $key;
  break; //breaks at first run, as site should be the first querystring parameter
}


Not all adverse impacts caused by the lifecycle of developing and delivering a mega-sporting event will be preventable. Where there is potential for harm to occur, stakeholders must identify, mitigate and remediate those impacts, as outlined in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and related international standards.
This White Paper focuses on the risks of (a) forced labour and human trafficking and (b) security and policing, identifying mitigation steps for each that have the potential to reduce the adverse effects of those impacts.


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class NewsFeedController < ApplicationController
  layout 'news_feed'

  def index
    @all_posts           = load_posts.page(params[:all_posts_page])
    @subscriptions_posts = load_posts.where(
      posts: { user_id: current_user.following.ids }
    ).page(params[:subscriptions_posts_page])

    @comments            = load_comments
    @popular_users       = load_popular_users
  end

  private

  def load_posts
    Publication::Post.includes(:tags, :taggings, :user)
                     .order(created_at: :desc)
  end

  def load_comments
    Publication::Comment.includes(:post, :user).order(created_at: :desc)
                        .limit(5)
  end

  def load_popular_users
    User
      .joins('LEFT JOIN relationships ON users.id = relationships.followed_id')
      .select('users.*, COUNT(relationships.follower_id) AS followers_count')
      .group('users.id').having('COUNT(relationships.follower_id) > 0')
      .order('followers_count DESC')
  end
end

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Sloppy guesswork should not be used to take people off the list who later turn out to still be eligible Ohio voters.
One thing we can all agree on is that Ohio's voter rolls should be as accurate as possible. What does an accurate voter roll look like? It should be cleared of voters who are no longer eligible to vote in Ohio. For example, those that records show have died or moved out of state. But an accurate list should also be one that includes as many Ohioans who are eligible to vote on it as possible. Sloppy guesswork should not be used to take people off the list who later turn out to still be eligible Ohio voters. If eligible voters are removed from the roll, then the roll is no longer accurate.
We can also agree that elections must have integrity. But what does an election with integrity look like? Our elections only have integrity when eligible voters who show up to vote are on the list, are able to vote, and have that vote counted. Unfortunately, every election we throw out thousands of voters' provisional ballots because they're "not registered." That is not election integrity.
Businesses who want to keep their customers would never purge large portions of their customer list on the kind of flimsy evidence that our Secretary of State uses to purge voters. Fewer than 1 percent of the population moves out of state in a given year, yet some years 20 percent of registered voters are targeted for purging. This is no way to run a business and it's no way to run elections either.
People with good business sense would probably try to figure out how to reach those customers and bring them back. That's exactly what we should be doing for our fellow Ohioans who vote infrequently. Instead, the state judges and punishes infrequent voters with the silent treatment. They get one postcard, then they're ignored, then they're purged.
Even when the U.S. Post Office successfully delivers mail to a voter, the Secretary of State still assumes that the voter has moved out of state. Such a process defies logic and common sense. If the Secretary's office really desires to have the most accurate list with maximum integrity, it should take on that responsibility fully and do it right. Automatic voter registration would be a great start. It would eliminate waste, inefficiency and accuracy concerns while still giving Ohioans a choice to be registered or to opt out. And those who do want to vote would no longer be met with the unpleasant Election Day surprise of having been kicked off the rolls.
In 2016, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals let a group of these purged voters have the chance to vote and have that vote counted. The court determined that choosing to skip a few elections didn't mean the voter was ineligible. Seventy-five hundred voters who otherwise would have had their ballot thrown out were able to vote. But after the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of that order, voters in that same circumstance will go back to having their ballots thrown out.
I am pleased that Secretary Jon Husted will not be ordering counties to purge voters before the November 2018 election. But what about after November? There is no good time to purge eligible voters from the rolls. I want this wasteful, costly, inefficient process to be postponed indefinitely because it has no place in our democracy.
Kathleen Clyde is a fourth-term state representative from Portage County and the Democratic candidate for Secretary of State.


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Perkins' Revoked Invitation Is Just Like Dred Scott
By Kyle Mantyla | February 26, 2010 11:29 am
I have to say that the American Family Association's decision to promote Bryan Fischer from the head of the Idaho Values Alliance to the AFA's Director of Issue Analysis for Government and Public Policy last year has been a real boon for this blog as be has since become a constant source of good posts.
Today he weighs in on the news that the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins had his invitation to speak at a Andrews Air Force Base prayer luncheon rescinded with a complete and utter meltdown, declaring it proof that the Constitution is on the verge of collapse and likening it to Dred Scott and McCarthyism:
The homosexual agenda represents a clear and present danger to virtually every fundamental right given to us by our Creator and enshrined for us in our Constitution.
Start with freedom of religion and freedom of speech, the first two of our inalienable rights secured for us in the Bill of Rights.
As a culture, we must choose between the homosexual agenda or the Constitution because we can't have both.
Further proof comes from the abjectly pathetic decision of the chaplains' office at Andrews Air Force Base to rescind a long-standing invitation to Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council. Perkins had been invited to give a non-political talk at a prayer luncheon on the base yesterday, but was abruptly dis-invited for one simple reason: he supports the current law which makes homosexuals ineligible for service in the United States military.
The days of Dred Scott have returned. Christians now are the ones are being confined on the plantation, and warned about being too uppity … McCarthyism has now struck the U.S. military with a vengeance. The question now that the military is asking is this: "Are you now, or have you ever been, a supporter of traditional morality?" If the answer is yes, you go on our blacklist, and we deprive you of your freedom of religion, speech and military service.
Realize the ominous portents here for the future of our military. Perkins' view represents the view of the vast majority of Americans, especially those considering military service. The new standard appears to be that, even if you are heterosexual, you must embrace the homosexual agenda or you will be banned from the military. That's where this is going, and at Andrews Air Force Base, we're already there.
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Ms. Rachel Clark
Rachel Michele Clark is an educator who realizes "to whom much is given, much is required". She was born and predominantly raise in St. Louis, Missouri (with the exception of living in Alameda/Oakland, California for 4 years). She attended Carr Lane Elementary School, Shaw VPA, and is a proud Wolverine from Vashon High School. Rachel began her post-secondary education at Truman University (formerly Northeast Missouri State University). She would be the first to admit that she was unprepared for the level of commitment required at that point. After taking a step back to reevaluate the direction her life needed to travel, she decided to enlist in the United States Army. She is a proud veteran of Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia.
During this time of her life, she became the mother of three very intellectual children-Ryean (26), Raygan (25) and Rayne (21). She is also "Mimi" to grandson Ronin. Rachel worked as a medical lab specialist after an honorable discharge from the Army but always felt something was missing. She enrolled as a student in Harris Stowe State University where she earned a Bachelor's of Science in Secondary Education-Unified Sciences/Biology. Her career in education began at Roosevelt High School but it was Beaumont High School where her leadership skills really began to surface. Rachel received a Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from the University of Missouri Columbia.
The majority of her administrative work was in St. Louis Public Schools. Her leadership journey began in 2005 -2013. She gained a wealth of experience and knowledge by working at Sumner High School, Blewett Middle School, Big Picture Middle School, Dewey Elementary School, and Ford Elementary School. After leaving SLPS, finding a new district to call home was challenging. After two years, she was hired as a Biology and Anatomy & Physiology teacher at Riverview Gardens High School. The following year she accepted a position as Science Instructional Coach. After being encouraged by the school leadership team, she applied for an administrative position in the Riverview Gardens School District. She became principal of Central Middle School in 2018 and is currently in her second year. Her leadership role will continue in the same position as she continues to set personal and schoolwide goals. Her drive continues to focus on student achievement, professional growth for staff, and building a school nurturing school community that thrives on positive culture, results, and school spirit. Let us not forget that she is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.


More and more, America's Democracy seems split down the middle.
he 2016 Election was a major milestone in the course of our history, shifting the national political trajectory away from the somewhat moderate, less partisan Obama Era. It instead directed the political landscape towards the more brazen, partisan, and turbulent Trump administration.
2016 was incredibly divisive, two separate worlds clashing dramatically within a single country. It represented the rift between two vastly different communities in terms of ideology, values, and perspective that had gradually drifted apart over the course of the last few decades. As a result of this self-imposed partition, any result in the election that was a triumph of one faction would have shocked and confused the opposing caucus, due to their seclusion and isolation, and their choice to act without regard for the other due to their non-interaction with their perceived adversaries.
This division in our union has expanded greatly over the past decade especially, but the split has emerged in different forms throughout American history, the blood feud occasionally splattering across the American conscious.
But what sets today's crisis apart from the Civil War or the Gilded Age or the War on Drugs, is the internet. Never before have people been so adeptly able to hide from the real world and instead shield themselves from other opinions and perspectives, the internet being the most protective and destructive sanctuary yet invented.
I, just like everyone else, think the internet can be—and sometimes is—a tool for good: an educating force that brings all of the human knowledge to your fingertips. I thought that this networking device that forms a new system of communication unmatched in history, as well as empowers anyone who can get access to the web to hold authority accountable, would have a major positive impact on society: especially the interaction between government and the people it serves.
But I was wrong. Although it did achieve some astonishing feats, such as aiding in the education of those eager to learn, it failed to connect people on a national level. The internet only made the self-categorization of people easier, with the advent of social media into the cultural and political sphere of the general public. This allows the majority of the American public not to learn from those different from them, therein opening their minds, but instead allows them to only listen to those whom they agree with and close themselves off from their now self-prescribed enemies. The internet only made the bad situation in the United States worse, aggravating the disunity in our now almost anachronistic union.
I write this not as an editorial to argue for the abolition of the internet, that would be ridiculous, but instead to advocate for a convention of the two sides. A conversation between the conservative and liberal nations.
I believe that is the only way that we can keep our United States together: we have to put our differences aside and talk to those we disagree with. It will take a lot of work to heal our homeland, a concerted effort from both factions is imperative, but I believe that if we can muster the courage to reach across the aisle, the country we share will be a much better place.
This is intended as a message of optimism: the resolve that our country is in a bad place, an atrocious scenario of partisanship and bitter rivalry, but the conviction that with a concerted effort to hear out opposition and understand their opinion we can defy the negative environment, piece by piece reconstructing the stability we enjoyed in the anecdotal, idealised past.


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Fauci Day: 2020's surprise celebrity honored on his 80th birthday
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, testifies during a US Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine Covid-19, focusing on an update on the federal response in Washington, DC, on September 23, 2020. (Photo by GRAEME JENNINGS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
(NEXSTAR) – The nation's top infectious disease expert isn't used to the entire country taking notice of his birthday. But this is 2020 and while Christmas may be the most anticipated birthday on the calendar, many are celebrating Dr. Anthony Fauci's December 24th birth as well.
Fauci has been perhaps the most unexpected household name of 2020 as he became the face of scientific efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Politicians, celebrities, and ordinary people have been taking time to thank the octogenarian for his leadership this year, and #DrFauciDay began trending on Twitter well before dawn.
Dr. Fauci: 'I vaccinated Santa Claus myself'
In Washington D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser formally proclaimed the day "Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Day" on Wednesday, calling him a "shining light in dark times for our nation."
In honor of Dr. Fauci's 80th birthday tomorrow, I proclaim Thursday, December 24, 2020, "Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Day" in Washington, DC.
We are incredibly proud to count Dr. Fauci among the many DC residents who are sacrificing so much to keep our communities healthy and safe. pic.twitter.com/UqvS4sebMf
— Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) December 23, 2020
Fauci has served as an advisor to six presidents and as a key member of the Coronavirus Task Force.
President-elect Biden has already said he plans to keep Fauci on as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the next administration.
Fauci was vaccinated against the virus on Tuesday. He has told reporters and friends that he plans to spend a quiet night at home for his birthday.
by DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press / Jan 16, 2021
The phrase drove home the importance of safety precautions being put in place by news organizations across the country this weekend, including those planned by Times managing editor Ray Rivera and his colleagues.
by Darcie Loreno, Nexstar Media Wire / Jan 16, 2021
(WJW) -- Rapper Post Malone has donated 10,000 pairs of his sold-out Crocs to hospital caregivers and staff all over the country who are working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
People reports that Malone, 25, and Crocs partnered with the nonprofit, Musicians On Call, to give Malone's Duet Max Clog II shoes to workers in 70 facilities across the country.
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HTML tags: A guide to the basics
By Matt Crouch (Web Designer) 2019-12-17T08:18:29Z
Find out how you should use popular semantic HTML tags to build better future-proof sites.
HTML is the foundation of every website on the web. It defines where the visuals should be placed, what they look like and what behaviour they should have. It is the first thing a browser receives, making it a crucial piece to get right even before the CSS and JavaScript.
It is the main driver of the Document Object Model that allows the browser to read the structure of the page and render its contents (see more about page layouts here). Elements are created by parsing the tags we write in the markup. Because of this, it's important to make sure the HTML is correct. The language itself has been improved upon over the years to make sure the syntax used can describe the content within it accurately, and allow consumers to make sense of it.
As HTML has evolved, things that were once recommended could now be considered bad practice. It's important for us to keep on top of the language we use to make sure it best serves the visitors to our sites. Incorrect HTML can cause more harm than good. By ensuring we get the right structure in place we can be sure the content we create is set for the future.
The <div> element is the most generic container in HTML. By default, it has no styling applied to it, no inherent meaning associated with it and every browser supports it. By applying our own styling, we make it look and behave however we like. While this may sound ideal for visitors in a browser, it comes at a cost to other users and consumers of that content.
Read on to discover the basic HTML tags you should be using, and what underlying advantages using the right tags will bring to your builds.
What are the basic HTML tags?
In HTML tags, a semantic element is one that provides meaning to its contents e.g. <header>. A non-semantic element is typically used to apply styling and does not carry any meaning.
Before HTML5 introduced a new set of semantic elements, developers would use <div> to achieve the same effect e.g. <div id="header">. Adding a descriptive class to that element makes it clear to the developer what that element contains, but a computer would not be able to understand it.
We now have several semantic elements such as <nav> or <header> to help structure a page. We should be able to follow the structure by only looking at the tags being used – something that would not be possible with only non-semantic elements such as <div>.
This guide will help you make sure you are always using the right semantic tags for the right job. And, you could create your own HTML boilerplate template, so that your tags are always right and ready to go every time you start a new build.
The <header> tag
The header normally contains some kind of repeated content not directly related to the rest of the page. The specification defines it as "a group of introductory or navigational aids", which could include a logo, site-wide navigation or a search function. There can be multiple <header> elements on a page. For example, a blog's home page could contain a <header> tag for each post it displays.
The <nav> tag
Most sites will have an area dedicated to navigation. This can include links to specific areas of the site or a breadcrumb style hierarchy. Not all links need to be within one. Only collections of links in other parts of the page would be candidates for their own <nav> element, but this is dependant on the context.
A common pattern is to include links to a privacy policy or contact page in the footer. If this area makes use of the <footer> element, this is enough to identify these links as site navigation and there is no need to use a separate <nav> tag.
The <main> tag
The <main> element is the focal point of each page. Outside of the page's header and footer, all other content should be inside here. There should only ever be one <main> on a page. Assistive technologies such as screen readers can detect this element and allow users to skip straight to the content.
Semantic tags such as <header> help the browser recognise specific content (Image credit: Matt Crouch)
The <aside> tag
As the name suggests, the <aside> element contains information that is related to the main content of the page. The information inside this element could exist separate from everything else and not lose context. The most common use for this element is a sidebar navigation or to run adverts alongside the <footer>.
The <footer> tag
A <footer> element contains any summarising information about the page. For many websites, this includes an address, copyright information or links to supplementary pages. There is no requirement to always have a single footer at the bottom of the page. It can be placed anywhere – including inside other sections – or not included at all.
The <article> and <section> tags
The W3C specification defines <article> and <section> in a similar way. Both are designed to group distinct pieces of a page together. A key difference is composition. An <article> is designed to be self-contained. The contents inside of it would make sense as a standalone piece. Examples of this include a blog post, a user comment or an embedded tweet.
In contrast, a <section> groups together multiple parts of a page together that would otherwise have no other semantic meaning. These would lose their meaning if separated. Examples of this include a group of related paragraphs, a chapter of a book or a single tab as part of a tabbed interface.
It is worth noting that an <article> tag could be comprised of multiple <section> elements.
Remember, semantic HTML is more than just the outline structure of a page. Almost every element provides some kind of meaning, which means there is often a good fit to be found. Only ever use <div> or <span> tags when nothing else will work.
Why does proper HTML markup matter?
Specific tags such as <summary> must contain the right content to be effective (Image credit: Matt Crouch)
Getting the right HTML tags and markup is vital. Here's are three reasons why.
01. Improved discoverability
Search engines such as Google are constantly crawling the web, finding sites and parsing their content. They do this by looking for certain tags such as <h1> and <article> and using the contents of those to inform their algorithm. For example, searching for tickets for a concert may involve looking for headings containing the name of the event, <p> elements discussing the artist and <time> for the correct date. If they cannot find what they are looking for, the site will not show up in those search results.
Some browsers and services such as Pocket allow users to read websites in a distraction-free mode. These extract the heading, contents and media from the site and lays it out in a view that makes it easier to read. By using the correct elements to construct the page, it makes is easier for these tools to extract the right information and provide a better experience for the user.
02. Better for accessiblity
Some elements have defined behaviours associated with them. A <button> element, for example, is expected to be interactive and perform an action when clicked. If a non-interactive element such as a <div> is used instead, a parser would not know it could click it without some added attributes.
This affects those using accessible technologies as well. It can be slow to navigate a page without any visuals. These users may instead choose to navigate through websites by landmark or heading level.
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Posted by MaryO on January 14, 2020
. 1690 ~ Announcement of the invention of the clarinet.
. 1812 ~ Sigismond Thalberg, composer and one of the most famous virtuoso pianists of the 19th century.
. 1780 ~ François-Joseph Dizi, Flemish harpist and composer. He died sometime in 1840
. 1800 ~ Ludwig von Köchel, Austrian musicographer; compiler of the Mozart catalog
More information about von Köchel
. 1875 ~ Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian humanitarian, physician, Bach scholar and organist, winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1952
. 1888 ~ Stephen Heller, Hungarian composer and pianist, died at the age of 74
. 1900 ~ The Giacomo Puccini opera "Tosca" had its world premiere in Rome. The opera made its U.S. debut on February 4, 1901.
. 1908 ~ Russ Columbo, Singer, bandleader, songwriter
. 1917 ~ Billy Butterfield (Charles William Butterfield), Trumpeter, the founding member of World's Greatest Jazz Band
. 1925 ~ Alban Berg's atonal opera "Wozzeck" premiered in Berlin
. 1929 ~ Billy Walker, Singer, known as the 'masked singer'
. 1931 ~ Caterina Valente, Singer
. 1936 ~ Harriet Hilliard, vocalist and wife of bandleader Ozzie Nelson, sang Get Thee Behind Me Satan, on Brunswick Records.
. 1938 ~ Jack Jones (John Allan Jones), Singer, son of Allan Jones and wife, actress, Irene Hervey.
. 1939 ~ The program, "Honolulu Bound", was heard on CBS radio. Phil Baker and The Andrews Sisters were featured on the program.
. 1949 ~ Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), died at the age of 66
. 1953 ~ Ralph Vaughan Williams' Sinfonia Antartica first performance.
. 1956 ~ Rock 'n' roller, Little Richard, was singing the newly released Tutti-Frutti. The Pat Boone version became even more popular as a cover record.
. 1964 ~ A hootenanny was held for the first time at the White House, as the New Christy Minstrels entertained President and Lady Bird Johnson, as well as Italy's President.
. 1965 ~ Jeanette (Anna) MacDonald passed away. She was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier and Nelson Eddy
. 1968 ~ LL Cool J (James Todd Smith), Rap singer
. 1995 ~ Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera, died at the age of 68
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On December 22 ~ in Music History
Posted by MaryO on December 22, 2019
Christmas Countdown: Adeste Fideles
• 1723 ~ Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer of the Classical era. He was a renowned player of the viola da gamba, and composed important music for that instrument.
• 1738 ~ Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer, died at the age of 56
• 1821 ~ Giovanni Bottesini, Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso
• 1853 ~ Maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor.
1858 ~ Giacomo Puccini, Italian opera composer
More information about Puccini
• 1874 ~ Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, cellist and pianist.
1883 ~ Edgard Varèse, French-born American avant-garde composer
More information about Varèse
• 1885 ~ (Joseph) Deems Taylor, American opera composer and writer, music critic for New York World from 1921 until 1925, New York American from 1931 to 1932, intermission commentator for Sunday radio broadcasts of NY Philharmonic (1936 to 1943), president of ASCAP, married to poet and playwright Mary Kennedy
• 1894 ~ Claude Debussy's first orchestral masterpiece "Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune" premiered in Paris
• 1901 ~ André Kostelanetz, Russian-born American conductor and arranger of Broadway show tunes
• 1939 ~ Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey (Mother of the Blues) passed away
• 1941 ~ Jimmy Lunceford and his orchestra recorded Blues in the Night on Decca. The song became one of Lunceford's biggest hits. Between 1934 and 1946 Jimmy Lunceford had more hits (22) than any other black jazz band (except Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway).
• 1944 ~ Barry Jenkins, Drummer with Nashville Teens and also the Animals
• 1946 ~ Rick Nielsen, Guitarist, singer with Cheap Trick
• 1949 ~ Maurice Gibb, Bass, songwriter with the Bee Gees, married to singer Lulu, twin of Robin Gibb
• 1949 ~ Robin Gibb, Songwriter for Bee Gees, twin of Maurice Gibb
• 1958 ~ The Chipmunks were at the #1 position on the music charts on this day in 1958 as Alvin, Simon, and Theodore sang with David Seville. The Chipmunk Song, the novelty tune that topped the charts for a month, is still a Christmas favorite today…
Christmas, Christmas time is near
Time for toys and time for cheer
We've been good, but we can't last
Hurry Christmas, hurry fast
Want a plane that loops the loop
Me, I want a hula hoop
We can hardly stand the wait
Please Christmas, don't be late.
• 1972 ~ Folk singer Joni Mitchell received a gold record for the album, For the Roses. The album included the song, You Turn Me on, I'm a Radio.
• 1981 ~ London was the scene of a rock 'n' roll auction where buyers paid $2,000 for a letter of introduction from Buddy Holly to Decca Records. Cynthia and John Lennon's marriage certificate was worth $850 and an autographed program from the world premiere of the Beatles film Help! brought $2,100.
• 1984 ~ CBS Records announced plans for the release of Mick Jagger's first solo album, set for February,
• 1985 ~ The Rolling Stones went solo after a 20-year career with the self- proclaimed "greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world." The album: She's the Boss.
• 2002 ~ Joe Strummer (John Mellors), who brought punk attitude and politics to one of the most significant bands in rock 'n' roll history, the Clash, died of a heart attack at his home in Somerset, England. He was 50. Strummer, a singer, guitarist, songwriter, activist and actor, had been touring with his band the Mescaleros since the release of their second album "Global a- Go-Go" in July 2001; the latest leg of the tour ended in November in Liverpool. The Clash, which formed in 1976, released its first album in '77 and broke up for good in 1986, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March. The original lineup of Strummer, Mick Jones, Terry Chimes and Paul Simonon was expected to re-form for the induction ceremony and play the band's first single, "White Riot," at the ceremony. Although it was written as an advertising tagline, the Clash successfully lived up to its slogan as "the only band that matters." The son of a diplomat, Strummer was born John Graham Mellor on Aug. 21, 1952, in Ankara, Turkey. He attended boarding schools in London, and as a teenager grew infatuated with reggae, R&B and rock 'n' roll. He formed a pub band, the 101ers, in 1974, which he gave up to form the Clash with Jones, Chimes and Keith Levene. The band was playing standard rock 'n' roll prior to Strummer's arrival. He added reggae to the mix and upped the ante in politics and intensity. He took a Jones tune, for example, that was a complaint about a girlfriend and turned it into one of the band's early anthems, "I'm So Bored With the U.S.A." "Within the Clash, Joe was the political engine of the band," British troubadour Billy Bragg said. "Without Joe there's no political Clash, and without the Clash the whole political edge of punk would have been severely dulled." Jones and Strummer penned all of the tunes on their debut and often worked as a team, though later albums would have songs attributed solely to Strummer and, for their final two efforts, have all songs attributed to the band.
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Christmas Countdown: Ding Dong! Merrily On High
1803 ~ Louis-Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, music critic and major force in the development of musical form during the Romantic Era
More information about Berlioz
• 1876 ~ Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, Polish composer and conductor
• 1882 ~ The Bijou Theatre in Boston, MA became the first theatre to be lighted by electricity.
• 1908 ~ Elliot Cook Carter, Jr., American composer
• 1916 ~ (Damaso) Perez Prado, Piano, organ
• 1926 ~ Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton, Blues singer
• 1931 ~ Rita Moreno (Rosita Alverio), Dancer, Academy and Emmy Award-winning actress
• 1934 ~ Curtis Williams, Singer with The Penguins
• 1935 ~ Tom Brumley, Steel guitar with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Stone Canyon Band
• 1939 ~ Marlene Dietrich recorded Falling In Love Again on the Decca label.
• 1940 ~ David Gates, Guitarist, keyboard, singer with Bread
• 1944 ~ Brenda Lee (Tarpley), American singer of popular music
• 1944 ~ "The Chesterfield Supper Club" debuted on NBC radio. Perry Como, Jo Stafford and many other stars of the day shared the spotlight on the 15-minute show that aired five nights a week. The show was sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes.
• 1952 ~ An audience of 70,000 people watched from 31 theatres as Richard Tucker starred in Carmen. The event was the first pay-TV production of an opera. Ticket prices ranged from $1.20 to $7.20.
• 1954 ~ Jermaine Jackson, Singer with The Jackson Five, brother of Michael, Janet, La Toya, Tito, Randy, Marlon and Jackie
• 1973 ~ Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World.
• 1982 ~ Toni Basil reached the #1 one position on the pop music charts for the first time, with her single, Mickey.
• 2000 ~ Ruth Martin, a writer whose translations of both popular and obscure operas were widely used in American opera houses, died at the age of 86. Martin collaborated with her husband Thomas Martin in translating the librettos of some of the world's most famous operas, including Mozart's Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro, as well as Puccini's Boheme, and Bizet's Carmen. Martin and her husband also translated some of the rarest operas, such as Offenbach's Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, and Dvorák's Rusalka. The Martins' translations were marked by their clarity and singability, and despite the increasing use of closed-captioning systems in major opera houses, their translations are still used widely. Martin contributed articles on opera for Opera News, Aria, and Theater Arts. She also served on the boards of the New York Federation of Music Clubs, the Liederkranz Foundation and the National Opera Foundation.
• 2001 ~ Erik Johns, who wrote the libretto for Aaron Copland's only full-length opera, The Tender Land, died in a fire at his home in Fishkill, N.Y. He was 74. Born Horace Eugene Johnston in Los Angeles, Johns began his career in music as a dancer. He met Copland when he was 19 at a New Year's Eve party in New York. In 1952 the two began collaborating on an opera based on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, a book by writer James Agee and photographer Walker Evans that describes the lives of several Southern sharecropper families during the Depression. Copland composed the music and Johns wrote the libretto, or the words. The work was originally commissioned as a television opera by NBC but was subsequently rejected by the network. The New York City Opera performed it at its premiere at City Center in April 1954 in a short two-act version. The two later added a third act.
• 2001 ~ Jose Fajardo, a Cuban flutist who was one of the most influential bandleaders in Latin music, died an aneurysm. He was 82. The Cuban native had emigrated from Cuba in 1961, when he refused a request from the Cuban government to continue a musical tour to other communist countries. During his lengthy career, Fajardo recorded more than 40 albums and performed around the world. He was credited with expanding the audience for charanga, a Cuban musical style that backs a singer with flute, violins, piano, bass and percussion. Fajardo started his first group, Fajardo y sus Estrellas, in the 1940s. He later led three bands by the same name. After moving to the United States, he founded bands in New York and Miami and began performing in new style called pachanga, featuring a slightly more assertive rhythm. Fajardo was featured on "Cuban Masters: Los Originales," an album of performances by leading Cuban musicians that was released November 2001.
• 2002 ~ Kay Rose, the first woman to win an Academy Award for sound editing, died. She was 80. Rose won the statuette for her work on the 1984 film The River. A native of New York, Rose was recognized in March with a career achievement award from the Cinema Audio Society. The Motion Picture Sound Editors gave her a similar lifetime achievement award in 1993. In October 2002, directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg endowed the Kay Rose Chair in the Art of Sound and Dialogue Editing at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. The chair is the first of its kind in the country. After studying film at Hunter College, she became a civilian film apprentice for the Army Signal Corps during World War II. There, she helped create such training films as How to Erect a Double Apron Barbed Wire Fence and the John Huston documentary Report from the Aleutians. She moved to Hollywood in 1944 and found a job as an assistant to an editor at Universal studios. In 1951, she married film editor Sherman Rose. Together, they produced the 1954 sci-fi cult classic, Target Earth. They later divorced. During her five-decade career, Rose received sound editing credits on such films as The Rose, Ordinary People, On Golden Pond, The Milagro Beanfield War, The Prince of Tides, For the Boys and Speed.
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On December 4 ~ in Music History
Posted by MaryO on December 4, 2019
• 1660 ~ André Campra, French composer
• 1667 ~ Michel Pignolet De Monteclair, French composer
• 1861 ~ Lillian Russell (Helen Louise Leonard), Singer, actress, burlesque
• 1879 ~ Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty, Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist
• 1915 ~ Eddie Heywood, Jr., Pianist, composer
• 1927 ~ Duke Ellington's big band opened the famed Cotton Club in Harlem. It was the first appearance of the Duke's new and larger group. He played the club until 1932.
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• 1934 ~ Ethel Merman recorded I Get a Kick Out of You, from Cole Porter's musical, Anything Goes. She was backed by the Johnny Green Orchestra. The tune was recorded for Brunswick Records.
• 1934 ~ Wink (Winston Conrad) Martindale, TV host, singer
• 1938 ~ Yvonne Minton, Australian mezzo-soprano
• 1940 ~ John Cale, Bass, keyboard, viola, singer with The Velvet Underground
• 1942 ~ Bob Mosley, Bass with Moby Grape
• 1942 ~ Chris Hillman, Guitar, bass, mandolin with The Byrds
• 1944 ~ Dennis Wilson, American rock-and-roll singer and drummer
• 1948 ~ Southside Johnny (Lyon), Singer with Southside Johnny and The Asbury Dukes
• 1965 ~ Composer, lyricist, and singer, Jacques Brel made his American debut in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Brel composed Jackie, You're Not Alone, If You Go Away and more.
• 1972 ~ Billy Paul from Philadelphia received a gold record for his smash hit, Me and Mrs. Jones.
• 1976 ~ Baron (Edward) Benjamin Britten (of Aldeburgh) died in Aldeburgh. He was a British composer, conductor, and pianist.
More information about Britten
• 2002 ~ Emmy-nominated pianist George Gaffney, who accompanied such musicians as Peggy Lee, Engelbert Humperdink and Sarah Vaughan, died. He was 62. Born in New York City, Gaffney began studying the piano at age 10 but switched to the trombone. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1958 to 1961, Gaffney returned to New York, where he played piano and began arranging and accompanying singers. Gaffney moved to the Chicago area in the mid-1960s and was musical director of the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva, Wis., where he first met Vaughan. Gaffney came to California in the early 1970s and found work as a studio musician and accompanist. He worked on a number of television programs, including the TV series "Moonlighting," and was nominated for an Emmy. From 1980 to 1990, he was Vaughan's accompanist and musical director. He moved to Las Vegas in 1994 and worked as Humperdink's musical director. In recent years, he also orchestrated tunes for Rita Moreno.
• 2002 ~ Mary Hansen, guitarist and vocalist with the '90s alternative band Stereolab died. She was 36. Hansen, from Maryborough in Queensland, Australia, died in a cycling accident in London, The Independent newspaper reported Friday. Details of the accident were not available. Band spokesman Mick Houghton was quoted by The Independent as saying a truck might have backed into her, "but I really don't know much more than that." Hansen joined the band in 1992, two years after it was formed by Tim Gane, formerly of the band McCarthy, and his girlfriend Laetitia Sadier. Among hundreds of messages posted on the band Web site, one from a fan who identified himself as Louis called Hansen "the soul" of the band. Hansen, who played several instruments, first appeared on 1992's LoFi single and all subsequent releases, including 1994's Mars Audiac Quintet and 1996's Emperor Tomato Ketchup. Stereolab had been working on a new album, expected to be released next year.
• 2003 ~ Barry Morell, a tenor who played leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera and internationally for more than two decades, died of esophageal cancer. He was 75. Morell began his career as a baritone, until he sought the guidance of former Metropolitan Opera baritone Giuseppe Danise, who told him he should be a tenor. He was best known for performing the operas of Puccini. He made his debut as Pinkerton in "Madame Butterfly" in 1955 with the New York City Center Opera Company. In 1958, he made his Met debut in the same role. He appeared in Berlin, Barcelona, Vienna and other opera houses in Europe, South America and across the United States. Among his more than 20 roles during 257 performances at the Met were Rodolfo in "La Boheme," Enzo in "La Gioconda" and the title roles of "Don Carlo"and "Faust".
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On October 26 ~ in Music History
Posted by MaryO on October 26, 2019
1685 ~ Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer and harpsichordist
More information about Scarlatti
• 1898 ~ Beryl Rubinstein, American pianist and composer
• 1911 ~ Mahalia Jackson, American soul and gospel singer
• 1913 ~ Charlie Barnet, Saxophonist, bandleader, his autobiography is Those Swinging Years
• 1934 ~ Cole Porter recorded his own composition titled, You're the Top, from the show "Anything Goes", on Victor.
• 1935 ~ A talented twelve-year-old sang on Wallace Beery's NBC radio show on NBC. Judy Garland delighted the appreciative audience. The young girl would soon be in pictures and at the top of stardom. It would be only four years before Ms. Garland (George Jessel gave her the name, thinking it would be better than her own, Frances Gumm) captured the hearts of moviegoers everywhere with her performance as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz".
• 1944 ~ Michael Piano, Singer with The Sandpipers
• 1946 ~ Keith Hopwood, Singer, guitarist with Herman's Hermits
• 1952 ~ NBC~TV premiered Victory at Sea. The show was the first documentary film series to gain wide acceptance. Richard Rodgers wrote the score and Robert Russell Bennett orchestrated it. No Other Love, adapted from one of the songs in the score, became a hit for Perry Como in the summer of 1953.
• 1953 ~ Keith Strickland, Drummer with The B-52s
• 1956 ~ Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, died at the age of 60
• 1962 ~ The Rolling Stones consisting of Keith Richard, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, pianist Ian Stewart and drummer Tony Chapman recorded their first demo tape at Curly Clayton Studios in Highbury, London. They recorded three songs, Jimmy Reed's 'Close Together', Bo Diddley's 'You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover' and Muddy Waters' 'Soon Forgotten.'
• 1965 ~ The Beatles received MBE medals from the Queen of England, as they became Members of the British Empire. Ceremonies were held at Buckingham Palace. John Lennon returned his medal four years later in protest of Britain's involvement in the Nigerian Civil War.
• 1971 ~ Memphis minister Al Green received a gold record for his single, Tired of Being Alone.
• 1984 ~ Barbra Streisand won multiplatinum certification for three albums that reached the four-million-dollar sales mark. "Greatest Hits, Vol. II", "Guilty", and "A Star is Born" (with Kris Kristofferson) were honored.
• 2001 ~ Laszlo Halasz, the first music director of the New York City Opera, died at the age of 96. Halasz became the opera's first director in 1943. During his eight-year tenure, the New York City Opera became an important training ground for young singers. The company also became an important venue for new works. Born in Hungary, Halasz studied at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, where his teachers included Béla Bartók, Ernst von Dohnanyi, Leo Weiner and Zoltán Kodály. He made his professional debut as a pianist in 1928, but in 1931 decided to focus on conducting. He came to New York in 1936, and when the New York City Opera was formed in the fall of 1943, Halasz was appointed its music director. The company's first season included productions of Puccini's "Tosca," Flotow's "Martha" and Bizet's "Carmen" Halasz conducted the company's first American premiere, Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos," in 1946, and the opera's first world premiere, of William Grant Still's "Troubled Island," with a libretto by Langston Hughes. But the opera's board was uneasy with Halasz's ventures into modern opera. When the board insisted in 1951 that Halasz submit his repertory plans for approval, he resigned. The board ultimately relented, but when Halasz became involved in union disputes later that year, the board fired him. After leaving City Opera, Halasz began a second career as a record producer. He also conducted opera at houses in Frankfurt, Barcelona, Budapest, London and South America. As a teacher, he was on the conducting faculty at the Peabody Conservatory, in Baltimore, and the Eastman School of Music, in Rochester, N.Y.
• 2001 ~ Herbert Weissenstein, a consultant who specialized in classical music, died at the age of 56. Weissenstein began his career in 1970 as public relations director for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He moved on to the New York Philharmonic and in 1979 became director of development and strategic planning at Carnegie Hall. In 1984, he founded H.F. Weissenstein & Co., which specialized in consulting, directing seminars, and publishing articles in the fields of management and development. His clients included the Electronic Media Forum, the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater, the Manhattan Theater Club, the International Organization for the Transition of Professional dancers and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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• 1818 ~ Alexander Dreyschock, Bohemian pianist
• 1844 ~ Friedrich Niedzsche, German philosopher and composer
• 1886 ~ Modest Mussorgsky's musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain" premiered in St. Petersburg's Kononov Hall, Russia
• 1900 ~ Boston Symphony Hall's first concert took place
• 1906 ~ American premièr of Puccini's opera, "Madama Butterfly", Washington, D.C.
• 1913 ~ David Carroll, Conductor, arranger, record producer for The Diamonds and The Platters
• 1925 ~ Mickey (McHouston) Baker, Guitarist, singer in the duo, Mickey and Sylvia
• 1925 ~ Grand Ole Opry started on radio in Nashville, Tennessee (where it still originates). It was first heard on network radio in 1939. The show finally made it to TV on this day in 1955.
• 1926 ~ Karl Richter, German organist and conductor
• 1931 ~ The production of "Cat and the Fiddle" opened in New York. It played for 395 performances.
• 1932 ~ The first city-owned opera house, the War Memorial Opera House of San Francisco, opened this day. "Tosca" was the first opera presented.
• 1937 ~ Barry McGuire, Singer, songwriter with The New Christy Minstrels
• 1938 ~ Marv Johnson, Singer
• 1942 ~ Don Stevenson, Drummer, singer with Moby Grape
• 1946 ~ Richard Carpenter, Composer, singer, Grammy Award-winning group, the Carpenters
• 1948 ~ Chris De Burgh (Davidson), Singer, songwriter
• 1951 ~ I Love Lucy debuted on CBS-TV. For the next 20 years, Lucille Ball would be a TV regular. She did take 1956 off. Why? No, having little Ricky had nothing to do with it. She starred in "Damn Yankees" on Broadway that year.
• 1953 ~ Tito (Toriano) Jackson, Singer with The Jackson Five, brother of Michael, Janet, Jermaine, LaToya
• 1953 ~ "Teahouse of the August Moon" opened on Broadway to begin a long and successful run of 1,027 performances.
• 1955 ~ The Grand Ole Opry started on TV
• 1964 ~ An American treasure passed away. Cole Porter, the renowned lyricist and composer, died at age 73. I've Got You Under My Skin and hundreds of other classics crossed all musical style and format boundaries throughout his long and rich career.
More information about Porter
• 2001 ~ Etta James, the prolific jazz vocalist whose soulful, blues-influenced recordings over more than a half-century won her acclaim and two Grammy nominations, died of complications from a bout with cancer. She was 72. Jones' style was described as a cross between Billie Holiday, her idol, and Dinah Washington. She died the same day her last recording, Etta Jones Sings Lady Day, hit music stores. Born in Aiken, S.C., Jones was a teenager when she was discovered while competing in a contest at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem. Jones collaborated with such greats as Oliver Nelson, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Kenny Burrell and Cedar Walton, both in concert and on recordings. She recorded prolifically for RCA, Prestige, Muse and more recently Highnote Records. Jones earned a gold record for her 1960 recording Don't Go to Strangers, and received a Grammy nomination in 1981 for Save Your Love For Me. She got a second Grammy nomination in 1999 for a collection of songs: My Buddy – Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson. Jones was the recipient of many awards, including the prestigious Eubie Blake Jazz Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women in Jazz Foundation.
• 2008 ~ Edie Adams [Edith Enke], American businesswoman, singer, actress and comedian, died at the age of 81
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On June 26 in Music History
Be sure your student reads and listens to Today's Daily Listening Assignment
• 1284 ~ The Pied Piper exacted his revenge upon the German town of Hamelin this day. The townspeople had promised to pay the piper a large fee if he could rid their town the nasty rats running all over the place. He had played his trusty pipe and the rats had followed him out of town and into the River Weser. But once the rodents were eliminated, the local folks decided not to pay after all. The piper was not pleased and repaid the townspeople by playing his pipe for the children of Hamelin, just like he had done for the rats. And just like the rats, the children followed him out of town.
• 1582 ~ Johannes Schultz, Composer
• 1657 ~ Tobias Michael, Composer, died at the age of 65
• 1661 ~ Lazaro Valvasensi, Composer, died at the age of 76
• 1747 ~ Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, Composer
• 1778 ~ Angelo Antonio Caroli, Composer, died at the age of 77
• 1798 ~ Eugene Godecharle, Composer, died at the age of 56
• 1823 ~ Frederick Bowen Jewson, Composer
• 1824 ~ Moritz Furstenau, Composer
• 1836 ~ Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author and composer of the Marseillaise, died
• 1870 ~ Wagner's opera "Valkyrie" premiered in Munich
• 1874 ~ Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, Composer
• 1875 ~ Camille Zeckwer, Composer
• 1878 ~ Albert Siklos, Composer
• 1891 ~ Heinrich Lemacher, Composer
• 1893 ~ "Big Bill" Broonzy, American blues singer and guitarist
• 1894 ~ Bill Wirges, American orchestra leader
• 1901 ~ William Busch, Composer
• 1902 ~ Antonia Brico, Conductor and pianist. Because there were so few opportunities for female conductors, she organized the Woman's Symphony Orchestra in 1935.
• 1909 ~ "Col Tom" Parker (Dries Van Kruijk), Elvis Presley's manager
• 1912 ~ Gustav Mahler's 9th Symphony premiered in Vienna
• 1914 ~ Richard Maltby, Bandleader
• 1914 ~ Wolfgang Windgassen, German tenor with the Stuttgart Opera
• 1916 ~ Guiseppe Taddei, Italian baritone
• 1924 ~ Syd Lawrence, Bandleader
• 1924 ~ Ziegfeld Follies opened on Broadway
• 1928 ~ Jacob Druckman, American composer
• 1931 ~ Lucien Goethals, Composer
• 1933 ~ Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
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• 1933 ~ The Kraft Music Hall debuted. It turned out to be one of radio's longest-running hits. The first program presented Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. SingerAl Jolson became the host of the show shortly thereafter. Several years later, crooner Bing Crosby was named the host. The Kraft Music Hall continued on NBC radio until 1949 and then on TV for many more years; the first year as Milton Berle Starring in the Kraft Music Hall, then Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Dave King Show followed by Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall for four seasons. From 1967 on, The Kraft Music Hall featured a different host.
• 1934 ~ Dave Grusin, Composer of film scores
• 1934 ~ Luis Felipe Pires, Composer
• 1940 ~ Billy Davis, Jr., Singer with The 5th Dimension
• 1942 ~ Larry Taylor, Musician, bass with Canned Heat
• 1943 ~ John Allen Strang, Composer
• 1943 ~ Georgie Fame (Clive Powell), Singer
• 1945 ~ Barry Schrader, Composer
• 1945 ~ Erno Rapee, Composer, died at the age of 54
• 1945 ~ Nikolay Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Composer, died at the age of 72
• 1953 ~ Ralph Ezell, American singer
• 1954 ~ Robert Davi, American opera singer/actor
• 1956 ~ Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter, died at the age of 25
• 1964 ~ A Hard Day's Night was released by United Artists Records. The album featured all original material by The Beatles and became the top album in the country by July 25, 1964.
• 1965 ~ Mr. Tambourine Man, by The Byrds, reached the number one spot on the pop music charts. The song was considered by many to be the first folk-rock hit. The tune was written by Bob Dylan, as were two other hits for the group: All I Really Want to Do and My Back Pages. The group of James Roger McGinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman and Mike Clarke charted seven hits. The Byrds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
• 1966 ~ "Time for Singing" closed at Broadway Theater New York City after 41 performances
• 1971 ~ Inia Te Wiata, opera singer, died
• 1971 ~ Juan Manen, Composer, died at the age of 88
• 1971 ~ "Man of La Mancha" closed at ANTA Washington Square Theater New York City after 2329 performances
• 1972 ~ David Lichine (Lichtenstein), Russian/American choreographer, died at the age of 61
• 1973 ~ Arnold Richardson, Composer, died at the age of 59
• 1973 ~ London production of "Grease" premiered
• 1977 ~ Lou Reizner, Rock vocalist/producer, died at the age of 43
• 1977 ~ Elvis Presley sang the last performance of his career, in Indianapolis. He died two months later.
• 1981 ~ Peter Kreuder, German composer, died
• 1982 ~ André Tchaikowsy, Pianist and composer, died
• 1983 ~ Walter O'Keefe, Songwriter and TV host, died at the age of 82
• 1983 ~ "Show Boat" closed at Uris Theater New York City after 73 performances
• 1984 ~ Barbra Streisand recorded Here We Are at Last
• 1991 ~ Carmine Coppola, Composer and conductor (Godfather II), died at the age of 80
• 1994 ~ Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong, Organist, died at the age of 96
• 2001 ~ French soprano Gina Cigna, famed for singing Puccini's "Turandot", died at the age of 101. Born in Paris in 1900, Cigna made her stage debut at Milan's La Scala opera house at age 27 under the name Ginette Sens. Her breakthrough came two years later when she performed in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at La Scala under her own name. Arturo Toscanini, the conductor, was particularly fond of Cigna's expressive voice, which received widespread acclaim. An auto accident ended Cigna's performing career in 1947. Until 1965, she coached opera singers in Milan, Siena and Canada.
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Markku Johannes Viitasaari (Jyväskylä, 1966) is een Fins componist en dirigent.

Levensloop
Hij is muziekleraar, componist en daarnaast directeur van een muziekschool. Eveneens is hij dirigent van verschillende harmonieorkesten. De meeste van zijn werken zijn gecomponeerd voor harmonieorkesten. Zijn stijl is beïnvloed door de concertmuziek van deze eeuw, jazz en de Afro-Amerikaanse muziek.

Composities

Werken voor harmonieorkest
 1987 Soulbeat
 1988 Fanfaarimarssi - Fanfare March
 1989 Upside Down in a Roundabout
 1992 Inconscius
 1994 Yksi teema - A Theme
 1998 Proggis
 Alla valse-Alla Zoppa
 31 Days, voor eufonium solo en harmonieorkest
 Fanfaarimarssi no.2
 Farm-boogie
 Finnish Choral fantasy (Kuortanelainen koraalifantasia)
 From The Book I Read
 Hääpäivä Troldhaugenissa
 Hopsis, voor klarinetsolo en harmonieorkest
 Inconscius
 Kahvi-blues
 Kävelykatu
 Kolme avainta
 Kotiseutu rakkahin
 Made in Musica
 Prologi
 Rondo
 Roses'-ballad
 Tähti on tuntematon

Koormuziek
 On suuri sun rantas autius
 Tarina kolmesta vaimosta

Kamermuziek
 1991 Tuliviiri voor fluit solo

Fins componist
Fins dirigent
20e-eeuws componist
21e-eeuws componist

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A Tenure Defined By Success
University of Miami President Donna Shalala plans to step down at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year.
words_yael herman. photo_courtesy of the university of miami.
On Monday, barely half an hour before noon, the University of Miami community received a letter with an announcement few expected. After a 14-year tenure, President Donna Shalala announced she plans to step down at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year.
"I was very surprised to learn she's leaving," said Lucia Extrakt, a senior in the School of Business. "But I guess 14 years is a long time and it's better to leave now that she's on top and our school is in an upward trajectory."
Shalala leaves big shoes to fill. The University's academic level improved significantly since she took the helm. Freshman applications to Miami for fall 2014 went up to 31,614, compared to the 14,721 received for the same semester in 2001. The mean SAT score for incoming freshman also rose, currently at 1325. The University of Miami has been ranked consistently as a top 50 university in the country for the past few years.
"Shalala made UM a top university on many levels," said Daniela Zisman, a junior majoring in Economics. "I hope the school can find someone as good as her to continue the legacy she built."
That legacy also includes making UM a top-tier research institution. According to the President's letter, "collectively we have accomplished what we set out to do—secure the University of Miami's place as the next great American research university."
Faculty research increased by more than 71 percent, according to the office of the President, "from $202 million in 2001 to more than $346 million in Fiscal Year '13 in support of more than 2,250 extramurally funded projects."
President Shalala also led the university as it became part of the Atlantic Coast Conference and as it navigated the long NCAA investigation. She first opened the doors to the association's process, but demanded respect and fairness when it surfaced investigators were breaking their own rules. In doing so, she gained more respect than she already had in the eyes of the students.
"She stood up for us," said Zisman "She's a strong woman. She didn't let our school be stepped on by the NCAA. It had been enough, and she didn't allow them to ridicule us."
But more than academic and institutional accomplishments, Shalala created a reputation for being accessible to students. She walks nonchalantly around campus and attends almost every sporting event. Each year she hosted freshman at her house for a picnic.
"It's a sad change," said Zisman, "But UM is a strong community, and we will continue to see improvements in our school."
Who will be in charge of those improvements in the future is yet to be determined. To find the university's next president, the Board of Trustees announced the establishment of a Presidential Search Committee. Richard D. Fain, Vice Chair of the Board and CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises will head the committee, in what will be, according to a statement released Monday by Stuart Miller, chairman of the Board of Trustees, an "inclusive process" which will seek "valuable input from the greater University of Miami community."
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Question: How can we see the friends in the group equal in their efforts? After all, 50% of the efforts I see are my efforts. I do not see the 50% of the friend's efforts.
Answer: We cannot measure even our own efforts let alone the efforts of others. We do not have such abilities. Therefore, we should just work on our connection, and it will sort everything into place.
Question: Do I, as a friend who is following the spiritual path, have the opportunity to see that someone in the group does not give his full effort?
Answer: I pay no attention to it. If all this is presented by the Creator, then I must work with these parts of my soul and accept them as the Creator created them. I have to go by faith above reason.
Question: How should I treat a friend who annoys me because he is constantly late for class and sleeps during the lesson? How can I justify him? Can you give any advice?
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Answer: They cannot be together at the same moment because they come from completely different internal states. However, they can be absolutely adjacent. There is no problem that one state is instantly replaced by another. We work in a pulsating mode.


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Q: How to avoid circular imports in class hierarchy located in several files? I want to create instances of several classes at runtime, based on configuration xml files which contain the specific class type and other stuff. Let's start with a simple example:
class ParentClass:
    @staticmethod
    def create_subclass(class_type: str, xml):
        if class_type == 'childA':
            return ChildClassA(xml)
        elif class_type == 'childB':
            return ChildClassB(xml)
        else:
            return ParentClass(xml)

    def __init__(self, xml):
        print('\nParent stuff done.')

class ChildClassA(ParentClass):
    def __init__(self, xml):
        super().__init__(xml)
        print('Class A stuff done.')

class ChildClassB(ParentClass):
    def __init__(self, xml):
        super().__init__(xml)
        print('Class B stuff done.')

ParentClass.create_subclass('childA', None)
ParentClass.create_subclass('childB', None)
ParentClass.create_subclass('unknown', None)

The output is as expected:
Parent stuff done.
Class A stuff done.

Parent stuff done.
Class B stuff done.

Parent stuff done.

As the hierarchy grows larger I want to have the parent class in a separate module and each child class in a separate module. Obviously, I need to import the parent module to the child class modules. Due to the create subclass method, the parent class module needs to know about the child classes. Importing those to the parent module would cause a circular import which is considered bad design.
What would be a good solution to solve this issue? Are there better ways to create the subclass instances?

A: You can use some form of Registry:
from typing import Dict

class Registry:
    _instance: 'Registry' = None

    def __init__(self):
        self._classes: Dict[str, type] = {}
        self._default: type = object

    @classmethod
    def get_instance(cls) -> 'Registry':
        if cls._instance is None:
            cls._instance = Registry()
        return cls._instance

    def register(self, name: str, cls: type) -> None:
        self._classes[name] = cls

    def set_default(self, cls: type) -> None:
        self._default = cls

    def access(self, name: str) -> type:
        cls = self._classes.get(name)
        if cls is None:
            return self._default
        return cls

then you can set the parent class as its default class.
from .registry import Registry

class ParentClass:
    def __init__(self, xml):
        print('\nParent stuff done.')

registry = Registry.get_instance()
registry.set_default(ParentClass)

and submit child classes to your registry after defining them.
from .registry import Registry

class ChildClassA(ParentClass):
    def __init__(self, xml):
        super().__init__(xml)
        print('Class A stuff done.')

registry = Registry.get_instance()
registry.register('childA', ChildClassA)

from .registry import Registry

class ChildClassB(ParentClass):
    def __init__(self, xml):
        super().__init__(xml)
        print('Class B stuff done.')

registry = Registry.get_instance()
registry.register('childB', ChildClassB)

Cause your registry doesn't depend on your classes, you can use it without worrying about circulaNoticerts. notice that the access method returns a type, and you must call the constructor yourself.
from .registry import Registry
registry = Registry.get_instance()

registry.access('childA')(xml=None)
# Parent stuff done.
# Class A stuff done.

registry.access('childB')(xml=None)
# Parent stuff done.
# Class B stuff done.

registry.access('unknown')(xml=None)
# Parent stuff done.

You can also access subclasses and their names dynamically (as answered here) but since you didn't use subclass names as your key when creating subclasses, you probably need some mapping between names and subclasses. If you want your subclasses to tell your parent class the name they wish to be called by, you are implementing Registry in your parent class again.
accessing subclass names:
print([cls.__name__ for cls in ParentClass.__subclasses__()])
# ['ChildClassA', 'ChildClassB']

accessing subclasses themselves:
print(ParentClass.__subclasses__())
# [<class '__main__.ChildClassA'>, <class '__main__.ChildClassB'>]