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Presidential Candidate Kasich's Westchester Town Hall Draws More Than 1,000
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Gov. John Kasich speaks to reporters after a town hall in New Rochelle. Video Credit: Daily Voice
Gov. John Kaisch is interviewed following his town hall in New Rochelle. Photo Credit: Sam Barron
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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Westchester residents had a front row seat to the race for The White House Saturday as Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich held a town hall at Iona College.
More than 1,200 people came to the Hynes Center at Iona to hear Kasich, discuss the key issues facing the country ahead of the April 19 New York primary. The governor trails frontrunner Donald Trump in New York by a wide margin, according to recent polls.
Kasich began by telling the audience about his life story. The child of immigrants, he grew up in Pennsylvania where his dad worked as a mailman.
At the age of 18, Kasich wrote a letter to President Richard Nixon and he was invited to meet him in the Oval Office. He was told he'd have five minutes with the president.
"I didn't come all the way down to Washington to just have five minutes," Kasich said. "We ended up meeting for 20 minutes."
Kasich joked that even after 18 years in Congress, his meeting with Nixon was still the longest he's had with a president. After telling his biography, Kasich took questions from the audience.
The first question was from a man with autism who asked him how he would help autistic people and their families. Kasich gave the man a hug and discussed legislation he had passed to help people with disabilities.
"People with disabilities have lived in the shadows," Kasich said. "It's not right. They should be mainstreamed and get the best education."
Kasich said he wants to move welfare, education and infrastructure costs from the federal government to the states. He talked up his record of working to balance the budget when he was Chairman of the Budget Committee. Kasich had a ticker of the rising national debt at the rally.
Destroying ISIS would be a top priority, Kasich said.
"Can you even believe this?" Kasich said. "They have hijacked Islam. We have to win the battle of ideas.
Having spent the week in New York, Kasich had nothing but praise for New York.
"New York values means great people and great food," Kasich said.
Kasich met with voters in Fairfield County on Friday. For more on that appearance, click here.
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JP Morgan Asset Management combines equities teams for global $120 billion AuM group.
JP Morgan Asset Management has merged its global and European equities teams to form a new global trading team, according to an internal memo.
A spokesperson confirmed the contents of the memo which explained the combined group was established to offer clients choice across both international and global equity strategies.
The International Equity Group, which will manage a combined $120 billion in client assets under management (AuM), brings together more than 96 investment professionals and will be led by Malcolm Smith, who previously led the European equity team.
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French Butchers Asking for Protection Against Vegans
French butchers have been writing to the government asking for protection against the vegan community, with militant vegan defacing shop fronts in attempts to change the country's traditional meat-heavy culture. The letter was sent by the CFBCT butchers' confederation.
Fifteen shops have been splashed with fake blood, and federation chief Jean-François Guihard called the attacks a form of terrorism. Guihard said: "It's terror that these people are seeking to sow, in their aim of making a whole section of French culture disappear."
In the letter sent to interior minister Gérard Collomb, it reads: "We are counting on your services and on the support of the entire government to stop [the attacks] as swiftly as possible."
Butchers have claimed that they have been under 'physical, verbal and moral' attack from militant vegans, and that hostility towards their profession has been encouraged by the media exposure to the anti-meat cause. Militant vegans were accused of "wanting to impose on the immense majority of people their lifestyle, or even their ideology."
Fishmongers and a restaurant in Lille have also been targeted by animal welfare activists. Activists have been using speciesism as reasoning for their attacks, which have consequently seen butchers asking for protection. The phrase 'No to speciesism' has been written across shopfronts and windows have been smashed in protest against their profession and the meat industry.
It is thought that 18,000 butchers in France feel threatened by the vegan movement and the media attention it is gathering.
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Despite the fact that communication over vast distances has never been so easy, businesses can still accomplish more during face to face meetings than over Skype, emails, or telephone. That means businessmen/women are called on to move their real-life bodies to distant locations, and when they get there, they need to be in tip top condition for those intense negotiations and hard-won agreements.
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Collection of sheet music for solo instrument. Since Covid 19 many musicians are unable to perform with the others. These music give musicians another option to still be able to play music on his/her own.
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Alto Clarinet Solo sheet music: Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.3
Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.3 for Alto Clarinet Solo. The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 are for unaccompanied cello. These suites are one of the most frequently performed solo piece ever written for cello. In this Clarinet solo version, Mekara...
Alto Clarinet 1&2 parts (complete) Mozart's Requiem, K. 626
Alto Clarinet 1&2 parts (complete) Mozart's Requiem, K. 626Mozart's Requiem, one of the most beloved and powerful works by W.A. Mozart. The work score for an orchestra that called for 1&2 Basset Horn parts. Mekara transcribed the Basset Horn parts...
Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.1 for Alto Clarinet Solo. The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 are for unaccompanied cello. These suites are one of the most frequently performed solo piece ever written for cello. In this solo version, Mekara adapted...
Bass Clarinet Part only: Schumann's Piano Quartet in Eb op. 47
The Piano Quartet in E♭ major, Op. 47, was composed by Robert Schumann in 1842 for piano, violin, viola and cello. The works has four movements. The third movement (Andante cantabile) has been called the highlight of the work, with one of the most beautiful cello...
Bass Clarinet Solo sheet music: Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.3
Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.3 for Bass Clarinet Solo. The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 are for unaccompanied cello. These suites are one of the most frequently performed solo piece ever written for cello. In this Clarinet solo version, Mekara...
Bass Clarinet Sheet music: Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.1
Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.1 for Bass Clarinet Solo. The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 are for unaccompanied cello. These suites are one of the most frequently performed solo piece ever written for cello. In this Bass Clarinet solo version,...
Temple of Peace for Clarinet Alone by Chaipruck Mekara
Temple of Peace for Clarinet Alone This work was inspired by and written for my friend, clarinetist Jonathan Aubrey, and is based on his personal experiences while living in the city of ChiangMai in Northern Thailand. The composition is programmatic...
Tenor Saxophone Sheet music: Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.1
Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.1 for Tenor Saxophone Solo. The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 are for unaccompanied cello. These suites are one of the most frequently performed solo piece ever written for cello. In this Tenor Sax solo version,...
Alto Saxophone Sheet music: Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.1
Complete Bach's Cello Suite no.1 for Alto Saxophone Solo. The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 are for unaccompanied cello. These suites are one of the most frequently performed solo piece ever written for cello. In this Alto Sax solo version, Mekara...
Contemporary Piano Solos- Three Kabuan - Thailand, Asian inspired
Contemporary Piano Solos- Three Kabuan - Thailand, Asian inspired contemporary music I Rubato - to Listen: https://soundcloud.com/user-120496353/three-kabuan-for-piano-solo-mvt-1 II Misterioso - to Listen: https://soundcloud.com/user-120496353/three-kabuan-for-piano-solo-mvt-2 III Furioso - to Listen: https://soundcloud.com/user-120496353/three-kabuan-for-piano-solo-mvt-3 This piano solo piece was inspired by a very fine pianist, Jamie Shaak. The...
Viola sheet music - ViewPoint for Viola Solo Unaccompanied, Contemporary Music (score+parts)
Viola sheet music - ViewPoint for Viola Solo Unaccompanied, Contemporary Music In this work, the viola is representing a visitor strolling through the 700 years old city of Chiangmai, Thailand. Although, Chiangmai is my birth place, I often imagine myself...
Flute solo sheet music Rachapruck -Flower of Thailand-for Solo Flute
Flute solo sheet music - Rachapruck -Flower of Thailand-for Solo Flute Unaccompanied Rachapruck flower is symbolically the flower of Thailand, where summer starts with the sound of Juggajan, a local bug, calling following by the blooming of Rachapruck flower...yellow bright...


AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 20, 2017) – Whole Foods Market will now offer Ahimi, the first ever plant-based alternative to raw tuna, in select sushi venues in Los Angeles and New York.
Ahimi, created by Ocean Hugger Foods, is made from tomatoes and savory, umami-rich ingredients to replicate the taste and texture of ahi tuna.
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Victoria Johnston's Debut Singles Shortlisted for upcoming Grammy Awards and her New Single release 'Land of Hope' reaches No.1 on iTunes World Charts
She is already being hailed as the next Enya" – HotPress Magazine
"A stunning Irish talent spreading a powerful message that is needed now more than ever" – 98FM's Rebecca Shekleton
"It's a rare gem of a song, like a full moon on a clear night it holds your attention and the memory stays with you." – Martin Bridgeman KCLR
'Land of Hope' is the new single by #1 Chart-Topping Irish singer and award-winning composer Victoria Johnston, and was released on Friday 9th October 2020 across all digital platforms.
Land of Hope spent four days at No.1 in the World Charts on iTunes and reached No.3 in the overall TOP 10 iTunes Charts in Ireland.
The single follows on from Victoria's Debut Double 'A' Single release (March 2020) 'Tar Liom' and 'You Are The Peace'. The songs reached National acclaim and were played across Irish Radio on BBC Radio Ulster, Rte Radio 1, Rte RnaG, Spirit Radio and many more stations. Both debut singles also went straight to #1 in the overall iTunes Charts in Ireland, and are now both shortlisted for 'Song of the Year' in the upcoming 63rd Grammy Awards.
Victoria Johnston's latest single 'Land of Hope' is co-produced by GRAMMY nominated Producer Denis Woods (Clannad, Enya, AC/DC), Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (Sing Street, Vikings), and multi-instrumentalist Oisín Walsh-Peelo/ O Deer (Hudson Taylor, and also support act for Hozier on his US tour).
Speaking about her new single 'Land of Hope', Victoria Johnston states that
"Even in our darkest hour, when we find ourselves journeying through times of immense uncertainty, loss and grief, there is always hope, peace and a brighter future to be found."
On launching her solo career at the start of 2020, Hotpress Magazine double-featured Victoria Johnston as 'New Artist' and 'New Music' to watch for in 2020.
Victoria Johnston's new single 'Land of Hope' is OUT NOW on all digital platforms.
Victoria, a classically trained singer, pianist and composer from Dublin, Ireland, began her classical music training at the Royal Irish Academy of Music at the age of 9 where she received annual scholarships. She continued her music training in college and holds a BMus Degree in Composition from DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama and also an MPhil in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship from Trinity College Dublin.
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The National Security Council was created in 1947 to advise and assist the president on national security and foreign policy. Seven decades later, the NSC has become, as George W. Bush said, the chief executive's "personal band of warriors." In this comprehensive history of one of the government's most secretive and powerful agencies, Gans, a Pentagon speechwriter under Obama and now head of the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House Global Order Program, profiles the work of every national security advisor, assesses the contributions of lower-level NSC staffers, and traces NSC influence in events including the Iran-Contra scandal, the intervention in Bosnia, and the invasion of Iraq. Drawing on archival sources and extensive interviews, Gans traces the inexorable rise of the NSC's dominance in American foreign policy and the concurrent increase in the nation's hawkishness and polarization.
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The Port Alberni Bombers put on a clinic Saturday night. As they dominated the Nanaimo Buccaneers 10-2. Which is now the most goals scored in franchise history. This is also the second time the Buccaneers have allowed 10 goals in a game this season.
From the start of the game, it was all Bombers. Getting off to a 3-0 lead within the first ten minutes of the first period. Jaydon Merritt (8) would open the scoring with a shorthanded goal, followed by Blake Power (7) and Grayson Erickson (2).
The Buccaneers would add one just 26 seconds after Erickson's goal, but they would still be down 3-1 going into the first intermission.
In the second period, the Bombers would add three more goals and the Buccaneers would get another as well to have it a 6-2 hockey game by the end of the period.
Bombers' goal scorers were Nathan Macdonald (9), Carson Steel (3) and Justin Osborne (2).
And in the third period, the Bombers would keep piling up the goals. MacDonald would score his second of the game, which would be his 10th goal of the season.
Then Merritt would not one, not two, but three more goals in the third period to gap off a four-goal, five-point night performance. Merritt's first three goals were also scored while shorthanded.
With those four goals, Merritt now leads the Bombers with 11 goals on the season. As well as leading the team in overall points with 22.
The Bombers are now looking ahead to their next matchup. Which, will be against the Oceanside Generals on Wednesday, October 27th at 7:00 PM at the Alberni Valley Multiplex.
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LIVE JAZZ
Jazz Teaching Artists
Paul Emery Presents
in cooperation with the Sierra Jazz Society
Nevada Theatre, Nevada City, CA
Friday, November 5, 8pm
$30 premium reserved seating
$20 general admission
CLICK HERE FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH RANDY McKEAN
The African-influenced jazz group Tumble is a band in constant motion, much like the music they play—percussive, trance-inducing, their collective groove always evolving. In the year it took the band to record their first album, Music for Trio, and then play the CD release concert, the original three-piece ensemble had morphed into a quartet.
Tumble will be featuring the music from Waves, recorded with local bass legend Bill Douglass, who was a member of the band from 2015 to 2018. They'll also be showcasing their new bass player, Rob Holland, whose experience as both a bassist and percussionist brings to the group a vast knowledge of Latin American and African musical traditions. Tumble began in 2014 as the trio of Robert Heirendt on mbira (the kalimba-like instrument sometimes known as the thumb piano), Sean Kerrigan on guitar, and Randy McKean on clarinets and tenor saxophone.
Waves brings together many talents. Recorded by Bruce Wheelock at Flying Whale Studios in Grass Valley. The music includes propulsive, multi-layered originals by Kerrigan, freer experimental compositions by McKean and Heirendt, and innovative arrangements by the group of classic tunes by Thelonious Monk and Wayne Shorter. It is the first release on Cure-All Records, a new label created by McKean and former Nevada City resident David Dvorin.
www.randymckean.com/tumble/
"Innovative compositions, unusual instrumentation, impeccable musicianship and interplay between the four performers – all this adds up to make Flounder one of the most interesting and enjoyable jazz bands you'll ever hear." – North State Public Radio
"David Dvorin creates pure musical alchemy with his band Flounder, combining inspired writing with unique instrumental voicing and brilliant musicianship." – KZFR
Combining the freewheeling groove and grit of mid-century blues and jazz with the intimacy and instrumental interplay of chamber music, Flounder was originally formed in 2018 to perform a concert of original works by composer David Dvorin at California State University, Chico, where Dvorin is a Professor of Music. The collaboration proved so successful that the four musicians decided to keep the project going, performing and recording Dvorin's original compositions and unique arrangements that emphasize rhythmic feel along with the more adventurous exploration of harmony and texture.
Consisting of Dvorin on electric guitar and modular synthesizer, Randy McKean on bass clarinet and tenor saxophone, Clifford Childers on bass trumpet, trombone, harmonica and euphonium, and Tim Bulkley on drums, the quartet combines the retro and the futuristic with traditional acoustic and electric instruments sharing sonic space with the percolating electronic sounds of the modular synthesizer. Sounding like a much bigger band due to the players' doubling on multiple instruments, the quartet exhibits the swing, swagger, and drive of the best Space-Age Jazz, but distinguishes themselves from your average combo by allowing the low end to be occupied by any member of the group.
Combining tight arrangements with creative improvisation, Flounder thrives in a live setting, performing regionally throughout Northern California, including concerts at universities and music schools such as the California Jazz Conservatory's "Way Out West" series. Their debut release, I'm The Flounder, was release this fall 2021.
www.daviddvorin.com/flounder
Many thanks to those who joined us for the first annual Bill Douglass & Nora Nausbaum Jazz Picnic in Pioneer Park! It was an memorable evening and your presence helped make it a success!
Bill Douglass
Nora Nausbaum
Clairdee
Ruth Davies
Ken French
John Girton
David Clouse
Dave Tidball
Kit Bailey
Jason Wilkins
Matt Langley
The Sierra Jazz Society was created in 2003 by Bill Douglass & Nora Nausbaum. Dedicated to Jazz education, presentation and promotion in Nevada County and the surrounding areas, the SJS has had a profound effect on the local music scene and we're excited to keep the tradition alive AND honor our former artistic director & founder with this new tradition.
Bill Douglass grew up in Nevada County and made a name for himself on the San Francisco music scene. In a career spanning decades, Bill played with many of the jazz greats including Marian McPartland, Mose Allison, Bobby McFerrin, and Tom Waits, among many others. Bill has recorded over 100 albums and performed on many film and TV scores including The Black Stallion, Disney's Never Cry Wolf, 1,000 Pieces of Gold, and National Geographic Specials.
After completing her masters in Music at Boston's New England Conservatory Nora Nausbaum taught at Northern Michigan University and Arkansas State University at Jonesboro. Nora is currently performing with the Amaryllis Trio and is active in the jazz community while maintaining her private teaching practice.
Clairdee has collaborated with some of America's most celebrated jazz masters. Soulful, swinging, stylish, and with a gift for immediate rapport with her audience. San Francisco-based jazz singer Clairdee embodies the tradition's twinned legacy of standing for social justice with glamor and guts. "In the tradition of all great vocalists," said legendary vocalist Nancy Wilson, Clairdee "infuses each song with her own unique style while always remaining true to the song itself." Her latest album, A Love Letter to Lena, is a deeply personal celebration of the iconic star Lena Horne.
Beth Duncan's first recording, 'Orange Colored Sky' established Beth as one of Northern California's leading jazz vocalists and her 2012 follow-up 'Comes the Fall' debuted on the national radio at #26 right below Diana Krall, brought her international recognition, and won an Independent Music Award. More than her beautiful voice, Beth's vocal interpretations maintain a strong undercurrent of love for life and joyful celebration for her art.
Bassist Ruth Davies' discography includes several platinum and Grammy-winning CDs with jazz and blues greats. Ruth got her start with blues legend Charles Brown and has performed and recorded with Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Etta James, Maria Muldaur, Keb' Mo, Jimmy Witherspoon, Vassar Clements, Toots Thielemans, Ernie Watts, Jackie Ryan, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott, among many others. Ruth currently plays with Elvin Bishop.
Pianist Ken French has been performing jazz piano professionally for many decades on the San Francisco scene and as far a field as Japan and the Atlantic seaboard. A compelling soloist, thoughtful accompanist, dynamic ensemble leader, and sought after arranger, Ken is a very busy man as in addition to being accompanist, arranger and musical director with Clairdee,
www.triobzf.com/French
John Girton is well known throughout the world for his work as lead guitarist with the group "Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks." John recorded 3 albums with the group, and also wrote and arranged material for them. He was also featured as guitarist, saxophonist, clarinetist, and occasional mandolinist with the popular vocalist, Maria Muldaur for many years. John is an instrumentalist, vocalist, recording artist, studio musician, and composer. His original songs are a mixture of jazz, swing, blues and folk music, with a bit of humor thrown in for good measure.
www.johngirton.com
Kit Bailey loves rhythm. Initially drumming in a Scottish bagpipe band at age 11, he subsequently joined school wind ensembles, theater- and ballet pit-orchestras, and symphonic groups, performing with the San Luis Obispo Symphony, Newark-Fremont Philharmonic Society, Santa Barbara Symphony, Music in the Mountains, InConcert Sierra, and Sierra Stages. Drum set being the instrument of choice for big bands, jazz combos, and the occasional rock group, Kit (his nickname long before he could play one) finally got to sit down to play. When he moved in 1988 to Nevada County, with its thriving Congolese and West African dance communities, he was inspired to look "upstream" into African drumming's influence on North American music (of all varieties), Brazilian percussion, Afro-Caribbean drumming, and even many of the rhythms he first discovered in that bagpipe band. Anyone can play percussion, and every time we play any instrument, we go deeper—endlessly, it seems. Kit looks forward to resuming performing and teaching again, post-pandemic.
David Clouse began his career playing with Ron Crotty from the Dave Brubeck Quartet and Terrell Eaton from Bonnie Raitt, and spent several years teaching, playing, and touring through-out the United States. Since 2012 David has been living in Nevada County and performs extensively with a long list of people that includes Bill Douglass, Achilles Wheel, Ralph Hammer (from Stevie Wonder), and Dream and the Dreamer, among others.
UC Irvine graduate and Claire Trevor Scholarship recipient, Jason Wilkins earned his contrabass performance BA after the first ever perfect score on the jazz final exam. Wilkins studied with Coltrane's favorite bassist, Dr. Art Davis and received the first Better Advantages for Students and Society (B.A.S.S.) scholarship that Dr. Davis created. Additional studies with Patrick putter Smith and Darek Oles. Jason's versatile resume includes shows with the rock band "Signs of Life", the Bently Brothers largest outdoor three ring circus, and "Three Blind Mice", the house band of the House of Blues in Anaheim. Jason's has performed with the orchestras of the University of California Irvine, Orange Coast College and the Saddleback symphonic orchestra. He has also worked with the big band 2000. Jason has led his own jazz group The Jason Wilkins group.
Saxophonist and clarinetist Dave Tidball was born in Wales, became active in the London jazz scene in the 1970's, including recording two albums and touring with British jazz fusion pioneers Turning Point. He has performed in a wide variety of settings, notably the trio Threedom, with bassist Bill Douglass and drummer Robert Kaufman, the sextet Triceratops, and singer Paula West's quintet, recording CD's with each. Also featured soloist on the albums of Vivian Sayles, Tony Adamo, Benny Watson and Peter Zak. He teaches instrumental music for the Oakland Unified School District, directing band programs in three elementary schools.
Saxophonist Matt Langley recently relocated to Nevada City from southern Maine. Though he studied briefly with Lou Marini, David Baker, Ted Dunbar, and Stan Strickland, most of Matt's education has come on the bandstand. He has recorded extensively with the Charlie Kolhlhase Quintet, his own group Color, with pianist Pandelis Karayorgis' group System of 5, and with Mike Effenberger's weirdturnpro. Mr. Langley has also shared the stage or recording studio with Ron Carter, Richie Cole, Fred Hersch, John Medeski, Billy Martin, Chris Wood, Matt Wilson, Tiger Okoshi, Roswell Rudd, Dave Douglas and many others.
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Free DBZ BD... Whee?
I feel it's kinda' sad that the first non-Hollywood Blu-ray I own is the FUNimation promotional release of DRAGON BALL Z: THE DEAD ZONE. To be fair, it came free with the PS3 game Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, a generally underwhelming - but very attractive - simple button masher of a fighting game that strips most of the charm from the PS2's rather impressive run of Dragonball Z games away like a wire brush strips paint from a plastic gashapon figure.
I'll assume that anyone reading the Kentai blog at least has a vague notion of what the Dragon Ball franchise is, and if not, I assume you've been living in a cave for the last 25 years or so. If not, welcome to the world of tomorrow! We have a black president and everything, just like in that movie Deep Impact you... uh... also probably haven't seen. The basic jist is that wild haired and bright eyed Son Gokuu, a simple and powerful man who lives in a slightly Warner Brothers inspired version of Japan, uses the strength of his convoluted alien heritage to defend Earth from invading aliens, time traveling cyborgs, and black magic demons who are quite literally mentally retarded. Lots of fireballs, butt jokes and bizarre puns are thrown around to keep things lively, and all things considered the series is actually one of the better never-ending anime/manga titles to have captured America's attention, in no small part due to the simple charm, playful sense of humor, and surprising high drama that creator Akira TORIYAMA infused the whole thing with.
While the pacing of the TV series, sometimes earning it the moniker "Drag-On Ball", was something of an issue, and the subtle homoeroticism of two men starring into each others eyes for minutes before throwing a punch may leave some curious viewers confused, the generally intricate story arcs often come together nicely and do their best to build on what came before it rather than abandon common sense. Well, that was true until Gokuu's son Gohan put on a cape and started fighting petty crime before high school classes, but we can discuss exactly when DBZ jumped the shark another time. The DBZ movies occur in their own little pocket universe that reflects the general timeline of the series as it appeared on TV at the time, without being able in any way to occur in the series itself. It's expected that they come with shoddier writing, but better animation than any random half-dozen episodes, so they're a good way to get a feel for what the series has to offer without dedicating 10 hours into watching a single story arc. The one major advantage of the theatrical outings was that, at an average on 50 minutes each, they didn't even have time to stretch the fights into endless marathons of sweating and grunting occasionally spiced up with a punch to the face, so the theatrical films arguably do a better job of delivering on the lightning fast action that supposedly made the TV series so impressive. Some movies are better than others, but all of them - save, perhaps, movies 4 and 11 - have their redeeming qualities...
For better or worse, Dragon Ball - particularly the 291 episode long "Z" stretch - was written off by and large by "serious" anime fans when it became a mainstream hit on cable TV about 10 years ago in the US, having already enjoyed success in France, Mexico, Hong Kong, Korea, and most other civilized nations in the world (including Hawaii... go figure). As most of those "serious" anime fans had been watching the show on VHS fansubs a year prior to them deciding that it was the Antichrist, and only appropriate for babies who still thought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Rock Em Sock Em Robots were the definition of badass, what we have is actually a simple reaction that happens to virtually every popular shonen anime that makes it big in the Western world, and God help us we'll see it again with Soul Eater within the year.
You see, American teens flock to the animu because it's "different" from American cartoons. Yes, that's right, because people say "damn" and spit out blood the show obviously has to be smarter and edgier than X-Men, or Ben 10, or, whatever processed crap it is the fuck children have left to watch these days. Once American 8 year olds appreciate the show for more or less the same reasons Japanese 8 year olds appreciated the show, the cross-culture punks can no longer justify watching a cartoon and instead turn to "darker" content, regardless of its' relative artistic or narrative quality. Granted nowadays otaku also turn to fetishistic titles like Rozen Maiden whilst simultaneously bitching about how terrible harem comedy anime is, so perhaps the very core of American anime fans is that they're hypocrites.
In brief, Dragon Ball Z isn't by any stretch a bad series, it merely has a few irritating tendencies created by the need to produce an ongoing TV series while the comics it's based on are still being written, and is as obviously Japanese as Rambo 2 or a Big Mac is obviously American. The animation for the period is quite good, the Japanese vocal cast is an all star affair if their ever was one, it boasts the most intelligent and epic storyline you'll get for a series targeted at kids who are still carting around plastic lunch boxes, and if anyone tells you that it's retarded dreck but then counters with saying that Transformers of He-Man or anything that isn't Hokuto no Ken or Freekazoid was "better", please, kick them in the balls for me.
I made a promise ages ago to never buy FUNimation's "HD Remastered" Dragonball Z TV sets, because doing so would effectively be taking a huge dump on what little principles I hold dear when it comes to flatly not buying something:
1) Don't use lesser materials when better masters already exist.
Honestly, this one should just be a no-brainer.
2) Keep the damn film in its' original aspect ratio, whatever that may be.
Of course, I personally reserve the right to tell director's that they're fucking crazy if the matted version was clearly just an after-thought. That means YOU, Sam Raimi and Toyoo ASHIDA.
3) If your masters suck, don't bother trying to fix them if you don't know how.
You'll only fail. Believe you me, I know a thing or two about failing at video restoration.
A couple years ago I learned a lot about how film works, in part because I couldn't fathom how FUNimation had screwed their precious Dragonball Z pooch so hard. The short answer is that FUNi, deciding that it was time to cancel their first ever bi-lingual and unedited release of the first 65 episodes of DBZ and replace them with trumped up "Season" box sets, collecting a seemingly random number of episodes that may or may not tell a complete story. Well, sucks for all the sods who paid $25 for 4 episodes only for the so-called Ultimate Uncut release to die uncerimoniously a third of the way through, but hooray for everyone else, right? Bullshit. This is FUNimation we're talking about. The guys who changed the word "English Dub" to "English Reversioning".
I'm NOT kidding.
Rather than buy the Dragon Box NTSC masters that Toei created for the Japanese release of the series, FUNimation decided to be clever little shits and bought the entire DBZ franchise - 291 TV episodes, 2 TV specials and 13 theatrical films - as 16mm film. Of course Toei didn't give them the interpositive prints they'd used for the Dragon Box, instead they ran off a set of second generation internegative prints. As you lose quality by blowing out contrast, adding a layer of grain and giving the chain of prints ample opportunity for judder and physical print damage, FUNi was already off to a brilliant start.
FUNimation's HD remaster is NOT 10,000 hours in Photoshop.
(Yes, the R2 DVD has all of the outlines and none of this "connect the dots" bullshit.)
FUNimation decided, first and foremost, that digitally erasing scratches, hair and dirt was too difficult (by which I mean expensive). So, instead they left all the blemishes on the HD remaster, despite the fact that Toei had the good sense and decency to erase the scuffs from their own NTSC transfer, and left all the restoration work to Digital Video Noise Reduction, yes that chestnut I love so well that smears everything (like cartoon outlines) into oblivion. The nature of their prints also meant that the contrast levels were fucked, the colors erred onto the blue side, there are torn and mangled frames from time to time... but hell, that's no worse than what you'd see on a 35mm print as your local multiplex. I guess.
I'll say it again: I'm NOT kidding.
(Yes, 16mm film is supposed to be grainy.)
The real kicker-to-the-balls was that FUNimation decided to crop the entire series into Widescreen, despite it having been a TV series that ran from 1989-1996 and had never, even once, been broadcast that way before. The argument arose that TV overscan eats up to 15% of the original 4:3 picture in the first place, so what harm could we have opening up the frame to the sides by 10%, at the expense of the top and bottom 20%, thus reformatting the original 16mm camera negative to the more chic 16:9 "HD" aspect ratio?
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(OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-)
The best part is that their marketing calls this "Dragonball Z as it was always intended". Uh-huh. Sort of like how my penis was 'always intended' to be rubbed across a cheese grater. I'll get right on that.
I'm happy to report that, while not even close to perfect, the Blu-ray release of the first Dragon Ball Z movie, 'The Dead Zone', (which in Japan was simply "Dragonball Z: The Movie") manages to survive being cropped into obscurity or smeared straight to HFIL*. The reasons why are two-fold: for one thing, the DBZ movies were supposed to be shown in widescreen, so the focus is generally kept in the center of the screen anyway. Even the Toei LDs and DVDs are matted widescreen, though international and Japanese VHS were always open-matte 4:3, so anyone bitching that the movies are missing precious footage can take that complaint up with the very concept of open-matte existing in the first place. The other is that, unlike the naturally gritty 16mm TV series, the movies were shot on higher quality 35mm film so there was far less incentive for FUNimation to smear Vaseline all over the telecine gate. Unfortunately, the 35mm IP's were still riddled with dirt, hair, tape, and scratches. If only they'd left the grain intact they could have sold it as the DBZ Grindhouse Experience.
*If you don't get it, don't worry. It's not even worth going into if you've never seen the US broadcast version.
Yes, I am exaggerating, but not by enough. The other inherent flaw in FUNi's master is that the contrast is boosted through multiple generations of film prints, which is most visible in faces that literally appear to glow like an orange lightbulb instead of looking like... well... skin. It's uncomfortably similar to the neon faces on the Urban Vision DVD of Vampire Hunter D, though of course that makes even this BD look good. Boosted contrast aside the color timing didn't strike me as awful, though I can't help but think that everything is a bit more red than it ought to be. This could be the fault of the film print itself rather than FUNimation being douche bags, but it's still worth mentioning.
Adding salt to the fresh (though perhaps not as gaping as I'd feared) wound is the fact that the Blu-ray included with the PS3 game is a dub-only promotional copy. The retail version not only includes the second film, THE WORLD'S STRONGEST, but also includes the original Japanese mono audio. Being a self professed Subjew nobody should be surprised that I much prefer Dragon Ball in Japanese, and while the now standard FUNimation English cast has improved dramatically from the once pale charicatures of the former Ocean Studios performances, that doesn't mean that hearing Chris Sabat both murder and rape Piccolo with a lead pipe doesn't still give me dry heaves. English dubbed DBZ is, much like alligator meat or jamming bits of metal through your genitals, an acquired taste. While I could tolerate Ian Corlett, Scott McNiel, and even to a lesser extent Briam Durmond bringing the show to life (despite the butchered scripts targeted at retarded fetuses in which nobody dies, despite the fact that they're running through clouds with fucking halos) the FUNimation staff just... well, there's no way for me to put this nicely. They suck. Even in the typically mediocre world of English dubbed anime for broadcast TV they stick out as being terrible. I hate to pull out the Macek Card, but even the bastard dubs of the Streamline era some 20 years ago were slightly less awful.
With this in mind, you'll forgive me that I only watched bits and pieces of the disc. The moment I heard Sonny Straight come out of Kuririn's mouth I was in the fetal position, choking back tears of rage and resisting any and all urges to throw the PS3 remote right through the fucking screen. This isn't even that snooty pretentious "so bad it's good" bullshit, this is just plain bad. The kind of bad that people should probably get lynched for.
As if just to further my hatred of all things Dragon Ball in English, the "original Japanese music" was there... most of the time. The opening sequence which featured CHA-LA HEAD CHA LA* in all prior incarnations was replaced with some generic pop-rock... thing, and the best part of the film in which Gohan eats a "magical" apple and proceeds to start tripping balls, dancing with fuzzy muppets and dinosaurs while narrowly falling off ledges and cracking his cute little skull wide open, was replaced with a cheap synth version of the same song with no lyrics at all. Considering even the goddamn US TV broadcast included the insert song, there was absolutely no reason to replace it with a generic remix. Amazingly, the end credits song, Deteokoi Tobikiri ZENKAI Power, remains intact and was even subtitled.
*Come on. Even Konata loves Cha-La Head Cha-La!
So... you can sing in Japanese, but only during the credits? Then why the hell was Cha-La Head Cha-La axed?! What glue huffing madman even makes these descisions? It's like FUNi channeled the spirit of Manga Entertainment circa 1994 when they'd just look for things to screw up.
While not "edited" in the traditional sense, the HD Remaster features new English credits on the end credit sequence, and uses a "clean" version of the Opening sequence. Oddly, one shot (where the director credit would go, I think...) seems to have been cribbed from excessively grainy 16mm, while the rest of the OP looks like genuine 35mm. No idea why that would be, but I never said that the FUNi HD Remaster made a lot of sense...
According to FUNimation, these god-awful Dragon Ball Z Season X box sets "Sell Like hotcakes...". FUNimation employees ended this statement by adding "...bitch!", and then sodomizing a dead puppy with a lead pipe.
All things considered, the theatrical films made it out the other end of FUNimation's "remaster" ("Digital Demaster", as a friend of mine loves to call it) looking just barely passable, which is more than I can say for the DVD release of the TV series. There's enough detail to see cell shadows and minor animation flubs that disappear completely on DVD, but the hand painted backgrounds and grain structure have been smeared into oblivion for a more modern and sterile look that only distances the hand-crafted art from the warmth that digital animation struggles so valiantly to recreate.
My viewing setup is, for the next few years I'm sure, a 30" 1080i Hi-Scan Sony HD WEGA CRT, and a PS3 hooked up via HDMI. No surround, as my apartment walls would probably crumble. Yeah, it's not that impressive, but neither is the disc, so I don't see any harm in venting just a little frustration over the whole thing. I can't even imagine how horrifying this transfer would be on a 10 foot screen through some $10,000 1080p projector. Honestly, I can live without knowing.
*Hi-Scan grills are supposed to resolve about 853 lines, or roughly the same as a 1280x720 progressive display. In comparison most CRT NTSC TVs only resolve 33 lines, so even a medium-quality HDTV can resolve 3 times what a high quality SDTV can. Go figure...
While I'm sure that, overall, this disc is better than any prior 4:3 composite DVD release, it's still a major disappointment on pretty much every level. While I wouldn't be ashamed to own any of the FUNi DBZ movie releases at this point, I wouldn't be excited either, and would buy them simply because they're about 1/3 the price of the R2 Alternative. (Suck it, weak dollar to Yen exchange rate.) Still, I'm sure the Toei DVD lacks rampant scratches, and I bet it even has grain. Hilariously, when Toei does their own HD transfer, it probably won't have grain if the Hokuto no Ken TV HD remaster is any indicator. I can't say I recommend it, but it was somewhat nice to see my worst fears not quite realized.
Now, if only Burst Limit sucked a bit less... but, at least unlike this Blu-ray, it's still awfully purty.
The worst part is, fugly cover or no, at least I'd get this on a steelbook if I bought it on DVD. Seriously, everybody listening, stop doing simultaneous BD keepcases and Steelbook DVDs. It's balls. It just makes me want to buy neither out of a comples one-two punch of packaging lust and AV jealousy.
Labels: Anime, Blu-ray, Dragonball, Remaster, Technical Difficulty


This report sets out the findings from our research on public attitudes to human rights, and recommendations for talking to the public about human rights.
We asked ComRes (research and insight specialists) to carry out some research to help us understand public attitudes to human rights and to specific human rights issues, and inform our work to promote understanding of the importance of human rights.
The research focused on getting a more detailed picture of people with mixed views on human rights and their values and reasons to support human rights.
It will be most useful for non-governmental organisations (NGOs), public bodies and other individuals and organisations working on human rights and equality issues.


Today we celebrated Koen's birthday as a family. Six years ago we welcomed this 9 lb 7 oz baby (10 days early) via C-section. He adds such a wonderful dose of goofiness to our family. I will add more to that once I take his six year old photos.
Our family has been sick for weeks. Almost 3 weeks now. I was nervous because Koen had a fever yesterday but today he seemed fine. They started with swimming lessons and they both passed! Kai is now in Swim Kids 4 and Koen in Swim Kids 2.
Koen's gift from us was a table top Foosball game and a game that he could choose to download on his Leap Pad.
I had won passes to Science World a couple of months ago and so we used them today. Nya wasn't 100% so she stayed on the Ergo on my back for most of it. The boys LOVE Science World.
Koen weighs almost as much as a Giant Pacific Octopus (he's 50 lbs). Our entire family weighs as much as a tiger, in case you were wondering.
We ended the day with the Birthday Bumps and I wish I wasn't holding his legs so that I could've gotten a picture of his face. Pure joy.
We love our Koen. He is our sensitive, goofy, energetic, and creative cuddle buddy.
Happy birthday, Koey. We love you.
Wonderful portrayal of your sweet little man. He is such a cute kid. Happy Birthday Koen!
Thanks Caryn!! I'm a fan of him :) Hope you are doing well! Whenever I'm at swimming lessons I think of you.


New Delhi: With an aim to thwart financial frauds, regulator Sebi has sought powers to conduct inspection of books of accounts of listed companies for contravention of any securities law and also to take direct action against the fraudsters.
Besides, Sebi has proposed a heavy penalty for altering, destroying, mutilating, concealing or falsifying records and documents or other tangible objects with an intent to obstruct, impede or influence a legal investigation.
At present, Sebi is empowered to conduct such inspections in case of violations relating to insider trading and fraudulent or unfair trade practices.
However, the regulator has now asked the government that its power to undertake inspection of books at listed companies should be for contravention of any securities laws without limiting it to violations relating to one or two regulations, a senior official said.
The Sebi Act empowers the regulator to conduct inspection of any book, register or other documents and records of any listed company if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the company has been indulging in insider trading or fraudulent and unfair trade practices relating to securities markets.
In its new proposal, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked the government to broaden this power to all cases where the regulator suspects a violation of any securities law.
Sebi has also proposed that any disgorgement order for recovery of illegal gains should be applicable to all joint actors, without making it conditional on the gains or averted losses of the violators.
In another amendment to the Sebi Act, the regulator has sought to replace the term 'material or non-public information' with 'unpublished price sensitive information' to bring in greater consistency of legal phrases used for insider trading laws.
Also, the penalty for insider trading violations is currently imposed on those dealing in securities "on the basis" of material or non-public information, which the regulator has suggested changing to "while in possession".
Regarding the additional penalty, Sebi is of the view that there is a need to create an obligation on an individual not to alter, destroy, mutilate, conceal or falsify the records to hamper investigation and therefore all such acts should be treated as 'fraudulent' and actionable under the securities laws.
Such acts would lead to a minimum penalty of ₹5 lakh, which may extend to ₹10 crore or three times the amount of profit made from such an act, whichever is higher.
In another proposed amendment, Sebi has said no person should employ or assist in employing any device, scheme or artifice to manipulate books of accounts or financial statements of a listed company to directly or indirectly manipulate the share price, or to hide the diversion, siphon off the funds or assets or earnings of a listed firm or a proposed-to-be-listed company.
Sebi is of the view that it should be empowered to take direct action against perpetrators of financial frauds as such acts that have adverse impact on not only the shareholders of the company but also impacts the confidence of investors in the securities markets.
The primary responsibility of monitoring or supervision of books of accounts of companies is with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs under the Companies Act. However, Sebi has suggested that it should also be given powers to take direct action in case of fraud committed by manipulating books of accounts or of financial statements at listed companies.
Such acts typically are aimed at manipulating the share price, hiding fund diversions, misutilising the public issue proceeds or siphoning off the proceeds, assets or earnings of a listed company.
The proposed amendment has been made as per a recommendation of the Fair Market Conduct Committee, constituted by the regulator.
Officials said the final decision on the proposed changes would be taken only after taking into account the views of the Finance Ministry and also of the Corporate Affairs Ministry in a few cases. While the Finance Ministry is already in agreement on some proposals, there are differences in case of a few others.


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Gators tennis wins two SEC titles on Sunday
Easter Sunday was a day of celebration for the Florida Gators tennis program as both the men's and women's teams won a 2011 Southeastern Conference Championship after fighting their way through their respective tournaments.
The No. 17 and five-seed men's team (18-8) defeated the No. 11 and three-seed Kentucky Wildcats (26-8) 4-0 in the tournament final at Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville, FL. The victory is Florida's fourth men's tournament victory (1994, 2000, 2005) in seven opportunities.
Senior Alexandre Lacroix, junior Nassim Slilam, sophomore Sekou Bangoura, Jr., sophomore Bob van Overbeek, sophomore Billy Federhofer and freshman Andrew Butz all saw victories on Sunday. The duos of Slilam/Federhofer and van Overbeek/Butz both won their matches; van Overbeek, No. 44 Bangoura and No. 93 Slilam also captured singles victories. No. 8 Lacroix came out of the tournament with Most Valuable Player honors and was named to the All-Tournament Team along with Slilam.
The No. 2 and one-seed women's team (25-1) won its 17th SEC Tournament title in the 24-years it has existed, defeating the No. 14 and two-seed Tennessee Volunteers (17-4) 4-0 at Barksdale Stadium in Knoxville, TN.
Sophomore Allie Will, junior Joanna Mather, freshmen Alex Cercone and freshman Olivia Janowicz collected victories to fuel the Gators' shutout. The duos of No. 9 Will/Cercone and Mather/Janowicz won their matches; No. 6 Will, No. 50 Janowicz and No. 51 Cercone were also victorious in singles competition.
Will was named the MVP and, along with Janowicz, picked for the All-Tournament Team.
The victories Sunday mark the 11th and 12th conference titles won by the University of Florida in 2010-11. It is the third time in school history that both programs won the SEC Tournament in the same season (2000, 2005).
Alex Cercone Alexandre Lacroix All-Tournament Allie Will Andrew Butz Barksdale Stadium Billy Federhofer Bob Van Overbeek Joanna Mather Kentucky Wildcats Linder Stadium MVP Nassim Slilam Olivia Janowicz Ring Tennis Complex SEC SEC Championship SEC Tournament Sekou Bangoura Tennessee Volunteers tennis University of Florida
SIX BITS: track, swimming, gymnastics, tennis
Gators tennis teams advance to Sweet 16
FOUR BITS: tennis wins SEC, gym, Davis, Hill
That makes it 202,c'est non?
Good news sandwiched between two bad ones.
Love the SEC dominance. Go Gators!
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Wow, and they did it without any drunk driving or marijuana arrests? What can they possibly do when they aren't playing tennis?! Perhaps go to class and even do some good in the community – now there's a concept….


Contains volumes 7, 8 and 9 of Bleach! Rukia Kuchiki, the ex-Soul Reaper responsible for Ichigo's transformation, is on the lam.
Her brethren at the Soul Society are quite displeased with the fact that she transferred the powers of a Soul Reaper to a human and have dispatched two of their strongest agents to neutralize the situation.


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Modal logic
True propositions can be divided into those—like "2 + 2 = 4"—that are true by logical necessity (necessary propositions), and those—like "France is a republic"—that are not (contingently true propositions). Similarly, false propositions can be divided into those—like "2 + 2 = 5"—that are false by logical necessity (impossible propositions), and those—like "France is a monarchy"—that are not (contingently false propositions). Contingently true and contingently false propositions are known collectively as contingent propositions. A proposition that is not impossible (i.e., one that is either necessary or contingent) is said to be a possible proposition. Intuitively, the notions of necessity and possibility are connected in the following way: to say that a proposition is necessary is to say that it is not possible for it to be false, and to say that a proposition is possible is to say that it is not necessarily false.
If it is logically impossible for a certain proposition, p, to be true without a certain proposition, q, being also true (i.e., if the conjunction of p and not-q is logically impossible), then it is said that p strictly implies q. An alternative equivalent way of explaining the notion of strict implication is by saying that p strictly implies q if and only if it is necessary that p materially implies q. "John's tie is scarlet," for example, strictly implies "John's tie is red," because it is impossible for John's tie to be scarlet without being red (or it is necessarily true that, if John's tie is scarlet, it is red). In general, if p is the conjunction of the premises, and q the conclusion, of a deductively valid inference, p will strictly imply q.
The notions just referred to—necessity, possibility, impossibility, contingency, strict implication—and certain other closely related ones are known as modal notions, and a logic designed to express principles involving them is called a modal logic.
The most straightforward way of constructing such a logic is to add to some standard nonmodal system a new primitive operator intended to represent one of the modal notions mentioned above, to define other modal operators in terms of it, and to add certain special axioms or transformation rules or both. A great many systems of modal logic have been constructed, but attention will be restricted here to a few closely related ones in which the underlying nonmodal system is ordinary PC.
Alternative systems of modal logic
All the systems to be considered here have the same wffs but differ in their axioms. The wffs can be specified by adding to the symbols of PC a primitive monadic operator L and to the formation rules of PC the rule that if α is a wff, so is Lα. L is intended to be interpreted as "It is necessary that," so that Lp will be true if and only if p is a necessary proposition. The monadic operator M and the dyadic operator ℨ (to be interpreted as "It is possible that" and "strictly implies," respectively) can then be introduced by the following definitions, which reflect in an obvious way the informal accounts given above of the connections between necessity, possibility, and strict implication: if α is any wff, then Mα is to be an abbreviation of ∼L∼α; and if α and β are any wffs, then α ℨ β is to be an abbreviation of L(α ⊃ β) [or alternatively of ∼M(α · ∼β)].
The modal system known as T has as axioms some set of axioms adequate for PC (such as those of PM), and in addition
Lp ⊃ p
L(p ⊃ q) ⊃ (Lp ⊃ Lq)
Axiom 1 expresses the principle that whatever is necessarily true is true, and 2 the principle that, if q logically follows from p, then, if p is a necessary truth, so is q (i.e., that whatever follows from a necessary truth is itself a necessary truth). These two principles seem to have a high degree of intuitive plausibility, and 1 and 2 are theorems in almost all modal systems. The transformation rules of T are uniform substitution, modus ponens, and a rule to the effect that if α is a theorem so is Lα (the rule of necessitation). The intuitive rationale of this rule is that, in a sound axiomatic system, it is expected that every instance of a theorem α will be not merely true but necessarily true—and in that case every instance of Lα will be true.
Among the simpler theorems of T are
p ⊃ Mp,
L(p · q) ≡ (Lp · Lq),
M(p ∨ q) ≡ (Mp ∨ Mq),
(Lp ∨ Lq) ⊃ L(p ∨ q) (but not its converse),
M(p · q) ⊃ (Mp · Mq) (but not its converse),
LMp ≡ ∼ML∼p,
(p ℨ q) ⊃ (Mp ⊃ Mq),
(∼p ℨ p) ≡ Lp,
L(p ∨ q) ⊃ (Lp ∨ Mq).
There are many modal formulas that are not theorems of T but that have a certain claim to express truths about necessity and possibility. Among them are Lp ⊃ LLp, Mp ⊃ LMp, and p ⊃ LMp. The first of these means that if a proposition is necessary, its being necessary is itself a necessary truth; the second means that if a proposition is possible, its being possible is a necessary truth; and the third means that if a proposition is true, then not merely is it possible but its being possible is a necessary truth. These are all various elements in the general thesis that a proposition's having the modal characteristics it has (such as necessity, possibility) is not a contingent matter but is determined by logical considerations. Although this thesis may be philosophically controversial, it is at least plausible, and its consequences are worth exploring. One way of exploring them is to construct modal systems in which the formulas listed above are theorems. None of these formulas, as was said, is a theorem of T; but each could be consistently added to T as an extra axiom to produce a new and more extensive system. The system obtained by adding Lp ⊃ LLp to T is known as S4; that obtained by adding Mp ⊃ LMp to T is known as S5; and the addition of p ⊃ LMp to T gives the Brouwerian system (named for the Dutch mathematician L.E.J. Brouwer), here called B for short.
The relations between these four systems are as follows: S4 is stronger than T; i.e., it contains all the theorems of T and others besides. B is also stronger than T. S5 is stronger than S4 and also stronger than B. S4 and B, however, are independent of each other in the sense that each contains some theorems that the other does not have. It is of particular importance that, if Mp ⊃ LMp is added to T, then Lp ⊃ LLp can be derived as a theorem, but, if one merely adds the latter to T, the former cannot then be derived.
Examples of theorems of S4 that are not theorems of T are Mp ≡ MMp, MLMp ⊃ Mp, and (p ℨ q) ⊃ (Lp ℨ Lq). Examples of theorems of S5 that are not theorems of S4 are Lp ≡ MLp, L(p ∨ Mq) ≡ (Lp ∨ Mq), M(p · Lq) ≡ (Mp · Lq), and (Lp ℨ Lq) ∨ (Lq ℨ Lp). One important feature of S5 but not of the other systems mentioned is that any wff that contains an unbroken sequence of monadic modal operators (Ls or Ms or both) is probably equivalent to the same wff with all these operators deleted except the last.
Considerations of space preclude an account of the many other axiomatic systems of modal logic that have been investigated. Some of these are weaker than T; such systems normally contain the axioms of T either as axioms or as theorems but have only a restricted form of the rule of necessitation. Another group comprises systems that are stronger than S4 but weaker than S5; some of these have proved fruitful in developing a logic of temporal relations. Yet another group includes systems that are stronger than S4 but independent of S5 in the sense explained above.
Modal predicate logics can also be formed by making analogous additions to LPC instead of to PC.
Validity in modal logic
The task of defining validity for modal wffs is complicated by the fact that, even if the truth values of all of the variables in a wff are given, it is not obvious how one should set about calculating the truth value of the whole wff. Nevertheless, a number of definitions of validity applicable to modal wffs have been given, each of which turns out to match some axiomatic modal system in the sense that it brings out as valid those wffs, and no others, that are theorems of that system. Most, if not all, of these accounts of validity can be thought of as variant ways of giving formal precision to the idea that necessity is truth in every possible world or conceivable state of affairs. The simplest such definition is this: let a model be constructed by first assuming a (finite or infinite) set W of worlds. In each world, independently of all the others, let each propositional variable then be assigned either the value 1 or the value 0. In each world the values of truth functions are calculated in the usual way from the values of their arguments in that world. In each world, however, Lα is to have the value 1 if α has the value 1 not only in that world but in every other world in W as well and is otherwise to have the value 0; and in each world Mα is to have the value 1 if α has value 1 either in that world or in some other world in W and is otherwise to have the value 0. These rules enable one to calculate a value (1 or 0) in any world in W for any given wff, once the values of the variables in each world in W are specified. A model is defined as consisting of a set of worlds together with a value assignment of the kind just described. A wff is valid if and only if it has the value 1 in every world in every model. It can be proved that the wffs that are valid by this criterion are precisely the theorems of S5; for this reason models of the kind here described may be called S5-models, and validity as just defined may be called S5-validity.
A definition of T-validity (i.e., one that can be proved to bring out as valid precisely the theorems of T) can be given as follows: a T-model consists of a set of worlds W and a value assignment to each variable in each world, as before. It also includes a specification, for each world in W, of some subset of W as the worlds that are "accessible" to that world. Truth functions are evaluated as before, but, in each world in the model, Lα is to have the value 1 if α has the value 1 in that world and in every other world in W accessible to it and is otherwise to have the value 0. And, in each world, Mα is to have the value 1 if α has the value 1 either in that world or in some other world accessible to it and is otherwise to have the value 0. (In other words, in computing the value of Lα or Mα in a given world, no account is taken of the value of α in any other world not accessible to it.) A wff is T-valid if and only if it has the value 1 in every world in every T-model.
An S4-model is defined as a T-model except that it is required that the accessibility relation be transitive—i.e., that, where w1, w2, and w3 are any worlds in W, if w1 is accessible to w2 and w2 is accessible to w3, then w1 is accessible to w3. A wff is S4-valid if and only if it has the value 1 in every world in every S4-model. The S4-valid wffs can be shown to be precisely the theorems of S4. Finally, a definition of validity is obtained that will match the system B by requiring that the accessibility relation be symmetrical but not that it be transitive.
For all four systems, effective decision procedures for validity can be given. Further modifications of the general method described have yielded validity definitions that match many other axiomatic modal systems, and the method can be adapted to give a definition of validity for intuitionistic PC. For a number of axiomatic modal systems, however, no satisfactory account of validity has been devised. Validity can also be defined for various modal predicate logics by combining the definition of LPC-validity given earlier (see above Validity in LPC) with the relevant accounts of validity for modal systems, but a modal logic based on LPC is, like LPC itself, an undecidable system.
General observations
The propositional calculus
Basic features of PC
Formation rules for PC
Validity in PC
Interdefinability of operators
Axiomatization of PC
Special systems of PC
Partial systems of PC
Nonstandard versions of PC
Natural deduction method in PC
The predicate calculus
The lower predicate calculus
Validity in LPC
Logical manipulations in LPC
Classification of dyadic relations
Axiomatization of LPC
Semantic tableaux
Special systems of LPC
Definite descriptions
Higher-order predicate calculi
Formal logic
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Classical Logic


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Q: Hibernate session.close() not returning connection to pool My application has long running transactions and hence I tried the option session.close() at the end of every method to ensure that the connection objects are not held indefinitely for long time.
When session.close() option is used, I could see that the Hibernate's session object and the corresponding Connection object obtained from session.connection() are destroyed properly. But the issue is with the connection pool. The connection obtained by the session is not released back to the connection pool even after closing the session. Other requests are found waiting for connection from the pool.
I am using JTA transaction in my application. In hibernate.cfg.xml, I have set connection.release_mode to auto (default) and connection.autocommit to true.
Has anyone faced this issue? Please let me know what am I missing here.
Follow-up: This is my hibernate configuration file details:
<property name="connection.datasource">MXoraDS</property>
<property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle9Dialect</property>
<property name="connection.release_mode">after_statement</property>
<property name="hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class">org.hibernate.transaction.WeblogicTransactionManagerLookup</property>
<property name="hibernate.transaction.factory_class">org.hibernate.transaction.JTATransactionFactory</property>
<property name="hibernate.current_session_context_class">org.hibernate.context.JTASessionContext</property>
<property name="transaction.auto_close_session">true</property>
<property name="max_fetch_depth">2</property>

We use JSF and EJB 2.1 at the application layer connecting to Oracle DB. The after_statement doesn't seem to release the connection to the pool. Please let me know if u need any more details.

A:
I am using JTA transaction in my application. In hibernate.cfg.xml, I have set connection.release_mode to auto (default) and connection.autocommit to true.

Could you try to define the hibernate.connection.release_mode property to after_statement explicitly? I know this is supposed to be the default but, depending on your context (could you be using Spring?), auto might not behave as expected (see here and here).
For reference, here is what the Table 3.4. Hibernate JDBC and Connection Properties writes about the property hibernate.connection.release_mode:

Specifies when Hibernate should
  release JDBC connections. By default,
  a JDBC connection is held until the
  session is explicitly closed or
  disconnected. For an application
  server JTA datasource, use
  after_statement to aggressively
  release connections after every JDBC
  call. For a non-JTA connection, it
  often makes sense to release the
  connection at the end of each
  transaction, by using
  after_transaction. auto will
  choose after_statement for the JTA
  and CMT transaction strategies and
  after_transaction for the JDBC
  transaction strategy.
e.g. auto (default) | on_close | after_transaction |
  after_statement
This setting only affects Sessions
  returned from
  SessionFactory.openSession. For
  Sessions obtained through
  SessionFactory.getCurrentSession, the
  CurrentSessionContext implementation
  configured for use controls the
  connection release mode for those
  Sessions. See Section 2.5,
  "Contextual sessions"

If it doesn't help, please add more details about your environment and configuration (Spring?), how you get the session, etc.

A: if you are using the JDBCTransactionManager, the connection will be returned to the connectionpool when the transactions ends.