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Lincoln Edward Kirstein (1907-1996)
Poet, playwright, art connoisseur and collector, and patron of the arts, Lincoln Edward Kirstein was one of the greatest creative minds of the twentieth century. Born in Rochester, New York on May 4, 1907 to a wealthy family, he was surrounded by fine art and antiques from a very young age. He visited Chartres Cathedral in France at age twelve, published his first play at age fifteen, and bought his first sculpture by age sixteen.
Raised in Boston, Kirstein attended Harvard University, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1929 and a Master's degree in 1930. It was at Harvard that he would build the foundation for an extraordinary legacy as patron of the arts. In 1927 he founded the Harvard literary magazine Hound and Horn, which included early writings by such well-known writers as James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, T.S. Eliot, and e.e. cummings. In 1928 he co-founded The Harvard Society for Contemporary Art with fellow students John Walker II and Edward M.M. Warburg. The Society's first exhibit in February and March 1929 included works by Edward Hopper, George Bellows, and Georgia O'Keefe. Similarly, the Society's December 1930 to January 1931 show was the first ever Bauhaus exhibition to be held in the United States. The influence of the Harvard Society served as the inspiration for the founding of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City in November 1929. Along with Warburg and Walker, Kirstein served on MoMA's advisory committee before the start of World War II.
Kirstein is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking patronage of ballet in the United States. After attending great ballets from a young age, he met the legendary choreographer George Balanchine in London in 1933 and convinced him to move to the United States. Together, the pair embarked on a lifelong partnership that would forever alter the fabric of dance in America. In addition to founding the School of American Ballet in 1934, their partnership established a string of touring dance companies which ultimately culminated in the creation of the New York City Ballet in 1948. In 1964 the Ballet established its permanent home at what is now the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, designed by Kirstein's friend from Harvard, architect Philip Johnson. Kirstein served as President of the School of American Ballet and General Director of the New York City Ballet from their respective beginnings until his retirement as Director Emeritus in 1989. Both institutions remain today as the pinnacle of ballet instruction and performance in America.
In February 1943 Kirstein enlisted in the United States Army and completed basic training at Fort Dix in New Jersey. He was then sent to Fort Belvoir in Virginia to train as a combat engineer. To overcome the monotony of writing training manuals and performing menial tasks, Kirstein began a project devoted to gathering and documenting the art of his fellow soldiers. With the help of Kirstein's influential contacts in the art world, the project soon grew from its humble beginnings at Fort Belvoir to a spread in Life magazine and exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and MoMA in New York. Meanwhile, he began plans for a National War Art Museum (which were never realized).
In spring 1944 Kirstein was recommended for service with the MFAA by David Finley, Director of the National Gallery of Art and Vice Chairman of the Roberts Commission. Kirstein traveled to SHAEF headquarters in London in June 1944, where he worked as a French interpreter before being transferred to a unit in France in September. There, he began composing a series of poems based on his experiences, which were later published as Rhymes of a Pfc(1964). In January 1945 Kirstein was at last commissioned into the MFAA as assistant to Capt. Robert Posey, Monuments Man for General George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army.
Together, Posey and Kirstein were involved in the discovery of some of Europe's greatest masterpieces which had been looted by the Nazis or placed in harm's way during the war. In late February 1945 they came upon a fourteenth-century wall painting of the Annunciation at the Priory Church of Mont Saint Martin in France near Luxembourg. Covered by layer of plaster for centuries, the painting had begun to emerge after a combination of bombings and water damage. Soon after, in Hungen, Germany, Posey and Kirstein discovered eight buildings that comprised the Race Institute, used by Alfred Rosenberg, leader of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR, the Nazi looting agency tasked by Hitler to assemble works of art for his planned Führermuseum at Linz, Austria), to "research" the various peoples victimized by the Nazis. Inside were rooms filled with Torah scrolls, anti-Semitic propaganda, Jewish archives, and other confiscated materials. Their greatest discovery, however, was that of the vast salt mine in Altaussee, Austria in May 1945. Hidden inside miles of tunnels and caverns, the ERR had hidden Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna, Vermeer's The Astronomer, the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, and thousands of other works of art and culturally significant items. These masterpieces were later evacuated to the Munich Central Collecting Point by a team of Monuments Men led by Lt. Cdr. George Stout and returned to their respective home countries.
Kirstein was discharged from military service in September 1945 and returned home to his beloved ballet. For his extraordinary contributions to the preservation and promotion of art in all its forms, Kirstein received numerous accolades. He was the recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure Fourth Class from the Japanese Government (1960), the National Gold Medal of Merit Award of the National Society of Arts and Letters (1980), the Benjamin Franklin Medal of the Royal Society of Arts (1981), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1984), and the National Medal of Arts (1985). A prolific writer, he published hundreds of articles, books, monographs, poems, and novels. In 1955 he founded the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut, and produced A Midsummer Night's Dream for the festival's first season. In March 1965 he participated in the historic second march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama advocating for civil rights alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lincoln Kirstein died in New York City on January 5, 1996, leaving an indelible legacy for not only American ballet but for American culture as a whole.
Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Archives.


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Nation's emphasis on winter sports has increased travel to Switzerland
Publish Time:2019-04-28 17:13:17Source:China Daily
【Introduction】:Swiss ambassador says Chinese tourism has reached historical highs in central European nation.
Swiss ambassador says Chinese tourism has reached historical highs in central European nation.
From handmade mechanical watches to mouth watering cheese fondue, from world-class chocolate to the chilling breeze coming down from the ice tip of the mountain Alps, Switzerland has become a more popular destination for Chinese tourists looking for a quality holiday.
Bernardino Regazzoni, Swiss ambassador to China, said the number of Chinese tourists visiting Switzerland has topped a historical high. Chinese visitors now account for 1.73 million nights in Switzerland, an increase of 6 percent from 2017.
At the same time, more Chinese guests visiting Switzerland are choosing to travel by themselves without signing up for a tourist group. That trend is making custom tours more popular, Regazzoni added.
Winter travel in particular has seen a big boost. According to Switzerland Tourism, from November 2017 to April 2018, Chinese tourists stayed in Switzerland for more than 530,000 nights, an increase of 8.4 percent over the same period last year. As a home to world-class snow resorts and the top skiing sites, mountainous accommodation in Switzerland accounted for 56 percent of the total nights Chinese tourists made in that period.
According to research from ClubMed, a luxury holiday resort brand, and TripAdvisor, one of the world's largest travel sites, Chinese demand in the snow sport market has been booming. It's led by the country's call to encourage 300 million people to participate in snow sports by 2022.
A soaring number of Chinese tourists have shown strong interest in traveling abroad for the top-notch snow venues, as 18 percent of surveyed Chinese tourists said they've traveled to another country just for the outdoor fun. And Switzerland, home to every skiers' dream - Swiss Alps, not surprisingly, has become among the top three most popular destinations for Chinese tourists. "With the Beijing Winter Olympics coming in 2022, the interest in winter sports is clearly rising in China," said Simon Bosshart, a director at Switzerland Tourism whose department includes travel from China. "We are proud to say that our resorts are ready to welcome Chinese guests in an appropriate manner. For example, we have 19 ski resorts offering one-day ski experiences."
Fredi Michel, business unit manager for Davos Klosters Tourism, which undertakes the management of the tourism organization in the town of Davos, located in the Swiss Alps, said China has become its fastest growing tourism market. Chinese tourism has grown at a pace of 30 percent annually over the past five years, he said.
He added that the town has been in contact with Chongli district of Zhangjiakou for cooperation in snow sport training and tourism promotion.
In addition to winter sports, other outdoor travel activities in Switzerland are also becoming more popular in China, including trekking in mountain trail. Regazzoni said more Chinese tourists have participated in the outdoor activities to discover the beauty of nature in Switzerland. During a recent press meeting hosted by Switzerland Tourism in Beijing in April, outdoor trail trekking was featured as the theme of summer. (Yuan Shenggao)
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Something Is Rotten in the State of Saudis: Non-Muslim Chinese Allowed Into Mecca
11/05/2019 Ruth Ingram
Uyghur refugee Tahir Imin reveals a major Muslim scandal—and evidence of the pervasive CCP influence on Arab countries
by Ruth Ingram
Leaked images of obviously non-Muslim Chinese tourists observing and photographing pilgrims in Mecca. No Muslim would behave in this way.
"Are there no depths to which our so-called Muslim brothers won't sink to bow to China's influence," asks America-based Uyghur refugee Tahir Imin, showing leaked pictures showing short-sleeved, and secular-clothed Han Chinese men, obviously not Muslim, standing on a balcony in Mecca photographing the pilgrims below.
From its foundation, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has enforced a strict policy of forbidding non-Muslims to visit the holy cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina. There are not even exceptions for ambassadors and other foreign dignitaries, unless of course they are Muslims themselves. But now it seems Saudi Arabia is making an exception—for Chinese tourists.
Imin is a former political prisoner, whose own brother and mother are in prison for his activism and who has had no contact with his own wife and daughter since his connections were severed with the mainland three years ago. He asks, "How this has been allowed to happen?"
"According to Islamic rules, non-Muslim visitors are not allowed to stay in the most sacred Islamic site —the house of Allah 'Kaaba Sharif,'" he says, "but in these pictures the visitors, who are obviously non-Muslim Chinese, are observing the pilgrimage of Muslims as strangers."
Imin asks why the Saudi Kingdom, "having the custody of Baytul Muqeddes (the House of Allah) is suddenly permitting non-Muslim Han Chinese visitors to observe the Hajj proceedings."
He took great exception to the visit, particularly given the atrocities meted out to his compatriots in his homeland of Xinjiang; the extra judicial incarcerations, the demolition of mosques, the confiscation, burning and forbidding the reading of Qurans, the separation of parents from children and placing them in State orphanages, and the compelling of Muslim women to marry non-believing Han Chinese.
Imin asked, "Are they doing this for lucrative Chinese cash?" "According to Islamic traditions this is unacceptable," he said bitterly. Paradoxically, the CCP is sending secular Han Chinese tourists to Mecca and Medina while at the same time limiting the possibility for devout Han Muslims to go on pilgrimage there. Not to mention, of course, Uyghurs.
Additional leaked pictures of secular Chinese tourists in Mecca.
Bitter Winter has also sought comments about Imin's statements from Uyghurs among the diaspora in Turkey and around the world. They reacted with shock and disbelief. "Saudi Arabia has never allowed unbelievers into Mecca," said Rozagul, whose husband has not been allowed to leave Xinjiang and join her in Turkey because he used to work for the Chinese military. "If they even guessed an unbeliever was there, he would be sentenced to a long prison term," she said. Looking at the pictures of the large group of Han Chinese men videoing the Hajj proceedings filled her with rage. "They should never have been allowed in, but given that they were, they weren't even made to wear the customary long white clothing. That amount of respect should have been the minimum," she said.
An announcement on September 27, 2019, by the Saudi Kingdom that it was opening its doors to international tourists for the first time (without mentioning Mecca and Medina) was hailed as a "historic moment" by tourism minister Ahmad al-Khateeb, but met with despair by the Uyghur diaspora.
News that Han Chinese tourists were the first to take advantage of the instant visa scheme in October, with 7,391 visitors flooding through its gates, was met with glee by Chen Weiqing, ambassador of China to Saudi Arabia.
"China and Saudi Arabia are comprehensive strategic partners. We are pleased to see that Chinese tourists topped the number of tourist visas applied for so far," Chen said.
But this has outraged Uyghurs many of whose relatives have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for simply having visited the kingdom years ago. "I cannot understand this betrayal," said Tunsagul, a Uyghur who was forced to remain in Turkey after a business trip three years ago. "Non-Muslim Han Chinese can play wherever they like. They have passports, they can travel the world even to our holiest pilgrim sites, but we are locked up for even having a photo of these places on our phone," she complained bitterly. "How can Saudi Arabia act like best friends to a country that is persecuting us to this degree?"
The comment by the Saudi Arabian tourist minister that "non-Muslims will still not be allowed to visit the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and the ban on alcohol will be maintained," increased the sense of treachery among Uyghurs. According to Imin, this is a lie. Non-Muslim Chinese have in fact been allowed into the holy cities. For Islam, this is a blatant sacrilege.
"Their government refuses admission to ordinary tourists, but not to the Chinese unbelievers," said Abdullah, a Uyghur refugee marooned in Turkey after news that the country had appeared on Beijing's list of no-go areas for Uyghurs three years ago. "We have been sold out by our so-called brothers, "he said in disbelief. "Where are the sanctions and the boycotts?" he asked.
Tagged With: Muslim Uyghurs, Surveillance
Ruth Ingram
Ruth Ingram is a researcher who has written extensively for the Central Asia-Caucasus publication, Institute of War and Peace Reporting, the Guardian Weekly newspaper, The Diplomat, and other publications.
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Dr. Gulshan Abbas Sentenced to 20 Years in Jail
The world has understood. Through this absurd decision, the CCP is punishing her sister Rushan, for her brave campaign on behalf of the persecuted Uyghurs.
Yes, the CCP Is Watching Us on Zoom
Zoom employees disrupted meetings where China was criticized, and even framed CCP critics by posting child pornography from their accounts, U.S. Government says.
Increasingly criticized by the international community for crackdowns on people of faith, China's regime enforces more stringent measures to cover up its crimes.
Genocide in Xinjiang: The Word is No Longer Taboo
The U.S. officially adopted the designation, and in the UK an amendment to prevent trade with genocidal states was narrowly defeated.


The McKinsey Quarterly has published the results of research, conducted in 2005 by McKinsey and the Centre for Economic Performance, at the London School of Economics, looking at the relationship between management and performance in more than 700 midsize manufacturing companies in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
As if we couldn't guess, it found that "mediocre management goes hand in hand with mediocre corporate results".
So if effective management and good performance are tightly linked, how do so many badly managed companies survive?
It is a question that has long baffled researchers. Economic theory has it that competition ensures the survival of only the best-managed companies and the elimination of the weak ones. Competition, the theory says, will spur managers to work more effectively and outlast rivals.
Our research sheds new light on the subject. It showed that poorly managed companies hang on because of a lack of competition, combined with restrictive labor laws.3 In each country, we found some high performers working with varying degrees of regulation, but, overall, we uncovered a clear link between badly managed companies and government regulations that hobble a company's ability to manage its employees. The connection is even stronger if the freedom to hire and fire is restricted.
What also leaps out is the fact that well-managed companies provide more flexible working environments and that in countries with more female managers, decision making is delegated further down in the ranks and employees have greater autonomy.
Good management is about methods, style, and skill, not hours clocked on the job; our research found no connection between a sector's competitiveness and how hard managers work. In the better-managed companies we studied, managers worked an average of less than one hour a week more than managers in other companies. The implication is that supervisors in well-managed companies work smarter rather than harder.


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20Ten (sprich: "twenty-ten") ist das 35. Studioalbum des US-amerikanischen Musikers Prince. Es erschien am 10. Juli 2010 bei seinem Label NPG Records und war ausschließlich als CD-Beigabe einer handelsüblichen Zeitung erhältlich, weswegen 20Ten nicht in den internationalen Albumcharts geführt wurde. Zudem wurde das Album nur in einigen Ländern Europas veröffentlicht.

Die Musik zählt zu den Genres Contemporary R&B, Elektronische Tanzmusik, Funk, Pop und Soul. Als Gastmusiker wirkt Maceo Parker mit. Musikkritiker von Zeitungen, bei denen 20Ten als CD-Beigabe erhältlich war, zeigten sich vom Album begeistert; Musikkritiker anderer Zeitungen verhielten sich mit Lob meist zurückhaltender.

Die Tournee zum Album spielte Prince ausschließlich in Europa und bestand aus lediglich sieben Konzerten, von denen vier im Rahmen von Musikfestivals stattfanden.

Entstehung
Alle Songs, die Prince auf dem Album 20Ten platzierte, nahm er zwischen 2006 und Februar 2010 in seinem Paisley Park Studio in Chanhassen in Minnesota auf. Als erstes Stück spielte er Mitte 2006 Compassion ein. Allerdings überarbeitete er es am 1. September 2008 im Sunset Sound in Los Angeles in Kalifornien und fügte Begleitgesang sowie Overdubs hinzu.

Im Jahr 2009 nahm Prince die meisten Songs für 20Ten auf und spielte am 1. August Walk in Sand ein. Am 20. November nahm er Future Soul Song und Sticky Like Glue auf, wobei Prince' früherer Toningenieur Hans-Martin Buff (* 1969) sagte, er sei an der Aufnahme von Future Soul Song beteiligt gewesen, was darauf hindeutet, dass Prince den Song ursprünglich zwischen 1995 und 2000 aufgenommen hatte und später überarbeitet hatte. Die drei Stücke Act of God, Laydown und Sea of Everything spielte Prince am 25. November 2009 ein. Die genauen Aufnahmedaten der drei Songs Beginning Endlessly, Everybody Loves Me und Lavaux sind der Öffentlichkeit nicht bekannt, aber Prince nahm sie zwischen September 2009 bis Februar 2010 auf.

Marketingstrategie
Ab dem Jahr 2007 arbeitete Prince mit keinem Tonträgerunternehmen mehr zusammen und grenzte sich von der Musikindustrie zunehmend ab; die Tonträger erschienen zwar bei seinem eigenen Musiklabel NPG Records, aber für den Vertrieb wählte er alternative Kanäle. Beispielsweise konnte seine Live-CD Indigo Nights im Jahr 2008 nur als CD-Beigabe seines Buches 21 Nights käuflich erworben werden und 2009 vertrieb die US-amerikanische Einzelhandelskette Target Corporation sein Dreifachalbum Lotusflow3r.

Am 22. Juni 2010 traf sich Prince mit Vertretern der Schallplattenfirma Warner Bros. Records, bei der er von 1977 bis 1999 unter Vertrag gestanden hatte. Es wurde über einen möglichen Vertrieb des Albums 20Ten in den USA diskutiert; letztlich kam aber kein Vertrag zustande. Daraufhin entschied sich Prince für eine andere Marketingstrategie und ließ 20Ten als CD-Beigabe einer Zeitung ausschließlich in Europa vertreiben. Auf ähnliche Art und Weise hatte er 2007 sein Album Planet Earth im Vereinigten Königreich veröffentlicht.

Kiran Sharma, damalige Repräsentantin von Prince, zeigte sich von der Verkaufsstrategie von 20Ten begeistert und meinte: Es sei "das erste Mal auf der Welt, dass ein neues Album über alternative Kanäle gratis ausgeliefert wird."

Bei den Zeitungen Daily Mirror, Het Nieuwsblad und der deutschen Ausgabe des Rolling Stone war 20Ten als CD-Beigabe erhältlich. Journalisten dieser Zeitungen gewährte Prince Zugang zu seinem Paisley Park Studio in Chanhassen, damit diese mit ihm Interviews führen und über das Album berichten konnten.

Als Begründung, warum er 20Ten als Zeitungsbeilage vertrieb, vertrat Prince gegenüber dem Daily Mirror die Meinung, das Internet sei "vollständig vorbei". Zudem zog er einen Vergleich zum Musiksender MTV: "Das Internet ist wie MTV. MTV war einmal total in und plötzlich war es veraltet. Wie auch immer, diese ganzen Computer und digitalen Spielereien sind nicht gut. Die füllen deinen Kopf nur mit Zahlen und das kann dir nicht gut tun." Außerdem werde es auch keine Downloads seiner neuen Songs geben. Er sehe keinen Grund, seine Musik über Plattformen wie das iTunes Store zu verkaufen, weil er die Akzeptanz des Bezahlsystems bezweifle. Er glaube jedoch, neue Wege zu finden, seine Musik zu verbreiten.

Gestaltung des Covers

Das Albumcover ist in Form einer spartanischen Zeichnung gestaltet. Innerhalb dieser Zeichnung ist Prince als männliches Model dargestellt. Er trägt ein farbenfrohes Tunika-ähnliches Hemd mit Stehkragen, das geöffnet ist, sodass seine Brusthaare zu sehen sind. Zudem trägt er eine Halskette mit einem Symbol-Anhänger – das unaussprechbare Symbol, das Prince von 1993 bis 2000 als Künstlernamen benutzt hatte. Er ist auf der linken Bildhälfte platziert und von Kopf bis zu den Oberschenkeln dargestellt. In der Zeichnung besitzt Prince zwei rechte Arme. Am äußeren linken Bildrand sind in Höhe seiner rechten Schulter Zeigefinger und Daumen einer Hand zu sehen, die einen Stift hält und das Albumcover zu vollenden scheint.

Im Hintergrund ist in rot-orangen Farbtönen eine Art Wüstenlandschaft zu erkennen, die Konturen eines Gesicht mit Nase, Oberlippe, Unterlippe und Kinn besitzt. Diese Konturen erinnern an die Hügellandschaft des Frauenkörpers in der Covergestaltung des Albums Around the World in a Day aus dem Jahr 1985.

Mittig im oberen Bereich des Covers ist das Prince-Symbol zu sehen. Vor dem Kreis des Symbols steht die Ziffer "2", sodass zusammengesetzt die Zahl "20" zu lesen ist. Innerhalb des Kreises ist das Wort "Ten" zu lesen, das aber als typografische Ligatur kreiert wurde; der Name "Prince" kann ebenfalls aus dem Wort gelesen werden.

Die Ziffer "2" vor dem Kreis ist so gestaltet, dass sie auch als Ziffer "7" interpretiert werden kann. Wird das Cover um 180 Grad gedreht, ist die Ziffer "7" als Ziffer "6" zu lesen – der 7.6. ist Prince' Geburtsdatum. Ferner sind auf der rechten oberen Bildseite Regentropfen vorhanden.

Auf der Rückseite des Covers ist die Setlist des Albums von Track 1 Compassion bis Track 9 Everybody Loves Me in lilafarbener Schrift abgedruckt. Der Hidden Track Laydown ist in überdimensionaler Schriftgröße ebenfalls zu lesen. Die CD steckt in einer Papphülse ohne CD-Begleitheft.

Mitarbeiter der Musik-Website Pitchfork Media wählten im Dezember 2010 das Cover als eines der schlechtesten des Jahres.

Musik und Text
Die Musik zählt zum Genre Contemporary R&B, Elektronische Tanzmusik, Funk, Pop und Soul. Einige Songs klingen zuweilen ähnlich wie frühere Kompositionen von Prince, etwa von seinem Album 1999 aus dem Jahr 1982. Er produzierte die Songs von 20Ten minimalistisch – bei einer Vielzahl der Songs dominieren Synthesizer und der Drumcomputer Linn LM-1, den er oftmals bei Studioaufnahmen seiner Musikalben in den 1980er Jahren benutzt hatte. Gitarren-Licks sind auf 20Ten selten zu hören.

Das erste Stück Compassion ist aus dem Genre Elektronische Tanzmusik und enthält unter anderem ein Keyboard-Staccato. Posaunist Greg Boyer, Maceo Parker und Trompeter Ray Monteiro unterstützen Prince bei dem Song auf ihren Blasinstrumenten. Compassion klingt zuweilen wie Let's Pretend We're Married vom Album 1999. Der zweite Song Beginning Endlessly enthält eingängige Synthesizer-Riffs und den Liedtext trägt Prince in einer Sprechgesang-ähnlichen Form vor.

Future Soul Song ist eine Ballade aus dem Genre Soul, die zuweilen an The Beautiful Ones aus dem Jahr 1984 erinnert. Im Gesangsstil präsentiert sich Prince als Crooner, der Refrain besteht aus Sha-la-la. Sticky Like Glue ist aus dem Bereich Funk und enthält dominierende Basslines sowie eine aus dem gleichen Genre gespielte Gitarre. Im Song wechselt Prince des Öfteren seine Stimmlage, eine Rap-Passage ist von ihm ebenfalls zu hören. Das Stück besitzt zuweilen Ähnlichkeiten mit dem Song Superstar, 2002 von King Britt veröffentlicht und 2004 mit Ivana Santilli (* 1975) als Single herausgebracht.

Auch der fünfte Track Act of God stammt aus dem Genre Funk. Im gesellschaftskritischen Liedtext beschäftigt sich Prince mit der Weltwirtschaftskrise ab 2007 und mit dem Irakkrieg; beispielsweise singt er, dass von US-Steuergeldern Bomber gebaut würden, "angeblich um uns vor Saddam zu schützen."

Im Liedtext von Lavaux beschreibt Prince die Schönheit des Schweizer Weinbaugebiets Lavaux sowie die Schönheit der Straßen Portugals. Prince' Keyboard-Spiel erinnert zuweilen an Keyboard-Passagen des Songs 1999.

Walk in Sand ist eine von Prince' Klavierspiel dominierte Ballade. Im Gegensatz zu den anderen Songs auf 20Ten spielt Prince Live-Drums und keine programmierten Drums. Er singt in dem für ihn typischen Falsettgesang und die Melodie sowie Liedtext-Botschaft sind simpel: "Nichts ist schöner als mit dir Hand in Hand im Sand spazieren zu gehen". Mehrere zu Walk in Sand ähnliche Balladen hatte Prince bereits vor der Arbeit an 20Ten geschrieben. Sea of Everything ist eine Schlafzimmerballade, die Prince ebenfalls vorwiegend im Falsettgesang vorträgt.

Everybody Loves Me ist ein Rock-'n'-Roll-Stomp mit Boogie-Woogie-Piano-Breaks. Im Liedtext singt Prince unter anderem: "Heute Nacht liebe ich alle Menschen, und alle lieben mich". Damit meint Prince nicht sich selbst, sondern den selbstbewussten Geist, der auf der Tanzfläche jeden Menschen zum Star machen könne. Der Groove erinnert zuweilen an All the Critics Love U in New York vom Album 1999.

Der Hidden Track Laydown war in einer früheren Version des Albums 20Ten der Eröffnungssong und ist dem Genre R&B zuzuordnen. Das Stück enthält unter anderem ein düster und beunruhigend wirkendes Gitarrenspiel, komplexe Synthesizer-Lines und einen von Prince vorgetragenem Rap, in dem er sich als "Purple Yoda" bezeichnet, eine Anspielung auf die Figur Yoda aus Star Wars. Den Refrain "you need to laydown" singt Begleitgesangsängerin Liv Warfield (* 1979), Elisa Dease (' 1969) ist zuweilen in der Passage "here comes the purple Yoda" zu hören.

Titelliste und Veröffentlichungen

Das Album ist nur als CD-Beigabe einer Zeitung erschienen. Es war erstmals am 10. Juli 2010 bei der britischen Tageszeitung Daily Mirror und deren schottischem Tochterblatt Daily Record erhältlich. Am selben Tag erschien 20Ten auch bei der niederländischsprachigen Tageszeitung Het Nieuwsblad in Belgien und beim Tochterblatt De Gentenaar. Am 22. Juli 2010 veröffentlichte die deutsche Ausgabe des Musikmagazins Rolling Stone in seiner August-Ausgabe das Album in Deutschland, Österreich und in der Schweiz. Außerdem erschien es am selben Tag bei der wöchentlich erscheinenden Zeitschrift Courrier international in Frankreich. Seit 2018 und damit zwei Jahre nach Prince' Tod wird 20Ten auch als Download angeboten.

Der britische Verleger Trinity Mirror, Herausgeber von Daily Mirror und Daily Records, vertrieb über 2,5 Millionen CDs von 20Ten. Doch am 10. Juli 2010 verkauften die genannten Zeitungen zusammen nur 379.000 Exemplare des Albums. Zwei Tage später entschied der Daily Mirror, jedem, der die Zeitung Online bestellte, das Album 20Ten mitzuliefern. Im Jahr 2007, als Prince sein Album Planet Earth über die britische Sonntagszeitung Mail on Sunday vertrieb, waren über 600.000 Exemplare verkauft worden.

In Deutschland, Österreich und in der Schweiz war die Erstauflage der August-Ausgabe des Rolling Stone bereits nach einer Woche nahezu ausverkauft. Der Verlag stellte jedoch eine Neuauflage inklusive des Albums zur Verfügung. Das Rolling-Stone-Magazin hatte zu dieser Zeit eine Auflage von knapp 64.000 Exemplaren. Anstatt der handelsüblichen 5,50 Euro kostete eine Ausgabe mit der CD 6,99 Euro.

Auf der CD von 20Ten ist folgendes zu lesen: "For promotional use only. Not for resale." ( für Nur für Werbezwecke. Nicht für den Weiterverkauf.) Der Song Laydown ist als Hidden Track erst als Titel #77 zu hören. Von Track 10 bis 76 sind lediglich Pausen von jeweils fünf Sekunden vorhanden. Von dem Album wurden keine Singles ausgekoppelt und Musikvideos produzierte Prince nicht. Zwar stellte die portugiesische Bierfirma Super Bock Group ein Video zu Walk in Sand kurz nach der Veröffentlichung von 20Ten zur Verfügung, um ihr Produkt in Verbindung mit Prince' Auftritt am 18. Juli 2010 beim Festival Super Bock Super Rock im Parque das Nações in Lissabon zu bewerben. Doch das Unternehmen musste das Video nach einer Urheberrechtsklage von NPG Records sofort wieder entfernen.

Anfang Oktober 2010 kündigte Prince eine überarbeitete Neuauflage des Albums mit Namen 20Ten Deluxe an, die er letztendlich aber nicht veröffentlichte. Auf dieser Neuauflage war unter anderem der Song Rich Friends enthalten, den er schließlich am 14. Oktober 2010 als Download anbot. Am 6. Januar 2013 veröffentlichte Prince mit Laydown (Xtended) eine Maxi-Single des Songs, die 5:54 Minuten lang ist und ebenfalls nur als Download erhältlich war.

Tournee

Die Tournee zum Album 20Ten fand ausschließlich in Europa statt und umfasste lediglich sieben Konzerte; sie begann am 4. Juli 2010 beim Roskilde-Festival in Dänemark und endete am 25. Juli 2010 im Palais Nikaia in Nizza. Die Konzerte wurden von insgesamt 193.500 Zuschauern besucht, wobei Prince vier der sieben Konzerte auf Musikfestivals spielte, deren Zuschauerkapazität höher war als auf seinen herkömmlichen Konzerten.

Abgesehen vom Roskilde-Festival trat er am 9. Juli beim Main Square Festival in Frankreich auf, am 10. Juli bei Rock Werchter in Belgien und am 18. Juli 2010 beim Festival Super Bock Super Rock in Portugal. Auf der Tournee spielte Prince vom Album 20Ten lediglich einmal die Songs Act of God und Future Soul Song. Die Konzertlänge variierte zwischen 120 und 150 Minuten, da er jedes Konzert mit einer eigenen Setlist individuell gestaltete. Seine Begleitband The New Power Generation bestand aus folgenden acht Mitgliedern:
 Cassandra O'Neal – Keyboard und Gesang
 Cora Coleman-Dunham – Schlagzeug
 Elisa Dease – Begleitgesang
 Frédéric Yonnet – Mundharmonika
 Joshua Dunham – E-Bass
 Liv Warfield – Begleitgesang
 Morris Hayes – Keyboard
 Shelby J. – Begleitgesang
 als Gast: Sheila E. – Perkussion und Gesang

Vom 18. Oktober bis zum 18. November 2010 ging Prince erneut in Europa auf Tournee und gab abermals sieben Konzerte, die insgesamt von ungefähr 90.000 Zuschauern besucht wurden. Auf Musikfestivals spielte er diesmal nicht und Musikpromotion für 20Ten machte er keine. Ida Kristine Nielsen gab bei dieser Tournee ihr Debüt als Bassistin in The New Power Generation.

Aftershows

Ab dem Jahr 1986 spielte Prince nach dem Hauptkonzert gelegentlich eine Aftershow, also ein weiteres Konzert nach Mitternacht. Seine Aftershows fanden in kleineren Musikclubs vor meist 300 bis 1.500 Zuschauern statt und Prince verzichtete auf die aufwendigen Bühnenshows, Choreografien und Lightshows seiner Hauptkonzerte. Zudem gestaltete er die Songauswahl anders und verzichtete oftmals auf seine Top-Ten-Hits. Höhepunkte mancher Aftershows waren Gastauftritte bekannter Musiker.

2010 spielte Prince bei seinen beiden Europatourneen nach fünf der insgesamt 14 Konzerte eine Aftershow. Davon fand die erste am 11. Juli 2010 im Viage in Brüssel statt, bei der Larry Graham als Gastmusiker auftrat. Dann gab Prince am 23. Juli im New Morning (Jazzclub) in Paris eine Aftershow, die inklusive Zugaben knapp vier Stunden dauerte und somit das längste Konzert in seiner Karriere war. Außerdem spielte er am 26. Juli im Palais Club in Cannes und am 21. Oktober 2010 im Amager Bio in Kopenhagen eine Aftershow. Die letzte Aftershow spielte er am 7. November 2010 erneut wieder im Viage in Brüssel, bei der diesmal Bria Valente mitwirkte.

Rezeption
Die Kritiken des Albums 20Ten fielen unterschiedlich aus: Während Journalisten von Zeitungen, die das Album als CD-Beigabe lieferten, zum Teil sehr positiv urteilten, waren unabhängige Journalisten mit meist Lob zurückhaltender.

Der Daily Mirror (inklusive CD-Beigabe) zeigte sich von 20Ten begeistert und meinte, es sei Prince' bestes Musikalbum seit 23 Jahren [1987: Sign "☮" the Times] und mit dem Comeback von Elvis Presley im Jahr 1968 ebenbürtig. Auf 20Ten höre man die "gefühlvollsten", "spirituellsten" und "romantischsten" Songs, die Prince seit Jahren geschrieben habe.

Joachim Hentschel von der deutschen Ausgabe des Musikmagazins Rolling Stone (inklusive CD-Beigabe) lobte, Prince kehre "endgültig zum tighten Elektrofunk-Spirit der frühen Jahre zurück". Er bringe "trocken groovende Party- und Kopfnickersongs, lippenleckende Soulballaden, ohne sich dabei selbst zu kopieren oder anzubiedern." Zudem vertrat Hentschel die Meinung, 20Ten sei Prince' "bestes, konsequentestes Album seit der Love Symbol-Platte von 1992."

Ulf Kubanke vom deutschsprachigen Online-Magazin laut.de war ebenfalls begeistert und schrieb über Prince: "Ja, er kann es immer noch! Lord Nelson ärgert und verzückt gleichermaßen. Doch kalt lässt er nie. Eine Eigenschaft, die er mit Kollegen wie Dylan [sic] oder Neil Young gemein hat. So pendelt er weiter zwischen Über- und Unterforderung der hörwilligen Untertanen."

Eric Pfeil von der deutschen Tageszeitung FAZ schrieb: "Einiges auf 20Ten ist famos, etwa das von einem Keyboard-Riff getriebene Beginning Endlessly, ein wundervoller Elektro-Funk mit roboterartigem Harmoniegesang. Der Moment, wo am Schluss seine funky Gitarre einsetzt, ist göttlich. Großartig ist das dreckige Act Of God [sic], ein fast hingeworfen klingender Pseudo-Lo-Fi-Song, dessen Text amerikanische Banken und Politiker in einen Sack packt. Dazwischen gibt es gute, ordentliche und öde Balladen. Die beste davon, Future Love Song, ist eben nicht das, was der Titel verspricht." Den Song Laydown hob Pfeil besonders positiv hervor und kam zum Fazit: "Ein ganzes Album in diesem Stil, das wäre etwas gewesen."

Das wöchentlich erscheinende Nachrichtenmagazin Focus meinte: "Das neue Album 20Ten enthält zwar nichts, was man von Prince nicht so ähnlich schon gehört hat, kann dem riesigen Gesamtwerk aber durchaus den einen oder anderen Hit hinzufügen. Bereits der Auftakt Compassion – ein Elektrofunk-Stück im Stil der frühen 80er mit melodischer Nähe zur Rocky Horror Picture Show [sic] – gelingt vorzüglich. Auch bei Beginning Endlessly dominieren Synthesizer-Fanfaren wie vor knapp 30 Jahren, ehe eine für Prince so typische Funk-Gitarre den Song ins Ziel bringt". Zum Abschluss schrieb der Focus: "Das schlagerhafte, großmäulige Everybody Loves Me sei ihm verziehen. Prince ist wieder da, auch als Zeitschriften-Beilage".

Marc Deckert von der überregionalen Tageszeitung Süddeutsche Zeitung resümierte: "Jeder Song auf dem Album, das bis auf einige Stimmen und Bläsersätze wieder einmal von Prince ganz allein eingespielt und produziert wurde, lehnt sich rhythmisch oder klanglich an einen Prince-Klassiker an – nicht jeder ist gut, aber Aussetzer gehören nun mal ebenso zu diesem Künstler wie die großen Themen Gott, Funk und (körperliche) Liebe".

Andreas Borcholte von Spiegel Online zeigte sich vom Album enttäuscht und verteilte fünf von zehn Punkten: "Es scheint, als befinde sich Prince in einer Phase der Regression, wünscht sich zurück in Zeiten, als er mit Purple Rain, Lovesexy und Around The World In A Day [sic] als King of Pop der coolen Leute gefeiert wurde." Sein Fazit lautete: "20Ten wirkt nun endgültig wie ein hastig aus dem umfangreichen B-Seiten-Archiv zusammengestellter Flohmarkt: Man findet ein paar Sachen, die man früher mal mochte, wird kurz nostalgisch, überlegt ein bisschen. Und dann lässt man ihn doch lieber liegen. Den alten Kram."

Stephen Thomas Erlewine von Allmusic war mit Lob ebenfalls zurückhaltend und gab zweieinhalb von fünf Sternen. Im Gesamtbild wirke 20Ten oberflächlich; Hooklines zündeten nicht, Funk-Jams kämen nicht in Gang, die Sinnlichkeit bliebe auf Sparflamme und die Rhythmen wirkten etwas steif.

Nach Prince' Tod im April 2016 rezensierten die Musikjournalisten Albert Koch und Thomas Weiland von der deutschen Musikzeitschrift Musikexpress das Album und gaben drei von sechs Sternen. Sie schrieben unter anderem: "Den New-Wave-Einfluss zu Beginn in Compassion und Beginning Endlessly hätte er [Prince] zum Oberthema für dieses Album ausbauen können, wohl müssen. Stattdessen macht er mit dem müden Future Soul Song weiter. Vertane Chance".

Literatur
 Arthur Lizie: Prince FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Purple Reign. Backbeat Books, Guilford (Connecticut) 2020, ISBN 978-1-61713-670-2.
 Ben Greenman: Dig If You Will the Picture – Funk, Sex and God in the Music of Prince. Faber & Faber Ltd, London 2017, ISBN 978-0-571-33326-4.
 Jason Draper: Prince – Life & Times (Revised & Updated Edition). Chartwell Books, New York 2016, ISBN 978-0-7858-3497-7.
 Matt Thorne: Prince. Faber and Faber, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-571-27349-2.

Weblinks

 Princevault, Informationen zum Album 20Ten

Einzelnachweise

Prince-Album
Album (Contemporary R&B)
Album (Dance)
Album (Funk)
Album (Pop)
Album 2010

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Amy & Casey are getting married next winter and I was so excited to hang out with these two before Thanksgiving. They brought along their incredibly well behaved doggie – Leroy – and we had fun at Trinity park and the Fort Worth Stockyards.
These two both attended Texas Christian University and met while studying abroad in Spain. They learned to speak Spanish, became friends and within months of being back in the United States they found themselves together. Their friendship is apparent when you see them together, they have an honesty about them and are so comfortable in each others arms. Their smiles, laughter and the super adorable Leroy made this engagement session so much fun!
I can't believe I have to wait a year to photograph Amy & Casey again – it will be worth the wait though! Congrats you two!
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W.W. Greener is a sporting shotgun and rifle manufacturer from England. The company produced its first firearm in 1829 and is still in business, with a fifth generation Greener serving on its board of directors.

History
The history of W.W. Greener begins in 1829, when William Greener, who had been working in London for Manton, a prominent gun maker, returned to his hometown of Newcastle and founded the W. Greener company. In November 1844, he determined that most of the materials and components he used for gun making came from Birmingham, and his business was being hampered by the distance between the two towns. Hence, he moved his business from Newcastle to Birmingham.

During the period of 1845-58, W. Greener was appointed to make guns for Prince Albert. Money obtained from supplying South Africa with two-groove rifles enabled the company to erect a factory on "Rifle Hill", Aston, in 1859. It was around this time that the company began to really prosper.

Greener was a firm believer in the concept of muzzleloaders and refused to make any breechloaders. Hence, his son, William Wellington Greener, struck out a line of his own (the W.W. Greener company) and produced his first breechloader in 1864. When William Greener died in 1869, the two companies were amalgamated together as the W.W. Greener Company, and carried on by William Wellington Greener. William Wellington Greener was responsible for several innovations, as described in the sections below, and it was on the strength of his inventions that the company became famous. Under W.W. Greener, the company established offices in Birmingham, London, Hull, Montreal and New York City.

William Wellington Greener was succeeded by two of his sons, Harry Greener and Charles Greener. Leyton Greener, Harry's son and fourth generation took over as Chairman in 1951 and today the company has a fifth generation, Graham Greener, as one of its directors.

Production
Production of Greener weapons started in 1829, when W. Greener began manufacturing his muzzleloaders. W. Greener was the first to discard vent holes in breeches. He was also instrumental in improving the hardness and quality of barrels, by using more steel in their manufacture. He also improved the Harpoon Gun and his model was the one adopted by the Scottish Fisheries, and is still in use today. His greatest innovation was the invention of the expanding rifle bullet.

In 1845-59, W. Greener was appointed to make sporting guns for the Prince Consort. In the 1851 London Exhibition, the company received the highest award "for guns and barrels perfectly forged and finished". In 1853 and 1855, the company received Silver medals at the New York City and Paris Exhibitions. The company's products were also sold for as much as 75 pounds, in the Southern states of America, before the Civil War.

Since W. Greener did not believe in breechloaders, his son, W.W. Greener started his own factory. In 1864, he produced his first patent, an under-lever pin-fire half-cocking breechloader with a top bolt entering the barrel underneath the top rib.

When W. Greener died in 1869, his son W.W. Greener merged the two companies into one. His next patent was the self-acting striker, followed by a famous cross-bolt mechanism produced as a single top bolt, in 1865. In 1873, this cross-bolt mechanism was combined with the bottom holding down bolts to produce the "Treble Wedge-Fast" breech action. The treble wedge-fast was one of the strongest breech actions ever invented and was widely copied by other manufacturers, after the patent rights expired.

The introduction of choke boring in 1874 is regarded as W.W. Greener's greatest achievement. It was this invention that made the firm's name famous. A discussion about this is in the section below.

In 1876, the firm introduced the Treble Wedge-Fast Hammerless Gun, otherwise known as the "Facile Princeps". This gun was cocked by the dropping of the barrels. This action was one of the strongest ever produced. The W.W. Greener company restarted production of Facile Princeps guns in 1998.

In 1880, the firm produced a self-acting ejector for its guns, followed by the "Unique" ejector gun. These guns were designed to eject the spent cartridges when the gun was opened. Manufacture of the "Unique" ejectors stopped during the Second World War, and the company has recently begun to manufacture them again.

In 1895, W.W. Greener invented the world's first Humane Killer, a gun designed to kill cattle, sheep, pigs and horses, quickly and easily. This instrument was adopted by the War Office, for use in the Veterinary, Remount and Butchering Departments, and by the Admiralty for its Victualling yards. The instrument was also modified to use .310 caliber cartridges. After several years, the models became obsolete in the 1960s and ammunition for the older models was impossible to obtain. Recently though, the company was asked to manufacture another model and hence, the Humane Killer Mk II was introduced. This new gun fires a .32 ACP round.

Choke bores
The introduction of choke bores was largely responsible for the fame of the W.W. Greener name. The invention of choke boring is usually attributed to American gunsmiths. The first known patents for choke boring were granted to a Mr. Sylvester H. Roper, an American inventor and gunsmith, (, Improvement In Revolving Fire-Arms, April 10, 1866; and , Improvements In Detachable Muzzle For Shot-Guns, dated July 14, 1868.) This was followed by a patent claim in London by Mr. Pape, an English Gun maker, whose patent application was six weeks too late to the 1866 Roper patent.  Mr. J.W. Long, in his book "American Wildfowling", credits a Mr. Jeremiah Smith of Southfield, Rhode Island, as the gunsmith who first discovered the concept, as far back as 1827.

While American gunsmiths were the pioneers of the choke boring system, they had not really progressed beyond the elementary stage and their guns would lead, throw irregular patterns and not shoot straight.

W.W. Greener's first intimation of the choke formation was derived from instructions given in a customer's letter, in early 1874. The customer's instructions described a choke, but did not give any details on the size or shape, or how it was to be obtained. Hence, W.W. Greener had to conduct many experiments to determine the perfect shape and size of a choke for a given bore. After that, he developed tools to produce the choke bore profile correctly and smoothly. The system of choke boring that he pioneered was so successful that it was later adopted by other manufacturers and hence, some authorities give him the credit for inventing the concept.

In December 1874, the first mention of Greener's choke bore appeared in an article by J.H. Walsh, the Editor of Field magazine. The article mentioned the extraordinary shot pattern that the Greener shotgun could produce. The next issue came with an advertisement from W.W. Greener, stating that the firm would guarantee that their new guns would shoot a closer pattern than any other manufacturer. The advertisement claimed that Greener 12 bores were warranted to shoot an average pattern of 210, when the best 12 bore gun in the London Gun Trial of 1866 could only average 127. Naturally, the advertisement generated considerable controversy, especially from rival manufacturers of cylinder guns, who refused to believe the numbers quoted in the advertisement.

In order to resolve the controversy, the Editors of Field magazine decided to conduct a public trial in 1875. The London Trial of 1875 pitted choke bores and cylinder guns of various manufacturers in four categories—Class 1 (large bores, any boring), Class 2 (Choke bores, 12 gauge), Class 3 (Guns of English boring or Cylinders) and Class 4 (Small gauges, any boring). The choke bored guns performed better than the cylinder guns in all these tests, and W.W. Greener choke bore guns won the class 1, class 2 and class 4 categories. Greener Choke bores also won at the London Gun Trials of 1877 and 1879, and the Chicago Field Gun Trial of 1879. The results of these trials were responsible for making the W.W. Greener name famous.

Fake Greener guns
During the 1880s, as the company became well known, several small manufacturers in Belgium and Australia attempted to manufacture copies of Greener weapons. In several cases, the name was misleadingly similar: Greenen, Horace Greener, Albert Greener, A. Greener, W.H. Greener, A.H. Greener etc. are several examples of names of spurious weapons. Note that J.H. Greener and Albert Greener were two brothers of W W Greener and both brothers also made guns.  Most J H Greener and a few Albert Greener guns are genuine.

In other cases, the maker would print "Greener" in bold gilt letters on the top rib and their own name in small characters, elsewhere on the gun. When one of these makers was challenged in Belgian courts, the defence advanced the theory that the weapons were using the Greener cross-bolt system and hence, the larger letters were intended to refer to the system, and not the maker of the weapon.

Due to the large number of forgeries, the W.W. Greener company offers to authenticate genuine Greener weapons for a small fee.

In popular culture
Wilbur Jonas, the general store owner, offers to sell Matt Dillon four Greener shotguns at an attractive price, in "Renegade White", episode 4.30 of Gunsmoke.

Episode S5E1 of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959), Earp is confronted by "Shotgun Gibbs" who is armed with a Greener loaded with a rifled slug.
In season 5 episode 10 of Have Gun Will Travel, Ben Jalisco (Charles Bronson) kills a guard while escaping so he could get "his Greener".

In the film Big Jake, John Wayne's character asks his estranged wife, Martha (played by Maureen O'Hara), if she brought his "Greeners, the double-barrels". Wayne then proceeds to open a gun case revealing matching shotguns and his favorite derringer, "Betsy".  There is also a reference in the 1973 film Cahill U.S. Marshal where Wayne is in a box car with several prisoners and one says, "You're not going to leave that old Greener on cock are you?".

In the Blood Bond book series by William W. Johnstone, most shotguns and sporting guns are referred to as Greeners.

In the 1975 classic Jaws, Robert Shaw's character, Quint, uses a modified Greener Mk.II harpoon gun.

In Rawhide S01E18, "Incident Below the Brazos," trail cook Wishbone adores his Greener:
  Nolan: Why don't you just marry that ol' gun and be done with it Wishbone?
  Wishbone: Well I tell you now, you treat a gun like this right and she'll be a wife to you, and a mother and a lady-friend too. You can depend on that.  (00:25:08–00:25:18)

See also
 Gun Quarter, Birmingham
 Nicolas-Noël Boutet

Bibliography
 Teasdale-Buckle, G.T., Experts on Guns and Shooting, Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
 Greener, William Wellington, The Gun and Its Development, Ninth Edition, Bonanza Books NY, 1910
 Greener, Graham N., The Greener Story, Quiller Press, 2000

References

External links
W.W. Greener Homepage
Greener Police Shotgun
Greener Prison Shotgun

Firearm manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Manufacturing companies established in 1829
1829 establishments in England
British companies established in 1829


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// Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Barend Gehrels, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
// Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Bruno Lalande, Paris, France.
// Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Mateusz Loskot, London, UK.

// This file was modified by Oracle on 2020.
// Modifications copyright (c) 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
// Contributed and/or modified by Adam Wulkiewicz, on behalf of Oracle

// Parts of Boost.Geometry are redesigned from Geodan's Geographic Library
// (geolib/GGL), copyright (c) 1995-2010 Geodan, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License,
// Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

#ifndef BOOST_GEOMETRY_CORE_INTERIOR_TYPE_HPP
#define BOOST_GEOMETRY_CORE_INTERIOR_TYPE_HPP

#include <type_traits>

#include <boost/geometry/core/static_assert.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/core/tag.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/core/tags.hpp>

namespace boost { namespace geometry
{

namespace traits
{

/*!
\brief Traits class indicating interior container type of a polygon
\details defines inner container type, so the container containing
        the interior rings
\ingroup traits
\par Geometries:
    - polygon
\par Specializations should provide:
    - typedef X type ( e.g. std::vector<myring<P>> )
\tparam Geometry geometry
*/
template <typename Geometry>
struct interior_const_type
{
    BOOST_GEOMETRY_STATIC_ASSERT_FALSE(
        "Not implemented for this Geometry type.",
        Geometry);
};

template <typename Geometry>
struct interior_mutable_type
{
    BOOST_GEOMETRY_STATIC_ASSERT_FALSE(
        "Not implemented for this Geometry type.",
        Geometry);
};

} // namespace traits

#ifndef DOXYGEN_NO_DISPATCH
namespace core_dispatch
{

template <typename GeometryTag, typename Geometry>
struct interior_return_type
{
    BOOST_GEOMETRY_STATIC_ASSERT_FALSE(
        "Not implemented for this Geometry type.",
        Geometry);
};

template <typename Polygon>
struct interior_return_type<polygon_tag, Polygon>
{
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    typedef std::conditional_t
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            typename traits::interior_const_type<nc_polygon_type>::type,
            typename traits::interior_mutable_type<nc_polygon_type>::type
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};

template <typename GeometryTag, typename Geometry>
struct interior_type
{
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};

template <typename Polygon>
struct interior_type<polygon_tag, Polygon>
{
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};

} // namespace core_dispatch
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/*!
\brief \brief_meta{type, interior_type (container type
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\details Interior rings should be organized as a container
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    of the container.
\tparam Geometry A type fullfilling the Polygon or MultiPolygon concept.
\ingroup core

\qbk{[include reference/core/interior_type.qbk]}
*/
template <typename Geometry>
struct interior_type
{
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            typename tag<Geometry>::type,
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};

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Q: Java: Filter collection and retrieve data by multiple fields I have a class:
public class Address {
    private String country;
    private String state;
    private String city;
}

And there are a list of Person objects. Person class looks like:
public class Person {
    private String country;
    private String state;
    private String city;
    //other fields
}

I need to filter Person objects and get the most suitable one. Address object can have at least one not null field. Person object can have none, partially or all mentioned fields initialized.
Here is one of the possible input examples:
Three Person objects:
a. PersonA: country = 'A'
b. PersonB: country = 'A', state = 'B'
c. PersonC: country = 'A', state = 'B', city = 'C'

Address object:
a. Address: country = 'A', state = 'B'

Expected result after filtering is PersonB. And in case when there're only PersonA and PersonC objects, then PersonA is more preferable.
I'd like to show how I tried to do this, but in fact it is pure brute force algorithm and I dislike it. Algorithm complexity increases with newly added field. I also thought about using guava filter by predicate, but had no idea what predicate should be.
What is preferable algorithm for such filtering if there's any besides brute force?

A: As I understand, by brute-force you mean checking all fields of all entities. Well, if you won't refactor your classes, it's not possible, but there is a simple trick which will help. It uses state pattern.
You can add flag notNulls to both classes:
public class Address {
    private int notNulls = 0;
    private String country;
    private String state;
    private String city;
}

public class Person {
    private int notNulls = 0;
    private String country;
    private String state;
    private String city;
    //other fields
}

I'll show you possible implementation of a one setter as the rest is similar:
public void setCountry(String s) {
    if (country == null {
        if (s != null) {
            country = s;
            notNulls++;
        }
    } else {
        if (s == null) {
            country == null;
            notNulls--;
        } else {
            country = s;
        }
    }
}

public boolean isValid() {
    return notNulls != 0;
}

Now you can simply loop through the objects.

A: To avoid brute-force you would need to index you persons by address. For a good search you would definitely need a country (guess it or default it somehow, otherwise results would anyway be too inaccurate).
The index would be a number, first 3 digits for a country, next 3 digits for a state and last 4 digits for a city. In such a case in an int you would be able to store 213 countries (only 206 as of 2016), with up to 999 states and 9999 cities.
It gives us ability to use hashCode and a TreeSet to index your Person instances and look them up partially by address in a O(log(n)) manner without touching their fields. Fields would be touched on a TreeSet construction, and you would need to add some extra logic for a modification of a Person to keep the index intact.
The index is calculated sequntially for each part, starting from country
    import java.util.HashMap;
    import java.util.Map;

    public class PartialAddressSearch {

        private final static Map<String, AddressPartHolder> COUNTRY_MAP = new HashMap<>(200);

        private static class AddressPartHolder {
            int id;
            Map<String, AddressPartHolder> subPartMap;

            public AddressPartHolder(int id, Map<String, AddressPartHolder> subPartMap) {
                this.id = id;
                this.subPartMap = subPartMap;
            }
        }

        public static int getCountryStateCityHashCode(String country, String state, String city) {
            if (country != null && country.length() != 0) {
                int result = 0;
                AddressPartHolder countryHolder = COUNTRY_MAP.get(country);
                if (countryHolder == null) {
                    countryHolder = new AddressPartHolder(COUNTRY_MAP.size() + 1, new HashMap<>());
                    COUNTRY_MAP.put(country, countryHolder);
                }
                result += countryHolder.id * 10000000;

                if (state != null) {
                    AddressPartHolder stateHolder = countryHolder.subPartMap.get(state);
                    if (stateHolder == null) {
                        stateHolder = new AddressPartHolder(countryHolder.subPartMap.size() + 1, new HashMap<>());
                        countryHolder.subPartMap.put(state, stateHolder);
                    }
                    result += stateHolder.id * 10000;

                    if (city != null && city.length() != 0) {
                        AddressPartHolder cityHolder = stateHolder.subPartMap.get(city);
                        if (cityHolder == null) {
                            cityHolder = new AddressPartHolder(stateHolder.subPartMap.size() + 1, null);
                            stateHolder.subPartMap.put(city, cityHolder);
                        }
                        result += cityHolder.id;
                    }
                }

                return result;
            } else {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Non-empty country is expected");
            }
    }

For your Person and Address classes you define hashCode and compareTo basing on a natural order of int:
    public class Person implements Comparable {
        private String country;
        private String state;
        private String city;

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object o) {
             //it's important but I removed it for readability
        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            return getCountryStateCityHashCode(country, state, city);
        }

        @Override
        public int compareTo(Object o) {
            //could be further improved by storing hashcode in a field to avoid re-calculation on sorting
            return hashCode() - o.hashCode();
        }

    }

    public class Address implements Comparable {
        private String country;
        private String state;
        private String city;

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object o) {
             //removed for readability
        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            return getCountryStateCityHashCode(country, state, city);
        }

        @Override
        public int compareTo(Object o) {
            //could be further improved by storing hashcode in a field to avoid re-calculation on sorting
            return hashCode() - o.hashCode();
        }

    }

    public class AddressPersonAdapter extends Person {
        private final Address delegate;

        public AddressPersonAdapter(Address delegate) {
            this.delegate = delegate;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object o) {
            return delegate.equals(o);
        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            return delegate.hashCode();
        }
    }

After that your filtering code would shrink to filling the index and calculating floor for your partial Address:
    TreeSet<Person> personSetByAddress = new TreeSet<>();
    Person personA = new Person();
    personA.setCountry("A");
    personSetByAddress.add(personA);
    Person personB = new Person();
    personB.setCountry("A");
    personB.setState("B");
    personSetByAddress.add(personB);
    Person personC = new Person();
    personC.setCountry("A");
    personC.setState("B");
    personC.setCity("C");
    personSetByAddress.add(personC);

    Address addressAB = new Address();
    addressAB.setCountry("A");
    addressAB.setState("B");

    System.out.println(personSetByAddress.floor(new AddressPersonAdapter(addressAB)));

    Yields:
    Person{hashCode=10010000, country='A', state='B', city='null'}

And if you won't have PersonB:
    TreeSet<Person> personSetByAddress = new TreeSet<>();
    Person personA = new Person();
    personA.setCountry("A");
    personSetByAddress.add(personA);
    Person personC = new Person();
    personC.setCountry("A");
    personC.setState("B");
    personC.setCity("C");
    personSetByAddress.add(personC);

    Address addressAB = new Address();
    addressAB.setCountry("A");
    addressAB.setState("B");

    System.out.println(personSetByAddress.floor(new AddressPersonAdapter(addressAB)));

    Yields:
    Person{hashCode=10000000, country='A', state='null', city='null'}

EDIT:
Corner-case which will require additional validation would be absence of a greater(or lesser if we need ceiling) element within the same country. E.g.:
    TreeSet<Person> personSetByAddress = new TreeSet<>();
    Person personA = new Person();
    personA.setCountry("D");
    personSetByAddress.add(personA);
    Person personC = new Person();
    personC.setCountry("A");
    personC.setState("B");
    personC.setCity("C");
    personSetByAddress.add(personC);

    Address addressAB = new Address();
    addressAB.setCountry("A");
    addressAB.setState("B");

    System.out.println(personSetByAddress.floor(new AddressPersonAdapter(addressAB)));

    Yields:
    Person{hashCode=10000000, country='D', state='null', city='null'}

I.e. we fall out to the closest country. To fix this, we would need to check that the country digit is still the same. We can do it by sub-classing the TreeSet and adding this check there:
 //we need this class to allow flooring just by id
 public class IntegerPersonAdapter extends Person {
    private Integer id;
    public IntegerPersonAdapter(Integer id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        return id.equals(o);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return id.hashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Object o) {
        return id.hashCode() - o.hashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return id.toString();
    }
}

public class StrictCountryTreeSet extends TreeSet<Person> {

    @Override
    public Person floor(Person e) {
        Person candidate = super.floor(e);
        if (candidate != null) {
            //we check if the country is the same
            int candidateCode = candidate.hashCode();
            int eCode = e.hashCode();
            if (candidateCode == eCode) {
                return candidate;
            } else {
                int countryCandidate = candidateCode / 10000000;
                if (countryCandidate == (eCode / 10000000)) {
                    //we check if the state is the same
                    int stateCandidate = candidateCode / 10000;
                    if (stateCandidate == (eCode / 10000)) {
                        //we check if is a state
                        if (candidateCode % 10 == 0) {
                            return candidate;
                        } else { //since it's not exact match we haven't found a city - we need to get someone just from state
                            return this.floor(new IntegerPersonAdapter(stateCandidate * 10000));
                        }

                    } else if (stateCandidate % 10 == 0) { //we check if it's a country already
                        return candidate;
                    } else {
                        return this.floor(new IntegerPersonAdapter(countryCandidate * 10000000));
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

Now our test case would yield null after we intialize a StrictCountryTreeSet:
    TreeSet<Person> personSetByAddress = new StrictCountryTreeSet();
    Person personA = new Person();
    personA.setCountry("D");
    personSetByAddress.add(personA);
    Person personC = new Person();
    personC.setCountry("A");
    personC.setState("B");
    personC.setCity("C");
    personSetByAddress.add(personC);

    Address addressAB = new Address();
    addressAB.setCountry("A");
    addressAB.setState("B");

    System.out.println(personSetByAddress.floor(new AddressPersonAdapter(addressAB)));

    Yields:
    null

And a test for a different state would yield null as well:
    TreeSet<Person> personSetByAddress = new StrictCountryTreeSet();
    Person personD = new Person();
    personD.setCountry("D");
    personSetByAddress.add(personD);

    Person personE = new Person();
    personE.setCountry("A");
    personE.setState("E");
    personSetByAddress.add(personE);

    Person personC = new Person();
    personC.setCountry("A");
    personC.setState("B");
    personC.setCity("C");
    personSetByAddress.add(personC);

    Address addressA = new Address();
    addressA.setCountry("A");

    Address addressAB = new Address();
    addressAB.setCountry("A");
    addressAB.setState("B");

    Address addressABC = new Address();
    addressABC.setCountry("A");
    addressABC.setState("B");
    addressABC.setCity("C");

    System.out.println(personSetByAddress.floor(new AddressPersonAdapter(addressAB)));

    Yields:
    null

Please note, that in this case you would need to store hashCode results within the Address and Person clasess to avoid it re-calculation.

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Tax News Highlights
On Sept. 13, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations for global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) under IRC Section 951A. The purpose of GILTI is to tax U.S. shareholders of controlled foreign corporations (CFCs) on their shares of a CFC's intangible income if that income was subject to a low local tax rate. Intangible income generally is defined as CFC income to the extent it exceeds a 10 percent return on the tangible depreciable assets of the CFC. Unfortunately, the proposed regulations fall short of addressing most of the major questions looming over the new provision, particularly foreign tax credit guidance.
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Proposed regulation 1.951A-1: General provisions (and definitions)
Qualified business asset investment (QBAI) does not include assets of a net loss CFC.
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The tested income or tested loss of a CFC is determined by treating the CFC as a domestic corporation, including permanent disallowances that reduce earnings and profits, such as fines or penalties.
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Filing requirements are provided for new Form 8992, "U.S. Shareholder Calculation of Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income."
Proposed regulation 1.951A-7: Applicability dates
Section 951A and the associated regulations apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after Dec. 31, 2017, and to taxable years of U.S. shareholders in which or with which such taxable years of foreign corporations end.
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Mingus Union High School's No. 1 golfer, Gary Baker made it to the state tournament and placed 57th in Division II with a score of 159 over two days at the Silverbell Golf Course in Tucson, Oct. 29-30.
Baker qualified for state in the first half of his junior season. He's the first Marauder to play post-season golf in three years, and the first to qualify for state since the AIA set tougher rules for golfers vying for spots in the state tournament. Baker narrowly missed the tournament last year as a sophomore.
"This year they changed the rules and made it a little easier so it wasn't as hard to qualify, but it was still challenging," said Baker.
He shot 77 the first day of state and 82 the second day. The winning score was 140 shot by Billy Comeaux from Sabino.
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Mirena IUD
Home » News » Mirena IUD » Minnesota Woman Alleges Surgical Removal of Mirena IUD
Minnesota Woman Alleges Surgical Removal of Mirena IUD
December 24, 2014 By: Sarah May Mirena IUD
A lawsuit recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota represents another in the continuing deluge complaints related to the Mirena intrauterine contraceptive device. A likely candidate for tag-along status and transfer into the existing Mirena multidistrict litigation (MDL) underway in the Southern District of New York being overseen by Judge Cathy Seibel, the suit could ultimately join well over 1,000 over plaintiffs in making several very serious allegations against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bayer Pharma AG and Bayer OY.
Allegations contained in new Mirena lawsuit
According to the complaint at issue, the plaintiff received the Mirena intrauterine system (IUS) in June of 2008 for the purpose of preventing pregnancy. However, by January of 2010, it was discovered that the device had migrated away from its intended location within the uterine cavity, making its way to the abdominal cavity where complications began to arise. In fact, doctors discovered that the device had attached itself to the layer of peritoneum surrounding internal abdominal organs. The result was extreme pain in the abdominal and pelvic regions, potentially deadly side effects requiring surgical removal of the IUD and ongoing monitoring and permanent impairment, mental anguish and a reduced quality of life.
The Minnesota plaintiff alleges that the Bayer defendants negligently designed, researched, produced, marketed and supplied an intrauterine system known to pose serious risks of uterine perforation, device migration, serious injury and possible infertility to patients in which it was implanted. The complaint also alleges that Bayer engaged in negligent misrepresentation by portraying Mirena as an effective, safe method of contraception for women just like the plaintiff who had already given birth to at least one child. Additional claims concerning Bayer's alleged breach of implied and express warranties about the product's safety are included in the complaint which seeks compensatory, statutory and special damages to include past and future medical expenses and disgorgement of corporate profits.
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WXYZ Detroit, Thousands of women complain about dangerous complications from Mirena IUD birth control, http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/local-news/investigations/thousands-of-women-complain-about-dangerous-complications-from-mirena-iud-birth-control
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Safety - Mirena (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system), http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/Safety-RelatedDrugLabelingChanges/ucm119274.htm
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All atomic operations are perfomance critical, thus they are defined as inlined for most platforms in this file.

Functions

uint8 	port_atomic_cas8 (volatile uint8 *data, uint8 value, uint8 comp)

 	The atomic compare and exchange operation on uint8.

uint16 	port_atomic_cas16 (volatile uint16 *data, uint16 value, uint16 comp)

 	The atomic compare and exchange operation on uint16.

uint64 	port_atomic_cas64 (volatile uint64 *data, uint64 value, uint64 comp)

 	The atomic compare and exchange operation on uint64.

Function Documentation

          uint8 port_atomic_cas8
          (
          volatile uint8 *
           data,

          uint8
           value,

          uint8
           comp

          )

The atomic compare and exchange operation on uint8.

The function compares the current value of the specified data with the comp value and if they match, swaps the data with the value.

Parameters:

<tt>[in,out]</tt> 	data 	- the pointer to the value

<tt>[in]</tt> 	value 	- the new value

<tt>[in]</tt> 	comp 	- the value to compare with

Returns:

The old value.

          uint16 port_atomic_cas16
          (
          volatile uint16 *
           data,

          uint16
           value,

          uint16
           comp

          )

The atomic compare and exchange operation on uint16.

The function compares the current value of the specified data with the comp value and if they match, swaps the data with the value.

Parameters:

<tt>[in,out]</tt> 	data 	- the pointer to the value

<tt>[in]</tt> 	value 	- the new value

<tt>[in]</tt> 	comp 	- the value to compare with

Returns:

The old value.

          uint64 port_atomic_cas64
          (
          volatile uint64 *
           data,

          uint64
           value,

          uint64
           comp

          )

The atomic compare and exchange operation on uint64.

The function compares the current value of the specified data with the comp value and if they match, swaps the data with the value.

Parameters:

<tt>[in,out]</tt> 	data 	- the pointer to the value

<tt>[in]</tt> 	value 	- the new value

<tt>[in]</tt> 	comp 	- the value to compare with

Returns:

The old value.

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McLaughlin penalised for clash with Wood
Saturday 14th March, 2015 - 12:20pm
Dale Wood's Holden after contact with the Turn 7 fence
Scott McLaughlin has received a five-place grid penalty for today's third V8 Supercars race at Albert Park after an incident with Dale Wood in Race 2.
Wood's Holden spun into the right-hand fence at Turn 7 after a touch from McLaughlin's Volvo on the exit of the previous corner.
McLaughlin, who went on to finish 21st in the race, admitted post-race to a charge of careless driving.
The crash was the second for Wood at the same part of the circuit in two years, having been an innocent victim in a multi-car tangle in 2014.
An investigation into late-race contact between eventual eighth and ninth place finishers Fabian Coulthard and Garth Tander found that no breach of the rules occurred.
Erebus Motorsport's Ash Walsh had earlier received a five-place grid penalty for Race 2 after admitting to careless driving on Marcos Ambrose during the opening heat.
Walsh had moved across on Ambrose at the exit of Turn 5 on the opening lap, with the contact causing both cars to spin.
Tim Blanchard was also involved in the melee which brought out the Safety Car.
Race 3 for the V8 Supercars is scheduled for 1520 local time.


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Hello community now it is so far the islands is back. Much is as usual and much is new.
You can turn on / off light in almost all halls and sub-floors. Also a workshop is installed in which you can illuminate the vehicle from below and configure. You have rather small devices in the beginning, the map is however suitable for medium to large devices and thought. A meadow near the cow house is also yours, which is fertilizerable and does not normally have to be plowed.
Trains for driving are not installed! Since I am still a forest fan, this part is again very strongly represented.
The board pallets are collected automatically and if you do not pick them up, they will automatically be sold.
All trees are, of course, repackable and you can change your landscape as you like.
Now I want to have fun with the map (the LOG error runs)!