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The Department of International Studies (IS) hosted the Third Model United Nations in Miriam College from April 7-8 at the Middle School, LMC Building. About 200 undergraduate IS students joined as delegates representing 35 UN Members States in the different committees such as the General Assembly, Second Committee, Fourth Committee, Committee 34 (Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations), Commission on the Status of Women and Human Rights Council.
The delegates assumed the role of diplomats and firmly advanced their country's national interests throughout the two-day session through speeches, debates, and negotiations as they discuss the theme, The Power of the Powerless: Strengthening the Vulnerable Populations.
One of the highlights was the crisis situation presented to the General Assembly for immediate action. The delegates needed to address the grave threat posed by ISIS to launch a biochemichal attack on various countries. Former delegates of the 67th Model United Nations of the Far West held in San Francisco, CA, USA in 2017 served as Miriam College IS (MCIS) MUN Committee Chairs. They were led by Hazel Marie R. Duya as the Secretary General.
The MUN is a flagship program of the MCIS Hub for Diplomacy and Leadership. DZMM radio anchor and host and MC alumnus (ABIS 1993) Ruel "Ahwel" Paz served as Keynote Speaker during the Opening Plenary Session at the Little Theater.
The MCIS MUN culminated with the Diplomatic Night, attended by the MC administrators and guests from the embassies of Indonesia, Japan, and Mexico. Selected delegations were also presented with a Diplomatic Achievement Awards for demonstrating leadership and excellence in the art and practice of diplomacy. By Andrea Almonte
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The recent developments at the Aligarh Muslim University are worrying and dangerous. A portrait of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah at the Students Union Hall of the AMU is at the centre of a raging nationwide debate. Suddenly the nationalist TV channels, rightwing groups, government representatives are all worked up over the portrait that has been there for decades. Is Jinnah an icon for the AMU? Should the man who divided India be idolised? Isn't it time to dump Jinnah? Questions such as these are blaring on TV screens on prime time.
The answers are obvious. But sadly, we live in a time when real issues are buried on a daily basis under the cacophony of such "burning questions".
The politician-media nexus has turned into a potent hate machine, so these questions will be repeated ad nauseum to paint Muslims of this country into an anti-national corner.
First, the controversy itself. The portrait of Jinnah at the centre of the row has been there for 80 years. It was installed after Jinnah was accorded the lifetime membership of the AMU Students Union in 1938. Many others such as Mahatma Gandhi, BR Ambedkar were given the same tribute much earlier and their portraits also grace the walls of the same hall.
Now, in 2018, the BJP MP from Aligarh Satish Gautam discovers this portrait and cries treason. Why?
This is not the first time that Mr Gautam has ignited a controversy related to AMU. Soon after being elected, he questioned the university about why it didn't celebrate the birthday of one the initial donors to the AMU, Raja Mahendra Pratap. As is the case almost all the time with the BJP/RSS appropriating historical figures, they bothered little to check on the antecedents, ideology or philosophy of Raja Mahendra Pratap, a Marxist who fought the Jana Sangh all his life. In 2014, this BJP MP reduced Raja Mahendra to just a Hindu being denied his due by the Muslim University.
In 2016, the BJP government argued in the Supreme Court that AMU should not be treated as a minority institution because it was set up by the government and not by Muslims.
Last year, some right-wing groups and BJP leaders spread the news that non-Muslim students at the AMU hostels were being denied breakfast and lunch during Ramzan. Some TV channels, without bothering to check for themselves, ran provocative headlines such as "Is AMU starving its non-Muslim students?" The bluff was called when non-Muslim students t said that it was all propaganda aimed at futhering hatred for the institution and Muslims in general.
Just days before this latest controversy, we saw the same "nationalist"/ hate-mongering TV channels debating why AMU wouldn't allow a RSS shakha inside its campus. Questions were put to the AMU community in the most revolting language.
I have listed all these incidents to impress upon the fact that just like JNU, the AMU is also being targeted systematically and consistently by the same nexus of hate groups and TV channels who are ever ready to amplify propaganda through their prime-time vitriol. Their agenda is simple: JNU is anti-national and AMU is pro Pakistan. And the country/Hindu "khatre mein hai".
Back to the Jinnah portrait. If the AMU Students Union had put up the picture now or recently, I would have been the first person to object to it and ask for its removal. But it lay there for 80 years, symbolising an event in the history of the AMU Students Union. Did the portrait, by just being there, in any ways impact the minds and hearts of the AMU community or was it being celebrated or garlanded on any particular occasion? No.
It just represents a moment in the very complex evolution of the Aligarh Muslim University, which was born out of the efforts of all shades of opinion – Nationalist, Communists, Islamist, etc all collaborating in the pursuit of education for the Muslims of India.
Of course, this complexity is too much for a matric pass politician such as Mr Gautam. Can we expect him to appreciate complexities of history, when he and his organisation are out to "cleanse" Indian history of all that doesn't fit with their narrow view of this lovely, plural, complex country?
It is in this context that the BJP MP has dusted and dragged an 80-year-old portrait to play his sinister contemporary politics. The portrait is the latest tool to put the patriotism of the Muslim Indians in question.
Now whether this portrait stays or goes is immaterial. The purpose has been achieved. AMU and Muslims have been painted as Jinnah-lovers by the hate machine. The fact that the majority of Muslims were the first ones to reject Jinnah's two-nation theory and chose to stay in a secular, constitutional democracy rather than a theocracy would not cut much ice in the face of primetime xenophobia raining down thanks to the neta-anchor nexus.
TV headlines will fade in a few days. "Nationalist"/ hate-mongering anchors will invent some other divisive issue to deal another blow to whatever is left of communal amity in the country, but this portrait will continue to be hung around the neck of Muslim Indians like the proverbial albatross.
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Which of the following mixtures will be a buffer when dissolved in a liter of water?
a. 0.1 mol Ca(OH)2 and 0.3 mol HI
b. 0.3 mol NaCl and 0.3 mol HCl
c. 0.4 mol NH3 and 0.4 mol HCl
d. 0.2 mol HBr and 0.1 mol NaOH
e. 0.2 mol H3PO4 and 0.1 mol NaOH
i think e is answer but not sure.
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A buffer is one containing a weak acid and its salt or a weak base and its salt. I think e also, NaOH added to H3PO4 forms NaH2PO4 and there is some H3PO4 left over.
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Which of the following mixtures will result in the formation of a buffer solution when dissolved in 1.00 L of water? i) 0.50 mol HClO2 and 0.25 mol HCl. ii) 0.50 mol HClO2 and 0.25 mol NaOH. iii) 0.50 mol NaClO2 and 0.50 mol
A Sample of seaweed contains 1 Liter of water and has 50 grams of salt dissolved in its cells. The seaweed is placed in a solution made of 2 Liters of water and 150 grams of dissolved salt. What will occur when the system reaches
pour a liter of water at 40 c into a liter of water at 20 and the final temperature of the two becomes about____________________c
the teacher instructed three students A,B,and C respectively to prepare a 50% (mass by volume) solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH). 'A' dissolved 50 g of NaOH in 100 ml of water B dissolved 50g of NaOH in 100g of water while C
1. MES (2-(N-Morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid) is a common buffer used in biochemistry labs to stabilize proteins. The pKa for MES is 6.09. a. What is the pH of 1 liter of a 200 mM MES aqueous solution? Clue: you will need to solve


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I'd worry about confirmation bias in the arbitrary-image remote viewing case. With an infinite description space in "identifying" the object, how do you define a hit or not?
I read the study (http://www.stat.ucdavis.edu/~utts/air2.html) and was more interested in the immediately following test: remote viewers were asked to send two bits of zeros and ones, with three following bits for error correction. This is much more black and white in its scoring, and the results were indistinguishable from random chance.
Sure, it's more black and white in the scoring. But it may have little relationship to the remote viewing test results. The "skill" involved in comprehending/sending/receiving strings of digits may have nothing to do with the skill of sending images or receiving images.
Having a predisposition to assume it's all crap is another bias of interpretation, too, karl.


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Psaki drops out of public view following positive COVID-19 test
Even as President Joe Biden faces declining poll numbers and the Democratic Party reels from recent electoral defeats, his administration's top spokesperson is nowhere to be seen.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced that she tested positive for COVID-19 late last month and has not held a press briefing since.
"Out of an abundance of transparency"
On Oct. 31, Fox News cited a statement confirming that she was in close contact with someone with the virus.
"On Wednesday, in coordination with senior leadership at the White House and the medical team, I made the decision not to travel on the foreign trip with the President due to a family emergency, which was members of my household testing positive for COVID-19," she wrote.
After quarantining for several days thereafter and consistently testing positive, Psaki wrote that she tested positive on Sunday.
"While I have not had close contact in person with the President or senior members of the White House staff since Wednesday — and tested negative for four days after that last contact — I am disclosing today's positive test out of an abundance of transparency," she continued.
She credited her vaccination with the fact that she was only experiencing "mild symptoms" and vowed that she would "continue working from home" during her convalescence.
"At the conclusion of the ten-day quarantine"
"I will plan to return to work in person at the conclusion of the ten-day quarantine following a negative rapid test, which is an additional White House requirement, beyond [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidance, taken out of an abundance of caution," Psaki concluded.
Her most recent press conference was held on Oct. 27 and included her confirmation that Biden and Pope Francis discussed their differences on the topic of abortion.
Psaki is not the first high-ranking Biden administration figure to announce a recent COVID-19 test result despite having been fully vaccinated.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas revealed on Oct. 19 that he also contracted the virus prior as revealed in a test prior to an international trip.
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom also attracted some unwanted attention recently for dropping out of public view for more than a week after he received his COVID-19 booster shot.
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The brave Laois minor hurlers were just edged out in Wexford Park this afternoon.
Enda Lyons' young side hurled brilliantly for long periods but a second half Owen Whitty goal was the difference in the end.
The first half was a thoroughly enjoyable affair. AJ Redmond gave Wexford the lead after three minutes but Laois actually held it for the majority of the half.
Tadhg Cuddy and Adam Kirwan gave Laois the advantage and although Redmond hit back, Laois pushed on again through Ciaran Byrne, Mark Hennessy and Cathal O'Shaughnessy.
Redmond kept Wexford's side of the scoreboard ticking but a brace from the impressive Hennessy left Laois 0-8 to 0-5 up at the midpoint of the half.
Redmond cut the gap again but a monster score from centre back Conor Cosgrove from inside his own half drew applause from the crowd.
Allan Connolly added another but Wexford were level after 25 minutes thanks to Paddy Whitty and Jack Kehoe.
And Laois almost had a goal two minutes before half time as Ciaran Byrne raced onto a loose ball but his shot just whistled over the bar.
Wexford took a two point lead into half time though as AJ Redmond fires over two frees and Zac Firman hit another to leave it 0-13 to 0-11.
That man Redmond extended Wexford's lead with a 65 on the resumption of play and he soon added his tenth point from a free.
Adsm Kirwan reduced the deficit to three points with Laois' first score of the second half in the 35th minute.
Cosgrove edged Laois closer with another long range score and the gap was down to one after 41 minutes thanks to Tadhg Cuddy.
A minute later Laois were level but it could have been a goal as Mark Hennessy's shot just whistled over the bar.
AJ Redmond regained the lead for Wexford but Adam Kirwan left it 0-16 each as we entered the final quarter.
But disaster then struck for Laois. They looked to have snuffed out a Wexford attack but Thomas Murphy eventually forced the ball to Owen Whitty and he slammed it to the back of the net.
Laois responded well with a point from Ciaran Byrne but Wexford restored their three point lead via Thomas Murphy as we entered the final ten minutes.
Conor Cosgrove nailed his third long range point but Wexford kept three ahead as AJ Redmond got his twelfth.
Laois needed a goal but it wouldn't come as Wexford ended the game with points from Redmond, Thomas Murphy and Cian Molloy.


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Canis lupus occidentalis, le Loup du Canada, est une sous-espèce du Loup gris dont l'aire de répartition couvre l'ouest du Canada et l'Alaska. Il est également nommé « Loup du Canada et de l'Alaska », « Loup de l'Alberta » et « Loup de la vallée de Mackenzie ».

Taxonomie

L'apparence du Loup gris présente une grande variabilité selon leur région d'origine. De nombreuses sous-espèces ont été décrites sur la base de quelques individus, sans prendre en compte la variabilité phénotypique naturelle de l'espèce. Ainsi, Edward Alphonso Goldman décrit 24 sous-espèces américaines différentes en 1944.

Les recherches actuelles sont fondées sur des critères multifactoriels tels que la morphologie, la paléontologie, le comportement et les analyses génétiques. Cette réorientation de la description des sous-espèces a conduit à réduire considérablement le nombre de sous-espèces en considérant qu'il s'agit dans la majorité des cas d'adaptations locales de l'espèce Canis lupus.

En 1983, Nowak propose de réduire les loups d'Amérique à cinq sous-espèces : Canis lupus occidentalis, arctos, baileyi, nubilus et lycaon. Son argumentation se développe autour de la séparation géographique en Amérique du Nord de cinq populations de loups au cours de la glaciation du Pléistocène, isolation durable qui aurait permis la formation des différentes formes. Les cinq formes de loups sont par la suite confirmées par des études génétiques.

Ainsi Canis lupus occidentalis regroupe les sous-espèces suivantes :
 Canis lupus griseoalbus - le Loup des prairies
 Canis lupus mackenzii - le Loup du fleuve Mackenzie
 Canis lupus pambasileus - le Loup d'Alaska
 Canis lupus tundrarum - le Loup de la toundra (d'Alaska)
 Canis lupus alces - le Loup de la péninsule Kenai (éteint)
 Canis lupus columbianus - le Loup de la Colombie-Britannique

Découvertes archéologiques
Selon un article d'une revue scientifique parue le 22 décembre 2020, un mineur d'or canadien est tombé par hasard sur un cadavre momifié de louveteau en Alaska en juillet 2016, qui se trouvait dans un état de conservation excellent, selon les chercheurs, qui constatent que seuls les yeux du cadavre manquent, ce qui est un fait très rare. Par ailleurs, le louveteau serait mort dans sa tanière il y a . Il a été découvert que son régime alimentaire se composait notamment de Saumon royal, ce qui constitue une découverte étonnante pour les chercheurs, car les loups sont de nature carnivore, et non piscivore comme le suggère l'alimentation de ce louveteau.

Comportement vis-à-vis de l'Humain
Des attaques ont eu lieu ces dernières années dans l'Ouest du Canada ou en Alaska dont certaines mortelles, notamment en , près de Chignik Lake. Elles restent cependant rares.

Répartition

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Sous-espèces de Canis lupus
 Réintroduction du loup dans le Parc national de Yellowstone

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Q: Within an application what is the best way to pass custom objects between activities? I know this question has been asked multiple number of times and i have been through a lot of these questions......almost all of these questions throw up the use of the parcelable interface for your class.
However in a couple of questions i came across a quotation:
"NOTE: Seeing Parcelable might have triggered the question, why is Android not using the
built-in Java serialization mechanism? It turns out that the Android team came to the conclusion
that the serialization in Java is far too slow to satisfy Android's interprocess-communication
requirements. So the team built the Parcelable solution. The Parcelable approach requires
that you explicitly serialize the members of your class, but in the end, you get a much faster
serialization of your objects.
Also realize that Android provides two mechanisms that allow you to pass data to another
process. The first is to pass a bundle to an activity using an intent, and the second is to pass a
Parcelable to a service. These two mechanisms are not interchangeable and should not be
confused. That is, the Parcelable is not meant to be passed to an activity. If you want to start
an activity and pass it some data, use a bundle. Parcelable is meant to be used only as part of
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This quote can also be found in the book Pro Android 2.
Now seeing that all activities within the same application run in the same process(Every Activity in Android is a Process,or One Application is one process),unless otherwise specified in the manifest,communication within the activities of the same application is not Interprocess communication per se.So is it really faster to use the parcelable class or is it just enough to pass your object attributes through bundle via intent ?
Shedding any light on this aspect will be largely appreciated.
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A: There's a FAQ for that. :)
The short answer is that the Android team recommends three techniques for passing data between activities and services within an app: a singleton class; a public static field or method; a HashMap of WeakReferences to Objects (and you pass the key in the intent). The major issue to keep in mind is how your data is going to behave under various lifecycle events. (For instance, if the user turns the phone, by default your activities will be destroyed and recreated; your data handling method needs to be designed with that in mind.)

A: The Parcelable construct is designed to be very fast at passing data across application memory boundaries: within an application you are MUCH better served using Bundle because all the memory locations the data is stored in are accessible to both the sender and the receiver. Since the in-memory objects are accessible there is no need to incur the cost of reconstruction: just use the Bundle, which is really just a glorified HashMap with type-specific put/get methods.
For AIDL and IPC purposes you can't (by default) share memory locations so you need an efficient way of moving data: this is where Parcelable kicks in. Unless one of the components of your application is using the remote process capability then there is no need to use Parcelable.

A: From docs:

Parcelables
The Parcelable protocol provides an extremely efficient (but
  low-level) protocol for objects to write and read themselves from
  Parcels. You can use the direct methods writeParcelable(Parcelable,
  int) and readParcelable(ClassLoader) or writeParcelableArray(T[], int)
  and readParcelableArray(ClassLoader) to write or read. These methods
  write both the class type and its data to the Parcel, allowing that
  class to be reconstructed from the appropriate class loader when later
  reading.
There are also some methods that provide a more efficient way to work
  with Parcelables: writeTypedArray(T[], int), writeTypedList(List),
  readTypedArray(T[], Parcelable.Creator) and readTypedList(List,
  Parcelable.Creator). These methods do not write the class information
  of the original object: instead, the caller of the read function must
  know what type to expect and pass in the appropriate
  Parcelable.Creator instead to properly construct the new object and
  read its data. (To more efficient write and read a single Parceable
  object, you can directly call Parcelable.writeToParcel and
  Parcelable.Creator.createFromParcel yourself.)
Bundles
A special type-safe container, called Bundle, is available for
  key/value maps of heterogeneous values. This has many optimizations
  for improved performance when reading and writing data, and its
  type-safe API avoids difficult to debug type errors when finally
  marshalling the data contents into a Parcel. The methods to use are
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Identifier: MSA 5
Scope and Contents The Neil A. Armstrong papers document the military, aeronautics, astronautics, teaching and corporate business career of Neil A. Armstrong. The papers also feature items from Armstrong's youth and education. The collection includes but is not limited to documents, coursework, working papers, subject files, correspondence, writings, speeches, recordings, photographs and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into eighteen series, and further information on the scope and content of the...
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Neil A. Armstrong papers
Purdue University Department of Aviation Technology records
Scope and Contents The Purdue University Department of Aviation Technology records document the historical background of the department, the Purdue University Airport, and key moments in the history of aviation in Tippecanoe County. Scrapbooks compiled by the department provide a rich collection of photographs and news clippings which highlight key historical moments, individuals, additions of labs and simulators, and aircraft at the Purdue University Airport. Publications among the...
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Purdue University Department of Aviation Technology records
Bill Doshan slides and negatives
Unprocessed — Box Box 1
Identifier: 20121016.1
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections
Mark N. Brown papers
Identifier: MSA 302
Scope and Contents The Mark N. Brown papers include papers and memorabilia of retired astronaut and Purdue Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering alumnus, Mark N. Brown. Included are Brown's textbooks from his studies at Purdue, Air Force ROTC certificate, Apollo program photographs that were pinned to Brown's Purdue dorm room wall while he was a student in the early 1970s, a Purdue paper airplane contest trophy, along with other Purdue memorabilia. The collection also includes NASA memorabilia...
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Mark N. Brown papers
France A. Córdova papers
Identifier: UA 3
Abstract The collection includes publications, correspondence, reports, notes, certificates, artifacts, and ephemera related to the life and career of France A. Córdova.
Dates: 1963-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 2007-2012; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/2009
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / France A. Córdova papers
College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Communications, images
Abstract Slides, 1960s-1990s; photographs, negatives, and contact sheets, circa 1960s and 1980s; and film reels (16mm), 1950s-1970s, pertaining to a wide-variety of agricultural subjects.
Dates: 1950s-2000s; Other: Date acquired: 04/06/2012
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Communications, images
Charles M. Ehresman papers
Scope and Contents The Charles M. Ehresman papers document the work and professional activities of Charles M. Ehresman, designer of Purdue University's High Pressure Rocket Laboratory, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, and operations manager of Purdue's Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center (known today as Zucrow Laboratories). The collection also documents the design and construction of the High Pressure Rocket Laboratory and its early administration and operations, as well as materials pertaining...
Dates: 1897 - 2011; Other: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972; Other: Majority of material found within 1997 - 2009
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Charles M. Ehresman papers
Fox family slides of Purdue University
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 43
Jerome M. Goldman papers
Scope and Contents The Jerome Goldman papers document Goldman's career as a Purdue University student in Aeronautical Engineering, his service in the United States Army Air Corp and his work afterwards as a pilot for United Air Lines, along with his key role in establishing Purdue Aeronautics Corporation and Purdue Air Lines as chief pilot, director of operations, and later vice president for operations and maintenance. Also included are papers from his work with International Learning Systems, the Federal...
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Jerome M. Goldman papers
James R. Maris papers
Scope and Contents The James R. Maris papers document aspects of the Department of Aviation Technology's administration and teaching. Papers include a 1973 department administrative procedures manual; Professor Maris' course outlines, lectures and notes for Aviation Technology 358, Aviation History class, including lecture overheads which provide historical aircraft images, publications and handbooks on aviation careers, records of Purdue's Aviation Technology Flying Club, including meeting minutes, reports,...
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / James R. Maris papers
Al Pounders photo album of Purdue University related images
Collection — Box 1 album
Scope and Contents This collection consists of an album of source material images used to create the murals in the Hicks Undergraduate Library at Purdue University.
Dates: 1980s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Al Pounders photo album of Purdue University related images
Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences Consumer and Family Sciences records, addition 01
Unprocessed — Box Binder 1
Purdue University Debris Office records, addition 01
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20130501
Dates: circa 1970s
Purdue University Engineering Communications records
Purdue University Physics Department photographs and slides
Unprocessed — Box 1
Purdue University Theatre records
Identifier: UA 102
Scope and Contents The Purdue University Theatre records contains playbills, posters, and photos from the Purdue Theatre and other student theatre productions. The collection also contains programs from Convocations.
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Purdue University Theatre records
Slide of Heavilon Hall
More about 'Color slides'
Unprocessed 7
Purdue University. Alumni and alumnae 3
Purdue University. Faculty 3
Purdue University. School of Aeronautics and Astronautics 3
Purdue University 2
Purdue University. Airport 2
Purdue University. Department of Aviation Technology 2
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2
Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco 1
Air Race Classic 1
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 1
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 1
Aretz, Lawrence 1
Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 1
Armstrong, Stephen Koenig, 1907-1990 1
Armstrong, Viola L., 1907-1990 1
Beeson, Rebecca Katharine, 1867-? 1
Boy Scouts 1
Brown, Mark N. (Mark Neil), 1951- 1
Cary Quadrangle (West Lafayette, Ind.) 1
Commercial Club of Cincinnati 1
Commonwealth Club of Cincinnati 1
Conaster, Rosemary Merims 1
Córdova, France A. 1
Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) 1
Ehresman, Charles M., 1922-2012 1
Gemini 8 (Spacecraft) 1
Goldman, Jerome M., 1922-2014 1
Heavilon Hall (West Lafayette, Ind. : 1895-1969) 1
Holly, Jan 1
Maris, James R., 1919-2008 1
McCormick, Jill S. 1
Minton, Joseph P. (Joseph Paul), 1924-2016 1
NASA Advisory Council 1
National Commission on Space (U.S.) 1
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity 1
President's Advisory Council on the Peace Corps 1
Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (U.S.) 1
Project Apollo (U.S.) 1
Project Mercury (U.S.) 1
Purdue Aeronautics Corporation 1
Purdue Airlines 1
Purdue University Theatre 1
Purdue University--Buildings--Pictorial works 1
Purdue University. Agricultural Experiment Station 1
Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service 1
Purdue University. Army ROTC 1
Purdue University. Aviation Technology Flying Club 1
Purdue University. College of Engineering 1
Purdue University. College of Technology 1
Purdue University. Convocations 1
Purdue University. Department of Agronomy 1
Purdue University. Department of Physics 1
Purdue University. Jet Propulsion Center 1
Purdue University. Libraries 1
Purdue University. Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction 1
Purdue University. School of Mechanical Engineering 1
Purdue University. Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center (Zucrow Laboratories) 1
Society of Experimental Test Pilots 1
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.) 1
United Air Lines 1
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1
University of California, Riverside 1
University of Cincinnati. School of Aerospace Engineering 1
University of Southern California. School of Aerospace Engineering 1
Webster, Grove 1
Zucrow, Maurice J. (Maurice Joseph), 1899-1975 1


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April 10, 2015 – Spring!
In January, I constructed 2 new Purple Martin houses – one to replace the one that fell down, and another as an experiment. It was good that I built two, because another one fell apart when we took it down to move it.
Right on cue, at the beginning of February, 5 martins arrived, and after a survey of the available lodging, took up residence in the new "Bucket house." There were some very cold and windy days in February, but they stuck it out. We were beginning to worry that 5 were all we would have, when two more migrations happened, and I'm still trying to figure out how many we have! The original birds appear to have stuck with the bucket house, and all of the other martins have taken up residence in the new apartments across the canal. I think I can count at least 7 pairs starting to bring in nesting materials to that house, so that makes at least 20 PUMA. Last year, we had 22 birds in 3 houses, so I think we broke about even.
Figure 1. The new Purple Martin houses were taken readily by returning Purple Martins. The "Bucket house" was a new design that was taken by the first birds that came in.
Toward the end of March, I got video and photos of our deer herd composed of 5 does, with 3 of them pregnant, crossing the backyard. 4 days later, I got photos of the oldest doe on the mid-lake island with twin fawns! At 4 days or less old, they were spunky youngsters, jumping and cavorting about in the shallow water along the shore. A few days later, Timmy saw one of the younger does with a fawn in tow crossing our yard. Our 5-deer herd as increased to 8 and may be even more! I can't wait to see them all together!
Figure 2. Twin fawns on April 1, 2015.
The dredge has been sitting in the boat slip since September of last year, while we work on it and try to dredge the boat slip out. We have only had high water a few times when we actually had time to devote to dredging, but have about half of it done. Dredging has been very slow because of the accumulation of storm debris from the hurricane-destroyed house plugging the hose and pump. The mud that was moved to the yard consolidated and grew grass within two week's time and Timmy has even mowed over it with no ruts. Every part of the yard touched by the muddy effluent is a dense green. Miracle Grow® in a hose!
Work has been done on the new project area. I cleared a new trail to access the pond for surveying and preparation, and Timmy has mowed the old landing for the new season. We also located the extra sections of hard hose that was left in the marsh and pulled them out, and cleared an access trail to pull the hose out of Cell 3 and move it to the new location.
Figure 3. Maintaining the new trail (left) and pulling extra hose sections out of the marsh (right).
Figure 4. Timmy pulled the hose sections to his boat, then I took them to mine for the trip back to headquarters.
As often as possible, we try to get out to our beach for a shorebird count, specifically looking for birds of concern such as the Piping Plover. We normally host a wintering flock along our low energy beach of about 30-50 PIPL. In December, we only counted 9. Since they do move around a good bit and the day we went for a count was really nice weather, we weren't too concerned and expected to find them again soon. Weather kept us from returning for another count until March 31, 2015. By this time, I was fairly anxious about getting a count before they moved north. We were extremely pleased and surprised to count a total of 103 Piping Plovers, with 6 of them carrying tags!
Although we sometimes find a few PIPL actively feeding and scattered along the 8 miles of beach that we survey, the large flocks are always found resting behind the series of segmented, rock breakwaters that protect the eroding shoreline from high energy waves. Sand and shell have accumulated behind each breakwater and these refuges are largely disconnected from the shore during high water events; providing an unvegetated area that is full of wrack and is protected from wind and waves. The birds are well matched to their surroundings and can be very difficult to pick out of the background, even with binoculars or scope. They are also rather elusive and will fly away if we approach too closely. I always take a series of telephoto photographs as soon as we find plovers, and then approach at intervals to make sure we have documented every one before they fly. I also usually look for flocks of Dunlins or Sanderlings – plovers seem to like their company and will be found lined up in the wrack behind them.
The tagged birds add an additional bit of interest. Since our PIPL are only here during the winter, we always wonder where they go and if they are as well protected there as they are here. In 2013, one of our tagged birds was identified as coming in from North Dakota!
Figure 5. This photo shows how difficult it is to find shorebirds when we count. I always take pictures so I can blow them up to look for all of the hidden birds. There are 18 birds in this photo, representing 6 species.
Last year, I found Green Heron eggs as early as April 4, so we started looking at the end of March with no results. Wednesday, April 8th, we took a ride to the south part of the property and started seeing small groups of Green Herons in each canal we traversed. The next day, Timmy reported seeing a few pairs starting to work over old nest sites.
On April 21-22, Katie Percy joined us to start the first official nest survey of 2015. Timmy drove the Avocet while Katie and I scanned the bushes for nesting activity. We located 50 nests and banded 6 chicks!
Currently, we are seeing only a trickle of spring migrants. The flood will soon arrive. Most of our egrets and Roseate Spoonbills have wandered off in search of rookeries, probably to the one in Vermilion Bay Southwest Pass. We still have Belted Kingfishers overlapping with Eastern Kingbirds, and our Killdeer are nesting again in the shell under the oakgrove. Orchard Orioles have arrived and can be seen flitting about, and our Myrtle Warblers (Yellow-rumped Warblers) are confusing us by molting into their breeding plumage. Yellow-Crowned Nightherons are everywhere, and Tri-colored and Little Blue Herons are moving through. Of course, Brown-headed Cowbirds and Bronze Cowbirds are also hanging about looking for opportunities.
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title: "Vidéo"
description: "Découvrez les méthodes les plus simples pour ajouter des vidéos à votre site et pour garantir aux internautes la meilleure expérience possible sur tous les appareils."
updated_on: 2014-04-29
key-takeaways:
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Bloomington City Council OKs tentative $27 million tax levy, proposes flat tax rate
WGLT | By Michele Steinbacher
Published November 23, 2021 at 6:24 AM CST
Emily Bollinger
WGLT
Bloomington Finance Director Scott Rathbun addresses the Bloomington City Council during a recent meeting.
The Bloomington City Council approved a tentative $27 million combined tax levy on Monday, with plans to keep a flat tax rate of 1.4%.
While the council unanimously supported the bulk of the levy for the city's budget, some members opposed the Bloomington Public Library's levy that will be used in part for an expansion project.
A Dec. 6 public hearing is planned for the proposed levies: $20.9 million for the city's budget, and $6.1 million for the Bloomington Public Library. The council's expected to vote on those Dec. 13.
Also at the meeting, held at Government Center downtown, the council discussed the city's annual financial report as it related to an independent audit, and approved plans to replace the Miller Park Pavilion roof.
Rise in property values key
For the owner of a $165,000 home, the proposed levy would mean about $770 of their tax bill going toward the City of Bloomington and the library, said Scott Rathbun, Bloomington's finance director.
About 43% of that tax levy is used for police and fire department funds, especially pensions, said Rathbun.
He told the council during its meeting Monday that a projected 2.25% increase in Bloomington's equalized assessed value (EAV) means the city won't have to raise the tax rate. But that final EAV and tax rate won't be finalized until January, he added.
The projected EAV of Bloomington township property is about $1.9 billion, up $42.5 million over the 2020 figure. Rathbun said based on that, and with no tax rate increase, the city should capture about $275,000 in revenue growth, and the library about $50,000.
The BPL levy will go toward the library's planned $22.8 million expansion that's been in the works more than a decade.
The project will be funded with about $17 million in general obligation bonds, and the rest with BPL reserves and fundraising. The library's annual levy is its primary revenue source, according to council materials.
Originally proposed as a combined levy vote, the council opted Monday to separate the vote on the two levies, with the $20.9 million levy for the city gaining unanimous support.
Council votes 6-3 to OK library levy
The $6.1 million levy for BPL — which represents a 23% increase over last year's figure, or about $30 more in taxes for the owner of a $165,000 home — didn't see the same overwhelming support.
The 6-3 vote found Ward 2's Donna Boelen, Ward 3's Sheila Montney, and Ward 5's Nick Becker casting "no" votes.
Becker said the city should focus more on cost cutting. The tentative tax levy for the library may be a small amount on a tax bill, but taxpayers find these adding up, he said.
"Have you ever heard the phrase 'death by a thousand paper cuts?'" he asked.
But Ward 9's Tom Crumpler, who voted "yes," defended the library levy, saying the past decade has shown libraries need to keep pace with culture's changing technology.
"We must ensure our public library is a 21st century facility — and that facility is equipped with the tools and resources to support the shifting needs of all the residents of this growing community," he said.
Rathbun said the majority of real estate taxes fund education: 61% of the tax bill goes to the District 87 school district. About 13% is for the city, and 3% is for BPL. The remaining 23% provides tax revenue to the county, Heartland Community College, Central Illinois Regional Airport, Bloomington Township, and the water reclamation district.
Bloomington's property tax revenue covers about 20% of its general funds, said Rathbun.
"One of the reasons why property taxes are so high in Illinois has to do with how our public education is funded overall," noted Ward 4's Julie Emig, adding these taxes also are related to how municipalities work to address long-neglected public pensions funds.
As for the levied amount for the library, Emig said it accounts for a tiny piece of the taxation conversation.
"There's a larger context to think about," she said.
Audit and city finances
Jason Coyle, of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP, told the council Monday the city's financial records are clean and correct, resulting in what's known as an unmodified opinion.
The independent audit was related to the city's comprehensive annual financial report that was finalized in October.
Coyle noted this year's improvements included how Bloomington updated its utility billing system, and created better financial controls at Grossinger Motors Arena.
Later in the meeting, Rathbun told the council city finances continue to hold steady, giving credit to the influx of COVID-19 federal relief funding. He also noted the spillover effect of growth at Rivian in Normal, with the city seeing a bump in hotel tax revenue.
In other business
The council unanimously OK'd its consent agenda Monday, with no discussion. That means approving:
A spending limit of about $450,000 for rock salt. The city will buy the salt from Compass Minerals, Inc., at a rate of $64.65 per ton.
The replacement of Miller Park Pavilion's 25-year-old roof, for about $66,000. J&F Chiattello Construction will handle the project.
The annual fiscal report for the John M. Scott Health Care Trust. The nonprofit was awarded nearly $660,000 in community assistance in fiscal 2021.
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John Lennon news update and articles
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10 John Lennon news updates
Huffington Post - Books
Little Richard Meets John Lennon
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-ri...b_6847522.html
Variety Fair
Double Fantasy: Rarely Seen Photos of Yoko Ono and John Lennon
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/ph...no-john-lennon
John Lennon's 'Paperback Writer' Guitar Sells for $530K to Colts Owner
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...owner-20150309
http://www.indystar.com/story/entert...olts/70136484/
The Letter From John Lennon Behind 'Danny Collins'
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/mo...lins.html?_r=1
John Lennon - John Lennon's Bathrobe & George Harrison's Guitar Up For Auction
http://hub.contactmusic.com/john-len...uction_4628876
John Lennon scholarship for Mangaluru youth
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/46546222.cms
Hear John Lennon's Final Interview, Taped on the Last Day of His Life (December 8, 1980)
http://www.openculture.com/2015/03/h...his-death.html
There Are Never-Before-Seen Photos Of John Lennon Inside This $700 Book
http://gothamist.com/2015/03/13/neve...nnon_photo.php
41 Years Ago: John Lennon and Harry Nilsson Tossed From Troubadour for Heckling
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-...on-troubadour/
Exclusive: Inside Blomfield Road Liverpool home with Lennon history up for sale
http://www.examiner.com/article/excl...ry-up-for-sale
Mar 20, 2015, 12:02 AM #322
8 John Lennon news updates
OK Good Records
Dovetail Named a Grand Prize Winner in The John Lennon Songwriting Contest
http://www.okgoodrecords.com/blog/20...iting-contest/
San Francisco Chronicle - SF Gate
He loves John Lennon, and viewers will love him
Javier Camara is the Beatles-obsessed teacher Antonio in "Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed."
http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article...ly-6142486.php
John Lennon letter at heart of Pacino's 'Danny Collins'
http://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/ar...ny-6145916.php
Kristin Scott Thomas receives damehood
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31964618
Iconic John Lennon snap shot by famed photographer who captured five Beatles album covers and the first-ever Pirelli calendar to go on sale
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...ndar-sale.html
Ron Aprea Pays Tribute to John Lennon
http://www.ronaprea.com/john-lennon-tribute-album.html
Family selling iconic John Lennon photo to aid ailing lenser Robert Freeman
http://www.examiner.com/article/fami...robert-freeman
'Living is Easy with Eyes Closed': Franco's Spain seen via Beatle maniacal lens
http://www.examiner.com/review/livin...-maniacal-lens
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MailOnline.co.uk
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: The Last Photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono reveal couple's 'unclouded happiness' in the months before deranged gunman tragically ended ex-Beatle's life
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...le-s-life.html
The top 10 best John Lennon solo songs of all time
http://www.axs.com/the-top-10-best-j...all-time-46210
Vintage Everyday
These Candid Snapshots of John Lennon on the Streets Taken by Fans from the 1970
http://www.vintag.es/2015/03/these-c...hn-lennon.html
Daily Pilot
Posthumous respect for Lennon the artist at Irvine exhibit
http://www.dailypilot.com/entertainm...,3145360.story
The Illustrated Side of John Lennon
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/..._of_john_l.php
A Double Celebration – Two Years Apart
http://www.udiscovermusic.com/a-doub...wo-years-apart
March 25, 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage their first 'Bed-In' for peace
http://home.bt.com/news/world-news/m...11363970628865
John Lennon Educational Tour Bus makes a stop at SXSW
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2015...a-stop-at-sxsw
Moscow Discusses Plans for John Lennon Monument
http://www.newsweek.com/moscow-discu...onument-316420
Beatles' fan pays £155,000 for John Lennon's mum's former home
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/...0-john-8956882
(it's the same woman who bought the home where George Harrison grew up for £156,000 last year.)
John Lennon's first wife Cynthia has died
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-32153908
Cynthia Lennon's life with John remembered in pictures
http://www.itv.com/news/2015-04-01/c...d-in-pictures/
Cynthia Lennon dies: son Julian releases tribute video
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...ute-video.html
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Cynthia Lennon has passed away
My condolences and prayers on the passing away of Cynthia.I'm sending prayers for her and for Julian and his family.
Cynthia Lennon
http://www.cynthialennon.memorial/
Fan photos of John Lennon in London and New York
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/f...n_and_new_york
41 Years Ago: John Lennon and Paul McCartney Reunite For Only Post-Beatles Session
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-...artney-record/
The Street Journal
How 'Danny Collins' Secured 9 John Lennon Songs
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/...-lennon-music/
John Lennon song Writing contest
Lennon Award Voting
You may vote once per category, per day. Voting is open April 1st - April 30th and the 12 Lennon Award Winners will be announced on May 1, 2015.
http://jlsc.com/vote.php
An intimate look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono
http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketc...402-story.html
In Her Life After John, Cynthia Lennon Didn't Stop Loving Him - audio
http://news.wbfo.org/post/her-life-a...top-loving-him
How Cynthia Lennon's doomed marriage to John Lennon inspired 'Hey Jude'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...ired-hey-jude/
Irish Mirror
Cynthia Lennon's final radio interview: 'I was aware of John's jealousy - but not his violence'
http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/ce...erview-5451338
'Cynthia Lennon: Shine On': moving tribute by Jude Southerland Kessler
http://www.examiner.com/article/cynt...erland-kessler
4/1/201
Beatles, friends, fans pay tribute to Cynthia Lennon, first wife of Beatle John
http://www.examiner.com/article/beat...of-beatle-john
Julian Lennon memorializes mother Cynthia Lennon in new video
http://www.examiner.com/article/brea...nthia-has-died
According to Amazon (UK), a John Lennon 8 LP boxed set is scheduled for release on Monday 25th May:
Universal Music are proud to present Lennon, a stunning new 8LP boxed collection featuring John Lennon's eight solo studio albums on heavyweight, 180-gram audiophile vinyl with faithfully replicated original album art.
John Lennon's eight solo studio albums were remastered from their original analogue masters in 2010, by Yoko Ono and a team of engineers led by Allan Rouse at Abbey Road Studios in London and by George Marino at Avatar Studios in New York. These LP's have been newly cut to vinyl from those 96k digital files for Lennon, cut by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios and manufactured for the world by Optimal Media in Germany.
Each of the Lennon collection's LPs is an authentic reproduction of its U.K. original, in its sound and visual presentation. In keeping with the original album artwork, Imagine contains reproductions of its two postcards, poster and inner bag, Some Time In New York City includes reproductions of its original postcard and inner sleeve, Walls and Bridges includes its sleeve with two fold-over flaps, an eight-page booklet and inner sleeve, and Mind Games, Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey also include reproductions of their original inner sleeves.
The eight studio albums are; John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970), Imagine (1971), Some Time In New York City (1972), Mind Games (1973), Walls and Bridges (1974), Rock 'n' Roll (1975), Double Fantasy (1980) and Milk and Honey (1984).
10 Beatles news updates
New books by Edna O'Brien and Neil Jordan, and Kevin Barry takes on John Lennon
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/bo...nnon-1.2178630
Yoko Ono On John Lennon's Forgotten First Love -- Drawing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_7063718.html
An artist with synesthesia has put Radiohead, Glass Animals and John Lennon songs to canvas
http://diymag.com/2015/04/16/an-arti...ongs-to-canvas
John Lennon sees a UFO in New York City, 1974
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/j...york_city_1974
http://alien-ufo-sightings.com/2015/...ct-or-fiction/
The Eric Alper
Video: John Lennon's final public performance, 1975
http://www.thatericalper.com/2015/04...formance-1975/
BWW
John Lennon Tribute to Benefit TheatreWorks New Milford, 4/25
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusi...d-425-20150406
The X-Rated Reason Why John Lennon Called Eric Burdon 'The Eggman'
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-...burdon-eggman/
Beatle Fans Something New
4/414/2015
The Beatlefan Interview With Cynthia Lennon
https://beatlefansomethingnew.wordpr...ynthia-lennon/
Cynthia Lennon remembered at John's Walk of Fame Star in Hollywood
http://www.examiner.com/article/cynt...star-hollywood
Annual John Lennon Tribute
Our friends at Theatre Within, the grassroots non-profit behind the Annual John Lennon Tribute, present Acoustic Lennon on June 7, 2015 at City Winery, NYC. Tickets are on sale starting April 9 at 3pm. For full details visit
http://lennontribute.org.
"The Art of John Lennon" comes to Chasen Galleries starting Thursday
http://www.richmond.com/entertainmen...d873f7aea.html
May Pang and Tim Bruckner to appear at opening of 'Lennon' exhibit in Seattle
http://www.examiner.com/article/guns...-billboard-200
Richmond Magazine
Q&A: Yoko Ono
http://richmondmagazine.com/arts-ent...ono-interview/
Jaunted
Why Visiting Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road is Something Every Beatles Fan Should Do
http://www.jaunted.com/story/2015/4/...Fan+Should+Do+
40 Years Ago: John Lennon Makes His Last Live Appearance
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-...e-performance/
RollngStone
John Lennon Albums to Come Out as Vinyl Box Set
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...x-set-20150421
http://www.examiner.com/article/john...alerts_article
20 Best Covers of Ben E. King's 'Stand by Me'
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...ennon-20150502
Experience Phoenix: The Musical Instrument Museum, John Lennon's piano and more
http://www.examiner.com/article/expe...piano-and-more
John Lennon's iconic glasses and divorce papers detailing the end of his marriage to first wife Cynthia to fetch £20,000 at auction
John Lennon's long lost Gibson guitar up for sale
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reu...itar-sale.html
Famous Montauk bar Shagwong to reopen
http://pagesix.com/2015/06/08/famous...ong-to-reopen/
John Lennon loved rock 'n' roll thanks to my record collection
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/...rock-n-9429077
Neon Nettle
Alien Visitations: What John Lennon Told Uri Geller Before His Death
http://www.neonnettle.com/features/4...ited-by-aliens
6//9/2015
Review: 'Lennon' vinyl remasters in 9LP box set has full collection of solo work
http://www.examiner.com/review/revie...n-of-solo-work
Plans for first staging of Lennon's 'In His Own Write' gets support from Yoko
http://www.examiner.com/article/plan...t-from-yoko-on
Friends pay tribute to much-loved Lennon audio engineer Dennis Ferrante
http://www.examiner.com/article/frie...ennis-ferrante
6./7/2015
'John Lennon Sketchbook' Makes Official Online Debut
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/y...er-113796.html
A comprehensive collection of John Lennon's visual art
http://boingboing.net/2015/06/05/a-c...ection-of.html
CIA 'Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny' It Has Files Related To John Lennon's First Wife
http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/31/ci...ns-first-wife/
Ringo Starr says working with John Lennon on 'Plastic Ono Band' was 'best experience' of career
http://www.nme.com/news/ringo-starr/85799
Sad news: John Lennon recording engineer Dennis Ferrante has died
http://www.examiner.com/article/sad-...rante-has-died
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MessyNessy Chic
10 Ways to Discover John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Secret Californian Hippie Town
http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/0...n-hippie-town/
John Lennon Acoustic Guitar Set To Sell For £500,000 At Auction
http://www.rttnews.com/2523903/john-...t-auction.aspx
Music Times
John Lennon's New 'Rock 'n' Roll' Vinyl Faulty; Universal Offers Exchange
http://www.musictimes.com/articles/4...sal-offers.htm
Brookly Vegan
John Lennon & Harry Nilsson tribute happening in NYC with Nicole Atkins, Invisible Familiars, Sam Cohen, TEEN & more
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archive...ennon_har.html
San Diego Reader
Lennon's heavy hand
Local players share the experience of playing the lost-and-now-found John Lennon acoustic
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2...ns-heavy-hand/
John Lennon Songbook returns to Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats...erpool-9574706
John Lennon: Lennon Box Set Review
http://www.pastemagazine.com/article...et-review.html
PAUL MCCARTNEY: I was frustrated that John Lennon became 'The Beatles' after his death
http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-...-martyr-2015-7
Daly Post
John Lennon UFO link to North Wales's extraterrestrial Berwyn Mountains mystery
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nort...-north-9490684
French school race row over Lennon's Imagine
http://www.thelocal.fr/20150616/lenn...-french-school
Statement denies reports that John Lennon's great uncle was a prolific Victorian criminal
http://www.nme.com/news/john-lennon/86565
Lady Gaga performs John Lennon's 'Imagine' at the Baku Games 2015
http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...pg0HQYKCbCGVux
Legendary singer Roberta Flack wants to sell her apartment at the famous Dakota building for $9.5M
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.2263058
50 Years Ago: John Lennon Publishes Second Book, 'A Spaniard in the Works
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-...-in-the-works/
SF Gate - SF Chronicle
No one wants to live in this $14.5 million apartment in New York's most exclusive building
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/bus...on-6365344.php
Flashback: Happy birthday to Liverpool John Lennon Airport
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/...l-john-9564540
Egg Man illustrations on display in John Lennon: The Collected Artwork
http://www.examiner.com/review/egg-m...lected-artwork
Lennon 'In His Own Write' play now a reality as crowd funding effort hits goal
http://www.examiner.com/article/lenn...fort-hits-goal
John Lennon Honored With 'Yellow Submarine' Tapestry at Ellis Island
Yoko Ono and Bono join forces to celebrate the unveiling.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...y-ellis-island
http://www.musictimes.com/articles/4...-bono-edge.htm
John Lennon tribute by Pepperland and Mark McGann
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats...d-mark-9757419
Owner of John Lennon's Long Lost 1962 Gibson J-160E Guitar Speaks Exclusively to Collectible Guitar Magazine
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/07/prweb12876725.htm
Rare John Lennon, Jim Morrison Letters Up for Auction
Paul McCartney claims he and John Lennon forgot dozens of potential Beatles songs
http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/87240
World Religion News
Artist Creates Comic Strip on John Lennon's "Imagine"
http://www.worldreligionnews.com/rel...ennons-imagine
British actor Tom Hughes cast as John Lennon in BBC radio drama
http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/br...n-in-bb/384111
May Pang to speak at university music programs
http://www.examiner.com/article/may-...alerts_article
Poignant letter about John Lennon's death penned by his beloved aunt to be sold
http://www.examiner.com/article/poig...unt-to-be-sold
Book review: 'John Lennon and the Bronte Connection' explores reincarnation
http://www.examiner.com/article/book...-reincarnation
Author announces pre-orders for first volume in long-awaited Lennon book series
http://www.examiner.com/article/auth...on-book-series
1st volume of 'Lennonology' series on John Lennon & Yoko Ono has release date
http://www.examiner.com/article/1st-...s-release-date
John Lennon news updates
Unseen footage of John Lennon in recording studio surfaces
http://www.examiner.com/article/unse...tudio-surfaces
More rare recording studio footage of John Lennon may come out
http://www.examiner.com/article/more...n-may-come-out
K Earth
Frank Gifford Had To Convince Howard Cosell To Announce The Death Of John Lennon
http://www.kearth101.cbslocal.com/20...f-john-lennon/
August 11, 1966: John Lennon defends his claim that the Beatles are 'more popular than Jesus'
http://www.home.bt.com/news/world-ne...11363996486176
Hear a John Lennon Demo That Nearly Became the Beatles' Final Song
http://www.ultimateclassicrock.com/j...-then-beatles/
Something Else Left
John Lennon and the American left: Some Time in New York City (1972)
http://www.somethingelsereviews.com/...new-york-city/
John Lennon links with Spain highlighted in Liverpool
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats...ighted-9788953
Glide Magazine
Legendary Lennon: Five Best Cinematic Portrayals of Beatles Great
http://www.glidemagazine.com/145808/...beatles-great/
Herald Extra
Rooftop Concert Series' tribute to John Lennon: The lineup
http://www.heraldextra.com/rooftop-c...951b68f03.html
131-Year History of the Iconic Dakota Chronicled in New Book
http://www.ny.curbed.com/archives/20...n_new_book.php
The Good News Reviews
TGNR Sunday Brunch Exclusive: Original Never-Before-Seen John Lennon Doodles, A Young Musician, And An Afternoon on Central Park West
http://www.tgnreview.com/2015/06/07/...ral-park-west/
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John Lennon: In His Own Write, Edinburgh Fringe review: Use of outdated pejorative words dates a piece which is otherwise freshly eccentric
John Lennon vinyl reissue lets you mine hidden gems
http://www.seattletimes.com/entertai...e-hidden-gems/
41 Years Ago: Harry Nilsson and John Lennon Join Forces for 'Pussy Cats'
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/harry...on-pussy-cats/
Henry Winkler reveals meeting 'quiet and shy' John Lennon
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/henry-wink...9.html#LSWy0IS
RTE Ten
Lennon planned to dodge army by moving to Ireland
http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/0814...h-move-to-ire/
The Global Straight
Beatles exhibit stuns with John Lennon's autograph to his killer
https://www.straight.com/music/51396...aph-his-killer
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Membership in the TBA is open to all licensed attorneys in good standing. It gives you access to a number of programs and services designed to help you become a better practitioner.
On December 14, 1881, 69 Tennessee lawyers signed the Charter of Incorporation establishing the Tennessee Bar Association. In the century since, the TBA has been dedicated to improving the legal professional and the administration of justice.
From the beginning, the TBA set high standards for its objectives — to foster legal education, maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of law, to cultivate professional ethics, to encourage social interchange among members, and to promote improvements in the law and the modes of its administration.
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Someone made the observation that if you want people to discuss something in a classroom setting you have to assume that they will answer your questions. I wish I could remember who said it, so I could give them credit, but what this person was saying is that when you ask a question and follow it with silence, the people in the class are beginning to feel guilty because they know that someone in the class is supposed to fill that silence. The longer you wait, the more they try to come up with an answer and eventually one or more of them will give you an answer to the question.
I've been in Sunday school classes where the teacher didn't follow this advice. You're sitting there listening to the lesson and the teacher asks a question. It takes you a little time to process the question. Then it takes you more time to consider the answer. Finally, you have an answer to the question, but by this time, the teacher has already moved on. With hardly enough time for you to open your mouth, he gave the answer and moved on.
An important thing to remember when teaching a Sunday school class is that what you say and do isn't as important as what is going on in the heads of the class members. Teaching isn't about filling the silence with words, but it is about creating an atmosphere in which the students can give consideration to the topic of the day.
If you're like me, you may find from time to time that you are talking about the topic and seem to be doing pretty well, but you look down at your notes and you've lost your place. Or maybe you skipped over an important sub-topic. There is silence in the room as you hastily scan your notes, looking for your place. As disorganized and embarrassing as that may be, that silence gives your students time to think and to process the information you've already given them. The wheels of their heads are turning. They're finding the things they need to keep and storing them away in their heads. They're allowing questions to develop and sometimes the silence will allow them to say something that they've been waiting for an opportunity to say. You're mistake won't get you style points, but the silence it creates will teach the students better than the well-rehearsed and eloquent teacher who has a word to fill every moment.
That's not to say that speakers shouldn't rehearse. Silence can be planned just as easily as anything else in a presentation. In music, every note is planned, but so are the rests that give us silence. For Easter, our choir did a couple of songs that come to what seems to be the end of a song, the music stops, and then the music starts again. There is silence for just long enough for the audience to begin clapping. Southern gospel songwriters have a tendency to do this. I think it is supposed to create the impression that people applauded so much that we're going to give them more of what they want. I personally don't like it because it seems like showboating. Perhaps it looks different when you're in the choir because you know that it has nothing to do with the applause and everything to do with just waiting for the CD to spin to that part of the disc.
In any case, those songs support the original point. When there is silence, people feel the need to fill it. Following a song, people fill it with clapping or a hearty "Amen!" In a classroom, people fill it with the answer to the question. So, if you want people to learn through participation, be silent.


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The Spin: Kim Foxx hires outside legal help in Jussie Smollett case | Bloomberg barely mentions Chicago during campaign stop here | Lawmakers call for investigation after lobbyist hints at rape cover-up
By Lisa Donovan
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx talks to news media after Gov. J.B. Pritzker granted pardons for individuals with low-level cannabis convictions during an event at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago on Dec. 31, 2019. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
It's a potentially explosive report from WBEZ-FM, even in the age of #MeToo: A powerful lobbyist and confidante to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan emailing aides to then Gov. Pat Quinn, telling them to go easy on a state worker about to be disciplined. Why? Because he "kept his mouth shut" about "the rape in Champaign and other items. He is loyal to the administration."
Some lawmakers are calling for a criminal investigation.
Meantime, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx is summoning some help from some local and national legal eagles as a special prosecutor investigates how her office handled the Jussie Smollett case. And taxpayers will be picking up part of the tab. The revelation comes as she marches toward a March primary with plenty of competition.
As President Donald Trump addressed the nation about the Iran crisis, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire philanthropist and Democratic presidential hopeful, was in Chicago making his case to win this year's election. Bloomberg largely stuck to domestic policy, my Tribune colleague Bill Ruthhart reports, saying he'd build up "left behind" communities with a job training and retraining program aimed at helping residents land higher-paying work.
Before the stump speech on the South Side, Bloomberg had a downtown meeting with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who has yet to endorse a Democratic presidential candidate.
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Illinois lawmakers call for investigation over email from Springfield lobbyist and Michael Madigan confidant that mentions cover-up of 'rape in Champaign' and 'ghost workers'
From the Tribune: "A chorus of lawmakers is calling for a criminal investigation into a possible rape cover-up in Champaign and a ghost payrolling scheme, hinted at in emails from a powerful lobbyist and confidante of House Speaker Michael Madigan.
"Lobbyist Mike McClain advocated for state worker Forrest Ashby in a disciplinary matter in a July 2012 email to aides to then-Gov. Pat Quinn, saying he 'kept his mouth shut' about '… ghost workers, the rape in Champaign and other items. He is loyal to the administration.' WBEZ-FM 91.5 first reported on the emails on Tuesday.
"Rep. Kelly Cassidy issued a joint statement Wednesday with Alaina Hampton and Sherri Garrett, who have both made allegations of sexual harassment within state government and politics, urging an immediate investigation. They called on Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz and the U.S. attorney's office to open an investigation and seek testimony from McClain and relevant members of the former Quinn administration."
Secluding students in small rooms should be illegal in Illinois, educators and advocates tell lawmakers: Yesterday's nearly three-hour joint hearing of the House and Senate education committees comes on the heels of a Chicago Tribune and ProPublica Illinois investigation, "The Quiet Rooms," revealing that students, most with behavioral, emotional and intellectual disabilities, often were isolated and restrained as punishment in violation of state law. Read the story here.
Illinois House Republicans criticize legislative task force proposals to cut property taxes as a 'Democrat failure': Some of the ideas the group proposed in a draft report include consolidating school districts, merging units of local government, shorting the life of tax increment financing districts and reexamining property tax caps, the Tribune's Jamie Munks and Dan Petrella report. But Republicans are characterizing this as a "Democrat failure" to reduce high property taxes. Click here to read the story.
Democratic leaders from Chicago's Southwest Side and nearby suburbs pick former state Sen. Sandoval's replacement: Sandoval stepped down after federal authorities raided his district and state Capitol offices, so party bigwigs — including House Speaker Michael Madigan — gathered last night and picked freshman state Rep. Celina Villanueva to fill out his term, the Tribune's Dan Petrella reports. Click here to read the rest of the story.
The domino effect: Villanueva's move to the Senate chamber — a poorly kept secret in political circles — means her seat is up for grabs, though a succession plan seemed to already be in place. As Petrella writes: "Edgar Gonzalez Jr., a constituent services staff member for U.S. Rep. Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia, is the only candidate who has filed petitions to run for Villanueva's House seat in the March primary. Committeemen in the 21st House District will meet within the next 30 days to pick who will serve out the remainder of Villanueva's term, which runs through January 2021."
'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' made fun of Illinois' legal weed frenzy with a 'Pottillo's' sketch — Click here to read the story.
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Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg makes a campaign stop at the TDL Center at Olive-Harvey College in Chicago on Jan. 8, 2020. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
Billionaire Bloomberg brings his presidential campaign to Chicago
"Bloomberg gave his speech on Chicago's South Side to illustrate it as an area that had been 'left behind' economically, but his remarks just as easily could have been delivered in Cleveland or Cincinnati," Ruthhart writes. "He made virtually no reference to Chicago, the state's March 17 primary or the venue his campaign chose, Olive-Harvey College" in the Pullman neighborhood.
Bloomberg's strategy: Because he's a late-entry into the Democratic field, he's skipping the four early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, and instead focusing on states that vote in the Super Tuesday primaries of March 3 and beyond, Ruthhart notes. "Illinois, with its March 17 primary, falls squarely into that strategy as a state with a large population that awards a high number of delegates where Bloomberg hopes to make up ground by relying in large part on his vast fortune to flood local airwaves with campaign ads."
Meeting with Mayor Lightfoot: Before the event, Bloomberg and Mayor Lori Lightfoot sat down for a 45-minute meeting at the Hoxton Hotel in West Town.
"We try and meet with mayors whenever we go to cities," said Bloomberg campaign spokeswoman Julie Kaviar. "Mike is interested to hear her views." Read the rest of the story here.
Dave Mellet, a spokesman for Lightfoot's political operation, said the two compared notes on the "challenges of running a big city." Still no announcement on who she might endorse in the Democratic field.
Former Mayor Emanuel is once again cautioning Democrats about nominating a lefty in a showdown with Trump: The one-time senior aide to President Barack Obama — both moderate Democrats — is weighing in as Bernie Sanders leads in some of the polling ahead of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. According to the Associated Press, Emanuel "warned Democrats that Sanders' status as a democratic socialist and his unwavering support for 'Medicare for All' won't play well among swing voters in the states that matter most in 2020." Click here to read the story.
For months now, Emanuel has been busy on the commentary circuit — including regular appearances on ABC's Sunday morning politics show "This Week" — cautioning Democratic presidential candidates that a far-left agenda won't topple Trump. Other moderates say it could also trickle down to some U.S. House and Senate races.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., right, joins a panel at Access Living of Metro Chicago on March 15, 2019, to talk about maximizing the response to the 2020 census. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
Duckworth: 'My diaper-wearing 20-month-old has better impulse control than' President Trump
Hours after Iran fired a series of ballistic missiles at two military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq — retaliation for the U.S.-ordered killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani — Illinois U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth blasted President Donald Trump's handling of the crisis. It was Trump's decision to kill Soleimani, saying he posed an imminent threat to the U.S.
"With one choice, Donald Trump squandered the opportunity that existed to push for greater democracy and stability in the region," Duckworth, a former Army pilot and combat veteran, said today on the Senate floor. In 2004, her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down in Iraq by a rocket-propelled grenade, causing her to lose both of her legs.
"In one fell swoop, he somehow managed to villainize the U.S. and victimize Iran … isolating us from our long-term partner in Iraq and amping up Iran's influence in a country everyone knows is vital to our security interests throughout the Middle East."
And at one point, the Hoffman Estates Democrat added: "I wish this weren't true, but my diaper-wearing 20-month-old has better impulse control than this president." Watch the entire speech here.
In address to nation this morning, Trump says no U.S. or Iraqi lives were lost in Iranian missile barrage: And he's calling for a new deal to replace the 2015 nuclear accords he scuttled. Read the story here.
Duckworth's also calling for document preservation, probe: The junior senator from Illinois also is asking the State Department's Office of the Inspector General to investigate last week's White House-ordered airstrike that killed Soleimani and sparked Iran's retaliatory airstrikes on military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq. To that end, she wants State Department documents tied to the deadly airstrike preserved.
In a letter dated today, Duckworth wrote to Inspector General Steve Linick asking his office to "conduct a comprehensive investigation examining the performance (of the State Department) in planning, preparing for and executing country-specific and region-wide enhanced diplomatic security strategies to protect U.S. personnel, property and interests prior to, and following, the Jan. 3, 2020 military strike that likely elevated threats posed to State Department employees and personnel of State Department contractors." You can read the letter here.
Chicago activists denounce Trump administration for killing of Iranian general, call for protests - Click here to read the story.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx listens as Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker grants pardons for individuals with low-level cannabis convictions during an event at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago on Dec. 31, 2019. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx hires outside legal help in Jussie Smollett probe, won't say how much it's costing taxpayers
From the Tribune's Jason Meisner and Lolly Bowean: "With election season in high gear, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and her office have retained some high-powered legal assistance in the ongoing probe of Foxx's controversial handling of the Jussie Smollett case.
"Ruben Castillo, the former chief judge of the Northern District of Illinois and now a partner at the politically connected law firm Akerman, has been helping the state's attorney's office for the past three months to vet voluminous materials requested by special prosecutor Dan Webb." Click here to read the full story.
One of her Democratic rivals in the state's attorney race, Bill Conway, issued a statement saying, "It's not right to stick taxpayers with the bill for this high-priced legal team to come up with excuses for the inexcusable as she runs for re-election; she should use her campaign funds."
Cost of dismissing Cook County hospital CEO? $600,000-plus, on top of a big pension: Click here to read another piece, this one by the Tribune's Hal Dardick, on how taxpayers' hard-earned money is spent.
As the new era for legal marijuana in Illinois begins, Chris Myers smokes a joint containing legal marijuana at his friend's home in Calumet City, Jan. 1, 2020. Marijuana was purchased at the Mission Dispensary store in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune) (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
First week of legal weed in Illinois is an education in supply, demand
From the Tribune's Ally Marotti: "A week into recreational marijuana sales in Illinois, some stores have restocked their shelves and restarted sales while others hope to in the coming days. But as the weekend nears, it's still hit and miss whether buyers will leave stores happy or empty-handed." Read the full story here.
Consumers are expected to spend $420 million at Illinois dispensaries this year, according to one prediction.
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Reminder: The government gets a piece of the pie - Legal weed sales are taxed at 10 percent for THC levels at or less than 35 percent; 20 percent for cannabis-infused products such as edibles; and 25 percent for THC concentrations of more than 35%.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle replacing ethics board chairwoman who donated to Lori Lightfoot in 2019 mayor's race
John Legend gives encore endorsement of Kim Foxx in Cook County state's attorney's race
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Longtime state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz appointed to former Illinois Senate President John Cullerton's North Side seat
Illinois secretary of state's office blames programming error for registering more than 500 voters who said they weren't citizens
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Municipalities may add special taxes of up to 3%, counties may add up to 3.75% in unincorporated areas, and Cook County may add up to 3% in municipalities.
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