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Since time immemorial, the secrets of fertility were the terrain of the covens of witches. Fully embraced within the hearth of women healer's herbalists & sages. Passed down woman to woman. Generation to generation. Named 'Woman's business'.
And embraced & honoured as the natural way to birth for all women!
Heavily swollen bellied mothers-to-be were privy to brews of raspberry leaf & other herbals to honour the growing life within & to keep their new born from being brought into this world, in the dead of the night, without life.
Today the plethora of IVF & drugs has taken from women this knowledge that ought to be known by all. And women bodies have become a ritual for modern medicine to practice new & better drugs on as our fertility wanes & waivers in the light of a globe that is more & more toxic. Our babies are born in the sanctum of the hospital environment where we women are subjected to an illness that is called 'pregnancy'. And a medical event that is called 'birth'.
It's no wonder we no longer reproduce easily. Birth naturally. Hold our babies as soon as they are born! That hospital bed & sterile environment is the antithesis of the warmth & love embraced in the juice of natural procreation!
Why are so many no longer blessed with a baby that is healthy & well?
Where are these ancient fertility secrets our grandmothers naturally & without thought practised? And why have we shunned them when it is they that we need desperately to embrace to turn the tide of infertility, IVF, miscarriage, still birth & babies born unwell or disabled?
These secrets are hidden in the foods we eat. In the environment we live in. In our hearts & minds when we conceive. And in Mother Earth as she holds us to breathe life into our new born.
These secrets are now are validated by research. Their efficacy ratified by groups such as …… These time honoured practises form the basis of your journey into successful parenthood in the most natural way!
These secrets are now being embraced by a new generations of men & women. By those who are realising how important it is to your future lineage to look after yourself before you conceive. To follow the tried & proven pathway into natural conception. To embrace a commitment to yourself so that your CAN achieve a healthy pregnancy & a gentle birth of a healthy happy baby!
We offer you this right as you journey forth into this extraordinary event called parenthood.


There is a slum in the state of Kerala by the name Ernakulam. The slum is home to many slum dwellers. Chakrapani is a differently-abled beggar who lives in the slum. He is a drunkard who lends money to people. He wastes his time arguing with his mother. He falls in love with Latha, who is the mother of two children and a maid. The Government wants to remove the slum and develop the area. Chakrapani becomes the leader of the slum and tries to save the slum.The rest of the story reveals if he will be successful in his task. Watch Thakarachenda movie online.


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Rodolfo Fortunato Caccavo Baldi (Buenos Aires, 24 de outubro de 1927 — Buenos Aires, 17 de fevereiro de 1958) foi um ciclista olímpico argentino. Caccavo representou sua nação na prova de perseguição por equipes (4.000 m) nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1952, na cidade de Helsinque.

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The author records the days of the crusades.
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the president of the Azhar University, blames the eruption of conflict in many parts of the world and the development of the crusades as holy wars on the Catholic Church's reading of the Holy Bible.
October presents the opinion of Uri Avnery, an Israeli author, writing about the "conflict of civilizations." October writes that Avnery has shown support to the Prophet of Islām and Muslims against false accusations and mistrust promoted by the head of the Catholic Church.
Ahmad 'Arafāt al-Qādī explains some fundamentalist Western thinkers' arguments about the basic principles between the Christian West and the Muslim East. The difference between the two civilizations is a basic one, and the clash is inevitable.
4. What does the pope want?
The author discusses Western hostility against Islam.
3. Did the West misunderstand the pope as well?
Asīmah Janu discusses the Islamic stereotype spread in the West.
The author analyzes the views of the west on Islam, Muslims, the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'ān and refers to recent examples of U.S. torture and mistreatment of Muslims in contrast to the ways in which Muslim leaders have historically treated Christians according to high standards.
30. Al-Qaradawi considers that keeping silent about the attacks on Afghanistan is a "crime"
16. It is neither a Jihad nor a Crusade!


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Children's Oasis Nursery children, parents and teachers pledge 150 boxes to the UAE Box Appeal
Over 100 Dubai preschoolers – aged between 18 months to 4 years – supported by their parents and teachers at Children's Oasis Nursery have come together to pledge over 150 boxes to the UAE Box Appeal project, a homegrown initiative that sees members of the community gather daily necessities such as t-shirts and toiletries in boxes to donate to UAE-based workers. Launched in 2008, the Box Appeal which uses the tagline, Small Box, Big Difference has grown year on year and this year, aims to distribute over 20,000 boxes to more than 20,000 workers across the UAE and region.
According to officials at Children's Oasis Nursery, the nursery's participation in the Box Appeal this year is both in the spirit of the UAE Year of Giving, 2017 and is also in line with their ethos to help grow and develop caring and community focused children.
"Our aim at Children's Oasis Nursery is to give children a flying start in life, and this very much includes instilling the values of compassion, empathy and cooperation," said Caitriona Ni Fhiannachta, Head of Teacher at Children's Oasis Nursey. "Through the Box Appeal, our children – with the assistance and guidance of both their teachers and parents – were able to be actively involved in giving back and through this process, were also able to learn valuable lessons that we hope they will take with them long into the future."
Among the children and parents involved was 3-year-old Massimo along with mother, Chitra: "It was heartwarming to see Massimo's keenness to fill up the box and his understanding of how little acts go a long way into helping others. As a mother, you hope that your children learn and live these values and for me, the whole experience reinforced the importance of actively participating in giving back to the community. Participating in initiatives such as Box Appeal helps me to teach Massimo to be compassionate by showing and being an example to him."
"Early experiences lay the foundation of a child's personality and including such initiatives as The Box Appeal into their learning experiences, goes a long way in making them responsible members of the community," added Ms Ni Fhiannachta. "We wish the organizers of The Box Appeal the best of luck in the final days of the campaign and hope that in some small way, the children's contribution has made a difference."

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Thoughts on the updated female Gnome models they showed off at Blizzcon yet?
Love the new models - really disappointed that gnomes (once again) are kind of marginalized in WoD. Hopefully that will change before release.
I am a fifty year old married man and.... *looks around and whispers* ... I squealed and giggled like a teenage girl.
The new model is adorable! The facial expressions are great and the way the hair moved was amazing!


The Callascope is a device developed in Nimmi Ramanujam's Biomedical Engineering lab at Duke to aid in the visualization of the cervix without the need for a speculum. In addition to its clinical utility screening for diseases such as cervical cancer, the device has become the inspiration for an art project, the Calla Campaign, in which it is being used to empower women through literal self-exploration. The campaign has organized artist-led workshops in which participants utilize creativity and art to explore the self. The workshops, in turn, provide raw material for an art exhibit, which will engage an even broader community on the important conversation of self-exploration for empowerment.
For this Ruby Friday presentation, four students involved in the project will tell the story of this unique, interdisciplinary exhibit: how a new medical device became the basis for an exhibit focused on self-exploration, what the primary material for the exhibit was and how it was collected, and how engagement with women in workshops and elsewhere has showed that self-exploration of the reproductive anatomy-both literal and symbolical-can be an empowering experience.


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In 1915, Wells Fargo transferred iron safes filled with coins from the U.S. Mint's old Sub-Treasury building in San Francisco, left, to its new one, right. Both buildings are historic landmarks today. Photo Credit: Library of Congress and Wells Fargo Corporate Archives.
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How Wells Fargo secretly moved $3 billion through the streets of San Francisco
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Rare video from 1915 shows Wells Fargo successfully moving $121 million — or $3 billion in today's dollars — securely through the streets of San Francisco.
Alyssa Bentz
Alyssa Bentz is a Corporate Historian for Wells Fargo.
In 1915, the U.S. Mint in San Francisco at 5th and Mission streets needed to find a way to move $121 million — and quietly. Its Sub-Treasury, or branch building, on Commercial Street no longer fit the security or functional needs of the mint, which had used the building to store gold and silver coins.
Originally a four-story, brick building with a secure basement, the earthquake and fire of 1906 had reduced the Commercial Street building to a single floor and basement. Changes in federal laws also increased the flow of gold and silver stored by the mint at the Sub-Treasury. Between 1906 and 1913, the amount of money stored in the vault rose from $13 million to $90 million.
How Wells Fargo moved millions of dollars through the streets of San Francisco
On the day of the last delivery, a newsreel cameraman came to record the momentous achievement. While Wells Fargo was featured in many of the popular silent films of the day, few exist today. This video is a rare film record of Wells Fargo team members in action. The silent film shows: Wells Fargo drivers and messengers caught on camera moving the heavy portable safes, a line of Wells Fargo trucks and wagons delivering the safes filled with coins, and a close-up of John Seymour, left, the Wells Fargo special officer who led the effort to move $121 million through the streets of San Francisco for the U.S. Mint in 1915. (0:54) Video Credit: Prelinger Archives.
The mint did have a new space built for the Sub-Treasury, a grand building on Pine Street a few blocks away from the original location. The new space had more room and better security — with floors of reinforced concrete and doors of five-foot-thick steel.
Before the mint could start using the new building, however, it needed to find a way to securely move 100 tons of gold and silver coins and other stored money worth $3 billion in today's dollars.
New Sub-Treasury building for the U.S. Mint in San Francisco opened in 1915. This building at Pine and Sansome Streets is a historic landmark building in San Francisco today. Photo Credit: Wells Fargo Corporate Archives.
The U.S. Mint in San Francisco opened on this site from 1854-1874. When the U.S. Mint moved to a new building, it used this location to build a Sub-Treasury or branch location until 1915. This building (pictured here in the 1940s) is today a historic building on Commercial Street in San Francisco. Photo Credit: Library of Congress.
The mint started a quiet but important bidding process. It contacted various companies known for their ability to move money safely to submit bids and detailed security proposals for consideration. In the end, the mint chose to hire Wells Fargo & Company Express, because it presented a better and safer plan for the transfer of the money.
John Seymour led the operation for Wells Fargo. In 1905, Seymour became Wells Fargo's chief special officer and head of security after James Hume retired. For many years before, Seymour led the detective force for San Francisco and had been involved in solving most of the high-profile crimes of his time. From 1910 to 1911, Seymour left his role at Wells Fargo briefly when the city asked him to take the position of chief of police.
Seymour wasn't taking any chances, and he proposed a careful plan: Wells Fargo messengers would use an elevator to lower portable iron safes into the Sub-Treasury basement. In the basement, messengers would carefully fill and seal bags of coins. Twenty bags were then placed inside one portable safe, which Wells Fargo messengers locked, sealed again, and loaded onto a waiting motor truck or horse-drawn wagon. Each safe held about $2.4 million. Moving all of the safes holding the Sub-Treasury's money took 205 trips. Armed guards and mounted police officers escorted each trip.
A fleet of Wells Fargo trucks and wagons operating over several weeks moved the San Francisco Mint's gold and silver. Photo Credit: Wells Fargo Corporate Archives.
Importantly, Wells Fargo didn't try to move all of the money at the same time, since they realized that a parade of 205 wagons and trucks would raise unwanted attention. Instead, they planned smaller convoys of about six trucks and wagons. The move started on March 10, 1915, and ended on May 15, 1915. As important as the armed guards and iron safes, Wells Fargo created a sophisticated recording system that carefully tracked each individual bag. Everything went according to plan, and without the loss of a single coin.
A Treasury official asked the local newspapers not to publish any articles on the shipment until after it ended. The San Francisco Examiner declared in surprise and delight afterward that "Transfer of Money Accomplished without hitch and without attracting public notice" and that "aside from the presence of the mounted guards, there was nothing unusual about the Wells Fargo wagons."
Carefully and quietly, Wells Fargo delivered millions in coins for the mint in 1915. Today, Wells Fargo continues to innovate new security plans that work behind the scenes to protect customers' money.
This 1930s picture showing bags of coins stored at the San Francisco mint gives an idea of the scale of the shipment Wells Fargo moved for the mint in 1915. Photo Credit: National Archives.
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Gruden: "I'm sure Derrius will rehab it and get himself back."
The Washington Redskins suffered a jarring blow when rookie running back Derrius Guice was lost for the season because of a torn ACL sustained in Thursday's preseason opener against the New England Patriots.
Results of an MRI exam confirmed the severity of the injury to Guice, the Redskins' second-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.
Washington also announced Friday that tight end Manasseh Garner will miss the season after suffering a torn ACL in Thursday's game.
"Both players are expected to make a full recovery and are looking forward to playing in 2019," the team said in a statement.
Washington was expecting big things from Guice, who rushed for 1,251 yards and 11 touchdowns last season at LSU. He was even better as a sophomore, piling up 1,387 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns.
Guice made a quick cut-back to break into the open, spun away from one defender and then stiff-armed another would-be tackler, but he was slow to get up and hobbled to the sideline.
Following the game, the rookie downplayed the injury, saying, "I'm good," and, "All is well" in the locker room.
Redskins coach Jay Gruden was hoping for the best after Thursday's game while telling reporters that Guice was scheduled for an MRI exam.
"Hopefully, it's nothing, but if it is, I'm sure Derrius will rehab it and get himself back," said Gruden, who revealed that Guice had lobbied for a heavy workload entering his NFL debut. "He's a guy that doesn't like to carry the ball three times. He needs to carry the ball 15 times. He actually told me before the game, 'If you're going to give to me three times, don't even put me in.'"


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Q: Snappy sharing resources and updates I have 2 questions about snappy (which I absolutely love!) that I wanted to ask. I hope it's OK I am merging them into one thread :)

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My first example snap build is a java server I developed. I managed to create a snap that contains the jre, my server and the service startup. Everything works fine.
The snap file results in 106MB which is mainly java. I was wondering if there is a way to share the java installation between servers? So that my snap files become very small only containing specific code for my installation?
In my head this would sort of look like this:

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*Snap 1: A snap that contains the Java runtime and exposes java for others to use. I believe slots are used for that, but I am not 100% sure on that.

*Snap 2: Server A that only contains my jars and uses the java runtime of Snap 1.

*Snap 3: Like Snap 2 but with different jars.

I would have Snap 2 and 3 depend on Snap 1, so that if someone installs Snap 2, it would automatically install Snap 1. If Snap 1 is installed, it will skip that and simply use it?
I am not sure if this is supported or if this is even meant to work that way?

*Update mechanism.
I read that snappy supports transactional updates. I read that as "if the download or installation breaks, the update fails and the previous version will run as expeceted".
I wonder if the update is a append-update. I am having deployment environments that have limited connectivity, so it would be cool if the update worked in an rsync manner. E.g. the update starts downloading, gets to 20% and then the connectivity breaks. It retries after a while and once the connectivity is back up, it picks up where it left.
Is this something that is implemented/works?

A: Trying to answer your merged questions:
Question 1: This mecanism isn't available as of today (we may introduce one in the future, with the 3 separated snaps as you infer, but this isn't available now).
Another option you can seek if, if snap 2 and 3 are tightly coupled, you can have one snap containing the jvm, and your 2 services. Then, some configuration to choose what to start (service 1, service 2 or the two of them).
Question 2: This isn't the case nowdays, however, I encourage you to file a bug to request such a feature as a bug on launchpad.

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Lady Gaga's 'A Star Is Born' is a Box Office and Billboard hit
By Poppy Reid
Shout Poppy Reid a coffee
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's affecting love story remake A Star Is Born is a global box office hit.
The film is holding on in a similar fashion to blockbusters like Gone Girl and The Martian having just made $201.1 million at the global box office.
Over on the Billboard chart in the US, the A Star Is Born soundtrack has just notched its second week at #1. Featuring tracks like 'Shallow' and 'Maybe It's Time', the soundtrack earned 143,000 equivalent album units last week, down 38% from the week prior.
Stream the A Star Is Born soundtrack below:
The #1 is Lady Gaga's second album to take two weeks in the top spot, following in the footsteps of 2011's Born This Way. It also marks her fifth #1, with Gaga's other three LPs all topping the Billboard chart for a week.
Here in Australia, A Star Is Born sits at #3 on the ARIA chart, behind Eminem's Kamikaze and Paul Kelly's Nature, Kelly second #1 for the year.
ARIA Albums Chart (Oct 22, 2018)
As Rolling Stone points out, A Star Is Born was helped to #1 in the US for a second week by the fact that there were no major new releases to compete with.
Migos rapper Quavo's solo album Quavo Huncho hit #2 but the LP wasn't technically 'new' since it debuted at #66 in an abbreviated sales week on the last Billboard 200 and had an extra full week to rack up sales.
Time's Up draws a line under harassment in new workplace guide
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants to shut down Defqon.1 and the push for pill-testing


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Q: ORM for JSON Parsing in iOS Can anyone tell me how should i do JSON Parsing using ORM method? is there any third party library available for this?
Or any web link if you guys know.

A: The only solution for using the ORM method on iOS would be the SalesForce Mobile SDK.

The Salesforce Mobile SDK for iOS and Android has implemented an ORM layer called SmartStore abstraction to SQLite, which uses FMDB on iOS and SQLCipher on Android (modelVoice - Storing Data Offline).

That's the only way I've heard how to do it, and I've searched pretty extensively.
You can download the SalesForce SDK here.


Two first half goals in the space of three minutes from former Waterford player Daryl Kavanagh set St Pat's Athletic on their to qualify for FAI Ford Cup quarter finals at the RSC.
Both sides fielded teams weakened by either suspension or injury but the Premier Division side settled better.
The first chance came on eight minutes when Derek Doyle was sent away on the left by Kavanagh - he crossed to the back post where Anto Murphy headed back into the path of Shane McFaul but he headed high over the bar.
Kavanagh broke the deadlock on 17 minutes when he headed home from close range after Kevin Burns could only parry a powerful header from Evan McMillan.
The ball bobbled around in the six yard box before Kavanagh pounced. And the Carrick on Suir native doubled his side's advantage just three minutes later when he was put through by Anto Murphy and he calmly lifted the ball over the advancing Burns.
Waterford had two glorious chances to reduce the deficit within minutes and both fell to Dwayne Wilson. It was Paul Murphy who provided an excellent cross from the right to the back post and the unmarked Wilson could only head over the bar and seconds later he was put through on goal by Brian Nolan but he could only watch as his curling low effort skimmed outside the right upright.
St Pat's extended their lead just two minutes after the restart when Kenny Browne handled under pressure from Kavanagh and Stephen Bradley fired home from the resultant penalty kick.
Waterford's best effort came when Murphy tested Gary Rogers with a thirty five yard effort on fifty five minutes but the Pat's netminder made an outstanding full length dive to touch the ball away for a corner which was subsequently cleared.
Pat's continued to press forward and a minute later, Derek Pender crossed for Derek Doyle who should have done better but he blasted over.
With the game beyond doubt, Pat's moved into cruise mode and coasted into the next round with Kavanagh being voted Ford Man of the Match.


You can visit the Orlando Festival (incl. full board and lodging and concerts) from € 115,- p.p.
All visitors (with overnight stay) reside during the festival (8 – 18 August 2019) in the former abbey of Rolduc surrounded by beautiful gardens. All hotel rooms and rehearsal spaces are situated within the abbey complex.
All participants and visitors stay on the basis of full board and lodging. Everybody meets each other also during mealtimes and not only during lessons, rehearsals or concerts. This contributes greatly to the relaxing and unique Orlando atmosphere.
You are welcome at any master class or lesson taught to our numerous semi-professional and amateur ensembles. You can even be present at rehearsals by our musicians.
Save almost € 90 p.p. and choose a 5-day package!
Check out before 10.00 am on the day of departure.
Also without an overnight stay you are of course most welcome to visit the Orlando Festival.
The festival starts on Thursday August 8th in the afternoon. The lessons to our amateur ensembles, master class ensembles and lectures also start on this date. These can be visited until August the 17th. On the last festival day there will be no more activities at Rolduc.
During the festival on this website a schedule will be posted of the lesson schedule, enabling you to see who has a lesson at what time bu whom. You can also collect this schedule at Rolduc during the festival.
During the breaks the hotel bar will be open. Restaurant 'De Kannunik' serves lunch and dinner.


We have established and organized the largest single-center MPN-specific tissue bank and clinical database in the world. Tissue and blood samples from patients with myeloproliferative neoplasias are crucial for developing more effective treatments for MPN.
Samples collected before and during treatment can be used to understand prognosis and response to therapy. In addition, patient samples can be used for translational research to explore the underlying biology and pathophysiology of MPN or to test new medications specifically for MPN.
Currently, the tissue bank contains samples from more than 1,500 patients with an accompanying clinical database with corresponding clinical information.


Well, the idea isn't to populate every square inch of land. It would be nice to have some free space and wilderness.
Duh, what kind of question is that? When it implodes, you'll know. When the world cannot sustain itself any longer, you'll know. It won't be much longer.
It cant sustain us now. If it could we wouldn't be shipping produce & meat all over the globe. People dont starve if theres no overpopulation.
The problem with the whole overpopulation hysteria crowd is just that, it is hysteria based on lame hypotheticals that never come to pass. Paul Ehrlich has had his doomsday scenarios fail to materialize everytime , yet it has not stopped him from making up new ones and continue to beat the drum, now, Al the god of hellfire Gore, has joined the circus with a new twist and succeeded in convincing people that we are all going to die and soon if we do not adopt his radical leftist agenda to save the world! Bottom line is, if the big gas bag is correct and we do reach a population of 14 billion people, that will be about 267 people per square mile! About the same density of Pennsylvania!! Now ,since I am part Amish, I know for a fact, that there is still a LOT of forest's and farm lands in the great state of PA!! I hate crowds and dislike cities even more, but I'm telling you we got nothing to worry about and Americans need to relax and keep breeding!! Remember if we dont others will!!
If you really believe that, why don't you end your own life and do mother earth a favor?
That would be as meaningless and irrelevant as voting in the presidential election. Besides, if I continue to live, I can maybe persuade 5 or 10 people to kill themselves. Or become a serial killer or letter-bomber or brave soldier myself.
Yawn, tell me something NEW. I know all this, a lot of the world poverty is by choice. Look at Canada and USA. A lot of people who are in poverty chose it. So how does this affect overpopulation? most of the world is underpopulated. We are not talking poverty here but population.
you said in an above post that for every person that is born a person dies thats how much you know about the subjec!!!!!t the world population grows by 75 million people anually. by 2100 there will be like 13 billion people all the people of 2100 will be living in poverty thats when the birth rate equals the death rate and by then the earth will look like haiti. you beleave what you want to belave!!!!
The birth rate does not make poverty go up. Poverty makes the birth rate go up. The poverty comes first, and then people need to bear lots of children, to have a few who will survive long enough to take care of the family when the parents can no longer provide.
Genocide in Rwanda killed a large percentage of the people, and guess what---it still remained poor. Making all those people disappear did absolutely nothing to raise the economy of the country.
Oh, no -- while war is a constant in human history, disease is what killed most of us off until the introduction of anitbiotics. Remember, WWI (1914-1918) killed about 11 million people -- the Spanish Flu epidemic killed close to 100 million in a few MONTHS, not even the whole year of 1918. The Plague killed off nearly half the entire world's population in a single outbreak that lasted less than 10 years.
Now, with antibiotics, it gets more interesting. Only African countries will be able to produce AIDS-immune individuals, because they are swimming in HIV rather than protected by condoms, protease inhibitors and good public health measures. And at that point the rest of us may be truly fcrewed. While they are being brutally trimmed back in numbers to the few people with some resistance to the virus, we are overdosing on antibiotics and creating new killers like MRSA and drug-resistant syphilis. Yay us! Bring on the Grim Reaper!
for the record, most demographic analyzers believe the world will peak at just around 9 billion people around the year 2050, then it will go into decline.
Indeed, the population of the world does increase about 75 million people a year, but the percentage growth rate of the world has slowed down significantly over the past 50 years. The 75 million a year increase we see today is a big drop from the 90 million a year the world was seeing in the early 90s.


Do you want to do your bit for the environment in élan and style but not compromise on speed? If gold is too over the top, or you don't really live in Japan, then turn to the "Blacktrail", an electric bike with a German twist. Manufactured by the German bicycle company PG Bikes, the Blacktrail is powered by a CM 48V lithium-ion battery pack, in the engine which ensures zero-emission. What this means is that you can take your bike for a 200km long ride at speeds of 100kph in a single charge of 150 minutes.
The bike is not just the fastest in the world is also quite light and sturdy as it's crafted out of carbon, magnesium and titanium. While the 19.8kgs of the bike might not be heavy to carry, the edition limited to 667 bikes comes at a pocket heavy $77,000.


The incident happened in the Opera district in central Paris.
One person has been killed and several injured in a knife attack in Paris, French media say.
The attacker - who has not been identified - is reported to have been shot dead by police, the BBC reports.
Eyewitnesses spoke of panic, describing people rushing back into restaurants and cafes from the streets. The motive for the attack was not immediately known.
Eyewitnesses say police officers first tried to taser the attacker - but then fired two shots after this failed to stop the assailant, France24 reports.


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1980 Cheap Trick – Voices (US: #32)
Jai Winding, Rick Nielsen, Steve Lukather
"Voices" is a song written by Rick Nielsen and recorded by American rock band Cheap Trick which appeared on the album Dream Police. The single was released in 1979 and peaked at number 32 in the US. The single has become one of the band's more widely known tracks.
The song was originally recorded with Cheap Trick bass guitar player Tom Petersson singing the lead vocal, but it was later rerecorded for the Dream Police album with Cheap Trick's usual lead vocalist, Robin Zander, singing the lead. On the released track, Petersson and Nielsen provide back up vocals. The song is unusual for Cheap Trick in that six or seven vocal tracks are layered in, making it impossible to replicate the sound on the album in live concerts. Steve Lukather of the band Toto plays lead and acoustic guitar on the version of the song on Dream Police, but is uncredited.
Prior to its release on Dream Police, "Voices", backed by "Surrender", was released as a single in the UK as a promotion for the upcoming album. However, when the album release was delayed, the single was quickly pulled. When Dream Police was finally on the verge of being released, Arnold Levine directed a promotional film of the band featuring "Voices" and two other songs from the album, "Dream Police" and "Way of the World".
Subsequent to its original release on Dream Police, "Voices" has appeared on several Cheap Trick compilation albums, including The Greatest Hits, The Essential Cheap Trick, Collections, Playlist: The Very Best of Cheap Trick and The Music of Cheap Trick and the box set Sex, America, Cheap Trick. A number of live versions have also been released. A performance from August 28, 1999 at Davis Park in Rockford, Illinois was released on Silver. A 2008 performance at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo was released on the DVD in the 30th anniversary edition Cheap Trick at Budokan. In 1980, Zander and Nielsen performed the song during an appearance on the television show Kids Are People Too.
Dream Police is a 1979 studio album by Cheap Trick. It was their fourth studio release, and third in a row produced by Tom Werman. It is the band's most commercially successful studio album, going to No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chartand being certified platinum within a few months of its release. Dream Police […]
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One of my favourite festive films is The Santa Clause. It's a fun film centring around family with a sprinkling of magic, which is what I hope The Mince Pie Mix-Up is too, so I decided to take inspiration from the film when naming my characters. Most of the names – even down to Miller the dog - were inspired by The Santa Clause films.
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Ilaria del Carretto's tomb | Visit Tuscany
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Ilaria del Carretto's tomb
This masterpiece by Jacopo della Quercia is kept in San Martino Cathedral in the walled city of Lucca
From "Slowtuscany": Stories about Tuscany by Damiano Andrei
Translation by: Andrea Brown, Giovanna Novelli, Munmun Gosh
On our journey through Tuscany we never stopped in Lucca. This city would be worth a series of mentions only for its centuries-old history, extraordinary artistic and architectural treasures and delightful aristocratic gardens. That's why I apologize to those who visited Lucca and loved it more than any other Tuscan city. We could even say that Lucca can be thought of as an atypical Tuscan city; Lucca is just Lucca. We discover this city at the feet of three mountains which protect it as if it were a treasure chest; Mount Pisano, the Apuanian Alps, and Mount Barbona provide 4,000 meters of white marble and Verrucano stone. Despite the protection given by these mountains from the rest of Tuscany, Lucca in 16th century was provided with an imposing circle of powerful and impregnable walls.
San Martino Cathedral in Lucca- Credit: PapaPiper
Due to its protection, its one hundred churches and elegant palaces could remain safe for many centuries, even to the point that the Grand duchy of Tuscany in Florence was never able to include Lucca amongst its territories. It often came to mind that perhaps this defence and isolation was concealing a treasure, perhaps a treasure hidden somewhere in the city that's looked over by all its inhabitants. Some years ago, I entered the Cathedral and I found a tomb with a name, a time, two clasped hands with long thin fingers, a serene face, smooth and clear skin and a luminous mantle and a couch adorned with silk cushions and velvet clothes.
Ilaria del Carretto
The reclining statue, with half-open eyes and a choir of angels all around her to sing her to sleep, is of Ilaria del Carretto, the daughter of the Marquesses of Savona, who after reaching Lucca in 1403, coming from closeby Liguria, married her 17 year-old daughter to Paolo Guinigi, lord of the Lucca. Their marriage was then followed by the birth of their first-born Ladislao. Only two years later, on 8th December 1405, Ilaria died during her second childbirth. Paolo believed that the young beauty of Ilaria deserved the same honor reserved to a queen or to a saint; therefore he decided to transform her beauty into a sculpture. By employing Jacopo della Quercia - a sculptor whose art was known for its fine and gentle expressions as well its classical and solemn execution - he finalised his love for her forever in this marble representation.
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90210- Week 4: Condon-Nation
Another painful night as the new 90210 drifts further away from the original show. We got a healthy dose of Brenda and about a minute of Kelly and that was it. Have we seen the last of Nat?
Tonight's episode was a rollercoaster ride for Annie. First she gets her big break when Adrianna is kicked out of the school play because she's "using". I'm not exactly sure what Adrianna is using, but it sure ain't good judgment. Since Annie is the only one who knows the lead part, she steps into the spotlight opposite her latest flame, Ty.
I'm not sure what show they were actually putting on, but it looked like a lot like Newsies, judging from the costume that Ty was wearing. But the big news was that there was an after-party at the Roosevelt Hotel that night and Ty had plans to deliver something more than a paper to Annie's doorstep of love. This had her father very worried. After all, he used to have the same paper route as Ty.
As I said, Annie's big break happens because Adrianna is all f-ed up fifteen minutes before show time. You see, Adrianna's got it tough because she has an overbearing mother that pushes her into show business, which in itself is a cruel and thankless industry. Her rough life has pushed her to stealing and substance abuse. So she is the show's tragic figure… pretty much the new Emily Valentine.
Brenda had sensed the turmoil in Adrianna's life and tries to help, almost like a Guardian Angel. First she plays a witch in Charmed, now this… it just shows Shannen Doherty's incredible acting range. She's like De Niro with nice boobs and uneven eyes. But not even Brenda Walsh can stop Adrianna's tailspin.
So Brenda, with the help of her stage manager Silver, decides that Adrianna is unfit to perform and they turn to Annie instead. Not the hit Broadway musical; the girl in the chorus. It turns out that just about everyone in the gang is involved with this play. Silver is suddenly the stage manager and Blandon is working the lights. Last week he was too busy for school and lacrosse with his new job at the Peach Pit. Somehow in a week he has found the time to work the lighting for a play that he has never even attended a rehearsal for.
Here's where things go down hill for Annie. After the play, she asks Blandon if she can have the condom he always carries in his wallet. It's pretty much a bad luck charm because he's been carrying it for four years. (He's supposed to be sixteen years old, so he's had this rubber since he was twelve.) She is ready to give it up to Ty, but Ethan bumps into her with a bouquet of flowers and discovers the rubber. He's now the second man, along with Dad, alarmed by the possibility of Annie "Tying" one on at the party.
But a vengeful Adrianna beats Annie to Ty's hotel room and stages it so that it appears she has stolen the stage from Annie in Ty's bedroom. Annie leaves in tears, along with the cursed condom. Meanwhile, Silver and Blandon are getting jiggy with it until Blandon realizes that he has no protection because he gave away his lucky prophylactic. But Silver had no intention of letting him explore her mine anyway.
There was also a subplot about Naomi's MILF mother kicking her cheating husband out and filing for divorce, but not before they have angry parent sex. It was comical.
That's about it for this week. I don't know how much more of this show I can take.
Tata for now.
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90210- Week 3: You Dropped a Bomb on Me
First of all, I got in late and missed the first few minutes of 90210. Secondly, I kept flicking over to the Red Sox game. Thirdly, I may have had a scotch or three after work. So my head was not really in it tonight.
It hit me tonight that watching the new 90210 is kind of like watching a movie on Cinemax after 11:30 pm. I only really care about a few scenes and the rest is filler. With 90210, it's all about the old cast. With Cinemax it's… well, you can figure that out for yourself. Tonight was a perfect example of this. Out of a one hour show, there were pretty much only two or three scenes that I really needed to see.
First was the bomb that Brenda dropped on us about the father of Kelly's child. I figured they'd milk this one all season until we got a big reveal and a guest appearance during sweeps week. They teased us early in the show tonight, when awkward Ryan asked Brenda about it. We get another vague tidbit about the father traveling the world, helping people. But then, when Kelly is bitching to Brenda about that very conversation, Brenda let's the cat out of the bag. Kelly is still in love with Dylan. So I guess the little guy is a McKay.
That's it? That's the big reveal? I was hoping for a "Luke, I'm your father" like roar, but instead all I got is an "Um, Luke Perry is your father" whimper.
I really hope the kid grows out his sideburns over the next few episodes and starts acting like his dad. Maybe those mobsters who killed his grandfather father will kidnap him and Dylan will have to return to save him from another exploding car… or exploding Big Wheel.
With that big question out of the way, I'm not sure where they go from here. Doe anyone really want to see Kelly with awkward Ryan? Would anyone want to actually date this guy? All he does is ask questions about the status of the relationship. He never stops, kind of like the Energizer Bunny. He's both awkward and annoying. If he was a battery, he'd be Double A. And that just might be his new nickname.
The other thing of note tonight was Joe E. Tata's most significant screen time since the start of the new show. Dixon needs money so he applies for and gets a job from Nat at the Peach Pit. If you any doubts about him being Blandon, I rest my case. Alas, times have changed at The Pit and the classic bowling shirt uniform is no more. It's been replaced by a lame t-shirt. (Who am I kidding? I'll end up scouring the internet in search of one.)
I wish they had explained the new look of The Peach Pit a bit more like Happy Days did when they remodeled Arnold's. On Happy Days, Arnold's is accidentally burnt down by Chachi. Couldn't the 90210 people come up with a similar scenario? Maybe Brenda accidentally starts a grease fire during an encore performance as Lavern the Waitress?
Speaking of Brenda, Ms. Walsh was busy this week. Somehow, before I tuned in, Grandma Tabitha had ended up in charge of the musical that Annie is starring in, and Brenda is brought in to the rescue. Jessica Walter's performance made me miss Arrested Development so much. She is wonderful. Her overbearing directing reaches a crescendo when she grabs a mic and starts kicking out the jams on that song we've been hearing the group rehearse for the past few weeks. Brenda video tapes the rehearsal and Grandma is able to see what a pain in the ass she's being. She gracefully steps down and hands the reins over to Brenda.
Meanwhile, Blandon is burning the candle at both ends with school and shifts at The Pit. There are also some sparks between Silver and him. Silver pretty much asks herself out for him, making her worth her weight in gold. Eventually Blandon's grades start to suffer because of his hours and his father steps in to help him out. I was really hoping Nat would bail him out, like he did when Brandon had the gambling problem.
Some other stuff happened tonight with the other characters, but it's getting late so it will have to wait.
Okay, I'll admit it… I gotta go see what's on Cinemax.
PS- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia starts back up on Thursday. It's my favorite show and I highly recommend it.
90210 Week 2: Double Stuff
Tonight was round two of the new 90210. Or I guess round three, since they showed two episodes last week. Thankfully, we only had to deal with one hour tonight. I don't know if I could handle anymore drama.
As I said last week, I primarily tune in to see what's going to happen with the old characters, and tonight there was a whole lot of cookie before they finally got to the cream filling that is Kelly Taylor's drunk mother. No Brenda and no Nat tonight. Oh well. That's the way the cookie crumbles, I guess.
Calling the rest of this show a cookie is actually a bit inaccurate, because these new characters are pretty hard to swallow. First of all, these supposed sixteen year olds act more like they are in their mid-twenties; hanging out in bars and going to see bands. Meanwhile the parents on the show actually act more like real sixteen year olds; going bowling and eating French fries.
But older actors playing younger characters is a staple on 90210, going back to Dylan McKay and Andrea Zuckerman, so I will let it pass. Hell, if I had realized they were going to cast older people in younger roles, I would have auditioned for the part of Jennie Garth's four year old son. That kid got to lie in bed between Silver and Kelly. I'd love to be the cream filling in that Oreo.
Speaking of Silver, if you caught the premiere of True Blood, that new vampire show on HBO, did you notice her in the opening scene? She's the girl in the car that gives her boyfriend a "hand" before they encounter a bloodsucker in a convenience store. (The scene is on You Tube, just look up Jessica Stroup.)
Ironically, the theme of tonight's show was basically that parents suck. They drink, they cheat and worst of all they force you to go bowling. The Wilson parents announce that their Kansas tradition of family night will continue in Beverly Hills in the form of bowling on a Friday night, much to the chagrin of Mini-Bren and Blandon. (That's Annie and Dixon; the early-Brenda clone and the black Brandon.)
The rest of the gang end up at the alleys, including Ethan, who now has a thing for Mini-Bren. In the most realistic moment of the show, Ethan checks out her ass while she's bowling. Let's face it, that's pretty much the main reason why guys go bowling with girls. However, Mini-Bren has a date with Clark Kent… I mean Ty. He looks a lot like the dude from Smallville, doesn't he? Does this make Ethan the Lex Luthor of Beverly Hills? If he shaves his head and starts collecting Kryptonite, this show just may start holding my interest.
Meanwhile, Naomi, the oldest sixteen year old of them all, is denied a trip to Vegas by her father, but is given a new SUV to make up for it. When she decides to thank her father by surprising him with some late night dinner at his office, she finds he's already got a hot little side dish. This makes Naomi all sad and she goes off crying into the arms of Lex Luthor, because he is super, man.
Throughout the show, Silver keeps trying to find ways to avoid going home. She's also the only kid who seems to enjoy bowling with strong parental figures. That's because she has a drunk and abusive mother waiting for her at home. At the end of the night, Dixon spots her sleeping in her car and that leads to the rest of the gang learning of her domestic plight. Now, was it just me, or did the rest of you get a slight OJ Simpson vibe in that scene when Dixon is taking out the trash? Sneaking around in a dark walkway by a gate in Beverly Hills… does Dixon drive a white Bronco?
Once Kelly finds out that her mother Jackie is abusing Silver along with the bottle, she puts her budding romance with awkward Ryan on hold. No time for love, she's too busy saving Silver, man.
Jackie and Kelly play tug of war with Silver, and finally Jackie kicks Silver out of the house. Now Silver can go live with Kelly. This will hopefully enable the writers to recycle plot lines from Jennie Garth's last show What I Like About You, where she shared an apartment with her younger sister, Amanda Bynes.
Of course, the moment of truth in the war or the Taylor's was when Jackie demeans Kelly by bringing up her son and the missing mystery father. We get more clues tonight. He's a guy from high school that she used to have a thing with. Dylan, Brandon? I don't know, his hair looks a lot like Steve Sanders'. Personally, I suspect the father is Muntz, Steve's wacky frat brother. But what do I know?
Next week Brenda is back and Dixon brutally murders Naomi and Ethan. He flees in Naomi's new white SUV in a low speed chase down the 405 while Silver finds a bloody glove by the pool house and posts a new video blog about it, compromising the blood evidence. Meanwhile, Marcia Clark blows off a date with Mark Fuhrman and hooks up with Judge Ito.
It's just another night in Beverly Hills.
90210- Same Zip Code, Empty Mailbox
The great poet Jon Bon Jovi once asked, "Who says you can't go home?"
I'll tell you who says that Mr. Jovi. I do. You can't go home again. At least not in Beverly Hills.
Tonight marked the premiere of next generation of 90210 and the first words uttered by any character were those of Dixon Wilson. He said "This sucks." I've got to hand it to Dixon; he called it right off the bat.
Dixon was referring to his family's move to Beverly Hills from Kansas, but he might as well have been talking about this new show.
Sure, it was entertaining for a while. There were enough references to the old show, as well as the anticipation of cameos to hold my interest for a while. (Best reference, Andrea Zuckerman's daughter being described as looking thirty.) Then the show just kept going. It seemed like the longest hour of my life… until I realized to my horror that this was a two hour special and I had another 45 minutes to go.
Maybe the problem is really more with me and not the show. This is just another CW teen drama, with the 90210 label slapped on for branding. Name recognition goes a long way in attracting an audience. Just look at all the variations of CSI. The show I really want to see is simply the original 90210 cast eight years later, and not these new, cookie cutter characters. I'm not going to get that, so I've got to settle for a few minutes of Kelly, Brenda and Nat sprinkled in around a show that seems to be the inbred love-child of Saved By the Bell and The Hills.
So let's talk about the old "90210ers" that showed up tonight, since that's what we all really care about. Kelly Taylor was the most prominent character from the original show, but Jennie Garth was billed as a guest star, so who knows how long she'll be around. Kelly is now a guidance counselor at West Beverly High. Kelly was, among other things, a coke addict, a rape victim, in a cult and had an eating disorder. She also did very well on Dancing with the Stars, so she's certainly ready for anything these kids can throw at her.
We last saw Kelly in 2000, at Donna and David Silver's wedding, where she had reconnected with her soul-mate, Dylan McKay. There's no sign of Dylan, but we learn that Kelly has a 4 ½ year old son, but we don't know who the little bastard's father is. They hint that it could be the spawn of Brandon Walsh, but I'm sure they will be throwing red herrings at us all season before we learn the truth.
Seeing Kelly Taylor made me think of the abrupt, open-ended finale of The Sopranos. We don't know if Tony was whacked or if he lives. It's up to our imagination… unless they decide to do a Sopranos movie. If that happens, then we know Tony lived and the power of that ending will be lost. When the original 90210 ended we all assumed that Kelly and Dylan ended up together, but now that's out the window and Kelly's story continues. It's just smooshed into a few spare minutes in-between the new characters' drama.
Speaking of someone who was just squeezed into the show, my main man Nat made a brief appearance wrestling with a cappuccino machine in the new, fancier Peach Pit. Nat is also on hand for the main event of the evening, the arrival of Brenda Walsh. I have to admit, when I heard Shannen Doherty utter the words "Mega-Burger", it was the most orgasmic moment of the entire night for me.
Kelly and Brenda hug out their differences and before you know it, Brenda is acting as Kelly's wingman when she volunteers to baby sit so that Kelly can go on a date with the young and awkward teacher, Ryan Matthews. Maybe he will turn out to be a bad guy and hook her on drugs, try to rape her or maybe just never take her dancing.
As for the new cast we have a girl who could be Mischa Barton's stunt double as Anne, the lead girl, and her adopted brother Dixon, who happens to be black. (Oh, the plot possibilities. Anyone else getting Jungle Fever?)
Their father is Rob Estes, who I remember from the classic show Silk Stalkings, which was the USA network's soft porn cop show. As Harry Wilson, he has a much larger role than Brenda and Brandon's father did in the original. He's the school principal, so he's sort of a hybrid of Mike Brady and Mr. Belding.
The other new character of note is the Wilson's grandmother, who is the wacky Grandpa Munster or Uncle Fester-like figure. She's played by the woman who was the mother on Arrested Development, and she practically plays the same character, right down to the ever-present drink in her hand.
We also meet "Silver", who is the grown-up baby sister of Kelly and David. She has a web site that makes fun of people at West Beverly. I gotta make me one of those. Silver hints at the drama that is to come from the Taylor-Silver family. As we see in the previews for next week, Kelly's mom is crashing the party. More original show characters… that's more like it.
Okay, time to wrap this up, it's getting late. The original 90210 was a unique and beloved show because it was so corny, predictable, ridiculous and fun. It somehow managed to suck you in and before you knew it, you were hooked. I'm betting this new version will not so much suck you in, as it will simply suck. I guess we'll have to give it a few more episodes to see if Dixon was right.
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New City star Sam McCallum owes career progression to Foxes striker Jamie Vardy
Published: 7:00 PM February 3, 2020 Updated: 7:08 PM November 22, 2020
City's development of top talent was a decisive factor in McCallum's move. Picture: Norwich City FC - Credit: Jason Dawson
Sam McCallum's journey into the professional game has been less than conventional.
A surge from the depths of non-league has culminated with the 19-year-old penning a four-and-a-half year deal with Norwich City on deadline day.
Eighteen months ago, the left-back doubted whether his dreams would become tangible whilst operating for eighth tier side Herne Bay.
After being released from the Gillingham youth set-up, McCallum decided to commit himself to the Kent-based non-league outfit and didn't make his senior debut for them until 2017.
It was his performances for England schoolboys that helped propel him up the ladder however, with McCallum's coach recommending him to the Jamie Vardy academy, a vehicle for non-league players to display their talents to professional clubs.
I just want to say a massive congratulations to @V9Academy graduate @Sam_McCallum15 who has signed for Norwich.
I'm delighted to see a player come through our academy and make it into the Premier League! We're very proud of you Sam! #v9academy pic.twitter.com/iWBzGgrwi6
— Jamie Vardy (@vardy7) February 1, 2020
Vardy's academy prompted Coventry City to sign the youngster, something his father described as being like a 'dream'.
John Warden, McCallum's father, recalls an experience with City's new addition when he was aged just four.
10 Norwich loan has 'ticked every box' for Ben Gibson
"Sam hit a half-volley right into my hands. I thought then that was very unusual. He struck it so well and his timing was spot on," Warden describes to Herne Bay's official website.
"We're pinching ourselves because he's always said he's wanted to be a footballer and lo and behold he is one now. He's realised that dream."
Sam McCallum tries to put the brakes on Ipswich's Gwion Edwards Picture: Steve Waller - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
McCallum hasn't looked back since joining the Sky Blues and has established himself as a major protagonist as Mark Robins' men continue their push for promotion.
Dean Tucker, head of recruitment and project leader for the V9 academy, helped the 19-year-old secure his move to Coventry.
With Vardy's academy in jeopardy due to a lack of financial support, Tucker is hoping McCallum's story could help keep Vardy's project afloat.
"We are hoping that with Sam's story supporters will come forward and help it. With that support, there is the hope that we will get going again in 2021."
McCallum has been a major part of the Sky Blues squad this season. Picture: Steve Waller - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller
Leicester City striker Vardy added: "We would like to keep providing this platform for non-league players and hopefully somebody out there will show some interest in supporting V9."
'It's difficult, but it's a nice difficulty' - ex-City man's verdict on...


Billings Symphony Presents "Symphony In The Park"
Join us for the 46th annual Symphony in the Park! The largest concert, and most visible component of Explore Music!, wraps up another season and introduces many to live, symphonic music. This is a favorite Billings tradition-bring your blanket or lawn chair and relax to an evening of music under out big Montana sky while enjoying picnic fare from participating food sponsors.
Mr. Menzel will return to the Interlochen Flute Institute as a teaching assistant to Nancy Stagnitta, Paula Robison, and Judith Mendenhall.
Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale Present "Carmen."
The Symphony season comes to a close with a semi-staged presentation of Carmen. See for yourself why this is the world's most beloved opera. A first for the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale.
Tyler will join the Billings Symphony, once again as principal flutist with special guest pianist Brian Ganz, as we return to the revolutionary ideas of classical and romantic composers George Handel, Joseph Haydn, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Brian Ganz is a world-renowned pianist who has gained the utmost respect from the around the globe. Ganz will be performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, and Handel's Concerto Grosso Opus 3.
Tyler will join the Billings Symphony orchestra, once again as principal flute for a night with the Grand Rapid Ballet Company to bring to life Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and a medley of George Gershwin's greatest hits! Don't miss out on this spectacular show!
Opera Saratoga Presents "The Long Walk"
Opera Saratoga presents La Cenerentola.
Opening night of La Cenerentola with Opera Saratoga.
Tyler will be playing principal flute with the Juilliard Orchestra in their final concert of the year featuring Strauss' Don Juan, Op. 20 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 conducted by Alan Gilbert.
For more information and/or to purcahse tickets, click HERE.
The Vocal Flute will be given as Tyler's graduation recital at The Juilliard School.
The recital will take place in Juilliard's Paul Hall on the main floor of the building.
The program will feature works by J.S. Bach, Schubert, Taffanel, Takemitsu and Crumb.
Tyler returns as an alumnus of the Interlochen Arts Academy to give a talk on practicing and the realities of being a student at a college-conservatory program in hopes of entering into a career in the arts.
Tyler will be joining the Montana Flute Association as a guest performer and presenter at the Montana Flute Festival.
Tyler will be playing principal flute, as well as second and piccolo on this program featuring concertized opera scenes of Berlioz, Donizetti, Mozart and Stravinsky.
Great Falls Symphony - "Season Opener" with Linda Wang.
Tyler will be joining the Great Falls Symphony as guest principal flutist for the orchestra's season opener, featuring violinist Linda Wang.
Tyler will play principal flute on the first half of the concert featuring conductor Nicholas McGegan and flute soloist TBD in a program of Britten, Ibert and Elgar.
Tyler will be performing Reinecke's Flute Concerto, Op. 283 as soloist with the American Academy of Conducting Orchestra at the Aspen Music Festival in the Benedict Music Tent.


It is nearly November now, the time of year that golf courses morph from incubators of performance anxiety populated by the angriest white people on Earth into the serene nature retreats they were initially designed to be. In places that experience all four seasons, an autumnal morning walk through a golf course is about as peaceful a ritual as you can imagine, a perfect combination of natural and manmade beauty. That is, unless you happen upon Glenn Berger in full scuba gear, drag netting the water hazards for abandoned golf balls in a bid to perfect the world's least interesting hustle.
Berger says he's made $15 Million selling waterlogged golf balls back to the courses that technically already owned them in the first place. USA Today wonders whether that could possibly check out mathematically, and it's a fair question indeed. "I really enjoy what I do," Berger says, though, and God help him if he didn't.


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Dead by Daylight (DBD) Trickster voice lines
The Dead by Daylight game is a constant struggle between the killers and the survivors. While survivors try to make their way through the map, killers are always on the chase. One such killer in the game is Trickster or Ji-Woon Hak. Trickster is a killer in the game that is hungry for the chase of killing. Trickster is a male character with a nationality of South Korea. The power of the killer is Showstopper. Trickster carries a Polished Head-smasher and has a special attack on his side. Moreover, the killer has a ranged attack type and can unleash a flurry of blades with the help of his power, the Showstopper. The voice lines of the trickster in Dead by Daylight are intense and scary. If you are also wondering what all the voice lines of Trickster in Dead by Daylight (DBD) are, go through the end of this article.
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There are different situations in which Trickster has something unique to say. Every situation occurs in the game at a different time or by a different action. Since the origin of Trickster traces back to South Korea, it is a bit complex to translate what he's saying due to the background noise and his exotic accent at times. However, we have still taken different situations and tried to translate what the Trickster might be saying. The original intent of his speech may be a little bit different but this is the best we can do as of now. Until any official voice line translation of Trickster comes, these are the things he might be saying in different situations.
Situation 1) When the Trickster reloads his knives, he says either of these two things-
1) "좋아서 (Johaseo)" which means "Since it's nice" in English.
2) "이걸래 (Igeoya)" has a translation that roughly means, "This is it."
3) "그래 이고야" (guerae goya) which can mean "Yes, I go" or "Yes, I'll kill you," depending upon the context.
Situation 2) When the Trickster finds a survivor in the locker, he says either of these two things-
1) 예쁘네~ (Yebbeune) which translates to "You're Beautiful~"
2) 찾았다!" (Chajatda) which translates to "Found you!"
2) In one of the recent updates, Trickster says "Let's be together until we die!" to the survivor.
Situation 3) When the Trickster hooks a survivor, he says-
1) 좋아 (Joha) which translates to "Nice."
Situation 4) When Trickster is hunting down a survivor, he says-
1) 그래 이거야 (Geurae Igeoya) which translates to "Alright, this is it."
Situation 5) When the Trickster gets stunned, you will hear him say-
1) 아이씨 (Sissi) which translates to "Damn"
2) 짜증나! (Jjajeungna) which means "How annoying"
3) "진자" (jinja) which translates to "Really?"
4) Trickster also happens to use some phrases cursing the survivor who stuns him.
Situation 6) Whenever the Trickster starts a Mori, you will hear him say-
1) 간다! (Ganda) which means "Go!", "Let's go!", or "Are you going?" depending upon the context.
Situation 7) When Trickster ends his Mori, he says-
1) 감사합니다 (Gamsahabnida) which translates to "Thank you."
Situation 8) When Trickster hooks a survivor, these are the words he says afterward-
1) "좋았어!" (Johatseo) which translates to "Nice."
So, these are the lines of Trickster with a rough translation from the Korean language. However, these lines are enough to give you an idea of the personality of the Trickster in Dead By Daylight. To know about more interesting information like this on games and tech, do not forget to visit Androidgram.
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Hamelin and the Juilliard String Quartet's happy collaboration conveyed a powerful overall message
"A master of exquisite tone as a soloist, Hamelin employed a delicate touch to create a sound that slid smoothly into the textures of the strings while maintaining clarity and his characteristically beautiful tone."
– Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin delivers technically brilliant, ego-free recital
"With Hamelin, what you get is different — a sober-suited, professorial demeanor at the keyboard, with a riveting focus on the music...In Hamelin's hands, the 'Appassionata' sounded new-minted and vital. He has the rare ability to sound like he is improvising music on the spot, like the ink is still drying on the composer's manuscript. The explosive contrasts of dynamic in the opening movement had the shock of the new about them, forcefully suggesting a composer searching out new possibilities of emotional expression."
– Terry Blain, Star Tribune
Hamelin, and Dancing Rhinos!
"The last movement [of Beethoven's Appassionata] was, in a word, thrilling. How could Hamelin articulate those mini-arcs of sound with such color, speed and clarity, micro-cushions of time between each note? Mini-arcs became waves, then avalanches of controlled sound, with a tense ebb and flow (drama unfolding) up to an even more exhilarating Presto coda. Amazing stuff!""
– Jim McDonald, The Boston Musical Intelligencer
A Grand Slam match
of crack pianists
"Two-piano recitals have become increasingly virtuosic. You're not going to hear it done at a higher level than the Strathmore audience got on Monday night, when the pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-Andre Hamelin, each a draw in his own right, brought their two-piano show, a highlight of the season at several venues around the country, to Washington Performing Arts....Andsnes and Hamelin offered the equivalent of a Grand Slam tennis match – not in the sense of a rivalry, but in the sense of a meeting of two champions at the top of their game, each pushing the other to do their best."
– Anne Midgette, The Washington Post
Andsnes and Hamelin
make a most compelling piano duo
"The judiciously balanced Hamelin and Andsnes struck sparks off one another to produce an astonishingly clean yet tremendously exciting performance...Naturally the auditorium exploded into a resounding standing O."
– John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune
Review: 2 superpowers of the piano join for Seattle recital
"Both artists [Marc-André Hamelin and Leif Ove Andsnes] are at the top of their field… together they make an imposingly unified team... The duo's conclusion, "The Rite of Spring," was a knockout: the simplicity of the two introductory sections, the elemental power of the explosive accents, and the rhythmic excitement of two keyboard superpowers bringing this great score to vivid life."
– Melinda Bargreen, The Seattle Times
"Hamelin's legend will grow – right now there is no one like him."
The mesmerizing partnership of Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin at Wigmore
"Andsnes and Hamelin illuminated Debussy's textures with great finesse, drawing out the work's many allusions, quotations and distant gunfire... The Wigmore audience erupted at the end."
– Harriet Smith, The Financial Times
Leif Ove Andsnes/Marc-André Hamelin review – irresistible power and superb team
"Andsnes and Hamelin's performance had the irresistible power and momentum of a juggernaut."
– Erica Jeal, The Guardian
Oregon Symphony, Nicholas Carter, and Marc-André Hamelin collaborate in an exhilarating ride from the heroic to the monumental
"Hamelin was irresistible, sweeping Mr. Carter and the orchestra along with him to the crashing, triumphant coda, at which the audience rose in a shouting, standing ovation. It was easy to imagine this performance on an equal footing with Rachmaninov's own favorite, when he played the concerto in 1909 with the New York Symphonic Society under no less a musician than Gustav Mahler."
– Terry Ross, Oregon Artswatch
Hamelin honored with heroic embrace at SummerFest
"Hamelin is that Superpianoman. No scale is too quick, no fingering too contorted, no counterpoint too dense to deter him. His colossal performances of Alkan and Godowsky have probably done more than any other pianist today to resurrect their music. Hamelin's prodigious pianism and probing musicality came to Sherwood Auditorium Wednesday evening... It was a heroic journey, and at its quiet conclusion, Hamelin was given a hero's celebration by the audience."
– Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union Tribune
Album Review: Debussy and Franck with TakAcs Quartet
"Marc-André Hamelin has made a number of outstanding recordings, yet his playing in Franck's Quintet is in a class apart, captured in sound of almost tactile presence. There are occasions – as in the Molto moderato opening section – when he appears to be merely breathing on the keys, shaping phrases with acute sensitivity to mood and atmosphere."
– Julian Haylock, The Strad
"Known for a technical finesse that borders on the supernatural."
— The Seattle Times
Two Piano Virtuosos Reveal Very Different Musical Sensibilities
"In everything he revealed himself to be a musician's musician, a virtuoso in the most comprehensive sense of the word... With his own pieces — "Pavane variee" and Variations on a Theme of Paganini — Hamelin was, in a sense, channeling the heroic feats virtuoso pianists of earlier generations achieved in their own music. Both works — the first based on a French Renaissance dance, the second on Paganini's famous (infamous?) solo violin Caprice No. 24 — are of transcendental difficulty. They gave his phenomenal technical and pianistic arsenal a grueling workout, and the results were jaw-dropping."
– John von Rhein, The Chicago Tribune
Emotional Depths: Hamelin, Jurowski and the LPO in Rachmaninov and Zemlinsky
"Above all, this was a profoundly musical interpretation, one in which the listener was able to marvel at the sheer detail of Rachmaninov's compositional magic while revelling in the virtuosic ease that Hamelin brought to it."
– Matthew Rye, BachTrack
Marc-André Hamelin Gradually Ups the Ante at Carnegie Hall
"The esteemed pianist Marc-André Hamelin opened his Carnegie Hall recital on Wednesday evening, after a hero's welcome from the audience, with Mozart's unassuming Sonata in C (K. 545)... Mr. Hamelin, having spent much of his early career exploring pianistic showpieces on the fringes of the repertory, has a commanding technique… As in his brilliant recordings of Haydn sonatas for Hyperion, Mr. Hamelin approached the relative simplicities with warmth and affection."
– James R. Oestreich, The New York Times
Prom Review: Marc-Andre Hamelin Dazzles in Ravel's Left-Hand Concerto
"[Hamelin] made a brilliant fist of [Ravel's Left Hand Concerto]. Since the work dwells largely in the piano's smoky lower regions, Hamelin found the ideal touch and tone... his lyrical flights and virtuoso cascades had such richness and amplitude that one completely forgot it was all from just one hand. His two-handed Debussy encore had lovely grace and power."
– Michael Church, The Independent
Prom 36 Review
"The 'jazz' was darkly edgy, the Mother Goose-like episodes glinted in contrast and Hamelin's dexterity was impressive... Hamelin offered an encore that was truly exceptional... This was as delicate as you can imagine, yet carrying effortlessly in the Royal Albert Hall – pastel-shaded, so sensitive, and wonderfully alluring and transporting."
– Colin Anderson, Classical Source
"Is it possible for a pianist to be too good? If anyone faces jeopardy with that question, it's Marc-André Hamelin."
Marc-André Hamelin Connects Past and Present in Kaye Playhouse Recital
"Mr. Hamelin, with his preternatural clarity and control, qualities that in him don't preclude sensitivity and even poetry, was an ideal interpreter... When the performance ended, and Mr. Wyner was called to the stage, he bowed not to the audience but to Mr. Hamelin, giving gratitude where it was due."
– Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times
"Performing Haydn's Piano Concerto No. 11 in his Cleveland debut, the virtuoso - and the orchestra behind him - was the very paragon of Classical purity, a fount of crisp, sparkling passages. His Adagio was a thing of special beauty. Through him was channeled Haydn himself, engrossed at the keyboard in a moment of profound, personal reflection. Silken phrasing, Hamelin's fairy-like touch, and the score's own gentle dissonance combined to conjure a musical scene rare both then and today."
– Zachary Lewis, The Plain Dealer
Will Lightning Strike Twice With Seattle Symphony Soloist?
"Hamelin has a lot in common with the late [Earl] Wild; both are known for a technical finesse that borders on the supernatural... Hamelin made it clear in his Grieg Concerto performance that he brings more than a set of speedy digits to the concert stage. He is an intelligent and thoughtful artist, one who illuminates the tender eloquence of the Grieg as well as the thundering octaves and bravura flourishes. Hamelin's clarity of touch was especially evident in the first-movement cadenza, which he played with great freedom."
Marc-André Hamelin's Extraordinary Versatility on Full Display
"Hamelin is known as a titanic interpreter of late Romantic and 20th-century showstoppers, but the beauty of his Mozart and Haydn shows the extraordinary versatility of his talents: supple, sensitive phrasing, dreamy legato and, always, that golden sound."
– Natasha Gauthier, Ottawa Citizen
Marc-André Hamelin Turns the Keys into Silk at Koerner Hall
"The sensual elements of breeze, vibration, currents and splash were deftly evoked, especially by Hamelin's magical undulations, so floating it was as if he had turned the keys into silk."
– Robin Roger, Musical Toronto
Marc-André Hamelin at Koerner Hall
"Hamelin exhibited his extraordinary touch... brought more tonal definition to the next piece, a supreme example of impressionism impeccably delivered. It seemed impossible to do what he did, musically making sense of avalanches of chords and arpeggiated passages, balancing dynamics without crossing the imaginary line into gauche or inappropriate."
– Paul Ennis, The WholeNote
Marc-André Hamelin at 92nd Street Y
"Is it possible for a pianist to be too good? If anyone faces jeopardy with that question, it's Marc-André Hamelin... Outwardly miraculous, beneath the surface it felt as if each note's every possibility had been considered in advance, then ensconced in a pianism of total authority."
– David Allen, The New York Times
The Oregon Symphony Offers a Piano Genius
"Is there anything Marc-André Hamelin can't do at the piano?... He was precise and startlingly bright in the Messiaen, giving no sense of effort in confronting the piece's considerable technical demands. In Liszt's over-the-top virtuoso showpiece, a set of variations on the "Dies Irae" cast as a quasi-concerto, he gave the keyboard pyrotechnics their full due while still completely in control of touch and tone throughout, with no slop... [He was] urged to return by a riotous ovation."
– James McQuillen, The Oregonian
DEBUSSY Images Books 1 & 2. Préludes, Book 2
"Marc-André Hamelin's stature, extraordinary from the start, increases with every new issue. And here in his latest album he subdues his legendary, transcendent technique to convey Debussy's very essence with a surpassing ease and naturalness... Hamelin's glistening sonority is flawlessly captured by the Hyperion team. This is a disc to treasure."
– Bryce Morrison, Gramophone
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Brings Audience to Its Feet
"Two sets of variations penned by Hamelin demonstrated the composer-pianist's forte for executing arpeggios and complicated runs. Of the two, "Pavane Variée," a new composition this year, was filled with impossibly difficult counterpoint, yet Hamelin breezed through the runs with no problem."
– John Cutler, The Lincoln Journal Star
Recording of the Month: Inner Worlds Revealed
"[On an Overgrown Path] proves to be a totally compelling experience confirming Hamelin's strong empathy for the composer…and the two Schumann cycles here are absolutely magical."
– Malcolm Hayes, BBC Music Magazine
Hamelin Provides the Highlight in Philharmonic Program
"In Franck's Variations symphoniques for piano and orchestra, Hamelin exhibited spectacular touch, crisp but blooming, tossing off glittering flourishes with ease as well as care. His softer playing was tender, and his phrasing was made supple by tasteful rubato."
– Eric C. Simpson, New York Classical Review


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Cheque guarantees to be scrapped
Rebecca Rutt
The cheque guarantee system, which protects payments made using cheques, is soon to be abolished.
Consumers will still be able to pay with cheques, and businesses will be able to accept them, but from 30 June there will be no guarantee on amounts between £50 and £250, should the cheque bounce.
The decision was made back in 2009 because of the "terminal decline" in the use of guaranteed cheques over the past 20 years and was the result of a consultation with the Payments Council and other consumer groups.
If a cheque does bounce it will now be up to the business to contact the individual who wrote it to reclaim the money.
The use of cheques has fallen by 40% in the past five years and although four million people still use guaranteed cheques regularly, only a quarter of businesses have received one in the past six months and most say it's very rare to get one.
Jacqui Tribe, manager of the UK Domestic Cheque Guarantee Card Scheme, says: "The alternative was to let the scheme wither on the vine - which was more likely to have led to confusion, mixed messages and potentially exposing more customers to the risk of fraud."
This comes seven years ahead of the predicted date for cheques to be abolished altogether, although this decision is currently under review after the Treasury was inundated with complaints from consumers.
Sophie Kummer, spokesperson for the Federation of Small Businesses, says in all likelihood, because so many small businesses and individuals rely heavily on cheques, "they will continue to use them without the guarantee, which obviously makes things more difficult."
However, most major high street chains and petrol stations no longer accept cheques as payment.
The cheque card was introduced in October 1965, and guaranteed cheques up to £30. Since 1990, William Shakespeare has appeared as a hologram on these cards.
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Can I still use cheques?
Yes, you can still pay businesses for things with cheques but the amount will no longer be guaranteed by your bank.
Does this mean cheques I receive from other people will not be guaranteed?
Although businesses will be hit hardest by the changes, consumers will also lose protection. Previously cheques between £50 and £250 would have been covered. Now if a cheque from another personal individual bounced it would be down to you to reclaim the money through the courts.
Do I need to do anything now?
No. It is expected banks and building societies will remove the functionality from their cards on renewal and it will no longer be valid after 30 June.
What can I use instead?
Most cards that carry the guarantee are also debit or credit cards. You can use your debit card or cash to make a payment or continue using a cheque without the guarantee.
Is my money more at risk?
The changes are more likely to affect businesses because they use cheques far more regularly than individuals but anyone paying in a cheque that then bounces will have to then claim the money back themselves, which could result in going through court.
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International Rescue Committee to begin offering free citizenship classes in Wichita
KMUW | By Kylie Cameron
A woman takes the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the district office of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Newark, N.J.
The classes are open to the public as well as clients of the IRC.
After the Wichita-based International Rescue Committee announced on social media it would begin offering free citizenship classes, the group says it saw huge interest from the community.
The citizenship classes are just one part of the often-complicated path to citizenship and will last about 12 weeks.
"We have an exceptionally large class coming up this Friday," said Tanner Sheldon with the IRC, "and then we've also experienced a lot of people requesting more classes outside of the time that we originally scheduled, so we can accommodate other schedules."
The class helps people study for their civics exam. The exam has more than 100 possible questions, although people taking the exam are only asked 10.
It's one of the final steps to receiving citizenship.
"We noticed a lot of our clients found it difficult to prepare for the actual citizenship interviews and exams," Sheldon said. "So, we looked into materials to build a class to kind of assist in that."
The class is currently only offered in English, but Sheldon says the nonprofit hopes to begin offering introductory courses in Spanish in the near future.
"We only offer it in English because the exams themselves have to be in English," Sheldon said. "So we try to encourage the students to practice their English as much as possible since it will be kind of expected of them when they get to that stage."
Sheldon says most clients who take the class do well on the exam – and end up having a breadth of knowledge about United States history and government.
"The kind of funny thing is, oftentimes our students end up knowing more about American history than kind of the typical American because as adults they're forced to study through this material, and they end up enjoying it a lot."
The classes are currently offered at the International Rescue Committee offices near downtown Wichita on Fridays from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
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Kylie Cameron (she/her) is a general assignment reporter for KMUW. Before KMUW, Kylie was a digital producer at KWCH, and served as editor in chief of The Sunflower at Wichita State. You can follow her on Twitter @bykyliecameron.
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Anyone have an idea or can guess where this photo was taken?
I`ll give you a little tip: it was taken on one of my recent trips.
You mean where in Australia? It looks that it's around Oodnadatta somewhere… but it could also be close to Mintabie.
LOL I had to google those places. Good try though. It was in SA, but just before Cook along the Nullarbor.
Is it Australia? The Ghan Railway was built by AAfgahns who bought camels over?
It is Debbie! I saw these through my window on my Indian Pacific train journey from Perth to Sydney along the Nullarbor. And yes, camels were brought over and used for construction etc especially in the "dry" areas of Australia. Thanks for stopping by!


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2018-12-03T21:33:36-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/e38/20181203223941002_hd.jpgAsia policy experts considered the announcement over the preceding weekend by President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping of steps to ease economic tensions between the two countries. The panel also discussed the perspectives of U.S. allies South Korea and Japan in terms of their respective trade relationships with the U.S. and China.
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Filter by Speaker All Speakers Michael J. Green Scott A. Snyder Robert Sutter Wallace "Chip" C. Gregson Jr.
Michael J. Green Senior Vice President Center for Strategic and International Studies->Asia
Scott A. Snyder Senior Fellow Council on Foreign Relations->Korea Studies
Robert Sutter Professor George Washington University->International Affairs
Wallace "Chip" C. Gregson Jr. Assistant Secretary (Former) Department of Defense->Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
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