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Rajnath, Amit Shah review situation along J&K borders with Pak, China
Centre set to block WhatsApp calls, lodge FIRs under IT Act in J&K
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JAMMU, June 11: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP president Amit Shah today held high-level review of security situation along Pakistan and China borders in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country and decided to extend all possible facilities to the border dwellers, in addition to those already announced by Rajnath, to ensure that the people don't suffer in the event of Pakistan shelling and firing.
The Government and the BJP said that Pakistan has been taught a lesson for its misadventures on both International Border and Line of Control (LoC) and will be given similar befitting reply in the future but they were now concerned over problems the border dwellers suffered during Pakistan shelling and firing and drafted roadmap for minimizing their problems through series of facilities for them.
Rajnath chaired the meeting in the Union capital this morning exclusively on the review of situation in border areas, which was attended among others by Amit Shah, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, BJP general secretary, Ram Madhav and RSS leaders including Dr Krishan Gopal, Mohan Ji Bhaiyya and Arun Kumar.
Sources told the Excelsior that Narendra Modi-led Government as well as the ruling BJP were concerned over the situation along borders especially with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, where mortar shelling and firing had upset lives of the border people but the situation was normal for the past over one week.
Sources said the Union Home Minister briefed the meeting on steps already taken for welfare of the border dwellers, which he had announced during his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on June 7 and 8 and assured that once the process for construction of bunkers start, the Government would approve more bunkers to cover entire population living within the shelling and firing range of Pakistan.
The Home Ministry has decided to cover the International Border with smart fencing, which would ensure that the infiltrators are trapped on the border at any cost and killed by security forces in the gun battles. Two pilot projects of the smart fence were under construction and there was a proposal with the Centre to cover more areas soon with sophisticated fencing and gadgets to block intrusions from Pakistan.
Sources said top BJP and RSS leaders gave their suggestions on dealing with Pakistan and China and more steps the Centre Government could take to help the large population living along the International Border and Line of Control.
"A roadmap has been chalked out at the meeting to help the border people further in saving their lives and making them feel secure during Pakistan shelling and firing as there was a view that Pakistan might not mend its ways and could again violate the ceasefire agreement," sources said.
They added that in addition to bunkers, the Centre Government has also mooted the idea for construction of "Seema Bhawans" for the border dwellers, where they could easily stay during shelling and firing. The Government also briefed that apart from increasing compensation for civilians killed in Pakistan firing from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh and for dead livestock from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000, the Government has decided to raise nine police battalions for J&K, out of which four will be exclusively set up from the border area youths while in rest of the five battalions, there will be representation of 60 per cent border youths.
On China border, the Government said it was strengthening both road and rail infrastructure along Line of Actual Control (LoC) and was equipping the Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP) with latest gadgetry to match strength of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China.
"Though the relations with China were good, few incursions take place along LAC due to un-demarcated boundary. However, they are sorted out at the local level," sources said, adding still India was taking no chances and the process to provide best gadgetry to the ITBP and building road and rail network along LAC with China in all five States would continue.
Meanwhile, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba today chaired another meeting of top MHA, Information Technology, Communication and security officials to discuss measures against malicious content posted on social media by the "anti-national and anti-social elements" and steps required to counter the menace and remove such contents as early as possible to prevent the Kashmiri youth from falling into the trap of sympathizers of militants.
Top civil and police officials from Jammu and Kashmir attended the meeting as the problem of posting of malicious content on social media was being faced in Jammu and Kashmir, where Over Ground Workers of the militants were posting content to incite youth to reach sites of encounters and pelt stones on security forces and police to facilitate escape of the militants.
"The meeting discussed measures to be taken by the Law enforcement agencies to tackle security challenges posed by militants, Over Ground Workers and individuals propagating "hate campaign" on social media," sources said, adding that a number of steps have been discussed and finalized at the meeting to check the menace.
Sources said the high-level meeting also discussed steps to enhance coordination among the Law Enforcement agencies, Department of Telecom, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and other concerned agencies to block and remove malicious content under Sections 69 and 79 of the Information Technology Act.
"The FIRs could also be registered again those indulging in campaign on social media that encourages anti-national activities," sources said.
Sources said the Government will examine the feasibility of blocking WhatsApp calling services in Jammu and Kashmir as it has come to light that militants are using the facility to be in constant touch with their handlers sitting across the border.
The issue figured at today's meeting.
Some of the recently arrested militants had told the Jammu and Kashmir Police that they were taking directions from across the border through WhatsApp call, sources said.
The use of Internet for making calls has increased the problems for security agencies that have been unable to crack it due to end-to-end encryption by the service provider, they said.
An example of some countries which included those from the Gulf were cited during the meeting where neither WhatsApp voice nor video calling was allowed.
The meeting also discussed steps to enhance coordination among the law enforcement agencies to block and remove 'malicious content' under Sections 69 (Power to issue directions for interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource) and 79 (limited access to a communication system over which information made available by third parties is transmitted or temporarily stored or hosted) of the IT Act.
It was decided that law enforcement agencies will closely coordinate with Ministry of Information and Technology to ensure that the action to block the content on social media platforms is taken in a timely manner.
This will be followed by a meeting with the representatives of social media platforms for compliance, sources said.
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PADUCAH -- Cody Clark, Blake Johnson and Tate Mathis had three hits apiece as the Paducah Chiefs pounded 14 hits and won for the third straight game in an 11-4 victory over the Fulton Railroaders in front of 585 fans Wednesday night at Brooks Stadium.
After Fulton took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on four singles, the Chiefs went ahead for good with a four-run third. Nick Shumaker, Dixon Craft and Mathis each had two-out run-scoring singles during the frame.
After Fulton plated a run in the fourth, the Chiefs added two runs in their fourth and five in the fifth, as Mathis and Clark slugged back-to-back doubles to start the rally which produced a 10-3 lead.
Clark closed the scoring with an RBI single in the eighth.
Blake Clynes (1-0) earned the win, allowing four runs in 5 1/3 innings. Austin Shaw, Tyler Horsley and Travis Regaldo finished with scoreless relief.
Jarod Jobst (0-1) took the loss for the Railroaders, allowing six runs in four innings. Hunter Higdon had three hits for Fulton.


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E-cigarette maker Juul reaches settlement with 10,000 plaintiffs
US e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs said on Tuesday it had reached a settlement with about 10,000 plaintiffs in California after the company was accused of marketing its products to teenagers.
The vaping giant did not disclose the amount of the settlements, which it said were related to more than 5,000 cases, but said the agreements "represent a major step toward strengthening Juul Labs' operations and securing the company's path forward."
The complaints had been filed for personal injury, with some in consumer class action lawsuits, and others filed by government entities or Native American tribes.
Juul is battling to stay afloat after the US Food and Drug Administration found the company had failed to address safety concerns and ordered all its products off the market in the United States.
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Bohemian Rhapsody, by Scott Nye
by · Published October 21, 2011 · Updated November 13, 2011
Aki Kaurismäki has taken an interesting tact with Le Havre. In telling a story involving refugees, poverty, and terminal disease, he brings as little conflict to bear as possible, focusing instead on the importance of friendship, community, and, as Monty Python once sang, looking on the bright side of life. The result isn't totally successful – it runs out of steam as it tries to create a third act climax that feels out of place in an otherwise fairly casual movie – but it's warm and optimistic and absolutely gorgeous.
André Wilms plays Marcel Marx, an elderly man who makes a meager living giving shoeshines on the street. One day, while eating lunch, he notices a young black boy emerging from the water, but a police officer approaches before he can inquire further. One thing leads to another, and before long, he's arranging to have the boy, Idrissa, transported to London to reunite him with his mother. Kaurismäki, despite portraying bureaucracy in a fairly amusing light, isn't making an overtly political statement with any of this, nor is this some story about how this experience redeems Marcel or anything like that. Marcel seems to have led a pretty remarkable, transgressive life already – noting his time as a bohemian and eventually failed author – and makes a regular habit of ducking authority, even if it's something as simple as shrugging off a grocer's bill.
All of Marcel's friends – including those very grocers – have this same sort of casual attitude towards authority, immediately offering whatever assistance they can in, essential, aiding and abetting a fugitive. And in the character of the inspector, even authority seems to have a fairly casual attitude towards authority. Everyone we get to know in this film will always do the right thing, or at least try to, which is encouraging in its own way, but also a little trite.
That's to say nothing of the film's multiple leaps in logic. Early on, Marcel warns Idrissa and anyone watching over him that he is not to go out of the house for any reason. Naturally, he does, which is fine, because it exposes the audience and Idrissa himself to the potential threat. So why can Marcel send him on an errand late in the film without concern? This is hardly the only time the film introduces huge stakes and then totally subverts them, but this doesn't have the element of magic the later instance will.
On the whole, though, it's a bit of a shrug. It has some very funny instances, and I want to restate that the cinematography is amazing. I was positively tickled that Kaurismäki so thoroughly embraced theatrical lighting, right down to making massive changes in the middle of a shot for emphasis. The first two-thirds or so is positively delightful. But then it sort of fades, sagging under the weight of its own whimsy, and right around the point the gang puts on a concert to raise the money they need, it staggers and never quite recovers and sticks the landing. If you are going to see it, you'd be well served to make the effort to see it in theaters – it opens today in New York and Los Angeles, and will roll out across the country before the year is up.
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Chuck Degutis says:
Is this the first Kaurismäki film you have seen? This reads like a first timer's experience. Several of your points have contextualization from a career spanning pov. Feel lIke you didn't get the film or his style.
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Artists Berenice Abbott Biography and Legacy
Berenice Abbott - Biography and Legacy
Movements and Styles: Straight Photography, Dada and Surrealist Photography, Modern Photography
Born: July 17, 1898 - Springfield, Ohio
Died: December 9, 1991 - Monson, Maine
"To me photography is a means, perhaps the best means of our age - of widening knowledge of our world. Photography is a method of education, for acquainting people of all ages and conditions with the truth about life today."
"I like this picture so well because it re-creates for me some of the feeling I got from the original scene - and that is the real test of any picture."
"Half the fun of photography is fooling around, mixing solutions, playing with papers, exercising tangible authority over silent partners of photography - film, paper, chemicals."
"Unless you see the subject first, you won't be able to force the camera...to see the picture for you. But if you have seen the picture with your flexible human vision, then you will be on the road to creating with the camera a vision equivalent to your own."
"By going to France I found myself and my own country - I just sort of thank God for France - vive la France!"
"The minute I touched New York, I had a burning desire to photograph this city of incredible contrasts, the city of stone needles and skyscrapers, the city that is never the same, but always changing - New York."
"When I saw New York again, and stood in the dirty slush, I felt that here was the thing I had been wanting to do all my life."
"I try to photograph the city without sentimentality or illusions. I want to show its contrasts and contradictions."
Biography of Berenice Abbott
Childhood and Education
Bernice Abbott was born in Springfield, Ohio into a troubled lower middle-class family. She was the youngest of four children. When her parents broke up in 1900, Abbott was separated from her three older siblings. She was raised like an only child from age two until age twelve, when both sides of her family resettled in Cleveland, Ohio. Even then she hardly saw her father, who was a cement salesman in Cleveland. He provided neither guidance nor understanding.
Berenice Abbott's High School senior photograph. Photo by Webb Studio, Cleveland, Ohio
From a young age Abbot demonstrated an independent streak and described herself as a "softy who got pretty hard early." She defied her mother's wishes to marry or to become a teacher. Instead, after high school, Abbott enrolled into Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus to study journalism. She was an avid reader, who enjoyed engaging with new ideas, and soon fell in with a circle of older students with modernist ideas and leftist politics. After freshman year, Abbott had become estranged from her family and restless. She accepted an invitation from her older OSU friends in New York to come to Greenwich Village.
Early Training
Abbott moved to New York in January 1918 in search of new opportunities, abandoning her studies in journalism. She survived the Spanish influenza pandemic in 1919, and then took on temporary jobs while she taught herself sculpture. Abbott was welcomed in New York by the most influential avant-garde artists and writers of the time, who encouraged her artistic studies. Her bohemian circle included the writers Eugene O'Neill and Djuna Barnes, the artists Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp, Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven, and the Little Review editors Margaret Anderson and Jan Heap, among others. As Abbott's biographer Julia van Haaften points out, "To her, they were just "buddies."
Desirous to leave conventional America behind and keen on participating in the new and creative energies unfolding in Paris, Abbott sailed for France in March 1921 and settled in Paris. Arriving with little French and few prospects, she supported herself with odd jobs. Bernice soon adopted the French version of her name "Berenice" and set about meeting artists and writers, such as Nina Hamnett, Ossip Zadkine, and Constantin Brâncuși, who encouraged her studies of sculpture. Berenice connected with English and American ex-patriates as well, among them was the art patron Peggy Guggenheim. Her old friend Baroness Elsa introduced to her to André Gide and his circle. This proved a significant period in her life as she began to more openly define herself as a lesbian through her relationships with such society figures as Princess Eugènie Murat and the artist Thelma Wood.
Over two years Abbott traveled between Paris and Berlin to complete her studies in sculpture. It was also helpful that the dollar stretched further in Berlin than it did in Paris due to Germany's hyperinflation. In 1923, after a short stay in Berlin, she fortunately encountered Man Ray, her old friend from New York, who would introduce her to her future vocation of photography.
Abbott ran into Man Ray by chance on the street in Paris. During their conversation, Man Ray explained he was looking for a darkroom assistant, who knew nothing about photography, so he could train the person to print in accordance with his own method. He hired Abbott immediately for minimum wage and doubled her wage, when she proved a quick learner and proficient at darkroom work. Abbott credited her study of sculpture and drawing, as helping her to see the plasticity of the image in the developer.
Man Ray introduced Abbott not only to the photographic practice and the running of a portrait studio, he shared with her his fascination for Eugène Atget's photographs in 1925. Man Ray even took Abbott along the next time he visited Atget. Abbott became familiar with the legendary photographer's numerous prints and negatives over the course of her various visits to his studio. She was drawn to his realist photographs of Paris and its environs. His straight documentary style influenced her own approach to photographing New York City and the American scene in the Midwest and on the East coast. The impact of Atget's photographs on Abbott was immediate: "There was a sudden flash of recognition - the shock of realism unadorned." Notably Atget never intruded between subject and observer or manipulated his photographs. Abbott eventually created in Atget, according to the photo-historian Terri Weissman, "her own symbolic father, the father of photographic realism."
While working for Man Ray between 1923 and 1926, Abbott discovered both an affinity and passion for the medium. Eventually Man Ray showed Abbott how to operate his camera and even offered her to use his studio, so she could photograph her own portrait clients during her lunch time. She even took portraits of Man Ray's clients to assist him in his business.
Unfortunately unintended competition developed between Man Ray and Abbott. The rift between Abbott and Man Ray was further exacerbated when Peggy Guggenheim requested to have her portrait taken by Abbott rather than Man Ray. Yet, to be photographed by either Abbott or Man Ray in the 1920s "meant you rated as somebody." Abbott soon left to set up her own Paris studio in 1926 with financial assistance from Peggy Guggenheim. By then, she had amassed a portfolio of notable sitters, including the poet Jean Cocteau, the novelist James Joyce, Gide, Marie Laurencin, Sylvia Beach, and gallerist Betty Parsons. Abbott's portraits were regularly published in the magazines The Little Review, Vogue, and Vu, as well as even displayed in a solo exhibition at the gallery Au Sacre du Printemps in June 1926.
Through this exhibition Abbott came in contact with the art critic Georges Charensol, who promoted modern photography and in 1928 was a member of the jury for the Premier Salon Independent de la Photographie, also known as the Salon de l'Escalier (Staircase Exhibition). This exhibition strove to position the work of modern photographers within a tradition with reference to Nadar and Atget. Abbott not only exhibited her work in this salon, she loaned a number of Atget's photographs for the exhibition.
At the time of the Salon de l'Escalier, Abbott was negotiating to purchase Atget's commercial stock of photographs from André Calmettes, a longtime friend of Atget (who by then had passed away). Abbott purchased Atget's archive in 1928 and continued to promote Atget's work. She sent prints of his photographs along with her own works to various modernist exhibitions. Abbott participated in 1929 in the pioneering modern German photo-exhibition Film and Foto, which included twelve portraits by Abbott and the same number of photographs by Atget.
Mature Period
In January 1929, Abbott left for New York, where she opened a portrait studio, took part in modernist photography exhibitions, published her photographs, and continued to promote the genius of Atget. The following year Abbott and the gallerist Julien Levy, whom she had met through Man Ray in Paris, signed a contract for the management of the Atget Collection. Abbott agreed to keep Atget's archive intact, while Levy assisted in commercially using and exploiting Atget's photographs in publications. Both gallerist and photographer hoped to boost their reputations and make a good sum of money.
Once in New York, she found herself utterly inspired by the city, which had been transformed by the construction of skyscrapers and infrastructure for rapid transportation and communication. Abbott resolved to photograph the city's fast tempo and contrasts of old and new. While her fashionable studio work provided income and critical success, she worked on documenting New York. She believed her status as a newly returned expatriate extended her special insight into the city.
Berenice Abbott photographing on the streets of New York City (1937). Photo by Consuelo Kanaga.
Having sold a half interest in her Atget collection to Julien Levy in 1930, Abbott was able to buy a large format camera that became her standard equipment for documenting New York. As Abbott struggled to further her project, she found that the Depression had strained potential sources for funding, such as the Guggenheim Foundation, New York Historical Society, and even wealthy individuals. The government was compelled to provide unemployment relief for all workers, during the economic crisis. One such government agency was the Federal Art Project (FAP), a division of the Works Progress Administration, which embraced the creative arts and photography. In fall 1935 the FAP granted four years of funding for Abbott's project Changing New York. Throughout the project the photographs were exhibited in New York and elsewhere. A selection from Abbott's 305 photographs appeared as a book with 97 illustrations and text by art critic Elizabeth McCausland shortly before the opening of the New York World's Fair on April 30, 1939.
In late 1934 the Museum of the City of New York hosted Abbott's first solo museum exhibition, which garnered much critical acclaim, particularly from the newspaper critic Elizabeth McCausland. McCausland would eventually assist Abbott on her Changing New York project by managing the supporting research and writing descriptions for many of the images. Around this time, McCausland became Abbott's romantic partner until her death in 1965. They helped each other professionally and McCausland would push Abbott to develop a pictorial framework, based on her own ideas of the usable past.
Their shared passion for America led to their monthlong excursion in summer 1935 through the upper South and parts of the Midwest. It was on this trip that Abbott and McCausland began to plan their photo book portrait of the nation. Abbott's photographs captured the distress caused by the Depression rather than a story of hardship and heroism, associated with the documentary photographic projects funded by the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Yet like her friend Walker Evans, Abbott recorded both the built and/or social space to capture the material expression of culture. As the photo-historian Terri Weisman explains, Abbott was interested in "how the things in the world reveal the world." However, Abbott's and McCausland's photo book project never came to fruition.
Abbott accepted the opportunity to teach photography at the New School for Social Research in 1934 until 1958. Teaching helped her to write accessibly about the methods and philosophy of photography, which were so central to her work. In 1941 Abbott penned A Guide to Better Photography in which she voiced her commitment to Straight Photography and realism as a communicative interaction with an audience.
Sculptural portrait of Berenice Abbott by Isamu Noguchi (1929)
As early as 1939, Abbott turned her attention to science, because, as she explained in a letter to her friend Charles C. Adam, "we live in a world made by science, but we - the millions of laymen - do not understand or appreciate the knowledge which thus controls daily life." To gain access to the scientific world, Abbott regularly attended scientific meetings. She sought to find parties interested in her projects. Abbott's persistence led her to Gerald Wendt, a science writer for Time magazine. In 1944 Wendt became the editor for Science Illustrated and hired Abbott to be the journal's photography editor. Her pursuit of scientific photography, however, did not end there. Abbott had been inventing photography machines, for instance one allowed her to enlarge prints and attain higher levels of clarity.
Having learned of the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), she contacted its executive director Dr. Elbert P. Little, who hired her immediately. The PSSC engaged Abbott to assist in making science appealing to high school students through new science textbooks. These new subjects inspired Abbott to invent more machines, such as a darkroom distorter, a picture composer, thumb camera, and Hi-Shot Shoulder-Pod. In many ways, her science images came closest to her realist vision, as they established a connection between the expert culture of science and the lay public.
Despite Abbott's successes as a modern photographer, her life was not without controversy. During the McCarthy era (from late 1940s to the early 1950s), the FBI in 1951 labeled Abbott a "concealed Communist" due to her association with the Photo League. While her name was deleted from the list four years later, she remained afraid of the government's intrusion and the wire-tapping of her phone.
Abbott spent the last decades of her life in Maine, where she had bought a home and settled permanently, after having visited the state in 1954. Abbott liked the quiet of the country after so many years in New York City. She photographed the state and published her photographs in 1968 in the book A Portrait of Maine. To combat potential loneliness, Abbott adopted a kitten she named Butch. Her eccentric qualities made an impression on the people in the small town where she lived in part, according to author Julia Van Haaften, because she was one of the few residents who was a Democrat.
Berenice Abbott in New York City on November 18, 1979. Photograph by Hank O'Neal.
Abbott's health declined in her later years. Yet, her sale of Atget's archive to the Museum of Modern Art in 1968 and the increasing sales of her own work provided her with financial security. Something she did not have for most of her life. Having lived through the Depression, Abbott had become distrustful of financial institutions and she was known to keep her money in a home safe and hidden in boxes. This proved disastrous for Abbott who lost the majority of her wealth, much of it in gold and coins, when her house was burglarized in 1984.
Succumbing to respiratory illness that had plagued her since childhood, she died of bronchiectasis at the age of ninety-three.
The Legacy of Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott contributed to modern photography's recognition as an art form in both Europe and America. Her photographic practice demonstrated the medium's complexity through her direct approach toward her subject matter and how photography could be used as both realist document and modern photographic art. In this way, Abbott served as a forerunner for future generations of photographers and contemporary artists who continue to push the boundaries of the medium, such as Gregory Crewdson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Trevor Paglen, Jeff Wall, Clare Strand, and Gillian Wearing. Her legacy continues through a photography award that is given to emerging photographers with a body of work waiting to be published.
Most Important Art
Eugène Atget (1927)
In this portrait, Eugène Atget, with a bemused expression on his face, stares out at the camera. The elderly French photographer presents himself formally dressed in a suit and tie under a thick dark overcoat and in his right hand, which rests on his thigh, he holds a pair of glasses. Yet, the personal interaction between Abbott and Atget is the actual subject of this portrait, partially revealed in Atget's facial expression.
The photo-historian Gaëlle Morel contends that, "through her compositions, Abbott succeeded in formulating a genuine aesthetic, with its rejection of commercial conventions. The absence of décor and the fact that the background is more often than not reduced to a neutral section of wall tend to isolate the subject, emphasizing his or her bearing, physical position, and facial expression."
This portrait is significant since Abbott was the only artist to have taken a formal portrait of Atget. Abbott considered Atget, "...the most important forerunner of the whole modern photographic art." She dedicated part of her career to promoting and including Atget's work into the most important modern photography exhibitions in late twenties and thirties.
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Louise Hamill (1) was recently seen in How May I Connect You? and What Are You Doing Here? with Project:Project, Black Comedy with Happy Medium Theatre, The Stronger with Intermezzo, The Embryos and Trog and Clay (An Imagined History of the Electric Chair) with Fresh Ink Theatre Company, Beyond the Light with Heart and Dagger Productions, Macbeth with Boston Lyric Opera, and The T Plays III and IV with Mill 6 Collaborative. She is the Artistic Director of Fresh Ink Theatre Company and co-founder of Project:Project. Louise has a BA in Theatre from Connecticut College and studied at the British American Drama Academy.
Sarah Gazdowicz (2) is thrilled to be making her Fresh Ink debut! She is a local actor and director and also serves as the Artistic Manager to Argos Productions, another Boston company devoted to producing and developing new work. Past acting credits include the Little Stone in "Eurydice" (The Independent Drama Society) The Wife in "The Good Doctor" (IDS), Fabiana Cunningham in "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" (Wax Wings), Rosaline in "Love's Labour's Lost" (Commonhouse Productions) and most recently Puss in "Hairy Tales: Puss In Boots" and Myrtle Curtle in "Winter Panto 2014: Rumpstiltskin" both with Imaginary Beasts. Directing credits include "Romeo and Juliet" (IDS), "The Pillowman" and "Enigma Variations" with Flat Earth Theatre, "The Importance of Earnest" (Commonhouse Productions) and, most recently, "Bully Dance" with Argos.
Joan Mejía (Luke) is thrilled to be a part of this Fresh Ink production of "123". Theater credits include: Macbeth (ROSS), Saint John The Divine in Iowa (JESUS), The 911 Effect (ADULLATIF), Rescue (JAKE), The Matchmaker (BARNABY TUCKER), A Midsummer Night's Dream ( PUCK) , Sure Thing (BILL), among others. Big thank you to everyone who helped bring to life such a wonderful work of theater.


This is the end of a poem about Tuscany written by Benedetta Cano. She is the owner and chef of Poggio al Sole in Montepulciano, Tuscany. I attended a cooking lesson taught by Benedetta and was moved to tears by her passion. For the rest of the above poem, you're going to have to travel to Italy and book at least one night and class at Poggio al Sole.
Benedetta is passionate about her heritage, her land, food and cooking. She is passionate about life and that passion is inspiring. Contagious. I am convinced that much of her passion comes from where she lives. Look at that view! Rolling hills, alive with the greenest grass, juiciest grapes, and the freshest wild fennel. A land that not only feeds your body, but also your soul with its natural beauty. If that doesn't drive passion in a person? I wouldn't want to live in that brain.
Francesco, one of our tour guides, explained to us how olive oil used to be made and how everything is so industrial these days that its all done by machine. Benedetta interrupted him to remind him that she still presses her olive oil with an old stone mill and does the rest by hand. This launched them into a very loud and fast debate with thick Italian accents and Italian arms flying through the air while motioning to drive their points home. The best part of this 45 minute debate, a debate that caused the chef to stop cooking, which inevitably delayed our dinner by 45 minutes, was that it wasn't even an argument. Or really a true debate. They were on the same side. Benedetta and Francesco were just so passionately speaking about olive oil production that it consumed them completely. It was amazing. Benedetta's knowledge and passion made this my favorite cooking lesson in Italy.
We made cantucci for dessert that night. Cantucci is the regional name for biscotti. I've researched it briefly and can't find any real difference between cantucci and biscotti, but cantucci is what Benedetta taught us to make, so that is what I'll teach you to make. Traditionally this would be made with 00 (double zero, or doppio zero) flour, the same type of flour that Italians use to make pasta and pizza, whole, blanched, unpeeled almonds and served with brandy. To make these s'mores cantucci I swapped the flour for graham flour (in case you didn't guess by the name, this is the flour used to make graham crackers). You can also use white whole wheat flour or all purpose flour. Instead of a cup of almonds I used a cup of chocolate morsels, but I replaced half the vanilla extract with almond extract to preserve some of that almond cantucci flavor. Marshmallows don't hold up so well when being baked twice, so the toasted marshmallows for this recipe will be your hot cocoa topper. This is the really fun part of the recipe. Take your creme brûlée torch and toast those mini marshmallows! If you have very sturdy mugs, you could also put your hot cocoa under the broiler for a minute to get those 'mallows toasted.
This post is part of my 12 Days of Cocoa, which has apparently become the 12 Sporadic Days of Cocoa instead of all in a row. So what?
Add the eggs, vanilla extract and almond extract. Stir well to combine then knead the dough, adding more flour if necessary, until it is no longer sticky.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat into a large, flat disc. Place the chocolate morsels on top of the disc, fold the dough over onto itself and knead to thoroughly incorporate the chocolate.
Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces. Shape each piece into a log about the length of a baking sheet and 2 inches in diameter. Place the logs of dough on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and use the palm of your hand to flatten the log slightly so it is oval instead of round.
Brush each log with an egg wash and bake until set but still a bit soft, about 20-30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and lower the temperature to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Once the cookies are cool enough to handle, slice the logs on a diagonal into 1/2 to 1-inch thick pieces.
Place the cookies bake on the baking sheet and bake until golden brown and hard, about 15 minutes.
I really enjoyed reading this post, I liked the story, and that landscape picture is awesome. I want to live there. I hope you have more posts like this in you, it's my favorite one in a while.
Thank you so much! This comment made my day. You should definitely visit Italy, especially Tuscany some day.


Most Americans' New Year's resolutions involve getting in shape, eating healthier and working out regularly. Whether your resolution included saving more money or not now is the time to consider developing a plan for you financial health for the upcoming year as well as your physical health.
In the same way it can be unpleasant to assess your current level of physical fitness and can be a painful process taking a realistic look at how you spend your money in order to build a better budget can be unpleasant, but much as you will be better for the diet and exercise making and following a financial plan will be worth the effort.
Getting started can be tough so here are some tips to organize your 2014 budget and get you started on your journey to financial wellness. Follow these steps and you too can have a successful household financial new year.
When you organize your 2014 budget you first need to know what expenses are consistently the same. Your mortgage, rent or car payment are good examples of fixed expenses. If you are like most people these are drawn directly from your bank account making them easy to track. Some bills fluctuate month to month such as heating and electricity they are still considered fixed costs so take an average to get an idea of a monthly expense that will represent any month of the year.
Flexible, or discretionary expenses can be more difficult to organize because they are more widely spread out. Look at your debit and credit cards as well as checks you may have written for things other than your fixed expenses. Create categories for the areas where you spend money such as gifts, clothing, eating out, hair stylist, and travel; anything that you see frequently in your spending. Don't skip this step because you might be surprised to see where the bulk of your money goes.
Almost everyone can rattle off how much they owed or what they got as a refund from the previous year's taxes. It is much more important to know what you actually paid in Real Estate, Federal, State, City, Social Security and Medicare Taxes. You cannot lower bills if you aren't aware of what you are already paying.
There's no crystal ball that will tell you whether your business will boom or fail in the next year. You could be fired or promoted but to organize your 2014 budget you do need to estimate your top line revenue, or what your household income will likely be. Include salary, commissions, overtime and any stock awards based on an average of last year's numbers.
When you look at your overall goals for your financial life you need to organize your 2014 budget to attain them. Pay yourself before your creditors, so work out how much you need to save off the top. How much do you want to put into your 401(k) and 529 plans? Can you pay addition money to the mortgage or other debts every month? Make sure you have this number before you organize your budget.
Now that you have an honest look at what you need to spend, how much you can afford to spend and where you can save the real work begins.
If you are budgeting for a family then call a family meeting and discuss the budget. Include the children to allow them to not only learn to budget themselves but to understand when you are in the store and say no to those new toys.
Even if you're budgeting for just yourself, take the time to decide where you could cut corners. Which foods really need to be organic and which don't? Are you overspending on gifts? Eating out more than necessary? Think about your big long term goals and what headway you can make toward them.
You may be shocked at how much fun you have saving money. I tend to think of it like a game. I enjoy challenging myself to find new ways to cut back so I can splurge in a bigger way later.
When I do spend money I try to make it work for me. Use discount cards or shop places with rewards programs.
Don't think of organizing your 2014 budget as a negative, you aren't trying to put yourself on a financial leash, instead you are trying to liberate yourself from one and work toward having the things that are most important to you.


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Kbs wz.96 (Mini-Beryl)
Compact Assault Carbine
The 5.56mm Kbs wz.96 Mini-Beryl is nothing more than a shortened, compact form of the full-sized Polish Beryl assault rifle.
As its name suggests, the Mini-Beryl is the shortened, re-chambered, assault carbine form of the full-length FB Beryl assault rifle originating from Poland. The Karabinek Szturmowy wz. 1996 Beryl was adopted by the Polish Army in 1997 and continues as its frontline service rifle today (2020). Designed by FB Lucznik Radom during the mid-1990s, the weapon has gone on to prove its value, succeeding both the Soviet-era Kalashnikov AKM and FB Tantal lines. Despite its qualities, the rifle went on to see global service with only Afghanistan and Nigeria.
The Mini-Beryl is built atop this framework and chambered exclusively for the smaller 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge (unlike the Beryl's primary 7.62mm chambering). Additionally, the shortened model weighs a more manageable 6.60lb and has an overall length of 20.7 inches when its stock is folded over. The internal function remains as gas-operated with rotating bolt and the gun feeds from 20- and 3-round spring-loaded, curved magazines.
Firing rate reaches 700 rounds-per-minute with an effective range out to 1,000 meters utilizing optional sighting devices. These can be installed along the section of Picatinny rail over the receiver in the usual way (a rear sliding notch on ramp with tritium-insert front sight post otherwise). Muzzle velocity is measured at 2,525 feet-per-second.
The Mini-Beryl has been in serial production since 1997 and is utilized only by the forces of Poland, Lithuania, and Nigeria.
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Iron Front and Rear; Optional Optics.
Gas-Operated; Rotating Bolt System; Select-Fire
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Momentum Builds for Debut of PMMI's Pharma EXPO in 2014
Officials from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, report a groundswell of positive response to Pharma EXPO 2014, which debuts in Chicago, collocated with PACK EXPO International 2014 Nov. 2–5 at McCormick Place.
Pharma EXPO is a joint venture between PMMI, owner and producer of PACK EXPO International, and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering.
"Pharma EXPO is clearly answering an industry need," said Jim Pittas, vice president, trade shows, PMMI.
He added, "The combined strength of PACK EXPO shows and ISPE will be a huge benefit to attendees as well as solutions providers."
With more than 2,000 exhibitors in 1.1 million net square feet, PMMI and ISPE expect to draw some 50,000 attendees, including 5,000 international visitors from 130 countries.
ISPE will present a conference program during the show, and attendees will comingle between Pharma EXPO and PACK EXPO International 2014.
"At our core, ISPE's focus is to prepare our members to lead global change and innovation in pharmaceutical manufacturing sciences and technology," said ISPE President and CEO Nancy Berg.
She added, "The show will offer the attendees what they want most — exposure to the latest technologies, the opportunity to attend a full range of education sessions, and a unique opportunity to be inspired by ideas and technologies developed for other industries."
Historically, upwards of 18 percent of end-users who attend PACK EXPO have identified themselves as pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, while one-third of all the exhibitors at PACK EXPO are suppliers to the pharmaceutical industry.
On its own, Pharma EXPO is expected to draw more than 10,000 attendees and 300 exhibiting companies and cover 200,000-pplus square feet of exhibit space.
Among exhibiting companies already signed up for Parma EXPO is Marchesini Group USA, a long-time PACK EXPO exhibitor.
"It's important for us to be here, showcasing our new equipment," said Marchesini Executive Vice President Roger Toll during last month's PACK EXPO Las Vegas. "The show is growing, and we'll be at Pharma EXPO next year."
Pittas said his team has sold more than 50,000 square feet of exhibit space for Pharma EXPO.
"Considering that was our initial projection for the show, and it's still over a year away, it's clear we're well on the way to exceeding our goals," he added. "The collocation of Pharma EXPO and PACK EXPO will benefit packaging and processing across the line."
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Kenneth Branagh To Direct Sleuth
— September 6th, 2006
Kenneth Branagh has signed on as director of the mystery/thriller, Sleuth.
He'll be taking the helm with stars Jude Law and Michael Caine in the remake of the original 1972 flick; Jude Law will also serve as producer. The film is an adaptation of the Anthony Shaffer play, written by Harold Pinter. Variety says Caine will play a brilliant thriller writer and social fixture who's so upset at losing his wife to a young hairdresser (Law) that he hatches a complex revenge plan. Coincidentally, Caine played the hairdresser in the original, while Laurence Olivier played the writer.
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This is a very interesting result. The proof follows Marsden and Hoffman. First here is some linear algebra.
Another useful linear algebra result is the following lemma.
is also one to one on V .
Since these coordinate maps are linear, they are infinitely differentiable.
= m you must have N ≥ m.) The coordinate maps ϕi will be defined as follows for x ∈ ℝN.
are all zero so Lv = 0 and so 0 =∑ i=1mciLui so by independence of the Lui, each ci = 0 and consequently v = 0.
is one to one, and so z = 0 which shows that indeed H is one to one on Px.
Denote as Lx the inverse of H which is defined on ℝm × 0, Lx : ℝm × 0 → Px. That 0 refers to the N − m string of zeros in the definition given above for H.


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Q: What is the rationale behind using non-numeric package component for the version? In ubuntu (and not only in ubuntu) default repository you could see a package version like 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.12.
Why do the maintainers give such a weird version in the central package repository?
What tasks the 2.2.14-42 version wouldn't solve?

A: Namespace:

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*2.2.14 is the version number from the upstream package (from apache.org)

*-5 is the debian package version

*on top of which Ubuntu does some modification, each iteration increasing the version number. ubuntu8.12
Had Debian made a -6 and Ubuntu chosen to take it, you'd have had a 2.2.14-6 in Ubuntu and probably a 2.2.14-6ubuntu1 and so on, and the number would have been bigger which is important if you want it to be considered an upgrade by apt.
If you want to do modifications yourself, you'll probably want to add your own namespace: 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.12zerkms1
Once Ubuntu releases a 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.13 or 2.2.14-5ubuntu9 or 2.2.14-6, that will be an upgrade.

A: Part of the version string is the "upstream" version.  Upstream means towards the original source, and downstream means toward the distro package.  I think generally there isn't really anything in between this, so there are basically two stages (the original source, and the compiled distro package).
For example, bash-4.2.39 is just that.  The original source for bash-4.2.39 is exactly the same, and from the same place, regardless of whether you are using fedora, ubuntu, arch, or anything else.  There is only one source for bash-4.2.39. "4.2.39" would be what I referred to as the upstream version number.
That one source, however, might be compilable a number of different ways (apart from the system architecture); certainly this is the case for bash.  That's a decision made by the downstream packagers, who may also include things (such as a configuration) not in the original source.  At this point, there may be clear differences between the bash 4.2.39 packaged for ubuntu and the bash 4.2.39 for fedora (and differences between versions of the same distro).  That's mostly indicated by the final part of the version string -- "ubuntu8.12" or whatever.  Further, exactly which distro and distro version the package was compiled for is important because it matches other packages (shared libraries) that this one requires; even if there is a bash 4.2.39 available for ubuntu 10 and 12, they may not be interchangeable.
Stuff like '-42' is indicative of some additional versioning downstream, by the distro.  This may be something to do with configuration differences, distro patching, etc, in which case the same '-42' version may be used in multiple repositories for multiple versions of the distro (and their derivations).
This adds up to a unique version string indicating the original source version, the package version, and the specific distro + distro version.


Nigeria's national female basketball team, the D'Tigress, Tuesday, defeated Argentina to advance to the second-round at the ongoing FIBA World Cup in Spain.
Otis Hughley's side upset the heavyweights 75-70 to claim the second spot from Group B.
The Nigerian ladies consolidated on their first victory at the event against Turkey to outwit the South Americans.
They are now the first African team to win two matches at a single World Cup.
Their reward is a clash with Greece, with the winner scheduled to do battle against the United States.
Nigeria win back-to-back games and clinch second spot in Group B!


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Q: Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'System.Threading.Tasks.Task' I am new to asynchronous programming, so after going through some async sample codes, I thought of writing a simple async code
I created a simple Winform application and inside the Form I wrote the following code. But its just not working
private Task<string> methodAsync() {
    Thread.Sleep(10000);
    return "Hello"; //Error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'System.Threading.Tasks.Task<string>'
}

private async void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string s = await methodAsync();
    MessageBox.Show(s);
}

Could someone please put some light here..

A: Use FromResult Method
public async Task<string> GetString()
{
   System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
   return await Task.FromResult("Hello");
}

A: Beyond the problematic use of async as pointed out by @Servy, the other issue is that you need to explicitly get T from Task<T> by calling Task.Result. Note that the Result property will block async code, and should be used carefully.
Try:
private async void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var s = await methodAsync();
    MessageBox.Show(s.Result);
}

A: The listed return type of the method is Task<string>.  You're trying to return a string.  They are not the same, nor is there an implicit conversion from string to Task<string>, hence the error.
You're likely confusing this with an async method in which the return value is automatically wrapped in a Task by the compiler.  Currently that method is not an async method.  You almost certainly meant to do this:
private async Task<string> methodAsync()
{
    await Task.Delay(10000);
    return "Hello";
}

There are two key changes.  First, the method is marked as async, which means the return type is wrapped in a Task, making the method compile.  Next, we don't want to do a blocking wait.  As a general rule, when using the await model always avoid blocking waits when you can.  Task.Delay is a task that will be completed after the specified number of milliseconds.  By await-ing that task we are effectively performing a non-blocking wait for that time (in actuality the remainder of the method is a continuation of that task).
If you prefer a 4.0 way of doing it, without using await , you can do this:
private Task<string> methodAsync()
{
    return Task.Delay(10000)
        .ContinueWith(t => "Hello");
}

The first version will compile down to something that is more or less like this, but it will have some extra boilerplate code in their for supporting error handling and other functionality of await we aren't leveraging here.
If your Thread.Sleep(10000) is really meant to just be a placeholder for some long running method, as opposed to just a way of waiting for a while, then you'll need to ensure that the work is done in another thread, instead of the current context.  The easiest way of doing that is through Task.Run:
private Task<string> methodAsync()
{
    return Task.Run(()=>
        {
            SomeLongRunningMethod();
            return "Hello";
        });
}

Or more likely:
private Task<string> methodAsync()
{
    return Task.Run(()=>
        {
            return SomeLongRunningMethodThatReturnsAString();
        });
}

A:     //source
    public async Task<string> methodName()
            {
             return Data;
             }

    //Consumption
     methodName().Result;

Hope this helps :)

A: In my case.
        string ip = _GetStoreIpaddress().Result;

    private async Task<string> _GetStoreIpaddress()
    {
        string _store_iP = "";
        var Ip_address = await App.SQLiteDb.GetItemsAsync();
        if (Ip_address != null)
        {
            _store_iP = Ip_address.ToString();
        }

        return _store_iP;
    }


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Q: Ionic - "camera cancelled" when allowEdit is true I'm trying to facilitate cropping an image before uploading it in my Ionic app.  It works fine when I pick an image from the image gallery but it fails with the reason "camera cancelled" when a photo is directly shot from the camera.
I'm using Cordova's basic camera plugin - cordova-plugin-camera.  Here's the relevant snippet of my code:
$scope.openCamera = function () {
    navigator.camera.getPicture(
        onSuccess(),
        onFailure(),
        {
            allowEdit: true,
            quality: 100,
            sourceType: navigator.camera.PictureSourceType.CAMERA,
            destinationType: navigator.camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI,
            encodingType: Camera.EncodingType.JPEG,
            mediaType: Camera.MediaType.PICTURE,
            targetWidth: 100,
            targetHeight: 100,
            correctOrientation: true
        }
    );
}

The camera captures photos correctly and also shows the image to let me select area to crop.  However, it fails and enters onFailure() instead of onSuccess().
onFailure() callback prints the error "camera cancelled".  This bug came on 3 of 5 phones of various Android builds I tested it on.
Any help would be much appreciated!

A: I ended up using cordova-plugin-crop as a workaround to get the result I wanted, across all Android/iOS devices.  Here's a snippet of my updated code:
$scope.openCamera = function () {
    navigator.camera.getPicture(
        onSuccess(),
        onFailure(),
        {
            quality: 100,
            destinationType: destinationType.FILE_URI
        }
    );
}

function onSuccess(fileURI) {
            plugins.crop.promise(fileURI, {
                quality: 100,
                destinationType: destinationType.FILE_URI,
                encodingType: Camera.EncodingType.JPEG,
                mediaType: Camera.MediaType.PICTURE,
                allowEdit: true,
                targetWidth: 100,
                targetHeight: 100,
            }).then(function success(newPath) {
                // Call API to upload the file
            }).catch(function fail(err) {
                // Handle failure
            })
        }

Hope this helps!


He got down on his virtual knee to pop the question.
With the help of a virtual reality gaming company, a Victorian man has created a custom-built world to propose to his girlfriend in.
Thinking she's playing a zombie-killing game with her partner and their friends, Kelly suddenly finds herself transported to her favourite place in the world -- her grandparents' house in South Africa.
"The tree out the front of her grandparent's place in South Africa, every time she thinks of her happiest time she thinks of the time she spent out there with her friends, her family and a simpler, fun time to be alive back when she was a kid," her now-fiance Alex said.
"I knew that I wanted to marry her as soon as I met her -- she's Kelly."


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Q: Error executing IBM DB2 Stored Proceedure in EJB container I'm getting the error below when i try to execute a stored procedure in a Stateless bean with container managed persistance;
com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.SqlException: DB2 SQL Error: SQLCODE=-751, SQLSTATE=38003, SQLERRMC=STORED PROCEDURE;FXTR324;FXTR324;COMMIT, DRIVER=4.7.85

The stored proc executes without errors if i manually create the connection the database, i.e. unmanaged transaction.
Is there anything i need to do for it to execute in the EJB bean?

A: Try to set transaction attribute to NotSupported for method that calls stored procedure. This way you will make sure that your method is executed without active transaction context (active one will be suspended) thus your stored procedure (which presumably does commit/rollback logic) will be successfully executed.
For more info take a look at this article.


Written on 04 April 2017 .
Establishing a district-wide technology program can be a daunting task. It requires up-front planning and making a smart decisions about purchases, and it also requires faithful implementation—the hard work of getting buy-in from teachers and principals, and encouraging them to use devices purposefully and consistently.
Project RED, an initiative of the One-to-One Institute, a nonprofit that promotes the implementation of 1:1 programs in K-12 environments, is trying to perfect the technology implementation process.


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Струмок Удич — річка  в Україні, у Гайсинському районі  Вінницької області. Ліва притока Удичу  (басейн Південного  Бугу).

Опис
Довжина річки 11 км. Формується з багатьох безіменних струмків та водойм.  Площа басейну 61,4 км².

Розташування
Бере  початок у селі Погоріла. Тече переважно на південний захід через Удич, Червоний Кут і у Веселівці  впадає у річку Удич, ліву притоку Південного Бугу.

Джерела
 Гавриков Ю.С. Реєстр річок Вінницької області. — Вінниця: Басейнове управління водними ресурсами річки Південний Буг, 2010. — 251 с.

Малі річки України
Річки Вінницької області
Річки Теплицького району
Статті про річки Вінницької області без зображення в картці

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Category Archives: Milestones
The category used for anniversaries of band formations, seminal releases, comic book debuts and certain films.
Features, Milestones
Raising A Glass To Woodstock's 50th Anniversary (1969-2019)
August 15, 2019 Ken Pierce	Leave a comment
If you're finding yourself in a bit of a peaceful vibe and thinking of songs from yesteryear today, it's probably due to the fact that on this day some 50 years ago that the "Woodstock Music and Art Fair" took place up in Bethel NY on Max Yasgur's farm. Yeah, despite the name, the event was about 45 miles away from the town of Woodstock but that no longer seems to matter. The very well documented affair started out as a pay to enter thing but as the masses began to assemble after lengthy pilgrimages up the highways of New York State they just let anyone who arrived in for free. When it all came down to it there were about 400K in attendance. In honor of the music festivals milestone 50th year, I've culled together some topical images and information about who played on what day but left it at that since so much of the logistics and more are easily learned via the official Wiki which is linked down below.
Friday, August 15 – Saturday, August 16:
Richie Havens, Swami Satchidananda, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie and Joan Baez.
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Paramount Pictures "The Warriors" Still Running @ 40 Years (1979-2019)
February 9, 2019 Ken Pierce	Leave a comment
"Warriors……come out to playeeeaye…….Warriors…..come out to playeeeee" – This phrase rings like a bell in the minds of the folks who saw the Paramount Pictures release "The Warriors" which came out on this day in 1979. Though its more common for me to extol the virtues of the music related or geek culture films more than something like this, I couldn't let today go by without raising a glass to it since its remained a favorite Action/Thriller of a film. I'm not going to overdue my analysis of the plot since that all been done on its Official Wikipedia which will be linked at the close, and instead offer up some recollections that make this a special movie to me. After the poster I've lined out the premise and the casting so can you dig it? "Can You Dig It!!!!!!"
The Plot: Cyrus, leader of the Gramercy Riffs, the most powerful gang in New York City, calls a midnight summit of all the city's gangs, requesting them to send nine unarmed delegates to Van Cortlandt Park. The Warriors, from Coney Island, attend the summit. Cyrus proposes to the assembled crowd a permanent citywide truce and alliance that would allow the gangs to control the city since they outnumber the police by three to one. Most of the gangs applaud his idea, but Luther, leader of the Rogues, shoots Cyrus dead. In the resulting chaos, Luther frames the Warriors' leader Cleon for the murder, and Cleon is beaten down and most likely killed by the Riffs. Meanwhile, the other Warriors have escaped, unaware that they've been implicated in Cyrus' murder. The Riffs put out a hit on the Warriors through a radio DJ. Swan, the Warriors' "war chief", takes charge of the group as they try to make it back home. (thanks Wiki)
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NYC's Irving Plaza Celebrates "100 Sold-Out Shows" For 2018
December 18, 2018 Ken Pierce	Leave a comment
The other day the band Taking Back Sunday announced a special performance at NYC's own Irving Plaza to help the venue reach a concert attendance milestone for the 2018 year and sell out a full "100" shows. Today we help celebrate this accomplishment by saying "well done" and please keep that stuff coming.
PiercingMetal Thoughts: "100 Sold-Out" shows is no joke nor an easy feat so kudos to everyone involved in making that happen. I'm talking about the venue promoters, the bookers and the bands and most importantly – YOU!!! That's right YOU….The fans are the most crucial factor in making a show be a complete sell out event. Irving Plaza holds "about" 1100 people and historically speaking if I can trust my old ticket stubs and entries on setlist.fm, I have been here well over 100 times. From the looks of it, the only venue that I went to more than this one is the now shuttered B.B. King Blues Club (please bow your heads for a moment of silence – thank you).
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Blind Guardian's Debut "Battalions Of Fear" Hits 30 Years (1988-2018)
May 17, 2018 Ken Pierce	Leave a comment
Before I get started on this latest album anniversary or "music milestone" as we've been apt to refer to them, I must admit that way back in the days of 1988, I was NOT listening to the band Blind Guardian at all and the same applies for a lot of bands from this region of the world. We are still going to raise a goblet of our favorite drink in honor of the birthday of their debut album "Battalions Of Fear" which came out care of No Remorse Records on this very day thirty years ago. Fans of Blind Guardian who might have come on board over the last dozen years or so ago love them for the polished and exciting Power Metal that they are true masters of. Given my lack of overall background on the debut itself, I'll be deferring readers to the official Wikipedia entry at the close
Having referenced the bands acumen as Power Metal leaders, it might surprise some of you to learn that this was not at all how the band started out. When you begin to give a listen to "Battalions Of Fear" you find instead a fast-paced, more Speed Metal meets Thrash Metal type of release. In 1988 I can honestly say that Blind Guardian had more in common with the likes of Metallica and Exodus or even Anvil in terms of how the drumming and frenzied riffs were being laid down. It was interesting to me for sure because in 1988 I was really focused on more of the US Metal, even though I did have a few bands from that side of the pond that I enjoyed quite a bit. "Majesty" rips you a new one while "Guardian Of The Blind" has some awesome layers to it and drumming that made me bang my head while I was composing this toast. Believe me that is not easy to do when you are trying to type. "Trial By The Archon" reminded me a lot of the vibe that early Iron Maiden had to them and perhaps this short instrumental number was designed to be an homage of the Brits. "Wizard's Crown" continues the same vibe and there is a strong cohesion to the full release. The members of the band for the debut are of course singer Hansi Kursch who was also on bass at the time. Andre Olbrich was on lead guitar and Marcus Siepen on rhythm while Thomas "Thomen" Stauch played drums
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Toasting 30 Years Of King's X "Out Of The Silent Planet" (1988-2018)
March 28, 2018 Ken Pierce	5 Comments
Greetings friends it's time to once again scroll back through the sands of time and pull out another classic album and celebrate its anniversary. Today we are raising a glass of whatever you like to drink the most and saying "Congratulations" to the band King's X on the thirtieth anniversary of their debut album "Out Of The Silent Planet". The album was released on this day thirty years ago on the Megaforce Records label and while it is a solid piece of musical work, there were far too many of us who missed out on it until much later. I say it like this because in 1988, the Hard Rock and Metal scene was getting ready for a dramatic almost seismic shift as the Grunge Movement from the Seattle side of the fence was getting ready to take a full hold of the music buying public. Back then I was listening to the reasonably new sound of Power Metal with bands like Helloween and the like and while I would catch King's X on video playing networks such as MTV and their "Headbanger's Ball" the bands sound eluded me. Sure, I liked a few tracks and the clips that accompanied them but was I dedicating myself to the body of work. No I wasn't and it would take a few more albums for me to consider myself an acolyte of some kind.
That being said, many of my friends who found what I was listening to as "too much mayhem" for their liking, they became devoted followers of what King's X was bringing to the musical table and would see them whenever they came to town. It would be many years later that I finally would catch them and one of the first things that I remembered about them that impressed me was that it was still the original three members of Dug Pinnick (bass and vocals), Ty Tabor (guitar and vocals) and Jerry Gaskill (drums and vocals). There are not many bands out there anywhere who can claim that the original founding lineup is still 100% in place. The second and probably the most important thing that I would notice when I would catch them was just how good they sounded and how close it was to the recordings that I had heard over the years.
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