In Cloppers Mill West, this is the All-American dream home. A spacious 8,635 square feet, this house has all of the modern amenities and comfort in one. With a prestigious brick front, and dramatic two-story foyer, this home has it all. Find gleaming hardwood floors through out, and numerous remodeled rooms. The home is minutes away from quality shopping, restaurants, and parks as well as major commuter routes: Great Seneca Highway, Route 118, Route 28, and I-270.
The gourmet kitchen includes granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and kitchen appliances. With tons of natural light coming in from the back french doors and corner windows, as well as lots of counter space and walking room, this kitchen is perfect for enjoying the cooking experience for meals large and small. The kitchen leads into a sunken family room that includes a natural gas fireplace and a nice ceiling fan fixture. There is also an additional formal living room and separate dining room.
The private owner's suite includes vaulted ceilings and a large sitting room. The private owner's bath has a double vanity, shower stall, a soaking tub, and ceramic tile flooring. There are three additional bedrooms on the top floor with a remodeled full hallway bath with granite top, new mirror, and new light fixture. The basement is a totally finished walk-out basement with recreation room, bar, third full bath, and a fifth bedroom.
The house also includes a first floor office, a relaxing back deck, and a two-car garage with remote control entry. The front porch also includes a custom slate walkway. The home is heated with natural gas, as well as for cooking and hot water. The community has a well-maintained swimming pool, tennis courts, tot lots, and basketball courts. If you're interested in this home, contact us. We would be happy to help and serve your real estate needs.
Are you a stroller jogger? A marathoner? Or do you enjoy a nice run around the block with your dog to clear your head? With beautiful trails and road races available year round, Montgomery County is a hot spot for running enthusiasts and beginners alike. Here are just a few running groups and races to look into if you're interested in moving to Montgomery County, or you're a local looking to get more involved.
The Fleet Feet running store in Gaithersburg holds Thursday night and Saturday morning group runs for runners of all fitness levels. The group meets in front of the store just a few minutes before and they take to the trails through the neighborhood around the beautiful lakes and ponds in the area. On St. Patricks Day there was a Kentlands Pub Run where runners entered to pass through the local bars and pubs in the neighborhood for charity toward military veterans. The shop also holds running clinic events where you can get some lessons on running form. Their next clinic will be at their location on May 3, 2017 from 5:30-6:15.
The Montgomery County Road Runners club is open to all ages and skill levels who want to run fun and low-key Road Races or serious Marathons or Cross Country competitions, and connect with the local running community at the same time. They'll give you access to the latest news on local competitions, and they offer their own training programs for various specializations and skill levels. If you'd rather cheer on the sidelines, you can also volunteer to help out the club in organizing races and events.
If your child is a speedy little thing who needs to burn off some energy, another branch of the Montgomery County running community has your back. There are multiple local youth track and field clubs in the area where your little one can run, jump, and throw to their hearts content every spring and summer, mostly for ages 7-13. The teens usually join in during the summer time when school is out. Some of these clubs include the Firebirds Athletic Club, the Columbus League, and many more including the Montgomery County Road Runners Club.
If you are interested in getting more involved with the Montgomery County community and having a little fun staying fit and active, check out some of these options. Whether you are looking for some serious marathon races, or just want to get out of the house, Montgomery County is a great running community to be in.


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Respecting Teachers: Lahore's Last Statue Standing?
Filed Under >Adil Najam, Architecture, Education, Society
Our friend Darwaish posted this picture at Metroblog Lahore claiming that it is the very last statue of a human figure standing at its original location in Lahore (outside the 'old campus' of Punjab Univeristy).
I have no reason at all to doubt his claim and am fairly sure that he is, in fact, right. But I wanted to check with our readers if this is indeed so. Do you know of other statues; in Lahore or elsewhere?
(I recall that discussion on an earlier post about a Gandhi statue outside the Sindh High Court that now stands in the Indian High Commission; and someone on Lahore Metroblog hinted that now there are many new statues all over the major cities – mostly of Ronald MacDonald and Col. Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken!).
This statue, by the way, is of Prof. Alfred Woolner who was a long-serving professor of Sanskrit, as well as vice-chancellor of Punjab University between 1928 and 1936.
Being in the same profession as Mr. Woolner, I am intrigued by this picture at many levels. For example, it is ironic that the statue of a professor has been vandalized by what seems to be a student organization of some sort. Whatever this may or may not tell us about the state of statues in Pakistan, it also says a lot about the respect that professors once held in our society and now do not.
Only yesterday, Mast Qalandar was writing in these columns about Islamia College Peshawar and the discussion led to a conversation on the contribution of Prof. Hubert Michael Close, one of the College's remarkable professors. We have, of course, also been talking recently of cheating professors at Punjab Univeristy. One wonders if there are still professors in our colleges and Universities who are revered as Prof. Woolner here, or Prof. Close at Islamia College, were.
I have a tayya (uncle) who alway very proudly, and rightly proudly, tells me that his teachers were Sufi Tabassum and Faiz Ahmad Faiz. I know there are still many who should be revered and who excel at the craft and art of teaching. Yet, do we as a society even think that teachers are worthy of respect? And, can a society that does not respect teachers, even be considered respectable?
19 responses to "Respecting Teachers: Lahore's Last Statue Standing?"
MU says:
Here is one statue in Lahore (NCA?);(http://www.flickr.com/photos/brucetoombs/3 16079709/)
javed says:
very interesting article. thank you
Dr. Akbar says:
The statues went away in the 1950s and I do not think they are coming back but we do not need them. You can name buildings for people you want to pay respect to. Or have monuments without statues of people. The point is respect, not statues.
Darwaish says:
The statue has survived all the madness so far probably because its not very visible from main mall road. There are so many people i know who have never noticed it. strange but true :).
I hope it doesn't become too popular, thanks to ATP, otherwise its days are numbered in my view.
This whole thing got me interested in mentioning some of the other statues of Lahore. Like there used to be a bronze statue of Queen Victoria that was placed in the pavilion of the Punjab assembly chambers. It was removed in 1951 and later Mr. Bhutto got a bronze replica of Holy Quran placed there in 1974 before the famous OIC summit. Then there was a marble statue of Sardar Diyan Singh in Diyal Singh library who was also the owner of famous Diyal Singh Mansion. Sir Ganga Ram's statue stood outside Lahore Museum and I read somewhere that later it was dumped into the parking lot of NCA and from there it just disappeared.
Perhaps the most controversial statue was that of Lord John Lawrence (viceroy 1864-69 and Punjab's former governor general). The statue, placed in a small garden near the Punjab High Court, generated huge protests in 1920's because it displayed the following inscription: "By which will ye be governed: by the pen or the sword?â€
Moeen Bhatti says:
There used to be a statue of an old solider,who fought in World War 2, and got Queen Victoria Cross in the Army Mueseum(near GHQ). He was from Baluch Reg. I saw it like couple of decades ago, I am not sure if its still there.
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Bielstein Tower, located on the University of Oklahoma medical campus is in the heart of the campus that is part of an integral connectivity piece from the west side of the campus to the east. This proposal was based on a the dilapidated existing conditions of the building, its location, and a lack of parking on campus. The proposed design offers enough parking to facilitate the surrounding campus needs while providing a connection hub for all the surrounding buildings. Nicholson Tower to the west needs to connect to Garrison Tower on the east, but the existing floor plates of the Bielstein Tower do not allow for a smooth transition. The proposal creates a connection atrium that allows for the transition to occur without having to travel outside or changed floors. Establishing a new face and entry point for the campus brings life and energy to the southern most side of the campus. The design also incorporated connectivity to the north of the campus and four levels of office space above the parking structure.
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Australia's Archer and its plan for quantum world domination – ZDNet
Archer CEO Dr Mohammad Choucair and quantum technology manager Dr Martin Fuechsle
Quantum computing will revolutionise the world; its potential is so immeasurable that the greatest minds in Redmond, Armonk, and Silicon Valley are spending big on quantum development. But a company by the name of Archer Materials wants to put Sydney, Australia, on the map alongside, if not ahead, of these tech giants.
Universal quantum computers leverage the quantum mechanical phenomena of superposition and entanglement to create states that scale exponentially with the number of quantum bits (qubits).
Here's an explanation: What is quantum computing? Understanding the how, why and when of quantum computers
"Quantum computing represents the next generation of powerful computing, you don't really have to know how your phone works on the inside, you just want it to do things that you couldn't do before," Archer CEO Dr Mohammad Choucair told ZDNet.
"And with quantum computing, you can do things that you couldn't necessarily do before."
There is currently a very small set number of tasks that a quantum computer can do, but Choucair is hopeful that in the future this will grow to be a little bit more consumer-based and business-faced.
Right now, however, quantum computing, for all intents and purposes, is at a very early stage. It's not going to completely displace a classical computer, but it will give the capacity to do more with what we currently have. Choucair believes this will positively impact a range of sectors that are reliant on an increasing amount of computational power.
"This comes to light when you start to want to optimise very large portfolios, or perform a whole bunch of data crunching, AI and all sorts of buzzwords -- but ultimately, you're looking for more computational power. And you can genuinely get speed-ups in computational power based on certain algorithms for certain problems that are currently being identified," he explained.
"The problems that quantum computers can solve are currently being identified and the end users are being engaged."
Archer describes itself as a materials technology company. Its proposition is simple at heart: "Materials are the tangible physical basis of all technology. We're developing and integrating materials to address complex global challenges in quantum technology, human health, and reliable energy".
There are many components to quantum computing, but Archer is building a qubit processor. 12CQ is touted by the company as a "world-first technology that Archer aims to build for quantum computing operation at room-temperature and integration onboard modern electronic devices".
"We're not building the entire computer, we're building the chipset, the processer at the core of it," Choucair told ZDNet. "That really forms the brain of a quantum computer.
"The difference with us is that we really are looking at on-board use, rather than the heavy infrastructure that's required to house the existing quantum computing architectures.
"This is not all airy-fairy and it is not all of blue sky; it's real, there's proven potential, we've published the workwe have the data, we have the science behind us -- it took seven years of immense, immersive R&D."
Archer is building the chip inside a AU$180 million prototype foundry out of the University of Sydney. The funding was provided by the university as well as government.
"Everyone's playing their role to get this to market," he said.
Choucair is convinced that the potential when Archer "gets this right" will be phenomenal.
"Once you get a minimal viable product, and you can demonstrate the technology can indeed work at room temperature and be integrated into modern-day electronics. I think that's, that's quite disruptive. And it's quite exciting," he said.
Magnified region observing the round qubit clusters which are billionths of a meter in size in the centre of qubit control device components (appearing as parallel lines).
Choucair found himself at Archer in 2017 after the company acquired a startup he founded. Straight away, he and the board got started on the strategy it's currently executing on.
"There is very, very small margin for error from the start, in the middle, at the end -- you need to know what you're getting yourself into, what you're doingthis is why I think we've been able to be so successful moving forward, we've been so rapid in our development, because we know exactly what needs to get done," Choucair said.
"The chip is a world firstscience can fail at any stage, everybody knows that, but more often than not, it may or may not -- how uncertain do you want something to be? So for us, the more and more we develop our chip, the higher chances of success become."
Read more about Archer's commercial strategy here: Archer looks to commercialisation future with graphene-based biosensor tech
Choucair said materials technology itself was able to reduce a lot of the commercial barriers to entry for Archer, which meant the company could take the work out of the university much sooner.
"The material technology allowed us to do things without the need for heavy cooling infrastructure, which costs millions and millions of dollars and had to be housed in buildings that cost millions and millions of dollars,' he explained. "Massive barrier reduced, material could be made simply from common laboratory agents, which means you didn't have to build a billion-dollar facility to control atoms and do all these crazy scientific things at the atomic level.
"And so, really, you end up with the materials technology that was simple to handle, easy to make, and worked at room temperature, and you're like, wow, okay, so now the job for us is to actually build the chip and miniaturise this stuff, which is challenging in itself."
The CEO of the unexplainable has an impressive resum. He landed at Archer with a strong technical background in nanotechnology, served a two-year mandate on the World Economic Forum Global Council for Advanced Materials, is a fellow of both The Royal Society of New South Wales and The Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and was an academic and research fellow at the University of Sydney's School of Chemistry.
Choucair also has in his armoury Dr Martin Fuechsle, who is recognised for developing the world's smallest transistor, a "single-atom transistor".
"Fuechsle is among the few highly talented physicists in the world capable of building quantum devices that push the boundaries of current information processing technology," Choucair said in January 2019, announcing Fuechsle's appointment. "His skills, experience, and exceptional track record strongly align to Archer's requirements for developing our key vertical of quantum technology."
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Archer is publicly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, but Choucair would reject any claims of it being a crazy proposition.
"20 years ago, a company that was maybe offering something as abstract as an online financial payment system would have been insane too, but if you have a look at the top 10 companies on the Nasdaqa lot of their core business is embedded in the development of computational architecture, computational hardware," he said.
"We're a very small company, I'm not comparing myself to a Nasdaq-listed company. I'm just saying, the core businessI think it's a unique offering and differentiates us on a stock exchange."
He said quantum technology is something that people are starting to value and see as having potential and scale of opportunity.
Unlike many of the other quantum players in Australia and abroad, Archer is not a result of a spin-off from a university, Choucair claimed.
"The one thing about Archer is that we're not a university spin out -- I think that's what sets us apart, not just in Australia, but globally," he said. "A lot of the time, the quantum is at a university, this is where you go to learn about quantum computing, so it's only natural that it does come out of a university."
Historically, Australia has a reputation of being bad at commercialising research and development. But our curriculum vitae speaks for itself: Spray-on skin, the black box flight recorder, polymer bank notes, and the Cochlear implant, to name a few.
According to Choucair, quantum is next.
"We really are leading the world; we well and truly punch above our weight when it comes to the work that's been done, we lead the world," he said.
"And that quantum technology is across quantum computing and photonics, and sensing -- it's not just quantum computing. We do have a lot of great scientists and those who are developing the technology."
But as highlighted in May by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in its quantum technologies roadmap, there are a lot of gaps that need to be filled over the long term.
"We just have to go out there and get the job done," Choucair said.
"In Australia we have resource constraints, just like anywhere else in the world. And I think there's always a lot more that can be donewe're not doing deep tech as a luxury in this country. From the very top down, there is an understanding, I believe, from our government and from key institutes in the nation that this is what will help us drive forward as a nation."
Archer isn't the only group focused on the promise of quantum tech down under, but Choucair said there's no animosity within the Aussie ecosystem.
Read about UNSW's efforts: Australia's ambitious plan to win the quantum race
There's also a partnership between two universities: UNSW and Sydney Uni quantum partnership already bearing fruit
"I think we all understand that there's a greater mission at stake here. And we all want, I can't speak on everyone's behalf, but at Archer we definitely have vision of making quantum computing widespread -- adopted by consumers and businesses, that's something that we really want to do," he said.
"We have fantastic support here in Australia, there's no doubt about it."
A lot of the work in the quantum space is around education, as Choucair said, it's not something that just comes out of abstractness and then just exists.
"You have to remember this stuff's all been built off 20, 30, 40 years of research and development, quantum mechanics, engineering, science, and tech -- hundreds and thousands of brilliant minds over the course of two-three generations," the CEO explained.
While the technology is here, and people are building algorithms that only run on quantum computers, there is still another 20-or-so years of development to follow.
"This field is not a fast follower field, you don't just get up in the morning and put your slippers on and say you're going to build a quantum computer," he added.
Archer is also part of the IBM Q Network, which is a global network of startups, Fortune 500 companies, and academic research institutes that have access to IBM's experts, developer tools, and cloud-based quantum systems through IBM Q Cloud.
Archer joined the network in May as the first Australian company that's developing a qubit processor.
Choucair said the work cannot be done without partnerships and collaboration alongside the best in the world.
"Yes, there is a race to build quantum computers, but I think more broadly than a race, to just enable the widespread adoption of the technology. And that's not easy. And that takes a concerted effort," he said. "And at this early stage of development, there is a lot of overlap and collaboration.
"There's a bit of a subculture that Australia can't do it -- yeah, we can.
"There's no excuses, right? We're doing it, we're building it, we're getting there. We're working with the very best in the world."
Australia's Archer and its plan for quantum world domination - ZDNet
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NSA Cites DoD Crypto Work in First-Ever Cybersecurity Year-End Report - MeriTalk - January 14th, 2021
'Magic' angle graphene and the creation of unexpected topological quantum states - Princeton University - December 15th, 2020
Bringing Your Mainframe Into the Cloud Age - CMSWire - December 15th, 2020
ASC20-21 Student Supercomputer Challenge Kickoff: Quantum Computing Simulations, AI Language Exam and Pulsar Searching with FAST - Business Wire - November 26th, 2020
Virtual ICM Seminar with Hiroaki Kitano, 'Nobel Turing Challenge-Creating the Engine of Scientific Discovery' to Be Held Nov 26 - HPCwire - November 26th, 2020
The Trillion-Transistor Chip That Just Left a Supercomputer in the Dust - Singularity Hub - November 26th, 2020
Imperfections Lower the Simulation Cost of Quantum Computers - Physics - November 24th, 2020
Is the blockchain vulnerable to hacking by quantum computers? - Moneyweb.co.za - November 24th, 2020
Can a Computer Devise a Theory of Everything? - The New York Times - November 24th, 2020
Cracking the Secrets of an Emerging Branch of Physics: Exotic Properties to Power Real-World Applications - SciTechDaily - November 24th, 2020
Inside the Competition That Will Save Bitcoin From Quantum Computers - Decrypt - November 22nd, 2020
Foreign policy expert: China is 'outstripping us' in technologies of the future - Brainerd Dispatch - November 22nd, 2020
Cracking the secrets of an emerging branch of physics - MIT News - November 22nd, 2020
#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Quantum Technology and Impact of the Global Space Security - SpaceWatch.Global - November 22nd, 2020
A Scoville Heat Scale For Measuring The Progress Of Emerging Technologies In 2021 - Forbes - November 22nd, 2020
Democracies must team up to take on China in the technosphere - The Economist - November 22nd, 2020
Honeywell fires up the H1, its second-generation quantum computer - CNET - November 2nd, 2020
Quantum computers could soon reveal all of our secrets. The race is on to stop that happening - ZDNet - November 2nd, 2020
Quantum Computing Expert Warns Governments May Be First to Crack Algorithms Keeping Bitcoin and the Internet Secure - The Daily Hodl - November 2nd, 2020
Quantum Computing Is Bigger Than Donald Trump - WIRED - November 2nd, 2020
Will Quantum Mechanics Produce the True Thinking Computer? - Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence - November 2nd, 2020
Strategic Partnership will aid smooth work in the event of regional crisis: Australia High Commissioner - The Hindu - November 2nd, 2020
Valuation of quantum computer maker D-Wave slashed by more than half after company struggles to raise financing - The Globe and Mail - October 27th, 2020
60-year-old limit to lasers overturned by quantum researchers - Griffith News - October 27th, 2020
A Measured Approach to Regulating Fast-Changing Tech - Harvard Business Review - October 27th, 2020
The Importance of Funding Quantum Physics, Even in a Pandemic - Inside Philanthropy - October 23rd, 2020
Material found in paint may hold the key to a technological revolution - Advanced Science News - October 23rd, 2020
What is Quantum Computing, and How does it Help Us? - Analytics Insight - October 13th, 2020
QCE20: Here's what you can expect from Intel's new quantum computing research this week - Neowin - October 13th, 2020
Canadian quantum computing firms partner to spread the technology - IT World Canada - October 13th, 2020
Ten-year Forecasts for Quantum Networking Opportunities and Deployments Over the Coming Decade - WFMZ Allentown - October 13th, 2020
Berkeley Lab Technologies Honored With 7 R&D 100 Awards - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - October 5th, 2020
IBM Partners With HBCUs to Diversify Quantum Computing Workforce - Diverse: Issues in Higher Education - September 25th, 2020
IBM, Alphabet and well-funded startups in the race for quantum supremacy - IT Brief Australia - September 25th, 2020
How This Bangalore Based Startup Is Driving Innovation With Quantum Technology-Based Products - Analytics India Magazine - September 25th, 2020
New faculty add to Yale's strength in applied mathematics - Yale News - September 25th, 2020
NU receives $115 million federal grant to research and develop beyond state-of-the-art quantum computer - Daily Northwestern - September 24th, 2020
IBM Just Committed to Having a Functioning 1,000 Qubit Quantum Computer by 2023 - ScienceAlert - September 24th, 2020
IBM plans to build a 1121 qubit system. What does this technology mean? - The Hindu - September 24th, 2020
Extending the life of the qubit | Temple Now - Temple University News - September 24th, 2020
OSTP, NSF, DoE, and IBM make major push to strengthen research in AI and quantum - BlackEngineer.com - September 24th, 2020
Heres why quantum computing is a cat among the pigeons - BusinessLine - September 12th, 2020
The Hyperion-insideHPC Interviews: ORNL Distinguished Scientist Travis Humble on Coupling Classical and Quantum Computing - insideHPC - September 12th, 2020
Oxford Instruments Partners With The 10 Million Consortium, To Launch The First Commercial Quantum Computer In UK - AZoNano - September 10th, 2020
Combinations of new technologies will upend finance - The Australian Financial Review - September 10th, 2020
Quantum Computing Market Analysis by Growth, segmentation, performance, Competitive Strategies and Forecast to 2026 - Galus Australis - September 10th, 2020
The Quantum Dream: Are We There Yet? - Toolbox - September 7th, 2020
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How Amazon Quietly Powers The Internet - Forbes - September 7th, 2020
Study Expands Types of Physics, Engineering Problems That Can Be Solved by Quantum Computers - HPCwire - September 4th, 2020
New evidence that the quantum world is even stranger than we thought - Purdue News Service - September 4th, 2020
How Andersen Cheng plans to defend against the quantum computer - The Independent - September 4th, 2020
Quantum computer to be hosted in Abingdon - ClickLancashire - September 4th, 2020
Assistant director of NSFs Computer and Information Science and Engineering to give virtual talk Sept. 11 - Vanderbilt University News - September 4th, 2020
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I confess, I'm scared of the next generation of supercomputers - TechRadar - August 29th, 2020
Q-NEXT collaboration awarded National Quantum Initiative funding - University of Wisconsin-Madison - August 29th, 2020
UArizona Scientists to Build What Einstein Wrote off as Science Fiction - UANews - August 29th, 2020
Quantum leap? US plans for unhackable internet may not fructify within a decade, but India is far behind - The Financial Express - August 4th, 2020
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Quantum physicists say time travelers don't have to worry about the butterfly effect - The Next Web - August 2nd, 2020
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New UC-led institute awarded $25M to explore potential of quantum computing and train a future workforce - University of California - July 31st, 2020
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IBM and University of Tokyo team up for Quantum Innovation Initiative Consortium - SmartPlanet.com - July 31st, 2020
'Butterfly effect' is wrong and reality can 'heal itself', quantum scientists find in time travel experiment - The Independent - July 31st, 2020
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The Matinee March 31st
Published on March 31, 2017 March 30, 2017 by The Revue (Staff)
It's Friday!!! To help you end the work week while kicking off the weekend, The Matinee March 31st edition goes a little longer. Instead of the usual six songs, we've included nine for your listening pleasure. The extended version reflects the quantity and quality of great new music we've been receiving. And we still have the Saturday Sampler to go! But before we put the cart before the horse, let's get to today's mini-playlist, which has been curated by Jeanette and Ben.
Dead Language – "The Man Who Killed My Father" (Sydney, Australia)
RIYL: Rick Astley, Har Mar Superstar, Midnight Juggernauts
We kick things off with a song that is a blast-from-the-past. A song that will have you think of days when disco and synth-pop went hand-in-hand. So just before you hit play, turn on the disco ball, put on the bell bottoms, ruffle up your hair, and stretch your legs because you'll be grooving in your place to "The Man Who Killed My Father".
Written and performed by Dominic Price – a.k.a. Dead Language – this song is just awesome in a really quirky, nostalgic way. Price's vocals are akin to the booming baritone of '80s icon Rick Astley (he's still an icon for some today), but the offbeat disco-pop is reminiscent of Har Mar Superstar's interpretation of the genre. The storytelling, too, is fantastic, although this song about revenging one's father's death has generally been heard in classic country, R&B, and rap. Just goes to show that there are no limits to Dominic Price's imagination and ingenuity.
"The Man Who Killed My Father" is the latest single off Dead Language's upcoming EP, 'Like Heart'.
Flamingods – "Rhama" (London, England and Bahrain)
RIYL: Ravi Shankar playing with King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard and Tame Impala
What's a Friday playlist without a moment of subtle introspective? We all need some time to reflect, decompress, and focus on what was and is to come. Music is a powerful tool during this exercise, especially when it sounds as relaxing, chilling, and hypnotic as Flamingods' new single, "Rhama".
"Rhama" defines transient psychedelia, as it doesn't linger in one space or place for too long. Instead, this tune is a wonderful mélange of influences and styles – from the trippy neo-psychedelia that has taken Australia by storm to the meditative delirium of India to the rhythmic hypnosis of Indonesia's gamelan music. Consequently, the only way to experience this song is to close your eyes to absorb the beautiful soundscapes while allowing your mind to faraway lands. To go to places where peace and tranquility can truly be found. The healing power of music can never be underestimated, especially when it is as enrapturing as "Rhama".
The song is from Flamingods' forthcoming, new EP, Kewali. It will be released May 26th, and it can be pre-ordered on Bandcamp.
Flamingods are:
Kamal Rasool (lead vocals, sarangi, taishogoto, keyboards, rhythm ukele, phin guitar);
Sam Rowe (vocals, guitar, bass, gamelan, congas, taishogoto, drums, assorted percussion);
Charles Prest (vocals, guitar, bass and synth bass, keyboards); and
Karthik Poduval (bass, drums, percussions, darbuka).
Hoops – "On Top" (Bloomington, Indiana, USA)
RIYL: Beach Fossils, Summer Heart, Craft Spells
Bloomington, Indiana was so named because early settlers were so impressed with the "haven of blooms" they saw when they set eyes on the land they could think of no more appropriate name for the town. It seems only fitting then that Hoops is named for the hoop houses at the nursery where band founder Drew Auscherman worked as a teen.
Hoops' new song, "On Top", is a like a warm breeze caressing your face and blowing through your hair. It's an easy, sun-kissed song that serves as a life-affirming reminder that dark days and cold weather are things of the past. Bright guitars and loose drums keep the air in the song light and vocals with just the right touch of fuzz are the perfect way to round out the signature DIY sound of Hoops. They sing:
Keep your head up, you're doing fine
I know it's hard but it'll be alright…
This tune will work it's way into your head like a new best friend and who wouldn't want a friend as reassuring and melodic as Hoops?
Hoops are Drew Auscherman (vox/guitar), Kevin Krauter (vox/bass), Keagan Beresford (vox/keys/guitar), and James Harris (drums). "On Top" is from their upcoming album, Routines, out on Fat Possum. Pre-orders available here. Hoops have a slew of upcoming tour dates both in the UK and the USA.
Imaginary People – "The Pelican Theme" (New York City, USA)
RIYL: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cameron Avery, Timber Timbre
In the last few years, Imaginary People have put out a critically acclaimed album in their opening volley EP as well as a politically-themed LP in Dead Letterbox. They've come back full force and full of drive in their latest release, "The Pelican Theme", from their March released sophomore album, October Alice.
"The Pelican Theme" is a bold rock tune with driving guitars and pounding drums. It's Dylan Von Wagner's signature vibrato that really grabs your attention. Like a cross between Elvis and David Byrne, Von Wagner's vocals are able to rise above and continue to stand out even with the strong rock undercurrent. The entire album was written in response to a very personal, tragic event and the listener can certainly hear the anguish and frustration in the resultant music yet there's a certain sense that the purpose of writing this music was not only to express the pain and angst but that once emotions are put to music and out into the world some healing can begin.
Imaginary People are Dylan Von Wagner (vocals), Mark Roth (guitar), Justin Repasky (keys), Kolby Wade (drums) and Bryan Percivall (bass). "The Pelican Theme" can be found on Soundcloud and included in the LP October Alice, produced by Kevin McMahon (Swans, Titus Andronicus, Real Estate), re-establishing his role from Imaginary People's debut LP.
Mojave Nomads – "Strange Love" (Ogden, Utah, USA)
RIYL: Sundara Karma, Split Enz, Modern English
We've long mentioned that we are sticklers for cinematic songs, particularly those that could fit on the soundtracks of iconic films, such as Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and The Breakfast Club. There really isn't anything like the music of the '80s, which had the perfect mix of idealistic storytelling and soundscapes that were simultaneously breathtaking and contagious. There are several, retro-inspired bands that have recently caught our attention, and another one to add to the list are Mojave Nomads.
Already an indie force within the Salt Lake City area and beyond, this young quintet is reintroducing the music we love to a new generation. Today, their new EP, Phases, is out, and from the record is its highlight, "Strange Love". This song defines what weekends are for. It is a swimmingly uplifting song that will leave you gasping for a breath every few seconds. Memories of unbridled, youthful love filter through mind, and, as such, your chest begins to swell with the thought of what tonight, Saturday, and Sunday will bring. But there's more to do this song, as it isn't just about the love between two people but it's a love affair with life.
Mojave Nomads are Tyler Harris (lead vocals/rhythm guitar), Colter Hill (lead guitar), Bryton Bell (bass), Cole Eisenhour (percussion), and Mason Hill (synth/keys).
The Presolar Sands – "Det Stora Oväsendet" (Stockholm, Sweden)
RIYL: The Black Angels, The Black Lips, Bass Drum of Death
For all the warm, spring-like songs we have on today's mini-playlist, we needed to break the mood with a fierce rocker. Thankfully, The Presolar Sands have re-emerged from a short hibernation, and their new single is just awesome.
"Det Stora Oväsendet" is a fiery, seismic, psychedelic-rock song that will blow your mind. It is fierce, intense, and the Stockholm-based quartet hold nothing back. The reverb-drenched, blistering guitars will have you doing your own air-guitar version with, of course, the prerequisite windmill. The screeching vocals of co-frontwoman Charlotta along with the pummeling rhythms, meanwhile, will have your eyes exploding out of your sockets while you frantically wave your head back and forth and from side to side. If this song doesn't make you want to pulverize the stress in your bones, nothing will. This song deserves a "f*ck yeah!"
For the record, we have no clue what "Det Stora Oväsendet" means or what is refers to. We do know that this is the lead single from The Presolar Sands' debut album, The Big Noise. It will be out April 12, and the fine folks at Lazy Octopus Records will be releasing it.
Tashaki Miyaki – "Out Of My Head" (Los Angeles, USA)
RIYL: Mazzy Star, Widowspeak, Memoryhouse
We should know by now that when Tashaki Miyaki release a new song we better take a deep breath first. Everything – and we mean EVERYTHING – they have produced is absolutely beautiful, and they have, as such, rightfully earned the distinction of being the next Mazzy Starr. Their journey to reach these heights, however, has been a long and methodical journey. Since the duo's formation in 2011, they have kept things to a minimum, releasing only a handful of singles and one EP. In addition, they kept their identities anonymous, which in itself was quite the feat. But at long last, their debut album will finally see the light of day next wee, and we also finally get to know their names.
On April 7th, Paige Stark and Luke Paquin's new record, The Dream, will be released on Metropolis Records. They have already shared a handful of songs, but the latest might be the best. "Out Of My Head" is a slice of blissful, dream-pop perfection. Stark's soft, angelic vocals are extremely inviting, like a cool pillow that you cannot wait to sink your head into on a warm, still night. Paquin's guitar sears at just the right moment, and in between it settles into an effortless glide to allow Stark's voice to take center stage. The addition of the strings is also brilliant, taking the song to a place where only dreams exist.
Trevor Sensor – "The Money Gets Bigger" (Sterling, Illinois, USA)
RIYL: Bob Dylan, Kevin Morby, Elvis Costello
Trevor Sensor is one of the most gifted singer-songwriters around, and he's only 23-years old. His lyrical genius is akin to that of a young Bob Dylan, and his style belongs in a time when singer-songwriters were revered as the queens and kings of music. Unlike so-called "singer-songwriters" who regurgitate the same old themes of love, lust, and heartbreak, Sensor, despite his youth, has long told stories about the everyday person and his country, America.
His new single, "The Money Gets Bigger", just might be Sensor's masterpiece – his "Mona Lisa". The song is witty, yet it is incredibly real and relevant as Sensor tells two tales. On the one hand, the song is an observation of what America has become, where greed has consumed American values and where the few benefit and the majority suffer. On the other hand, the song is about the American Dream. Sensor takes on the persona of a person trying to rise above the ashes to become someone of importance in a world lacking in substance. In the song, Sensor subtly asks whether a person can be something in a place of insignificance? It's a clever question to ponder, particularly during these uncertain times.
"The Money Gets Bigger" was produced by Foxygen's Jonathon Rado, and it features Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek of Whitney. Sensor will be releasing a new album later this year. In the meantime, the song is available via Jagjaguwar.
Wolf Solent – "Red Moon" (York, England)
RIYL: Beck, Guided By Voices, Elvis Depressedly
Qualia is the word for the way that a particular color appears to us in our minds or the particular noise a sound wave causes us to experience it when it interacts with our inner ears. We experience colors qualitatively as yellow or as red. Similarly, noises differ from the sound waves themselves which cause us to hear them. The philosopher G.E. Moore is famous for advancing the notion of the relationship between qualia and goodness being indefinable. We can break down the chords and beats and sound waves of a song but still be unable to define what makes it so good sometimes.
It is just that indefinable qualia that Danny Trew Barton brings to anything he is involved with. Wolf Solent, in his words, his "kinda" bedroom project, has just released an incredible single in "Red Moon". The song is dreamy with spacey guitar riffs and fuzzy lo-fi vocals, and it is somewhat reminiscent of Beck's Sea Change but with an intentionally less polished production and more shoegaze. Barton, in "Red Moon", brings an addictive melody with a laid back comfortable approach that slowly intensifies, ending in a reverb soaked crescendo that only comes with years of experience.
When writing, I (Jeanette) usually try to listen to a song once for an overview trying not to think too much and just experience it, and then listen again with headphones really focusing on the lyrics and the subtle nuances in layering. I'll admit that I listened to this song 5 times in a row completely immersed and getting lost in it before I realized I hadn't written a thing. That is solely because of the indefinable qualia Barton brings to his projects. And that list of projects is staggering. The Federals, JUNK, Sewage Farm, Cowgirls, and White Firs, although the list may be even longer than that. It's almost as if Barton is exploring every separate facet of his personality in each different project.
"Red Moon" is one track of seven that Wolf Solent has included on his March 31st release of EP//4, the fourth EP by Wolf Solent and released on the same day every year. This is a clue as to how deliberate and intentional Barton is in everything, even seemingly casual, dreamy songs. EP//4 can be pre-ordered here through Sea Records.
Wolf Solent is Danny Trew Barton. Barton is responsible for vocals as well as playing every instrument.
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Too bad they weren't in that town where the cast of Seinfeld got thrown into prison for mocking a fat man getting robbed.
This is just pathetic. Had this been one of my children I would surely make them wish they were the ones drowning. Life would become untenable for them.
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Make the punishment fit the crime.. Waterboard them.
yeah, they deserve it.. but there is the eighth amendment.
Just say that they are Muslims.
sometimes I wish we had an unlike button,.. well no, then I'd have to stay away from politics, or I'd end up with a negative likes total in no time.
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Nigerian youths are set to benefit from a World Bank and United Nations International Children Education Fund, UNICEF skills and training program bfor young people in developing countries aimed at boosting their employment prospects.
This was contained in a statement by kurtis Cooper, UNICEF media representative in Nigeria.
The partnership will align $1 billion in World Bank investments with Generation Unlimited, a new global initiative, currently hosted by UNICEF to help prepare the world's 1.8 billion young people for the transition to work and engaged citizenship, by connecting secondary-age education and training for employment and entrepreneurship.
Georgieva further explained that the investments are also an important component of the World Bank Group's Human Capital Project, which is mobilizing countries to deliver more effective investments in people (especially young people) as a key pathway to jobs in today's changing world of work.
She stressed that at the core of the partnership, is connecting secondary-age education and training to employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, so that young people can succeed in a changing world.
"The World Bank's financial commitment is expected to focus on accelerating curriculum changes in formal education so that skills and knowledge align with workplace demands; Improving access to skills programs outside of formal education, including in crisis situations and areas prone to humanitarian emergencies; stepping up efforts to match job-seekers with employment and entrepreneurship opportunities; and equipping young people with the flexibility and problem-solving skills they will need to succeed as engaged citizens in the new world of work".
Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, in a statement corroborating the project, said that there in need for increased investment in young people by transforming education systems and scaling up skills training adding that there is need to open up opportunities to the futures of millions of young people.
"Through this World Bank and UNICEF collaboration, Generation Unlimited can help support this transformation and create a skilled cohort of young people better prepared to form flourishing economies and peaceful and prosperous societies", she said.
"Launched just over six months ago, Generation Unlimited aims to help prepare the world's 1.8 billion young people for the transition to work and engaged citizenship, by connecting secondary-age education and training to employment and entrepreneurship. This is the largest cohort of young people in history, but many of them are the victims of a global education and training crisis so they are not equipped to enter the work place".


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Klyce said that around 1:30 a.m. a fight broke out in the parking lot of Malone's Bar and Grill on Dupree Road in Maury City.
Upwards of 30 rounds were fired hitting the victims. Two of which are still in critical condition. All were taken to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. From there, one was air lifted to the Med in Memphis.
Klyce said there was a large crowd of 50 to 60 people when the shots were fired.
"I've never had that many since I've been sheriff," Kylce said. "But you know, they're lucky it wasn't more. We're finding 30 empty casings. So in a way, six could be a low figure compared to how many gunshots were fired."
There have been no arrests.
"At this point, we have several people of interest that we need to talk to, but we feel like it was multiple shooters," Klyce said.
At 5 a.m. the sheriff's department received another call, seven shots were fired into a trailer home on West Main Street in Alamo. Two people were home, but were not injured. Klyce said the shootings were believed to be related and that the people were asleep when the attack began.
None of the victims' names have been released at this point.
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Louise Mensch is MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire. Follow Louise on Twitter.
On Wednesday George Osborne will stand up in parliament and deliver his budget. Assuming he hasn't had a change of heart and decided to row back on promises set out in the Conservative manifesto and the Coalition Agreement, the detail in the Red Book will confirm that the UK will meet its promise to spend 0.7% of our national income on aid from next year.
Is this the right thing to do? Aid has been much in the news lately since a YouGov poll for the Sunday Times showed that 66% of Britons thought we were spending too much on aid. I welcome this debate. All government spending should be scrutinised, because every penny of taxpayers' money should be spent well. But I strongly believe that our aid money is being well spent and the decision to stick to the promised spending plan is the right one.
Sometimes politicians should follow the public, and listen to the polling. But too much "government by focus group" was the hallmark of where the last Labour government failed. Always going for what was popular in that minute, Labour ducked all the hard choices, and wound up with not only the colossal deficit that is their legacy to the nation, but too few positive achievements in the plus column. What people truly want from Prime Ministers, and Chancellors too, is leadership and ideology. "Ideology" has become a dirty word, but it shouldn't be. You need to stand for something. You need to have a clear vision, run for election on that vision, and pursue it in government. This is more important than whether an individual policy polls well or poorly.
Louise Bagshawe: The best Tory council in England?
A-lister Louise Bagshawe has written eight best-selling novels and recently answered ConservativeHome readers' questions. In this Platform piece Louise pays tribute to Wychavon District Council.
One of the joys of being on the candidate circuit is the research we do into constituencies. All non-locals have to prove to Association officers and members that they've learned about the constituency they hope to represent.
Most recently, I applied to West Worcestershire, and was delighted to have had an interview with the Executive there. More beautiful countryside and nicer people you could not hope to meet, and three outstanding candidates have made it through to the final. The entire process was a privilege.
In doing my research in Worcestershire, I came across Wychavon District Council. I think for me, discovering this authority was the single best thing that came out of my application. I said to the selection committee at my first interview that the work of this authority should be better known. Indeed, I would recommend to David Cameron that he consider using it in a speech. It is a model of Tory governance; innovative, no-nonsense, and delivering simultaneously on lower taxes and better services.
My personal credo in politics is: Tory means deliver liberal ends. Social justice is delivered, not through socialism, but through enlightened, compassionate Conservative principles. Wychavon is the perfect example of this in action.
Some background. Across West Worcestershire, voters are feeling the pain of Labour's broken promises on health. PFI, targets, and a botched funding formula are causing South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust (SWPCT) to slash services, cut wards, fail to build new hospitals, and sack staff. Evesham, Pershore, and Malvern were all suffering. Malvern's new hospital has been "being built" for 25 years.
Part of West Worcestershire falls under LibDem control – Malvern Hills District Council. Part of it, under Tory control – Wychavon. Both halves, under the not so tender care of SWPCT. So whose residents are enjoying lower taxes and first class health care? The left wing LibDems, or the Tories?
Wychavon has managed a triple whammy. It has achieved, in a stroke, higher home ownership, lower taxes, a higher return on the council's money, and a brand new hospital – while Malvern Hills residents languish with high taxes and no new hospital.
How did Wychavon pull off this miracle? A classically new generation Thatcherite principle. It's beautifully simple, the way good Conservative governance always is.
1. They sold off many council homes in a right to buy scheme, giving poorer residents the chance at prosperity. The ratepayer money was invested in bonds, yielding 6.5%.
3. Which they are leasing back to SWPCT at a return to the ratepayer of 7% - half a percent higher than they were earning before.
A new hospital. Home ownership. Return for the ratepayer. And for the last several years, despite the lack of a fair central funding settlement, Wychavon has kept its council tax increase at a mere 2.5%. It will not surprise you to learn that this authority received an outstanding report from the audit commission. The LibDem opposition meekly fell in behind the Tory plans - but you do not see LD controlled Malvern Hills doing the same. They have high taxes and poor services.
Wychavon is now giving talks to other local authorities, desperate to learn from their model. They are also building and leasing a Waitrose store, in the same way as the hospital – bringing facilities to their area at zero cost, and actually at a net return, to ratepayers. Wychavon farms out services where it believes private providers can do a more cost-efficient job. The poorest and the most socially deprived are being helped by these solid Tory principles in dynamic action.
Many times, townies regard the countryside as old-fashioned or stuck in the mud. Wychavon is dynamic Tory governance delivering for the poor as it keeps taxes to a bare minimum. The building of the new hospital was covered in one approving article by the Times "turning PFI on its head", but it should be far more widely known. I said to the selection committee we should be trumpeting it from the rooftops. With this piece, I am trying to do my bit to make sure this marvelous example of compassionate Conservatism gets all the credit it deserves.
A recent series on YourPlatform looked at the 2006 local election campaigns in Bassetlaw, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham.


It will be interesting to see how successful WWRY will be in America, but at this present moment in time it doesn't seem to be selling to well. The opening night of the tour seemed well received and was reported on quite favourably but unfortunately this hasn't had to positive affect on advanced ticket sales. The beauty of Theatre productions like this is with a little research and because you are able to purchase the exact seat you want it's quite easy to see if the shows are selling well or not.
It failed in Vegas, so it might fail this time. A couple of good reviews can change it all though...and it is, when all is said and done, a great collection of songs, sung by very good singers.
The musical makes me smile...I need to go again, haven't been this year.
This is very disappointing. I'm so tired of Queen-related projects sinking in this country.
Maybe the movie can change their fortunes here.
fairydandy wrote: It failed in Vegas, so it might fail this time. A couple of good reviews can change it all though...and it is, when all is said and done, a great collection of songs, sung by very good singers.
I can't look it up atm, but how long did it last in Vegas?
I wish Canada had a go of it again.
It would be nice to WWRY come here in Brazil!
icy wrote: I wish Canada had a go of it again.
icy wrote: Have you seen it before?
Nope, this will be my first time. I'm not a big musical theater-goer -- I can count on one hand how many shows I've seen in my entire life: Cats, Rent, Chicago, Lion King, Billy Elliot -- and the last time WWRY was in Toronto, I wasn't as into Queen as I am now.
Brian interview with The Wall St journal.
I hope you enjoy it when you do see it.
Now wait a minute. 10,541 tickets sold for Nashville, for something rock related, is pretty darn good! Your own Dominion Theater in London, the main base of WWRY, only seats 2,069.
Nashville is a south midwest town, population just over 600,000, compared to London's 8.174 million. Nashville's music tradition is country. Rock has a good solid following there, but it's still predominately country music fans.
I never realized that the Vegas show was cut down to 90 minutes. No wonder it failed. Thanks for the information.
That's not quite right. The show was initially around 2.5 hours and it was cut to 90 minutes in the last few months as an attempt to save it.


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Browsing TIMEA - Travelers in the Middle East Archive by Subject "Places & Architecture"
The entrance to Abu Simbel, guarded by four seated stone figures, one of which is missing its top half.
Drawing of a view of Alexandria from Ramleh.
People walking or riding through the street in front of an old house.
Line drawing of a scene from Alexandria in ancient times.
A columned tomb cut into a mountain side.
Distant view of sluice gate. Black-and-white photograph.
Several women sitting among crumbled pillars.
A courtyard inside a mansion, with a stand of low plants in the middle and a balcony surrounding it.
A crowd in a market under palm trees. Black-and-white photograph.
View of a small cemetery, with a mosque in the background.


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An early morning fire destroyed Whitehouse Auto Parts and Tire store in Perryville on Tuesday.
Star Spangled Banner now flies at Constitution Square
Perryville business destroyed by early morning fire
By Robin Hart
Published 1:55 pm Tuesday, August 21, 2018
A long-time Perryville auto parts store and garage was completely destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning.
According to Perryville Fire Department Chief Anthony Young, a fire at Whitehouse Auto Parts and Tires store at 205 East Second St. was reported a little after 5 a.m.
He said firefighters initially tried to attack the fire from the interior of the building but quickly had to pull out because of intense flames and heavy smoke. Firefighters then begin a defensive battle against the fire from the outside.
Young said the second floor of the building contained at least 200 new tires and was fully engulfed in flames which could be seen leaping out from under the roof.
The old block building contained fuel, oil and equipment. The only vehicle inside the building was a service truck.
David Hastings carries a bag of absorbent material.
Later in the morning, as small fires continued burning under the collapsed walls, Young said heavy equipment was being brought in to knock down the remaining two side walls so that firefighters could continue putting out the fire. He said the building could smolder for days if that action didn't take place.
The current owner of the business, Stephen Lester stood across the street and watched as firefighters did their best to contain the destructive fire and completely put it out. He would have owned the business for three years come this November. He said it was still too soon to comment on any future plans for the business.
The previous owner was Dennis Whitehouse, who was the second generation to have the auto parts store in Perryville. As he watched the action, Whitehouse said his father, Stanley Whitehouse, started the business just a few feet down the road in 1954. In 1958, the Whitehouse Auto Parts store moved to its current location. Dennis Whitehouse took over the shop and ran it from 1990 to 2014 before selling it to Lester. However, Dennis Whitehouse's mother still owned the property.
Dennis Whitehouse said he was glad nobody got hurt. "It was just a building and not a home."
After the block building was nearly knocked completely down, workers located an old black safe that was still intact.
The backhoe used to crush the remnants of the building pulled the heavy antique safe out of the debris, pushed it onto a bulldozer which then loaded onto a flatbed truck that was going to take it to a safe location.
Dennis Whitehouse said Lester owned the safe now, but Whitehouse had used it for years, too. He said it was from the early 1900s.
At the same time the last smoldering ashes were being put out, other firefighters were busy trying to contain the possible hundreds of gallons of oil, gas and other chemicals that were running from the auto parts store. Emergency Management Director Mike Wilder said the contaminants were being directed toward a ditch that had quickly been dug and absorbent compounds were being hauled in to soak up the mess.
The Whitehouse Auto Parts and Tire store fire, "Is a tremendous loss for Perryville," Wilder said. "It's one of the few stores in Perryville and to lose one of them, as vital as it is, it just really hurts."
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The lamb shoulder was seasoned nicely without being too overpowering, allowing the lamb flavour to penetrate. Unfortunately it was let down by being not cooked soft enough and was erring on the chewy and tough side when compared to other lamb shoulders.
The moussaka was fresh out of the oven. The layer of potato mash on top was rich, smooth and creamy. This was contrasted well by the chewiness in the sliced potatoes and eggplants. The mince meat itself was seasoned too heavily though and, while I can't identify exactly what herb was used, it definitely overpowered all other flavours.
The eggplant aioli was surprisingly the highlight of the meal. It was thick and creamy, and it somehow contained a slight smokey flavour that complemented the eggplant well. I could've just ate this sauce by itself. All day long.
The fried mushrooms unfortunately didn't taste like much. Mushrooms themselves were unseasoned, as were the thick but flakey batter. A tad underwhelming overall.
The wait staff seemed to be rather reserved, both in making suggestions or introducing the menu. We had to really probe to get a suggestion besides the two mains, which resulted in recommending a Greek salad. What a boring choice given the extensive menu!
Overall a pleasant, although unspectacular dining experience. The dishes that we sampled were nice but not groundbreaking. There are definitely some problems with execution (even the simple stuff like seasoning meat) that prevents this restaurant becoming 'good' to amazing.
Maybe. However, a much much better choice for Greek food can be found at Hellenic Republic, where the food is absolutely spot on.


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Catherine in the Mystic Marriage of St. Heinrich Rubens 30 March 1865, , , — 17 July 1922, , was a German. Unlimited travel and savings of up to 50%. Das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis in Bezug auf die Cocktails ist super und der Service ist sehr sehr freundlich, schnell und flexibel. Rubens got a permanent position in 1896 as at the in.
Few artists have been capable of transforming such a vast variety of influences into a style utterly new and original. Although the exact dimensions of the original work are not known, slight cusping of the canvas weave along the bottom edge indicates that it is close to the original bottom of the canvas. Exhibited on four floors are ceramics, porcelain, glass, bronzes, gold enamel and work by Byzantine goldsmiths, along with silver vessels, furniture, clocks, textiles, embroidery, decorative carpets, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco work. His father, Jan Rubens, had fled Antwerp to escape persecution because of his Calvinist faith. He received a humanist education and studied under the late Mannerist artists Adam van Noort and Otto van Veen.
The first substances that they tested were quartz, for which the value of the residual ray is about 0. He received prestigious commissions from church, state, and private patrons, and almost single-handedly revitalized the city of Antwerp as a cultural center. Goris, Jan, and Julius S. Ich komme sehr regelmäßig ins Rubens und dies meist nachmittags zum Chai Latte oder abends zum Cocktail trinken. As a painter trained in the humanities he was able to appropriate from antiquity: the form of Andromeda and of the putto who is working on her chains is based on the Roman Statue of 'Venus felix'. Coming from Zurich most things in Berlin seem cheap but this was certainly good value for money. Held also correctly identified each of the three sisters in the original composition in a copy of Rubens's final conception, who had been wrongly named since Roger de Piles's seventeenth-century description of the work, fully visible while it was in the Richelieu collection.
There is also a copy at the Museé des Beaux Arts, Angers; another copy, formerly at Dresden inv. My boyfriend had a beer, as to be expected, which he enjoyed also. Enjoy the special ambience and hospitality for a small price e. Wir waren mit einen größeren Gruppe im Rubens und dank Onlinereservierung hat alles super geklappt. In 1892 Rubens extended the work of his former teacher Henri Du Bois, using both the bolometer and fine metal gratings to show the reversal of polarization of optical rays of sufficiently great wavelength—a first step toward establishing the electromagnetic theory in the far infrared region. Between 11 March and 2 May 1945 all but 434 paintings were evacuated from the tower to former salt mines in Thuringia. The contrasting light and shade and the realistic treatment of detail were touches that Rubens had learned from Caravaggio.
Perseus, who had just returned from his victorious struggle with the feared Gorgon Medusa, is hurrying on to the scene to free Andromeda from her chains; the slain monster is lying on the left. Elle est vêtue d'un corsage et d'une jupe de satin jaune. That lie was open-minded toward the development of physical theories may be seen in the historical introductions to some of his papers. The burial place is near that of , who founded and formulated the first of black-body radiation. As in so many pictures during this later period, Helene Fourment, who had become his second wife in 1630, served as the artist's model. Die Preise sind im Laufe der Zeit hoch gegangen, aber alles in allem noch vertretbar.
Perhaps its most important collection, however, is the Coin Cabinet Münzkabinett , one of the largest such collections in the world with more than 500,000 rarities dating from every period and illustrating the development of coining techniques from antiquity to the present day. Hertz in the library of the Deutsches Museum, Munich, are dated 3 June 1890, 13 Nov. One of his goals was to better understand the reflexion of radiation by metals and crystals. Already then he was praised for his experimental investigations of infrared radiation. The fountain and the hand of the nurse have been heavily restored. Highlights of the collection - also part of Berlin's impressive National Gallery group of museums - include examples from the Neoclassical and Romantic movements, as well as French Impressionists such as Manet and Monet.
Catherine of 1631 or 1633 Toledo Museum of Art, inv. The year after he was elected to the and became in 1908 a corresponding member. This was in disagreement with the ruling , but consistent with proposed by. He had, moreover, favorable circumstances in which to work, since the University of Berlin was at that time becoming a center for European physical research. Frans Snyders, Jacob Jordaens, and Anthony van Dyck each assisted him. He could continue his experimental research at the nearby. He is buried at the in with his wife Marie.
On 7 October 1900, however, Rubens mentioned to Planck that his results concerning residual rays of great wavelength were actually consistent with a law that Lord Rayleigh had suggested in June of that year; inspired by this, Planck discovered his own radiation law on the same day. Kenwood, London County Council, 1962. © VisitBerlin Explore Berlin and take advantage of the Berlin WelcomeCard! In his doctoral work he showed that reflection of light increases with increasing wavelengths into the region. The robust figures, loose brushwork, and saturated palette are typical of the Flemish artist's late works. Peter Paul Rubens et la France, 1600—1640. The sculptural, corporeal quality of the saint's figure reminds one both of the antique and of Michelangelo's works. The Rubens family moved to Cologne in 1578, and returned to Antwerp following Jan's death in 1587.
After having replaced the older zirconium-oxide burner by the Welsbach mantle 1905 , which radiates selectively, Rubens and Baeyer in 1911 discovered the waves of 210 microns and 324 microns emitted by the quartz mercury lamp, a device that is still the only source of optical waves of great length. By confirming and using such dispersion formulas as those of Eduard Ketteler 1887 and H. Reservierungswünsche werden meist möglich gemacht und falls der Tisch, den man reserviert hatte, nicht frei ist, wird sich bemüht adäquaten Ersatz zu finden. Moreover, in 1914 Rubens and Schwarzschild demonstrated that solar rays of sufficiently great wavelength are absorbed by the atmosphere of the earth. Using such he could in 1898 detect wavelengths of sizes around 60.


I am so glad I made these Gluten Free Chewy Granola Bites. Why?
Because they ended up tasting like Gluten Free Double Deckers, don't you just love it when that happens, you're making one thing and you discover it's so much better than you imagined! Blowing my own trumpet a bit there I know, sickening really but I love Double Deckers and Beth's never tried one so this was more of a personal triumph than anything.
I used the NEW Nutty Granola from Delicious Alchemy to make this recipe, I was lucky enough to be sent a bag from the lovelies who work behind these scenes (they've nicknamed me Glutey, which I adore!) …I had the idea for the chewy bites as soon as the granola arrived so was thrilled to see that our local Sainsbury's now stock Delicious Alchemy so I was able to buy a packet to enjoy for breakfast with Bethany, and very delicious it is too!
Melt the marshmallows and butter in a jug in the microwave (or in a pan on the hob), this happens really quickly so don't take your eyes of them.
Add the granola to the melted marshmallows, leave a little of the granola to top eat bite if you wish.
In a bowl melt the chocolate in the microwave or over a pan of simmering boiled water.
Using a well greased/sprayed mini muffin/petit fours tin spoon teaspoons of the granola mixture into each mould. I have a cup of water handy to dip the spoons into to lessen the stickiness!
Press the mixture down to shape it.
Pour the melted chocolate over each bite and sprinkle with the remaining granola.
Pop into the fridge for an hour to set.
When set use a rounded knife to gently tease the bites out of their moulds.


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Is the climate movement heating up? This week on the show, activists at all levels of the climate justice movement discuss how inter-generational, cross-coalition, and global organizing is taking control of the future without waiting for anyone.
Elizabeth Yeampierre, co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance; Sean Sweeney, Director, International Program for Labor, Climate & Environment; and Varshini Prakash, co-founder of the Sunrise Movement join us.


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Q: Symfony 3 Doctrine How to build query without columns index suffix I've table like: product_id->name,description, price
I want to retrieve all products, so this is my code for retrieve products
    $doc = $this->getDoctrine();
    $em = $doc->getEntityManager();
    $conn = $em->getConnection();
    $repo = $doc->getRepository('AppBundle:Products');
    $query = $repo->createQueryBuilder('p')->getQuery();
    $sql = $query->getSql();
    $stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
    $stmt->execute();
    $products = $stmt->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

Problem is when building a query it's always add column index suffix after column name as alias
So results is going to be like:
[
    {"product_id_0":"1","name_1":"Name1","description_2":"Desc1","price_3":"100"},
    {"product_id_0":"2","name_1":"Name2","description_2":"Desc2","price_3":"200"}
]

Notice their are suffix like _0, _1 after column name that I don't want it,
How can I build query without alias like that?

A: You've already got a repository.
When you have a repository, you do not need to create raw SQL queries or even use the created ones. Let Doctrine take care of that (this is the DBAL, Doctrine's database abstraction layer).
Instead, use a method like findAll() or findBy() to get objects.
Example:
$repo = $doc->getRepository('AppBundle:Products');
$results = $repo -> findAll();

// Returns array(Product, Product, ...), which should be mapped to an entity
// so that you can use $product -> getName() or whatever you need.

You can also create a query to get an array result:
$results = $repo -> createQueryBuilder('p') -> getQuery() -> getArrayResult();

Documentation: http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/doctrine.html


Sunchaser is washed and waxed. The convertible top cleaner worked really well on the targa, and on the leading edge above the windshield, where the cloth gets really dirty. I will put the cover on it before I leave this morning. I really appreciate the cleaning product feedback from you Opponauts; it feels like a never-ending quest of discovery to get the perfect clean.
I get on a plane tomorrow for a speaking engagement in Reno for the Western Organic Dairy Producers Association conference. I am doing two sessions, one on general labor issues and one on immigration. I return on Thursday, and leave with Toby Friday morning for SoCal and Radwood. The family is meeting me Friday evening, a day of museums Saturday, and Radwood Sunday. I am taking the day off Monday to drive home.
Winter has come to the San Joaquin Valley, and with it our very dense Tule fog. You cannot see in it, and massive pileups are common. They tell you to drive with your windows down and radio off so you can hear crashes ahead, which I have always found to be not very comforting advice.


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Q: Store multiple outputs from each iteration of a for loop Given a fix path and a very limited directories from year. I'm trying to obtain each combination of path between this initial combination (fixPath - year) and the different, non-fixed and non-equally quantity, subdirectories contained in each combination of fixPath - year
fixPath <- "C:/Users/calcazar/Desktop/example"
year <- 2008:2010
pathVector <- paste(fixPath, year, sep = "/")
pathVector
[1] "C:/Users/calcazar/Desktop/example/2008" "C:/Users/calcazar/Desktop/example/2009"
[3] "C:/Users/calcazar/Desktop/example/2010"

My approach to solve this problem is use a for-loop:

*

*Set the working directory with setwd(pathVector[1])

*Scan the files (the subdirectories) with list.filesin that working directory and obtain each combination with: paste(pathVector[1], list.files(pathVector[1]), sep = "/")

*Store this combinations in a vector and proceed with the next iteration

...but from each iteration of the loop I have a bunch of combinations and I can't figure out how to store more than one for each iteration. Here is my code:
for (i in seq_along(pathVector)) {
setwd(pathVector[i])
# here I only obtain the combination of the last iteration
# and if I use pathFinal[i] I only obtain the first combination of each iteration
pathFinal <- paste(pathVector[i], list.files(pathVector[i]), sep = "/")
# print give me all the combinations
print(pathFinal[i])
}

So, how can store multiple values (combinations) from each iteration in a for loop?
I want a vector that contain all the combinations, for example:
 "C:/Users/calcazar/Desktop/example/2008/a"
 "C:/Users/calcazar/Desktop/example/2008/z"
 "C:/Users/calcazar/Desktop/example/2009/b"
 "C:/Users/calcazar/Desktop/example/2009/z"
 "C:/Users/calcazar/Desktop/example/2009/y"
 "C:/Users/calcazar/Desktop/example/2010/u"

A: You might try to set up a vector beforehand and then use this part in your for loop:
append(VectorName, pathFinal[i])

you might try to include it in your existing code like this
pathFinal <- append(pathFinal, paste(pathVector[i], list.files(pathVector[i]), sep = "/"))

I haven't checked it, but it should add each new value to your desired vector. Also, I don't think you need to use setwd().

A: Would something like this do what you want?
pathFinal = NULL

for (i in seq_along(pathVector)) {
  setwd(pathVector[i])

  pathFinal <- c(pathFinal, paste(pathVector[i], list.files(pathVector[i]), sep = "/"))

  print(pathFinal[i])
}


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H.R. 920 (104th)
H.R. 920 (104th): Back-To-Basics Crime Control Act of 1995
To repeal the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and to combat crime.
Harold Volkmer
Sponsor. Representative for Missouri's 9th congressional district. Democrat.
Last Updated: Feb 13, 1995
This bill was introduced on February 13, 1995, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
9 Cosponsors (7 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
H.R. 920 (104th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 920. This is the one from the 104th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 104th Congress, which met from Jan 4, 1995 to Oct 4, 1996. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
GovTrack.us. (2023). H.R. 920 — 104th Congress: Back-To-Basics Crime Control Act of 1995. Retrieved from https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/hr920
"H.R. 920 — 104th Congress: Back-To-Basics Crime Control Act of 1995." www.GovTrack.us. 1995. January 29, 2023 <https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/hr920>
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The British Version Of Vanna White Really Hated Working On 'Wheel Of Fortune,' Apparently
Ryan NagelhoutContributing WriterTwitter
Vanna White has long been a mainstay on the Wheel Of Fortune stage, working on the show long enough to see several different big boards come and go in the process. The job has changed a bit, too: she's no longer spinning physical letters around but activating them electronically. And, honestly, it seems like a pretty good gig! But not everyone seems on board with the occupation, and we now know that one of her contemporaries overseas apparently despised their role of "turning bloody letters around."
According to The Daily Mail, Jenny Powell wasn't a big fan of her Vanna White-esque job on the UK version of Wheel of Fortune in the 90s. Powell first appeared on the UK version of Wheel in 1995, and it helped launch her career. But it turns out she was never a big fan of the work itself, saying "you're just turning letters round and not saying anything" when discussing the gig on a new podcast.
She shared: 'I ended up doing The Wheel of Fortune, which I hated it. It was the biggest thing, but I hated it. Because I was just a girl turning bl***y letters around.'
She said: 'If someone said to you, right Jenny you are going to wear a really short skirt and we are all going to discuss the length of it for like four meetings, wear high heel shoes and turn some letters around and just look pretty and don't say anything.'
'Would you, do it? I know what I would tell my daughter today. I wasn't actually allowed to speak.'
Simplifying the job to just turning letters seems a bit unfair, but Powell's real criticism here is that she wasn't allowed to inject any personality into the role. Couple that with what sounds like demeaning meetings about wardrobe and it's easy to understand why she wasn't thrilled with the work. And a quick look at some episodes on YouTube showcases that dissonance between what Powell likely wanted from the role and what she was forced to do.
There's significantly more back and forth between Powell and host John Leslie than you normally see between White and US host Pat Sajak, who save their brief banter for the end of the show. Either way, Powell made it clear that she wouldn't recommend anyone else take on the "glamorous assistant" role anytime soon.
[via Daily Mail]
Topics: #Wheel of FortuneTags: jenny powell, WHEEL OF FORTUNE


Not sure which Vogue Riley will be in, but ill update the title on this thread and the information as soon as its available.
The dress is Gucci. She looks so happy and lovely.
Hi, Darlene! Love your avatar!
Thank you! I thought it needed a change And yes, sorry for not being around for a while, was way too busy.
Has this already been released? Are there any more pics?
no, sadly i'm pretty sure this is the only new photo...but yes, the magazine is available now!
Thank you for a better picture!


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Journal of Narrative Theory
Shanghai Biopolitans: Wartime Colonial Cosmopolis in Eileen Chang's Love in a Fallen City and J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun
Belinda Kong
Volume 39, Number 3, Fall 2009
10.1353/jnt.0.0038
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Shanghai BiopolitansWartime Colonial Cosmopolis in Eileen Chang's Love in a Fallen City and J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun
Belinda Kong (bio)
The idea of cosmopolis evokes an excess of geography. The classical world first understood it to mean a harmonious conjunction of human society with the natural cosmos (Toulmin 67–68), but in more modern contexts, the term implies something larger than the nation, a place where multitudes move across the provincial boundaries of national life. We may thus be tempted to see in the cosmopolis a utopian conjunction of local and global, the ideal incarnation of a multicultural and transnational space beyond the nation-state. Shanghai, however, presents a complication. Within twentieth-century Chinese contexts, it has been uniquely marked by a cosmopolitan reputation, yet its status as a modern metropolis (literally a "mother city," replete with imperial overtones) originated precisely at the historical moment of its colonization, when it was forcibly opened to Western trade and settlement after China's defeat in the first Opium War (1839–42). Shanghai therefore offers us the potentially liberating model of a city that brings together location and globality but simultaneously reminds us that a world city may emerge, not from civilizational self-development or democratic consent, but from military and imperial conquest. For the colonial cosmopolis, a ready fracture runs through its communal imaginings: what is for the self-fashioned world citizen a symbolic home [End Page 280] of riches and refuge, multiplicity and mobility, often connotes for the nationalist or cultural purist an exemplary site of self-dislocation and disempowerment.
Beyond this dichotomy, I would propose that a third theoretical position is suggested by Shanghai nativism. It is a perspective put forth by some (though certainly not all) writers, whether Chinese or Western, who are born into the city's condition of semicolonial cosmopolitanism and whose primary identification is with neither empire nor nation, worldliness nor Chineseness, but Shanghai itself as the biopolitical tension between those forces. I will focus on an unlikely coupling of two fictional texts of wartime Shanghai (1937–45), Eileen Chang's Love in a Fallen City (1943) and J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun (1984). Although Ballard (1930–2009) belonged to the class of British imperial entrepreneurs while Chang (1920–1995) has posthumously claimed a secure place in the Chinese literary canon, they shared a common identification with Shanghai nativism. This, I would argue, led them to produce narratives that lay bare the function of the city as what may be called a biopolis. Michel Foucault first theorized "biopower" as the modern nation-state's defining mode of population governance—via technologies of regulation and control whereby power, "for the first time in history," comes to exercise itself by seizing biological life as its object (142–43). Subsequently, a biopolis is not just the passive space where biopower exerts its hold with maximal concentration but also the active community where life works to organize and govern itself within the biopolitical schema. We may further invoke here Michel de Certeau's distinction between strategies and tactics and say that the cosmopolitan biopolis is a space of the life strategies of nationalism and imperialism, on the one hand, and of the life tactics of their subjects on the other. While both Chang's and Ballard's texts start in Shanghai as the narrative origin of their protagonists' experience of the polis at war, both move on to other cities or city spaces to reveal a spectrum of wartime biopolitics. A comparative reading of Chang and Ballard, from their linked vantage points of superimposed imperialisms and lapsed colonial cosmopolises, can help us articulate the city's opposing biopolitical limits: at once the space of atomized lives' marginality and oppression and the space of life's ordered sustenance through infinite self-atomizing. Such conceptual efforts are particularly important today, as globalization compels us to envisage models of cosmopolitanism that do not simply celebrate [End Page 281] cultural hybridity but can outline ethical forms of world being. In this contemporary moment, the case of wartime Shanghai resurfaces as a prescient archetype.
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No matter how much Design and our industry changes, at Hexanine, we never feel far from our roots. It's not hard to remember where we started — as young, hungry students. We like to stoke our creative fires and also remember those foundational days by working with the next generation of talent out there. Teaching is one avenue for that.
From time to time, we like to showcase the work of our students like those below. It's the impressive output of Tim's students from Chicago Portfolio School, as part of their strategic identity redesigns in Brand Standards class.


Two influential NFL owners have given their backing to a permanent future London franchise.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots believe the success of the annual International Series at Wembley proves there is potential for London to host a team once the logistical issues have been solved.
The NFL confirmed in January that Los Angeles will once again have an NFL franchise when the Rams relocate to the west coast in 2019 and Jones says the league is now looking at new ways to expand the game beyond the United States' borders.
"We don't get many opportunities to say 'this is what we want to give back to fans, this is a wow'. Los Angeles was that," he told Peter King on mmqb.si.com.
"What else could we do that with? London looks like that to me, possibly Mexico City looks like that to me."
Patriots owner Kraft, in an interview with Mike Florio on profootballtalk.com, agreed that the sport should move to London to widen its appeal.
"I really believe it could happen," he said. "The logistics have to be worked out and I think as we continue to play three games there and maybe even more that a decision on that could happen before the end of the decade.
"I think we have to educate people about how great our game is and when we do – I know the two trips that we have made to London have been unbelievable – and the more people understand our sport, the more will love it and we have pretty much tapped out what we can do here in America."