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Frankfurt Motor Show - our picks from the cars that matter and excite
The world's motor shows have always captured the attention of those passionate about car design, performance and technology, from discerning car enthusiasts and owners to specialist car dealers like us here at Leama. In recent years, though, news and announcements from major car manufacturers such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes and VW have become even more fascinating and important in terms of how they will influence society, with plugin and electric vehicles becoming increasingly commonplace and capable, and autonomous or 'driverless' cars, vans, buses and trucks not that far off if the hype is to be believed.
We round up the concepts, reveals and other models, technologies and news that especially caught our attention from this year's Frankfurt Motor Show 2019, which could sadly be the last in the format many have come to know and love. This follows environmental protests surrounding this year's show, which fail to acknowledge the clear steps the automotive industry is making increasingly quickly towards green and electric motoring and mobility.
Porsche's all-electric Taycan
Car manufacturers turning their concepts into production models without watering down their radicalness too much always garners more praise and we envisage Porsche's debut electric sports car, the Taycan, proving extremely popular. It closely resembles the Mission E concept with its Panamera-like rear, while introducing an exciting new design evolution to the front.
The car is finished off exquisitely with subtle EV detailing such as a circuitry pattern incorporated in the glass-effect rear lightbar complete with Porsche lettering, brake callipers in white or yellow, and the welcome inclusion of two charge sockets, one on each side of the front, providing flexibility for Level/Type 2 AC and CSS DC fast-charging in the direction of choice.
Power outputs and 62mph times of 761PS and 2.8 seconds from the Taycan Turbo S and 680PS and 3.2 seconds from the Turbo meet zero emissions, instant torque and rapid acceleration, some of the key benefits of electric cars. Their respective electric ranges are 255 miles and 280 miles, while the Taycan being the first production EV with an 800V system means DC can charge its 93.4kWh battery from flat to 60ish miles in five minutes, or on to 80% charge in around twenty-two minutes.
An electric motor on each axle, a two-speed transmission, 4D Chassis Control, PASM, PDDC Sport, PTV Plus and all-wheel drive contribute towards the Taycan upholding and in fact reportedly excelling in the handling stakes, a trait Porsche is of course renowned for.
The Taycan's interior is typically Porsche, building on the 992's ethos of minimalism and modernity, with a large touchscreen, curved digital instrument cluster, secondary touch panel for climate and other functions, and even an optional screen in front of the passenger. 'Hey Porsche' voice control and most of the other luxuries today's car buyers expect will be featured, but Android Auto compatibility sadly won't be. The Taycan has an 81-litre front boot to complement its 366-litre rear luggage space, and pricing is likely to commence at £115,000. It may be Stuttgart's first step towards electrification but the Taycan promises to be every bit a Porsche.
Redesigning and reengineering an icon after over 70 years' service is no mean feat but we think Land Rover has done an excellent job of styling the new Defender, particularly from the front and side, although the rear is proving divisive. The boxy silhouette has been kept and steel wheels will be offered for base models and the forthcoming Commercial version, which do away with higher trims' LED signatures, 18-to-22" alloys and either part or full leather upholstery. With four main accessory packs, Adventure, Country, Explorer and Urban, or 170 individual options to choose from, it's the most customisable Defender yet, including a full-length folding fabric roof.
Inside, a minimalist feel, rubber flooring and durable materials maintain the iconic vehicle's rugged vibe and the dash-mounted gear shifter enables purchasers and car leasing customers to opt for a storage cubby or jump-seat between the front seats. The new Land Rover Defender showcases JLR's new infotainment system called Pivi Pro, which replaces InControl Touch Pro and essentially takes Velar-like crisp visuals to the most simplistic level yet in terms of operation. The software will be updated over-the-air and the touchscreen is mounted just above the panel in which the gear shifter is embedded and where the buttons for Terrain Response 2 and the vehicle's array of cameras nestle amongst the climate control dials. A side-hinged tailgate, externally-mounted spare wheel and Alpine light windows in the roof finish off the package nicely.
The new Defender will initially be sold and leased as a 110 variant with rear doors and up to eight seats if you include the optional jump seat specifiable between the front seats for occasional use, but a short wheelbase 3-door '90' will follow fairly soon after. From launch, its petrol engines comprise the four-cylinder P300 and straight-six P400 which incorporates mild hybrid technology, and diesel comes in the form of the D200 and D240, both good for upto 37.2mpg and 199g/km, with a plug-in hybrid likely badged the P400e coming in 2020.
Built on new D7x chassis architecture, the new Defender promises the most refined on-road comfort yet without losing any of the revered vehicle's off-road capability, which is now enhanced even further with fully independent and tougher-than-ever suspension, a new wade programme, the ability to configure Terrain Response to suit, and Land Rover's remarkable ClearSight Ground View technology that gives the impression of seeing through the front bumper and through passengers and objects in the rear to provide unrivalled levels of visibility.
Prices for the new Land Rover Defender commence at around £45,000 for the 110 in entry-level guise and continue on to £60,505 for the HSE and £78,800 for the range-topping 'X' version.
Mercedes Vision EQS
While it was unsurprising to discover Frankfurt motor show unveils such as the new Audi RS6 and RS7, the BMW i4 with an even more enormous grille than the new X7 and 8 Series, and even Lamborghini dipping its toe in green waters by basing its new and most powerful hypercar yet, the Sian, with mild-hybrid technology, the majority of these models are evolutions and will remain relatively exclusive.
At the same time, although we appreciate that the arrival of the electric Vauxhall Corsa, VW ID.3 hatchback and Honda e are hugely important steps in electrifying society, we can't help feel that Mercedes' latest all-electric concept is worthy of more attention as we can envisage it attracting huge demand from private individuals through to executive travel and chauffeur firms, if it does indeed morph into the next-generation S-Class.
Having already gone electric with the EQC SUV, Mercedes' Vision EQS concept showcased at the IAA 2019 provides strong hints that the German brand is determined to make luxury motoring as sustainable as it possibly can. Some of the materials comprising its low, sleek silhouette are recycled, while the interior also maximises sustainability with recycled plastic bottles contributing to the microfiber cloth, other recycled ocean waste forming some of the roof lining as part of its yacht inspiration, with maple wood sourced from conservation project forests, and with artificial leather that feels the most opulent and natural yet, just like real Nappa.
The various 'floating' elements to the interior are complemented by the main touchscreen in portrait orientation and the front door armrests even get their own touch displays. Ideal for the golf club and executive clients alike, the car's boot is reported to be impressively large, disguised by its fastback shape.
The EQS' grille is actually made of hundreds of LEDs shaped as Mercedes' three-pointed star, echoed at the rear where there are a higher number of red versions – and there's even a belt of LED star-lights that runs around the entire circumference of the car. The 'headlights' are in fact four holographic lenses capable of precise lighting and even able to display static images and holograms.
Perpetuating Mercedes' hallmarks, power will be combined with serenity like never before in this forthcoming all-electric luxury 'saloon', its pair of motors producing 469bhp helping it reach 62mph in 4.5 seconds, while the WLTP electric battery range is being cited as a realistic 435 miles. By the time it becomes a production reality, 350kW DC chargers will be more widespread and should be able to charge the EQS' battery from flat to 80% in around 20 minutes.
As used Mercedes specialists we know first-hand what is expected from luxury cars like the S-Class saloon and Coupe, which the EQS is likely to replace and will hopefully closely resemble the concept shown off at Frankfurt 2019 in what was, as expected, a year dominated by plug-in and hybrid cars.
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Island Youth, Sports
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 By Abby Spegman
Molokai surfer takes on the pros.
Big waves don't scare Molokai's Taoa Pou. Neither, apparently, does big competition.
The envy of many young surfers, 13-year-old Taoa was granted wildcard entry into last week's Sponsor Me Hawaii pro surf competition at Ala Moana Bowls on Oahu.
Competing alongside some of the state's top surfers, Taoa held nothing back, even attempting the coveted reverse air-360. "There was no pressure on me — I had nothing to lose," he said. "There was more pressure on the professionals 'cause they didn't want to lose to a 13-year-old kid."
Sponsor Me is meant to give lesser-known surfers access to international ratings and valuable media exposure. Still, many of the competitors were established names with decades of experience surfing over Taoa, who was given one of only two wildcard entries for amateurs, sponsored by the Association for Surfing Professionals (ASP).
ASP also set up Taoa to receive coaching throughout the day from pros Sunny Garcia, Myles Padaca, Makuakai Rothman and Pancho Sullivan, though he had some trouble concentrating on their instructions. "I was more in awe of them," he said.
Taoa finished fourth in his second round heat – an impressive showing for the event's youngest competitor – but as his own biggest critic, he said he's not completely satisfied. "I could have done better — I could have beaten some of those guys."
Still, Taoa said the experience will motivate him to enter more competitions and take his surfing to the next level.
Taoa was recruited for Sponsor Me by Jodi Wilmott, a publicist with ASP who helped organize the event, after she saw him last month at the state championships, where Taoa competed in the 12-13 year-old division.
Impressed with his "vibe," Wilmott invited Taoa to Sponsor Me to "get a good taste of what pro surfing is about," she said.
With the average age of competitors between 23 and 24, Taoa was by far the youngest, but Wilmott said he handled the pressure like a veteran.
"I've been working in the professional surfing world for 20 years and I was so impressed," Wilmott said, calling Taoa "a very mature 13."
Taoa is already sponsored by Tango Surf Boards and the Tahitian clothing company Imvad. Taoa's dad Teva Pou said after last week's exposure, more sponsorships could be in the works.
"He definitely has the talent to make a career out of it," Pou said. But for now, he added, Taoa is simply enjoying the moment. "His goal, regardless of winning or loosing, is to keep his heart humble."
A Head Start
Taoa's love of surfing started at a young age. "When he was little, he would watch surf videos with me more than cartoons," Pou said.
At age three, Taoa began surfing beginners' break at Waialua and a few years later had moved onto to the waves at Rock Point on the east end.
Earlier this month, the Pou family moved from Kalamaula on Molokai to the North Shore of Oahu. Even after surfing big waves there, Rock Point remains one of Taoa's favorite surf spot.
"I feel really comfortable there," he said. "I miss it already."
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Remembering King: Breaking the Silence
Preaching — and honestly just being there — at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, is always a great honor and blessing for me. As pastor Raphael Warnock said in his opening introduction, "When you want to take faith into justice, as Jim Wallis always has, Ebenezer is the right place." Ebenezer is the right place indeed.
I remember my first time preaching at Ebenezer many years ago for their first "Peace and Justice Service" in honor of the inaugural year that the nation officially celebrated the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It was 1986 and I was a young man feeling honored to speak — but overwhelmed to be in such a historic pulpit that had literally changed the world and where a host of movement leaders had preached.
Being so intimidated by the place and the pulpit, I was quite tepid at first, saying something like, "Well, ah … Martin Luther King Jr., well …. he was for peace and justice, and ppppprobably … ah … we should be too." It was powerful!
All of a sudden, a big booming voice down on the left side of the congregation spoke directly back at me, "Oh come on son, you're supposed to preach!"
Startled, I started to preach — a little bit.
"You're not there yet," he shouted again.
I continued as he directed me with some "wells," some "Amens" and some "keep going nows." The "Amen Corner" of Ebenezer Baptist Church kept me going, stronger and stronger, lifting my voice and taking my passion to higher and higher levels. I was sweating as I pranced around on the stage and finally just preached my heart out. After a wonderful and amazing response from the congregation on their feet with claps and shouts, I ran down to the man who had taken me upward and onward and breathlessly said, "You just pulled that sermon out of me!" Standing up tall, he put his hands on my shoulders, looked at me in the eyes, and said, "Son, I've raised up many a preacher in my time." And he had just raised up another.
I believe pulpits are supposed to change communities and nations — and history. They are supposed to raise up preachers and their congregations to stand and speak and act for biblical justice. I have been very blessed on this tour for my new book, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America, by preaching and being in many of those pulpits that are changing things yet again.
I believe pulpits are supposed to change communities and nations — and history.
Trinity United Church of Christ on the south side of Chicago and their pastor Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III have taken the prophetic message of justice into the streets where young African-American men have been killed and where some of those young activists now come to Trinity on Sunday mornings. I was in St. John's Church the Beloved Community and Christ the King Church from where Revs Starsky Wilson and Traci Blackmon were among the first to put the gospel and their bodies in the streets of Ferguson, Mo. Pleasant Hope Baptist Church and their pastor Rev. Heber M. Brown III did the same in Baltimore. New Song Church in Santa Ana, Calif., is a multicultural congregation founded by Dave Gibbons that has an average age of 28. I got to preach at Glide Memorial Church pastored by Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto in San Francisco, which welcomes marginalized people, and I got to sit next to a woman with no hands but who wouldn't stop worshiping, smiling, and celebrating by clapping with her two stumps. All along the way, many others pastors told stories of breaking silence on racism at our town meeting conversations and organized clergy gatherings for action in city after city.
What they all have in common is what we remembered on Monday: April 4 was the 48th anniversary of the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. Pastors get in trouble when they break the silence of their times.
MLK spoke at Riverside Church on Sunday April 4, 1967 — a year to the day before he was killed — breaking his own silence about the war in Vietnam, much to the chagrin of many of his supporters, and called out the three "giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism." He said, "I have moved to break the betrayal of my own silences and speak from the burnings of my own heart." King once said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
On Monday, the anniversary day of King's assassination, we had a conference call with several faith leaders. On that call, the leader of a nationwide network of black clergy, said even more painful to many black pastors than America's continuing racism is "the silence of white Christians." Black pastors still don't hear very many of their white clergy brothers and sisters in Christ speaking with prophetic clarity about the stark differences in the ways that white and black young men, even in their respective congregations, continue to be treated by police officers. And why the silence, when almost none of the officers involved in the shootings of young African Americans have yet to be held accountable?
Pastors get in trouble when they break the silence of their times.
This continuing silence was on my mind during the extraordinary dialogue we had at Ebenezer on Monday night. Trey Lyon, a young white Baptist pastor on the panel said, "The drug of white privilege has millions of addicts. It's time for a recovery movement." My old friend, soul and jail mate, Rev. Tim McDonald, offered a very provocative phrase, "Our non-profits have made us non-prophets." He said free labor was the beginning of white supremacy and privilege, that racism is always about economics — and we need to say that.
We now see the rise of a presidential candidate openly promoting racial, religious, and gender bigotry with little clergy commentary so far. I wonder if Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who stood up against such political leadership rising up in Germany in the early 1930s, was worried about having a 501(c)3 tax problem with his faith-based organization if he spoke up politically.
Robert Franklin, scholar and educator, taught the audience — as he always does — that courage is not the absence of fear but the willingness to speak and act through it. The first African-American Episcopal Bishop of Georgia, Robert Wright, was also there and said, "Leadership is the capacity to mobilize people to address tough problems — especially the problems they would like to avoid. Race is our country's family dance. They don't kill nice preachers."
MLK greatly admired Bonhoeffer and I wonder if he read these lines the German pastor said: "Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."
In my closing remarks, I recalled what Dr. King said about the kind of people we will need going forward.
This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists … The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority… Human salvation lies in the hands of the creative maladjusted. —Strength to Love (1963)
Jim Wallis is president of Sojourners. His new Audible spoken-word series, Jim Wallis In Conversation, is available now, as is his book, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America. Follow Jim on Twitter @JimWallis.
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We invite applications for documentation of endangered archaeological sites in the MENA region. The projects, guided by the EAMENA methodology, should use archaeological non-destructive techniques, including remote sensing and on-site documentation.
• A report with a set of recommendations for protection and mitigation measures, or site management for the endangered cultural heritage.
Applications can be submitted by individuals or groups who have had training in the EAMENA methodology.
1. Does the proposed project successfully build on the EAMENA training?
2. Does the project team have the institutional support and equipment necessary to conduct the proposed project within six months of the award date?
3. Will the proposed project reasonably address a well-identified need on site?
4. Does this site face a particularly acute threat?
5. Can the proposed project serve as a model for other EAMENA trainees in the future?
There will be three awards, ranging from a maximum of $10,000 to a minimum of $3000.
1. If access to the site requires permission, the applicant must secure this before the beginning of the project.
2. All documentation resulting from the projects will be submitted to the EAMENA database.
3. The projects should begin no later than mid-June 2019.
The results will be announced by mid-May 2019.
Successful applicants will have to have completed the projects by December 31st 2019, and be prepared to make a short presentation of the results of the project at the 2019 Protecting the Past (PtP) conference. The awardees will be invited to PtP, and in addition to the award, their travel costs will be covered by the conference.
Background of the award: During Protecting the Past 2018 Conference in Sharjah, UAE Global Heritage Fund (GHF) launched a grant scheme, through the generous sponsorship of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, to support documentation projects to be carried out by heritage experts trained by the EAMENA project in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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"Given her recent renown, if not fame, in connection with climate activism, Thunberg has likely already established protectable rights under the unfair competition provisions of the federal Lanham Act."
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is reportedly planning to register her name as a trademark based on her fears that third parties will exploit her identity for commercial gain. While registering a trademark has many advantages under U.S. law, she can likely accomplish her goal of protecting her name without the cost, delay, and uncertainty associated with the trademark registration process.
As an initial matter, a trademark does not exist in the abstract. It is only protectable in connection with particular identified goods and services. Consequently, her trademark (or service mark) application would need to identify the goods or services she offers or intends to offer under the mark. To obtain registration, she would ultimately need to provide specimens showing technical trademark (or service mark) use. 15 U.S.C. § 1051.
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However, given her recent renown, if not fame, in connection with climate activism, she has likely already established protectable rights under the unfair competition provisions of the federal Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1)(A) ("Section 43(a)"). After being named Time Magazine's 2019 "Person of the Year," and enduring public scorn via President Trump's social media account, "Greta Thunberg" should easily meet the threshold for protection. As a result, Thunberg could bring a false endorsement claim under Section 43(a) against commercial uses of her name that falsely suggest that she has endorsed, sponsored, or approved a third party's goods or services. Potential remedies include injunctive relief (15 U.S.C. § 1116) and, if she can establish actual injury, damages (15 U.S.C. § 1117). She would not be the first celebrity to do so.
Celebrity Precedent
The seminal case on false association claims is Waits v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 978 F.2d 1093 (9th Cir. 1992), where singer Tom Waits sued Frito-Lay for using a sound-alike singer in an ad for SalsaRio Doritos snack chips. The court had little difficultly in determining that Waits' distinctive voice – described as "raspy, gravelly" and "how you'd sound if you drank a quart of bourbon, smoked a pack of cigarettes and swallowed a pack of razor blades … late at night" – was worthy of protection under federal law. More recent claims include Michael Jordan's successful lawsuit against grocery chain Jewel for using his name and likeness in connection with an advertising campaign. Jordan v. Jewel Food Stores, Inc., 743 F.3d 509 (7th Cir. 2014). Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also successfully challenged General Motors for using his given name, Lew Alcindor, in connection with an ad premiering during the 1993 NCAA basketball tournament. Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors Corp., 85 F.3d 407 (9th Cir. 1996). In 2019, entertainer Ariana Grande filed suit against clothier Forever 21 for using a look-alike model to promote its wares on social media. Ariana Grande-Butera v. Forever 21, Inc., Case No. 2:19-CV-07600 (C.D. Cal.). According to the complaint, Forever 21 used approximately 30 photos and videos of the look-alike as part of its campaign. The case is administratively stayed in light of Forever 21's pending bankruptcy proceeding.
Celebrities may also avail themselves of right-of-publicity claims under state law. Those claims vary by state, but the estates of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, and others, have successfully sued on these grounds. Thunberg, however, may be unable to avail herself of right-of-publicity protections under U.S. state law because she is a citizen of Sweden with no apparent residency in the United States.
Registration Not Required
A U.S. trademark registration would provide Thunberg with presumptions of validity, ownership, and certain exclusive rights under federal law. 15 U.S.C. § 1057(b). However, given her recent status as an internationally-known climate activist, she would have a strong case for protecting her name and likeness under the false endorsement provisions of Section 43(a). While federal law permits nominative and non-commercial fair uses of her name, she could challenge any commercial uses that suggest she has endorsed, sponsored, or approved a third party's goods or services.
Thomas Williams is a partner in Ulmer & Berne's Chicago office, where he litigates trademark and false advertising disputes on behalf of a number of the world's largest and most sophisticated brands. [...see more]
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5 comments so far.
MaxDrei
Interesting. Good that US law provides protective rights other than RTM against those who damage Thunberg by their misappropriation of her name. It seems though that in other countries registering her name as a trademark is needed because, absent that particular "Keep off the Grass" notice, she otherwise has no remedies. Reuters reports her as saying that, sadly, it's "necessary" to register. If you don't put out "Keep Off the Grass" Notices you are not in a very good position to complain when people fail to keep off your grass.
A bit like when Chinese products inspired by your innovation flood the market. If you haven't taken the step of patenting your innovative product in the PRC, you can hardly complain to the authorities in the People's Republic about such manufacture there.
One hopes that the law is set up to help those who help themselves, whether or not it helps those who shout loudly how "unfair" everything is, these days.
Mia,
The "why not" directly has to do with the heart of the article here.
Is any such registration a legitimate use of the Trademark system? If not, then THAT is why not.
Why not register anyway? It would give her additional rights and serve to discourage 3rd party use of her name to some degree. The legal actions she might avoid as a result would likely be more costly and time consuming than getting a registration.
Did you have a legal point to make?
Guillermo F. Perez-Argüello
Maybe she can move to the US, request resident status, then citizenship, then attract 650,000 people to her home, pending its being listed in the National Register of Historic Places and thyen swiftly declared a National Historic Landmark. Finally let us dream her US home may replace Graceland as the second most visited home after the White House. It's not just a matter of virtuosity, her being TIME Person of the Year, Noble Prize laureate or even nominated notwithstanding.
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Well, I found out something major between LP8 and LP9: 9 does a much better job with slowing down the tempo of a song and getting anything usable out of it.
I tried to slow down a song from 82 bpm to 76 bpm. I had been using the elastic audio feature in PTO 8 to speed up and retune audio with pretty good results... but trying to slow down things was a disaster: the audio had very noticeable audio anomalies in it.
Then I tried the new Flex audio function in Logic, and nearly fell off my chair. It worked so good I had a very hard time believing it. I had tried the tempo stuff in Logic 8, with little success. Logic Pro 9 is clearly the best native process I've heard so far. I am not sure how the other algorithms do it, but Logic Pro 9 comes first in my books.
I absolutely agree. The Flex algorithms are new for Logic 9 and sound absolutely fantastic!
Tried Flex on nylon and steel guitar and on vocals. Really good, I did not get such results before Logic 9. And once you get a grip on the flex(ing) technique it is so much faster than cutting and crossfading. And much better in quality.
I used it on a song that had 2 tempos, beginning and end were the same with a middle part that changed. The client wanted to speed up the top and end. Once I got things setup and learned what I was doing it was a piece of cake to change the conductor track and experiment. I had to change acoustic guitar, electric guitars, vocals and bass. I think I sped things up by over 10 bpm with no noticeable artifacts. This was a song that started in Digital Performer that I exported specifically to try this out.
I agree its pretty amazing. I used flex to modify a tenor sax phrase considerably. There was no noticable difference between the old and new in quality. Couldn't have done it any other way.
Now, the scary (but awesome) part: did anyone tried to speed up a guitar solo part (or simply record it at a slower tempo then put back the normal tempo using the Flex engine) ?
Thanks for the all the positive feedback, I'm still running LP8, I will install LP9 next week, and give the flex stuff a try.
Do you think LP9 will get Flex-Pitch feature ? or is it going to take another couple of years, for the next version (LP10) to get Flex-Pitch feature/s ?
Am i doing something wrong when it comes to time changes? I've been chopping the region to make it easier just to flex that one part, because otherwise it goes insane. But if that region has tempo changes, it gets so confused, and just doesn't seem to want to flex well. Perhaps it just can't cope with ralls.


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Móricz György János színész, színigazgató. Születési helye és ideje ismeretlen.

1789 októberében Nagyszebenben az erdélyi főkormányzóság állított ki részére működési engedélyt, melynek birtokában háromtagú társaságával előbb 1790 januárjában Kolozsváron, majd 1790 júliusában Szatmáron is előadást tartott, de talán más városokban is fellépett.

Jelenlegi ismeretek szerint ez volt az első magyar vándorszíntársulat. Műsora ismeretlen, de valószínű, hogy mutatványosként is szórakoztatta közönségét.

Források
 Móricz György; János - Magyar színművészeti lexikon
 Enyedi Sándor: Az erdélyi magyar színjátszás kezdetei (Bukarest, 1972).

Magyar színészek

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Today we needed to shunt D8233 from 6 road at the loco works for transportation to Castlecroft, and also shunt the ex Irish thumper unit aka 'Paddy' into 6 road.
The day began by getting the works pilot 08479 and Class 01 D2956 ready for the shunt. Once the loco works shed foreman had shunted out 71000, we were then given the 08 and set about on digging 'paddy out of its resting place on 7 road behind a number of ballast wagons. As we began this, Andy Hardman rang to say Dowding & Mills had arrived with the generator! Andy was briefed on where to off load it and they did this utilising the wagons HIAB.
In the meantime Jason and Adam set about disconnecting both D5705 and D8233 electrically. We then headed for 6 road with the 01, paddy and the 08. The 08 dragged everything out including D5705 and D8233 then the 01 shunted 'Paddy' up onto 6 road next to the ferry van which is next to the support coach. The plan with 'Paddy' is that the ex engine room will be used to store parts for D9531 and the main saloon will now be used for an electrical workshop for the locos.
With this done the 01 then shunted D8233 from the 6 road consist and then the 08 shunted the rest back down 6 road with D5705 now next to paddy.
After a quick brew, we then set off for castlecroft with D2956 hauling D8233. With no pathing issues we were straight through the station and entered the yard at Castlecroft. We then shunted D8233 round the corner onto 4 road at Castlecroft in position by the newly arrived generator.
After a spot of lunch the tarpaulin was peeled back then the 10 ton Coles yard crane moved into position alongside D8233. We then proceeded to lift off the main roof section, both turbo chargers and removed the brackets that mount them. We then moved the tarp back over for the night.
With D8233 in position ready for the generator lift on the Monday all was pretty much set for the big day, but with the roof section on the ground and resting on four oil barrels it was suggested that this was an ideal opportunity to complete the drelling of the remaining internal grille section, with Rob Mason who had been doing the roof renovation here today the plan was put to him and along with Jason they departed for Castlecroft in the morning to get the rest of the roof drelling done before it was refitted to the loco, but in addition to this there was another task that they had to perform and that was dig out all the Class 14 spares from the Weltrol wagon in the shed. Alan Lee had borrowed a large van for the task and later on this job would need to be done but to start off with Jason & Rob set up the power supply for the angle grinders and set about drelling the remaining inner roof sections.
It was soon found to be hard going with the angle grinders as the old paint was so hard and stubborn to remove with the wire wheels, Rob suggested that we revert to using the needle gun as this was the best way at removing old paintwork, at around this time Alan arrived and Jason went to help him while Rob soldiered on. Jason and Alan went through into the shed and started pulling out the Class 14 parts from the messy wagon, they would pull so much stuff out then carry the parts around to the van, after a while Rob stopped his drelling to provide some assistance and after a while all the small to medium Class 14 related parts were dug out carried round and loaded into the van, Alan then departed down to Baron St to get the parts unloaded and placed into 'Paddy' for storage.
After this Rob decided that he needed something more substantial to knock off the old rust & paint and went down to Baron St to fetch the Compressor & needle gun kit, meanwhile Jason had lifted up the tarp on the loco and went into the genny compartment to complete the remaining painting in readiness for the genny refitting tomorrow, this required the inside of the genny cradle to have one final coat of the wood pigeon gloss, then the floor section under the genny was given a final coat of the black floor paint and to finish off the floor area between the genny and the cab was also painted with the floor black. By this time Rob had returned and set up the gunning gear and set to work and very soon found that the going was much easier using this aggressive tool and after a while they both stopped for lunch and went up town to get some food.


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Luc Frans Maria Vleugels (Geel, 9 december 1959) is een Belgisch politicus voor de CD&V. Hij werd burgemeester van Heist-op-den-Berg.

Levensloop
Luc Vleugels werd bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 1994 verkozen tot gemeenteraadslid van Heist-op-den-Berg. Zes jaar later werd hij opnieuw verkozen en werd hij fractieleider.

In 2006 werd Vleugels aangeduid als lijsttrekker van de kartellijst CD&V/N-VA. Hij werd met het hoogste stemmenaantal verkozen en benoemd tot burgemeester van Heist-op-den-Berg. Hij leidde een coalitie tussen CD&V/N-VA en VLD. Zes jaar later was hij opnieuw lijsttrekker voor de CD&V. Ondanks de winst van de N-VA behaalde hij 3679 stemmen en bleef de CD&V de grootste partij. Hij werd burgemeester, ditmaal in een coalitie tussen CD&V, Open VLD en sp.a.

Na de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 2018 ontstond er in Heist-op-den-Berg een monstercoalitie tussen CD&V, N-VA, PRO Heist, Open Vld en Groen. Vleugels werd burgemeester. Op 1 januari 2022 werd hij als burgemeester vervangen door eerste schepen en voormalig doelman Jan Moons van de N-VA.

CVP-politicus
CD&V-politicus
Burgemeester van Heist-op-den-Berg


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'use strict';

const blueprintHelpers = require('ember-cli-blueprint-test-helpers/helpers');
const setupTestHooks = blueprintHelpers.setupTestHooks;
const emberNew = blueprintHelpers.emberNew;
const emberGenerateDestroy = blueprintHelpers.emberGenerateDestroy;

const expect = require('ember-cli-blueprint-test-helpers/chai').expect;

describe('Acceptance: ember generate and destroy ember-fastboot-addon-tests', function() {
  setupTestHooks(this);

  it('ember-fastboot-addon-tests', function() {
    let args = ['ember-fastboot-addon-tests', 'foo'];

    // pass any additional command line options in the arguments array
    return emberNew()
      .then(() => emberGenerateDestroy(args, (file) => {
        expect(file('fastboot-tests/fixtures/fastboot/app/router.js'))
          .to.contain('Router.map(function() {');

        expect(file('fastboot-tests/index-test.js'))
          .to.contain('setupTest(\'fastboot\'/*, options */);')
          .to.contain('return this.visit(\'/\')');

        expect(file('fastboot-tests/fixtures/fastboot/app/templates/index.hbs'))
          .to.contain('
ember-fastboot-addon-tests
');
    }));
  });
});


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Andrew Bolt's 'tidal wave of immigrants' article prompts press council complaint | Media
The Australian Press Council has received an unspecified number of complaints about an article by Andrew Bolt that argues a "tidal wave" of migrants are swamping Australia, forming enclaves and "changing our culture".
In a highly-inflammatory column headlined "The foreign invasion", Bolt says migrant communities are not assimilating and failing to always speak English. "Immigration is becoming colonisation, turning this country from a home into a hotel," he wrote in a column widely syndicated in the News Corp tabloids on Thursday.
"There is no 'us' any more, as a tidal wave of immigrants sweeps away what's left of our national identity. Another 240,000 foreigners joined us last year alone, not just crowding our cities but changing our culture."
Chip Le Grand
(@Melbchief)
The foreign invasion? Australia being swamped by immigrants? How long has Pauline Hanson been moonlighting on the subs desk of the Tele? pic.twitter.com/cM3ZGDem56
The president of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, Jennifer Huppert, said articles such as Bolt's do nothing for the cohesion of Australian society.
"There is a rise in ultra-rightwing activity in Victoria and this type of activity can fuel antisemitic, anti-Islamic and general racist debate and language in our community." Huppert told Guardian Australia. "Articles like this definitely don't help cohesion in society."
The press council confirmed there had been at least one complaint but is not at liberty to divulge how many or the nature of the complaints.
Bolt singles out groups such as Chinese, Cambodian, Indian and Jewish and quotes what percentage of the community where they live that they represent.
"In Melbourne's North Caulfield, 41 per cent of residents are Jews, including hundreds who have lately fled South Africa," he said. "Dandenong now has an official Little Indian Cultural Precinct, with 33 Indian businesses."
Huppert says listing the percentage of the community that is Jewish is meaningless.
"It tells us nothing about social cohesion. It doesn't inform the debate in any meaningful way, it's purely looking at census figures," she said.
"It doesn't say whether they are integrated into the broader community.
"You'd be very hard-pressed to say Jews hadn't integrated into the wider community and I think you can extrapolate that to other migrant groups as well.
"In all groups there are smaller elements who like to live an isolated life but they are in the minority. There are Jews living everywhere in the country who are engaging in the broader community and who are in leadership roles in every sector of our community."
Bolt breached the Racial Discrimination Act over two articles he wrote in 2009. He was sued by nine people in the federal court who said he implied light-skinned people who identified as Aboriginal did so for personal gain.
Sharad Gupta, the president of the Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria, questioned why Bolt believed it was a bad thing that there were clusters of Indian businesses, such as the Little India precinct in south-east Melbourne.
"[Indians] settle, they start businesses and are helping the economy and generating employment," he said.
"I've been in Australia for the last 22 years, and I can see multiculturalism has grown up. [That] kind of segregation is not there. People have accepted migrants here."
Michael Gunner
(@fanniebay)
In The Territory you can hear most ancient languages spoken on earth. Traded w Indo for centuries. Chinese arrived in a 1800s rush. 20s, Japanese were 71% of Darwin pop. Right now 1/3 of The Territory born o/s
I see Us everywhere #welcometoTheTerritoryhttps://t.co/Dq4njNZ0Fe pic.twitter.com/2eudoqkVBG
Susan Gin, the president of the Chinese Association of Victoria, said Bolt's column was akin to a "good rant, similar to what some of us might in indulge in after frustrating day at work" but his view was in the minority.
"One does not need to stoke fear about Box Hill, for example, that it is predominantly Chinese people and Chinese signs," Gin said.
Gin pointed to Victoria's Italian community, which had "huddled" initially around Lygon street, in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton, but was now spread across the city.
"There is a deep desire and willingness [among migrants] to become Australians, to adopt Australian values, to adopt Australian customs and culture. That takes time and it requires patience from both sides."
Can A Child Born In Australia Get Citizenship?
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Title: Chartfile
Author: Alan Jones
Artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Publish date: 4 February 1984
Chartfile
by ALAN JONES
"THEY'VE TRIED to ban it, burn it and bait it—but it keeps sticking out."
That's the text of ZTT Records' faintly ridiculous advertisement for Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 'Relax'; the subject of a sudden outbreak of moral indignation which afflicted Radio One's Mike Read and led to the network's decision to refrain from playing the disc except late at night; presumably because they think all
Jensen and Peel's listeners are beyond redemption anyway.
Fortunately this unofficial ban came too late to stop 'Relax' from dethroning Paul McCartney's sterile 'Pipes Of Peace', a record which, to my mind, is far more offensive, as is its contrived video—but that's another story.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood have had a rather strange chart career, 'Relax' debuting on the chart way back on 12th November 1983, and taking 12 weeks to reach number one. In so doing, it has equalled the longest unbroken chart residency attained by any record on its way to the top.
Usually, if a record is going to make number one, it does so quickly. However, apart from 'Relax', Mantovani's 'Moulin Rouge' and Louis Armstrong's 'What A Wonderful World' also reached the summit on chart week 12.
Some records—'Space Oddity' for example—have been hits on two entirely separate occasions, only reaching number one second time around. Naturally they have accrued more weeks on chart before ultimately making the top, but they are not directly comparable.
'Relax' also bears the distinction of being one of the few records to falter on its way to chart honours, having dipped from number 54 to number 55 on 17th December, before recovering.
It's only the third number one to conquer such a setback this decade, joining John Lennon's '(Just Like) Starting Over' and Kraftwerk's 'The Model'.
Lennon's turnaround was tragically inspired by his death. Kraftwerk's progress from 2 to 3 to 1 was simply the result of a short-lived economy measure in the compilation of the charts, which briefly eliminated the use of expensive messenger services, with the effect that the hugely influential 'Top Of The Pops' boosted records' fortunes two weeks after they were aired on the show.
The consequent bizarre movements of several discs quickly brought the experiment to an end. There are no obvious reason why 'Relax' should have encountered a hiccup on its way to the top.
The produce and co-author of 'Relax' is Trevor Horn, who also produced America's current number one, Yes's 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart', which peaked at number 28 in Britain.
Horn's exploits must be something of an annoyance to Paul McCartney whose 'Say Say Say' duet with Michael Jackson was ousted from the US apex by Yes a week before 'Pipes Of Peace' gave way to 'Relax' here.
McCartney has expressed his dislike for FGTH's single, and is known to have been keen on John Lennon's 'Nobody Told Me' replacing his own single at the top of the British chart.
'Pipes Of Peace' was the 27th British number one single to be produced by George Martin, a total which puts him in a tie with the late Norrie Paramor as producer of most number ones.
By contrast, 'Relax' is only the second chart topper produced by Trevor Horn.
The first was 'Video Killed The Radio Star', a joint effort with Geoff Downes, his fellow-Buggle. Downes, Horn and Bruce Woolley also wrote the song.
When the Buggles bubble broke, Downes and Horn became members of Yes, which disbanded in 1980.
Horn re-emerged to produce hits for Dollar, ABC and Spandau Ballet though surprisingly the biggest hit he produced between 'Radio Star' and 'Relax' was Malcolm McLaren's 1983 effort, 'Double Dutch', which crested at number three.
The formation of ZTT, in which he has a financial stake, and the re-forming of Yes, though without either Horn or Downes as members, has given the bespectacled Horn a hectic last few months behind the control panel, with the reward of being one of very few producers to be responsible for the number one single on both sides of the Atlantic, by different artists, at the same time.
Meanwhile, Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' went to the top of the album chart for the first time since last June, and the fourth time in all. As I said when Paul Young's 'No Parlez!' completed its fourth stint at the top a fortnight ago, only 10 albums have previously enjoyed more than three separate runs at number one…
Frankie goes from the airwaves—28 Jan 84
Whispers—28 Jan 84
Ihr rap-hit hat sendeverbot Frankie Goes To Hollywood—Jan 84
BBC: Thanks but no Franks—2 Feb 84
Frankie make the Beeb squirm—4 Feb 84
One to 1—4 Feb 84
Whispers—4 Feb 84
Whispers—11 Feb 84
Get smart—16 Feb 84
Letters—16 Feb 84
Frankie Goes To Hollywood… sexy lyrics banned—*Feb 84
Ihre shows sing extrascharf!—Feb 84
Guide till Englands-toppen—Feb 84
Get smart—1 Mar 84
Whispers—3 Mar 84
Bitz—15 Mar 84
Relax… Frankie is coming back—17 Mar 84
Frankie goes platinum—24 Mar 84
Whispers—31 Mar 84
Whispers—7 Apr 84
News—14 Apr 84
Whispers—14 Apr 84
Competitions—28 Apr 84
Frankie Goes To Hollywood's long-awaited follow up…—Apr 84
Frankie's 'Relax' follow-up—Apr 84
Wouldn't it be good if politicians…—Apr 84
Frankie furore over Scargill's cap—Apr 84
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Putin seeks Kremlin return
Moscow, March 4
Russians today voted in marathon presidential polls as strongman Vladimir Putin faced fresh allegations of rigging and fraud, putting a question mark on the legitimacy of the vote, which is set to return him to the Kremlin for a record third term.
A woman casts her vote in Moscow on Sunday. — AFP
Naked protest in Moscow
A group of Ukrainian female protesters bared their breasts on Sunday at the polling station where Vladimir Putin had just voted in the presidential race and tried to steal the ballot box with his vote.
Arms depot blast leaves over 200 dead in Congo
Brazzaville, March 4
Over 200 persons were killed today when an arms dump exploded in Brazzaville, capital of the Congo Republic, a senior official in the presidency said, citing hospital sources.
A man gestures in front of houses damaged in a series of explosions at a munition depot in the Congolose capital of Brazzaville on Sunday. — AFP
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16 die in Poland train crash
Szczekociny, March 4
Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland late yesterday, leaving 16 persons dead and 58 injured, the country's worst train disaster in more than 20 years. The powerful collision occurred near the town of Szczekociny, just north of Krakow, after one of the trains ended up on the wrong track.
DEADLY COLLISION: Rescuers work at the scene of a train crash in Szczekociny, Poland. — Reuters
Mitt Romney gets a boost ahead of 'Super Tuesday'
Washington, March 4
Consolidating his front-runner status, Mitt Romney today easily won the Republican caucuses in Washington state, giving him a shot in the arm ahead of the 'Super Tuesday' contests for the party nomination for November Presidential polls against incumbent Barack Obama. A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Ohio. — AFP
Obama invokes Gandhi, Mandela
New York, March 4
US President Barack Obama invoked the legacies of his heroes Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela as he sought support from voters for a second term, saying he too needs time to fulfil his promise of bringing a "real change" to America just as the two legendary leaders did.
Violent storms kill 38 in America
West Liberty, March 4
Rescue workers with search dogs trudged through the hills of Kentucky, and emergency crews in several states combed through wrecked homes in a desperate search for survivors of tornadoes that killed dozens of people in the US Midwest and South.
Russian observers and opposition leaders alleged widespread violations in polls by supporters of Putin. An independent watchdog agency Golos said it has received reports of so-called "carousel voting," in which bus loads of voters are driven around to cast ballots multiple times, allegedly for the ruling United Russia Party candidate.
Earlier, voters turned out at 90,000 polling stations across Russia spread over 21 hours for the marathon electoral process, that is being monitored through election observers and over 100,000 webcams.
Today's vote sees Putin, the 59-year-old ex-KGB spy hoping to become president for a third time after swapping role as prime minister with his close aide Dmitry Medvedev. Putin voted in Moscow with his wife, Ludmila. "I'm expecting a good turnout, because presidential elections are an important event. I am confident that people will act responsibly", he told Russian newspaper Izvestia.
Putin's main challenger is considered to be Communist Gennady Zyuganov, who is running for a fourth time. If Putin fails to achieve more than 50 per cent of the vote he will face his nearest rival in a run-off.
The other candidates are ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov, who is standing as an independent, and former upper house speaker Sergey Mironov, from the centre-left A Just Russia party.
Putin was Russia's president from 2000 to 2008, but was barred by the constitution from standing for a third consecutive term. He faces four challengers, three of whom he has defeated in previous elections. — PTI
The Femen group, known for their topless protests against trafficking of women and prostitution in several countries, turned up at the polling station in the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow minutes after Putin voted with his wife Lyudmila.
The three women pulled off their tops, shouted "Putin is a thief!" and tried to steal the ballot box with his vote before being detained by police, the group said in a statement on its blog. The women revealed slogans painted on their chests and backs including "I steal for Putin" and "Kremlin rats". — AFP
Hundreds more were injured by the blasts which rocked the riverside capital of the oil-producing nation early in the day, flattening houses near the scene and sending a plume of smoke high above the city.
"According to sources at the central hospital around 200 persons were dead and many injured," Betu Bangana, head of protocol in the president's office in Brazzaville, told Reuters. "Some people are still (trapped) in their houses... They're saying the entire neighbourhood of Mpila has been destroyed."
Defence Minister Charles Zacharie Bowao dismissed any talk of a coup attempt or mutiny, and told state radio that the explosions had been caused by a fire in the arms depot in the Regiment Blinde base in the riverside Mpila neighbourhood.
Panic also spread to Kinshasa, across the Congo River, which separates the former French colony from the larger Democratic Republic of Congo, where windows were shattered by the force of the blasts up to 4 km away. Both governments called for calm.
China's Xinhua news agency cited Chinese officials as saying three Chinese workers were killed by the explosion and dozens were injured, some in serious condition. — Reuters
Maintenance work was being done on the tracks in the area, but officials say it's too early to determine the cause of the disaster.
President Bronislaw Komorowski visited the site today and said when rescue efforts are over he would make an announcement about a period of national mourning due to the scope of the suffering involved.
Several of the passengers were foreigners, including people from Ukraine, Spain and France, but none of them were among the dead or mostly seriously injured, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
"This is our most tragic train disaster in many, many years," he said.
The accident happened on Saturday around 9 p.m. and rescue workers labored through the night to recover bodies and the injured. They brought in heavy equipment to free a body from the mangled wreckage of the train, and ended up finding two, a spokesman for firefighters, Radoslaw Lendor, told TVN24.
A doctor in one of the hospitals, Szymon Nowak, said many of the injured were in a serious condition, with some in artificially induced comas.
The tragedy was Poland's worst involving trains since 1990, when 16 people were killed in a collision involving two trains in the Warsaw suburb of Ursus. Since then, the most serious Polish rail accident was in 1997, when 12 people were killed in Reptowo. — AP
Consolidating his front-runner status, Mitt Romney today easily won the Republican caucuses in Washington state, giving him a shot in the arm ahead of the 'Super Tuesday' contests for the party nomination for November Presidential polls against incumbent Barack Obama.
A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Ohio. — AFP
With 99 per cent of the vote in, Romne had 38 per cent. Texas Representative Ron Paul secured 25 per cent and came second.Rick Santorum came third with 24 per cent of votes. They were trailed by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 10 per cent. "I'm heartened to have won the Washington caucuses, and I thank the voters for their support today," Romney tweeted.
Romney said the result proved Washington's voters wanted "a conservative businessman who understands the private sector".
The victory in Washington gives Romney some momentum heading into the big contests this week on Super Tuesday, when 10 states vote. Super Tuesday is the day in the US campaign calendar, usually in February or early March of an election year, when a large number of states hold primary elections.
Romney has so far won contests in seven states — New Hampshire, Florida, Nevada, Maine, Michigan, Arizona and Washington — in the race to secure Republican nomination. — PTI
"The change we fought for in 2008 hasn't always happened as fast as we would have liked... real change, big change, is always hard," Obama said at a fundraiser held here. "Around the world —Gandhi, Nelson Mandela —what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term," he said. — PTI
HOME IT WAS: A man searches through debris in Marysville, Indiana, on Sunday. — AFP
But amid the flattened homes, gutted churches and crunched up cars, startling stories of survival emerged, including that of a 2-year-old girl found alone but alive in a field near her Indiana home after her family was killed, a couple who were hiding in a restaurant basement when a school bus crashed through the wall, and a pastor nearly buried in his church's basement.
The storms, predicted by forecasters for days, killed at least 38 people in five states Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, where Gov John Kasich proclaimed an emergency.
President Barack Obama offered Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance as state troopers, the National Guard and rescue teams made their way through counties cut off by debris-littered roads and toppled cellphone towers.
The landscape was littered with everything from sheet metal and insulation to crushed cars and, in one place, a fire hydrant, making travel difficult.
No building was left untouched in West Liberty, a small eastern Kentucky farming town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Two white police cruisers had been picked up and tossed into city hall, and few structures were recognisable. — AP
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Hey everyone, it's time to list the best books I've read this year! There were some really great ones and I hope you find something you like in these recommendations. I won't be able to be blogging about YA books next year because of my Printz duties – eeeeeek! – but I'll try to write more about library programming and adult books.
I hope to have a personal update posted soon.
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry – You know I love a historical fiction about a supposed heretical Christian sect in 13th century Province? Don't you? I guess I didn't know I needed that in my life, but this is incredible. It treats the issues of Christian women mystics, the abuses of the Catholic church, and faith in general with such tact and skill.
The Reader by Traci Chee – A fantasy where reading is outlawed and has a sweet meta-narrative. I can't wait to read the sequel.
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee – Need an 18th century Continental gay road trip novel? Of course you do, read this.
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds – Jason Reynolds can do no wrong. Every book he writes is a winner. This one is a verse novel about a teen taking a long elevator ride trying to decide to whether or not to avenge his brother's murder. Heartbreaking, real, incredible.
I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez – A great novel about not fitting in. Perfect for anyone who has ever felt way that. I have a feeling there's a lot of people like that.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas – If this doesn't win the 2018 Printz I'll scream. Incredible story about family, police brutality, friendship, and more. Everyone should read this.
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner – Another great one about feeling like you're destined for better places, but don't know how to get this. It will probably break your heart.
Thor loves snakes, so he'd probably like The Serpent King.
How to Read a Dress by Lydia Edwards – Utterly fascinating with beautiful pictures. Great for anyone interested in fashion even in the slightest.
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby – Some of the most hilarious writing about anxiety, staying inside, and falling in love.
The Stone Sky and the whole Broken Earth series by N.K Jemisin – This is a great conclusion to the series. If you're not on board with N.K. Jemisin and you like fantasy and sci-fi, you're seriously missing out.
The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Leznevich – A hard, sad book that mixes true crime journalism and memoir. Not for the faint of heart or those not willing to examine their feelings about the death penalty and the nature of evil.
H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald – You wouldn't think a book about training a hawk and T.H. White would be so emotionally resonant but really is. Also, the author reads the audio book and it is very lovely.
Giant Days by John Allison – This comic consistently makes me laugh out loud. The characters are such gems. Perfect for anyone who has friends.
The Expanse Books by James S. A. Corey – It's always fun to see what scrapes Holden, Amos, Naomi and company are getting into. Every book is better with characters like the foul-mouthed UN ambassador Chrisjen Avasarala and huge marine and badass lady Bobbie Draper.
Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers – A deceptively simple and fun sci-fi series that ends up being more heart-felt and deep than it appears. If possible, I liked the sequel even more than the first one and can't wait for book three.
Oh wait, you should also watch "Jane the Virgin" because it is very very good.
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun – A cute, weird little book that would melt the coldest heart.
Spinning by Tillie Walden – A beautiful comic memoir about figure skating, friendship, and coming out.
Clank! – I love this game. It's a bit goofy but I like the card drafting aspect as well as the movement around the board. Lots of stuff going on, but super fun.
Century Golem – Cute golems and quick to learn gameplay = a sure hit for me.
Gloomhaven – I wasn't sure I was going to like this at first because the box is very large and that's intimidating. But it's like a premade, RPG-light game that is easier to grasp and more fun than I anticipated.
Elevenses – Yes, it's a game about having tea but somehow my friends and I have managed to turn it into something very obscene. I don't know how, but it's a delight.
Cat Lady – Cats! In a board game! What more do I need to say?
The Adventure Zone and other McElroy products – If you're looking for a D&D podcast that is both hilarious and very emotional, check out the Adventure Zone. It's so great. The McElroys seem like such good, good brothers if I ever find out they're sexist or racist trash I'm going to be heartbroken.
Kesha's Rainbow – Friends, this album is soooooooo good. It is legitimately good. Don't discount it because you don't like pop music, Kesha has pipes and the writing is top notch. Thanks to Renata for getting me to listen to this all the time!
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Amazing! If you didn't like it because you wanted it to be like the original series, then fine. But you gotta accept that a franchise is going to evolve… Anyway, I loved it. Rey is a badass, Luke was a real character with motivations and demons, Rose WAS THE GREATEST, Poe was still super hot, Finn was a delight, and I loved how a main message of the movie was to listen to women and people of color.
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I had no idea about Cat Lady! On my new wish list for sure. Thanks, Anna!
It's very fun and cute!!!


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'Bark of Night' by David Rosenfelt is gripping and filled with surprises and humor
July 16, 2019 / pamelaokramer	/ Leave a comment
No one does murder and humor like David Rosenfelt, and with "Bark of Night," the nineteenth book in the series featuring reluctant attorney and dog-lover Andy Carpenter, Rosenfelt continues with his trademark sarcasm, self-deprecating narrative, and courtroom drama.
'Spin the Dawn' by Elizabeth Lim is an engrossing fantasy about a young girl whose ambition proves world-changing
In a fictional world reminiscent of ancient China, Elizabeth Lim creates "Spin the Dawn," the story of Maia, daughter of a tailor who is as skilled as any tailor but who is barred from the profession because of her gender. Her father has lost his ambition since the death of Maia's mother, and two of her brothers were killed in the Emperor's war. Now, it's just Maia supporting the family.
'Storm Blown' by Nick Courage is a middle grade adventure during a terrible hurricane
In "Storm Blown," author Nick Courage writes about a fictional hurricane and two of the children whose lives are affected by that storm. He's not writing about just any storm, though. This is a once-in-a-lifetime storm, a storm that is fickle and doesn't behave as storm experts expect. Because the story is told from many perspectives, including that of a storm expert, readers get the benefit of learning about not only storms, but human behavior.
Alejo lives with his grandfather in Puerto Rico while his mother tries to earn enough money in the United States to bring him to live with her. He's content on the island, though, and he helps his grandfather at the resort where his grandfather works. At the start of the story, his grandfather has gone home, leaving Alejo to watch the excitement at the resort as most guests check out while a few intrepid visitors decide to brave the storm. He's watching the news reporters as they brave the wild surf to film the storm.
Emily lives with her parents and brother in New Orleans. Her brother has been very ill, and her mother worries so much about germs that Emily's not allowed to visit with her brother Elliot in his room. So instead of hanging out with her brother and wandering the zoo and parks in New Orleans, Emily decides to go out alone. She ends up on a small island that is accessed by a shallow lake, and she befriends an injured Canada goose and a turtle. She has no idea that New Orleans is about to be hit with the huge storm, and her phone quickly loses its charge, so her family can't get through to her.
Other points of view include that of Silas, Emily's father, who works on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico; a petrel caught up in the storm; and Joy, who works at the National Climatic Research Center. It's through Joy's eyes that we learn about hurricanes and national disasters. Joy reports that there are at least ten natural disasters in the United States each year that cause over a billion dollars' worth of damage. Those are called BDDs – Billion Dollar Disasters.
The points of view from diverse characters in diverse locations makes it impossible to predict how their lives will intersect, but with unpredictable storms and unpredictable children, anything is possible. Young readers will enjoy the edge-of-your-seat excitement, wondering what will happen during Hurricane Valerie. Older readers might remember Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes that caused terrific damage in lives and dollars. Everyone will enjoy the story.
Please note: This review is based on the advance reader's copy provided by the publisher, Delacorte Press, for review purposes.
Part I: Volunteers feed and save abandoned, scared dogs — big and small — in Redland, Florida
July 11, 2019 July 17, 2019 / pamelaokramer	/ Leave a comment
Please note: This article was originally published on ShelterMe.tv in 2016.
Redland, Florida; it's a rural area southwest of Miami. A place that is haunted with the despair from the many animals who are abandoned there every week. Daily, cars and trucks stop on one of the streets or highways, open a door, shove out a confused animal, then drive away quickly.
The Redland area is not a safe place for the animals who are left there. Most are dogs, and while some learn quickly to stay away from humans, others are shot, poisoned, hit (on purpose) by cars, stolen by dog fighters; or they die from starvation and dehydration in the Florida heat. The lucky ones hide during the day, coming out as the sun goes down as a group of dedicated volunteers bring the food and water they need to survive. Join the volunteers, Jessie, Yleana, and Ramsey, on a hot July evening as they bring me along to witness the sad situation.
Part II: The Solution to "The abandoned, scared dogs — big and small — in Redland, Florida"
The Solution (Part II to "Volunteers feed and save abandoned, scared dogs — big and small — in Redland, Florida"):
It appears that any solutions to the huge problem of stray and abandoned animals in the rural areas of Miami-Dade County, like Redland and the Rock Pit Quarry, will have to be addressed by the volunteers. Rescues have approached the shelter, asking if there is a process for pulling stray dogs from the county (not the shelter, the stray dogs). According to Jennie Nicholas of Pennsylvania, the shelter never responded to her email. She said that when she wrote Miami-Dade Animal Services (MDAS), "I got zero response. I wrote an email asking if I needed any special permission to take the dogs and the email went unanswered."
'P is for Pterodactyl: The WORST Alphabet Book Ever (All the letters that misbehave and make words nearly impossible to pronounce' is an EXTREMELY
"P Is for Pterodactyl: The WORST Alphabet Book Ever (All the letters that misbehave and make words nearly impossible to pronounce)" is truly the BEST book ever! First of all, it's brilliant — from the choice of alphabet words and for the text that explains what the words mean, and the words and text and illustrations combined make it really humorous, as well.
For example, "B is for Bdellium. We doubt that anyone knows what bdellium is, but it's the only word dumb enough to begin with a silent B.
As is the case throughout the book, the authors use words containing the silent letter (or letter that is not pronounced "properly," in the text that defines the alphabet word. So for the letter "B," they use "doubt" and "dumb." Certainly these authors are anything but "dumb."
Other brilliant letters include "G is for Gnocchi. The gnome yells, "Waiter! There's a bright white gnat nibbling on my gnocchi!"
And "F is not for Photo, phlegm, phooey, or phone. F is only for "foto" when you speak fluent Spanish at home." The letter K was relatively simple with, "K is for Knight. The noble knight's knife nicked the knave's knee."
The Glossary is touted as "And now… The Worst Glossary Ever!" It's not.
This is definitely a fabulous choice for the home or school library and classroom. Teachers, pick a silent letter (or vowel with a different sound) and challenge the kids to find as many words as they can!
Please note: This review is based on the final, hardcover book provided by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, the publisher, for review purposes.
Five animal-themed picture books kids will love
June 28, 2019 / pamelaokramer
Animals and kids go together like hot summer days and ice cream or long sunlit days with reading lots and lots of books to kids before bedtime. And there's nothing most kids like better than books about animals. Whether it's a silly book or a book filled with adventure, kids love reading about animal antics.
Kids will LOVE "Pinky Got Out!" by Michael Portis, about a group of school children visiting the zoo when a flamingo gets out of the flamingo enclosure. The kids keep seeing Pinky, the flamingo, everywhere they go. Kids will love trying to spot Pinky on each page, and they'll love what happens at the end. They will also learn a few facts about animals while searching each page for sightings of the pink escapee. You can tell them that the real-life Pinky is named Flamingo 492 and escaped from a Wichita, Kansas zoo and ended up in Texas on the coast where, fourteen years later, the bird is living happily. (Crown Books for Young Readers)
"Big Cat" by Emma Lazell is another humorous picture book, this one about a mix-up between a domestic cat and a large cat, in this case a tiger. The action begins on the page before the title page, which features newspapers with partial headings like "missing" and "Mystery sightings" and pictures of tigers. Grandma lost her glasses, and she and her granddaughter are looking for them in a yard filled with cats when the young narrator tells Grandma that she's found a cat. Grandma goes through all the adorable names of their cats. "Is it Ruby? Gertrude? Twinklywhiskers?Hufflystink?" They take the stray cat to the neighbors to see if she belongs to them, but the neighbors all "were not cat people." Kids will LOVE identifying all the pets the neighbors do have! Although their new cat does eat a lot of cat food, they love him, but when a couple looking for their missing son find Grandma's glasses and return them, she realizes that the new cat is not a cat at all! Be assured that no humans are harmed in the reading of this book, and there is a delightful twist (of course) at the end. (Pavilion Books)
In "Nelly Takes New York: A Little Girl's Adventure in the Big Apple," authors Allison Pataki and Marya Myers feature an adorable duo as they search the New York determined to find the Big Apple. Nelly and her beagle, Bagel, stop for a bagel (of the edible variety) in West Village, then go to the farmers market at Union Square. Each time they mention their quest, they are sent to another place. New Yorkers will enjoy reading about all the sights to visit as will those planning a trip to NYC. For students reading the book, a great activity would be to have a map of New York City handy to have children plot Nelly and Bagel's journey across the city. This book could be used as a travel brochure praising the different New York City tourist sites and the "friendly New Yorkers." The illustrations by Kristi Valiant are worthy of mention. They are bright and colorful, but Valiant manages to make Nelly the center of attention, with her bright red jacket and curly black hair. (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
In "The Peculiar Pig" by Joy Steuerwald, a dachshund puppy somehow ends up in the pig pen one morning. Mama Pig, like most mothers, loves all her piglets the same, even the new, strange-looking, brown one. But when the other piglets push the little brown "piglet" away, she patiently waits her turn. The babies get bigger and bigger, only Penny, the dachshund, gets longer and longer. Mama Pig just tells her, "It doesn't matter, Penny. I love all my little piglets the same." More differences emerge when Penny barks instead of oinking. And while proper pigs dig with their snouts, Penny uses her paws. In spite of her diminutive size, Penny can outrun her piggy brothers and sisters. When danger threatens, though, Penny saves the day, proving that peculiar might just be perfect. Kids will love the idea that while someone might be very different from those around them, they might just be able to save the day sometime. (Nancy Paulsen Books)
In a lovely take-off of Dr. Seuss, "One Shoe Two Shoes" by Caryl Hart is a simple but humorous book that kids will quickly memorize. They will love reciting the rhyming text along with the reader as the dog and the mice and the colorful shoes are enumerated and counted. While there are no cats (remember Thing One and Thing Two?), there is little mouse one and little mouse two. Like any self-respecting mouse, these also multiply. Between the shoes and the mice and the adorable dog, all illustrated by Edward Underwood in bright blocks of mostly primary colors, this one is definitely a treat for both the eye and the ear. (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
Please note: This review is based on the final, hardcover books provided by the publishers for review purposes.
Four picture books (2 fiction and 2 nonfiction) about animals and compassion — should not be missed
June 24, 2019 June 24, 2019 / pamelaokramer	/ Leave a comment
Summer is a wonderful time to spend outdoors with children, showing them the beauty of nature and the beauty of the animals in nature. It's a wonderful time to play with dogs and visit forest preserves. At night, reading books about nature and about animals is an excellent way to drive home lessons about respecting nature and treating animals — whether pets or wild animals — with love and compassion.
Two of these books are new releases, and two are simply picture books that deserve to be shared and widely read. Two are about domestic animals, dogs, and the two nonfiction picture books are about wild animals and how two brave, resourceful people became determined to help them. All are fabulous choices for every home and school library.
Two nonfiction picture books that should become classics are "Jasper's Story: Saving Moon Bears" by Jill Robinson and Marc Bekoff and the semi-autobiographical "A Boy and a Jaguar" by Alan Rabinowitz. Both books are about brave people dedicating their lives to helping animals, and both are fascinating to children of all ages. I've read these books with first graders and fourth graders, and each child appreciated each book on a different level.
'When We Were Lost' by Kevin Wignall is a wonderfully suspenseful survival novel
June 18, 2019 / pamelaokramer	/ Leave a comment
"When We Were Lost" by Kevin Wignall is a superb young adult novel about a group of teenagers in a plane crash on their way to Costa Rica. They wake up as their plane begins shaking, and while the front half of the plane breaks off and crashes down a mountain, the back half of the plane slides backwards, and those kids survive the crash.
Summer Reading Choices that will get your Middle Grade Readers hooked on books
Summer days are for enjoying the outdoors, swimming, walking, playing sports. But long summer nights are made for reading, and it's the perfect time to get kids hooked on good books. Here are some wonderful choices for kids with a variety of interests.
'The Yankee Widow' by Linda Lael Miller is a fabulous historical fiction novel filled with ordinary people who do extraordinary things
"The Yankee Widow" by Linda Lael Miller takes place during the Civil War and takes readers right through the Battle of Gettysburg in all its horror and death. Caroline Hammond, the main character, becomes a widow at the start of the story when her husband, young Jacob, dies after becoming grievously injured at the Battle of Chancellorsville. She travels to Washington City, as it was known then, and finds him at the point of death.
'Our Symphony with Animals: On health, empathy and our shared destinies' by Aysha Akhtar is filled with science and affirmations about the importance of animals in our lives
First posted in Bookreporter.com.
"Our Symphony with Animals: On health, empathy, and our shared destinies" by Aysha Akhtar, M.D., is a memoir, an informational text, and a paean to the joys of sharing our lives with animals. Akhtar shares that she was abused as a child. She writes about her childhood dog, Sylvester, whom she loved with all her heart. She also shares that it wasn't until she finally stood up to a family member who was abusing Sylvester that she was able to stand up to her abuser, as well.


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