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Robert Creeley
LINEbreak interview and reading with Charles Bernstein (1995)
First half-hour (29:12): mp3, RealAudio
Second half (29:08): mp3, RealAudio
Hit Singles
Heroes For Love (3:06) from Exact Change, 1963
I is the Grandson (1:37) 10/22/75
Anger (4:45) 10/22/75
""So Quiet Here" a setting of Creeley's poem by composer David Felder, 2006 (7:35)
real audio: The Long Road (0:48) from Clemente series, "Life & Death," mid-1990s.
Still Life Or, I Know a Man, and The Language (audio & text from the Dia Art Foundation, 1987)
Creeley at Naropa Archive
Studio Recording at Black Mountain College, c. 1954
Full reading (9:54): mp3
1. The Rites (1:03)
2. The Crisis (0:26)
3. The Immoral Proposition (0:30)
4. For W.C.W. (0:18)
5. The Carnival (0:24)
6. The Charm (0:33)
7. The Pedigree (0:22)
8. The Dishonest Mailmen (0:26)
9. Apple Uppfle (0:32)
10. The Revelation (0:22)
11. The Operation (0:29)
12. For Irving (0:24)
13. The Disappointment (0:19)
14. El Noche (0:14)
15. The Whip (0:31)
16. Like They Say (0:18)
17. A Song ("I had wanted a quiet testament") (0:44)
18. The Riddle (0:23)
19. The Ball Game (0:45)
20. The Innocence (0:28)
21. Something for Easter (0:20)
At San Francisco State University, May 20, 1956
Full reading (1:00:29): mp3, RealAudio
1. Hart Crane (2:07)
2. Le Fou (1:24)
3. A Song ("I had wanted a quiet testament") (1:06)
5. For Rainer Gerhardt (1:49)
6. The Riddle (0:39)
8. The Ball Game (1:08)
9. The Innocence (0:35)
11. The Grace (11:21)
12. The Carnival (1:45)
13. The Charm (0:33)
14. The Pedigree (0:17)
15. After Lorca (2:13)
16. For an Anniversary (0:31)
17. The Kind of Act Of (0:58)
18. The Dishonest Mailmen (0:39)
19. The Crow (0:50)
20. For Martin (0:30)
21. The Immoral Proposition (1:54)
22. The Changes (0:31)
24. I Know a Man (0:28) (text)
25. The End (0:26)
26. Death of Venus (0:37)
27. The Lover (0:33)
28. Wait for Me (0:41)
29. For Somebody's Marriage (0:27)
30. The Business (0:26)
32. The Warning (0:15)
33. A Form of Adaptation (0:42)
34. Song ("Were I myself more blithe") (0:39)
35. Stomping with Catullus (1:28)
36. The Apology (0:11)
39. All That is Lovely in Men (0:20)
40. A Dedication (0:25)
41. A Day at the Beach (0:40)
42. The Prejudice (0:21)
43. Naughty Waters (published as "Naughty Boy") (0:34)
44. "To Work is to Contradict Contradictions, to Do Violence to Natural Violence . . ." (0:32)
45. The Commentary (0:37)
46. Old Song (0:25)
47. A Wicker Basket (1:20)
48. For David (0:29)
49. Lover's Leap (0:27)
50. Hold It (0:35)
51. Goodbye (0:28)
52. Ballad of the Despairing Husband (2:22)
53. Air: "Cat Bird Singing" (0:42)
54. If You (1:13)
55. A Marriage (0:21)
56. Song ("God give you pardon from gratitude") (0:13)
57. For the New Year (0:38)
58. And (0:40)
Big Table Magazine Reading at The Second City, Chicago, May 15, 1961
1. Introduction by Paul Carroll (1:56)
7. The Rhyme (0:24)
15. For W.C.W. (1:10)
16. Apple Uppfle (0:36)
18. Chanson (0:35)
19. Don't Sign Anything (0:25)
19. The Conspiracy (0:32)
26. La Noche (0:54)
28. Juggler's Thought (0:30)
29. A Form of Women (1:32)
30. They Say (0:24)
31. The Friend (0:47)
32. Please (0:51)
33. The Three Ladies (1:07)
34. Oh No (0:36)
35. Crowd (1:29)
38. The Bed (0:34)
39. Just Friends (0:46)
40. The Way (0:38)
43. She Went to Stay (0:24)
45. The Tunnel (0:35)
46. The Names (0:29)
47. A Gift of Great Value (0:49)
48. The Invoice (0:32)
49. Naughty Boy (0:40)
51. Entre Nous (0:17)
52. Sing Song (0:35)
53. The Place (1:03)
54. The Souvenir (0:16)
55. The Menu (0:21)
At the Berkeley Poetry Conference, 1965
July 22: part one (46:16) part two (33:41)
July 23: part one (1:01:29) part two (23:17)
At the Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y, October 24, 1966
Full reading (23:20) (mp3); rm file
1. Introduction by Ed Sanders (2:37)
2. Some Place (0:47)
3. Song ("I wouldn't") (0:28)
4. Song ("What do you") (0:23)
5. For Helen (0:32)
6. A Night Sky (0:26)
7. The Answer (0:25)
8. Dimensions (0:57)
9. A Place (0:29)
10. Some Echoes (0:18)
11. Fancy (0:30)
12. The World (1:22)
13. Going (0:18)
14. The City (0:36)
15. Words (0:38)
16. A Reason (0:50)
17. The Shame (0:22)
18. The Statue (0:43)
19. The Window (0:47)
20. To Bobbie (1:03)
21. They (0:34)
22. A Method (0:42)
23. A Sight (2:01)
24. Pieces (0:14)
25. The Circle (0:29)
26. The Hold (2:02)
27. Intervals (0:38)
28. For Joel (1:20)
At Harvard University, October 27, 1966
1. Introduction (2:20)
18. I Know a Man (0:35)
19. A Counterpoint (1:33)
34. Somewhere (0:38)
35. New Year's (1:24)
40. The Door (3:48)
41. Kore (0:59)
42. The Name (1:27)
43. For Love (2:42)
44. The Woman (2:34)
From Today's Poets: Their Poems, Their Voices. Volume 3, 1967/1968
1. Oh No (0:31)
2. A Tally (1:33)
3. Words (0:47)
4. The Invoice (0:34)
5. The Cracks (0:55)
6. A Reason (0:55)
Creeley reading from his home in Bolinas, CA (c. 1965-70; more likely 1972)
[ We are still working on identifying the date and some poem info: send
corrections/additions to us at PennSound@writing.upenn.edu]
1. On traveling and coming to terms with his poetic career (2:24)
2. Return (0:28)
4. Speaking briefly on For Love (0:38)
5. Creeley reads "A Form of Women," from For Love, and discusses his inspirations (2:55)
6. Song ("Those rivers run from that land") (1:32)
7. Heroes (0:48)
8. The House (0:25)
9. The People (0:27)
15. The Hill (0:39)
At Goddard College, May 18, 1973
Introductions (2:05)
The Plan is the Body (from Away) (4:30)
Spring (From Backwards) (1:21)
But You (From Backwards) (0:30)
Oh Mabel (from Backwards) (0:16)
Dear Dorothy (from Away) (6:05)
Flesh (from Backwards) (1:13)
Home Again (Unpublished?) (0:16)
Joking with audience (0:57)
Away (from Away) (4:44)
Faces (For Joe Brainard) (0:58)
Berlin: First Night & Early Morning (from Away) (2:32)
Places (Uncollected, from The Collected Poems) (3:37)
As We Sit (from Thirty Things) (3:39)
Every Day (from Away) (1:10)
Unknown Short Story (8:16)
Mabel-A Story (8:02)
As Real as Thinking (from Pieces) (3:31)
Flowers (from Pieces) (2:51)
The Family (from Pieces) (0:32)
Kate's (from Pieces) (0:09)
For You (from Pieces) (0:17)
Remarks on Gregory Corso (5:27)
A Step (from Pieces) (0:58)
Having To (from Pieces) (0:51)
The Car (from Pieces) (1:32)
Pieces of Cake (from Pieces) (0:31)
The Finger (from Pieces) (9:04)
One Thing (Incomplete) (from Pieces) (0:10)
I Cannot See You (Incomplete) (from Pieces) (0:12)
Gemini (from Pieces) (1:06)
In Secret (from Pieces) (0:26)
Time is some sort of hindsight (from Pieces) (0:33)
Follow the Drinking Gourd . . . (from Pieces) (2:58)
Edited by Seth Forrest
At St. Mark's Church, New York, October 22, 1975
I is the Grandson (1:37)
Anger (4:46)
From The World Record: Readings at the St. Mark's Poetry Project 1969-1980
The World Record at UbuWeb
At Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado, July 1984
Full reading (1:11:25): mp3
1. Introduction by Reed Bye (1:59)
2. from Presences (13:16)
3. Myself (1:07)
4. This World (1:22)
5. Barcelona: February 13, 1977 (0:46)
6. Echoes (partial) (1:15)
7. Blues (2:20)
8. The Edge (1:18)
9. Time (2:05)
10. Hotel Schrieder Heidelberg (1:56)
11. Ich Bin . . . (0:28)
12. Après Anders (6:01)
13. The Missing Link (0:57)
14. Shot (0:48)
15. The Old Days (0:17)
16. Lazy (0:11)
17. Paper (0:09)
18. Picture (0:33)
19. The View (0:42)
20. Mush (0:16)
21. Numbers (1:57)
22. La Cabeza (6:05)
23. Thanks (2:49)
24. Erotica (2:11)
25. from Presences (13:27)
26. Anger (6:10)
Bilingual Reading in Berlin with Rainer Gerhardt, June 11, 1985
Full reading (39:50): mp3
1. Chanson (1:22)
2. The Conspiracy (0:53)
3. The Disappointment (0:45)
4. A Form of Women (2:47)
5. A Gift of Great Value (1:24)
6. Corey (1:26)
7. The Lady in Black (0:50)
8. The Gift (1:11)
9. For Love (4:26)
10. The Language (1:15)
11. Song (1:00)
12. The Hole (3:05)
13. Enough (7:12)
14. After (1:12)
15. Love (0:56)
17. The Edge (2:40)
18. O Love (0:52)
19. If Happiness (0:54)
20. Waiting (0:27)
22. Self Portrait (1:37)
Creeley Interview, 1984 (34:47) (.ram file) (Wired for Books)
At the University of Helsinki, February 14, 1989
Part 1 (43:59) , Part 2 (27:00)
"New Letters on the Air" Reading and Interview, April 1988
Full program (29:41)
Graduate Seminar at SUNY-Buffalo, September 13, 1990
Part 1 (1:23:52), Part 2 (57:28)
"Walking the Dog" Lecture Series on Poetics at SUNY-Buffalo
1. September 17, 1990
Part 1 (1:11:04), Part 2 (1:33:04): MP3, RealAudio
2. October 15, 1990
Part 1 (51:45), Part 2 (51:40)
Creeley talks to Charles Bernstein's Poetics Seminar; the focus is on gender issues. SUNY-Buffalo, Feb. 28, 1991
Part One (46:58) Part Two (46:50)
Part Three (47:00) Part Four (33:59)
Reading at SUNY-Buffalo, March 20, 1991
"The Radio Reading Project" with Ernesto Livon-Grossman, 1992
Full reading and interview (59:18): mp3
2. Preface to Selected Poems (4:25)
3. The Revelation (1:12)
4. Early Dante Translation (1:13)
5. Something for Easter (0:25)
7. Chasing the Bird (1:14)
8. For Somebody (0:50)
9. "To Work is to Contradict Contradictions, to Do Violence to Natural Violence . . ." (1:03)
10. The Picnic (0:48)
11. The Skeleton (0:29)
12. Le Fou (1:18)
18. The Sign Board (1:51)
19. The Rescue (0:48)
20. The House (1:23)
21. A Picture (3:43)
22. A Piece (0:16)
23. Interview with Ernesto Livon-Grossman (26:50)
Books Books Books. This radio series pilot, from the mid-1990s, features Robert Creeley and Charles Bernstein. It was never broadcast and no other programs were produced.
MP3 , RealAudio
Reading with Charles Bernstein and Susan Howe at SUNY Buffalo, March 31, 1995
2. Histoire de Florida (18:24)
Reading in Plainfield, Vermont, May 18, 1998
SUNY-Buffalo, November 5, 1999: RealVideo (1:05:40)
This event took place Friday, Nov. 5, 1999 at 8 p.m., Allen Hall, South Campus, State University of Buffalo, New York and was also broadcast live on WBFO, 88.7 FM. Thanks to Just Buffalo Literary Center, WBFO, SUNY Buffalo, and Robert Creeley for permission to make this event available on the Web. RealVideo by Anya Lewin. EPC feed.
Reading at Vancouver East, 2003 (45:17)
The Connection, WBUR-FM Boston radio program, January 4, 2000
At Kelly Writers House, April 10 & 11, 2000
Entire April 10 reading in real video
MP3 singles of April 10 reading:
2. At whatever age he was (2:57)
3. Bresson's Movies (1:12)
4. Echoes (0:43)
5. En Famille (5:13)
6. Help (1:03)
7. Love (0:25)
10. There (1:03)
11. Thinking (0:52)
12. This World (0:08)
13. Voices Fading Fast (9:07)
14. Where Late the Sweetbird Sang (4:20)
April 11 interview and conversation moderated by Al Filreis
MP3 (audio only) (1:20:06); RealVideo
Photographs of the visit
A selection of uncollected poems read at home in Waldoboro, Maine on June 11, 2000
1. For Hannah's 14th Birthday (0:54)
2. For Will (1:39)
3. "Wild Nights, Wild Nights" (0:49)
4. "Where late the sweet birds sang..." (1:08)
6. Conversion to Her (2:52)
7. Clemente's Images (8:30)
8. As If (0:53)
9. Possibilities (4:31)
10. Anya (1:17)
12. "When I heard the learn'd astronomer . . ." (2:36)
13. For the Phi Beta Kappa Ceremony (1:40)
14. Cambridge, Mass 1944 (0:45)
15. Place To Be (0:46)
Recorded by Rick Alverson.
Sequenced by Mike Hearst and Ben Swanson.
"En Famille" was first published in En Famille by Robert Creeley (text) and Elsa Dorfman (photographs),
Granary Books, New York, 1999.
Cross-Cultural Poetics radio program with host Leonard Schwartz: (11/24/03) (28:12) (26MB); transcript of this show from Jacket
Reading and Lecture - produced by Poem Present, the University of Chicago, April 1 and 2, 2004
1. Reading: audio (49:15), video
2. Lecture: audio (1:05:35), video
Louis Zukofsky Centennial talk (video) (Sept. 17, 2004)
Recordings from Slought Foundation
Reading in Buffalo, October 3, 1966
From the 1963 Vancoucer Poetry Conference:
7/24/63: Morning discussion featuring Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg
7/24/63: Evening discussion featuring Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg
7/26/63: Discussion featuring Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg
7/29/63: Discussion featuring Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, Philip Whalen
7/31/63: Discussion featuring Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson
8/2/63: Discussion featuring Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson
8/5/63: Discussion featuring Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, Margaret Avison, Denise Levertov
8/7/63: Discussion featuring Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Margaret Avison, Denise Levertov
8/12/63: Reading by Robert Creeley
8/12/63: Discussion featuring Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov
Recordings from Naropa Poetics Audio Archives
Class by Robert Creeley on the Academy of Practicing Poets (June 19, 1979)
Jack Collom, Carl Rakosi, Robert Creeley reading (June 20, 1979)
Lecture on language poetry - Part 1 (July 9, 1984)
Lecture on Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan - Part 1 (June 23, 1986)
Lecture - Part 2 (June 27, 1986)
Lecture on John Wieners and his poems - Part 1 (June 30, 1986)
Lecture on poetry in motion (July 2, 1986)
Lecture on the imagination of procedure - Part 1 (July 4, 1986)
Boulder Theater Naropa Institute reading (July 12, 1991)
Clark Coolidge, Robert Creeley and Steve Lacy panel, Poetry and jazz - Part 1 (July 12, 1991)
Lecture at Boulder High School (July 8, 1994)
Lecture on eco-poetics - Part 1 (June 18, 1997)
Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Michael Ondaatje panel (June 17, 1999)
Courage with Robert Creeley, The Way Out is Via The Door (info on CD)
Have We Told You All You Thought To Know? (info on CD)
There are several CDs of Creeley's readings available from purchase: from Rockdrill (Contemporary Poetics Research Centre at Birkbeck College, London):
Robert Creeley: 'I Know a Man', poems 1945-1975
Robert Creeley: 'Just in Time', poems 1976-1998
These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2004 Robert Creeley. Used with permission of Robert Creeley. Distributed by PennSound & UbuWeb
1. I IS THE GRANDSON (1:38)
Recorded 10/22/75
from The World Record (Readings at the St. Mark's Poetry Project, 1969-1980
2. ANGER (1:38)
3. The Messenger for Allen Ginsberg, I Know a Man (1:17)
Recorded Bolinas, California, July, 1971
from Totally Corrupt (Giorno Poetry Systems, 1972)
4. The Name (1:14)
recorded First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, August 31, 1973
from Dial-A-Poem Poets Disconnected (Giorno Poetry Systems, 1972)


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Carnival Corporation Donates $2 Million to Hurricane Sandy Victims
Photo by Andy Newman/Carnival Cruise Lines
To aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy, Carnival Corporation & plc announced today that they are donating $2-million in relief funds. The funds are earmarked to go to four different organizations providing relief, rebuilding and support to the families and areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy in October.
The Robin Hood Relief Fund will receive $1-million, Habitat for Humanity will receive $500,00, Save the Children and Mayors Fund to Advance New York City will both receive $250,000.
"Super Storm Sandy was one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history and on behalf of the 90,000 global employees of Carnival Corporation & plc we are pleased to provide this financial support to those who were affected by the storm," said Micky Arison, chairman and CEO of Carnival Corporation & plc. "We also have a special relationship with the region, with several ships either homeported or visiting the area as a port of call, as well as hundreds of thousands of residents who sail on the fleets of our various cruise brands."
According to Bloomberg, damage to the Northeast from Hurricane Sandy could reach $2.5-billion.
Global Cruise Industry Announces Support of Paris MOU's Focus on Passenger Ship Safety
Norwegian and Katie Couric Surprise NYC Moms Affected by Sandy with Cruise

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Alleins ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Bouches-du-Rhône in der Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Geografie
Die Gemeinde liegt 35 Kilometer nordwestlich von Aix-en-Provence und 13 Kilometer nördlich von Salon-de-Provence. Sie liegt im Hinterland der Durance.

Nachbargemeinden von Alleins sind Mallemort im Norden und Osten, Vernègues im Südosten, Aurons im Süden, Lamanon im Westen und Sénas im Nordwesten.

Wappen
Wappenbeschreibung: In Rot zehn goldene Rauten in drei Reihen  zu 4;4;2 gestellt.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Ruinen der Burg aus dem 15. Jahrhundert
 Alter Ortskern
 Kapelle St-Jean aus dem 12. Jahrhundert

Verkehrsanbindung
In rund zwei Kilometern Entfernung zum Ortszentrum verläuft die N7, die den Ort unter anderem mit Avignon verbindet.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Weblinks

 Die Gemeinde auf der Provence-Website

Ort in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Weinbauort in Frankreich

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This March, we reported on the Kinetic Photovoltaic Vehicle (KPV), a one-of-a-kind solar-electric scooter that fits inside a suitcase. Well, it seems that Terry Hope, the Canadian inventor who created the KPV, wasn't content to stop there. He recently contacted us about his latest creation, the Solar Cross ebike. As its name suggests, it's a pedal-electric bicycle that receives its power from the Sun ... and the rider, of course.
Hope started out with a stock 18-speed Specialized FSR mountain bike. While a road bike would have been lighter and offered less rolling resistance, he told us that he needed a double crown suspension fork in order to mount the two front solar panels over the front wheel. The bike also has a third handlebar-mounted panel, along with a 24-volt 1-horsepower motor, a 5000 mah (milli Ampere hour) lithium-ion polymer (LIPO) main battery, two 5000 mah LIPO booster packs wired in series, and a 24-volt controller.
Terry built the solar panels himself, out of eighth-inch polycarbonate sheeting, aluminum, and 18 x 6 x 6-inch (457 x 152 x 152-mm) mono crystalline cells. In order to keep the weight down, he drilled thousands of holes through the aluminum parts. The cells each put out 3.8 to 4 watts, together providing an estimated 8.7 volts of electricity. Using the controller, riders can assign them to charge any two of the three batteries.
Along with that controller, the bike's instrumentation includes a watt analyzer, four voltage meters, two booster switches, and an all-important emergency kill switch.
When activated, the motor directly drives the bicycle's outer 80T (80-tooth) chainring via a short chain. The inner 42T and 22T chainrings use a regular-length bike chain to turn the rear wheel. Riders can pedal without electric assistance using any combination (within reason) of the two inner chainrings and the rear cassette cogs, or they can activate the motor to turn the outer chainring, providing a boost to their pedaling in whatever their chosen gear happens to be.
Hope still plans on augmenting the solar cells by adding solar-energy-capturing fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) film to the bike, along with some snazzy nighttime lighting effects.
"I'm very happy with the results so far, and mostly everyone has very positive comments in person," he told us. "What I'd like to eventually accomplish is support from a solar cell manufacturer ... When +15 percent efficiency flexible CIGS solar cells are available within the next 1-2 years, re-engineering the bike for better aerodynamics and lighter weight will be no problem."
The video below shows the Solar Cross' electric assist motor being put through its paces.


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About Ambler, PA
Lower Gwynedd Township
Ambler Yards is situated at the southern tip of Lower Gwynedd Township, close to the Ambler border. Lower Gwynedd is a beautiful and flourishing historic community rooted in tradition and culture. Lower Gwynedd prides itself on its natural balance between historic preservation and modern living.
Lower Gwynedd is home to Johnson & Johnson and Seimens, Gwynedd Mercy University and one of the top school districts in Montgomery County. It is easily accessible from the PA Turnpike via Route 309 and has two SEPTA regional rail stations. The township has a healthy mix of residential, commercial and industrial zones and is poised to welcome a $20 million revitalization project at the town center. Lower Gwynedd boasts over 150 acres of parks and open space and over 25 miles of trails, including a connection to the Green Ribbon Trail in 2016. Lower Gwynedd is one of the most sought after addresses in Montgomery County and a desirable place to live, work and play.
Learn More about Lower Gwynedd Township at: http://lowergwynedd.org
Ambler Borough
Downtown Ambler is a walkable, social, cultural and business center with terrific curb appeal, and excellent transportation access to the surrounding communities in the Delaware Valley. Combine this with eclectic shopping, award-winning entertainment options, delectable dining, a 'Best of Philly' brew pub, and professional services, all located in a captivating, small-town setting.
Home to the famed Ambler Theater, Act II Playhouse and Temple University's Ambler Campus, Ambler is easily accessible via SEPTA and also from the PA Turnpike, and routes 76, 309 and 476. Plenty of free and affordable parking options are available in town.
Ambler hosts many well-attended annual events throughout the year, including the Auto Show (May), Ambler Arts & Music Festival (June), OktoberFest (October), Christmas Parade (December), and Restaurant Week (January and July). Learn More about Downtown Amber at: http://amblermainstreet.org
Ambler History
Ambler was originally known as the Village of Wissahickon, named for the North Pennsylvania Railroad depot established there in the mid-1850s. The town was renamed 'Ambler' in 1869 in honor of Mary Ambler because of her selfless efforts after The Great Train Wreck of 1856.
On July 17, 1856, a northbound train on the North Pennsylvania Railroad Line, nicknamed the "Picnic Special" by Philadelphians heading into the country for the day, collided head on with a southbound train, between the Fort Washington and Camp Hill stations. It was carrying more than 1,000 passengers. When word of the train accident reached Mary Ambler, a civic-minded woman known for helping the ill and injured, she gathered medical supplies, walked several miles to the site of the train accident and helped orchestrate rescue and relief operations.
After her death in 1868 Mary Ambler was honored and immortalized for her heroism. North Pennsylvania Railroad changed the name of Wissahickon Station to Ambler Station. In 1888, the village and post office of Wissahickon also adopted the Ambler name as well.


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Q: How do extensions like "React developer tools" work? I am trying to build a chrome dev-tool which would help developers debug their code (javascript code in frontend). But since most developers use tools like webpack to build their javascript code into a single large file and the code that the browser gets doesn't look like what they've written at development time, I want to know if there is a way to access the code they've written. Is this the way how tools like react-devtools detect React app and provide external stuff based on that code? If yes, how so?

A: JS Sourcemaps might be handy if this is what you're trying to achieve.

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With yesterday being a holiday, price action only traded for a short window of time creating a very tight intraday range. Momentum continued to flatten over multiple days and price action continued to move slowly lower and converging below the downward 20MA.
The 20MA continues to expand lower below the 200MA. In after-hours, price action crossed below the prior day's low and found minor support heading into pre-market and the opening bell while forming a flag pattern.
Price action moved upwards after the opening bell and once we had confirmation of a higher swing pivot low on the 1-minute chart, and a 3-bar candlestick reversal pattern, we took a LONG setup and micro-managed the trade and took 2.0+ points profit.
For ultra-aggressive traders, during the first-hour session, there were 2 aggressive entries that could lead to quick small profits.


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Stavros Kotsireas
www.kotsireas.com
Seeds of Mother Earth II
Evolution of a Sculpture
Love Poem display
Stavros Kotsiréas was born in Athens in 1960. His family emigrated to Brisbane Australia in 1963 where he spent his early childhood, returning to Greece in 1968.
In 1980, Stavros started a two year apprenticeship with Vassilis Fotopoulos, Oscar winner for the set and costume design for the film Zorba the Greek, who also became his mentor. His first experience with Fotopoulos was in 1980 when he assisted him in the set design for the theatrical plays "The White Wedding" and "Emikredes" at the Art Theater of Karolos Koun. In 2012 Stavros collaborated with Efi Mouriki and Vladimiros Kiriakidis, and created his first set design for the play "Extremities" by William Mastrosimone in the Proskinio Theatre in Athens.
In 1984 Stavros began six years of study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, Netherlands. There he specialised in Painting, Drawing and Graphic Art and went on to complete a Masters degree in Set and Costume Design. Stavros has presented his work in 37 solo and 74 group exhibitions and his work can be found in many private, public and corporate collections.
Since 1993 the artist lives and works in the United Kingdom. Recently Stavros has collaborated with the Greek based art foundry V&P Tassis, to cast and produce his sculptural work in bronze. He has also become since 2016 the artistic director of the art foundry.


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Q: This в безымянном объекте возвращает undefined в js объекте без имени есть свойства. Как сделать так что бы одно свойство зависело от другого.
let test = {
  data: [
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  ],
  func: function() {
    return this.data[0];
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console.log(test.func());

Вот тут можно быстро проверить https://developer.mozilla.org/ru/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/this

let test = {
  data: [{
      name: "3.4ска",
      src: this.name
    }, // <= Сюда смотреть надо что бы src было таким же как и name
  ],
  func: function() {
    return this.data[0];
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console.log(test.func());


home Home arrow_right Forums arrow_right Minecraft arrow_right Discussion arrow_right how long have you been playing Minecraft?
Poll ended 03/31/2019 9:10 am.
I started with Windows 10 (now part of Bedrock Edition) in 2015, but I only got Java Edition a few months ago.
It still seems that 5-7 years is the optimal year that people join in to play Minecraft!
made my first world February 23rd 2016 at 11:57 AM... and i still have it!
oof I think 6 years.
Interesting! it seems people started about 5-7 years ago.
I started late 2009 when Minecraft didn't even have a name. I got it because my dad was on the same forums as Notch was and he downloaded the first demo of the game and let me play it.
I've been playing this game for around 6 years, I started 2013. But I made my actual account in 2016. I played on my brother's account and I always built box houses or really bad 2D pixel art of blocks. I always built a statue of the chicken and of the cow.
Just over a year ago I played for first time. Hooked ever since!


COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Wednesday joined 44 other attorneys general in calling on five major phone companies to offer call-blocking technology to their customers.
Last September, 39 attorneys general, including DeWine, called on the FCC to allow phone companies to utilize call-blocking technologies. The FCC chairman endorsed the request in late May and the FCC voted to pass the rule clarification on June 18.
The attorneys general of the following states and district signed the letter: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.


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Another Democrat drops out: Julian Castro exits 2020 presidential race
'I've determined that it simply isn't our time'
Nate Madden
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The 2020 Democratic presidential field lost another candidate Thursday with Julian Castro's announcement that he was no longer running.
"It's with profound gratitude to all of our supporters that I suspend my campaign for president today," Castro said in a Thursday morning tweet. "I'm so proud of everything we've accomplished together. I'm going to keep fighting for an America where everyone counts—I hope you'll join me in that fight."
It's with profound gratitude to all of our supporters that I suspend my campaign for president today. I'm so proud… https://t.co/1SA4plYQfH
— Julián Castro (@Julián Castro) 1577974327.0
In a video accompanying the tweet, Castro said that he is "so proud of the campaign we've run together," adding, "We've shaped the conversation on so many important issues in this race, stood up for the most vulnerable people, and given a voice to those who are often forgotten."
But due to the short amount of time left until the Iowa caucuses combined with the "circumstances of this campaign season," Castro said, "I've determined that it simply isn't our time."
Castro's campaign, like those of others who dropped out of the race before him, just failed to gain a lot of traction in the crowded presidential field. RealClearPolitics put his polling average at 1.2 percentage points as of Thursday. The same page also shows that the former onetime Obama administration HUD secretary had been in the back of the presidential pack since announcing his campaign last January.
Much like his polling, Castro's fundraising numbers consistently paled in comparison to those of the primary field's front-runners. Third-quarter numbers for 2019 showed that he had just $700,000 cash on hand. The campaign laid off staff in New Hampshire and South Carolina in early November.
And those polling and fundraising woes also played into Castro's exposure on the Democratic debate stage; he hadn't qualified for a DNC primary debate since September, failing to meet the requirements to participate in both the November and December events.
According to Ballotpedia, Castro's departure brings the total number of Democratic presidential primary candidates to 14.


Adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) can save the homeowner a lot of money in certain circumstances. If you have held an ARM in the past several years, it probably did make your interest rate and payment lower. But how about in 2018 and beyond? Rates are generally on the rise, with 30-year fixed rate mortgages in the 4.8% range and could touch 5% next year. So, if your ARM is about to reset, should you refinance into another ARM mortgage or go with a fixed-rate term?
Consider refinancing your mortgage with a low rate ARM that ensures a fixed monthly payment for 5 or 7 years.
At the beginning of 2018, Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey indicated that 30-year fixed rate loans were averaging 4.2% and 5/1 ARM loans were at 3.33%. Today as of November 2018, five-year ARMs are clocking in at 4%, while a fixed rate 30-year mortgage is 4.875%.
As of today, you will do .8% better or so with a five-year ARM. But the risk of an ARM is obvious. The interest rate environment is rising. If you are planning to stay in your home beyond five or seven years, you run the risk of getting a much higher rate down the line.
Before you take out a new ARM in this rising rate environment, experts advise you get a Truth in Lending disclosure. This should show the maximum amount your mortgage payment each month could hit. You should make sure that you are really comfortable with this mortgage payment before you make the decision.
Of course, there are times when getting another ARM could be a great decision. As we have seen, an ARM rate now starts about .8% lower than a fixed rate mortgage. Your monthly payments are much lower for a few years.
If it turns out that rates decline in the five to seven-year period, your payments might decrease when the rate resets. While rates are rising now and in the medium term, it is certainly possible we could have a recession in the next five years that could cause rates to sink.
Before you decide to get another ARM, you should investigate what the caps are on how much your mortgage payments can rise, both each year and over the life of your loan. This might be written in your loan documents as 2/2/5. The first number shows the largest amount by which the rate can go up in the first year after the fixed rate period of 3,5 or 7 years ends. The second number illustrates the most it can change each year. The third number shows how much it can go up over the life of your loan.
Let's talk a real-world example. Assume you buy a home with a $250,000 house with a 30-year, 5/1 ARM. The initial rate is 4% and you put down 20%. Your monthly payment at first would be $950. In a perfect world, your payment would not rise over the life of the loan and you get the house for about $345,000 with interest.
But this is the best case. Let's say now that after your five-year fixed rate ends, the rate goes up by .25% per year until it hits the maximum amount of 5%. This could spike your rate to 9%! You will be paying $420,000 over the life of your loan. The monthly payment would rise to $1300.
These are the extreme scenarios, and the most likely is something in between them. But if you get a new ARM and the rate hits the cap, you will pay thousands more in interest.
For most of us, fixed rate mortgages are the better choice. This is true if you want to stay in the home for five years. You might want to pick the ARM if you are sure you only will be in the house for three or five years.
The bottom line is this: Rates are rising at the end of 2018. Fixed rate mortgages for 30 years are at 4.875%. A five-year ARM is at 4%. If you are very confident you will move before the rate resets, you might go for a new ARM. But if you are less sure, you may want the safety of a 30-year fixed rate loan. Sure, the payment is higher, but at least you know it cannot rise more than 4.875%.
Learn how to save money by refinancing your mortgage at the right time with the right lending company.
Interest rates have been low for a long time, but they started to rise at the end of 2017. If you closed on your home loan more than five years ago, it is still likely that your current rate is higher than rates today. This is the top reason to refinance: to lower your rate. Most home loans are high amounts, so a small change in the interest rate can make a big difference in your payment. One percentage point difference can cost you thousands in interest each year.
Getting a lower monthly payment is something that a refinance can often help with. You can reduce your interest rate but also stretch the loan payments over more years. If the loan amount is $200,000 and you have paid it for 10 years, the balance will be about $150,000. You can do a refinance on that $150,000 for 30 years and get you a lower payment. This new lower loan amount stretched over more years will lower your payment a lot.
Mortgage insurance is required for most loans that have less than a 20% down payment. If you have a conventional mortgage, PMI should be dropped after your LTV gets to 78%. But if you have an FHA loan, the mortgage insurance will not drop off. You must pay FHA mortgage insurance for life, unless you put down more than 10%. The only way to get rid of PMI with an FHA loan for most people is to refinance into a conventional loan.
If you have a first mortgage with a higher rate than current rates, a good potential option is to do a cash out refinance. You can refinance your first mortgage with a lower rate, and pull out some of your equity up to 80% LTV.
However, if you do not want to change the interest rate on your first mortgage, you also can get a second mortgage in the form of a home equity line of credit (HELOC) or a home equity loan. A HELOC is the most popular choice with a low initial rate that varies over time. You only take out the money you need, much like a credit card. A home equity loan is a lump sum payment of equity to you. Either one can work well for home renovations.
Just make sure that the home renovations you do will add value to the home, such as a kitchen or bathroom upgrade.
This depends on your specific situation. If you are getting close to retirement and have a lot left on your mortgage, refinancing to a lower rate can make it easier to continue to pay your mortgage on a lower, fixed income. If your home is totally paid off, a reverse mortgage can be a good idea. This is where you get monthly payments or a lump sum of money that uses your home's equity. You do not make any payments; the reverse mortgage has no payment until you die and the house is sold off.
An ARM has a low fixed rate for a few years. After that initial term, the rate can go up or down each year. Because of the possibility of a higher rate, many people like to refinance at the end of the ARM fixed term into a fixed rate loan.
If you have a lot of credit card debt with high interest, you might refinance your mortgage with a cash out refinance loan. You can easily save thousands in interest each year, because the rate on a first mortgage is only around 5% today, whereas credit card rates are often 25% or higher. Cash-out refinancing to consolidate revolving debt is usually a wise move.
If you have a 30 year fixed rate loan, you may want to refinance your loan into a 15 year mortgage. The monthly payment will go up, but the interest rate is usually 1% less than a 30 year mortgage. This saves you a ton of interest and you will pay off the loan much faster because most of your payment goes towards principle.
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'9 000MW needed for Vision 2030'
ZIMBABWE requires an additional 9 000 megawatts of power to support economic activities that will drive the country towards achieving an upper middle income economy by 2030, a senior Government official has said.
At present, the country's demand for power hovers around 2 000MW. However, due to ageing equipment, existing power plants are generating far below the national requirement. This has prompted Government to embark on extension works at the major power stations.
Hwange Power Station extension works, for instance, involve construction of Units 7 and 8, which would see the plant adding 600MW into the national grid.
This week, Zesa is expected to add 160MW to the national grid following the successful refurbishment of Unit 5 at Hwange, while a further 160MW from Unit 6 are expected within the next three months. Unit 6 has been down since March.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, Dr Gloria Magombo, said meeting energy requirements was critical for attainment of vision 2030.
"For us to meet the country's energy requirements in line with the national vision of transforming Zimbabwe into an upper middle income economy status by 2030, we need another 9 000MW.
So, we have power projects that we have lined up to provide that difference," she said.
Dr Magombo said at the moment the biggest setback facing Zimbabwe was the prevailing drought conditions that have led to low dam levels at Kariba Hydropower Station.
"Had it not been because of the drought, we couldn't be talking of the existing load-shedding," she said.
Dr Magombo said Government was in the process of expanding Hwange Thermal Power Station through the addition of Units 7 and 8 and the project would see an additional 600MW into the national grid by 2022.
She said Government has also lined up projects to repower all the country's three small thermal power stations namely Bulawayo, Munyati and Harare as part of an initiative to boost power generation in the economy.
"And soon after the expansion works at Hwange are completed, we are coming to Bulawayo Power Plant and already funding for the project has been secured as a soft loan from India EximBank," she said.
Repowering of Bulawayo Thermal Station will improve the plant's generation capacity from 30MW at present to 90MW.
The power plant was built in 1947 with an installed capacity of 120MW but because of obsolete equipment its generation capacity has over the years plummeted. As of yesterday, the Zimbabwe Power Company indicated on its website that Bulawayo Power Station was not generating anything.
There is also the Batoka Gorge Electricity Project that the Government in partnership with Zambia is looking at developing. The Batoka project will generate 1 200MW.
Government has also licensed renewable energy projects such as solar by Independent Power Producers. The projects are at different stages of implementation across the country.
Source: The Herald
Categories:	Local, News	/ No Responses / by Chido Luciasi July 12, 2019
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How to make your World War II game not suck
2009-09-23 16:00:00by Jim Sterling
World War II games. Everybody's played them, everybody's sick of them. Unless they're very easily pleased. The vast majority of us have stormed the beaches and liberated the cities so many times that we're very much over the idea of bringing sweet Allied retribution to Fritz and his cackling Nazi chums.
Yes, the World War II "genre" is overdone and killing Germans just isn't as fun as it used to be. This isn't helped by the volume of WWII games that simply aren't very good. If you make a World War II game these days, you have to stand out, you have to provide a memorable experience and, most importantly of all, you have to not suck.
Luckily, if you're a budding developer hoping to make the next big war game, Destructoid is here to help. Read on (and be careful of a boob screenshot) to learn how to make a World War II game that doen't suck.
Choose a unique setting:
Normandy? Done it. Stalingrad? No thanks. Berlin? It's been done so many, many times.
A World War II shooter benefits from a setting not typically seen in a dozen other games of the same ilk. The fighting didn't just take place in Russia, France and Germany, guys. Even if the game must be set in those three countries, at least try and shake things up a little by choosing places you just don't see very often. A little French countryside, perhaps, or a small German village as opposed to Berlin. There are all sorts of locations that can be picked, and you don't always have to make the main character a soldier during a big battle.
Pandemic's upcoming WWII game The Saboteur is one such game that is trying a more unique setting. It's set in Paris during the Nazi occupation, and players have to sneakily screw up German operations around the city. It's a significant departure from the same old "guns n' glory" battlefields that make up so many other war games. Simply changing the setting within the setting can make all the difference in the world.
Alter the perspective:
You know, not every WWII game has to be a first-person-shooter. It seems to me that third-person-action games are severely under-represented within the WWII setting. We have a few, with the aforementioned Saboteur being among them, but it seems that -- barring the occasional strategy game -- nearly every WWII game feels the need to be some sort of first-person affair.
The FPS market has, itself, become incredibly saturated and I'm sure that the gameplay perspective is helping to make players feel sour about WWII titles. When I even say "World War II" game, what do you imagine first? Most of you surely think of Call of Duty, or Medal of Honor, or any number of other FPS games.
Very much like the setting, a simple alteration of perspective can make a dramatic difference to how a game is received.
More Hitler:
What's the deal with not having Adolf Hitler in WWII games? If the original Wolfenstein taught us anything, it's that shooting Hitler is always good. Not enough games allow us to shovel bullets into the arse of one of history's greatest monsters, and I want to know why. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing tasteless about repeatedly killing Hitler. Shooting simple Nazis, who were mostly just oblivious soldiers, really isn't as satisfying or righteous as taking out Himmler, Mengele, or any of the other truly evil shits who were manipulating the Nazi war machine.
Why are we always punishing the faceless German soldiers when we could be shooting De Führer in the face with rockets? Any game that promotes the varied and brutal mutilation of Germany's worst chancellor would instantly be hailed as a classic. At least by me. It's a shame that most WWII games pussy out and make up some fictional German general who we're supposed to hate more than Adolf bloody Hitler!
At least reference the Holocaust and/or other Nazi oppression:
Now hear me out, because I know that you're instantly assuming this will be a tasteless and facetious suggestion. I'm being serious, though. It's so easy to throw Nazis into a videogame and simply say, "These guys are evil, shoot them please!" However, we never see Nazis actually being very oppressive and evil in the games themselves, preferring instead to simply fulfill pre-packaged villain stereotypes that any other type of bad guy is capable of. While I'm obviously not suggesting we have massive interactive gas chamber sequences and scenes full of emaciated Jewish prisoners, I do think that WWII games would have a bit more weight and importance if they actually tried to touch upon some of the most horrific issues involving the Nazi regime.
For everything terrible that time-traveling shooter Darkest of Days did, it at least had one sequence that almost approached interesting. Late in the game, you're taken prisoner by German soldiers and are led through a stark, isolated POW camp, full of barbed wire, searchlights and snapping dogs. It was truly oppressive and, had the game not looked like shit and been simply awful, it may have been a fantastic videogame moment. More games need to have these sorts of moments if they want to make a truly compelling World War II title.
At the moment, the only real difference between a WWII game and any other generic shooter is that the enemies shout, "Schnell!" The real Nazi regime was founded on racial hatred, resentment and the sense that some lives were more valid and worthy than others. It was an evil, brutal, twisted institution and that's something that videogames don't even try to capture. Perhaps it's because it takes more effort than developers care to put into their games. That's a real shame.
Remember that Nazis didn't call themselves Nazis:
This always annoys me when it happens. The Germans never actually called themselves Nazis, so having a maniacal German general scream that "Ze Nazis vill finally conquer ze vorld," really takes the immersion out of the moment. Germans referred to themselves as National Socialists after Hitler took power, and the word "Nazi" was almost completely wiped out from territories ruled by the Third Reich. In fact, in Austria the term was used only by opponents of the National Socialists and became a derogatory term.
So yeah, Germans shouldn't be calling themselves Nazis. In fact, I don't think I've ever heard the term "National Socialist" used in a WWII videogame. It displays a very blatant lack of basic research.
Occult Nazism always works:
Ever since that evil German had his face melted off by the Arc of the Covenant in Indiana Jones, Nazism and Occultism have gone hand in hand. There's just something very interesting about the idea of Nazis dabbling in the black arts, and adding a supernatural element to your average World War II game helps to keep things interesting. One perfect example would be Bloodrayne, a game that merged demons, vampires and the Third Reich in one of the stupidest, most ludicrous, shittily fun games of the last generation.
We've fired far too many sniper rifles and flamethrowers in WWII games. Wolfenstein manages to keep things fun with electric cannons and magical powers. Plus they throw in a few Nazis skellingtons as well. Say what you will about the latest Wolfenstein, it was far more interesting than the average World War II game. Nazi frigging skellingtons!
Protip: America did not single-handedly win the war:
Make the main character a German soldier:
Now, this is a bold move and one I wouldn't actually expect any developer to ever have the balls to do, but if one were to successfully make a game where the player takes on the role of a German soldier as opposed to the typical American, gum-chewing hero, then I feel there would be potential for an amazingly impressive World War II videogame. It's just so incredibly easy to make a game where the Germans are the baddies and the Americans are the saintly heroes, and I'd love to see a studio actually be creative enough to make a compelling Nazi campaign in anything that isn't a disconnected and impersonal RTS.
Obviously you don't have to be playing as a laughing SS officer who performs execution attacks on Jews and guns down gypsies. Perhaps a naive young German soldier who starts the game as an avid believer in the Hitler myth and slowly grows to learn how monstrous the regime is. The game could explore the "banality of evil" theory and the moral obligation of those soldiers who served Germany during the war. The wealth of themes that could be examined through such a game is staggering.
Sadly of course, this is one thing that will probably never happen. It's not realistic to assume that any publisher would risk the controversy and backlash from a general public that often has severe difficulty issues when it comes to understand a different artistic approach. Most people seem ill-equipped to grasp the concept of unique and adult themes in videogames without jumping to conclusions. It's really very sad, and while I am idealistic enough to believe a Nazi-focused videogame would work, I'm too realistic to believe that anybody would ever dare attempt it properly.
I guess unless that ever changes, it's your typical, America-centric, beach-storming FPS affair for World War II games.
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