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Posted by Gerard Zwaan on May 22, 2015 at 10:46pm
On Monday, May 11th, we had a surge of power through our house so great, that it magnified the brightness of our lightbulbs tenfold. The lights and one of the circuits proceeded to burn out, and the surge fried anything that was plugged in—as a strong burst of magnetic energy would. Even a surge strip did not keep the cable box from being fried. This type of situation has never occurred in our home in over 50 years. The event occurred at a little after 13:00 pm CST, or 18:00 UTC. No source was found for the surge, only a fried wire, which had caused a burning smell in the home. Certainly a malfunctioning wire, more than like fried by the surge as well, would not cause a surge in power, but a reduction in it. Would the Zetas care to comment on whether we are now experiencing EMPs from PX on a more frequent basis? If so, would it be recommended that all electronics not in use be disconnected from their power source? Space was relatively quiet, but the magnetosphere was fluctuating widely. [and from another] http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news... The cut was said to have been caused by an electrical surge. People in the area say "Smoke was coming from the electric cupboard from 86 Deansgate when the power surge hit. 4 fire engines responded to the call". Jade Barrow is a receptionist at 86 Deansgate, and said the whole building shook. She said: "The firemen explained to me that an electrical surge is like 2 magnets hitting each other. That's why it all shook because of the force." [and from another]http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3863141%3ABlogPost%... May 15. After 15 days with approximately 300 hours of missing data, it appears the uninterrupted BATSRUS RCM image feed has resumed.
Air France 447 in 2009 and Malaysia 370 and the recent Germanwings A320 are in the news because they impact the airline industry, and the blame thus placed elsewhere. To date, pilot suicide, storms, and bad pilot judgement have been used, and how is the public to know otherwise? Electric trains such as the Disney Monorail and DC Metro crash incidents in 2009 and the recent Amtrak 188 go into investigation while talking heads murmur about safety devices or track maintenance or mechanical failure, which ultimately get the blame.
It is only when the public is broadly affected that the public can get a hint that something else is afoot. Cell phones are regularly having disrupted service but the blame is placed on blocked access to towers or bad weather. The blackberry outage in 2008 was blamed on a software glitch. If the public is frankly being lied to, engineers responsible for maintaining equipment and the grid are not fooled. The talk has spilled over into the press, or into conversations with the public. During the Washington DC blackout, the electrical problem was described at first by the Washington Post as a "surge".
This is a key determinant between a failed electrical system, a simple outage, and electro-magnetic pulse. Pulse is a surge, and the sudden increase in the amount of magnetons and their associated electrons, such that equipment controlled by a steady pace of either particle flow goes into a runaway state. When equipment is guarded by surge protection, to guard against lightning strikes, it will shut down, as a brownout situation can damage equipment. But unless a lightning strike was present, there can be no excuse for a pulse or surge other than the presence of the charged tail of Planet X, aka Nibiru.
What can the public expect? As cell phone service and cable TV via satellite continues to degrade, as airplanes increasingly crash during complete electronics failure or are forced to land with smoke in their cockpits, as electric trains surge off the tracks and brakes fail, as transformers explode at dams and on the grid, and as residential lights flicker and erratic and unexplained and spotty blackouts descend, the public can expect endless inane excuses from the establishment. The truth will be withheld because mankind is so dependent upon his electrical systems and equipment that the thought of being without is unthinkable. It is mass denial.
Source: ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for May 23, 2015
Comment by Tracie Crespo on Tuesday
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/news-nation/e...
Electric out in Washington DC - Unknown Reason
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Electricity is going off in areas of Washington, DC and power company employees are not sure why . . . Similar to the power outage which affected New York City over the weekend.
Sources report the outage is as far north as Trinidad and as far south as Stadium Armory, including Capital Hill.
More than 7,000 customers were without power as of 10 p.m. Monday night in Washington D.C., according to Pepco.
Officials said they started seeing outages around 9:30 p.m. and dispatched repair crews to the troubled area in Northeast D.C.
They said they are not sure what exactly is causing the outage, and could not estimate when the power will turn back on. The outage map indicates they are hopeful it will be restored overnight sometime.
Developing, check back for updates.
Comment by M. Difato on Monday
Indigo flight develops snag, returns to Goa airport
https://www.canindia.com/indigo-flight-develops-snag-returns-to-goa...
Panaji, July 15 (IANS) An Indigo flight to Ahmedabad from Goa had to return to the Dabolim international airport on Monday evening and make an emergency landing following snag in one of the engines, said an official.
"One of the engines of Indigo Airlines flight 6E162 developed a snag midair, following which the pilot adopted emergency protocol and flew back to the Goa airport," a spokesperson for the Goa airport said.
There were around 180 passengers onboard and all of them landed safely at around 5 pm, the spokesperson added.
Aircraft Type - Airbus A320 (twin-jet)
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/IGO162/history/20190715/1005Z/V...
Airbus A320 (representative Image) source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/indigo-flight-makes-em...
Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on Saturday
Transformer fire in NYC causes major power outage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NBFVyrWn88
A major power outage is being reported in a large part of Manhattan in New York City. Get the latest details in our LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE. It is not clear what is causing the Manhattan blackout. Areas affected reportedly include the Upper West Side, Midtown, and Columbus Circle
Comment by M. Difato on July 10, 2019 at 12:59am
Passenger describes hearing 'boom' before Delta flight makes emergency landing due to engine failure
https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/passenger-describes-hearing-boom-delt...
Travelers aboard a Delta plane flying from Atlanta, Georgia, to Baltimore, Maryland, had a frightening midair moment when their flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Raleigh due to a possible engine issue.
flight 1425 left around 12:48 p.m. Monday (July 9) from Hartsfield-Jackson International and was bound for Baltimore-Washington International, when about an hour after takeoff, the flight crew reported an issue with one of the plane's engines.
"We are declaring an emergency. We will need crews out there on the rollout," a pilot could be heard telling air traffic controllers on LiveATC.
In a statement, Delta said the flight crew had received "an indication of a possible issue with one of the aircraft's engines."
Video taken by a passenger showed a metal part bouncing inside one of the engine. Delta said it was a contained failure of the left engine and that the part was the nose cone. An orange glow could be seen around the still spinning shaft in the passenger video.
"The captain came on the loudspeaker and said that we had lost an engine and that they were making preparations to have an emergency landing," Jose Bahamonde-Gonzalez told ABC News affiliate WMAR-TV in Baltimore.
There were 148 passengers on board.
"After we heard the boom, we just saw all this smoke come up into the cabin and that's when we really started freaking out. ... It started slowing down a little bit and it was getting hot. The air cut off," passenger Avery Porch told WMAR-TV. "I was about to be the first person to jump off."
Tyler Kreuger, Porch's boyfriend, said that even though he had no service midair, he still texted his parents: "I love you."
In video taken by a passenger inside the cabin, flight attendants could be heard quickly giving instructions, telling passengers to put their heads down and brace for landing, as the plane neared Raleigh.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the flight attendants will come through ... and make sure we are prepared for landing. Fasten your seat belts, loosen your collars, remove ties, scarves and eyeglasses," a flight attendant could be heard telling passengers. "I was about to be the first person to jump off".
The aircraft -- a 32-year-old MD-88 with the engines mounted on the fuselage near the tail -- made an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International around 2:27 p.m., according to FlightAware.
The plane landed safely in Raleigh as fire and rescue teams waited on the tarmac. There were no reported injuries.
In a statement, Delta apologized to travelers for the inconvenience. WMAR-TV said passengers were given a $30 food voucher to use while they waited for their next flight.
Passengers made it to Baltimore hours later.
Photo: Flickr/redlegsfan21
Aircraft Type McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (twin-jet)
Comment by Juan F Martinez on July 3, 2019 at 7:10pm
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are DOWN for thousands worldwide as people report issues posting content, logging in and even being locked out
UK, US and Europe appear to be hardest hit in the latest in a string of outages
Reported Instagram issues include posting, seeing stories and loading content
Facebook users say they are having trouble logging in and accessing their feeds
WhatsApp users can't send or receive messages and a small number can't log-in
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7209513/Instagram-u...
ISRAEL Another plane EMERGENCY LANDING
Medics rush to Ben Gurion airport to prep for emergency landing of plane with malfunctioning gear
Published time: 1 Jul, 2019 12:54
https://www.rt.com/news/463119-medics-rush-to-ben-gurion-plane/
Comment by M. Difato on July 1, 2019 at 3:50am
'Unusual Odor' Forces Spirit Flight to Return to Atlantic City
Well, nobody seems to know—or nobody is saying—what the "unusual odor" was onboard a Spirit Airlines flight on Saturday.
This much we do know—it stunk enough for the flight to make an emergency landing.
Flight 341 indeed made a return to Atlantic City International Airport on Saturday morning (June 29) , barely 30 minutes after taking off en route to Tampa.
"The airfield closed for 15 minutes to respond to the alert," South Jersey Transportation Authority spokesman Mark Amorosi said. "The aircraft taxied under its own power back to the airport gate."
The flight, scheduled for a 6:25 a.m. takeoff, departed at 6:28 and landed back at Atlantic City at 7:08.
But nobody is saying what the stench was, although Spirit spokesman Stephen Schuler insisted it was not
"Reports of smoke in the cabin and cockpit are unfounded and inaccurate," Schuler said. "No guests reported any injuries, and we are working now to get them to their final destinations. Out of an abundance of caution, the flight attendants are being evaluated by medical personnel. We apologize for any inconvenience."
All passengers were transferred to another plane and the flight eventually took off at 6 p.m. on Saturday night.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/%E2%80%98unusual-odor%E2%80%9...
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NKS341/history/20190629/1025Z/K...
Comment by jorge namour on June 27, 2019 at 5:17pm
Israel Hit by Mysteriously Recurring GPS Disruptions in Its Airspace
International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations announced that 'many' pilots had lost satellite signals during navigation and landings at Ben Gurion
https://www.haaretz.com/amp/israel-news/israel-says-gps-mysteriousl...
Israel is experiencing unexplained GPS disruptions in its airspace in the past month, but "measures are in place to allow safe landings and takeoffs" at its main international airport, the government said on Wednesday.
The announcement by the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) followed a report on Tuesday by the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) that "many" pilots had lost satellite signal from the Global Positioning System around Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.
Confirming there had been GPS disruptions for approximately the past three weeks, an IAA statement said these affected only airborne crews and not terrestrial navigation systems. An aviation source told Haaretz the interruptions occur only during daytime, but "do not put pilots and passengers at risk."
Pilots use GPS for navigation within the Israeli airspace, and for takeoff and landing. The source said pilots have alternative instrument landing and navigation systems that are not reliant on the GPS to work. Another source said the announcement was meant to notify incoming flights to turn off GPS systems, and use the alternative instruments, as long as the interruptions continue.
Comment by M. Difato on June 27, 2019 at 10:04am
Outage in Netherlands knocks out emergency services for hours. Officials have ruled out a cyber attack.
The Dutch were given a frightening lesson about society's reliance on technology. A major telecommunications outage knocked Netherland's version of 911 offline for a few hours on Monday (June 24), reported Reuters. The outage originated on Royal KPN's network and impacted both landlines and mobile phones. It's unclear what caused the event, though KPN has ruled out a security breach. The network went offline at around 3:45 pm in the Netherlands, and was restored roughly four hours later.
Public officials immediately flocked to social media to warn Dutch residents of the outage. In case an emergency hit, people were instructed to go to the nearest hospital or fire station directly rather than call a dispatch operator. Temporary mobile phone numbers were soon given out for emergency services. Police could even be reached by email or Whatsapp. Other emergency services in the country asked residents to reach out to them on Twitter or Facebook.
The nationwide outage is the largest in recent memory for the Netherlands, a country of 17 million. Fortunately for Dutch emergency service providers, staying connected to the public was relatively easy. The Netherlands has the highest levels of at-home internet access in Europe; currently a whopping 98 percent of Dutch residents have internet access at home. As concerning as such a widespread outage is, there may be no better country to which it could have happened.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/24/outage-in-netherlands-knocks-ou...
Crews moving patients stuck at hospital in power outage
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Crews-moving-patients-stuck-at-h...
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say fire crews are working to move patients at a suburban Seattle hospital after a power outage stranded them on upper floors.
Renton Fire says at about 6 p.m. Wednesday (June 26) numerous patients who are unable to move on their own were stranded and that some were stuck in elevators at Valley Medical Center in Renton.
Fire officials say crews were working to get patients to the ground floor of the hospital.
Puget Sound Energy at about 6 p.m. reported power outages in Renton that were affecting nearly 1,850 customers.
No further information was immediately available.
Telecom outage in U.S. leaves passengers stranded at Porter Airlines in Toronto
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/telecom-outag...
TORONTO — Porter Airlines says a telecom outage in the United States has affected their website, including passenger processing and reservation systems.
In a tweet issued late Wednesday afternoon (June 26), the airline says it is unable to make bookings and/or change flights at this time.
Billy Bishop Airport tweeted that Porter Airlines is unable to check-in passengers for trans-border flights, and passengers can expect "significant" delays.
It says domestic passengers will still be checked in manually, but to expect delays.
'Network outage' affects flights, check-in for Spirit Airlines in Boston
https://www.wcvb.com/article/spirit-airlines-planes-sitting-on-tarm...
BOSTON — Spirit Airlines planes were seen sitting on a tarmac for prolonged periods of time Wednesday (June 26) amid what airline officials described as a "network outage."
Spirit spokesman Stephen Schuler said the issue was isolated to Boston Logan International Airport and did not impact any other airports.
In addition to the planes seen waiting on the tarmac, Schuler said the airline was having difficulty with the systems used for check-in and baggage.
"Our guest service agents are using manual processes to check in guests and bags, as our IT team works to address the issue on-site. We are advising any guests traveling out of Boston today to arrive early for their flights, and we apologize for any inconvenience," Schuler said.
The airline confirmed that service was restored around 5 p.m.
Transformer Fire in Mountainside Causes Power Outages
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/westfield/articles/transformer-fire-i...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ - A Transformer fire at a PSE&G substation on Globe Avenue in Mountainside has been contained, according to a release from Union County First Alert.
Residents of the area can expect a loss of power throughout the night as crews work to isolate the transformer and replace it.
Posted: June 26, 2019 at 8:20 PM
Transformer Fire in Red Bank
https://www.tapinto.net/categories/news/articles/transformer-fire-i...
RED BANK, NJ: 8:10pm The borough is reporting a transformer fire in the vicinity of South Street and East Bergen Place.
RB Fire Department is on the scene.."
Large parts of Abergele was left without power after an explosion at a local power substation.
The outage affected hundreds of homes in the area and businesses including Threeways, Shell, McDonald's and the leisure centre
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/explosion-saw-mcd...
Witnesses described hearing a "massive bang" coming from the Threeways area of the town just before the power went out at around 8pm on Monday (June 24).
Businesses including McDonald's , the Shell fuel station, the Leisure Centre and the Threeways garage were also believed to be affected by the outage.
Fire engines were called to the scene close to the Kinmel Manor after the blast, which left the area without power for several hours.
A spokesperson for North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called to an electrical incident in Abergele at 8.02pm. One appliance from Abergele attended the scene, which was an electrical fault.
"There was a small grass fire as a result of the fault, which was out on arrival. We then liaised with Scottish Power who were also at the scene."
Scottish Power have since confirmed that the power cut was caused by a network fault.
A spokeswoman for SP Energy Networks said: "We were made aware of a circuit failure near to the St George Road substation.
"Engineers reported back to confirm the issue was caused by an overhead network fault - a problem with the overhead powerlines.."
Comment by M. Difato on June 27, 2019 at 1:32am
Lexington-bound flight makes emergency landing in Tennessee after smoke reported in plane
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article231976227.html
A Lexington-bound American Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing in Tennessee Wednesday morning after crew members reported smoke in the cockpit, according to Tri-Cities Airport.
Flight No. 4890 from Charlotte to Lexington landed safely at the Blountville, Tenn., airport at around 10:06 a.m. Wednesday (June 26) with 52 passengers and four crew members on board, the airport said. No injuries were reported and the plane's passengers departed into the concourse.
Airport first responders were on scene when the plane landed and the Sullivan County Fire Department and EMS crews also responded, according to Tri-Cities Airport.
American Airlines said it will rebook passengers from the flight, which had a "mechanical issue."
Aircraft Type - Embraer ERJ-145 (twin-jet)
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL4890/history/20190626/1322Z/...


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Eye On Taiwan
Taiwan Info
Chinese troops fire on protesters – 1989
Why China And Taiwan Hate Each Other [VIDEO]
Why Taiwan Should Be Considered A USA Possession
Picking the right type of status quo
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Three Communiqués
U.S. Policy: The "One-China" Issue
United States holds Taiwan's Sovereignty
The "Six Assurances" to Taiwan
The Challenge of Taiwan's Democracy for the United States and China
Taiwan's Fragile Success Story
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In the days of the Dutch
Are Taiwan's Citizens Willing to Fight Against China?
According to a recent survey, the public in Taiwan is not war shy after all.
The Diplomat
By: Yao-Yuan Yeh, Charles K.S. Wu, Austin Wang, and Fang-Yu Chen
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Gugu3388102
On January 2, China's President Xi Jinping made an overt threat to retake Taiwan back by military force. In this speech, Xi reiterated China's long-term policy toward Taiwan: that "reunification" under the one China principle was the best way forward for cross-strait relations. To achieve this goal, China is willing to fight against foreign forces who might seek to interfere and the "tiny" minority of Taiwan independence forces and their activities.
Not only was China's message poorly received in Taiwan, it laid the ground for a strong response from Taiwan's incumbent leader. President Tsai Ing-wen responded to Xi's message with unprecedented sternness, stating that Taiwan would never accept "one country, two systems" as the basis for the future of cross-strait relations and that unification is "impossible" under her tenure. Tsai's rhetoric marked a turning point in her approval rating, which climbed up to nearly 50 percent from the previous low 30s. Tsai's response also earned support from the White House and the U.S. Congress; both went on record that Washington would support Taiwan to fend off pressure from China.
While a cross-strait war still seems like a remote possibility, as China begins acting more hostile to Taiwan, many have begun to ask: Are citizens in Taiwan willing to fight against China? There are numerous studies that explore the ways in which China might militarily invade Taiwan; however, the question of public support for an upcoming conflict in Taiwan remained largely unexamined.
Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.We are especially interested in two perspectives. First, will the public in Taiwan pull their support from a war effort when knowing that battle deaths are likely to occur? If most of the public decide not to support a military conflict with China once a low threshold number of war deaths has been reached (e.g. several hundred), then we could infer that the tolerance of deaths in battle and the confidence in continuing a military conflict with China is low. Second, we are interested in the factors that might sway public opinion on their tolerance for casualties [FULL STORY]
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Commercial real estate investing offers a wealth of revenue-generating opportunities that range beyond what was available to the average investors just a few years ago. Although syndicated real estate deals have been common for ages, digital technology and crowdsourcing have made these investments readily available to everyday investors. These projects involve multiple investors who pool their money and sponsors who facilitate, manage and champion the deals. As an investor, you can earn money by investing in crowdsourced real estate projects, proprietary partnerships, sponsor-offered development deals and projects conceived by groups of friends and associates with common business interests.The number of online investors is growing exponentially, and 74 percent of these are younger–between ages 25 and 49.  Crowdfunding websites include platforms in many countries including emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and Egypt. Internet sites for syndicated real estate investing include Trulia, Zillow, Yahoo! Real Estate, Google Base, Cyberhomes and many others. You can easily find a syndicated project while investing as little as $100.You can also function as a project's sponsor and earn sponsor fees in addition to any investment that you personally make, but it's best to get some experience in this kind of investing before you tackle the demands of sponsoring a large project. Regardless of how you invest or sponsor a project, it's critical to understand what fees are charged and how they could affect your investment's return.
Sponsors charge fees based on two forms of compensation: standard fees and "promote" fees, which compensate actively investing sponsors at higher rates of return based on their investments after certain plateaus are reached. Typically, the sponsor proposes a real estate project by finding the property, structuring the deal and performing due diligence. Sponsors can earn money by charging fees for their services, and many sponsors also invest in the project–anywhere from 5 percent to 50 percent of the capitalization needed. The rest of the money is raised from a pool of investors. The funds can be used to buy residential and commercial real estate or manage big-time development projects.
Active-investing sponsors usually earn the same returns as other investors up to certain predefined thresholds. After these plateaus are reached, sponsors earn a disproportionately higher return than the co-investors. For example, each investor earns the same amount until he or she recovers equity and a 10 percent ROI. After that, the sponsor earns 25 percent more than the pro rata share of his or her own investment return until all investors earn 20 percent ROI. The third tier awards sponsors with 40 percent of all excess profits after all the investors have recovered their initial capital outlays and earned a 20-percent return on their investments.
Pools of funds to finance real estate projects are becoming increasingly popular because of digital marketing, crowdfunding and the growing market for huge real estate developments that most investors can't finance solely with their own resources. Investors increasingly want to invest in tangible assets that aren't tied to volatile stocks, and large-scale projects offer attractive returns on investment and less risk than smaller projects. The fees for sponsors fall into two primary categories: acquisition fees and asset management fees.
These types of fees include those incurred to find and acquire land or property. Although the fee can be split into separate finding and acquisition fees, both are integral parts of the process. Sponsors often investigate dozens of possibilities before finding a suitable investment, and investors should be willing to spend a few dollars so that sponsors can do their due diligence to find the most lucrative deals.
Management fees include property, asset and construction management. Property management fees include those incurred while managing daily operations, performing maintenance and repairs and leasing properties. They also cover those expenses involved in running credit checks and performing general upkeep such as landscaping, painting, etc.
Asset management fees include managing daily operations at the property level such as hiring property managers, reviewing and approving capital-level expenditures, monitoring reports, etc. These costs often run between 1 percent and 2 percent of equity or gross revenue annually.
Construction fees involve project management costs such as finding a general contractor and subcontractor, negotiating bids, monitoring monthly cost reports, approving project changes, conducting progress inspections and approving final construction. These costs usually run up to 5 percent of hard construction costs.
Development costs are also included in this category, and they include pre-construction jobs such as environmental testing, getting approvals for building plans, securing zoning approvals, hiring architects and engineers, etc.
The opportunities for investors are twofold. Investors gain access to large-scale projects that they couldn't otherwise afford to access. Sponsors get access to alternative sources of capital for large projects and can even leverage a piece of the action without investing any cash. Regardless of approach, investors need to cultivate an understanding of real estate sponsor fees to make the wisest decisions.
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Pia Mia, właśc. Pia Mia Perez (ur. 19 września 1996) – guamska wokalistka, modelka, autorka tekstów i aktorka. Popularność przyniósł jej wydany w 2015 utwór "Do It Again".

Kariera

Wczesne życie i początki kariery
Dziadek ze strony ojca Pii pochodził z rdzennej ludności Guamu Czamorro, zaś jego żona była pochodzenia holendersko-węgierskiego. Dziadek ze strony matki również był z Czamorro, natomiast jej babka była pochodzenia włoskiego. Pia wychowywała się na Guamie. W młodości uczęszczała do szkoły muzyczno-teatralnej.

2014: The Gift
W 2013 Pia wykonała cover utworu Drake'a pt. "Hold On, We're Going Home". W wieku 17 lat jako jedna z pierwszych podpisała kontrakt z wytwórnią Wolfpack Entertainment, niedługo później z Interscope Records.

W 2014 wydała EP-kę zatytułowaną The Gift. Album zawierał osiem utworów (sześć w wersji na iTunes), w tym single "Red Love", "Mr. President" oraz promo "Shotgun Love". "On My Mind" z gościnnym udziałem amerykańskiego rapera Chance the Rapper znalazł się na ścieżce dźwiękowej do filmu Niezgodna.

2015: Debiutancki album
W 2015 Pia Mia rozpoczęła prace nad utworami do debiutanckiego albumu studyjnego. Zapowiedzią owej płyty był zaprezentowany w styczniu singel "F**k With U" z gościnnym udziałem G-Eazy'ego. Został on opublikowany w serwisie SoundCloud, gdzie odtworzono go 12 tysięcy razy w ciągu trzech miesięcy. Drugim singlem z nadchodzącej płyty jest "Do It Again", nagrany wraz z Chrisem Brownem i Tygą w maju. Utwór został wyprodukowany przez Nic Naca. Był on notowany w pierwszych dziesiątkach list przebojów w Wielkiej Brytanii, Australii i Nowej Zelandii. W dwóch ostatnich krajach uzyskał status platynowej płyty. Do tej pory teledysk do utworu został odtworzony 158 milionów razy w serwisie YouTube.

Twórczość
Jej muzyka to połączenie rytmicznego popu, hip-hopu i R&B. Pia dorastała słuchając Céline Dion, Michaela Jacksona, Whitney Houston, Beyoncé, Marii Carey i muzyki klasycznej. Uważa, że duży wpływ na jej twórczość miały Dion, Houston i Carey.

Dyskografia

Minialbumy

Single

Z gościnnym udziałem

Single promocyjne

Filmografia
 2018: Happy Together jako Rylie Conners
 2019: After jako Tristan
 2020: After 2 jako Tristan

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Guamczycy
Amerykańskie wokalistki popowe
Amerykańskie wokalistki rhythmandbluesowe
Amerykańskie modelki
Urodzeni w 1996
Osoby pochodzenia holenderskiego
Osoby pochodzenia węgierskiego
Osoby pochodzenia włoskiego
Zdobywcy platynowych płyt

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IWEEM 2020
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The International Workshop on Energy, Environment, and Multiphase Flows is a jointly organized workshop by University of Maryland, College Park, University of Illinois at Chicago, ACRI CFD and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and conducted at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur from February 24 to 26, 2020. It is the 11th workshop in a Series on Status of Combustion and Energy.
The full list of the organizing committee members may be found on the "Contact" page.
The event is supported by MHRD, TEQIP, NSF and ONR Global.
Invited lectures by renowned experts in the field of fuel, bio-fuels, energy, power, propulsion, environmental pollution including CO2, and sustainability.
Special focus and contributions on Fire Dynamics & Fire Safety Engineering as well as Multiphase flows.
Poster presentation competition for students.
Contributed chapters would be published by international publishers after the workshop.
Who can/should attend?
Researchers and engineers from academia, R&D organizations and industries working in the areas of fuels, energy, combustion, power, propulsion, hypersonics, air pollution, sensors and diagnostics, modelling, fossil- and bio-fuels, alternative energy, energy-water nexus, droplets and atomization, novel combustion concepts, engine combustion, gas turbine combustion, swirl flows and other related areas.
About IIT Kanpur
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Xconomy Boston's Top 20 Stories of Q2 2013: Editor's Picks
Gregory T. Huang
@gthuang
Xconomy Boston —
Here we are at the midpoint of 2013. Time to look back over the previous quarter and highlight some of the top stories we've done at Xconomy Boston.
As is my quarterly tradition, these are editor's picks—my favorite stories from April through June 2013—and they exemplify what Xconomy tries to do, day in and day out. These stories made an impact, whether that means high traffic, high controversy, discussions spawned in the community, or all of the above.
I also want to take some extra time and add a bit about why each story is listed here. Each one is part of a bigger theme, as you'll see.
So… here are 20 posts that tell the story of technology and business innovation in Boston over the past three months, in reverse chronological order (and separated by sector):
Top 10 Tech Stories of Q2:
1. Formlabs, 3D Systems in Settlement Talks Over 3D Printing Patent
Here's a high-profile startup in a burgeoning hardware field, battling the powers that be in a legal dispute. An all-too-familiar scenario for young companies; this case impacts the future of the hardware/maker community in Boston.
2. Boston Tech's Inferiority Complex: "It's a F***ing Waste of Time"
Headline says it all. Fully captures the sentiment of local tech leaders when you ask them about Boston vs. Silicon Valley and other clusters.
3. With Big Bucks Chasing Big Data, Will Consumers Get a Cut?
Smart trends piece (involving Boston companies) looking at whether big data and privacy can be resolved by compensating consumers for their information.
4. Go East, Young Developers
Guest post from tech guru David Cancel on local talent flow—and HubSpot's $30K referral-fee program for recruiting developers. It's hard to remember a time when engineers were in higher demand.
5. Andy Miller on Apple, Leap Motion as the New Apple, & Sacramento Kings Deal
Fun piece on a Boston-bred mobile entrepreneur who moved to the Bay Area (sigh), worked with Steve Jobs, and now co-owns the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
6. As HubSpot Eyes IPO, Here's How It Stacks Up Against Competitors
One of the most prominent tech startups in town in one of the hottest sectors (marketing). An inside look at its peer group, with an eye toward what the future may hold, since everyone and their brother likes to speculate about HubSpot.
7. Terrafugia Unveils New TF-X Project, Talks Future of Flying Cars
Everyone loves flying cars too, even if they're still a few years away. This Boston-area company, Terrafugia, just has to survive long enough to see them hit the market. But if they do, look out.
8. Atlas Venture Raises $265M Fund, Touts Turnaround from Bloated Years
Some of the top venture firms have been raising new funds (see also Spark, Battery, Third Rock, Highland). These stories have been interesting because we've also taken a look at VC returns from their previous funds—something that doesn't get reported enough. In recent years, Atlas has revamped its model, which will be fun to watch as its portfolio companies mature.
9. Amid Grief, Boston Tech Companies Spot Threats, Analyze Video, Aid Victims
No one needs to be reminded about that terrible week in mid-April. But it's good to know a lot of local companies have been involved in relief efforts, countering security threats, and more.
10. A Sandwich, a Startup, and Soon a Lawsuit? The Crunchbutton Story
A quirky story about a New England food-tech startup taking on an Ivy League institution. The issue at hand: delivering sandwiches to students.
Top 10 Life Sciences and Energy Stories of Q2:
1. Healthbox, Busy in Boston, Expands and Diversifies Amid Seed-Stage Flood
The story of a healthtech accelerator coming to Boston and adjusting its strategy because of the politics of the healthcare industry and the glut of seed-stage startups.
2. Oh, Baby: OvaScience's Roadmap to Next Generation IVF
In vitro fertilization is always a hot topic, and this startup, OvaScience, has one of the splashiest approaches in the field. Being led by Michelle Dipp raises its profile as well.
3. Profiles in Long-Termism: Sarepta Therapeutics CEO Chris Garabedian
A great narrative feature about a public company coming back from the brink, and the tough decisions its CEO has to make. An important lesson, as we keep hearing, is to think long-term.
4. Hair-Raising Follica Study Could Point to Baldness Therapy
Another intriguing Boston-area life sciences company, this one working on a therapy for male and female pattern baldness. The hype and speculation has been deafening over the past few years, but Follica finally reported some clinical results and important progress on the science of its approach.
5. The Biotech IPO Scorecard: Who's Up, Who's Down in 2013
Here's a major theme in biotech companies: they're going public earlier than they used to (sometimes before they have drugs in clinical trials), in numbers that dwarf the tech sector, especially around Boston. Epizyme and Bluebird Bio had IPOs in the past month, while we can't tell you who the next Boston tech IPO will be (well, maybe we can).
6. Epizyme Prices IPO at $15 Per Share, Begins Trading Friday
Speaking of which, Epizyme seems to be doing fine as a public company, with a market cap north of $700 million. The company is going after new kinds of cancer drugs using advances in epigenetics to target specific enzymes.
7. Digital Lumens, Finding Its Identity, Brings Cost and Energy Savings to Light
This was a long-overdue look at one of the more interesting energy-efficiency startups in town. Digital Lumens plays at the intersection of cleantech, software, hardware, and industrial lighting. And its story (and potential impact) touches all of those sectors.
8. Henri Termeer on Startups, Drug Prices, and Getting Older (Part 1)
An expansive Q&A with one of Boston's most prominent biotechies, Henri Termeer. Let's just say the former Genzyme CEO is keeping busy in the community, working with a number of startups and universities.
9. A Biotech Innovation Supply Chain: Reality or Fantasy?
Watch this space, as it is really heating up fast. People are talking about new ways to match up drug companies, biotech startups, and scientific and medical research groups, to do more effective R&D. We've had a series of provocative posts from Katrine Bosley, Standish Fleming, and Noubar Afeyan.
10. Big Data Is BS in Healthcare. When Will It Become Real?
Another flashpoint topic in life sciences and tech. Healthcare companies and researchers are trying to figure out how to use "big data" and analytics to improve patient care and reduce costs. But until more business interests get aligned, big data will remain a mostly meaningless buzzword.
Gregory T. Huang is Xconomy's Editor in chief. E-mail him at gthuang [at] xconomy.com. Follow @gthuang
Xerox CTO Sophie Vandebroek Steps Down, With Eyes on Boston


We'll be covering the Nintendo E3 2011 Press Conference in person just over a week from now, but for everyone who wants to see a live broadcast of the proceedings, the house that Mario built will stream its E3 2011 press conference live online at Nintendo's official E3 page.
A live webcast of Nintendo's E3 2011 media presentation will begin at 9am PST on Tuesday, June 7. Immediately following the presentation, while those of us who are in attendance race to the LA Convention Center to get there for the show's opening, fans can watch additional Nintendo Network coverage such as interviews, game trailers and special video segments.
A variety of exclusive content will also be available on the Nintendo Channel, which is accessible to anyone with a Wii console that's connected to the Internet.
Exclusive Nintendo Network programming will be viewable at Nintendo's E3 2011 site and on the Nintendo Channel throughout that entire week, offering the latest information and updates on Nintendo's announcements. Of course, we'll be bringing it to you as well, just in a perhaps less-PR'd manner.


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Paul from Lincolnshire Asked "
Hello, do you have to book thru Disney to get the benefits, like early fastpass etc if staying at a Disney springs hotel like doubletree suites hilton for example, and also the resort fee ? its all a bit confusing trying to find specific answers, thanks"
Paul, there are seven Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels that are located within walking distance of Disney Springs and are only a 10-minute shuttle ride to the Walt Disney World Resort Theme Parks. Last year, these hotels gained access to exclusive Walt Disney World Resort hotel perks such as Extra Magic Hours and the ability to make FastPass+ reservations 60 days before arrival. You get access to these benefits whether you book through the hotel or if you call the Walt Disney Travel Company at 0800 169 0730. The DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando was recently renovated, and their suites are perfect for larger families. The representative I spoke with said there is a daily Resort Fee of $15.19 (this price is subject to change).
Guests at the Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels who have valid theme park tickets and a hotel reservation number can link their reservation using the MyDisneyExperience website. You'll need to do this to get your 60-day booking window for FastPass+. Remember to set a reminder to make your FastPass+ selections 60 days before your vacation at 7:00 AM EST (11:00 GMT). You don't want to miss out on riding Avatar Flight of Passage!
Extra Magic Hours allows on-site resort hotel Guests the opportunity to enjoy select attractions in one of the Parks each day, before or after regular operating hours. Take a look at the Walt Disney World Park Hours calendar for the upcoming schedule. There hasn't been any official word yet, but maybe they will be offered for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge while you're there- keeping my fingers crossed!
Have a great holiday, Paul!
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Hi, I'm Eean from Pennsylvania! I may have an unusual name, but my passion for Disney is not unique. It's amazing how many people you can find who love talking about, "The Most Magical Place On Earth!" I'm that mom who always has her ears perked at PTO meetings, in the grocery store aisle, or at middle school basketball games waiting for an opportunity to give someone a planning tip to help make their vacation even more magical.
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Hi! My name is Sarah & I'm a polish-aholic:] I decided to start my very own nail polish blog after over a year of reading others, & I was inspired! So this is my place to share my love of polish & frankening with whoever would be gracious enough to read it. I'm super excited about this, so let's get started!!
This is one coat of KleanColor Neon Sapphire, one coat of OPI Last Friday Night, & one coat of KleanColor Blue Eyed Girl [<3 this polish so much].
BEG has these huuuuuuge hex glitters that are so reflective, I love it.
I LOVE the layered blue polishes! The glitter looks like flakies, so awesome! And the first thing to pop into my head when I saw your franken was Candy Apple, but it just may be because it's that time of the year! Welcome! from one newbie blogger to another!
I was actually thinking about calling it that!! Haha, you read my mind:] & thank you so much!
Oooh your franken is really pretty! Essie's jelly apple is one of my faves ever. And the neon saphire looks lovely!


Marketing guru Tom Doctoroff overlooks the consumer battlefield after recent stirs in the financial markets. Middle-class consumers have a wait-and-see attitude and might only resume buying by 2016, he tells CNBC. But lower tier markets will remain robust. Brand should focus now on their digital future, he advises.
Some see the devaluation of the yuan as a panic measure by the Chinese government to reignite growth, but market analyst Ben Cavender tells the Guardian why the depreciation is mainly market driven, making the yuan freer from the US dollar peg.
Wealth creation in China has been amazing in the past decade, says China-rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf at CNN. He traces now 360 dollar billionaires in China, up from only one. But the real number might be three times that figure, and 15% might actually vampire millionaires, whose wealth would vaporize if they would face day light.
The anti-corruption campaign by president Xi Jinping has started to hurt the economy, tells business analyst Shaun Rein at CNN. Government officials and billionaires have become so afraid, very few decisions are being made.
The current mayhem at China´s stock market might be some short-term panic selling, but business analyst Shaun Rein points at the systemic risks in China, as a growing number of companies use their shares as collateral, he warns at Bloomberg. For US companies, the current fallout seems less problematic.
The habits of China´s rich change fast, as they look for a a healthier lifestyle, both physical and mental. WSJ wealth editor Wei Gu discusses with Rupert Hoogewerf, founder of the Hurun rich list, the changing trends among China´s wealthy.
Asia as a region and China´s slowling economy caused much anxiety in 2014, and Xi Jinping´s reforms have been clunky at best. But business guru Tom Doctoroff sees hope in the growing confidence China has in its leader Xi Jinping.


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Early Sunday morning, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted an accusation of collusion between Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party to defeat Bernie Sanders during their 2016 presidential primaries.
Trump's tweet, which includes a small typo, appears to be an attempt at finger-pointing at Hillary Clinton, while Trump himself is under an ongoing investigation about any possible collusion between his presidential campaign and Russia, which the U.S. government has documented interfering in the U.S. election on behalf of Trump.
"Hillary Clinton colluded with the Democratic Party in order to beat Crazy Bernie Sanders. Is she allowed to so collude? Unfair to Bernie!" tweeted Trump.
Trump's tweet alludes to past news reports that the Democratic National Committee actively aided Clinton against Sanders and specific incidents during the campaign, like when former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile sent Hillary Clinton's campaign debate questions ahead of the debate, in an attempt to bolster her chances against Sanders.
Trump's tweets have often been cryptic and at times typo-laden. Last Tuesday, he made headlines around the world with a vague tweet about China and North Korea, which some interpreted as moving the U.S. toward war.
"While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried!" Trump wrote in a tweet.
It was unclear whether his remark represented a significant shift in his thinking in the U.S. struggle to stop North Korea's nuclear program and its test-launching of missiles, or a change in U.S. policy toward China.
"I think the president is signaling some frustration," Christopher Hill, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, told MSNBC. "He's signaling to others that he understands this isn't working, and he's trying to defend himself, or justify himself, by saying that at least they tried as opposed to others who didn't even try."


Believe it or not, I was kind of holding back a little in my Swift ranting. But it was the most critical I've been on the show. And it's totally okay for you to disagree! Maybe even good for the platform if you do.
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Location where you want to add the new element, specified as a slash-delimited character vector or string scalar. Define the location by the path through the data tree hierarchy of the original operating point, op. Separate the tree node names with slash symbols (/). You can use the relativePath function to determine the path.
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Register your baby with a Well Child Tamariki Ora provider before your baby reaches 2 weeks old to receive on-time well child checks.
Every child is entitled to well child checks from before six weeks through to the child's before school check (age 4). Talk to your midwife or doctor about referring you to one of the Well Child Tamariki Ora providers in your area.


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What's behind the little red door on Chesil Street?
Red Door Chesil Street Photo credit: Tony Rogers
It's the home of Chesil Theatre, a friendly and welcoming Dramatic Society which has been entertaining Hampshire audiences since 1863 and since 1966 in this unique Grade 2* building. To encourage new people to come along and see what the Chesil can offer them there will be a Coffee and Chat event on the first Saturday of each month, starting on July 7th at 10.30am.
"There is a belief that only those who want to act join us," said Ros Liddiard, who has been associated with the group the 1960s. "However, some of our busiest members would not dream of appearing on stage."
She explained that the recent superbly costumed commedia del arte style, The Venetian Twins, had a cast of 12, with a crew of 32 for 39 roles. They included a choreographer, fight and music directors and skilled make up artists.
In contrast Duet for One, which was presented in January, had just two actors in modern dress but the production still needed a crew of 27 covering 30 different tasks..
"Add in the five Front of House and Bar staff required for each performance and it can be seen that however many, or few, actors appear on stage all productions need a huge back up team."
Potential actors are invited to the play readings and open auditions publicised on the website chesiltheatre.org.uk and the local press. Frequently someone new is cast and happily they often go on to take on other responsibilities. The two Children's Youth Theatre groups bring in young people and their parents. The links with the University of Winchester are being developed with three students appearing in The Venetian Twins, three working backstage and others have been helping with the youth groups.
"The coffee mornings are a friendly informal way to meet members, explore our beautiful theatre and learn about the many different activities which take place behind the little red door," said Ros.
For more details contact Ros on welcome@chesiltheatre.org.uk
New Season auditions at Chesil Theatre
For Services Rendered Photo Credit: Tony Rogers
An exciting and wide-ranging future programme is planned for the Chesil Theatre Winchester. The 2018/19 season kicks off with Somerset Maugham's incisive, state-of-the-nation play For Services Rendered, written fourteen years on from the end of the Great War. Open auditions for the 12 diverse roles are being held on 16th and 17th June 2018.
Set in a quiet Kent town in 1932, the seemingly ordinary, middle-class Ardsley family appear content in their rural idyll. Yet each continues to be deeply affected by the aftermath of the war. Of the four children, Ethel is unhappily married, Eva, a spinster, has become dedicated only to her blinded brother Sydney, whilst the youngest, Lois, sees no hope for her future in their English backwater. The younger generation must find a new way of living in a country undergoing seismic change.
Director Alec Walters comments:
"This play was generally derided in its day for being unpatriotic or even subversive. However, it certainly packs a dramatic and relevant punch on this the one hundredth anniversary of the end of the Great War."
Auditions are being held at Chesil Theatre, Chesil Street, Winchester on Saturday 16th June at 10.30am and Sunday 17th June at 7.45pm. There will be an informal reading of the play on Friday 15th June at 7.45pm when newcomers are particularly welcome. Performances take place on 15th to 22nd September 2018 and booking is now open from today.


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Cumberlands students, alumnus help Backpack Program
Mon, 04/08/2019 - 8:58am
Every week, the Corbin Community Backpack Program (CCBP) fills backpacks with non-perishable food items for impoverished schoolchildren in Knox and Whitley Counties to take home over the weekends. Alex Cox, who finished his degree at Cumberlands in 2001, has participated in the program for years, and recently, he has been showing current Cumberlands students the ropes.
"It's fantastic seeing Cumberlands students help out with the program," said Cox. "Every student who shows up, I always tell them about my time at Cumberlands and what a great experience it was."
Cox began volunteering with CCBP because one of his colleagues – a regular CCBP volunteer – kept nagging him about it, trying to get Cox involved. Eventually, Cox gave in. He liked the people who worked with the program, and he appreciated CCBP's mission, so he continued coming.
At the time, CCBP was filling 350-400 backpacks a week. Six years later, that number has ballooned to 900.
Approximately 92 percent of the children at Whitley North Elementary School receive free or reduced-price lunches based on their families' low incomes. Other schools in the area have similar percentages. The Corbin Backpack Program, Mountain Outreach, and local churches and food pantries all work to help these families have the food they need throughout the year.
"Food is such a basic necessity," said Jamirae Holbrook, Executive Director for Extended Services at Cumberlands. "It can heavily impact how we act around others, what we accomplish in school and even how we view our lives. We want these kids to be full, happy and confident in their futures. Additionally, part of Cumberlands' mission is to instill service and leadership into our students. The Backpack Program is making a difference for these children, and we are grateful to be a part of that."
CCBP packs bags every Monday evening during the school year, and according to Cox, they could always use more volunteers. (For more information, follow Corbin Community Backpack Program on Facebook.) During summertime, when kids are at home, Cumberlands' outreach program Appalachian Ministries hosts Bible camps for children in the area, and several local churches and ministries run food pantries or offer weekly community meals.


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Born to Buck Program
The Broncs
Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls
Trick Riding & Trick Roping Spectacular
In 1976 founder, Tommy Maier, created and launched the Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls. They have cemented their reputation as an international trick riding, trick roping and Roman riding troupe appearing at rodeos and events around the world such as Wrangler National Finals in Las Vegas, Reno Rodeo, Pendleton Round Up, Salinas, Dodge City and many more. They have traveled to 18 countries on four continents building their reputation as world class performers.
Their unique brand of entertainment has led to performances in professional sporting venues. Mostly for the NFL which includes several half time performances (including horses) for the San Francisco 49'ers, Barcelona Spain for the American Bowl, Monday Night Football and numerous Super Bowl appearances. The Riata Girls were in Lexington Kentucky where they were part of the opening ceremonies for the 2010 World Equestrian Games in which they choreographed a 9 minute trick roping segment with the accompaniment of the University of Kentucky Philharmonic Orchestra which was broadcasted in 56 countries.
The Riata Ranch experience returned from a 6 week tour of Australia teaching and inspiring riders in the field of trick riding and mentoring new riders to reach their goals through horsemanship and leadership lessons. In May 2012, Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls participated in the Diamond Jubilee Celebration for Queen Elizabeth as she celebrated 60 years on the throne. The Riata Girls were handpicked for this once in a life time event at Windsor Castle. The made for TV show, "All the Queen's Horses", featured 500 hundred horses and 800 hundred performers from 18 countries. The Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls were part of the USA contingency performing a Wild West show.
Don't Try This at Home: Flying U Rodeo Brings Bull Jumping to the US
Flying U Rodeo's newest addition to spectacular entertainment for rodeo audiences across the west is "Frenchy the Flying Bull Jumper". Making his debut to a sold out Reno Rodeo audience on Friday night, June 26, Frenchman Manu Lataste wowed the audience with his skill and daring.
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Feburary 18-19, 2017
Kernville, CA
Join us when Kernville reverts to its old name "Whiskey Flat" for a nostalgic weekend of fun for the entire family.
Red Bluff Round-Up
Red Bluff, CA
The 96th annual Red Bluff Round-Up, the largest 3 day rodeo in the country, runs April 21-23, 2017.
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The Great Gatsby Themes
Society and Class
(Click the themes infographic to download.)
America is a classless society. True or false? You'll have good support no matter which way you answer, but The Great Gatsby has a pretty clear answer: no. There's no such thing as the American Dream or the up-from-the-bootstraps self-made man. You are who you're born, and attempting to change social classes just leads to tragedy. It's a pretty grim picture of American society—and life, to those who lived through World War I, could feel pretty grim indeed.
Questions About Society and Class
In The Great Gatsby, does wealth alone decide which social class a character belongs to?
What are the various markings of the upper class in the novel? What distinguishes it from the other classes?
Is Gatsby in the same social class as Wilson? If not, is he closer to Wilson's class, or to Tom's? Where does Meyer Wolfsheim stand in all of this?
Does Gatsby love Daisy, or does he love the lifestyle she represents? Is she only his ticket to the upper classes? If so, does Gatsby realize this?
In The Great Gatsby, the only element not restricted to one social class is unhappiness. All members of all classes are equally unhappy.
In The Great Gatsby, social norms are insurmountable barriers between people. Inter-class relationships are impossible.
Only fools fall in love, and the biggest fool in The Great Gatsby is, well, Gatsby. Tom and Daisy may have some kind of affection and loyalty for each other, but we're pretty sure it's not actually love. Jordan and Nick are happy enough to do some summer lovin' together, but they're not exactly in it 4EVA. It's Gatsby who falls in love, but is he in love with Daisy, or with a dream of Daisy, or with the idea of being in love? And does true love always come with destruction and violence?
Questions About Love
Is there a difference between love and romance in The Great Gatsby?
Is love an expected part of marriage in The Great Gatsby? Why or why not?
Are love and sex separated in The Great Gatsby?
Is Gatsby's love for Daisy genuine? Does he love her, or his conception of her? What about Tom – does he really love Daisy? And whom does Daisy really love, after all? Is it possible, as she said, that she loved both Tom and Gatsby at once?
Wilson's feelings for Myrtle are the only example of genuine love in The Great Gatsby.
Love in The Great Gatsby is only the result of self-deception and denial.
Did the American Dream die in 2008, or did it die in 1918—or did it never really exist at all? In The Great Gatsby, the American Dream is supposed to stand for independence and the ability to make something of one's self with hard work, but it ends up being more about materialism and selfish pursuit of pleasure. No amount of hard work can change where Gatsby came from (the social class he was born in), and old money knows it. Merit and hard work aren't enough, and so the American Dream collapses—just like the ballooning dresses of Jordan and Daisy when Nick first sees them.
Gatsby's New York Video
Questions About The American Dream
Does Gatsby achieve the American Dream? If yes, when exactly can he say that he reaches it? If no, what prevents him from truly achieving it?
Do you agree with Fitzgerald's criticisms of American culture during the Jazz Age? Would you rather be living then, or are you happy in present-day America?
Would you rather live in East Egg or West Egg? The Northeast or the Midwest? Why?
Nick leaves the East Coast, jaded by his experiences with Gatsby, the Buchanans, Jordan Baker, etc. Do you think he'll remain cynical even in the Midwest, or will he leave his disgust in New York?
Gatsby's experiences in New York prove that the "American Dream" is impossible to achieve.
By referring to figures like Ben Franklin and Buffalo Bill, Fitzgerald suggests that the entire concept of the American Dream is based on a lie.
In The Great Gatsby, money makes the world go 'round—or at least gets you moving in the right direction. It can buy you yellow Rolls-Royces, "gas blue" dresses, and really nice shirts, but in the end it can't buy you happiness. Or class. It does, however, buy you the privilege of living in the world without consequences, leaving a trail of bodies halfway from Chicago to New York. But being poor isn't exactly the moral choice, either. So, where does that leave us? In the middle class?
Questions About Wealth
In The Great Gatsby, what role does wealth play in people's life expectations? Could Gatsby have achieved his childhood goals without wealth? That is, did he really care about the money, or just about the things?
Does money bring happiness in The Great Gatsby, destroy happiness, or have no effect?
What does Gatsby mean when he says that Daisy's voice is "full of money?" Does he mean this negatively? Why does Nick agree with him? Does this comment say more about Daisy or Jay Gatsby?
Although Fitzgerald shows rich people as careless and selfish, ultimately all of the characters in the book show themselves to be disloyal. Bad character spans all classes.
The Great Gatsby demonstrates the emptiness and moral vacuum created by the decadence and wealth of capitalism.
Memory and the Past
Pro tip from the olds at Shmoop: if the best years of your life took place in high school, you're in for a long downhill slide. There's nothing wrong with remembering the good times, but living in the past just leads you to tragedy. (Or at least to being a major bore at parties.) In The Great Gatsby, living in the past is a lot direr than being boring. Characters pursue visions of the future that are determined by their pasts, which—in the memorable phrase that ends the book—makes us all into little boats beating against the current. And, unfortunately, some of those boats are doomed to sink.
Questions About Memory and the Past
Nick Carraway says that the future is always receding in front of us, and that we're forever beaten back towards the past. Is the future attainable in The Great Gatsby? Or, to put it another way, can it ever be tomorrow?
Nick tells Gatsby that "you can't repeat the past," but he insists at the end that we're constantly "borne back" into it. Did he change his mind, or are these two different ways of saying the same thing?
Is the past remembered realistically? Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan alike think nostalgically about the past, but are they ever able to confront reality?
Is Gatsby driven by his memory of the past or his dream for the future? Is there a difference?
What are Nick's visions of his own future?
Gatsby ends up dead because he can't live in the present—so he can't live at all.
Daisy, unlike Gatsby, is ultimately able to face reality and live in the present.
You have a handsome, wealthy husband; a string of polo ponies; and a closetful of really nice white dresses. What more could you want? Apparently, a lot. None of the characters in The Great Gatsby are happy: they're dissatisfied with marriage, with love, with life, and most of all with themselves. But they're not satisfied with just being dissatisfied. Instead, they wreak havoc trying to make themselves happy. Best case scenario? They end up fleeing back East. Worst case? They end up dead.
Questions About Dissatisfaction
How does Jordan's "carelessness" indicate dissatisfaction? Why is wealthy society so careless?
Which characters are dissatisfied, and what would actually make them happy? Do they even know what they want?
Nick reveals that James Gatz created Jay Gatsby "from the Platonic conception of himself." What was it that dissatisfied James such that he had to create a new persona? Did this new persona solve his problems?
Although the wealthy characters in The Great Gatsby appear to have it all, not a single one of them seems happy.
According to The Great Gatsby, wealth doesn't satisfy your desires; it just gives you an avenue for always craving more.
There's a reason they called it the Lost Generation: the world Fitzgerald lived in, and the world his characters inhabit, is one without connections, friends, or family. People may come together in The Great Gatsby, but they always end up falling apart in the end. Only Daisy and Tom stay together in the end, and is that really togetherness?
Questions About Isolation
Who is lonely in this book and why? Are there any characters not alienated from others?
Jordan remarks that she prefers large parties because they are more intimate than small parties, where there isn't any privacy. What does this say about the nature of isolation and intimacy in The Great Gatsby?
Nick comments on an "unmistakable air of natural intimacy" around Daisy and Tom after Myrtle is killed. Do these two share intimacy? More so than Daisy and Gatsby?
Does Nick see himself as part of the rich crowd? What about his comment that they're all westerners who don't belong in the East – is this his way of finding commonalities to share? Does he want to be a part of them?
Sure, there's the hit-and-run and murder/ suicide at the end. (Oops. Did we spoil it for you?) But The Great Gatsby is also interested in metaphorical kinds of death: the kind where Gatsby kills the James-Gatz version of himself in order to take a new life, or the kind where the narrator feels himself constantly getting older, or the kind where the various characters' obsession with the past becomes a stand-in for the universal fear of our own mortality. Morbid? Well, when you think about the massive tragedy that was World War I, you can understand why Fitzgerald had death on the mind.
Questions About Mortality
Whose fault is it that Gatsby died? His own? Tom's? Daisy's? Wilson's?
The characters in The Great Gatsby never explicitly discuss death or life after death. Why do you suppose they neglect these topics? What does it say about them?
What is the effect of Nick realizing he has turned thirty in the midst of Gatsby and Tom's fight over Daisy?
Speaking of, check out those times when Nick refers to his age. He later refers to his being thirty with the jaded tone that he is "too old to lie" to himself. What is it about aging that bothers Nick so much?
Before Myrtle's death, Nick says that they "drove on toward death through the cooling twilight." Literally, this means they are driving toward the scene of Myrtle's death. But in what other ways are they driving toward death? Might they also be driving to Gatsby's impending death? Or (gasp) to their own?
Even though death affects all the characters in The Great Gatsby, only Nick Carraway is willing to confront the reality of death and its meaning for his own life.
In the end, Nick is just as afraid of his own mortality as everyone else is. The story he tells in The Great Gatsby is proof of that.
If the marriages in The Great Gatsby are anything to go by, we want nothing to do with marriage. Love? Optional. Loyalty? Definitely not. The only marriages we see are marked by adultery, deception, and dissatisfaction. Gatsby thinks that his life (and Daisy's) would have been better if she'd chosen him instead of Tom, but we're not so sure. Fitzgerald seems to take a dim view of marriage in general. Based on his relationship with Zelda, we can understand that.
Questions About Marriage
In The Great Gatsby, how common is infidelity? How common is fidelity?
Do people marry the ones they love in The Great Gatsby, or do they love the ones they're with? Or neither? Can people marry whomever they love? Why or why not?
What are the advantages of marriage, if any? Do the disadvantages of being alone outweigh the disadvantages of being married?
The Great Gatsby suggests that love and trust are mutually exclusive.
Although Fitzgerald suggests that infidelity is widespread in society, he also seems to approve of staying together. The Great Gatsby believes in marriage, even if it sees the negatives.
Here's a fun scavenger hunt for you: see where and how often the word "woman" shows up in The Great Gatsby. (Helpful hint: this online text is searchable.) We'll give you a hint: it's mostly in reference to lower class women, like Myrtle or some of the servants. Upper class women are "girls," like the "men and girls" who wander around Gatsby's garden (3.1). That doesn't quite tell you all you need to know about gender in The Great Gatsby, but it tells you a lot: Fitzgerald is no feminist, and neither, apparently, is Nick.
Questions About Gender
How does class affect the expectations for male and female behavior?
What is "work life" like for men of Tom's class, Nick's class, and George Wilson's class?
How do men treat women in The Great Gatsby? How does Tom treat his wife Daisy and his mistress Myrtle? How does Nick treat Jordan? How does Gatsby treat Daisy? How does George Wilson treat his wife Myrtle? And how does the way that a man treats a woman comment on his character in this text?
How do women behave at Gatsby's parties? Is this behavior "normal" or induced by alcohol?
Does Daisy represent the "ideal woman" of the upper class? Why or why not?
What do women want from men in The Great Gatsby? Is it different for different women? What do men want from women?
In The Great Gatsby, men and women don't make each other better; they just make each other worse. So much for chivalry.
Women in The Great Gatsby are mostly there to entice and subvert men. Without women messing things up, life would be a lot better.
Lies and Deceit
Nick may say that he's one of the few honest people he knows, but we're not so sure about that. The Great Gatsby is built around lies, and why should this be any different? Human beings are inherently dishonest, whether they're male or female, born or made, poor or rich—and they're selfish, hypocritical, and destructive as well. And you may be able to fool your friends, but the eyes of God—or T. J. Eckleburg--are always watching.
Questions About Lies and Deceit
At one point, Jordan claims that Nick deceived her. Is this true? Or was Jordan deceiving Nick? What kind of dishonesty is she talking about, anyway?
Nick briefly mentions that Tom discovered Daisy's deception very close to the time that Wilson discovered that of his own wife. How do these men each deal with the discovery? Does it make them seem more similar, or highlight their differences? Check out what Nick says about it.
Nick assures us he is "one of the few honest people" he knows. How does this affect the way we read his story? Do we trust his narration?
Are Nick and Gatsby more similar than Nick would like to admit? Is it possible to see Nick and Gatsby as possessing the same fundamental characteristic of deception?
In the showdown scene at the Plaza, Daisy Buchanan is ultimately honest with her husband and Gatsby despite what she might lose. Why does she choose honesty?
In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway presents himself as the voice of reason and reliability, yet ultimately he proves to be an unreliable narrator.
Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby are two sides of the same coin: each has built a successful façade to fool others, yet they can now no longer distinguish their true selves from the one they have created for the world.
In The Great Gatsby, education is a must-have for the socially elite. For the most part, characters in The Great Gatsby are well-educated – this is reflected by their speech and dialogue. The narrator takes note, however, of Gatsby's effort to sound like everybody else. It is clear that Gatsby must practice sounding educated and wealthy. Mr. Wolfsheim speaks in a dialect that indicates his lack of education, lack of class, and general lack of what wealthy people in the 1920s might have called "good breeding." Oxford becomes "Oggsford." "Connection" becomes "gonnection." The use of different dialects works to reveal the differences between the working class and the upper class. By contrasting Wolfsheim's and Gatsby's diction with that of people like Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald suggests that people involved in organized crime are from the working class only, no matter how wealthy and powerful they are or how educated they appear to be. Education is what distinguishes the upper class from those below them. It is also a source of connection as loyalty – Nick and Tom have Yale in common and are therefore tied to each other.
Questions About Education
In The Great Gatsby, are wealth and education inextricably tied together? Why? Is education more of a mark of status than wealth?
What is the difference between education and experience, or "street smarts"? Which does Gatsby have? Which is more useful in The Great Gatsby?
Gatsby, despite his lack of education and the evident lack of time he spends reading the books he owns, has the kind of "street smarts" it takes to fool a lot of very well-educated, savvy people. Because of this, he is intellectually superior to the elite classes he wishes to join.
In The Great Gatsby, education is more important to the elite classes than wealth.
In The Great Gatsby, wealth is more important to the elite classes than education.
Compassion and Forgiveness
The characters in The Great Gatsby all show a unique combination of a willingness to forgive and a stubbornness not to. Gatsby is willing to forgive Daisy's marriage to another man, but not her loving him. Daisy is willing to forgive Tom for cheating but unwilling to forgive Gatsby for deceiving her about what kind of person he is. Much of the sadness of The Great Gatsby comes from this kind of almost-forgiveness; the characters are taunted with the possibility that all will be forgiven, only to have it torn away because of another character's stubbornness.
Questions About Compassion and Forgiveness
What gets forgiven and what does not get forgiven in this novel? Why?
Nick claims in the first page of the novel that he was told to never criticize. Is he compassionate towards Gatsby, or does he judge the man? Does this evolve over the course of the novel?
Are we, the reader, compelled to forgive Wilson for murdering Gatsby?
Back to Nick's father's advice at the beginning of the novel: what is the effect of this opening? Might it be intended as advice for us, as we read the story? If so, how easy is it to read The Great Gatsby without criticizing? Is the advice perhaps ironic, indicating that we are supposed to judge?
Although all of the characters behave badly in the novel, Daisy is the one who seems to demonstrate forgiveness by her constant acceptance of her husband's behavior.
Although it might appear that Tom and Daisy "forgive" each other, the reality is that they simply choose to ignore each other's transgressions. Forgiveness plays no role in their actions or their marriage.
The fact that religion is absent among the upper echelons of society suggests that a moral standard might also be absent – as much is borne out by characters' actions. When God does appear, it is only in George Wilson's dialogue, when he lets his wife know that she can't fool God, that he sees and judges all. Instead of being guided by the moral precepts of religion or of God, other characters find other codes to determine their behaviors: a father's advice, or a self-serving mantra, a jaded viewpoint, or an undying love. In Fitzgerald's jaded America, the only God that can exist takes the form of a billboard (the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg), perhaps suggesting that capitalism rules where religion once did.
Questions About Religion
What is the effect of the absence of religion or of God among the wealthy in The Great Gatsby? What role does "God" play when he does show up?
You knew we were going to ask it. You knew it was coming…What do the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg have to do with God? We ranted about this for a while already, but seriously, what are the chances we've said all that needs to be said? And what are the chances we are right?
What guides behavior in The Great Gatsby? Do characters have a concept of "sin," "morality," or "immorality"?
Are people governed by choice or by fate in The Great Gatsby?
Each character in The Great Gatsby is guided by his or her personal ethic, yet Nick Carraway has the final word, and his judgment reigns supreme; because we see the events through his eyes, there is no moral objectivity in the text.
Although only George Wilson invokes God in The Great Gatsby, his statement that, "God sees everything," and, "You can't fool God," indicts each character in the book through the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg. Nick, because he so frequently describes the eyes, is the only other character besides Wilson to recognize this indictment.
Although people are governed by both choice and fate in The Great Gatsby, it is ultimately Tom's choice that seals Gatsby's fate.
In The Great Gatsby, capitalism and the desire for wealth have replaced religion.