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After Dusit attack, Kenya's clergy urge all faiths to account for their youths
MUCHATHA, Kenya (RNS) – Like Ali Salim Gichunge, the alleged mastermind of the Dusit D2 terrorist attack, the new crop of radicalized Islamists are well-educated, live ordinary lives and are not easy to detect.
Civilians flee as security forces aim their weapons at a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, on Jan. 15, 2019. Extremists launched a deadly attack on a luxury hotel in Kenya's capital, sending people fleeing in panic as explosions and heavy gunfire reverberated through the complex. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
Fredrick Nzwili
MUCHATHA, Kenya (RNS) – When pastors and priests in this Nairobi suburb preach to their flocks, violent extremism is rarely a topic.
A coffee-growing area turned bedroom community, Muchatha is populated by a wide variety of traders, farmers, artisans and city workers who worship side by side on Sundays in the Roman Catholic, Seventh-day Adventist, Anglican and some Pentecostal churches that stand practically next to one other on the town's streets.
So residents were shocked to hear that one of the Islamist militants involved in last week's (Jan. 15) attack on Dusit D2, a business and office complex in Nairobi, had lived among them.
Ali Salim Gichunge, allegedly one of the masterminds of the Dusit D2 terrorist attack, rented a bungalow for the past year in Guango, a middle-class development in town. After months of meticulous planning, authorities said, Gichunge and five other militants stormed the complex, killing 21 people and injuring an unspecified number before being killed themselves by Kenyan special forces.
CCTV footage of Ali Salim Gichunge before attacking the Dusit D2 complex on Jan. 15, 2019, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo courtesy of Dusit D2
Neighbors describe Gichunge as an ordinary, respectful youth, despite his habit, widely shared among the town's young people, of announcing his presence with a roaring car engine and loud pop music.
"He often bought one liter of Coca-Cola and some chewing gum. He would ask me to keep the change. This (his alleged involvement in the attack) is very shocking," said a young shopkeeper near Gichunge's home.
With his cleanshaven head and goatee, Gichunge, alias Farouk Idris, didn't match the typical image of jihadists, normally identified by their full beards, Islamic dress or frequent shouts of "Allahu akbar."
The same could be said of Violet Kemunto Omwoyo, reportedly Gichunge's wife and a former Christian, who often accompanied him in Muchatha and who was said to be on the run after last Tuesday's attacks. Always clad in hijab, Omwoyo, aka Khadija, is a graduate of journalism and public relations from Masinde Muliro University in western Kenya.
According to analysts, the new crop of radicalized Islamists is well-educated, and its members live ordinary lives and are not easy to detect.
"Things are changing," said Richard Tutah, a Kenyan homeland security consultant and counterterrorism expert. "It's not the usual terrorist, a man wearing kanzu or woman wearing the hijab as we know it. It is an ideology that defies religion, state or community. It is no longer a preserve of one community."
Tutah said the war's front has moved to the internet, where al-Shabab is radicalizing the youth, posting training material and selling its ideology. "Young people are no longer going to churches and mosques. They are spending time in the internet. As parent we need to ask what our children can access," said Tutah.
Ali Salim Gichunge, left, and a companion carry weapons while entering the Dusit D2 hotel complex on Jan. 15, 2019, in this CCTV footage. Photo courtesy of Dusit D2
Since the attack, local religious leaders have called on people of all faiths to account for their youths, citing Gichunge and another Kenyan convert to Islam who is thought to have traveled to Somalia for training with al-Shabab, the al-Qaida affiliate in East Africa.
Before they go, many are thought to spend time in the sprawling slums in Kenya's major cities called Majengo. They have been described as a magnet for young converts and newly impassioned Muslims, who, like Gichunge, reportedly lived briefly in a Majengo outside Nyeri, about three hours north of Muchatha.
"He was tapped from Majengo in Nyeri, then taken to Mombasa, where he could been radicalized," said Abdala Salim, Gichunge's father.
"The issues of returning recent converts has been of great concern to us. As leaders, we have been talking about it and urging Christian communities to account for all the youth," said the Rev. Wilybard Lagho, vicar general of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa, which has experienced attack recently. "They can be very dangerous since they are hard to suspect."
Abdallah Kheir, a senior lecturer in religion at several Kenyan universities, said he has been telling Muslim leaders to focus on the faith of the returning converts and the youth who are vulnerable to manipulation.
"Something should be done because they got in through wrong hands," said Kheir. "Islam does not condone the killing of innocent citizens."
He said the youths need training to empower them to face challenges of the future and to prevent them from taking a wrong route.
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Name: Carrie Meek
Congress: Florida, District: 17, Democrat
Prescription Drug Plan. This motion by Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) to recommit H.R. 4954 to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee carried instructions that it be reported back quickly with plans for a prescription drug program through Medicare. Under this new program patients would pay $25 monthly and would have a $100 annual deductible. They would have to pay 20 percent of drug costs up to $2,000, then Medicare would pay all costs beyond $2,000. This prescription drug program would cost an estimated $800 billion over 10 years.
Pension Benefits. This bill (H.R. 4931) would permanently extend the new incentives for pension and retirement contributions included in last year's $1.35 trillion, 10-year tax cut law. It would make permanent the increase in the maximum annual contribution levels to IRA and 401(k) plans now slated to end after 2010. The bill would also allow "catch-up" contributions for those age 50 and older, and permit quicker vesting and easier rollovers of pension plans. Furthermore, the bill would encourage more businesses to offer employee pension plans by reducing administrative requirements.
Export-Import Bank. This bill (S. 2248) would reauthorize the Export-Import Bank through May 31, 2002. Although S. 2248 was a temporary measure to reauthorize the bank for only another month, the vote provided a record of how congressmen stood on the issue. (Unfortunately, when the House subsequently passed a bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank for three years, it did so by voice vote.) The bank is projected to have $10.4 billion in financing commitments in fiscal 2002, and $11.5 billion in fiscal 2003.
Asian Elephants. This bill (H.R. 700) would authorize up to $5 million per year for four years to help preserve the habitat of the Asian elephant. The program is merely another pretense to waste U.S. taxpayer dollars abroad.
No Vote.Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations. The final version (conference report) of H.R. 3061 would appropriate $407.7 billion for fiscal 2002 for the Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education departments, including $123.4 billion in "discretionary" spending. This bill would provide more than $51 billion for federal aid to education, including funding for the education overhaul bill (H.R. 1) with its new annual state testing program. Total spending for HHS would increase by nearly 14 percent over fiscal 2001. The Education department would receive 15 percent more than last year.
No Vote.Foreign Aid. The final version (conference report) of H.R. 2506 would appropriate $15.4 billion for foreign aid in fiscal 2002, $403 million more than fiscal 2001. This bill would provide about $3 billion in aid to Israel and about $2 billion to Egypt. Nearly $1 billion would be earmarked for the Export-Import Bank, and another $1 billion for the World Bank. Most of the remaining funds would be used for "bilateral economic assistance." Lawmakers left intact a ban on federal aid to international family planning organizations that perform or promote abortions; however, in a setback for conservatives, H.R. 2506 includes $34 million for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, $9 million more than last year.
No Vote.Education. The final version (conference report) of H.R. 1 would overhaul education proposals to increase school accountability and reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) for six years. This bill would require states to test students in reading and math in grades three through eight annually, provide new accountability measures for schools that fail to make adequate yearly progress, and give schools greater flexibility to spend federal funds. It would include about $26.3 billion for federal elementary and secondary education programs and $13.5 billion for Title I programs for disadvantaged children in fiscal 2002. According to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas): "H.R. I will lead to de facto, if not de jure, national testing.... Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states 'accountable' for their education performance. In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats...."
No Vote.Trade Promotion Authority. This bill (H.R. 3005) would give President Bush Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), formerly known as fast-track authority, to negotiate so-called free trade agreements. Under the TPA rules, Congress would only be allowed to vote yes or no on any free trade agreements presented to it by the Bush administration. President Bush has repeatedly stated that he would use TPA to complete negotiations for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by the end of his first term. Under the guise of "free trade," the FTAA would put us on the path to loss of sovereignty in a regional government of the Western Hemisphere, in the same manner that European nations are now losing sovereignty to the EU.
No Vote.Tax Cut Reconciliation Conference Report. This conference report would cut all income tax rates slightly, double the per child tax credit from $500 to $1,000, alleviate the marriage penalty, phase out and finally abolish the estate tax in 2010, and increase income tax exemptions for IRAs and Educational Savings Accounts. Unfortunately, all provisions of the bill are sunset after 2010, meaning that the estate tax and current high income tax rates would be restored in 2011 unless Congress acts to make the cuts permanent. Despite this flaw, the bill would nevertheless give beleaguered taxpayers several much-needed breaks in their tax bills.
No Vote.Fiscal 2002 Budget -- House Progressive Caucus Substitute. The annual budget proposal by the House Progressive Caucus, a group affiliated with the Socialist International, would slash military spending but increase overall spending in the already bloated Republican leadership budget resolution (H. Con. Res. 83) by about $180 billion over 10 years. The substitute would also gut the $1.6 trillion tax cut. The Progressive Caucus substitute is an important litmus test of radical socialism for members of Congress.
No Vote.Fiscal 2002 Budget -- Conservative Substitute. This conservative substitute to the big-spending Republican majority's 10-year budget resolution would trim discretionary spending by about $150 billion and increase the tax cut from $1.6 trillion to $2.2 trillion. The conservative budget substitute would still increase overall federal spending, but it is significantly better than the Republican leadership budget it would replace.
No Vote.Unionizing Doctors Into a Closed Shop. Representative Christopher Cox (R-CA) introduced this amendment to prohibit doctors from being required to become members of unions as a condition of employment with Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs). Without this amendment, the underlying bill would establish federal "collective bargaining rights" for doctors with HMOs, and allow doctors to organize unions for collective bargaining purposes. Cox explained that his amendment was necessary to "protect doctors from ... compulsory unionism...."
Prohibit Chinese Propaganda Ministry Land Purchase Overlooking Pentagon. Representative David Vitter (R-LA) offered this amendment to prohibit State Department funds in the fiscal 2001 Commerce, Justice, and State appropriations bill from being used to approve the purchase of land overlooking the Pentagon by the Chinese government's Xinhua News Agency. Vitter explained that in "a number of publicized spy scandals intelligence officers used Xinhua to provide operations cover...." According to Vitter, allowing the Chinese government through its Xinhua propaganda agency to occupy the "Pentagon Ridge Apartments will allow Chinese intelligence operatives to gather information using a variety of means. These include direct observation via telescope of documents being viewed in outside offices, the collection of electronic impulses emanated by computer screens in the building and the use of laser microphones to eavesdrop on conversations."
No Vote.Money for Landgrabs. This bill, the Conservation and Restoration Act (CARA), is, in the words of one of its chief sponsors, Representative George Miller (D-CA), "the largest environmental bill for the conservation of American resources in the past 36 years." The bill would require the Treasury Department to set aside up to $2.8 billion per year in royalties from oil and gas drilling on federal lands in a conservation fund to be used to purchase lands deemed environmentally sensitive and for other conservation purposes. Additionally, the use of the money in the fund would not be subject to annual appropriation votes by Congress.
Funding for Disabilities Education. Passage of this bill would provide increased funding for education of children with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The bill would increase funding to 40 percent of the cost of educating such children and authorize an additional $2 billion a year for 10 years.
Republican Tax Cut Package. The Republican tax plan would implement several tax cuts over a 10-year period. The legislation would cut the income tax rate by one percent beginning in 2005, but the tax cut would sunset by 2009. The measure would also cut the capital gains rate immediately by two percentage points, eliminate the marriage penalty under income taxes (starting in 2001), and phase out estate taxes until 2009 (after which the tax would be higher than current law).
Slight Foreign Aid Cut. Proposed by Representative Tom Campbell (R-CA), this measure would cut a paltry $50 million from the foreign aid budget reserved for Israel (a $30 million cut) and Egypt (a $20 million cut). The cut would be a total reduction of about 1 percent in the funds allotted to both nations under the foreign aid bill. Any real end to wasteful foreign aid giveaways must begin with cuts in aid to the largest recipients, and Egypt and Israel's combined $4.7 billion in economic and military assistance account for 37 percent of all U.S. foreign aid spending.
No Vote.De-funding the United Nations. Representative Ron Paul (R-TX), proposed a measure that would eliminate all funding for the United Nations from the State Department Reauthorization bill, H.R. 2415. Rep. Paul explained that "this does not get us out of the United Nations. It is a step in that direction, obviously." A necessary step because this year alone the the United Nations has called for confiscation of nearly all civilian-owned firearms, global taxation without representation, a world central bank, world financial controls with a redistributive mechanism, an unlimited ability to intervene in a nation's internal affairs, and a global criminal court without the habeas corpus guarantee and other rights Americans are accustomed to in our courts.
No Vote.Peace Corps Authorization and Expansion, H.R. 669. This bill would authorize $1.3 billion for the Peace Corps through fiscal 2003 -- including $270 million in fiscal 2000, an increase of $29 million over the current level. The new funding would allow for an expansion in the number of Peace Corps volunteers from the current level of 6,700 to 10,000 by 2003. The House passed the bill on March 3, 1999 by a vote of 326 to 90 (Congressional Record, page H913, roll call 31; we have assigned pluses to the nays).
Designating the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord as Wild and Scenic Rivers, H.R. 193.

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The Great Drought
The word of the L ord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
Judah mourns
and her gates languish;
they lie in gloom on the ground,
and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
Her nobles send their servants for water;
they come to the cisterns,
they find no water,
they return with their vessels empty.
They are ashamed and dismayed
and cover their heads,
because the ground is cracked.
Because there has been no rain on the land
the farmers are dismayed;
they cover their heads.
Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
because there is no grass.
The wild asses stand on the bare heights,
they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
because there is no herbage.
Although our iniquities testify against us,
act, O L ord, for your name's sake;
our apostasies indeed are many,
and we have sinned against you.
O hope of Israel,
its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler turning aside for the night?
Why should you be like someone confused,
like a mighty warrior who cannot give help?
Yet you, O L ord, are in the midst of us,
and we are called by your name;
do not forsake us!
Thus says the L ord concerning this people:
Truly they have loved to wander,
they have not restrained their feet;
therefore the L ord does not accept them,
now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins.
11 The L ord said to me: Do not pray for the welfare of this people. 12Although they fast, I do not hear their cry, and although they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them; but by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence I consume them.
Denunciation of Lying Prophets
13 Then I said: "Ah, Lord G od! Here are the prophets saying to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you true peace in this place.' " 14And the L ord said to me: The prophets are prophesying lies in my name; I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. 15Therefore thus says the L ord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name though I did not send them, and who say, "Sword and famine shall not come on this land": By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. 16And the people to whom they prophesy shall be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword. There shall be no one to bury them—themselves, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their wickedness upon them.
You shall say to them this word:
Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for the virgin daughter—my people—is struck down with a crushing blow,
with a very grievous wound.
If I go out into the field,
look—those killed by the sword!
And if I enter the city,
look—those sick with famine!
For both prophet and priest ply their trade throughout the land,
and have no knowledge.
The People Plead for Mercy
Have you completely rejected Judah?
Does your heart loathe Zion?
Why have you struck us down
so that there is no healing for us?
We look for peace, but find no good;
for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.
We acknowledge our wickedness, O L ord,
the iniquity of our ancestors,
for we have sinned against you.
Do not spurn us, for your name's sake;
do not dishonor your glorious throne;
remember and do not break your covenant with us.
Can any idols of the nations bring rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
Is it not you, O L ord our God?
We set our hope on you,
for it is you who do all this.
The Prophet, no doubt, intended here to exhort the Jews by his own example to seek pardon; nor does he so assume the character of others, as though he was free himself from guilt; for he was not more righteous than Daniel, who, as we find, testified that he confessed before God, not only the sins of the people, but also his own sins. (Daniel 9:4, 5) And Jeremiah, though not one of God's despisers, nor of the profane, who had provoked God's wrath, was yet one of the people; and here he connects himself with them; and he did this in sincerity and not in dissimulation. But he might have prayed silently at home; why then did he make public his prayer? What was his purpose in consigning it to writing? It was that he might rouse the people, as I have already said, by his example, so that they might flee as suppliants to God's mercy, and seek forgiveness for their sins. This then was the Prophet's object. Thus we see that the prophecy concerning the scarcity and the famine was announced, that the people might through repentance escape the wrath of God; for we know that when God has even taken his sword he may possibly be pacified, as he is in his nature merciful: and besides, the design of all such predictions is, that men, conscious of their sins, may by faith and repentance escape the destruction that awaits them. We now then understand the design of the Prophet in this passage.
He says first, Even though our iniquities testify, etc. The verb ענה, one, properly means to answer; but it means also to testify, as in this place. O Jehovah, 109109 All the versions connect "Jehovah" with the next words; and so do Veema, Gataker, and Blayney. The particle אם if, or though, is omitted by the Septuagint and the Arabic; but is retained by the Vulgate, Syriac, and the Targum. It may be rendered verily, or truly, —
Verily, our perversities, they have responded against us.
The word עון means perverse or headstrong wickedness. There is an allusion in responding to a trial. "They have stood against us," is the Septuagint. See Job 15:6. — Ed. he says, there is no reason now to contend with thee, or to expostulate, or to ask why thou denlest so severely with us; let all such excuses be dismissed, for our sins testify against us; that is, "Were there no angels nor men to accuse us, our own conscience is sufficient to condemn us." But when do our iniquities testify against us? Even when we know that we are exposed to God's judgment and are held guilty by him. As to the reprobate, their iniquities cry to heaven, as it is said of Sodom. (Genesis 18:20, 21) But the Prophet seems here to express something more, — that the Jews could not make evasions, but must confess that they were worthy of death.
For he says, For thy name's sake deal with us. We see that the Prophet first condemns himself and the whole people; as though he had said, "If thou, Lord, summonest us to plead our own cause, we can expect nothing better than to be condemned by our own mouths, for our iniquities are sufficient to condemn us. What then remains for us?" The Prophet takes it as granted that there was but one remedy, — that God would save his people for his own name's sake; as though he had said, "In ourselves we find nothing but reasons for condemnation; seek then in thyself a reason for forgiving us: for as long as thou regardest us, thou must necessarily hate us and be thus a rigid Judge; cease then to seek anything in us or to call us to an account, but seek from thyself a reason for sparing us." He then adds, For multiplied have our defections, and against thee have we done wickedly 110110 The latter part may be thus rendered, —
Jehovah! deal with us for thy name's sake: For many have been our defections,
Against thee have we sinned.
The Syriac renders fitly the first line, —
O Lord, spare us on account of thy name.
— Ed. By these words the Prophet shews that he did not formally, like hypocrites, confess sins, but really acknowledged that the Jews would have been found in various ways guilty had God dealt with them according to justice.
As we now perceive the import of the words, let us learn from this passage, that there is no other way of being reconciled to God than by having him to be propitious to us for his name's sake. And by this truth is refuted everything that has been invented by the Papists, not less foolishly than rashly, respecting their own satisfactions. They indeed know that they stand in need of God's mercy; for no one is so blinded under the Papacy, who does not feel the secret misgivings of his own conscience: so the saintlings, who lay claim to angelic perfection, are yet self — convicted, and are by necessity urged to seek pardon; but in the mean time they obtrude on God their satisfactions and works of supererogation, by which they compensate for their sins, and thus deliver themselves from the hand of God. Now this is a remarkable passage to confute such a diabolical delirium, for the Prophet brings forward the name of God; as though he had said, "This is the only way by which we can return to God's favor and obtain reconciliation with him, even by having him to deal with us for his name's sake, so that he may seek the cause of his mercy in himself, for in us he can find none." If Jeremiah said this of himself, and not feignedly, what madness is it for us to arrogate so much to ourselves, as to bring anything before God by which he may be induced to shew mercy? Let us then know that God forgives our sins, not from a regard to any compensation, but only on account of a sufficient reason within himself, that he may glorify his own name. Now follows a clearer explanation and a confirmation of this verse.
I have said that the former verse is confirmed by these words; for since the Prophet mentions to God his own name, we must consider the cause of the confidence with which he was supported, which was even this, — because God had chosen that people, and promised that they should be to him a peculiar people. It is then on the ground of that covenant that the Prophet now prays God to glorify his name; such a prayer could not have been made for heathen nations. We hence perceive how the Prophet dared so to introduce God's name, as to say, Deal with us for thy name's sake
He calls God, in the next place, the hope of Israel; not that the Israelites relied on him as they ought to have done, for the ten tribes had long before revolted from him, and so great a corruption had also prevailed in Judah, that hardly one in a thousand could be deemed faithful. Hope then among the people had become extinct; but the Prophet here regards the perpetuity of the covenant, as though he had said, "Even though we are unworthy to be protected by thee, yet as thou hast promised to be always ready to bring us help, thou art our hope. In short, the word hope or expectation, is to be referred to God's promise, and to the constancy of his faithfulness, and not to the faithfulness of men, which did not exist, at least it was very small and in very few.
To the same purpose he adds, His Savior in time of trouble He had in view the many proofs by which God had manifested his power in the preservation of the faithful. And he expressly mentions trouble or distress, as though he had said, that the aid of God had been known by evidences sufficiently clear; for had the people never wanted his help, his favor would have been less evident; but as they had been often reduced to great straits, the bounty and the power of God had become more manifest by delivering them from extreme dangers.
It is then added, Why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land? as a traveler, who turns aside for a short time in his journey to pass the night? Here must be noticed a contrast between a stranger and one that is stationary, spoken of afterwards. God would have his name to be invoked in Judea; it was therefore necessary that his favor should continue there; and hence he called the land his rest, and he had also promised by Moses that he would ever be in the midst of his people. The Prophet no doubt had taken from the law what he relates here, Thou art in the midst of us, Jehovah, thy name is called on us He therefore reasons from what seemed inconsistent, that he might obtain pardon from God; for if he was inexorable, his covenant would have failed and perished, which would have been unreasonable, and could not indeed have been possible. Hence he says, "Lord, why shouldest thou be as a stranger and as a traveler, who seeks only a lodging for one night, and then goes forward?" God had promised, as I have already said, that he would rest perpetually in the land, that he would be a God to the people; it, was not then consistent with the covenant that God should pass as a stranger through the land. As he had then formerly defended the Jews, and made them safe and secure even in the greatest dangers, so the Prophet now says, that it was right that he should he consistent with himself and continue ever the same.
109 All the versions connect "Jehovah" with the next words; and so do Veema, Gataker, and Blayney. The particle אם if, or though, is omitted by the Septuagint and the Arabic; but is retained by the Vulgate, Syriac, and the Targum. It may be rendered verily, or truly, — Verily, our perversities, they have responded against us. The word עון means perverse or headstrong wickedness. There is an allusion in responding to a trial. "They have stood against us," is the Septuagint. See Job 15:6. — Ed.
110 The latter part may be thus rendered, — Jehovah! deal with us for thy name's sake: For many have been our defections, Against thee have we sinned. The Syriac renders fitly the first line, — O Lord, spare us on account of thy name. — Ed.


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package org.g4studio.core.orm.xibatis.sqlmap.engine.exchange;

import java.util.Map;

import org.g4studio.core.orm.xibatis.sqlmap.engine.cache.CacheKey;
import org.g4studio.core.orm.xibatis.sqlmap.engine.mapping.parameter.ParameterMap;
import org.g4studio.core.orm.xibatis.sqlmap.engine.mapping.result.ResultMap;
import org.g4studio.core.orm.xibatis.sqlmap.engine.scope.StatementScope;

/**
 * Interface for exchanging data between a parameter map/result map and the
 * related objects
 */
public interface DataExchange {

	/**
	 * Initializes the data exchange instance.
	 *
	 * @param properties
	 */
	public void initialize(Map properties);

	/**
	 * Gets a data array from a parameter object.
	 *
	 * @param statementScope
	 *            - the scope of the request
	 * @param parameterMap
	 *            - the parameter map
	 * @param parameterObject
	 *            - the parameter object
	 *
	 * @return - the objects
	 */
	public Object[] getData(StatementScope statementScope, ParameterMap parameterMap, Object parameterObject);

	/**
	 * Sets values from a data array into a result object.
	 *
	 * @param statementScope
	 *            - the request scope
	 * @param resultMap
	 *            - the result map
	 * @param resultObject
	 *            - the result object
	 * @param values
	 *            - the values to be mapped
	 *
	 * @return the resultObject
	 */
	public Object setData(StatementScope statementScope, ResultMap resultMap, Object resultObject, Object[] values);

	/**
	 * Sets values from a data array into a parameter object
	 *
	 * @param statementScope
	 *            - the request scope
	 * @param parameterMap
	 *            - the parameter map
	 * @param parameterObject
	 *            - the parameter object
	 * @param values
	 *            - the values to set
	 *
	 * @return parameterObject
	 */
	public Object setData(StatementScope statementScope, ParameterMap parameterMap, Object parameterObject,
			Object[] values);

	/**
	 * Returns an object capable of being a unique cache key for a parameter
	 * object.
	 *
	 * @param statementScope
	 *            - the request scope
	 * @param parameterMap
	 *            - the parameter map
	 * @param parameterObject
	 *            - the parameter object
	 *
	 * @return - a cache key
	 */
	public CacheKey getCacheKey(StatementScope statementScope, ParameterMap parameterMap, Object parameterObject);

}

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Disney and Pixar's new animated comedy is about a rat named Remy who dreams of being a professional chef. After Remy takes up residence beneath a swanky Paris restaurant, he befriends a garbage boy named Linguini, who recognizes the rat's culinary talents and realizes the two could have a future collaborating on cooking - as long as no one finds out. Featuring the voices of Patton Oswalt, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, Janeane Garofalo and Peter O'Toole. Directed by Brad Bird. Released by Disney/Pixar. Rated G.
"The master chefs at Pixar have blended all the right ingredients - abundant verbal and visual wit, genius slapstick timing, a soupcon of Gallic sophistication - to produce a warm and irresistible concoction."
Filmmaker/provocateur Michael Moore takes on the health care industry in this documentary that compares the U.S. medical system with those in countries that provide their citizens with free medical care. Released by The Weinstein Company. Rated PG-13.
"Moore's most assured, least antagonistic and potentially most important film."
"As both harangue and movie tragicomedy, 'Sicko' is socko."
"Dora The Explorer - Summer Explorer"
The well-traveled little girl enjoys summer-themed cartoon adventures with her monkey pal Boots. Kids can answer questions and choose what happens next in the story, creating an interactive learning experience. Released by Paramount Home Video/Nickelodeon. Not rated. Available July 3.
A 17-year-old boy (Rupert Grint of the "Harry Potter" films) forms an unlikely friendship with an eccentric older actress (Julie Walters) in this comedy from Britain. With Laura Linney and Nicholas Farrell. Directed by Jeremy Brock. Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rated PG-13. Available July 3.
This three-disc set includes the entire first season of the Sci-Fi Channel show about a secret town inhabited by geniuses, plus deleted scenes and webisodes. Released by Universal Home Video. Not rated. Available July 3.
A psychiatrist (Aaron Eckhart) tries to learn more about his family's past and the suicide of his father (Nick Nolte), a popular children's author, in this drama bolstered by a strong supporting cast that includes Jessica Lange, Ian McKellen and Brittany Murphy. Directed by Joshua Michael Stern. Released by Miramax. Rated PG-13. Available July 3.
The bloody Revolutionary War drama starring Mel Gibson gets added scenes for a Blu-ray release. With Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs and Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rated R. Available July3.
An immersive adventure game that has players guide an investigator who's looking into some strange goings-on on an island where an order of monks was once slaughtered by pirates. Published by DreamCatcher Interactive for PC. Rated T. Available July 3.
Play the TV game show at home. 'Nuff said. Published by Jack of all Games for Nintendo DS. Rated E. Available July 3.
"Ninja Gaiden Sigma Collector's Edition"
This special edition of the fighting game adds three new chapters, new weapons, dozens of characters and more missions. Published by Tecmo for PlayStation 3. Rated M. Available July 3.
An action game that has players hunt and kill vampires while employing a variety of special weapons; success is based on stealth and tactics as well as a talent for wiping out bloodsuckers. Published by Microsoft for Xbox 360. Rated M. Available July 3.
This game offers a first-person perspective inside a virtual casino, where players can try their hand at Blackjack, Slots, Roulette, Texas Hold 'Em and other games. Published by SVG Distribution for Nintendo DS. Rated T. Available July 3.
12 Girls Band, "Shanghai": The group of young Chinese instrumentalists fill their second U.S. album with an eclectic array of songs, from Sting to Handel to Celine Dion. Released by Manhattan Records. In stores July 3.
Sara Bareilles, "Little Voice": After touring with Aqualung and Mika, the singer-songwriter makes her much-anticipated album debut. Released by Epic. In stores July 3.
Kelly Rowland, "Ms. Kelly": The second album from the former Destiny's Child singer features guest appearances by Eve and Snoop Dogg. Released by Sony. In stores July 3.
"The Pirate Queen (2007 Original Broadway Cast)": The score to the Broadway show about an Irish pirate captain who ran afoul of Queen Elizabeth I. Released by Sony Classics. In stores July 3.
Velvet Revolver, "Libertad": Having managed to keep going when many predicted they would self-destruct, the star-heavy band (Scott Weiland, Duff McKagan, Slash) defy expectations with this boisterous sophomore album. Released by RCA. In stores July 3.
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"NOVA scienceNOW": This special looks at the gene that causes overeating, potential killer asteroids and scientists' efforts to create a new element. 8 p.m., PBS (check local listings).
"Coma": This documentary follows four people who have suffered traumatic brain injuries as they heal - or in some tragic cases, don't - during the course of a year. 9 p.m., HBO.
"Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular": "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks and fellow contestants Blake Lewis and Melinda Doolittle appear in this special telecast from New York. 9 p.m., NBC.
"Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular": Craig Ferguson hosts this concert special with the renowned orchestra. Special appearance by rocker John Mellencamp. 9 p.m., CBS.
Fiona Neill, "Slummy Mummy: The Secret Life of Lucy Sweeney": A London mom finds herself drawn to a fellow parent in this comic novel by London Times columnist Neill. Published by Penguin Group. In stores July 3.
James Patterson, "The Quickie": A New York policewoman plans revenge against her apparently unfaithful husband, a plan that quickly spirals out of control. Released by Little, Brown & Company. In stores July 3.
James Rollins, "Judas Strain": Rollins' team of science commandos try to thwart a conspiracy involving a gruesome bacteriological plague. Published by HarperCollins. In stores July 3.
Colin Thubron, "Shadow of the Silk Road": Author Thubron traces the ancient roads that brought diverse cultures in contact and changed the course of history. Published by HarperCollins. In stores July 3.


TCS lite was developed in response to the need for trip circuit supervision of breakers employing magnetic actuators. As a magnetic actuator relies upon a control circuit, which may be unique to each manufacturer, conventional TCS relays are not always compatible.
TCS lite utilises two sensing circuits that can be configured in a variety of ways depending upon the breaker technology, allowing it to be used with conventional spring mechanism as well as magnetic actuators.
Two output relays will change stating depending upon if the sensing circuit is open or closed and can then be used to provide interlocking or signaling.
TCS lite is a 35mm din rail mounted device, which provides an indication of the breaker trip circuit in either the closed or open position.
The MR-TCS relay uses the same technology as that of TCS lite, but designed within our draw-out case technology for front mounting to switchgear panels. MR-TCS can be mounted in a space saving 50mm series size case for new installations, a 100mm series case for retrofitting of earlier P&B TCS units, or within a 70mm series case for specifically for direct pin for pin replacement of the GEC MVAX 21 or 31 type units.


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Professor András Sajó convened the Courts in Dialogue course for Human Rights and Comparative Constitutional Law students for the eighth time, between November 27 and 29, 2017. Students spent two days at the European Court of Human Rights. The program included a Grand Chamber hearing, classes by several judges of the Court as well as by staff lawyers from the Registry. The group was hosted by Judge Péter Paczolay.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Common;
using Common.Utils;
using Dal;
using Models;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

namespace DaQin.Areas.Pro.Controllers
{
    /// <summary>
    /// 跟踪表
    /// </summary>
    public class FollowManageController : Common.ControllerBase
    {
        #region 变量
        FollowDal followDal = new FollowDal();
        FollowDetDal followDetDal = new FollowDetDal();
        #endregion

        #region Index页面
        [PermissionAttribute(Code = "Index")]
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            ViewBag.AddRights = AdminUtil.HasRights(this, "Add");
            ViewBag.EditRights = AdminUtil.HasRights(this, "Edit");
            ViewBag.DelRights = AdminUtil.HasRights(this, "Del");
            ViewBag.ViewRights = AdminUtil.HasRights(this, "View");

            return View();
        }
        #endregion

        #region 获取列表
        /// <summary>
        /// 获取列表
        /// </summary>
        public ActionResult GetList(PagerModel pager, string startDate, string endDate, string address, string designer, string adviser, string follower)
        {
            followDal.GetList(ref pager, startDate, endDate, address, designer, adviser, follower);
            var json = new
            {
                total = pager.totalRows,
                rows = pager.result as List<FollowModel>
            };
            return Json(json, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }
        #endregion

        #region Add页面
        [PermissionAttribute(Code = "Add")]
        public ActionResult Add()
        {
            return View();
        }
        #endregion

        #region Edit页面
        [PermissionAttribute(Code = "Edit")]
        public ActionResult Edit(string id, string isView)
        {
            ViewBag.isView = isView;
            FollowModel follow = followDal.Get(id);
            ViewData["follow"] = follow;

            return View();
        }
        #endregion

        #region View页面
        [PermissionAttribute(Code = "View")]
        public ActionResult View(string id)
        {
            FollowModel follow = followDal.Get(id);
            ViewData["follow"] = follow;

            return View();
        }
        #endregion

        #region 保存添加或修改
        /// <summary>
        /// 保存添加或修改
        /// </summary>
        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult InsertOrUpdate()
        {
            try
            {
                string strParams = Request["params"];
                string detail = Request["detail"];
                Pro_Follow follow = JsonHelper.ConvertToModel<Pro_Follow>(strParams);
                List<Pro_FollowDet> followDetList = JsonHelper.ConvertToList<Pro_FollowDet>(detail);

                followDal.InsertOrUpdate(follow, followDetList);

                return Content("OK");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                return Content(ex.Message);
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #region 删除
        /// <summary>
        /// 删除
        /// </summary>
        [HttpPost]
        [PermissionAttribute(Code = "Del")]
        public ActionResult Del(string ids)
        {
            try
            {
                followDal.Del(StringUtil.ConvertIds(ids));

                return Content("OK");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                return Content(ex.Message);
            }
        }
        #endregion

        #region 获取明细列表
        public ActionResult GetDetList(string parentId)
        {
            List<FollowDetModel> list = followDetDal.GetList(parentId);
            var json = new
            {
                total = list.Count,
                rows = list
            };
            return Json(json, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }
        #endregion

    }
}


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More about Uppsala and info on Uppsala hotels and Uppsala travel guide.


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Opinion & Analysis: Should drug companies be allowed to market off-label uses?
The FDA has been criticized for its plan to allow drug companies to provide doctors with information about a drug's unintended benefits.
In a soon-to-be-released report, the Government Accountability Office criticizes the Food and Drug Administration's lax enforcement of laws preventing the marketing of off-label drug use.
Off-label drug use refers to using FDA-approved drugs in ways not yet approved by the agency. This could refer to using a drug to treat a different disease, giving it to a different type of patient, or prescribing a smaller or larger dose.
The practice is legal and common, representing an estimated 20 percent of all prescriptions. Doctors often base their decisions on articles in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks.
Under current FDA regulations, drug companies cannot provide doctors with literature on a drug's off-label uses. However, they often do so and the FDA does little to monitor the practice. Even when the FDA catches a drug company—which happened just 42 times between 2003 and 2007—it takes an average of seven months to issue a warning.
In February, the FDA issued new guidelines that would allow off-label drug use marketing with several important requirements. The literature must be published in independent, peer-reviewed journals and textbooks, and cannot include content like abstracts, letters to the editor and Phase 1 trials in healthy subjects.
Proponents of the new guidelines say they allow the FDA to better-regulate a practice that has been tacitly accepted for the last decade. They also point to a 1999 court decision that determined that the restriction of off-label marketing was unconstitutional. The decision was vacated a year later on procedural grounds, but the constitutionality of the issue wasn't addressed.
In February, the FDA released proposed guidelines that would regulate the use of off-label drug marketing. It would require drug companies to provide only independent analysis from respected, peer-reviewed journals and textbooks, and restrict the distribution of promotional materials. Several congressmen were critical of the guidelines, including Calif. Rep. Henry Waxman. "It's a conflict of interest for the company to be promoting sales when they haven't been able to establish that a drug is safe and effective through the rigorous FDA process," he said.
The Government Accountability Office is set to release a report critical of the FDA's policies on off-label use marketing. The FDA "isn't keeping track of how drugs are marketed for off-label use, even though marketing for off-label use is illegal and it's the FDA's job to enforce that law," says Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley. "As a result, drug makers aren't being held accountable for promoting unapproved use of medicine and patient safety is diminished." Grassley is leading the charge against off-label drug marketing, claiming that raises the costs of Medicare and Medicaid.
In 1999, Federal District Court Royce C. Lamberth ruled in Washington Legal Foundation v. Henney and Shalala that the FDA could not restrict a drug company's ability to provide information to doctors about a drug's off-label uses. He determined that provision in the Food and Drug Modernization Act (FDAMA) of 1997 "unconstitutionally restricts protected commercial speech."
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Marc Shapiro, a lawyer dedicated to food and drug law, wrote a letter in response to the Coleman and Rosoff piece. He writes that the new guidelines set forth by the FDA, which have been the de facto regulations since Judge Lamberth's 1999 decision, are wise and should be officially put into law.
The Mayo Clinic defines off-label drug use and explains its advantages and disadvantages.
The FDA's proposed guidelines, the "Guidance Document on Good Reprint Practices," are available from FDA.gov.


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The way of the Creative works through change and transformation,
so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny
and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony:
this is what furthers and what perseveres.
The sage learns how best to develop himself so that his influence may endure. He must make himself strong in every way, by consciously casting out all that is inferior and degrading. Thus he attains that tirelessness which depends upon consciously limiting the fields of his activity.
I Ching, 1. The Creative
2009 Special Events - 8th Annual Ravenswood ArtWalk
October 3rd & 4th
Ravenswood ArtWalk (formerly ArtWalk Ravenswood) is two days event dedicated to honoring and celebrating artists and industry in the Ravenswood Corridor. The event included 30 venues highlighting over 100 local artists! For the 8th RAW, the Tai Chi Center of Chicago (TC3) featured several artists in conjunction with various performances made by the instructors and the student body at large.
Demonstrating Master Instructors of the Tai Chi Center of Chicago:
Elizabeth Wenscott - Tai Chi Sword, Tai Chi Knife
Chris Zalek - Tong Bei Chuan, Xing Yi, San Shou.
Sas Stark - Tong Bei Chuan, Xing Yi, San Shou
Don Tomei & Sharon Fierro - Qigong
Tracy Von Kaenel - Yoga
Exhibiting artist:
Artist in Residence, Christine Wallers - Projected Video and Installations
Steven Leavitt - Painting
Kipling Swehla - Photography
Stephen C. Walker - Guqin (ancient stringed Chinese instrument)
Sangeet Gupta - Ceramics
This years schedule of events.
11:00am - 3:00pm - School Demonstrations Schedule
11:00am - 12:00pm - Tai Chi Introductory with Chris Zalek - (Participation welcome and FREE)
12:30pm - 1:00pm - Stephen C. Walker - Guqin Musical Performance
1:15pm - 2:00pm - Qigong - Instructor Don Tomei - (Participation welcome and FREE)
2:00pm - 3:00pm - Demonstrations lead by master instructors, along with members of the TC3
3:00pm - 6:00pm - Art Opening
11:00am - 12:00pm - School Open House - Art Viewing
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Yoga Performance with Tracy Von Kaenel - Om Mani Padme Hum
1:00pm - 6:00pm - School Open House - Art Viewing
The Artists Christine Wallers (Artist in Residence)
First light, last
projected video time 20 min
First light, last is a meditation on the cusps of darkness and light, dreaming and waking, sound and silence, and a hopeful reminder of light in the midst of winter's darkness. The visual component consists of hundreds of digital photo sequences of cloudless sky patches in the moments just before nightfall and dawn. These still images have been strung together as animated video vignettes, allowing the viewer to visibly perceive slow transitional cycles as they move through various shades of rich, saturated blue, from azure, to deep indigo, to nearly black; this "blueness" becomes a form or quality of light in and of itself. The result is at once abstract and hyper-real. The sound component is derived from a single 40-minute field recording made on the beach at Kalaloch, Washington while watching night visibly descend. This recording was radically filtered to extract twelve individual frequency bands that fade slowly in and out, hovering on the threshold of audibility, a shimmering presence that suggests a sense of anticipation or becoming. Collaboration with composer/sound artist Steve Peters.
Christine Wallers, received her BFA from Columbia College, Chicago, and also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of New Mexico. Wallers is a cross- disciplinary artist whose work uses formal procedures of minimal and post-minimal art to craft installations that are site-specific, experientially based, and often fleeting. Wallers attempts to create an experience of the ephemeral, the just emerging and the barely visible, from the interplay between object and space. Her work has been shown at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, the Whelan, and Klaudia Marr galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Musee Denys Peuch in Rodez, France, and Bellevue Saal in Wiesbaden, Germany. She has curated a number of exhibitions including "Organizing the World: Sculptural Interventions" (Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe, 2002) and "Broadening the Definition of Land-based Art"(The Land/an Art Site, Mountainair, New Mexico, 1999). She has been a Visiting Artist at Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX, and a recipient of a Friends of Contemporary Art Monetary Award. Wallers received an Artist Trust Gap Grant in 2005 for her installation Sea Level at Suyama Space in Seattle WA. In 2006 Wallers completed first light, last (video and multi-channel sound installation with sound artist Steve Peters) a meditation on the cusps of darkness and light, sound and silence. First light, last projected at Caro d'Offay gallery in Chicago April 08. Wallers lives and works in Chicago.
For more on Christine Wallers visit http://christinewallers.typepad.com/
Steven Leavitt
My work involves listening.
When my mind is quiet and still, listening becomes more profound.
I exercise everyday before I begin to work. Tai Chi and Yoga help me to clear and quiet my mind. Because the execution of tasks is not necessarily a physically therapeutic act, it is absolutely necessary to carefully care for my body and mind. Some tasks may take several months to complete. If I did not take proper care of myself, it would be impossible to complete these tasks. Warming up and proper conditioning are an integral part of my process.
Since the mid 1980's Steven's work has been non-representational. His work has been developed both in miniature drawing and oil painting. His work has been strongly influenced by ethnic art and crafts from around the world both past and present. Steven's art education started in grammar school, by the fourth grade he could identify all the impressionists and create Mondrian design. Steven received a BFA from the school of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1981.
Steven L. Leavitt was born in Chicago in 1956 and has been practicing tai chi since 1981. To see more of Stevens work go to http://taichicenter-chicago.com/stevenleavitt.html
Kipling Swehla
Pigment ink on photo rag paper
Game Show is a collection of photographs of board games and toys I played with as a child in the 60's and 70's which are part of an upcoming book title, Playbook. Some of the classic games included in this series consist of Aggravation, Battleship, Battling Tops, Clue, Connect Four, Electic, Football (the vibrating board as well as the mattel hand held), Gnip Gnop, Hungry Hippo, Kerplunk, Life, Merlin, Mousetrap, Spirograph, Stratego,Trouble and many many more.
Although the entire collection is mostly in color for this exhibit I have chosen three white images that �represent the innocence of the child playing games that are often using archetype symbols from the adult world.
Kipling Swehla is a Chicago-based commercial photographer specializing in shooting food and product. His work can be seen in popular magazines, cookbooks, and websites for celebrity chefs such as Charlie Trotter and Art Smith, long time personal chef to Oprah Winfrey.
After studying Tai Chi for 14 years, Kipling incorporates into shooting what he has learned from this martial art. "Photography isn't just about seeing. It is about listening, feeling, and responding." From the moment you are born, you are bombarded by visual stimuli. It is only through quiet breath and stillness of mind that you become aware of subtle beauty. While most are dazzled by brightness, there is also wonder in the depths of shadows.
For more on Kipling Swehla visit http://kiplingphoto.com. Kipling has been practicing Tai Chi since 1994.
Stephen C. Walker
Performs on the Guqin (one time only!)
Saturday October 3rd. 2009
About the Guqin
The guqin, a seven-stringed zither, is China's oldest stringed instrument, with a history of some 3000 years. Chinese music has a long history, and its essence is best expressed on the guqin. In Imperial China, a well educated scholar was expected to be skilled in four arts:
Qin (the guqin),
Qi (the game of Go),
Shu (calligraphy) and
Hua (painting).
Historically, the guqin has been viewed as a symbol of Chinese high culture and the instrument most expressive of the essence of Chinese music. More than 100 harmonics can be played on the guqin, which probably is the largest number of harmonics of any instrument. The guqin has its own notation, which itself has a history of at least 1500 years. There are over 150 guqin handbooks in existence, which contain in excess of 3,000 pieces of music as well as essays on the theoretical aspects of the guqin and its music.
The Guqin is a part of our world's heritage, but today fewer than two thousand people can play it, and it is rarely seen in China . Music that was written over a period of many centuries is unknown to most people. In recognition of its supreme importance to Chinese culture, UNESCO in 2003 declared the art of the guqin a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The purpose of this UNESCO programme is to ensure that the best of every country's traditions is preserved, developed and made known to the outside world.
In Chinese, "gu" means old and qin means "musical instrument". Historically, guqin was rendered as "Qin" in most ancient texts. Because its long history, it has during the last 100 years been widely called guqin.
There is much symbology surrounding the instrument. For example, it measures 3' 6.5" (Chinese feet and inches), to symbolise the 365 days of the year; the upper surface is rounded, representing the sky, the bottom is flat and represents the earth. The five strings of the earliest qins symbolise the five elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. When Bo Yikao, son of King Wen, first ruler of the Zhou Dynasty around the 11th century BC, died the Emperor added a sixth string to mourn his son; the sound of the sixth string is sorrowful. The seventh string was added by the second Zhou ruler, King Wu to inspire his soldiers when his country went to war; the sound of this string is very strong. Finally, the 13 mother-of-pearl inlays along the outer edge represent the 13 months of the lunar year.
About Stephen C. Walker
Stephen C. Walker began learning guqin with Shin-Yi Yang in 2003. His performances combine dedication to traditional qin aesthetics with interests in improvisation, musical dialogue, and the technological possibilities of a not-quite-traditional world.
About Sangeet Gupta
Sangeet Gupta was born in 1976 in New York City. At the age of two his family moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he resided until moving to Champaign, Illinois to attend the University of Illinois to study mechanical engineering.
In 2000, Sangeet moved to Chicago (where he currently lives) and not feeling he was able to express himself creatively through his work as an engineer, he began studying photography at Truman College.
Although Sangeet still has a great love for photography, he felt the need to be able to work more with his hands in a three-dimensional medium. He has been studying ceramics at Lincoln Square Pottery Studio and Learning Center since 2003. Sangeet creates both functional and non-functional ceramic pieces using raku firing, electric firing and pit firing techniques. For the last several years he has focused on wood firing and salt firing techniques, which comprise the majority of his work current work.
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Families who'd rather swap their snowsuits for bathing suits will soon have one more option: the Kartrite Hotel & Indoor Waterpark, which will open in Monticello, New York, in early 2019.
The best part? It's located in Sullivan County, an easy family-friendly destination for both daytrippers and those in need of a weekend getaway.
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Owned by the same people behind the Camelback Resort in the Poconos, the Kartrite will be home to a two-acre indoor water park and will be open year-round. We're told it will have a family-friendly vibe and, along with the must-have pools and water slides, will be designed in a style similar to European indoor water parks, with a roof that lets in tons of natural sunlight, tropical plants and—so that you can relax even when you're out with the kids—lux cabanas in the mezzanine area.
While it might not be far from home, those looking to make a weekend of it can stay in one of the hotel's 324 rooms, which are outfitted in fun, bright décor. When your kids get tired of the water, you can hang out at the ropes course or arcade, or eat at a few different restaurants. There will also be a spa on-site.
As part of the Resorts World Catskills, the Kartrite will be a true global destination.
The resort will sit on the new Resorts World Catskills property, which includes a 100,00-square-foot casino and a golf course. The park is being built by Aquatic Development Group, which has also produced water parks like Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in New Jersey and Aquatopia at Camelback.


Пример согнутого (круглого) 3D уровня на Game Maker. Очень прост в использовании, может пригодится для реализации интересных идей.
This is a example of interesting 3d enviroment drawing system.
It bends the space around the chosen path, resulting in a rather unique and nice-looking effect.
Coordinate conversion is based around a single function.


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Meet the Artist – Alex Woolf, composer
By The Cross-Eyed Pianist | May 30, 2012 July 3, 2019
Who or what inspired you to take up composing?
When I started learning piano I quickly found that improvising around the pieces I was learning was far more fun than practising scales! Quite soon after that, I realised I could begin to write these inventions down (inspired at first by an ardent desire to acquire a Blue Peter badge…!).
Who or what are the most important influences on your composing?
Recently I've been especially inspired by composers who have an outward-facing, collaborative approach to their craft. Composers like Nico Muhly epitomise this for me: not only is the music totally brilliant, but it's made for people, not just the instruments they play.
What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?
This past year I've been writing for the London Symphony Orchestra as one of their Panufnik Composers – this has certainly been a huge challenge, exciting and daunting in equal measure! Having the whole orchestra (under the baton of François-Xavier Roth) at my fingertips was an incredible feeling, but attempting to write not just a good overall piece but also great parts for all 80 phenomenal musicians certainly took a lot of careful balancing!
What are the particular challenges/excitements of working with an orchestra/ensemble?
It's the biggest thrill of the process, BUT sharing music that you've been living with potentially for months for the first time is a daunting thing! A player's relationship with the thing you've made is so different to your own, which is why I obsess over how parts look! Most performers won't be religiously studying your score for weeks on end; they'll be getting under the skin of the notes you've written for them, so it's critically important that what they see is presented perfectly!
How would you characterise your compositional language/musical style?
My music is built out of a core I would describe as essentially emotional. I will never shy away from that word (which is often lazily conflated with 'sentimental') – I can't imagine wanting to spend my life writing music if I didn't want to move, surprise, excite, provoke people, and I'm obsessed with finding harmonic, melodic and rhythmic ways of aspiring to do just that. The Requiem that I've just written for Laura van der Heijden, Nicky Spence and a fantastic choir that I've put together is, in part, a kind of manifesto for everything I love about music. It's my biggest work to date, and I've designed it in such a way as to (hopefully) crystallise the main things which make up my musical voice.
How do you work?
I work in very intense periods where a lot seems to happen very quickly! But of course this is only part of the process… I don't believe there's any such thing as 'pre-composition' – once an idea is floating around in my head, I find it very
difficult to ignore, and it's constantly evolving, shifting, forming… When these ideas get onto paper, the process has already begun (and a long night at my desk usually follows…)
Of which works are you most proud?
The works of which I'm most proud are the ones where I haven't felt any pressure to make them something they're not, or self-consciously 'new'. One of my favourite Stephen Sondheim quotes is 'Anything you do, / Let it come from you, / Then it will be new'. I think there's a lot of truth in that.
Do you have a favourite concert venue?
My favourite venues and spaces make you feel like the music is happening to you, however big or small they are – but this has a lot to do with the performance too…
Who are your favourite musicians?
The musicians I'm most inspired by are those for whom the notes they play are only the tip of the iceberg – musicians who are obsessively curious, who understand why the music they're playing exists, and who can make you hear familiar music as if it were completely new.
What is your most memorable concert experience?
In 2017 The Bach Choir performed my carol 'Nowell' at Cadogan Hall; there was some very specific choreography at the event which meant that I watched the premiere from onstage, facing sideways, so I was able to take in not only the choir but the full audience as well. This turned an already exciting moment into an electrifying one: it felt like a kind of arena, with 100 voices at the centre… what could be better?!
What is your favourite music to play? To listen to?
My Spotify history at any given moment is a completely bizarre and eclectic mix of music – musical theatre has an extremely special place in my life, and I still can't beat it for listening to on the go. At the moment I'm trying to discover as much new choral music as possible. I love finding music I've never even remotely heard of; those are the most exciting listening moments for me. In terms of playing, I love anything that gets me performing with other musicians – I love accompanying, and recently I've been able to delve deep into the french horn repertoire for an upcoming recital at Buxton Festival with Alexei Watkins.
As a musician, how do you define "success"?
If I've made something that nobody else could have made in exactly the same way, and which the performers really want to own, I've succeeded. The rest is largely beyond my control!
What do you consider to be the most important ideas and concepts to impart to aspiring musicians/students?
Be polite; be punctual; be proactive. The rest will follow!
The World Premiere of Alex Woolf's Fairfield Fanfare will take place on Wednesday 18th September 7.30pm as part of the Fairfield Halls gala reopening concert with the London Mozart Players:
https://www.fairfield.co.uk/whats-on/london-mozart-players-fairfield-halls-gala-opening-concert/
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Gridiron Capital Promotes Will Hausberg and Scott Harrison to Senior Managing Director
GridironPeople
NEW CANAAN, CT, January 5, 2022 – Gridiron Capital, LLC ("Gridiron Capital"), an investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, is pleased to announce that Will Hausberg and Scott Harrison have both been promoted to Senior Managing Director.
Mr. Hausberg joined Gridiron Capital in 2011 and has over 15 years' experience as an investment professional. Mr. Hausberg was promoted to Managing Director in 2015. He focuses on new investment opportunities, due diligence, and value creation at current portfolio companies. He currently serves on the boards of AML RightSource, Class Valuation, Colibri Group, Royal Paper, and Travel Nurse Across America and previously served on the boards of Dent Wizard, Legility, Motion Recruitment Partners, and Performance Health.
Mr. Harrison joined Gridiron Capital in 2013 as Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer. He focuses on the increasingly important operational excellence needs of Gridiron Capital, as well as new investment opportunities, due diligence, and value creation at current portfolio companies. He currently serves on the boards of Leaf Home™ and The Service Companies and previously served on the board of Quality Solutions, Inc.
Tom Burger, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, said "As a former operating executive and CFO, Scott was a natural fit for our operationally-focused strategy. In addition to his work with portfolio companies, Scott has also played a critical role in developing our Gridiron Playbook and building out our Centers of Excellence program, enabling Gridiron to continue to build and deliver value for all of our partners."
Kevin Jackson, Managing Partner, added "Will made an immediate impact when he joined us in 2011 and has been instrumental in helping to develop our repeatable sourcing and investment processes along with building and mentoring the excellent team here at Gridiron. His ability to partner with management teams and collaborate with them to transform their businesses has made a meaningful impact on our success and we look forward to his continued leadership and contributions in the years ahead."
Before joining Gridiron Capital, Mr. Hausberg was an associate at Nautic Partners and also worked as an analyst at Credit Suisse in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Will received a BA in Economics & Government from Cornell University. He holds an MBA, with honors, from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Prior to joining Gridiron Capital, Mr. Harrison served as Chief Financial Officer of several middle-market businesses, including The AZEK Company and FM Facility Maintenance. Earlier in his career, Scott worked at First Union Capital Partners and Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. Scott received a BA in Economics from Duke University, where he played varsity lacrosse. He holds an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Gridiron Capital is an investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, and creating value by building middle-market companies into industry-leaders in branded consumer, B2B and B2C services, and niche industrial segments in the United States and Canada. We help transform growing companies by winning together through hard work, partnerships grounded in shared values and a unique culture that comes from hands-on experience building and running businesses. As a team led by former operators and entrepreneurs, we know what it takes to run successful businesses on a day-to-day basis. Additional information is available on the firm's website: www.gridironcapital.com.
Thomas A. Burger Jr., Co-Founder & Managing Partner, [email protected]


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Largest Town in the Red Centre. Travel Destination Alice Springs has the Overland Telegraph and the School of the Air
Travel Destination Alice Springs is in the geographic heart of Australia. It is about 3 hours plane flight from Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin and Cairns. It is 460 kms (291 mi) by road from Alice Springs to Uluru Ayers Rock. Allow about 6 hours for the drive. Flights from Alice Springs to Uluru Ayers Rock take about 20 minutes.
Travel Destination Alice Springs is known as Mparntwe to the local Arrente Aboriginal People. The Pine Gap US/Australian Satellite tracking and monitoring base is to the west of the town. The Alice Springs Desert Park gives a good look at the ecology of the Red Centre. The Old Telegraph Station and the School of the Air are also worth a visit.
History of Travel Destination Alice Springs: The native Aboriginal Peoples have lived in the area for many thousands of years. It is a tribute to their ability to survive sustainably in a harsh environment. John McDouall Stuart was the first European to visit while making the first crossing of Australia from south to north in 1861. To link Australia to Great Britain and the outside world, the Overland Telegraph was set up in 1871, with Alice Springs as the repeater station for Central Australia.
Gold fever drove growth during the late 1880's after the discovery at Altunga 100 kms (62 mi) to the east. Alice Springs declined through the early 1900's to be revived by the opening of the Rail link to Adelaide. There was a gold fueled growth spurt again in 1932. In 2004 the rail line was completed joining Darwin to Alice Springs. Today, Travel Destination Alice Springs is a regional hub and tourism destination.
Geography: The Todd River runs through the centre of Travel Destination Springs, but it is dry most of the time. The MacDonnell Ranges are to the west of the town, and the Simpson Desert is to the southeast. The camels that you will see as part of the lore of Alice are not native, though some 70,000 are reported to roaming wild in the Red Centre. They were introduced by Afghan workers brought to Australia to assist with opening up the deserts and building the Overland Telegraph in the 1800's.
After the job, the Afghans were sent home. The camels were set loose. The Ghan Train through the Red Centre is named after these early workers. The Larapinta Trail is considered one of the great walks of the world. It winds 223 kms (139 mi) through the MacDonnell Ranges. It should only be attempted by serious hikers after taking suitable precautions for survival in the desert environment.
Weather: Expect the same weather as Uluru Ayers Rock at Travel Destination Alice Springs.
Average Daytime High, Overnight Low Temperatures:
Jan: High 29 C (102 F) Low 23 C (73 F) Feb: High 37 C (98 F) Low 22 C (72 F)
Mar: High 34 C (94 F) Low 19C (67 F) Apr: High 30 C (86 F) Low 15 C (60 F)
May: High 24 C (76 F) Low 10 C (58 F) Jun: High 20 C (69 F) Low 6 C (42 F)
Jul: High 20 C (69 F) Low 5 C (40 F) Aug: High 24 C (74 F) Low 6 C (42 F)
Sept: High 29 C (84 F) Low 11 C (51 F) Oct: High 32 C (90 F) Low 15 C (59 F)
Nov: High 35 C (95 F) Low 18 C (65 F) Dec: High 36 C (97 F) Low 21 C (70 F)
Compare Prices on Hotels in Alice Springs: > Australian.com – Hotels in Alice Springs
Find Tours and Activities in Alice Springs: > Alice Springs Tours & Activities
Map of Travel Destination Alice Springs: > Alice Springs Australian Travel Map
More Information on Travel Destination Alice Springs: > Alice Springs | Wikipedia