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Q for Mortals 0. Overview
Q for Mortals
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0. Overview 0. Overview Table of contents
0.0 The Evolution of Q
0.1 Philosophy
0.2 Mathematics Refresher
0.2.1 Variables
0.2.2 Functions
0.2.3 Natural Numbers
0.2.4 Mathematical Induction and Recursion
0.2.5 Addition
0.2.6 Recursion Restated
0.2.7 Multiplication
0.2.8 Exponentiation
0.2.9 Lists
0.2.10 Rationals and Reals
1. Q Shock and Awe
2. Basic Data Types – Atoms
4. Operators
5. Dictionaries
7. Transforming Data
8. Tables
9. Queries – q-sql
10. Execution Control
11. I/O
12. Workspace Organization
13. Commands and System Variables
14. Introduction to Kdb+
Appendix A. Built-in Functions
Appendix B. Error Messages
Arthur Whitney developed the q programming language and its database kdb+. Released by Kx Systems, Inc. in 2003, the primary design objectives of q are expressiveness, speed and efficiency. In these, it is beyond compare. The design trade-off is a terseness that can be disconcerting to programmers coming from verbose traditional database programming environments – e.g., C++, Java, C# or Python – and a relational DBMS. Whereas the q programming gods revel in programs resembling an ASCII core dump, this manual is for the rest of us.
Q evolved from APL (A Programming Language), which was first invented as a mathematical notation by Kenneth Iverson at Harvard University in the 1950s. APL was introduced in the 1960s by IBM as a vector programming language, meaning that it processes a list of numbers in a single operation. It was successful in finance and other industries that required heavy number crunching.
The mitochondrial DNA of q traces from APL to A to A+ and to k. All were well suited to performing complex calculations quickly on vectors. What's new in q/kdb+ is that it processes large volumes of time-series data very efficiently in the relational paradigm. Its syntax allows "select" expressions that are similar to SQL 92, and its collection of built-in functions provides a complete and powerful stored procedure language.
There is also some Lisp in q's genes: the fundamental data construct of q is a list. Although the notation and terminology are different, symbols are drawn from their counterparts in Scheme.
The APL lineage of q also shows the influence of functional programming. In his 1977 Turing Award lecture that introduced purely functional programming, Backus acknowledged inspiration from APL. While q is not purely functional, it is strongly functional in that even its basic data structures, list and dictionary, are viewed as mathematical mappings.
A proficient q developer thinks differently than in conventional programming environments such as C++, Java, C# or Python, henceforth referred to as "traditional programming." In order to get you into the correct mindset, we summarize some of the potential discontinuities for the q newbie – henceforth known as qbie.
Recall some of the data-related issues in traditional database programming:
In-memory representation – e.g., collections of objects – must be mapped to a different representation – i.e., tables – for persistence. It takes considerable effort to get the object-relational correspondence correct.
Objects must be mapped to another representation for transport, usually some binary or XML form that flattens reference chains.
Data manipulation – e.g., selection, grouping and aggregation – on large data sets is best done in stored procedures on the database server. Demanding numeric calculations are best done apart from the database on an application server.
Data transformation for GUI display is best done in a separate layer – e.g., to HTML5 and JavaScript in a browser.
Much of traditional programming design is spent getting the various representations correct, requiring many lines of code to marshal resources and synchronize the different representations. These are remarkably simple in q/kdb+.
Interpreted Q is interpreted, not compiled. During execution, data and functions live in an in-memory workspace. Iterations of the development cycle tend to be quick because all run-time information needed to test and debug is immediately available in the workspace. Q programs are stored and executed as simple text files called scripts. The interpreter's eval and parse routines are exposed so that you can dynamically generate code in a controlled manner.
Types Q is a dynamically typed language, in which type checking is mostly unobtrusive. Each variable has the type of its currently assigned value and type promotion is automatic for most numeric operations. Types are checked on operations to homogenous lists.
Evaluation Order While q is entered left-to-right, expressions are evaluated right-to-left or, as the q gods prefer, left of right – meaning that a function is applied to the argument on its right. There is no operator precedence and function application can be written without brackets. Punctuation noise is significantly reduced.
Null and Infinity Values In classical SQL, the value NULL represents missing data for a field of any type and takes no storage space. In q, null values are typed and take the same space as non-nulls. Numeric types also have infinity values. Infinite and null values can participate in arithmetic and other operations with (mostly) predictable results.
Integrated I/O I/O is done through function handles that act as windows to the outside world. Once such a handle is initialized, passing a value to the handle is a write.
Table Oriented Give up objects, ye who enter here. In contrast to traditional languages, you'll find no classes, objects, inheritance and virtual methods in q. Instead, q has tables as first class entities. The lack of objects is not as severe as might first appear. Objects are essentially glorified records (i.e., entities with named fields), which are modeled by q dictionaries. A table can be viewed as a list of record dictionaries.
Ordered Lists Because classical SQL is the algebra of sets – which are unordered with no duplicates – row order and column order are not defined, making time series processing cumbersome and slow. In q, data structures are based on ordered lists, so time series maintain the order in which they are created. Moreover, simple lists occupy contiguous storage, so processing big data is fast. Very fast.
Column Oriented SQL tables are organized as rows distributed across storage and operations apply to fields within a row. Q tables are column lists in contiguous storage and operations apply on entire columns.
In-Memory Database One can think of kdb+ as an in-memory database with persistent backing. Since data manipulation is performed with q, there is no separate stored procedure language. In fact, kdb+ comprises serialized q column lists written to the file system and then mapped into memory.
In order to understand q, it is important to have a clear grasp of the basic concepts and terminology of mathematical functions. In fact, the basic constructs of q can all be interpreted as function mappings. The following refresher is intended to help those who are rusty with mathematics.
In mathematics, a variable represents an unknown whose potential values can be drawn from a specified domain. The power of the concept is that a property or formula that can be demonstrated to hold for a variable is then known to hold for every particular value of its domain.
A variable has a symbolic representation – i.e., a name. The names of variables occur in syntactically well-formed expressions. In such a context, a variable is given meaning by substitution – i.e., all occurrences of the variable are replaced by a specific value. Once substitution is performed, the variable no longer is an unknown; it has the substituted value from that point onward. In the colloquial, a variable is substituted once in its lifetime.
Imperative programming languages, including q, abuse the concept of a variable. They use the term "variable" to mean a name associated with storage that can hold a value of a specific domain. This should be called an "assignable". The act of associating a name and a value, called assignment, is achieved by placing the value into the storage referenced by the name. Assignment is not substitution: the assignment can subsequently be changed and the variable will then have that value. Shared assignable variables are the source of great evil in concurrent and distributed computing.
In mathematics, a function associates a unique output value to each input value. The collection of all input values is the domain of the function and the collection from which the output values are chosen is the codomain (or range). A function is also called a map (or mapping) from its domain to its codomain.
The output value that a function f associates to an input value x is read "f of x" or "f at x" or "f on x" More verbosely, we apply (or evaluate) f at an argument to obtain the corresponding result. In mathematics and many programming languages, the output value of a function is represented with the function name to the left of its argument(s), which are enclosed in matched parentheses or brackets. Some functions can take multiple inputs, which are separated by commas or semicolons.
There are two basic ways to define a function: an algorithm or a graph. An algorithm is a sequence of operations on the input value(s) to arrive at the corresponding output value. For example, we define the squaring function, over the domain and codomain of real numbers, to assign as output value the input value times itself. Alternatively, you can define a function by explicitly listing its input-output associations. The collection of associated input-output pairs is the graph of the function.
As you will no doubt recall from many bucolic hours in high-school math class, a function defined by algorithm can be converted to a graph by feeding in input values, cranking out the associated outputs, and collecting the pairs into a table. In general, there is no explicit formula to calculate the values for an arbitrary input-output graph. If it is possible to define a function via a formula, this is usually the preferred way to specify it since it is compact, but there is no guarantee that the formula will be easy or quick to compute.
Here are the two forms for the squaring function over the domain of natural numbers 0 through 3, as you might recall them from school.
f(x) = x2
I   O
0   0
When graphing a function, we normally think of the I/O table as a list of (x,y) pairs in the Cartesian plane.
Alternately, we can view this as a pair of columns having positional correspondence.
0 |-> 0
1 |–> 1
This perspective will prove useful.
The number of inputs to a function is called its valence. Lower valences have their own terminology. A function of valence 1 (i.e., defined by a formula that has one parameter) is said to be unary. For example, neg(x) takes a number and returns the result of reversing the sign. A function of valence 2 (i.e., two parameters) is said to be binary. For example, sum(x, y) takes two numbers and adds them to get the result. A function with no parameters is Nullary. For example, a constant function with no parameters that returns 42.
Given functions f and g for which the codomain of g is the domain of f, the composite, denoted f·g, is the function obtained by chaining the output of g into f. That is, the composite assigns to an input x the output value f(g(x)). Observe the usual mathematical convention in which the order of the functions in the composite matches their order in the nested evaluation.
Pictorially, we can see that the composite chains the output of g into the input of f,
g        f
x |–> g(x) |–> f(g(x))
The domain of the composite is the domain of g and its codomain is the codomain of f.
In the body of this document, we shall use the term map, or mapping, as shorthand for "mathematical function" and will mean a q function when we write "function" without a modifier.
The natural numbers are the basis of computing. It is instructive to derive the natural numbers from the primitive notion of counting.
Start with no items.
For any number of counted items, we can count one more, called the successor of that number
We all did this on our fingers as children.
Mathematicians prefer symbols.
Start with no items, written 0.
For any number of counted items n we can count one more, called the successor of the number and written s(n)
Thus the natural numbers are built by iteration of counting "one more."
0 s(n) s(s(n)) s(s(s(n))) …
Writing all those successors can be cumbersome so we give them symbolic names.
How do we guarantee that these are the only things in our collection? Without such assurance, a forger could add spurious items such as infinity or -1 and pass off the forged collection as the natural numbers.
The principle of mathematical induction says that the natural numbers comprise the minimal collection satisfying the following rules.
The collection contains 0
Whenever n is in the collection so is s(n)
For those who care, the formal expression of minimality is that given any collection satisfying these two properties, there is a unique map from our collection to that collection. The minimality requirement provides the guarantee that any collection satisfying these rules is essentially the same as our naturals – no more, no less.
Perhaps you are more familiar with the following equivalent way of stating the principle of mathematical induction: to prove that a property holds for all natural numbers, show that the collection of numbers for which it holds satisfies the above two rules.
Let's take stock. As defined above, a natural number has one of two forms:
It is 0
Or it is s(n) where n is a natural number previously defined.
Thus to define anything on all natural numbers, we must:
Define it on 0
For any natural number n on which it is defined, define it on s(n)
This is inductive definition. To define a function f on the natural numbers, we follow this prescription.
Define the result of f at 0
Assuming f is defined on a natural number n, define it on s(n)
An example of such a function is right in front of us: the successor s.
s on 0 is s(0)
s on n is s(n)
Now we look at a special case of this general inductive style of function definition with an added requirement (in bold).
Define the value of f at 0
Assuming f is defined on a natural number n, define it on s(n) in terms of its value on n.
A function defined in this manner is recursive. At first glance it seems that recursive definition might seriously limit the functions that we can define, but that is not the case.
What is addition? The key insight is that adding is merely counting "one mores" – i.e., counting applications of the successor s. Expressed inductively,
Adding 0 applies s no times – i.e., returns the original number
Provided we know how to add n, adding s(n) is one more application of s
Let's make addition so described into a recursive function. For an arbitrary natural number m, we define a recursive function add_to_m that counts applications of the successor to m.
add_to_m on 0 is m – i.e., apply s no times
add_to_m on s(n) is s(add_to_m(n)) – i.e., apply s once more
Once you experience the Zen, you will see that we can define the customary notation for addition using add_to_m.
m+n = add_to_m(n)
It is an instructive exercise to prove the usual properties of addition. For example, show commutativity – which is not immediately obvious.
n+m = m+n
The proof uses mathematical induction (of course).
As a special case of addition, we observe that n + 1 is s(n). Now we can restate the notion of recursive function definition in the more familiar form.
Define f for the base case 0
Express f(n+1) in terms of f(n)
It is an interesting exercise left to the reader to prove that this is equivalent to the seemingly more powerful form:
Express f(n+1) in terms of f(0), …, f(n)
This is the form of recursive definition we shall assume in following chapters. We note that the second portion of this prescription – i.e., the inductive step – gives recursive functions their identifying characteristic. For a non-base input value, the function output involves applications of itself on "lesser" values. Consequently, evaluation involves unwrapping a nested series of such applications until the base case is reached.
Having defined addition recursively as counting how many times to apply the successor, we can do the same thing by counting how many times to apply addition. This is multiplication. In words,
Multiplying by 0 performs no additions
Provided we know how to multiply by n, multiplying by s(n) is one more addition of n
We translate this into a recursive function times_m.
times_m on 0 is the identity for addition-i.e., 0
times_m on n+1 is n+times_m(n)
Incidentally, the fact that multiplication counts how many times to add is why we call multiplication "times" in English and is how the "times" tables we all memorized in elementary school are derived. Again we define the customary notation for multiplication using times_m.
m*n = times_m(n)
Having defined multiplication recursively as counting how many times to apply addition, we repeat the same technique to define exponentiation. Namely, exponentiation counts how many times to apply multiplication. In words,
Raising to the power 0 multiplies no times
If we know how to raise to the power n, then raising to the power s(n) is one more multiplication
We define the recursive function m_power_of as follows.
m_power_of on 0 is the identity for multiplication – i.e., 1
m_power_of on n+1 is m*m_power_of(n)
Again we define the customary notation in terms of the recursive m_power_of.
m^n = m_power_of(n)
In summary, we have defined basic arithmetic using only recursion, 0 and "one more." The economy of induction is impressive.
Lists can also be defined inductively, starting with the empty list and the notion of adding one item to the list.
The empty list, written (), is the list with no items
Given a list L of items of some domain together with a value x of that domain, we obtain a new list by appending the value x to the end of the list, written L,x
The list constructed by successively appending x1, x2, …, xn to the empty list is written
(x1; x2; …; xn)
Since lists are inductively defined, operations on lists can be defined recursively. For example, the count (i.e., length) of a list is defined as follows.
The count of the empty list () is 0
Given a list L of count n and an atom x, the count of L,x is 1+count L, which is 1+n
As an exercise you can extend the notion of appending a single value to appending one list to another and then prove – inductively of course – that for two lists L and M,
count(L,M) = count(L) + count(M)
In everyday usage of mathematics, we implicitly identify things that aren't actually the same. Most common is identifying a natural number – e.g. 42 – as a rational number or as a real number. But a natural number isn't actually a real number; it just plays one on TV.
Indeed, we have seen that natural numbers are obtained by counting "one more" starting from 0. Ignoring signs for the moment, a rational number is an equivalence class of formal quotients a/b of naturals, In plain speak, a/b and c/d are considered the same just when ad = bc. So 2/1 and 4/2 and 6/3, etc. are all considered to be the same. The naturals have a faithful embedding into the rationals in which n is mapped to n/1. This allows us to identify n with (the class of rationals equivalent to) n/1, but they are clearly different mathematical entities.
Similarly, a real number is (in the formulation most of us use) an infinite decimal – i.e., an infinite sequence of natural numbers representing place values in powers of 10. Long division converts a rational to its repeating decimal expansion, so there is an embedding of rationals into the reals, but a/b is manifestly not an infinite decimal.
The identification of naturals and rationals as reals is normally done without thinking. In fact, some argue vehemently that a natural number is a real number. It is not but it can be identified with one.
Another interesting fact of programming life is that normal data types can only represent an insignificant set of real numbers. Typically reals are represented by single or double precision floating point values. Since these are limited to at most 16 decimal digits, they are clearly rationals, and a pretty limited set of rationals at that. Even "unlimited" decimal values are still rational, as any computer has finite storage. The way to represent a real properly is with a lazy sequence that presents digits "on demand."
The moral of the story is that we can normally go about our programming day without worrying about these distinctions. But there are situations where they matter.
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Tech History
The Rise and Fall of OS/2
by Steve Lovelace · August 13, 2014
The original IBM PC came with a primitive command line operating system known as DOS. Made by Microsoft, it could do basic file management and run a single application at a time. That was about it. On the original PC and PC/XT, this wasn't an issue. But as new generations of computer processors came out, DOS started showing its age. IBM and Microsoft went back to the drawing board and made a new operating system called OS/2. But OS/2's life was cut short after a falling out between the two companies.
Replacing DOS
When IBM decided to get into the personal computer business, they knew they had to move quickly to get a foot in the door. They created a special team working in Boca Raton, Florida, outside of the usual corporate bureaucracy. The Boca Raton team used off-the-shelf parts and outsourced the operating system to Microsoft. The result was PC-DOS (known as MS-DOS on IBM compatible machines), a text based operating system that did very little. DOS was optimized for the 8088 processor that came with the original IBM PC. As such, it couldn't make full use of more advanced microprocessors. Thus IBM went back to Microsoft for its next-generation operating system. The problem was, the two companies didn't share the same vision.
Conflicting Visions
IBM wanted a proprietary operating system that ran on the 286 processor, so that existing IBM owners could make the most of their computers and stay within the IBM ecosystem. Microsoft wanted to sell OS/2 to the clone companies, who were coming out with computers with advanced 386 processors. They wanted to use OS/2 as a base for their new Windows interface, which was graphical rather than text-based. IBM on the other hand, had vague ideas to make a graphical operating system, but they didn't want to rely on Microsoft Windows.
IBM was the more powerful company at the time, so Microsoft acquiesced. They came out with OS/2 1.0. It didn't look like much. Like MS-DOS, it was just a black screen with some gray letters on it. As a multitasking operating system, it could run more than one application at a time, but this only worked for OS/2 native applications. This was the trade-off for making a 286-compatible operating system. And it hurt OS/2's early adoption. For all its advanced underpinnings, OS/2 1.0 didn't run DOS applications better than DOS itself.
"A Better DOS Than DOS"
Meanwhile, Microsoft was working on improving Microsoft Windows. Windows still relied on the old MS-DOS base, so it didn't have the preemptive multitasking of OS/2. But it had a much better interface, and didn't use any IBM-owned code. Windows' success soon became too much for IBM, and two companies had a falling-out. IBM started work on OS/2 2.0, which was a vast improvement over the first version. The 2.0 version dropped support for the 286 processor, which allowed it to run multiple DOS programs at once. It had a full featured graphical user interface that allowed you to manage your files as icons, back when Windows still retained DOS-like file management. But OS/2's biggest feature was its compatibility with Windows.
Due to the collaboration with Microsoft, IBM had the right to tie the Windows API into OS/2. This meant that, when combined with a pre-installed version of Windows 3.x, OS/2 could run Windows apps with high-tech preemptive multitasking. IBM sold this as "A better DOS than DOS; A better Windows than Windows". It was a great idea that would lead to a spectacular failure.
OS/2 vs. Windows
OS/2 2.0 was technologically superior to Windows 3.x, but Microsoft had the upper hand in terms of marketing. They leveraged their relationships with IBM clone manufacturers to bundle Windows on every machine. IBM, on the other hand, tried to use OS/2 to increase the sales of their own PS/2 line of computers. This meant that, if you wanted to install OS/2 on a non-IBM machine, you had to go out and buy it. So even though OS/2 was a better DOS than DOS and a better Windows than Windows, it wasn't worth the extra money for most users. OS/2 was better, but DOS and Windows were good enough.
In the early 1990s, IBM pulled out the stops. With OS/2 3.0 and 4.0, they added the name "Warp" to make their software sound less stodgy. But despite heavy marketing, OS/2 Warp never took over. The big problem came from OS/2's compatibility with DOS and Windows. Since it could run DOS/Windows programs just fine, developers didn't bother taking advantage of OS/2's more advanced features. So there was never a lot of native software for the platform. Instead, there were two main groups of customers: über-geeks who wanted a high-tech OS, and embedded/enterprise customers who wanted a stable platform for things like servers and ATMs. This kept OS/2 on the market, but it didn't lead to world domination.
The Death of OS/2
In the end, Windows 95 killed off OS/2. Though it was still based on MS-DOS, Windows 95 looked and functioned like OS/2 to most end users. And it came bundled with every PC. For enterprise users who needed something more advanced than DOS, Microsoft had Windows NT. It was, quite simply, a better OS/2 than OS/2. Eventually, IBM gave up the fight. They discontinued development on OS/2, and within a couple of years, sold their PC business to Lenovo.
Today OS/2 is largely forgotten, though it still exists as a product called eComStation. eComStation caters mostly to enterprise installations of OS/2, those old servers and cash registers running an aging OS. Meanwhile a project called Blue Lion seeks to create a more modern version of OS/2 for all those geeks who want to run it on modern hardware. Whether they'll succeed has yet to be seen, but I wish them all the luck.
Did you ever use OS/2 back in the day? I didn't, though I read a lot about it in computer magazines of the time. I've only seen it in the wild once. It was on a server at Lansing Community College circa 2004, well after IBM got out of the business. Let me know in the comment section if you've ever used or seen OS/2.
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Steve Lovelace is a writer, photographer and graphic artist. After graduating Michigan State University in 2004, he taught Spanish in Samoa before moving to Dallas, Texas. He blogs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at http://steve-lovelace.com.
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Old Tree House, Launceston | Launceston Then!
Old Tree House stands within its own grounds, with a beautiful lawn approach, was built in 1907 for Captain Saunders and his wife, formerly Miss Christine Cowlard, sister to Henry and Edward Cowlard. On Christine's death who pre-deceased her husband, the property was left to Henry Cowlard who died suddenly in 1929. It was then turned into a private hotel which it remained as throughout the 1930's. During the Second World War, it was taken over by the Air Ministry. After the War it reverted back to a Hotel until it was acquired by the Regional Hospital Board to serve as a Maternity Home. The cost was £25,000 in total which was made up of £11,000 for the purchase, £2,000 compensation, £7,500 for conversion and alterations, and £5,000 for furnishings and equipment.
The conversion was carried out by the local firm of Hobbs and Knight Ltd., And involved a considerable amount of reconstruction.
The Home was designed to serve the whole of North Cornwall and a large area of West Devon. It had 15 beds and in charge at the opening was Matron B. Roberts who came from the Western Isles of Scotland and who had served 18 ½ years at Queen Charlottes Maternity Hospital in London. Her staff consisted of a sister-in-charge, a night sister, two staff sisters and various ward orderlies. There were five wards plus a labour ward suite. As well as the local Doctors in Launceston, the home from the start had its own Doctor on call, and the first was Dr. A. F. Pearson, M.B., Ch.B., M. R. C. O. G., of Holsworthy.
The official opening in 1952 was performed by MR. H. M. Medland (Plymouth) chairman of the Plymouth South Devon and East Cornwall Management Committee.
For the next 18 years, the home played host to many births and with today many proclaiming their pride in being an Old Tree baby. However by the 1970's, and a requirement to reduce costs, the maternity home was closed down in 1976, and the house was sold off to again become a private home to which it has remained to this day.


According to tradition, Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes (Madhyantavibhaga) was revealed by Maitreya to Asanga, and the radical view it presents forever changed the way Mahayana Buddhists perceive reality. Here, the Tibetan master Rongton unpacks this manual and its practices for us in a way that is at once accessible and profound, with actual practical meditative applications. The work explains the vast paths of the three vehicles of Buddhism, emphasizing the view of Yogacara, and demonstrates the inseparability of experience and emptiness. It offers a detailed presentation of the three natures of reality, an accurate understanding of which provides the antidotes to confusion and suffering. The translator's introduction presents a clear overview of all the concepts explored in the text, making it easy for the reader to bridge its ideas to actual practice.
Rongton Sheja Kunrig, also known as Rongtonpa and Shakya Gyaltsen (1367-1449), was one of the greatest scholars of the Sakya school, and indeed in all Tibetan history, who, like his principal teacher Yakton Sangye Pal, is especially renowned for his mastery of the prajnaparamita teachings and the text of the Abhisamayalankara. He taught at the great Sangphu Neuthog, and founded his own monastery of Nalendra in 1436. His most famous disciples were Shakya Chokden and Gorampa Sonam Senge. According to Shakya Chokden, he "had more students who understood philosophical texts than any Tibetan teacher of all time."


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Telecommunications company, Globacom, has commended Nigerian-born British boxer, Anthony Joshua, for outclassing Bulgaria's Kubrat Pulev on Saturday to retain his four world heavyweight titles: International Boxing Federation (IBF),World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Organisation (WBO), and International Boxing Organisation (IBO). In the bout held at SSE Arena in London, Joshua knocked out Pulev in the 9th of the scheduled 12 rounds. He had earlier sent his opponent to the canvas twice in round three before completing the job in round nine.
Commending the champion, Globacom in a statement in Lagos said, "Anthony Joshua, had again demonstrated the resilient spirit of Nigerians through the successful defence of his world boxing titles on Saturday", adding that "We are indeed very proud to have him as one of our brand ambassadors," It praised the boxer for his focus, tenacity and boxing prowess which earned him the victory.
Referring to its advert, "Heart of a Champion", which was released a few days before the fight, the company said that Joshua's victory truly symbolised the message "Champions go the distance and they go further", contained in the TVC.
Glo said, "Like you stated in the television commercial, 'I was born hungry for success, it's the Nigerian way', you clearly demonstrated, right from the start of the fight, the determination to excel, the resilience and the 'can-do' spirit which Nigerians are known for, thus achieving the remarkable victory."
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Ash Wednesday in Rome
Half an hour before sunrise on Ash Wednesday, hundreds of English-speakers from all over Rome will begin walking to the ancient basilica of St. Sabina on the Aventine Hill. They'll start from student residences, from embassies to Italy and the Holy See, and from the Vatican. TheSchwerpunkt, or focal point, for all this activity is the Pontifical North American College: more than 250 seminarians, student-priests, priest-faculty, and staff, having walked from the Janiculum Hill to the Aventine, will form the largest single contingent at St. Sabina on Ash Wednesday.
That is as it should be. For St. Sabina is the first "station" in the Roman station church pilgrimage of Lent, a tradition dating back to the middle centuries of the first Christian millennium. And the station church pilgrimage, which extends throughout Lent and involves some forty churches, has become, today, a predominantly Anglophone—indeed, a predominantly American—phenomenon, having been revived for the third millennium by the North American College.
I got a sense of just how American this venerable custom has become when I spent all of Lent 2011 in Rome, making the station church pilgrimage in full with my son Stephen and my friend Elizabeth Lev, as we prepared our book on this unique spiritual, historical, and aesthetic journey, Roman Pilgrimage: The Station Churches (Basic Books).
On the Thursday after Ash Wednesday 2011, at 7 a.m., perhaps 250 English-speakers crowded into the small basilica of St. George in Velabro for the second Mass of Lent. Forty-five minutes later, a brave group of Germans came to honor the station church tradition by celebrating a beautifully chanted Mass together; there were seven of them. The next day, the same large English-speaking congregation climbed the Caelian Hill at dawn, to the station church of Sts. John and Paul. Stephen and I came back to the basilica later that afternoon to do some more photography and accidentally found ourselves in the midst of the stational Mass sponsored by the Vicariate of Rome, the local diocese: there were about twelve concelebrants, and perhaps another dozen people.
All of which explained the answer I got when I asked my friend Hanna Suchocka, the Polish ambassador to the Vatican, why she regularly attended the 7 a.m. English-language station church Mass rather than the more convenient 5:30 p.m. Vicariate of Rome Mass at the station church of the day: "Because I found a living Church here [i.e., at the American-sponsored Mass]."
St. Sabina is a splendid place to begin the station church pilgrimage. As Liz Lev puts it in Roman Pilgrimage, "The Basilica of St. Sabina crystallized Roman Christianity's vision of the perfect church" with its remarkable "synergy of light, space, and decoration." St. Sabina is also home to the oldest known depiction of the crucifixion, on the cypress doors of its porch: an image caught beautifully in one of Stephen's Roman Pilgrimage photographs and a reminder that Lent is a journey with the Lord "up to Jerusalem," where Jesus will meet his messianic destiny in the Paschal Mystery.
Liz's, Stephen's, and my intention in Roman Pilgrimage was to put readers "inside" the station church pilgrimage experience. Liz's brilliant descriptions of each church's architecture and decoration give the reader a sense of "being there" and understanding what, in fact, is "there." Stephen's striking photographs are not modeled on high-end architectural magazines, where places lack people; the photos in Roman Pilgrimage, either in the hardback or the e-book (where all the photos are in color and can be "zoomed" out by tapping on them), literally put you "inside" the stational basilica of the day, with the "living Church" of which Hanna Suchocka spoke. My meditations on the daily Mass and Divine Office texts suggest something of what that "living Church" is pondering, day by day, as it walks through Rome while, imaginatively, walking up to Calvary and the Empty Tomb.
Americans in Rome have revived an ancient Catholic tradition that had lain dormant for centuries. That's the happy fact to which Roman Pilgrimage: The Station Churches bears witness; that's an experience readers can now share.
George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. and holds EPPC's William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies. Mr. Weigel's syndicated Catholic press column, "The Catholic Difference," is the most widely circulated Catholic press column in the country, reaching a combined readership of some two million persons each week.
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Red Deer was looking to right the ship after a tough loss to Saskatoon
After a tough 4-1 loss to the Saskatoon Blades last weekend where the Rebels looked completely out of sorts, they were looking to right the ship against their QEII rivals – the Calgary Hitmen.
Both Calgary and Red Deer came into the game having lost three of the last five games and were looking to get back in the win column.
The Rebels looked ready to play right out of the gate when Lane Zablocki notched his second goal of the season in the first minute of play.
The Hitmen would play Red Deer even for the rest of the first period, with chances going both ways but neither team managing to find the twine.
The Rebels would manage to extend their lead six minutes into the second when Brandon Hagel and Kristian Reichel hooked up Mason McCarty for his team-leading ninth goal of the season.
The Rebels would have have the majority of the chances, but would be unable to capitalize again, keeping score at 2-0 heading into the final frame.
The Rebels would start the third similar to how they started the first, with a quick goal in the first two minutes by Austin Pratt.
Red Deer Captain Grayson Pawlenchuk would follow that up with his seventh of the season on a beauty feed from Jared Dmytriw with 12 minutes to go.
"That was a lot better game compared to our last one," Pawlenchuk said. "It was a lot better in terms of playing a 60-minute game.
"We had four lines going and that is was we want to play," Rebels' Coach Brent Sutter said.
The Hitmen would finally show some life a minute later when Jake Bean found Tristen Nielson for his first goal of the season, bringing the score to 4-1 Red Deer.
The Hitmen would follow that up with a late goal by Drea Esposito with 37 seconds, remaining, however the Rebels would run away with the 4-2 victory.
"Our effort and compete level was certainly at a different level than it was last weekend," Sutter said. "That is what we wanted to see. We played with emotion and intensity."
Rebels' netminder Ethan Anders would stop 24 shots in the win.
"He stood on his head and made a couple great saves. That is definitely great to have," Pawlenchuk said.
"I felt good about our preparation for tonight in terms of the kid's mindsets," Sutter added.
The Rebels would play again the following evening against the visiting Prince George Cougars.
Unforuntately for the home team, the Cougars would run away with a tough-to-swallow 4-1 win.
The Cougars would notch goals from Jackson Leppard, Josh Mason, Brogan O'Brien and Aaron Boyd.
Prince George goaltender Tavin Grant would stop 34 of the Rebels 35 shots on goal.
McCarty would score the only goal for the Rebels, who dropped to 6-5-0-0 and would move in to a virtual lock with Edmonton and Medicine Hat in the Central Division all with 12 points.
The Rebels will look to get back on track this weekend where they play two games at home-Friday against Spokane and Saturday against Regina.
Spokane comes into the game into the game three in the U.S. division at 7-5-0-1 for 14 points and the Pats are currently sitting first in the Eastern Conference Wild Card race at 7-5-1-0.
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A council report's found the proposed Navitus Bay wind farm would be bad for Bournemouth.
It's the conclusion of a detailed local impact report commissioned by Bournemouth Borough Council into the likely effects of the 194 wind turbines, each up to 200 metres in height.
Due to be considered at today's Cabinet meeting (23 July 2014), the report lists how hundreds of thousands of potential visitors are expected to be put off visiting the resort during the construction and operational phases of the wind farm, with many staying away permanently.
"Residents who attended our public meeting told us they are opposed to this wind farm, and now the report clearly shows that this proposal is bad for Bournemouth. The unequivocal evidence is that it will have a huge negative impact on our tourism economy, our residents and our environment.
According to Navitus' own figures, 32 per cent of the resort's seven million annual visitors would be put off coming to Bournemouth during the four and a half year construction phase, with a long term downturn of 14 per cent.
Any loss in the number of visitors to the resort would have a direct potential negative impact on spend in the town and so on employment. The Local Impact Report found that any potential income from the wind farm would be outweighed by a substantial loss to the tourist trade and the local economy.
"Other concerns raised in the report include the impact on water quality. With four Blue Flag beaches of its own and another four in Poole, the bay has more Blue Flags than any other beach destination in the UK. We are concerned that there will be a risk to water quality, threatening our cherished Blue Flag status.
Other issues to be discussed include the negative impact on wildlife. The borough has 10 local nature reserves, 14 sites of national importance, four SSSIs and three protected sites of heathland. The report found that important migrant birds such as the nightjar, hobby and hen harrier would be harmed as a result of the wind farm development.
The Cabinet meeting commences at 10.30am at Bournemouth Town Hall.
In May, UNESCO warned it could lead to Dorset's Jurassic Coast losing it's World Heritage status, because it would stop being a 'natural setting largely free from man-made structures'.


I love a good sour dough pancake and had a hankering for some. We broke out the crock, peeled a russet potato and mixed up a batch of sour dough pancake goodness. The next batch of sour dough will be used for some amazing biscuits.


Over a decade after the death of famed author and psychonaut Hunter S. Thompson, a small part of his legacy might find new life—and a spot in a dispensary near you. On Sunday, Anita Thompson announced that she was partnering with a cannabis company to clone her deceased husband's favorite strains and sell them to the public.
Speaking to The Aspen Times, Anita said that she had met with marijuana vendors about 10 times since Colorado legalized cannabis, but had turned them all down.
While Anita did not detail the exact method the unnamed company planned to use, cloning a dead donor plant is theoretically possible, though far more difficult than techniques involving living material. To Anita, however, the project isn't about the marijuana but rather the resulting revenue she could use to keep Hunter's literary legacy alive.
"Although the the 'drug lord' phrase is silly as it doesn't match my personality, I am looking forward to making the authentic strains available in legal states to support the Farm and the scholarships," she wrote.


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The management of the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) has said workers, after a series of negotiations led by their union executives, made an initial demand of a 62% salary increment to the Management, and subsequently reduced it to 55%.
In response, the Management of VALCO, said it offered to grant a 22% increment in salaries for the workers with the assurance of further increment in the future as VALCO continues its efforts in finding a strategic investor to retrofit the plant.
The Management said it appealed to the workers to consider the current state of the Aluminium Smelter which, for years, has been recording lossesuntil the year 2021 where, through prudent management and better supervision, chalked some modest gains recording Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation & Amortization (EBITDA) profits.
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They added that they are hoping to build on this and retrofit and modernize the plant to improve efficiency and increase its capacity.
"Management of VALCO further indicated to the workers union executives that they will on November 1, 2022, finalise a communique for submission to the National Labour Commission (NLC) for independent third-party adjudication in accordance with law after negotiations between Management and the workers ended up in a stalemate.
"However, the workers would have none of this and on October 31, 2022, embarked on a full-blown takeover of the Smelter, insisting they would not allow the Executive Management into the Plant."
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The Workers demonstrated on Tuesday November 1 for the removal of retirees who are still occupying top posts in the company.
The Local Union Secretary, Douglas Marfo told TV3's Joseph Armstrong in an interview that the stay of these officials in office is negatively affecting the company.
"These are retirees who are supposed to go on retirement," he said.
He further mentioned "Paa Kwesi Awhrien, HR director, Emmanuel Arhin the IT Director," who have to go.
Armstrong further reported that the company has shut down.
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) cut power supply to the place.
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If you are just missing a few teeth, then only partial dentures are called for. A partial denture, also known as a bridge, fills the gap left by a row of several missing teeth, or may leave intermittent slots for remaining natural teeth. These dentures are extremely versatile and will be custom made for your exact needs.
A partial denture is constructed of a pink acrylic base set with life-like false teeth. The entire bridge is supported by a metal framework. Partial dentures can have either of two modes for attachment; removable or permanent. Let's take a look at both styles.
Removable partial dentures may use metal clasps that attach to remaining natural teeth, often referred to as abutments. A crown is usually added to the abutment teeth to provide the denture with added strength and give a better fit. Another type of clip called a precision attachment may also be used with this denture. Precision attachments generally look better and are nearly invisible when the denture is in place.
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Partial dentures can also be installed permanently, and are generally referred to as fixed dentures. Again, crowns will be installed to the abutment teeth to beef up support. The partial denture may then be bonded directly to the abutment teeth for a secure permanent fit.
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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867, while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically, the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across the world's longest international border. Canada faces the political challenges of meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care, education, social services, and economic competitiveness, as well as responding to the particular concerns of predominantly francophone Quebec. Canada also aims to develop its diverse energy resources while maintaining its commitment to the environment.
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Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Tracts of Territorial Lands in Nunavut (Kivalliq area) Order (SI/2016-29).
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First Nations Financial Transparency Act (S.C. 2013, c 7).
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Live Music at the Orange Peel
Photograph by David Simchock
Published: March 23, 2012 Updated: October 27, 2016
By Nathan Swartz
Willcall poses art deco, a glass wall with a hole and a speaker to talk to a dark haired man sporting a mustache and several days of scruff across the landscape of his face.
He's dressed in a red and white vertically striped shirt which somehow makes him seem like a top hat and suspenders are a given, even if he's not actually wearing them. I half suspect him to walk onto the stage later with a cane and start singing ragtime. Our tickets in hand and through the doors, though, it's clear we're hear to see Todd Snider, storytelling country folk rock Americaner, his booth the first thing you see through the doors, giant Peace Love and Anarchy flag emblazoned thereon. The space is massive, with solid wooden floors, a vaulted ceiling, a proper stage. The back corner, stage right if you will, wears signs proclaiming upcoming events framed with round white lights, a banister and some stairs separate the few packed tables in this VIP seating area from the main floor and the adjacent bar. Asheville's finest, the eclectic bunch that they are, fill the venue. Sepia toned hipster twenty somethings, families with younger children, the middle aged wearing their blue and khaki work clothes or favorite North Carolinian college team's logo. A mother sits at one of only a handful of hightop tables that line the back of the hall, her sleeping infant in her lap never wakes up once through the entire night's performance.
It's a proper stage, with the kind of classic purple and orange lighting that I thought went the way of the 80s Hair Band, but just adds the perfect amount of mood to this large, mural-laiden hall. Beers are flowing from taps donning the names of local breweries like Green Man IPA and Highland Gaelic Ale. Filling cup after plastic cup, the line for beers never dwindles even as everyone attempts to find their folding metal seat—yes, tonight's show is seated—but it's chaotically intimate and you're never more than a few steps away from getting your next refill without missing a moment of the performance. I go for a Pisgah Pale and another for my lady as we disappear into the crowd. Getting a seat up front at this point isn't even on the menu, but a few empty spots to the far end of the last row, still only fifty feet or so from the stage, promise a great spot to see Mr. Snider himself while still being able to stand when we want without feeling like we're blocking some seated fans behind us. As we're sipping our beverages and waiting for the show to begin the rare few seats left unoccupied by men, women and place-holding jackets are causing a small battle a few rows ahead of us.
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"Anyone sitting here?" I can see a mid-fortyish man's lips mouthing the words, his arm waving to his wife still on the outskirts of the row. I can't hear his words over the crowd, piling in deep behind us, but another man sitting by the empty chairs nods, indicating he's saving them for someone. The man standing shakes his head in contempt and his wife motions for him to come back to the edge of the row. He puts his knee, one first then the other, onto the seat and holds onto the back of it with his hands, tilting his head just so to make it clear to the wife and man seated next to him that these chairs will be filled by their particular backsides. Todd Snider comes onto the stage and everyone around us looking on snickering at the situation forgets about crowd shenanigans to focus on the musician.
Otherwise, it's a snug, buddy-buddy affair, as seated shows often are, and Todd tells us his trademark stories, fingerpicks background tunes and, almost spoken word, sings his songs. The crowd doesn't stay seated for long, and soon enough we're all on our feet clapping, cheering and occasionally singing along. He plays two sets, with a break in the middle that bellies the bar up to capacity all the while the outdoor smoking deck fills itself with smiling audience members, some first timers to the experience touting how much they love the venue, the stories, the atmosphere in general as the mountain air holds crisply as ever to the longtime locals and old Todd Snider fans who are just enjoying it all again. We all choke down our cigarettes as quickly as possible and herd back in before the second set.
Occasionally, someone calls out a request from the front which can't quite be heard by those of us in the back rows, and the man on stage complies. Here and there puffs of smoke rise into the officially non-smoking establishment, and a particular smell of something green fills the air. Two encores after that, half of the crowd is hanging around to see if Mr. Snider will make an after-show appearance or simply to continue the party and reminisce on the still hot night's steamy aftermath. We leave, heading up Biltmore Avenue wading through the street's plenteous late night crowds, drunken locals reveling in a Saturday Night harmoniously amongst tourists in town for the show doing some late night boutique window shopping.
Video games have taken the soul out of Rock and Roll
We were just so fortunate enough to see one of our favorite musicians at the Orange Peel this night, but as much as Asheville and it's surrounding Western North Carolinian mountains are prone to such singer/songwriter or fiddle and mandolin bands, everyone from the Smashing Pumpkins to Yonder Mountain String Band, Cannibal Corpse to Mute Math, Henry Rollins to Ziggy Marley have played the hall. Tribute bands like BadFish, Leds Dead and Darkstar Orchestra are as likely as Ice Cube or the Goodie MOB. Such an eclectic array of performers likely finds itself seeded in the diverse background of the venue. In the 1950s, it echoed with the sounds of the rollerskating adolescents of the day, in a time when rolling around in circles with your sweetheart was as much fun as one might ever need. Later it became a collection of nightclubs mostly playing R&B or soul, one of which went by the name the Orange Peel. Times changed and the building found itself a warehouse for auto parts for sometime, before being rescued by a local developer and transformed into the venue it is today, named after the Original Orange Peel, as the owner's wife recalled the regal of the venue growing up 1970's Asheville.
I spoke with Liz Whalen, The Orange Peel's Marketing Manager, about what exactly it is about the location that puts it so prominently on a map of America's music landscape, even when it's a relatively small space in a little mountain town many people have never heard much about.
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Todd Barry – POSTPONED
Welcome To Night Vale – CANCELLED
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"I think it has a lot to do with Asheville, more than anything, and then secondary to that is the club's reputation and AC Entertainment's relationship with major bands and their agents." AC Entertainment is a booking company based in Knoxville, Tennessee, who aside from working with The Orange Peel and several other southeastern clubs, is responsible for the lineup at Bonnaroo. Indeed, there's likely little doubt that a great booking agent, coupled with the club's music experts on staff, have a good deal to do with it, but Asheville itself is exhaling lungfuls of this certain spirit that just seems to make anything that happens here a good thing. The venue marks the southern end of what should be considered "downtown Asheville", and immediately upon heading north you're thrust into the charm the city provides: a "real city" feel from what is arguably a big town. Skyscrapers just barely earning that monicker, crowded, but not too, streets, music pouring out of every bar as freely as the local beers, and the footsteps left behind as likely to come from a pair of Dockers as Doc Martins.
Asheville is a music city.
It's not just big name acts choosing to play The Orange Peel which makes this a music lover's town. The local scene, while often dominated by bluegrass and Americana, tends to keep it's fingers stewing in a cornucopia of pots. Southern fried rock and roll is still alive here, as rare as that may be these days, while the digital sound is bubbling up as the new local emergence even while the faithful hold tight to their jam bands.
Jamie Dose of Velvet Truckstop, a band unafraid to play raw Southern Rock in a world still touting it's alternativeness, knows what makes the town so special. "Asheville is home…it retains a small town southern charm. It is a music city. One of the biggest concerts of the year nationally is held right here: The Warren Haynes Christmas Jam," referring to the festival coordinated by local Warren Haynes, of Gov't Mule and the Allman Brothers. "It's an annual Bonaroo. I think that Warren being an Asheville native has had a big impact on what is going on in AVL. The other reason would be the energy and talent of the local artist. We have an abundance of really talented musicians, some of which are designing new genres. This is a strength that you usually find in LA, Austin and New York. This alone validates the city of AVL as a music city. We also get a ton of national performers…I think they are curious and love the atmosphere. Artists love chaos."
The city was host to Moogfest, three days of synthesized, electronic-driven tunes honoring Bob Moog, an American inventor who is widely credited with developing the first successful electronic musical instrument. "Recently with the opening of the MOOG factory and what those folks are doing for music here has been really cool," says Joe Chang of local band Kovacs and the Polar Bear, "and could lead to bigger things, more exposure, what have you…but then again, Asheville is just Asheville. And I guess it's all really just hype, and when it comes down to it, it shouldn't matter. Who knows, I don't know. It's a beautiful place to be."
His nonchalance might be typical of an artist living and working in a scene dominated by beards and loose jam sessions, or it could just be Asheville's modesty shining through. It may be a liberal, progressive city, but this is still the South, and so the prerequisite manners and charm can never be completely wiped away.
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On the other end of the digital revolution that Moogfest embodies, Asheville is home to several record stores, including two within the same downtown block of Lexington Avenue: Static Age and Voltage Records. In an MP3 world, where teenagers have never even owned a CD player, let alone many of them ever having played an actual record, that's something to brag about.
"Yup its changed," Jamie of Velvet Truckstop laughs, only slightly showing his age. "The rise of karaoke and video games have taken the soul out of Rock and Roll…which is probably why you don't find it anymore." Jamie began following the dead in the 90s at age 14, "We travel backroads, write original material and play instruments. Its a dying art form. In these times, someone who has never played a gig can get a million hits on YouTube…and its probably not their song! We have entered the 'Cliff Notes' for self expression…and its a little scary."
Joe Chang, guitar player and keyboardist from Kovacs and the Polar Bear, shares a similar disconnect from the digital download era. "I'm not sure," he says about how the Internet in general has affected music, "I don't really live in an mp3 world. I think if an album is good, it'll find a way to the listener, and if it touches them, then they'll listen to and take in the entire record at once. I'd like to think that will never be lost. All my favorite records, I tend to think of them as a whole, like a little world they've created that I'm invited into and get lost in or find something in. Though the same could be said for a single song I suppose…and I'm always a wisher for the good old days."
Not that he's looking to wish away our www.moderndayreality, though. "I think the Internet is a great tool for bands to reach out and directly connect to an audience. It's crazy how many people I've met who've come through town or have emailed us, and they know such and such from such and such band from such and such place, it makes it seem a small world after all! And we have the Internet to thank for that!"
Speaking of the good old days, at the top of Lexington Avenue, across the street from Pack Square Park—a town square boasting plenty of green space, statues of pigs and a giant obelisk commemorating a Civil War era North Carolina Governer—four guys in sepia toned outfits seam to have stepped right out of a turn of the last century photograph. One plucks a gutbucket, a bass instrument consisting of a string attached to a flexible stick, all protruding from a washtub basin which produces the resonating sound accompanying the rest of the band on steel guitar, the fiddle, and a singing saw. While the Orange Peel is a fabulous place to see big national acts, these four gentleman, with an open guitar case reading "Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks" are the epitome of local Asheville music: old tyme, twangy and grass roots.
"The name Blind Boy Chocolate & The Milk Sheiks, which started as a joke, just stuck." Nick, the bands mandolin-banjo player, tells me. "It's really a triple-entendre that nods to race, food and old blues monikers like Blind Boy Fuller and bands like the Mississippi, Alabama or Beale Street Sheiks."
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However they came to be, whatever era they time machined out of and into a modern day Asheville, they're playing to a crowd of anyone walking through the city's streets. Busking, another term for street performing, is alive and well in Asheville, North Carolina.
"Dwight", the band's singing saw player, "had done a bit in his travels around the country," Nick tells me. "I started busking in Dublin, Ireland in 1999 and have done it here and there since then. I like playing with a group on the street because of the energy that it generates."
If you want to see local acts in a more traditional setting, one where you might be legally allowed to imbibe a little alcohol and have a bathroom at hand, the Grey Eagle is the choice of every band I spoke with.
"The Grey Eagle is a particularly nice place to play," he says. "It's an honor to play on the stage that has hosted so many country, blues and roots music greats. They do a great job with the sound, which is something, as street performers, that we hate to worry about at a gig. We've played the dive bars and we've played at the Orange Peel and we like them all."
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"The Grey Eagle is our baby," says another Nick, namesake of alt rockers Kovacs and the Polar Bear. "It is kind of like our home base. We've come to know the people who work there really well, and they are amazing. The sound there is great, and the people who come out are always so supportive." For a band who's played everything from birthday parties to warehouses in the city, that's a testament. Bandmate Joe Chang also mentions The Get Down, Bobo Gallery, Broadway's, and the Emerald Lounge as other great spots to see live music in Asheville. Though when asked if his favorite band were to come to town, where he'd most like to see them play, he simply replies "In my basement."
If Mr. Snider would have been up for it, I suppose having him do a personal set in the crawl space beneath our house in nearby Black Mountain wouldn't be all that bad.
Back at the Orange Peel, a different day, sunshine beaming down on the sidewalks packed nearly a block deep with college kids dressed in their skimpiest summer clothing as springtime comes early to the city, another act is getting ready to put on a show. The fans with tickets are waiting to get into the show itself, and others less fortunate or less interested, perhaps, are making their way into PULP, the Orange Peel's private lounge on the club's lower level where occasionally smaller acts can get a chance to play and the bigger shows upstairs are shown via a video stream. The Orange Peel isn't that large, holding around 1,000 fans, but it's a huge deal. It was named one of the top five venues in the country by Rolling Stone, and the success shows. Jack White is coming through on his solo tour and though he could've booked a bigger location, given that his show sold out in hours, he chose the Orange Peel. Even if you can't get into the Orange Peel, though, a dozen other acts could be seen in any of countless other venues around the city or in the small town satellites within a few minutes drive. Buskers keep every block's worth of open air full of sound, and the record shops are open for business if you want to take a little music back to wherever you're calling home. Though Asheville currently holds the title of "Beer City", it's no doubt that it's a music town through and through.
Nathan is the Editor-in-Chief around these parts, and has been traveling by train, bike, VW Bus and Airstream since 2008. He's on Instagram.
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The 2017 SilverLakes College Showcase will take place Thanksgiving Weekend on November 24-26 at Silverlakes premier 132-acre soccer facility. This Thanksgiving showcase will be a girl's only event and will host over 250 top tier teams in the 2005-1999 age groups from various regions of the United States. Total Global Sports software that combines events and college recruiting in one solution will power the Silverlakes event. "We are excited to continue to work with Silverlakes as they have quickly become one of the top showcase events in the country. With our all in one solution for players, colleges and tournaments all utilizing one system we feel confident in providing the best technology for one of the top college events." said Steve Patterson- CEO of Total Global Sports.


After a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Anchorage, Alaska area, many now face the overwhelming task of cleaning up and recovering what they can of the damage. For small business owners, the challenge of repairing their homes is compounded by the additional task of getting their business back up and running. While larger national corporations may have more resources to assist franchisees, small business owners likely won't have such luxuries.
Fortunately, as has been done most recently in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, the Small Business Administration (SBA) will be offering Disaster Relief Loans to help business owners in the process of recovering or repairing various aspects of their business. The SBA must first designate the incident as an SBA-declared disaster, after which they will declare which counties will be eligible for SBA Disaster Relief financing. While neither of these have yet been stated by the SBA, keep an eye out for announcements to see if your business qualifies.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is devoted to ensuring the success of small businesses, and offer great options to help businesses get what they need to thrive, or to rebuild. Most recently, the SBA offered disaster loans for those impacted by the wildfires in California. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the SBA approved $367 million in low-interest disaster relief loans to roughly 4,500 businesses in south Texas. They also offered deferment on payments of other SBA loans for those eligible for disaster loans as to alleviate some of the financial burden.
As the estimates of economic damage the area continue to rise, all eyes are on Alaska. The SBA's disaster assistance loan information can all be found here. Additionally, if the earthquake is declared a disaster, FEMA assistance may then be available for your business.
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Facebook's new image detection pilot will look to take on 'revenge porn'
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'Revenge Porn' has been an extremely important issue when ti comes to social media. Considering how almost everyone you know would have a profile on some or the other social media platforms, it is important that users are protected from all forms of revenge porn.
In lieu of the same, Facebook has finally introduced a pilot program to test and update their intimate image detecting system. The new image detection system has been updated through the implementation of advanced artificial intelligence technology. The social media giant has developed its new detection technology after consulting both victims and experts in various situation.
Facebook launched the pilot program to tackle the problem of 'revenge porn'. The aim is to delete non-consensual intimate images before they are even reported by users to improve user privacy and experience. The filter has also been implemented in Facebook's photo sharing based social network, Instagram.
The recent leaking of inappropriate images and non-consensual intimate images has been a major problem that has plagued the internet in recent years. Facebook has also come under heavy scrutiny for not being able to take quick decisive actions. The new development to the image filter would allow them to preserve the platform's content from any inappropriate images.
"We are thrilled to see the pilot expand to incorporate more women's safety organizations around the world, as many of the requests that we receive are from victims who reside outside of the US," said Holly Jacobs, Founder of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative.
The new AI-based filter would flag inappropriate content and take the post down before it is reviewed by a specially-trained member of Facebook's Community Operations team to check if the post is save to be viewed. The pilot program also allows users to submit particular photos on Facebook that they don't want to be shared without worrying about security issues, as an emergency option.
Facebook has made this new development available in Australia as of now.


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Pipestone County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,424. Its county seat is Pipestone.

History
The county was formed on May 23, 1857, by act of the territorial legislature, but was not organized at that time. The area was first designated Rock County while the name Pipestone County was attached to neighboring Rock County. An act of the Minnesota state legislature on February 20, 1862, swapped the designations, attaching the present names to the present counties, due to the pipestone quarry in this county.

Pipestone County organization was effected by a state act on January 27, 1879, with Pipestone City (which had been platted in 1876) as the county seat (the name of the county seat was later shortened to Pipestone). The pipestones are from deposits of red pipestone Native Americans used to make pipes.

Pipestone National Monument is in the county, just north of the town of Pipestone.

Geography
Pipestone County lies on Minnesota's border with South Dakota. The Rock River rises in the county and flows southward into Rock County, being augmented by the East Branch of the Rock River near the southern border. The terrain consists of low rolling hills, carved by drainages. The area is devoted to agriculture. The terrain slopes to the west and south, with its highest point on the upper part of its eastern border, at 1,883' (574m) ASL. The county has an area of , of which  is land and  (0.2%) is water.  The highest point in the eastern part of the county may be as stated but the highest summit is 1995 ft at 44.1927°, -96.2033°

Major highways

  U.S. Highway 75
  Minnesota State Highway 23
  Minnesota State Highway 30
  Minnesota State Highway 269

Adjacent counties

 Lincoln County - north
 Lyon County - northeast
 Murray County - east
 Rock County - south
 Minnehaha County, South Dakota - southwest
 Moody County, South Dakota - west
 Brookings County, South Dakota - northwest

Protected areas

 Altona State Wildlife Management Area
 Burke State Wildlife Management Area
 Holland State Wildlife Management Area
 Pheasant Terrace State Wildlife Management Area
 Pipestone Indian State Wildlife Management Area (within Pipestone Natl Monument)
 Pipestone National Monument
 Prairie Coteau Scientific and Natural Area
 Split Rock Creek State Park
 Troy State Wildlife Management Area
 Van Beek State Wildlife Management Area
 Woodstock State Wildlife Management Area

Lakes
Pipestone County is one of only four Minnesota counties without a natural lake, the other three being Mower, Olmsted and Rock. It does contain manmade reservoirs:
 Indian Lake
 Split Rock Lake: in Split Rock Creek State Park

Demographics

2000 census
As of the 2000 census, there were 9,895 people, 4,069 households, and 2,726 families in the county. The population density was 21.3/sqmi (8.22/km2). There were 4,434 housing units at an average density of 9.54/sqmi (3.68/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 96.68% White, 0.17% Black or African American, 1.48% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. 0.70% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 35.7% were of German, 24.8% Dutch and 14.3% Norwegian ancestry.

There were 4,069 households, of which 31.0% had children under age 18 living with them, 57.6% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.2% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.96.

The county population contained 25.8% under age 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 or older. The median age was 40. For every 100 females there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,909, and the median income for a family was $40,133. Males had a median income of $27,642 versus $20,759 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,450. About 7.8% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.2% of those under 18 and 11.1% of those 65 or older.

2020 Census

Communities

Cities

 Edgerton
 Hatfield
 Holland
 Ihlen
 Jasper (partly in Rock County)
 Pipestone (county seat)
 Ruthton
 Trosky
 Woodstock

Unincorporated communities

 Airlie
 Cazenovia
 Cresson
 Diamond Corner

Townships

 Aetna Township
 Altona Township
 Burke Township
 Eden Township
 Elmer Township
 Fountain Prairie Township
 Grange Township
 Gray Township
 Osborne Township
 Rock Township
 Sweet Township
 Troy Township

Government and politics
In recent decades Pipestone County has trended Republican. In no presidential election since 1976 has the county selected the Democratic nominee (as of 2020). In 2012 it was one of only two counties not to vote for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar.

See also
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Pipestone County, Minnesota

References

External links
 Pipestone County government's website

Minnesota counties
1879 establishments in Minnesota
Populated places established in 1879

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"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" recorded San Diego, California.
"Lying Is The Most Fun..." recorded live Denver, Colarado.
▓ Aardige plaat van "Panic! At The Disco" !!! Volgens mij niet echt nieuw meer, maar hij komt nu pas in de Nederlandse Top 40 binnen van 21-10-2006 ??? Precies 4 sterren !!!

"Now I'm of consenting age to be forgetting you in a cabaret
Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen may even ask my name
As she sheds her skin on stage
I'm seated and sweating to a dance song on the club's P.A.
The strip joint veteran sweeps you away
Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified peach and lime daiquiri

And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Oh, and isn't this exactly where you'd like me
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety

Oh, but I'm afraid that I
Well, I may have faked it and
I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
Well I'm afraid that I
Well that's right
That I may have faked it and
I wouldn't be caught dead in this place

Praying for love and paying in naivety"
Sicher nicht das beste von Panic! At The Disco, aber immerhin gut.
Klingt exakt wie die Vorgängersingle (Übertreibungen rocken!), insgesamt auch gar nicht mein Fall, die Band. Haargenau eine 3,5*, völlig willkürlich aufgerundet.
Bin eigentlich ein Fan von übelstem Alternative-Dreck, doch der hier nervt zu sehr.
Das Ganze ist mir bei Panic! At the Disco einfach immer eine Spur zu überdreht. Kann damit nicht viel anfangen.
Lockerer Song mit Piano. Da geben wir doch glatt mal vier Sterne!
Genau @phili92....nicht so oft !
Nett ist das kurze Kirmes-Interlude zwischendrin. Ansonsten Emo-Durchschnitt wie gehabt - trotz Piano.
Neu war das saugeil und eine riesen Hetz!
Kann ich heute kaum nachvollziehen.
My fave Panic! At The Disco song to date, almost worth a 6.
I never knew this was a single or that it even charted. It's pretty good though.
Quite suggestive but my absolute favourite of theirs.
Also my favourite from Panic at the Disco.

Edit: Not anymore, Ready To Go (Get Out Of My Mind) is now, but this is still good now.
Excellent track, but not as awesome as I Write Sins Not Tragedies.
Very good, the accordian is a great inclusion. Amongst the best P!ATD songs.
Not as good as "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" or other tracks from them but I like it a lot. Definitely one of the highlights from "A Fever You Can't So Sweat Out". Very catchy without you realising it initially. I also always tend to forget how catchy it is when I haven't heard it in a long time. So pleased it was a chart hit.
Sie geben mal wieder alles.
Fun track, although I prefer the singles either side of this.
Awesome track, one of their best!