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Chicago Underground Duo
Age of Energy
Northern Spy NS 020
Wadada Leo Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo
TUM CD 029
Not the most common configuration by any means, the mating of trumpet (or cornet) and drums is usually avoided because of a perceived lack of tonal colors and contrast. That concern hasn't daunted these duos, with the qualities implicit in Free Music adding to their singular audacity. At the same time each chooses to highlight their brass-percussion output in an original fashion. California-based trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, 72, and South African percussionist Louis Moholo-Moholo, 73, play completely acoustically on their first-ever meeting. In contrast the Chicago Underground Duo (CUD) consisting of corniest Rob Mazurek, 47, and drummer Chad Taylor, 39, utilize a variety of older percussion and up-to-the-minute electronic peripherals to expand their sound.
The differences are more than generational however. Smith, an early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, has been an exponent of highly original Jazz saturated sounds from his defining gigs with the likes of Anthony Braxton, to his recent pan-stylistic Golden Quartet program, which also provides the backbone for his recent Ten Freedom Summers project. Firmly grounded in his homeland's indigenous music as well as Jazz, Moholo-Moholo made his name with bands such as The Blue Notes and the Brotherhood of Breath, and has continued to utilize that blend of swing, improv and kwela in his playing. He and Smith aim for panoramic compositions and improvisations, most notably the nearly 25 minute "Ancestors" which reflects both antiquity and futurism.
Having moved from playing so-called straight Jazz to textures that welcome layered and processed computer programming, Mazurek and Taylor design a constantly moving sound design no matter how it's constructed. Age of Energy's defining piece is the almost 20-minute "Winds of Sweeping Pines", which is only latterly concerned with the sort of virtuosic skills the older men display on their disc. Instead it relies on stacking improv, electronica, Jazz and even Rock evocations on top of one another, showcasing textural originality.
Uniting all four of CUD's tracks are a series of undefined pulsations, drones, wave forms and echoing sequences created with and without studio overdubbing. Perhaps Mazurek and Taylor should be lauded for following the latter path on the title track, but in truth the most notable components are Mazurek's sharp cornet stabs, which cut chromatically across Taylor's backbeat smacks and ruffs. Furthermore the drummer's mbira twangs when coupled with the cornetist's well-modulated tones on the minimalist "Castle in Your Heart" resemble mid-1950s Milt Jackson and Miles Davis playing a ballad; especially when related to the recurring drone layering and sequences of processed voices which proceed the track on "It's Alright". Among the pulsating sibilate-like tones and thick rubs that make up the sonic landscape, those which are most conspicuous are the multiple mirror-image splintering and splayed brass timbres plus a percussion interlude which appears to be glass bouncing against a drum stick.
Correspondingly, although the extended "Winds of Sweeping Pines" set the scene with wonky electronic wriggling and repetative static oscillations, the track doesn't kick into gear until the synthesizer outputs a bass vamp that could have wandered over from Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon", which proceeds to accompany Mazurek's flutter-tongued smears and Taylor's staccato ruffs.
High quality in its hermetic electro-acoustic world, Age of Energy appears to lack the humanity present on Ancestors. On that CD, before the title suite's dual improvisation, the most revealing tracks pinpoint variations between the South African's and the American's playing and composing. For instance, Smith's "No Name in the Street, James Baldwin" is all balanced swing. As frenetic as the pace gets when the trumpeter's lines evolve from heraldic grace notes to bugle-like charges and finally exploding triplets, the drummer's wide cymbal swishes, intuitive bumps and pressurized recoils keep the interface balanced. A semi-dirge for his father, Moholo-Moholo's "Siholaro" moves in clear-cut sections. Beginning with a funereal tempo and ending hymn-like, the centre section is devoted to the percussionist quickening the tempo to a life-affirming dance at the same time as tremolo brass notes curve every which way.
Making extensive use of the percussion's and brass instruments' natural qualities, the "Ancestors" experiments with the timbres suggested by two of the world's oldest instruments that are beaten and blown. Except for a time during the exposition when it appears that Smith is shaking sandbags to contrast with Moholo-Moholo's flams, shakes and bounces, the trumpeter comments appropriately with his brass instrument every time the drummer introduces another improvisational sequence. Matching Moholo-Moholo's military paradiddles with smeary plunger work for instance, Smith outshines the percussionist's subsequent cymbal splatters plus flams and drags as he cleverly measures out a call-and-response formula with himself – matching brassy extended timbres with fully rounded slurs. Eventually as the drummer's theme variation expands so that his solo too is bifurcated enough to recall rhythms from both log and batá drums, Moholo-Moholo takes centre stage to vocally rhyme off the names of a series of musical heroes they both honor. "We love you" he shouts after each person is named.
Although this jam session indulgence ultimately weakens the title track, the CD confirms that age is no barrier to creating definitive improvised music, although slightly more thought-out programming would have been welcomed. The CUD session on the other hand is weakened by slightly too much programming.
Putting aside minor quibbles, both these CDs are still valuable demonstrations of creativity in unusual duo settings.
—Ken Waxman
Track Listing: Ancestors: 1. Moholo-Moholo/Golden Spirit 2. No Name in the Street, James Baldwin 3. Jackson Pollock - Action 4. Siholaro 5. Ancestors Part 1 6. Ancestors Part 2 7. Ancestors Part 3 8. Ancestors Part 4 9. Ancestors Part 5
Personnel: Ancestors: Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet and percussion) and Louis Moholo-Moholo (drums, percussion and voice)
Track Listing: Age: 1. Winds of Sweeping Pines 2. It's Alright 3. Castle in Your Heart 4. Age of Energy
Personnel: Age: Rob Mazurek (cornet, electronics and voice) and Chad Taylor (drums, mbira, drum machine and electronics)


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Gilead to Present Data Across Viral Hepatitis and Liver Fibrosis at The Liver Meeting® 2022, Reinforcing Gilead as a Leader in Addressing Treatment Needs for People Living With Liver Disease
– More than 70 Clinical and Real-World Abstracts Address Key Treatment Needs in Liver Disease –
– Integrated Analyses from Three Studies Underscore the Efficacy and Safety Profile of Hepcludex®, for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis Delta Virus –
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gilead Sciences, Inc., (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that clinical and real-world data from more than 70 abstracts will be presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) The Liver Meeting®, taking place from Nov. 4-8, 2022. Key presentations include Week 48 integrated efficacy and safety analyses from Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies of Hepcludex® (bulevirtide), Gilead's first-in-class investigational treatment for chronic hepatitis delta virus (HDV), and preclinical data on hepatitis B virus (HBV), which was selected to be included in AASLD's "Best of the Liver Meeting" meeting highlights. The oral presentation will share preclinical research on an investigational HBV therapeutic vaccine as a potential component for an HBV cure regimen. New data will also be presented on the efficacy and safety of Vemlidy® (tenofovir alafenamide) chronic treatment in HBV, and Epclusa® (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir) curative treatment in chronic hepatitis C (HCV) across specific populations.
"At this year's The Liver Meeting, our latest research helps to address some of the most significant needs of people living with liver diseases globally. It includes analyses from our clinical program on bulevirtide for the treatment of chronic hepatitis delta virus and preclinical data demonstrating the progress Gilead is making on the journey towards a potential cure for hepatitis B," said Anu Osinusi, Vice President, Clinical Research for Hepatitis, Respiratory and Emerging Viruses at Gilead. "Through our ongoing research programs, we continue our longstanding commitment to address the unmet needs of people impacted by liver diseases."
Safety and Efficacy Profile of Bulevirtide Further Demonstrated in Integrated Analyses
Gilead will present data from several clinical studies on bulevirtide, underscoring the clinical utility of bulevirtide as a potential treatment option for people living with chronic HDV. Data will be presented from two integrated analyses of Week 48 data from three studies evaluating the safety (MYR204) and efficacy (MYR203 and MYR301) of bulevirtide for the treatment of chronic HDV (PO-1016 and PO-1024).
Analyses of healthcare data will also be presented, highlighting the substantial economic cost, resource utilization and quality-of-life burden associated with HDV (PO-3469). An analysis of MYR301 using self-completed ratings of patients' health evaluates the impact of bulevirtide across several quality-of-life markers (PO-1019).
Bulevirtide was granted Breakthrough Therapy and Orphan Drug designations by the FDA. Bulevirtide is not approved by the U.S. FDA and is conditionally authorized under the tradename Hepcludex® in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom.
Early Research Exploring Potential HBV Cure Approach Selected for "Best of the Liver Meeting"
Gilead will present preclinical HBV research selected for the "Best of the Liver Meeting". The preclinical data demonstrates that an alternating-vector immunization strategy, utilizing a combination of Pichinde virus (PICV) (GS-2829) and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) vectors (GS-6779), could serve as a potential backbone component of an HBV cure combination regimen based on the magnitude and consistency of HBV-specific T cell responses (PO-23). This important research adds to the progress in Gilead's cure research program for HBV.
Gilead will also present safety and efficacy data for Vemlidy® (tenofovir alafenamide 25 mg, TAF) in children and adolescents (age 6 to less than 18 years of age and weighing 25 kg or more) with chronic HBV. The data showed that the efficacy and safety observed at Week 24 was maintained through Week 48, while continued treatment with TAF for 48 weeks resulted in increased rates of virologic and biochemical responses (HBV DNA <20 IU/mL). No resistance was observed in this population at Week 48 (PO-1184).
Vemlidy is indicated for the treatment of chronic HBV in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with compensated liver disease. The use of Vemlidy for other patient populations is investigational, and the safety and efficacy for these uses have not been established. The U.S. full Prescribing Information for Vemlidy contains a BOXED WARNING for post-treatment severe acute exacerbation of hepatitis B. See below for U.S. Important Safety Information.
New Treatment Approaches for HCV Explored
To achieve the World Health Organization (WHO) goal of elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030, innovative care delivery models and rapidly effective treatment are needed to continue progress.
Gilead will present an interim analysis of a real-world study that found utilizing a test and treat strategy implemented by non-specialists with Epclusa® (400 mg sofosbuvir/100 mg velpatasvir tablets) treatment achieved similar sustained virologic response rates at 12 weeks as those patients treated by specialists; SVR12 was 100% in the non-specialist group and 97.6% among those managed by specialists (OS-1296). Another study of nearly 1,400 participants found undetectable HCV RNA was achieved in >90% of patients at only 4 weeks of treatment and in 99.9% at 12 weeks (PO-1245). Finally, an analysis of Gilead's ReLink initiatives, which are designed to identify and engage people living with HCV into care, demonstrate that active case-finding, patient navigation and care coordination increased patient engagement and treatment success rates among people living with HCV (OS-25).
New Approaches to NASH Treatment and PSC Monitoring
Gilead continues to pursue scientific advances across the broader liver disease research and development program, including new approaches for potential treatment and monitoring in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).
Gilead will present data from the Phase 2b ATLAS Study utilizing SomaScan® plasma proteome analysis in people with NASH with advanced fibrosis, demonstrating specific activity of combination therapy with investigational compounds, cilofexor and firsocostat, compared to monotherapies (OS-75). Non-invasive tests to determine stage of fibrosis in PSC remain an unmet medical need for this patient population, where increased fibrosis is associated with a higher risk of liver-related morbidity. Gilead will present research indicating that blood-based and imaging-based non-invasive tests are useful in identifying significant fibrosis (Ludwig F2-F4) in patients with PSC (PO-4743).
The safety and efficacy of cilofexor and firsocostat have not been established. Cilofexor and firsocostat are investigational compounds and are not approved by the U.S. FDA or any other regulatory authority.
Select accepted abstracts being presented at AASLD 2022 include:
Abstract Title
Oral 23
GS-2829 / GS-6779 HBV Therapeutic Vaccine Generates Robust, Polyfunctional, Genotype Cross-Reactive CD8 T Cell Responses Accompanied by High Titers of Anti-HBsAg Antibodies
Poster 1184
Safety and Efficacy at 1 Year in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) Receiving Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF)
Bulevirtide Monotherapy is Safe and Well Tolerated in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis D (CHD): An Integrated Safety Analysis of 48-Week Data
Efficacy of Bulevirtide as Monotherapy for Chronic Hepatitis D (CHD): Week-48 Results from an Integrated Analysis
HDV Patient Perspective: The Impact of Disease and Current Unmet Needs
Understanding the Economic and Quality of Life Burden of Chronic Hepatitis Delta: A Systematic Literature Review
Bulevirtide Improves Health Related Quality Life Measured by EQ-5D VAS in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis Delta: An Exploratory Analysis of a Phase 3 Trial at 48 Weeks
Oral 1296
Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Could Be Treated with Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir for 12 Weeks by Non-Specialists: 2nd Interim Analysis of Prospective Study Helios-3
Effectiveness of Relink Initiatives to Re-engage Diagnosed-but-Untreated HCV-Positive Patients with Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment
Curing HCV with Direct-Acting Antiviral (DAA) Treatment: Adherence and Rapid Onset of HCV RNA Undetectability After 4 Weeks of Treatment with Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir
Combination Therapy with Cilofexor and Firsocostat Improves Plasma Fibrosis Biomarkers in Patients with Advanced Fibrosis Due to Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Exploratory Analyses of NASH Histology Using CRN Scores Derived From a Multi-Stain Machine Learning Method
Hsd17b13 Ablation Ameliorates NASH Fibrosis in Mice Through Regulation of Interferon Signaling and Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation
Associations of AST to Platelet Ratio Index (APRI), Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) Score, Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) and Liver Stiffness Measurement (LSM) with Fibrosis Stages in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
For more information, including a complete list of abstract titles being presented at the meeting, please visit https://aasldpubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hep.32697.
Please see below for the U.S. Indications and Important Safety Information, including BOXED WARNINGS, for Epclusa and Vemlidy.
U.S. Important Safety Information And Indication for Epclusa
BOXED WARNING: RISK OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS REACTIVATION IN HCV/HBV COINFECTED PATIENTS
Test all patients for evidence of current or prior hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection before initiating treatment with EPCLUSA. HBV reactivation has been reported in HCV/HBV coinfected patients who were undergoing or had completed treatment with HCV direct acting antivirals (DAAs) and were not receiving HBV antiviral therapy. Some cases have resulted in fulminant hepatitis, hepatic failure, and death. Cases have been reported in patients who are HBsAg positive, in patients with serologic evidence of resolved HBV, and also in patients receiving certain immunosuppressant or chemotherapeutic agents; the risk of HBV reactivation associated with treatment with HCV DAAs may be increased in patients taking these other agents. Monitor HCV/HBV coinfected patients for hepatitis flare or HBV reactivation during HCV treatment and post-treatment follow-up. Initiate appropriate patient management for HBV infection as clinically indicated.
If EPCLUSA is used in combination with ribavirin (RBV), all contraindications, warnings and precautions, in particular pregnancy avoidance, and adverse reactions to RBV also apply. Refer to RBV prescribing information.
Serious Symptomatic Bradycardia When Coadministered with Amiodarone: Amiodarone is not recommended for use with EPCLUSA due to the risk of symptomatic bradycardia, particularly in patients also taking beta blockers or with underlying cardiac comorbidities and/or with advanced liver disease. A fatal cardiac arrest was reported in a patient taking amiodarone who was coadministered a sofosbuvir containing regimen. In patients without alternative, viable treatment options, cardiac monitoring is recommended. Patients should seek immediate medical evaluation if they develop signs or symptoms of bradycardia.
Risk of Reduced Therapeutic Effect Due to Use with P-gp Inducers and/or Moderate to Strong Inducers of CYP2B6, CYP2C8 or CYP3A4: Rifampin, St. John's wort and carbamazepine are not recommended for use with EPCLUSA as they may significantly decrease sofosbuvir and/or velpatasvir plasma concentrations.
The most common adverse reactions (≥10%, all grades) with EPCLUSA in adults and pediatric patients 6 years of age and older were headache and fatigue; and when used with RBV in adults with decompensated cirrhosis were fatigue, anemia, nausea, headache, insomnia and diarrhea. The most common adverse reactions (≥10%, grade 1 or 2) in pediatric patients less than 6 years of age were vomiting and spitting up the drug.
Coadministration of EPCLUSA is not recommended with topotecan due to increased concentrations of topotecan.
Coadministration of EPCLUSA is not recommended with proton-pump inhibitors, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifabutin, rifapentine, efavirenz, and tipranavir/ritonavir due to decreased concentrations of sofosbuvir and/or velpatasvir.
Consult the full Prescribing Information for EPCLUSA for more information on potentially significant drug interactions, including clinical comments.
EPCLUSA is indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 3 years of age and older with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 infection without cirrhosis or with compensated cirrhosis and in combination with ribavirin for those with decompensated cirrhosis.
U.S. Important Safety Information and Indication for Vemlidy
BOXED WARNING: POST TREATMENT SEVERE ACUTE EXACERBATION OF HEPATITIS B
Discontinuation of anti-hepatitis B therapy, including VEMLIDY, may result in severe acute exacerbations of hepatitis B. Hepatic function should be monitored closely with both clinical and laboratory follow-up for at least several months in patients who discontinue anti-hepatitis B therapy, including VEMLIDY. If appropriate, resumption of anti-hepatitis B therapy may be warranted.
Risk of Development of HIV-1 Resistance in HBV/HIV-1 Coinfected Patients: Due to this risk, VEMLIDY alone should not be used for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. Safety and efficacy of VEMLIDY have not been established in HBV/HIV-1 coinfected patients. HIV antibody testing should be offered to all HBV-infected patients before initiating therapy with VEMLIDY, and, if positive, an appropriate antiretroviral combination regimen that is recommended for HBV/HIV-1 coinfected patients should be used.
New Onset or Worsening Renal Impairment: Postmarketing cases of renal impairment, including acute renal failure, proximal renal tubulopathy (PRT), and Fanconi syndrome have been reported with TAF-containing products. Patients with impaired renal function and/or taking nephrotoxic agents (including NSAIDs) are at increased risk of renal-related adverse reactions. Discontinue VEMLIDY in patients who develop clinically significant decreases in renal function or evidence of Fanconi syndrome. Monitor renal function in all patients – See Dosage and Administration.
Lactic Acidosis and Severe Hepatomegaly with Steatosis: Fatal cases have been reported with the use of nucleoside analogs, including tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF). Discontinue VEMLIDY if clinical or laboratory findings suggestive of lactic acidosis or pronounced hepatotoxicity develop, including hepatomegaly and steatosis in the absence of marked transaminase elevations.
Most common adverse reactions (incidence ≥5%; all grades) in all clinical studies through week 144 were headache, upper respiratory tract infection, abdominal pain, cough, back pain, arthralgia, fatigue, nausea, diarrhea, dyspepsia, and pyrexia.
Coadministration of VEMLIDY with drugs that reduce renal function or compete for active tubular secretion may increase concentrations of tenofovir and the risk of adverse reactions.
Coadministration of VEMLIDY is not recommended with the following: oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifabutin, rifampin, rifapentine, or St. John's wort. Such coadministration is expected to decrease the concentration of tenofovir alafenamide, reducing the therapeutic effect of VEMLIDY. Drugs that strongly affect P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) activity may lead to changes in VEMLIDY absorption.
Consult the full prescribing information for VEMLIDY for more information on potentially significant drug interactions, including clinical comments.
Testing Prior to Initiation: HIV infection.
Prior to or When Initiating, and During Treatment: On a clinically appropriate schedule, assess serum creatinine, estimated creatinine clearance, urine glucose, and urine protein in all patients. In patients with chronic kidney disease, also assess serum phosphorus.
Dosage: 1 tablet taken once daily with food.
Renal Impairment: Not recommended in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD; eCrCl <15 mL/min) who are not receiving chronic hemodialysis; in patients on chronic hemodialysis, on hemodialysis days, administer VEMLIDY after completion of hemodialysis treatment. No data are available to make dose recommendations in pediatric patients with renal impairment.
Hepatic Impairment: Not recommended in patients with decompensated (Child-Pugh B or C) hepatic impairment.
VEMLIDY is indicated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older weighing at least 25 kg with compensated liver disease.
About HDV
Chronic HDV is the most severe form of viral hepatitis and can have mortality rates as high as 50% within five years in cirrhotic patients. HDV occurs only as a co-infection in individuals who have hepatitis B virus (HBV). It is estimated that at least 12 million people worldwide are currently co-infected with HDV and HBV. HDV co-infection is associated with a faster progression to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatic decompensation and an increased risk of liver cancer and death. In the U.S. and Europe, there are more than 230,000 people living with HDV; however, it remains underdiagnosed globally.
About Gilead Sciences in Liver Disease
For more than 20 years, Gilead has sought to address some of the biggest challenges in liver disease. The company has transformed the trajectory of multiple liver diseases through a relentless pursuit of innovation and pioneering access programs to bring meaningful therapies to people around the world. More work is required, and Gilead is committed to advancing innovative therapeutics to address the most pressing unmet needs in liver disease and overcoming barriers to better care.
About Gilead Sciences
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, including Gilead's ability to initiate, progress or complete clinical trials or studies within currently anticipated timelines or at all, and the possibility of unfavorable results from ongoing or additional clinical trials or studies, including those involving Hepcludex, Epclusa, Vemlidy, cilofexor and firsocostat; the possibility that Gilead may make a strategic decision to discontinue development of cilofexor, firsocostat and other investigational compounds, and as a result, the compounds may never be successfully commercialized; uncertainties relating to regulatory applications and related filing and approval timelines, including the risk that the FDA or EC may not approve Hepcludex for the treatment of HDV, and the risk that any such approvals, if granted, may be subject to significant limitations on use; and any assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. These and other risks, uncertainties and factors are described in detail in Gilead's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. The reader is cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and is cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to Gilead, and Gilead assumes no obligation and disclaims any intent to update any such forward-looking statements.
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Description Clemens O. Mueller's July 1907-May 1908 diary chronicles his family's summer trip to Europe, as well as his freshman year at Harvard University. His cousin and close friend Alex Vonnegut also attended Harvard that fall. The diary includes several scrapbook items such as ticket stubs and programs from European travel and Harvard. Mueller was the son of Indianapolis druggist J. George Mueller and Julia Schnull Mueller. His extended family, the Muellers, Schnulls, and Vonneguts, were prominent German Americans who lived in close proximity to each other on what is now Indianapolis's Old North Side.
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Abortion Pill Dangers Surface in Europe, Pacific
By Randall K. O'Bannon, Ph.D., NRL Director of Education & Research
Two reports this year from overseas, one from Portugal, the other from Australia, confirm what pro-lifers have been telling people for over a dozen years –– chemical abortions using the RU486 abortion technique are not only deadly for unborn children they are also unsafe for their mothers.
Although most people are unaware, bleeding issues with the chemical abortion method are serious. Also, as we shall see that the two-drug RU486 abortion technique may compromise a woman's immune system was first suspected years ago.
In 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) held a conference after at least half a dozen RU486 patients in North America died, four from Clostridium sordellii infections.
C. sordellii is actually a quite common bacterium, found in soil and often in the human intestinal tract. Actual infections with C. sordellii, however, are quite rare, occurring only when the bacteria gets into the bloodstream and begins to wreak havoc.
Presenters at the CDC/FDA conference offered evidence that the process suppressed a woman's immune system and exposed her to deadly toxins. But since European use of RU486 had resulted in no occurrences of C. sordellii, officials concluded that it was being pregnant that put the woman at risk of the infection, not having a chemical abortion (NRL News, May 2006).
On its face this made little to no sense. There had been very few cases of C. sordellii, among millions of pregnancies stretching out over several decades while there had been at least four cases in just a couple of years from less than a few hundred thousand RU abortions.
A report of a fatal C. sordellii infection in Portugal, however, associated with RU486, has recently surfaced at a medical conference in Europe. According to an abstract submitted for publication to the 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases conference May 7-10 in Milan, Italy, a 16-year-old girl died from a C. sordellii toxic shock syndrome after having an abortion with mifepristone (RU486) and the prostaglandin misoprostol.
Though the dosages and administration differed from the procedure outlined by the FDA in the U.S., the young girl followed a protocol common in both America and Europe: 200 mg of mifepristone taken orally followed by 800 mg of misoprostol inserted vaginally. (The FDA approved protocol doubles the dose of mifepristone and halves the dose of misoprostol, and recommends that both be taken by mouth.)
Five days after receiving the mifepristone, the young girl showed up at the emergency room of a maternity hospital complaining of abdominal cramping and being lightheaded, according to the abstract. She was alert, with low blood pressure, and not running any fever. However, within a few hours, her white blood count had soared, her blood had thickened, and she was fighting a serious infection.
She underwent a hysterectomy and was put in the ICU. She died within 18 hours after showing up at the ER. Forty eight hours later, a culture taken from her uterine biopsy revealed C. sordellii as the cause of the aggressive, deadly infection.
The case of the young girl in Portugal bears a striking resemblance to cases seen in the United States and Canada. A Canadian woman died of a massive C. sordellii infection in September of 2001 about a week after taking RU486.
San Francisco teen Holly Patterson died of the same sort of infection a week after her chemical abortion. Vivian Tran, a 22 year old mother of three, died within a week of her RU486 abortion in December of 2003. Twenty-two year old Chanelle Bryant, "perfectly healthy" before her mifepristone abortion, died of an infection in January of 2004.
Orianne Shevin, a 34-year-old mother of two, died of an infection in May of 2004 after her chemical abortion. Other women have died from heart attacks, blood loss, or ruptured ectopic pregnancies that went undetected. (For more details, see NRL fact sheet "Deaths Associated with RU-486″ at www.nrlc.org.)
Some researchers have pointed to what they think are RU486's immunosuppressant properties that allow a common pathogen like C. sordellii to become deadly. Others think that the prostaglandin misoprostol is responsible for the compromise of the immune system. Still others have expressed concern that the vaginal, rather than the oral administration of the misoprostol may be responsible for introducing the organism into the woman's reproductive system, where the anaerobic bacteria may thrive in the open, bleeding wound created by the chemical abortion.
After a couple of its own RU486 patients died, Planned Parenthood ceased the vaginal administration of misoprostol and added a prophylactic antibiotic. However other abortionists have not followed suit. Infections and other complications were reduced at Planned Parenthood following the protocol change, but they were not eliminated (NRL News, September, 2009).
Just this year a separate report from Australia, where the chemical abortion method was introduced in 2006, confirms that these abortions are indeed riskier than the surgical abortions they replaced.
One of mifepristone's selling points was supposed to be that it allowed women to avoid the risk of a surgical abortion.
But according to the audit of nearly 7,000 abortions done in South Australia in 2009 reported on in the May 7, 2011, edition of The Australian, 3.3% of women using mifepristone for first trimester abortions ended up visiting hospital emergency rooms—roughly one every 30 women. The rate for women undergoing surgical abortions was still high – 2.2.% – but significantly lower than for the chemical abortions.
Hospital admissions for those undergoing early chemical abortions (time not specified in the article) were 5.7%, about one out of every 18 women. Only 0.4% of the surgical patients were readmitted for post-operative treatment.
While many women express concern about the risks of surgical abortion, the risk of hemorrhage turned out to be significantly greater with mifepristone. Just two out of the 5,823 surgical patients suffered severe hemorrhage, or about one out of every 3,000. On the other hand, four of the 947 chemical abortion patients hemorrhaged, which is about one in every 200.
Hospital admissions for infection was one in 1,500 for surgical abortion, but one in 480 for chemical abortions.
Final outcomes are not listed in The Australian article, but the headline says it all: "Abortion pill 'less safe than surgery'."
Of course, neither surgical nor chemical abortions are entirely safe for the mother and at least one innocent life is lost with every abortion.
But what these reports show is that while the abortion pill has opened up new marketing avenues for the abortion industry, the new methods have not made abortion safer. As a matter of fact, they have made it riskier than ever.
That the industry would continue to promote and use these dangerous methods shows that they have never had a woman's health or safety as their primary concern.
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Finding the Plates at Hill Cumorah
Joseph View's the Plates,
By Joseph Lewis
Convenient to the village of Manchester, Ontario County, New York, stands a hill of considerable size, and the most elevated of any in the neighborhood; on the west side of this hill not far from the top, under a stone of considerable size, lay the plates deposited in a stone box: this stone was thick and rounding in the middle on the upper side, and thinner towards the edges, so that the middle part of it was visible above the ground, but the edge all around was covered with earth.
Having removed the earth and obtained a lever which I got fixed under the edge of the stone and with a little exertion raised it up, I looked in and there indeed did I behold the plates, the Urim and Thummim and the Breastplate as stated by the messenger. The box in which they lay was formed by laying stones together in some kind of cement; in the bottom of the box were laid two stones crossways of the box, and on these stones lay the plates and the other things with them.
I made an attempt to take them out but was forbidden by the messenger and was again informed that the time for bringing them forth had not yet arrived, neither would be until four years from that time, but he told me that I should come to that place precisely in one year from that time, and that he would there meet with me, and that I should continue to do so until the time should come for obtaining the plates. Accordingly as I had been commanded I went at the end of each year, and at each time I found the same messenger there and received instruction and intelligence from him at each of our interviews respecting what the Lord was going to do and how and in what manner His Kingdom was to be conducted in the last days.
The Four Intervening Years
As my father's worldly circumstances were very limited, we were under the necessity of laboring with our hands, hiring by day's work and otherwise as we could get opportunity, sometimes we were at home and sometimes abroad and by continued labor were enabled to get a comfortable maintenance.
In the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four my father's family met with a great affliction by the death of my eldest brother Alvin. In the month of October, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, I hired with an old gentleman, by the name of Josiah Stoal, who lived in Chenango County, State of New York.
He had heard something of a silver mine having been opened by the Spaniards in Harmony, Susquehannah County, State of Pennsylvania, and had previous to my hiring with him been digging in order, if possible, to discover the mine. After I went to live with him he took me among the rest of his hands to dig for the silver mine, at which I continued to work for nearly a month without success in our undertaking, and finally I prevailed with the old gentleman to cease digging after it. Hence arose the very prevalent story of my having been a money digger.
During the time that I was thus employed I was put to board with a Mr. Isaac Hale of that place; it was there that I first saw my wife (his daughter) Emma Hale. On the eighteenth of January eighteen hundred and twenty-seven we were married while yet I was employed in the service of Mr. Stoal.
Owing to my still continuing to assert that I had seen a vision persecution still followed me, and my wife's father's family were very much opposed to our being married. I was therefore under the necessity of taking her elsewhere so we went and were married at the house of Squire Tarbill, in South Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. Immediately after my marriage I left Mr. Stoal's and went to my father's and farmed with him that season.
The Plates Obtained and The Persecution Increases
At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the Breastplate; on the twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, having gone as usual at the end of another year to the place where they were deposited, the same heavenly messenger delivered them up to me, with this charge that I should be responsible for them: that if I should let them go carelessly or through any neglect of mine I should be cut off; but that if I would use all my endeavors to preserve them, until he the messenger should call for them, they should be protected.
I soon found out the reason why I had received such strict charges to keep them safe, and why it was that the messenger had said that when I had done what was required of my hand, he would call for them; for no sooner was it known that I had them than the most strenuous exertions were used to get them from me; every stratagem that could be invented was resorted to for that purpose; the persecution became more bitter and severe than before, and multitudes were on the alert continually to get them from me if possible; but by the wisdom of God they remained safe in my hands until I had accomplished by them what was required at my hand, when according to arrangements the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him and he has them in his charge until this day, being the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
The excitement, however, still continued, and rumor with her thousand tongues was all the time employed in circulating tales about my father's family, and about myself. If I were to relate a thousandth part of them it would fill up volumes. The persecution, however, became so intolerable that I was under the necessity of leaving Manchester, and going with my wife to Susquehannah County in the State of Pennsylvania: while preparing to start (being very poor and the persecution so heavy upon us that there was no probability that we would ever be otherwise,) in the midst of our afflictions we found a friend in a gentleman by the name of Martin Harris, who came to us and gave me fifty dollars to assist us in our afflictions. Mr. Harris was a resident of Palmyra Township, Wayne County, in the State of New York, and a farmer of respectability.
By this timely aid was I enabled to reach the place of my destination in Pennsylvania, and immediately after my arrival there I commenced copying the characters of the plates. I copied a considerable number of them, and by means of the Urim and Thummim I translated some of them, which I did between the time I arrived at the house of my wife's father in the month of December, and the February following.
Martin Harris Takes the Characters to Professor Anthon
Some time in this month of February the aforementioned Mr. Martin Harris came to our place, got the characters which I had drawn off the plates and started with them to the city of New York. For what took place relative to him and the characters, I refer to his own account of the circumstances as he related them to me after his return which was as follows:
I went to the city of New York and presented the characters which had been translated, with the translation thereof to Professor Anthon, a gentleman celebrated for his literary attainments. Professor Anthon stated that the translation was correct, more so than any he had before seen translated from the [reformed] Egyptian.
I then showed him those which were not yet translated, and he said that they were Egyptian, Chaldaic, Assyriac, and Arabic, and he said that they were the true characters. He gave me a certificate certifying to the people of Palmyra that they were true characters, and that the translation of such of them as had been translated was also correct.
I took the certificate and put it into my pocket, and was just leaving the house, when Mr. Anthon called me back, and asked me how the young man found out that there were gold plates in the place where he found them. I answered that an angel of God had revealed it unto him.
He then said to me, "Let me see that certificate." I accordingly took it out of my pocket and gave it to him, when he took it and tore it to pieces, saying that there was no such thing now as ministering of angels, and that if I would bring the plates to him, he would translate them. I informed him that part of the plates were sealed, and that I was forbidden to bring them. He replied, "I cannot read a sealed book." I left him and went to Dr. Mitehill, who sanctioned what Professor Anthon had said respecting both the characters and translation.
The 116 Pages Are Lost
Mr. Harris having returned from this tour he left me and went home to Palmyra, arranged his affairs and returned again to my house about the twelfth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty eight, and commenced writing for me, while I translated from the plates, which we continued until the fourteenth of June following, by which time he had written one hundred and sixteen pages of manuscript on foolscap paper. Some time after Mr. Harris had begun to write for me he began to tease me to give him liberty to carry the writings home and shew them, and desired of me that I would enquire of the Lord through the Urim and Thummim if he might not do so.
I did enquire, and the answer was that he must not. However he was not satisfied with this answer, and desired that I should enquire again. I did so, and the answer was as before. Still he could not be contented, but insisted, that I should enquire once more. After much solicitation I again enquired of the Lord, and permission was granted him to have the writings on certain conditions, which were, that he show them only to his brother Preserved Harris, his own wife, his father, and his mother, and a Mrs. Cobb, a sister to his wife. In accordance with this last answer I required of him that he should bind himself in a covenant to me in the most solemn manner, that he would not do otherwise than had been directed. He did so. He bound himself as I required of him, took the writings and went his way.
Notwithstanding however the great restrictions which he had been laid under, and the solemnity of the covenant which he had made with me, he did shew them to others, and by stratagem they got them away from him, and they never have been recovered nor obtained back again unto this day.
In the meantime while Martin Harris was gone with the writings, I went to visit my father's family, at Manchester. I continued there for a short season and then returned to my place in Pennsylvania. Immediately after my return home I was walking out a little distance when behold the former heavenly messenger appeared and handed to me the Urim and Thummim again, (for it had been taken from me in consequence of my having wearied the Lord in asking for the privilege of letting Martin Harris take the writings which he lost by transgression,) and I enquired of the Lord through them and obtained the following revelation ... (Doctrine and Covenants, Section 2).
After I had obtained the above revelation, both the plates and the Urim and Thummim were taken from me again; but in a few days they were returned to me, when I enquired of the Lord, and the Lord said thus unto me:
Now behold I say unto you, that because you delivered up those writings which you had power given unto you to translate, by the means of the Urim and Thummim, into the hands of a wicked man, you have lost them: and you also lost your gift at the same time, and your mind became darkened; nevertheless, it is now restored unto you again, therefore see that you are faithful and continue on unto the finishing of the remainder of the work of translation as you have begun. . . .
Behold, wicked men have taken them from you; therefore, you have delivered them up; yea, that which was sacred unto wickedness. And, behold, Satan has put it into their hearts to alter the words which you have caused to be written, or which you have translated, which have gone out of your hands; and, behold, I say unto you, that because they have altered the words, they read contrary from that which you translated and caused to be written; and on this wise the Devil has sought to lay a cunning plan, that he may destroy this work. . . .
Behold, I say unto you, that you shall not translate again those words which have gone forth out of your hands. . . . And now, verily I say unto you, that an account of those [same] things that you have written, which have gone out of your hands, are engraven upon the plates of Nephi [another part of the Book of Mormon plates]. . . . Therefore, you shall translate the engravings which are on the plates of Nephi . . . and thus I will confound those who have altered my words. I will not suffer that they shall destroy my work; yea, I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the Devil. (See Doctrine and Covenants, Section 3)
On the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, Oliver Cowdery came to my house—until then I had never seen him. He stated to me that having been teaching school in the neighborhood where my father resided; and my father being one of those who sent to the school; he went to board for a season at my father's house, and while there the family related to him the circumstance of my having received the plates, and accordingly he had come to make inquiries of me.
Two days after the arrival of Mr. Cowdery, (being the 17th of April), I commenced to translate the Book of Mormon, and he commenced to write for me.
We still continued the work of translation, when in the ensuing month, (May, 1829) we on a certain day went into the woods to pray and inquire of the Lord respecting baptism for the remission of sins, as we found mentioned in the translation of the plates.


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Cincinnati police to promote highest-ranking female officer Thursday
Cincinnati police to promote highest-ranking female officer
By: Raven Richard
Posted at 9:48 AM, Feb 06, 2020
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati police will promote Teresa Theetge to executive assistant police chief in a ceremony Thursday afternoon, making her the highest-ranking female official in the department's history.
Theetge, who currently serves as assistant chief, said she never dreamed "in a million years" that she would be promoted to assistant chief.
"It's been an amazing ride for 29 years," Theetge said.
It's a ride that started after Theetge was "bitten by the bug" when she joined her recruit class. The West Sider's father, brother and sister have all served Cincinnati police or the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office in various roles over the years, so Theetge said it was a natural fit to start a career in law enforcement.
"And I jokingly said to my female classmates, 'Well I'm hoping someday I'll be the first female police chief,'" she said.
Captain Lisa Davis and Captain Martin Mack will also be promoted to assistant chief, and Lt. Douglas Snider and Lt. Matthew Hammer will be promoted to captain during this ceremony.
Davis stressed the importance of women entering the profession.
"Having women come into this job in the role of law enforcement is still something that I think across the country people are still trying to do," Davis said.
Theetge says she hopes to see more women in law enforcement rise through the ranks.
"My hopes are that someday it will not even be a part of the discussion that a female is holding this position or rank because it's just an everyday occurrence," Theetge said.
The ceremony begins at Cincinnati City Hall in council chambers at 4 p.m.


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A Paid in Full a finn Sonata Arctica kilencedik kislemeze; az Unia albumról van, és különlegességképpen tartalmaz egy Gary Moore-feldolgozást ("Out in the Fields"). Ez volt az első olyan lemez, amelyen szerepelt a Sonata Arctica új logója. Finnországban listavezető volt.

Számlista
 "Paid in Full" (Rádióverzió)
 "Out in the Fields"
 "Paid in Full" (Albumverzió)

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 Jani Liimatainen – gitár
 Henrik Klingenberg – billentyűsök
 Tommy Portimo – dob
 Marko Paasikoski – basszusgitár
 Ahti Kortelainen – a stúdiómunkálatok vezetője
 Mikko Karmila és Björn Egelmann – utómunkálatok

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San Benito High School's marching band paraded off with some serious awards as they wrapped up their fall competition season.
Among the wins was a marching sweepstakes—a prize recognizing the band with the highest score regardless of group size—at the Cupertino Tournament of Bands.
"Certainly some of the sweepstakes awards that we've won are pretty big highlights," said Jim Zuniga, the high school's band and choir director.
Zuniga credits the band's positive "can-do type of spirit" and the student leadership from drum major extraordinaire Rebecca Cartelli for the good year.
Cartelli took the drum major sweepstakes at Santa Cruz, something that might be a first for a school, Zuniga said. It's certainly a first during the 15 years the band director has worked on campus, he said.
"What that means is she scored the highest score possible of every single drum major there regardless of the size of the band or the equipment being used," Zuniga said in an interview with the Free Lance.
The win came at an event that is well known. The Santa Cruz competition is one of the oldest in the state and is one of the largest in Northern California, Zuniga explained.
But it was certainly not Cartelli's first prestigious win. During a summer drum major camp hosted by the United Spirit Association, she was selected as an All-American Drum Major, which means the high school senior was invited to participate in the London New Year's Day Parade.
If Zuniga is busy assisting a student or doing administrative tasks, Cartelli has been known to get the band going, he said. The team spirit has been especially strong this year, the band director added.


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Una carbonera es una pila de leña cubierta de arcilla para el carboneo, es decir, para la obtención de carbón vegetal.

Características
La carbonera se forma de modo artesanal colocando los propios troncos de leña en forma de cono y cubriéndolos de una capa de tierra de unos de 20 cm de grosor. En la parte superior del horno se practica una chimenea y se hacen respiraderos en la base para avivar el fuego. Se introducen brasas por la chimenea y se alimenta con tacos de madera regularmente, llevándose a cabo la combustión en ausencia de oxígeno. Trascurridos unos 20 o 30 días los troncos de madera se han reducido a carbón.

La mejor madera para el carboneo es la de encina por ser madera compacta, de larga combustión y por la cantidad de calorías que genera, produciendo un grato olor.
La tarea comienza con la limpieza del bosque de leños secos y caídos, sigue con el corte o la poda de las encinas de la dehesa, una vez acabada la montanera. Con las ramas menudas se forma la piconera y con los leños de encina, la carbonera. Antes de transportarlos a la carbonera se dejan para aprovechamiento de la hojarasca como forraje. El ganado disfruta de un aporte vegetal cuando la hierba es aún tierna o escasa. La poda debe estar regulada para que no se dañe de forma irreversible al árbol. Toda la leña se lleva al sitio despejado y limpio elegido para la carbonera.

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 Vídeo de montaje de una carbonera (Lagunas de Somoza, 2014)

Producción de combustibles


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BA (Hons) Business Studies student Stephen Moss used his placement year at international tech company IBM to take him one step closer to a high-flying career in global HR.
After attending a guest lecture by IBM's University Attraction Manager, Stephen was so inspired by the company's innovative outlook and investment in people that he applied for a placement with them.
He said, "There was a quote by the founder of IBM, Thomas Watson, who said that "IBM's greatest ever invention was the IBMer" – so, as someone who is interested in a career in HR, that was really appealing for me."
Initially Stephen began his placement in one of IBMs People Development Centre's where he worked on staff efficiency and inductions, but with some organisational changes his role grew. In the final months of his placement Stephen was working on assisting with hiring graduates and applied a personal touch to his dealings with IBM's applicants.
Stephen's ambition did not go unnoticed by his managers and colleagues at IBM, who praised him for his work ethos, attitude and empathetic approach to giving difficult news.
Caroline Brooks is a Foundation Professional Development Manager at IBM and was Stephen's direct line manager for his placement. Commenting on his passion and enthusiasm during the placement, she said:
"Early on he set himself clear targets of what he wanted to achieve throughout the year and these included being the very best he could; making a real impact to both his team and IBM."
"Going the extra mile, never once compromised Stephen's ability to complete his work with efficiency and extremely effectively. I often received emails from executives and hiring managers, advising of Stephen's successes."
Caroline was so impressed with his performance during his year-long placement that she put him forward for the IBM HR Speed Summer Internship which takes on just 4-6 people each year from the whole of the UK. The three-month summer placement culminated in Stephen flying to New York with his team to present its findings on a global project to IBM's most senior HR executives.
While at IBM Stephen received several 'Thanks' awards in recognition of his work, but the greatest praise was the offer of a permanent position on the HR Leadership Development Programme after graduation.
Assessments throughout the summer placement and the sizeable contributions he made determined his suitability for the scheme, which aims to develop the very best candidates into the HR leaders of the future. The scheme will allow him to gain insight into different areas of HR through practical rotations, as well as an international assignment in a developing market for IBM.
Reflecting on his achievements, Stephen said: "Whether you're doing a placement or not, it's really important to show passion and willing for what you do, no matter how small. I don't think I would have had the opportunities that I have if I hadn't taken on the things that some may see as boring or tedious, and thrown everything at completing them to the best of my ability."
His placement manager Caroline commented on Stephen's performance excellence: "A place on the HR Leadership Development Programme is a real achievement and is testament to the exceptional performance Stephen has demonstrated throughout his placement. It has been a real pleasure to manage Stephen throughout the year. He has built strong relationships in many areas of the company and this network alongside the ethos that Stephen has, will enable him to be an absolute success in his future with IBM. He is by far one of the best placement students we have ever had."
For now, Stephen is back at BU to finish his business degree, but it won't be long before he is back at IBM – and winning further plaudits for the quality of his work.
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Q: Docker Hub Private Repo Login. More secure way? I've seen articles such as this one about pulling from private repos and the "best" way to do it. What I understand is, if I want to automate any infrastructure to pull my docker images from dockerhub I need to:

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*Have a user I can login with.

*Save the users creds in some application that will spin up my infrastructure (be it EC2 User data, a config file for ansible, or ENV variables in some API).

*When the machine spins up it uses this user's credentials to login and place a token on the machine. All is well.

I'm wondering if there is any functionality to use application keys / tokens instead of needing to tie this to a user. It seems like it would be more secure/convenient if I could manage application keys to do have access to my user/organization's DockerHub account. Then I could yank the keys or change my password and not worry about the sky falling.
Is something like this available, coming, or is there a solution I haven't come across yet?
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Ayvu Rapyta Textos míticos de los Mbyá-Guaraní del Guairá, más conocida como Ayvu Rapyta (El fundamento de la palabra en su traducción del guaraní al castellano), es la obra más reconocida del investigador indigenista paraguayo León Cadogan. En este trabajo antropropológico y etnológico, León Cadogan, plasma una recopilación de textos míticos y enseñanzas religiosas de los Mbya, parcialidad guaraní con los que mantenía tenía relaciones amistosas desde hacía tiempo, mientras vivía en la ciudad de Villarica en el departamento de Guairá.

La obra fue publicada por alto bigote en 1959 en el Boletim 227, Antropología nº 5 de la Facultad de Filosofía, Ciencias y Letras de la Universidad de São Paulo de Brasil, si bien fue precedida por tres ensayos con el mismo título: dos en 1953, con los Capítulos I y II (en junio y diciembre de ese año) y otro en 1954 (diciembre), con el Capítulo III, en la Revista de Antropología de esta misma universidad.

Contenido de la obra
Descrito como "un recorrido mágico desde la creación del mundo hasta los rituales cotidianos", el Ayvu Rapyta ha sido considerado por los especialistas como el corpus más importante de los textos orales de los guaraníes. El conjunto de cantos sagrados del Ayvú Rapyta consta de 50 capítulos de los cuales los cuatro primeros son expresión del génesis desde la perspectiva mbyá-guaraní. En estos es relatado el origen de los dioses, el origen o fundamento del lenguaje y del amor comunitario, del mundo y de los seres humanos. Siguen a estos cantos otros de importancia secundaria que se refieren a diversos aspectos de la vida cotidiana.

Con todo, resalta en esta obra, el valor conferida a la palabra por los mismos Mbyá-guaraníes, valor que el mismo Cadogan destaca en su trabajo al mostrar el doble significado de Ayvu como lenguaje o palabra y alma o porción divina del ser humano.

Índice de la obra

 Al Lector (Prólogo de León Cadogan)
 Capítulo I: Maino i reko ypy kue Las primitivas costumbres del Colibrí.
 Capítulo II: Ayvu Rapyta El Fundamento del Lenguaje Humano.
 Capítulo III: Yvy Tenonde La Primera Tierra.
 Capítulo IV: Oñemboapyka pota jeayú porangue i rembi reovy'a rã i. Se está por dar asiento a un ser para alegría de los bien amados.
 Capítulo V: De la paternidad y de la muerte.
 Capítulo VI: Yvy Ru'o El Diluvio.
 Capítulo VII: Yvy Pyaú La Nueva Tierra.
 Capítulo VIII: Pa'i Rete Kuaray El Señor del cuerpo como el Sol.
 Capítulo IX: Arandu porã ogueno'ã va'e, mba'e mbojaity a, Jakaira kuéry pyronga Los que se inspiran en la buena ciencia, conjurando los maleficios: los lugartenientes de los Jakaira.
 Capítulo X: Poã Reko Achy Los Remedios Imperfectos.
 Capítulo XI: Ñande reko rã oeja va'ekue Ñande Ru porã kuéry Los preceptos que dejaron nuestros Buenos Padres para nuestro gobierno.
 Capítulo XII: Karai ogueroayvu gua'y omenda che va'e Un señor da consejos a su hijo que quiere casarse.
 Capítulo XIII: Ma'etỹ reko rã i Normas para la agricultura.
 Capítulo XIV: Guyra Marangatu. Guyra kiri i amboaé reegua ayvu Las Aves Migratorias. Palabras referentes a otros pajaritos.
 Capítulo XV: Irũ porã — Ka'avo. Amuletos-filtros.
 Capítulo XVI: Kapitã Ckiku Capitán Chikú.(Los héroes divinizados de la mitología mbyá-guaraní)
 Capítulo XVII: Ñande Ru Ayvu La lengua de nuestros padres y otros datos lingüísticos.
 Capítulo XVIII: Cuentos.Leyendas, Cantos infantiles, Saludos.
 Capítulo XIX: El concepto guaraní del "alma".
 Vocabulario Mbya-Guaraní.

Influencia posterior
La publicación de la obra Ayvu Rapyta marcó un hito, no solo en la historia de la etnología y antropología de las parcialidades indígenas en Sudamérica, y muy especialmente de los Mbyá guaraníes, sino también en lo que ha sido denominado poesía en guaraní. Las fieles recopilaciones y
transcripciones que León Cadogan realizó de los extensos cantos que guardan los mitos de la religión Mbyá guaraní, marcaron la senda a seguir para investigadores posteriores como Pierre Clastres, Miguel Chase Sardi y Carlos Martínez Gamba.
Por otro lado, el trabajo Ayvu Rapyta junto con la importante y extensa obra literaria e investigadora que Cadogan llevó a cabo a lo largo de su vida, supuso una revalorización e interés, nacional e internacional, por todo lo referente a la lengua y, con ello, a la cultura y dignidad del pueblo guaraní.

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Bareiro Saguier, Rubén y Cadogan, León. Literatura guaraní del Paraguay, Fundación Biblioteca Ayacuch, 1980. ISBN 9788466000376.
 Cadogan, León, Tupã Kuchuvi Veve: un profeta en el firmamento guaraní, Fundación León Cadogan, Instituto León Cadogan, 1998.
 Clastes, Pierre, La palabra luminosa: mitos y cantos sagrados de los guaraníes, Ediciones Del Sol, 1993.
 Cadogan León, Yvyra Ñe'ery. Fluye del árbol la palabra, Centro de Estudios Antropológicos–UCA. Asunción, 1971.
 Zanardini, José, Textos míticos de los indígenas del Paraguay, Biblioteca Paraguaya de Antropología, Com. Europea–Centro de Estudios Antropológicos (CEADUC), Asunción, 1999.
 Schaden, Egon, Aspectos fundamentales de la cultura guaraní, Biblioteca Paraguaya de Antropología–UCA, Asunción, 1998.
 Nimuendajú, Curt, Los mitos de creación y de destrucción del mundo como fundamentos de la religion de los Apapokúva-Guaraní, Centro amazónico de antropología y aplicación práctica, 1978.

Enlaces externos
 Ayvu rapyta. Textos míticos de los Mbya-guaraní del Guairá. León Cadogan. Cuarta edición a cargo de Bartomeu Melià, S.J., Asunción, 2015.
 Ayvu Rapyta Textos míticos de los Mbyá-Guaraní del Guairá, León Cadogan. Edidición digital de la obra publicada en 1959, en Portal Guaraní
 Ayvu Rapyta Textos míticos de los Mbyá-Guaraní del Guairá, Capítulos I, II y XIX, de León Cadogan. Ediciones Epopteia 2014
 Tupã Kuchuvi Veve: un profeta en el firmamento guaraní. Edición digital en Portal Guaraní

Libros sagrados
Mitología guaraní


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The United States of America is the only studio album by American rock band the United States of America. Produced by David Rubinson, it was released in 1968 by Columbia Records. The album combined rock and electronic instrumentation, experimental composition, and lyrics reflecting leftist political themes.

The United States of America received positive reviews on its release and charted at number 181 on the Billboard 200. The album has been reissued several times and continues to receive critical acclaim decades after its original release.

Production
The United States of America was produced by David Rubinson, who also signed the group to Columbia Records. Rubinson previously knew members Joseph Byrd and Dorothy Moskowitz. Creating the electronic sounds on the album was difficult because of the technical limitations. Byrd recalled "the only available functioning keyable synthesizers were Robert Moog's at +$20,000. We were left with whatever sounds I could squeeze from three variable wave shape generators, modulating one another." The oscillators were built for the group by Richard Durrett. Electronic devices were used live and on the album to process other instruments and Moskowitz's voice. Towards the end of the song "The American Metaphysical Circus", for instance, her vocals are distorted to the point of being almost unintelligible.

Music

Style
Joseph Byrd, the band's leader, stated that his aesthetic aim for the band and album was to create avant-garde, political rock music; he envisioned that their music would combine electronic sounds (not electronic music), musical and political radicalism, and performance art. During the 1960s, Byrd was drawn to the leftist Communist Party group, explaining that it was "the one group that had discipline, an agenda, and was willing to work within the existing institutions to educate and radicalize American society." The song "Love Song for the Dead Ché" reflects these ideas. Columbia Records originally wanted the song's title changed due to its political implications. Byrd suggested "Julius and Ethel Rosenberg" as a replacement title if the original title had not been used.

The album is littered with references to Byrd's obsession with old-time American music, such as the Dixieland jazz intro on "I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar". "The American Metaphysical Circus" starts out with no fewer than five layers of sound being heard in a collage, including a calliope playing "National Emblem", a ragtime piano playing "At a Georgia Camp Meeting", and two marching bands playing "Marching Through Georgia" and "The Red, White and Blue" switching between left and right channels. The other two tracks are of electronic sounds.

Lyrics
Dorothy Moskowitz and Joseph Byrd collaborated as lyricists on the album for most of the songs. On "The Garden of Earthly Delights", Ed Bogas wrote the lyrics for the first verse and chorus, while Moskowitz came up with the track's title and other tuneful changes and accents. On "Coming Down", Moskowitz contributed the melody line and lyrics for the second and third verses. On "Hard Coming Love", Byrd wrote the title and first verse, and Moskowitz contributed to what she referred to as the "lame doggerel that follows".

Release

The United States of America was released in 1968 by Columbia Records. The album spent nine weeks on the Billboard albums chart in the United States, peaking at number 181 in May 1968. It failed to chart in the United Kingdom. Arguments between Byrd and the rest of his bandmates about the band's direction led the band to split up within months of the album's release.

The United States of America was reissued on compact disc by Columbia in 1992 with two bonus tracks. In 1997, the album was reissued in the United Kingdom by Edsel Records. On July 13, 2004, Sundazed Records reissued the album on vinyl and CD with a new album cover differing from the cover used for the original UK and Europe releases, and with the CD version containing 10 bonus tracks Joseph Byrd claims to have had little input on the Sundazed reissue of the album. Byrd says he had been "interested in doing notes, and I figured this was a chance to get my voice heard – Dorothy and Rubinson had both done extensive interviews referring to me in unpleasant fashion (as justification for their coup, I imagine). I asked for $300 and got it. I've written elsewhere to you that Sundazed took out all references they found controversial, including one about Bill Graham."

Reception

The United States of America was originally released to minimal press. "The tunes are infectious, the harmonies adventurous yet eminently satisfying. And the lyrics (which Columbia has wisely printed on the jacket) are the best thing of all", wrote Barret Hansen in his 1968 review for Rolling Stone. He nonetheless found that the album "falls short of being really satisfying" due to the band's musicianship being "not quite on a level with their ideas", noting: "The voices are flat and uninteresting, showing little technical or interpretive power. The instruments perform their assigned tasks adroitly, but all too mechanically."

Modern reception of the album has been very positive. Richie Unterberger of AllMusic deemed it "one of the most exciting and experimental psychedelic albums of the late 1960s" and compared some of the band's more hard-edged material to early Pink Floyd and the Velvet Underground. He concluded: "Occasionally things get too excessive and self-conscious, and the attempts at comedy are a bit flat, but otherwise this is a near classic." "The most ambitious, idiosyncratic debut album of 2004 is 36 years old," opened Mark Hamilton's review of the 2004 reissue for Dusted Magazine. Pitchforks Cameron Macdonald said that the album "still stands above the work of most of their Monterey-era, psych-rock peers", despite the presence of some dated electronic effects typical of "many electro-acoustic pieces from the analog years." It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Classic Rock Magazine cited it as one of the "16 Best Psychedelic Rock Albums".

Track listing

Personnel
The United States of America
 Joseph Byrd – electronic music, electric harpsichord, organ, calliope, piano, vocals
 Dorothy Moskowitz – lead vocals
 Gordon Marron – electric violin, ring modulator, vocals (on "Where Is Yesterday" and "Stranded in Time")
 Rand Forbes – electric bass
 Craig Woodson – electric drums, percussion

Additional musicians
 Ed Bogas – occasional organ, piano, calliope
 Don Ellis – trumpet (on "I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar")

Technical staff
 Glen Kolotkin – remixing
 Arthur Kendy – remixing
 Richard Durrett – instrument design engineering
 David Diller – engineering
 David Rubinson – production

Charts

Release history

Notes

References

External links
  Discogs listing of album formats
 Brief excerpt from promo film for "Coming Down"

1968 debut albums
The United States of America (band) albums
Joseph Byrd albums
Albums produced by Dave Rubinson
Columbia Records albums
Sundazed Records albums


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A: Native Base is a heavy UI library. You can use this library https://github.com/mastermoo/react-native-action-button for the floating action button or you have to customise native base FAB component.
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Ugljan is the closest island of the Zadar archipelago, located directly across from the city of Zadar, and separated by a channel only a few miles wide. Ugljan is connected to Zadar with numerous ferry lines. Green Island is Ugljan's nickname because the island is covered in dense pine trees, olive trees, fig trees, grapevines, and other kinds of Mediterranean vegetation.
Throughout the Northeastern side of the island are little bays for fishing and tourist centers. Some of the most popular spots are: Kukljica, Kali, Preko, and Ugljan. The other side of the island contains mostly steep hills and uninhabited bays. This part of the island, with its rich undersea world, is a real challenge for divers and sports fishermen.
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*unless otherwise announced, such as for the September meeting. Instead of the first Tuesday of September, the meeting will be on the second Tuesday — September 11th.


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Home » Latest
Malaysia: ministers must stop making racist remarks
on October 7, 2015 in Latest, Malaysia
Syerleena Abdul Rashid | Free Malaysia Today
"Nak kena lempang macam itu", those were the words Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Tajuddin Abdul Rahman uttered recently. The Pasir Salak MP articulated such bigoted statements as a response to China's Ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang's visit to Petaling Street. He warned further, "I want to warn the Chinese Malaysians, don't think when you have a problem, you want to complain – just a little bit also complain – that there will be people to protect them."
Two other BN component parties – MCA and Gerakan have since issued statements of their own; the former demanding an apology for singling out Malaysian Chinese and the latter threatening to deliver a 'flying kick which is harder and longer than his hand'.
A politician of Tajuddin's stature should have exuded some class in his response. No doubt, these are trying times but politics is about respecting the relationship between society and the government. Politicians play an important role in society and are regarded as representatives of the people – individuals who are involved in influencing public policy and decision making in government.
The off colour remarks made by Tajuddin only prove that the elite are too disconnected from reality. Being the Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister, it would be in our country's best interest if he could stay on topic, focus on the economy and formulate solid policies that can improve our waning agriculture and agro-based industries.
Agriculture was once a primary driving force in Malaysia's economy but is presently a minor sector which accounted for only 7.1% of Malaysia's GDP in 2014 and provided 13.3% employment (which is roughly 11.1 million Malaysians). The ministry is responsible for strategizing, planning policies as well as alternative development programs that can overcome several of the prevalent challenges that exist in the industry.
Studies show that over 66% of those employed in agro-based industries are over 50 years old and this simply shows that there is an employment demand gap left void by young Malaysians. (According to statistics, 161,000 graduates or 8.8 per cent of youth, aged between 20 and 24 years, are currently unemployed). Additionally, our country is also faced with highly competitive international markets; such is the case for rubber, where Malaysia is already losing out to lower cost producers like Thailand and Indonesia. For the locals, the unsustainable food production system has lead to the grim realities concerning food security and nutrition that we know only too well.
I would like to reiterate that these are the challenges the ministry and especially the Deputy Ministry must try to overcome first and foremost.
Sir Winston Churchill, once said that "a politician must have the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year, and to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen". Hence, politics is meant for those who possess integrity and the dexterity to achieve results and to improve the lives of those they represent.
Politics isn't meant for inept and corrupt individuals; and it certainly isn't meant for those who assume that 'slap-happy' bravados can win the hearts of their constituents.
Syerleena Abdul Rashid is the DAP Wanita Bukit Bendera Political Education Director and DAPSY Bukit Bendera Secretary
Tags: Malaysia Racism


Instructions on where to check-in upon arrival to campus will be sent to enrolled students through email in early June 2019.
Check-in at 8:30 am on the first day of classes, Monday, June 17, 2019 in McCarthy Quad (see map below). Students will be escorted to Orientation. After Orientation students will be given their textbook(s) and escorted to class.
Students should enter the University Park Campus through gate 3, which is located off of Figueroa Street and McCarthy Way. Parking will be available in the McCarthy Way Parking Structure for a daily fee. From the McCarthy Way Parking Structure, please follow the USC Summer Program signs to McCarthy Quad where our summer program staff will meet you.
Orientation for all students will be held the morning of the first day of class, Monday, June 17, 2019.
We will review specific program policies and answer any questions students may have. At the conclusion of the orientation, students will be escorted to their class.


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Supervisors signal support for tenant protection rules
By: Todd Guild
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY—One woman lost her job and couldn't pay rent, and then found herself in a battle with her landlord, who didn't believe her story and threatened eviction.
A family financially affected by the Covid-19 pandemic found themselves battling a landlord who raised their rent, and then threatened to call Immigrations and Customs Enforcement if they fought the increase.
Some tenants live with problems such as rats because they don't want to complain and risk angering their property managers.
These stories were just a few examples of bad behavior by landlords the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors heard Tuesday before unanimously approving the first reading of a new ordinance that would prohibit retaliatory moves by those who rent out apartments and houses.
The ordinance will be heard a second time on Sept. 20.
The new set of rules comes weeks after a report showing Santa Cruz County as the second most expensive place to rent in the U.S. Here, 81% of very low-income and 92% of extremely low-income households are paying more than 30% of their income on housing costs, according to county officials.
Zav Hirshfield of Santa Cruz-based Tenant Sanctuary says he speaks to 10-12 renters weekly, many of whom live in fear of standing up for themselves when faced with problems as tenants.
"Fear of retaliation is the dominant reason that people do not assert the rights they have under the law," Hirshfield said. "Any protection that will make tenants feel that they are safe in asserting their rights and do not have to fear retaliation for just asking that their landlord follow existing law I think would be an improvement to the lives of renting residents in this county."
County leaders say the new set of rules will give renters legal recourse when they are subject to harassment by their landlords or property owners.
The rules still allow landlords to evict problem tenants, when done legally.
Among other things, the ordinance would prohibit increasing rent, fail to provide services or repairs, release private information about tenants or give tenants false or misleading information in an attempt to evict them.
Landlords who violate the rules could be forced to pay attorneys' fees and other costs as ordered by the court.
Board Chair Manu Koenig said the County has been proactive in helping tenants through the Covid-19 pandemic, having distributed more than $26 million countywide in rent relief for residents.
Koenig said the new rules should balance the rights of tenants with those of property owners and landlords, and removed a section of the ordinance that would have made evicting badly behaved tenants harder.
"I recognize that it's a difficult role to thread the needle between tenants' rights and also landlords' ability to protect other tenants in the building and do their jobs as good property managers," he said.
Todd Guild


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