Your desire to walk in the ways of Hashem with your spouse may at times involve struggle. Be careful of the tactics you use to accomplish your goal, because the evil inclination is incredibly cunning at insinuating itself into such situations. The means you use to maintain and enhance the purity of your home should be refined and pleasant. Shlomo Hamelech said of the Torah (Proverbs 3:17), "Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace." You cannot bring someone to a peaceful path if you yourself are not walking that path; you cannot have a positive influence on your spouse unless you yourself model appropriate behavior.
Two Biblical stories teach that a person must be exceedingly careful not to engage in thoughtless and wrong behavior, even when the goal is laudable.
The first story tells of Reuven's attempt to uphold the honor of his mother, Leah.
Yaakov was the father of the Twelve Tribes through four women: his two primary wives, Rachel and Leah, and two secondary wives, Bilhah (Rachel's maidservant) and Zilpah (Leah's maidservant). Yaakov loved Rachel most of all. After she died, Yaakov's eldest son, Reuven, assumed that Yaakov would choose Leah, his first wife, to take her place as his favorite. But to Reuven's horror, his father instead placed his bed next to that of Bilhah.
Rashi tells us that Reuven saw this as a humiliation of his mother. He therefore impetuously stormed into the tent and moved his father's bed. At that moment, it was decreed from heaven that Reuven would lose the ranks of kingship and priesthood that would ordinarily have gone to the first-born son.
Second, the High Priest represents the Jewish people and serves as an intermediary between them and Hashem. This position requires faith and subservience to G-d's will. In moving Yaakov's bed, Reuven displayed a lack of faith in Divine providence. When he saw his father's bed in Bilhah's tent, he should have realized and accepted that Hashem plans everything, and that it was not his place to second-guess his Heavenly father or his earthly father.
The severity of Reuven's punishment is all the more puzzling in light of the fact that when his younger brother Yehudah sinned egregiously, he was not punished at all. To the contrary, he was seemingly rewarded. To him, Yaakov stated (Genesis 49:10), "The scepter shall not depart from Yehudah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet...and unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be." Yehudah was given the kingship.
The episode in question involved Yehudah's daughter-in-law, Tamar, who had been widowed of two of his sons. Seeing that Yehudah was not marrying her off to his third son, as he was obligated to do, Tamar disguised herself as a harlot and succeeded in having Yehudah impregnate her, while unaware of her true identity. When Tamar's pregnancy became visible, Yehudah convened a court and called for her to be executed. She did not want to humiliate Yehudah by making it known that he was the father. Therefore, she secretly sent him proof that he was the father and left the decision as to what to do up to him.
Nevertheless, he did not take the easy way out. He knew that he was wrong for having denied his younger son to her. Instead of shielding his reputation, he took responsibility for his actions and saved Tamar from shame and death.
Why did Tamar seduce Yehudah? In Yaakov's blessing to his sons at the end of Bereishis, he tells Yehudah that the descendants of this union with Tamar will serve as the rulers of the Jewish people and that one of them would be the Moshiach. Our Sages explain that Tamar had known this through the gift of prophecy.
But why should Yehudah be rewarded for an act that appears to have been rooted in passion rather than in holiness? Some commentators explain that Hashem deliberately overwhelmed Yehudah with an irresistible desire, in order to fulfill His Divine plan (and his reward came for nobly putting Tamar's life before his honor).
The Rebbe explains that the end is what counts. Yehudah's act of acknowledging responsibility was the first step toward redemption—Peretz, one of the twin sons born to him and Tamar, indeed became the forebear of King David and ultimately, of the Moshiach.
In Reuven's case, by contrast, we see a missed opportunity. Here, the starting point seemed holy, but the end result was tragic. After sinning by moving his father's bed, Reuven was so brokenhearted that he spent the rest of his days in sackcloth and ashes. When the moment that he could have saved his brother Yosef from the pit came, Reuven was so preoccupied by his desire to do teshuvah that he ran to his father to ask forgiveness. In the meantime, Yosef was sold into slavery.
Reuven's act of neglecting responsibility was the first step leading to the exile of the Jewish people.
From these stories, we learn that whether or not one's original motive is holy is of little consequence, if in the end, a person behaves in a manner contrary to holiness.
When you attempt to maintain and increase the holiness in your home, be careful not to allow yourself to engage in any negative emotions or actions. If they do intrude, acknowledge them, reminding yourself that they are wrong, then stop them, and attempt to correct yourself.
Accept that you have work to do if you are to eradicate this behavior. A simple desire to change is not enough. It takes effort to maintain the holiness of your initial intention and implement it in your daily life.
Do your utmost to deepen your marital bond. You can achieve this by being emotionally open, which means communicating your deepest thoughts and feelings with your spouse; by allowing yourself to be vulnerable with your spouse; and by sharing your love freely with your spouse—not withholding expressions of affection, even when your spouse fails to live up to your expectations.
When you work to improve communication with your partner, the ripple effect on your overall relationship is likely to bring dramatic rewards and most likely, sooner than you expect.
In the midst of a contentious moment, it is difficult to grasp the higher purpose of elevating one's soul to a more peaceful and unified state. You can mitigate feelings of pain and despondency by remembering that provocations with your spouse, child, or other, are all meant to result in you being more patient, enduring, understanding, and tolerant.
To prevent yourself from losing your equanimity when conflict with your spouse looms, engage in some positive thinking to help regain your inner strength and outer calm. No one gets it right all of the time—or even half of the time. Perfecting a relationship is a lifetime journey—one interaction at a time. It is all right if you do not have all of the solutions at your fingertips at every moment.
Remember the importance of silence. It is best to speak from a place of calmness. You will be heard better if you speak less, or at least if you speak less angrily.
If you have had a conflict with your spouse, do not confront him while you are still angry. Wait until your anger dissipates before bringing up your concerns. For the time being, you can remain silent—not as a way of punishing your spouse, but in order to quiet the storm roiling within you, until your equilibrium is restored.
Bring up the topic again when the atmosphere is calm. This will give each of you time to reflect on your behavior and its effects, and to think about how you might have handled it differently.
Reciprocity is a major factor in a good relationship. Bear in mind that when you act more lovingly, it induces your spouse to respond in kind and to be more affectionate. Provide a model of the qualities of thoughtfulness, sensitivity, and generosity that you wish to see in your spouse. If you want to make your spouse feel comfortable in your presence, help him feel comfortable about himself. When you are more accepting of your spouse, your spouse will grow to become more accepting of himself and of you.
If your negative thoughts about your spouse are so numerous that you do not know where to begin, ask yourself, "Which of these thoughts are worth bringing up for discussion?" If you limit yourself to your most essential concerns, you will feel less overwhelmed when initiating a conversation on this topic with your spouse. Your spouse in turn will not feel that he is being attacked on many fronts. You are also more likely to achieve some resolution on important issues if you deal with only one or two at a time.
Before you have that conversation, envision how you will discuss the situation, using empathetic, compassionate, and healing words, rather than words that blame and moralize. Imagine how you would like to be spoken to if you were on the receiving end of this conversation.
Start the conversation with words of appreciation. You can either speak the simple truth, exaggerate to help boost your spouse's ego or, if you think it necessary, even engage in a "white lie".
This lays the groundwork for the next step—the more difficult task of presenting your complaint. Engage the "I" mode as you do so. For instance, "I know that right now, I'm a little sensitive, but I feel it is important that you know that it really bothers me when…." And now, you can express what has been bothering you.
While you are discussing these contentious issues, try to be aware of when you are allowing your ego to interfere with the resolution you are attempting to achieve. Pay attention to body signals, which can warn you when you are about to lose control. For instance, before you raise your voice to yell, does your stomach tie itself into knots, does your nose flare, or does your face get hot? These signs are warning you to calm down.
If such signals occur during the discussion, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and if necessary, walk away, until you regain a measure of self-control. Then resume the conversation by thanking your spouse for giving you that personal time.
When there is either nothing else to say, or no more time in which to say it, review the major points that have been discussed. Share a moment of peace, and verbalize your feeling of resolution, for example, saying, "I'm glad we talked," to reaffirm your bond once a decision has been reached.
Faced with a recurrent challenging situation, take the time to write down an inner dialogue with which you intend to combat your habitual responses to these upsetting situations. After you have done this, at another calm moment, write down a dialogue between you and your spouse regarding the situation.
Visualize the goals you would like to achieve (e.g., the eradication of this situation) and the desired results of the conversation. Visualize your success in actualizing them. Realize that this may take considerable time.
Practice speaking in ways in which you yourself would prefer to be spoken to. Put yourself in your spouse's place when you prepare your conversation.
Remember: "There is an eye that sees, an ear that hears, and a cell phone that records it all." Imagine that your conversation is being recorded and filmed, and may go viral on social media. Imagine your reaction to such a circumstance.
· Model the behavior you wish to see in others.
· Pleasant ways accomplish more than force.
· Improved communication leads to improved relationships.
· Do not respond in the heat of the moment.
· Address contentious issues when you are calm and prepared.
· Avoid overwhelming yourself or your spouse: prioritize and limit the number of issues to be addressed.
· Preface your discussion with words of appreciation for your spouse.
· End the discussion by expressing appreciation to your spouse for cooperating and sharing time with you.
 Likkutei Sichos vol 15 p. 439ff.
 Midrash Rabbah to Gen. 38:18; Sotah 10b.
 Bereishis Rabba 85:8, quoted on p. 211 of the Stone Edition of the Chumash, Artscroll Series, edited by Rabbi Nosson Scherman (New York: Mesorah Publications, Ltd., 1993).
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Fixing Up Christmas
Cast: Natalie Dreyfuss Marshall Williams Stephanie Izsak Bethany Brown Matthew Kevin Anderson
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance Family
Director: Jessica Harmon
Release Date: Nov 12, 2021
Known as a "fixer" for difficult clients, a talented party planner must help a young CEO plan the Christmas party of the year to dazzle the mayor and save his company. Wil the "fixer" fix something more than just the company?
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Black Label Society Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of 'Sonic Brew' with North American Tour and Reissue
Zakk Wylde and co. will hit Toronto this spring
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Black Label Society's debut album Sonic Brew, and to celebrate the occasion, the Zakk Wylde-led group have mapped out an anniversary tour, in addition to a remixed and remastered version of the album.
Starting in April, the band will embark on the 16-date "20 Years of Sonic Brewtality" tour. In markets with two scheduled shows, the band will perform Sonic Brew in its entirety the first evening, while dedicating the second night to a set of their greatest hits.
Black Label Society will play a pair of dates in Toronto in May, posting up at the Opera House May 14 and 15. Support on the tour will come from Conan and Atomic Bitchwax.
As for the reissue, the band will deliver a "new, reimagined version" of Sonic Brew on May 17 through eOne. Titled Sonic Brew 20th Anniversary Blend 5.99 - 5.19, the reissue is said to feature a pair of bonus tracks a full-band/piano version of "Spoke in the Wheel" and an acoustic version of "Black Pearl."
eOne has also licensed the band's entire back catalogue, promising to release titles in "never-before-released formats" in the coming years. In the meantime, find Black Label Society's tour itinerary below.
04/24 Denver, CO - The Oriental Theater
04/27 Dallas, TX - Canton Hall
04/30 Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
05/04 Jacksonville, FL - Welcome To Rockville
05/06 New York, NY - The Bowery Ballroom
05/11 Rockingham, NC - Epicenter
05/14 Toronto, ON - Opera House
05/17 Columbus, OH - Sonic Temple
05/18 Clarksville, TN - O'Connors
05/22 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
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E.D. Nixon was the first African-American citizen to campaign for office in Montgomery, Alabama, since the Reconstruction era.
Born on July 12, 1899, in Lowndes County, Alabama, E.D. Nixon went on to work as a Pullman porter, later becoming a community activist in Montgomery with leadership positions in the NAACP and the Voters League. He was key in bailing Rosa Parks out of jail and positioning her case to spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott, recruiting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as well. Nixon died on February 25, 1987.
Edgar Daniel Nixon was born on July 12, 1899, in Lowndes County, Alabama, to Sue Ann Chappell and Wesley M. Nixon. His mother died when Nixon was a boy, and he later lived in Montgomery during his teens. Nixon grew up to be a statuesque young man who found employment working as a Pullman porter toward the beginning of the 1920s.
Nixon became involved with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, an African-American union founded and presided over by A. Philip Randolph. The BSCP president inspired Nixon to action, and he went on to become the leader of the BSCP Alabama branch and a thoughtful, empowering community activist who largely influenced the civil rights movement.
During the early 1940s, E.D. Nixon wrote a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt calling for an establishment of a USO Club for African-American servicemen. She took action on his request, and the two later coincidentally met when she was riding on a train and he was working as a porter, beginning a friendship.
Nixon also helped to organize the Montgomery Voters League, becoming its president and leading a march of more than 700 citizens to the Montgomery County Municipal Court House, calling for an end to unfair practices that blocked African-American voting rights. Around the same time he was elected to head the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, later becoming president of the organization's entire Alabama branch.
Nixon was a shrewd strategist, and promised one year that he would mobilize African-American votes to support a police commissioner candidate in exchange for black officers being hired on the force. Nixon also ran for county office in 1954, the same year he was chosen as the Alabama Journal's Man of the Year; he lost the election only by a slim margin.
Nixon was looking for a way to formally challenge the city's segregationist laws. On December 1, 1955, when fellow NAACP member Rosa Parks refused once again to surrender her seat on a bus to a white passenger, she was arrested. Nixon played a key role in providing bail for Parks and he also enlisted the aid of white attorney Clifford Durr and his spouse Virginia.
Nixon believed that the event could spur a boycott of the area's bus lines and be processed via legal channels, convincing Parks of the power of her case. He also enlisted the aid of a new, young preacher at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to lead the boycott. As a result Nixon, King and minister Ralph D. Abernathy helped to form the Montgomery Improvement Association, with Nixon serving as treasurer.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for more than 380 days, with the African-American community enduring a host of travails that included harassment and violent attacks. Nixon's home was firebombed two days after King's, and he was indicted for violating a state anti-boycott statute. Yet the boycott persevered and the city was eventually forced to lift its bus segregation laws.
Nixon split from the MIA in 1957, protesting class- and education-based prejudices in leadership and the condescending treatment he felt he'd received. He continued his community work and became a public-housing recreation director after his retirement as a porter.
Nixon eventually received an honorary doctorate from Alabama State University, in addition to other accolades. He was married twice. His first wife, Alease, gave birth to their son, E.D. Nixon Jr., in 1928 and passed in 1934. Nixon and his second wife, Arlette, worked together in the civil rights movement.
E.D. Nixon died in Montgomery on February 25, 1987, at the age of 87.


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New York State Bans Fracking – Is California Next?
by John Lawrence on December 30, 2014 · 2 comments
in California, Energy, Environment, Health, History, Politics
By John Lawrence
In a huge victory for the environmental movement, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has banned fracking. I guess President Obama is not the only one that can get things accomplished by executive order. Experts have made analyses that identified contamination threats to water, soil and air, the absence of reliable health studies or proof that drillers can protect the public, as well as diminishing economic prospects. All good reasons for the public to demand a fracking ban.
Fracking is also being delivered a death knell by market forces. Since it costs more to access oil by fracking than it does by conventionsl drilling, if the price per barrel falls below a certain point, fracking becomes uneconomical. Lo and behold, thanks to the Saudis who have been keeping production up, the cost per barrel has fallen to around $60. It has to be higher than $80. for fracking to be profitable.
Hooray and Halleluja! Who would have thought that market forces, the Saudis and the environmental movement would all have combined with remarkable synergy to put an end to fracking? The movie Gasland also helped as well as high profile celebrities like Mark Ruffalo.
None other than Yoko Ono and her son Sean Lennon, son of Beatles' legend John Lennon, called for Governor Cuomo to ban fracking. It seems like high powered celebrities may have been listened to in high places where the hoi polloi had little success. Their group Artists against Fracking included such notables as Lady Gaga, Jimmy Fallon, Paul McCartney and Alec Baldwin, all of whom added their voices and names to the group along with some 200 others.
Huffington Post reported:
Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens said he'll issue the ban early next year. He said 63 percent of the state's 12 million acres with these possible gas deposits would already be off-limits because of protections for the New York City and Syracuse watersheds, other drinking water sources and certain other areas, while court rulings have recognized towns' authority to individually ban hydrofracking through zoning, further limiting financial prospects.
Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said 4,500 staff hours were spent reviewing health studies about the drilling method of extracting oil and gas from deep underground by pumping huge amounts of water, sand and chemicals at high pressures to break up rock formations. It's being done in many other states, including neighboring Pennsylvania.
Zucker said his counterparts in several other states told him they were not consulted before their high-volume hydraulic fracturing began. He said he wouldn't want his family to live near it, and suggested it could be like secondhand smoke, which studies eventually identified as harmful.
"If the state health commissioner doesn't want his kids living there, I don't want my kids living there and I don't want any New Yorker's kids living there," [Cuomo] said. "I am not going to put health at risk for jobs. I'm not going to make that choice."
Chesapeake Energy, once one of the biggest leaseholders in New York, last year gave up a legal battle to retain thousands of acres in the state. Norse Energy went bankrupt in 2012 after more than 100,000 acres in the state it leased were deemed off-limits to drilling. Towns and municipalities are getting into the act of banning fracking as well.
Mora County, a conservative ranching community in New Mexico, is the first U.S. county to ban the practice of fracking, according to reports from the Los Angeles Times. Wells are the only source of water in Mora, which is why last month officials announced a countywide ban on fracking citing water safety concerns.
Will California Follow New York and Ban Fracking?
California is the fourth largest state producer of oil and gas. The Central Valley is also America's breadbasket. Fracking and farming are on a collision course.
The battle being fought there gives new meaning to the sentiment that oil and water don't mix. Kern County is ag and oil country in California. More than 80% of the state's oil and gas is produced here. About 600 new wells are fracked each year using millions of gallons of water. This is water farmers say they need in order to produce their crops.
Almond farming is an $11 billion industry. Almonds are dependent on what's in the soil and what's in the water to grow the trees. If the groundwater is contaminated by illegal dumping of fracking contaminants, that's what goes into the almonds that you eat. Both fracking and farming are water intensive.
Almonds, for example, use about 10% of the state's water supply each year. The farmers' primary concern is with the underground water suppply being contaminated. This summer the state shut down nine disposal wells in Kern County for illegally dumping almost 3 billion gallons of wastewater.
Fracking requires a huge amount of water which is why California with its water supplies in jeopardy may soon ban fracking. It takes between 100,000 and 1 million gallons of water to frack just one well. While consumers are having limits placed on their water usage, fracking companies can consume as much water as they want.
It just doesn't make any sense. California is going through its worst drought in decades. Fracking not only uses up potable water supplies, it contaminates ground water in the areas in which it fracks.
Water is a dwindling precious resource. Why should Big Oil get a free pass to use millions of gallons of water to frack while California residents are being squeezed on their water usage? In 2013 and 2014 approximately 1600 wells were fracked in California, according to the Department of Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), the state agency in charge of regulating the oil and gas industry.
Jason Marshall, Chief Deputy Director of DOGGR, said "Water rights in the State of California are not regulated by the state." When asked by Jennifer London, a reporter for Al Jazeera, "Shouldn't the regulatory agency be regulating and have oversight over that?" The response was, "We can't tell somebody that they can't purchase water without some form of statutory construct." So DOGGR spouts the doggerel that they can't regulate because the legislature has not authorized them to do so. Jennifer shot back, "Then you're not regulating!"
In Sacramento the oil lobby has prevailed over the agricultural lobby with the result that frackers are taking water away from farmers. Farmers are letting their fields lie fallow for lack of water and almond trees are dying while oil corporations are fracking away.
The California Water Resources Control Board is another agency charged with protecting California's water supply. John Borkovich is the chief of groundwater monitoring, but he is clueless when Jennifer London asks him "Is Big Oil poisoning millions of gallons of water each day?" Obviously, he, as well as other politicians in California's bureaucracy, have been bought off by the oil lobby. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given such a blase answer to Jennifer's question. What me, John Borkovich, worry?
The Center for Biological Diversity is working to ban fracking in California. Fracking is taking water away from farmers who are going bankrupt since they have to leave their fields unplanted because of lack of water.
The State Water Resources Control Board issued orders to seven oil production companies last July to immediately shut down 11 waste water disposal wells "to avoid potential harm to a limited number of groundwater aquifers in Kern County." Two of the wells have since been reinstated.
But the Center for Biological Diversity said that its own analysis of records from California's Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources shows that the nine injection wells that remain closed have been illegally dumping oil industry wastewater into clean-water aquifers in Kern County.
In California's 2013, 2014 legistlative session 11 fracking bills were proposed. Eight called for a moratorium or ban on the practice. One was passed which will go into effect in 2015. Even though it calls for some increased oversight on fracking, it will not limit how much water fracking companies can use.
Parents in California and elsewhere are concerned over the effects of fracking on the health of their children. A new report finds more than 350,000 children attend school near fracking wells. Jennifer London reports that most of the children affected are Hispanic. Most states regulate how far from schools fracking wells have to be located but California does not. No set-back rules put children at risk. In Shafter, CA children are getting sick.
California is supposedly a leader in the environmental movement, but when it comes to fracking, they are way behind other states. Governor Jerry Brown needs to get on the ball and follow the advice of his colleague in New York State, Andrew Cuomo, and ban fracking altogether.
Governor Moonbeam needs to get together with Linda Ronstadt, his former main squeeze, and other Hollywood celebrities, and get on the 'ban fracking' bandwagon.
In fact they are already saying "What the frack, Governor Brown".
Jay Powell December 30, 2014 at 1:14 pm
Flacking should put a smile not only on the faces of free-market economists, but liberals and progressives, too. As America becomes a net exporter of energy, shale could help topple some of the world's worst regimes.
The relationship between oil wealth and autocracy is well-established, with a number of studies showing that democracy is less likely in oil-rich nations. Oil wealth helps keep dictators in their palaces by allowing vast military expenditure to repress dissent and providing a ready pool of money with which to co-opt their populations through generous welfare stipends. Consider Russia and Venezuela. At least some voters in both countries have tolerated the emaciation of civil society while the Putinist and Chavista regimes have learned to use oil money to fend off unrest and buy off loyal cronies. Meanwhile, the armed forces in both nations have been placated with high-tech toys and rising salaries.
Despite legitimate environmental concerns about fracking and horizontal drilling, the long-term impact of shale on the global oil price means that regimes that have long relied on a single export for their survival are facing a potentially ruinous economic future. Russia's economic woes are well-documented, largely due to the fact that oil revenues make up 45% of the government budget. But elites in Iran and Venezuela also have the jitters and have been pleading with OPEC, the world's largest oil cartel, to cut production to prevent the price of oil from falling any lower. Venezuela needs a price of $151 a barrel next year to balance its budget while Iran requires around $131.
Some of the most vociferous opponents of fracking are liberals, yet the shale revolution has the potential to undermine some of the world's most illiberal regimes, in the process freeing the U.S. from its bondage to Saudi Arabia, as demanded by progressives for decades. Thuggish governments in Caracas, Moscow and Tehran don't much like shale either, which ought to endear it still further to democrats.
This is not to dismiss the environmental concerns regarding shale extraction in urban areas, nor to call for the abandonment of a long-term strategy in the West for the development of green renewables. Yet it is to recognize that American shale producers are engaged in a price war with some of the world's vilest regimes. In that respect, the left should get on board the fracking revolution.
Geoff Page December 30, 2014 at 3:34 pm
I believe you have mixed up two different things. Fracking is used to release and recover natural gas. Shale oil extraction is something else.
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Before it went to New York City, the Statue of Liberty was made in Paris.
French art director Julien Knez spent a summer taking photos of Parisian streets overlaid with vintage photos of what they used to look like.
The vintage photos range from 1871 to 1968, and highlight key moments in Parisian history, from the great flood of 1910 to the city's Nazi occupation and liberation.
Knez turned his project into a book, "Paris, Fenêtres Sur l'Histoire," published by Parigramme.
Ever wondered what the places around you looked like in the past?
French art director Julien Knez wondered the same thing as he walked around Paris, and spent the summer of 2015 taking photos of famous Parisian sites while holding up vintage photos of what they used to look like in front of the lens.
The result is a photo book, "Paris, Fenêtres Sur l'Histoire," which contains 80 images of modern Parisian streets overlaid with old photographs that reveal what the French capital looked like over 100 years ago.
Knez worked with photos he found from between 1871 and 1968, bringing key moments from Paris' history — such as the great flood of 1910 and Hitler's visit to the city in 1940 — into its present.
Check out a selection of photos from his book below, arranged in chronological order.


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Hurricane Irene, currently on track to hit the US Southeast, grew into a Category 2 hurricane late Monday and has the potential to develop into a monster Category 4 storm within 72 hours, according to the US National Hurricane Centre.
AP - A rapidly strengthening Hurricane Irene roared off the Dominican Republic's resort-dotted northern coast on Monday, whipping up high waves and torrential downpours on a track that could see it reach the U.S. Southeast as a major storm by the end of the week.
Irene grew into a Category 2 hurricane late Monday and the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said it could reach Category 3 as early as Tuesday and possibly become a monster Category 4 storm within 72 hours.
"We didn't anticipate it gaining this much strength this early," said center meteorologist Chris Landsea, adding that the ocean's warm temperatures and the current atmosphere is "very conducive" to energizing storms.
Forecasters said it could still be that strong when it slams into the United States, possibly landing in Florida, Georgia, or South Carolina. Irene is expected to rake the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Earlier, the storm slashed directly across Puerto Rico, tearing up trees and knocking out power to more than a million people, then headed out to sea north of the Dominican Republic, where the powerful storm's outer bands were buffeting the north coast with dangerous sea surge and downpours.
Late Monday, the storm's downpours forced more than 1,000 Dominicans to evacuate their homes, with some families in low-lying areas fleeing to churches and public buildings. Others hunkered down inside their homes as the winds howled outside and heavy waves pounded the piers and washed onto coastal boulevards.
« We are going to see if the zinc roof resists » the storm, Fidelina Magdaleno, 60, said in her house in Nagua while a chicken dinner was prepared inside without electricity.
Residents earlier had jammed supermarkets and gas stations to get supplies for the storm. Schools were closed and emergency services were placed on alert. At least 33 flights were canceled at Santo Domingo's international airport.
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was a large system that could cause dangerous mudslides and floods in Dominican Republic, the hurricane center said. It was not expected to make a direct hit on neighboring Haiti, though that country could still see heavy rain from the storm.
Dominican officials said the government had emergency food available for 1.5 million people if needed and the country's military and public safety brigades were on alert.
« We have taken all precautions, » presidential spokesman Rafael Nunez said.
Irene is forecast to grow into a Category 3 hurricane late Tuesday as it moves over the warm waters of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas, and could maintain that strength as it nears the U.S. coast.
Florida residents were urged to ensure they had batteries, drinking water, food and other supplies.
« We must prepare for the worst and hope for the best, » said Joe Martinez, chairman of the Miami-Dade County Commission.
Officials in Charleston, South Carolina, also warned residents to monitor Irene closely. It has been six years since a hurricane hit the South Carolina coast, said Joe Farmer of the state Emergency Management Division.
Police and civil protection officials in the Dominican Republic made their way along the beaches of the country's northern coast to warn people away from the surging sea. Resorts pulled up the umbrellas and lounge chairs as the storm made its way toward the country. At the Wyndham Tangerine, a hotel in the resort area of Sosua and Cabarete, the staff converted a conference room into a temporary storm refuge for 300 people, said deputy general manager Karen Gonzalez.
Jose Manuel Mendez, director of the country's Emergency Operations Center, said that only about 135 people were in public shelters, but that hundreds of others were staying with friends and family to avoid the storm, which was expected to drop as much as 14 inches (35 centimeters) at higher elevations.
The 100 tourists who booked an ocean-view room at a Puerto Plata resort were moved to another building on Monday for their safety, said Medardo Carrera, manager for VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort, and the hotel ordered its 450 guests to stay inside their rooms Monday night.
At the nearby Casa Colonial Beach & Spa, several tourists packed their bags and fled ahead of the storm, hoping to catch one of the last flights for Miami, said concierge Zadaliy Placido.
The hurricane earlier cut power to more than a million people in Puerto Rico. There were no reports of deaths or major injuries, but Gov. Luis Fortuno declared a state of emergency and urged people to stay indoors to avoid downed power lines, flooded streets and other hazards.
During the storm's march through the region, Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet and others escaped uninjured when a blaze gutted Richard Branson's home on his private isle in the British Virgin Islands.
According to Branson, about 20 people, including Winslet and her young children, were staying in his eight-bedroom Great House on Necker Island when the fire broke out around 4 a.m. amid the storm's lightning and high winds.
By late Monday night, Irene was centered about 100 miles (155 kms) east of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 kph). Hurricane specialist John Cangialosi said it could become a Category 4 storm within 72 hours.
In the overseas U.K. territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands, located in the Atlantic between the Bahamas and Haiti, there was a steady stream of customers buying plywood and nails at hardware stores, while others readied storm shutters and emergency kits at home.
On the island of Grand Turk, where Hurricane Ike damaged roughly 95 percent of homes in September 2008, Peter White was taking no chances as the sparsely populated territory was slowly covered by iron-gray skies on Monday afternoon.
« We've loaded up on water and rations and our shutters are ready to go up. Bad memories of Ike are a big reason why we get so prepared now, » White said from the Breezy Brea area along the eastern coast of Grand Turk.
In Puerto Rico, 600 crews spread out across the island to repair toppled light poles, and the majority of customers were expected to have power by late Monday, power company spokesman Carlos Monroig said. Schools, most government offices and many businesses remained closed. Flights resumed at the international airport in San Juan by midmorning.
The storm entered through the southeast coastal town of Humacao, but emergency management regional director Orlando Diaz said the damage seemed to be less than he feared.
« We thought things were going to be a bit more tragic, » he said. « I was surprised that we didn't see the amount of rain I expected. »
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APC Berates PDP For Asking President Buhari To Visit Kano
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for asking President Muhammadu Buhari to visit the Covid-19 ravaged Kano state, accusing the opposition party of having sinister motives.
APC also chided the PDP for attacking the Kano state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje's handling of the pandemic, saying the party should have cautioned its own Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo state who had organized a political rally in Ibadan, the state capital at a time the country was working to mitigate the spread of the virus.
National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu stated this in a statement on Sunday night.
The statement reads; "The All Progressives Congress (APC) condemns in very strong and unequivocal terms the latest attempt by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rubbish the commendable efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in tackling the scourge of Covid-19 pandemic currently ravaging the world.
"This is yet another infantile and desperate attempt by the opposition party to play petty politics with a serious matter of national and international importance.
"The latest baseless accusation by the PDP that the APC-led government has not lived up to its responsibility of protecting the people of Kano State against the backdrop of some deaths recorded in the state is a case in point.
"This allegation is not only baseless, but very irresponsible. It is false in its entirety.
"Shockingly, while all well-meaning organisations, home and abroad, and individuals are putting in positive shifts to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has rather chosen to dance on the graves of the unfortunate Nigerians that have been killed by the disease.
"PDP has this rare opportunity to stand up to be counted by making positive contributions to end the scourge, but this opposition party thinks this is the time to politicise Coronavirus cases and deaths, particularly in Kano State.
"We invite the PDP to borrow a leaf from the patriotic efforts being made by the cross-party platform, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), who has kept politics aside and joined the President Buhari government in jointly, proactively and frontally combating the pandemic which is currently a threat to our very existence. The PDP must understand that only the living can play politics.
"The APC would, once again, refresh the memory of the PDP, since the party appears irredeemably lost in its present, unenviable state of idleness and irrelevance.
"Weeks before the pandemic hit Nigeria, this administration had started taking practical steps in preparation for it.
"The PDP may claim to be unaware, but emergency operations centres have been established in states to serve as coordination platforms and are networked to a national incident coordination centre. Many states are now better equipped and prepared to coordinate within and across their borders in combating the coronavirus. From just about four testing laboratory centres, NCDC has 15 testing centres as at today with testing capacity increasing to over 3000 daily from just a few hundreds weeks ago.
"While it is clear that no single country, including the advanced nations, boasts adequate capacity to respond at once to this pandemic, and are all working hard to scale up capacity to contain the spread of Corvid-19 and in the same vein making efforts to find a cure for it, the APC-led government has not been found wanting in protecting the lives of all Nigerians, except for PDP that is incurably irrational.
"Nigeria has received commendations from bodies like the World Health Organisation (WHO), the European Union. The Presidents of West African countries under the aegis of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government have appointed President Muhammadu Buhari as Champion of the COVID-19 response. Our successes achieved so far in our Coronavirus response happened without the insidious prodding of the PDP.
"When the PDP held a rally in Oyo State in a most irresponsible manner and against public outcry, at a period the Corvid-19 cases had already been recorded in Nigeria, perhaps it was a deliberate effort by the opposition party to jeopardise the lives of the people of this country. It is not surprising that the Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, who was making a joke of the pandemic got no cautionary words from PDP. We may never know the damage caused by the ill-advised rally held by PDP in Oyo State. But it suits the opposition party to attack the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to score cheap political points.
"To make the matter worse, quite unfortunately, the PDP is asking President Buhari to embark on a state visit to Kano. The opposition party believes that there should be a Presidential movement to anywhere in this country at this period, least of a densely populated city like Kano. Have they suddenly forgotten what it means to have the President visit Kano State at a period like this that requires social distancing and when much of the country is under a lockdown order?
"We urge the PDP to come clean on why it is asking the President to embark on a state visit now.
"Nigerians should ask PDP if it is praying that the whole of Kano and, indeed, Nigeria be swarming with Corvid-19 cases and corpses in order to fit into its known and unpatriotic wishes against our beloved country", the statement added.
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Build the Wall: Boxer Rod Salka infuses politics with boxing
Written by	Leroy Cleveland
Boxer Rod Salka is a huge advocate of "The Wall," and we don't mean Pink Floyd.
On Thursday night in Indio, California, the super featherweight contender failed to impress performance-wise but certainly made a statement of sorts in the ring.
In his bout with Mexican Francisco Vargas, which was televised on ESPN2, Salka donned trunks with the statement "America First" on his belt line with a brick wall pattern covering the rest of his shorts.
... And Salka was eventually TKO'd in Round 6 by his south-of-the-border foe.
Given Salka, an American, chose to make that very public statement while fighting a Mexican opponent, it's no wonder why some think his action was in poor taste.
"I was surprised when (Salka) was coming to the ring. I saw him dressed with a wall on his clothes, but I kept calm. I was focused on making my fight and on my plan," Vargas said to ESPN Deportes.
"Once we were already in the ring, the wall was an extra ingredient [for my motivation to win], so I gave it everything. Whatever it is I represent Mexico and I feel that wall is against all my countrymen."
The Unites States is deliberating about the construction of a massive wall along the Texas/Arizona/California border as part of U.S. President's Donald Trump's plan to keep out so-called "bad hombres" instead of providing amnesty to immigrants already here, ignoring the fact that the boom in Mexican migration is likely over.
"They [Mexicans] are not our friend, believe me," then-candidate Trump famously stated in 2016. "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
"I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I'll build them very inexpensively," Trump stated at his inauguration in 2016.
"I will build a great, great wall on our southern border and I'll have Mexico pay for that wall."
More on Salka
Most known for being brutally knocked out in two rounds by Danny Garcia in 2014, Salka, a Republican, ran for Congress in 2016 looking to represent Pennsylvania's 38th District.
He was defeated by Democratic incumbent William Kortz II by a margin of 66 to 34 percent.
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Last year, fight legend and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De Le Hoya took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump in an ad for the May 6 superfight between Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. In that promo, Canelo and Chavez Jr., both Mexicans, are seen crashing through a wall to land in Las Vegas.
"The idea of a wall was a direct hit to Donald Trump," De Le Hoya told the New York Times. "The comments that Trump has made had really impacted many people and have rubbed many people the wrong way."
"This is letting him know that not every Mexican is what he's stated they are. Mexicans are hard workers."
Are these kinds of controversial statements, whether by the fighters or promoters, good or bad for boxing? And, should we expect to see more of them across the political spectrum?
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Risk factors for falls among older community dwellers in Shenzhen, China
Haibin Zhou1,
Ke Peng2,3,
Anne Tiedemann2,
Ji Peng1,
Catherine Sherrington2
1 Chronic Disease Prevention division, Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, China
2 School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Correspondence to Prof. Ji Peng, Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen 518020, China; pengji126{at}126.com
Objective To determine the rate of falls reported by older community dwellers in Shenzhen, China and to identify fall-related risk factors.
Method Participants were community dwellers residing in Shenzhen, China, who were aged 60 years and over and were recruited using multistage random sampling. All participants were surveyed about demographic and health-related information, mood, vision and hearing impairment, self-rated health and retrospective falls, and a test of balance was administered. Univariate and multivariate negative binomial regression was used to identify factors associated with a greater number of falls.
Result Study participants were 1290 people aged 60–98 years (mean 68.2 years, SD ±6.5). One hundred and seventy-seven falls were reported. One hundred and eleven (8.6%) participants reported one fall in the past year, 17 (1.3%) participants reported two falls and 10 (0.8%) participants reported three or more falls. Univariate analysis showed that age, living alone, presence of a medical condition, medication usage, visual impairment, poor subjective body sense perception, low mood, poor self-rated health and poor balance were associated with a greater number of falls in the past year. Multivariate analysis identified presence of a medical condition (incidence rate ratio (IRR)=1.40, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.67), living alone (IRR=2.46, 95% CI 1.12 to 5.41), visual impairment (IRR=1.46, 95% CI 1.03 to 2.08), walking aid use (IRR=2.29, 95% CI 1.12 to 4.69) and impaired balance (IRR=1.05, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.10) to be significantly associated with a greater number of falls in the past year.
Conclusion More falls occurred in older Chinese people with presence of a medical condition, living alone, visual impairment, used a walking aid and impaired balance.
accidental falls
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042597
HZ and KP contributed equally.
Contributors KP, HZ and JP participated in field investigation and acquired the data. KP, AT and CS analysed data and wrote the first draft. All authors reviewed the manuscript and approved the submission.
Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Ethics approval Ethics approval was obtained from the Shenzhen Centre for Chronic Disease Control. (reference number 201309).
Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2019. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.


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package com.puresoltechnologies.xo.titan.test.data;

import com.puresoltechnologies.xo.titan.api.annotation.EdgeDefinition;
import com.puresoltechnologies.xo.titan.api.annotation.EdgeDefinition.Incoming;
import com.puresoltechnologies.xo.titan.api.annotation.EdgeDefinition.Outgoing;

@EdgeDefinition("hasSister")
public interface HasSister {

	@Outgoing
	Person getSibling();

	void setSibling(Person sibling);

	@Incoming
	Person getSister();

	void setSister(Person sister);

}

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The piece of string in the palm of your hand is being held quite loosely. Linear it is not.
Sad news about Sen McCain, but the discovery could explain his line of questioning at the last hearing.
My cynical self is wondering if the announcement our agencies will no longer arm and provide support for the free Syrian army had any correlation to the hour long meeting with Vlad at the G20 dinner that didn't happen and is another example of fake news?
Are the three of you recovering from the Exodus North?
My bro-in-law had a glioblastoma; his thinking grew progressively confused over a few months. Forgetting a wallet before starting off in a cross country drive, for instance. He was getting on a freeway and forgot to check his rear view mirror. Bad wreck, transported to ER, CT-scan found the lesion/growth. Dead six months later. Not a good way to go out.
Nope, this story is anything but linear. A ball of yarn comes to mind.


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ATSC 3.0: A Revolution for U.S. Broadcasters
By Greg Jarvis 26 June 2019
The ATSC 3.0 standard brings an exciting time for U.S. broadcasters as a flood of new tools hits the market equipping traditional broadcasters to explore what Hybrid TV has to offer. By drawing on Europe as an example, U.S. broadcasters have access to a series of real-life examples of the ways traditional broadcasters have expanded their reach into digital through Hybrid TV. Europe has in fact been a Hybrid TV pioneer and has witnessed the debunking of traditional "TV watching."
With consumers spending on average four hours a day watching video content, it is clear that broadcasters still retain a lot of leverage. Even though competition is increasing between different platforms for digital content (social media, TV streaming, game consoles, etc.) it is safe to say that traditional TV is a reliable output for advertising as 10% of the U.S. population flick through varying channels when watching TV. Not to mention, older generations who are more likely to flick through channel to channel are more often than not going to be financially better placed to spend more, making it clear to broadcasters that in order to meet existing viewer demand choosing either OTT or traditional TV is futile.
In order to remain profitable (through a greater share of ad spending) and to ensure interest from consumers is kept at an all-time high, U.S. broadcasters need to make the most of what ATSC 3.0 has to offer. In this article, we look at the top trends for U.S. TV content delivery and their potential to drive advertising and viewer stickiness.
In order to improve channel stickiness, knowing and understanding your consumer in order to provide targeted content will be key. Many OTT providers offer short snippets of content specifically tailored to individual consumers—for example a preview window showing the next episode of a TV series. These "snipes," which can be programmed to appear at the bottom of the screen during a program, can now be altered to be far more powerful: with ATSC 3.0, broadcasters can insert pop out adverts that appear when a program has finished airing based on the viewer's specific content preferences.
ADVERTISING's NEXT FRONTIER
ATSC 3.0 paves the way for an exciting new development in advertising: addressable advertising. Businesses will be able to target content specifically to households and even individuals within a household, thus limiting wasted efforts on untargeted ads. Of the 120 million TV homes in the U.S., more than 65 million have the technology to receive these targeted ads, however this type of advertising is clearly very under-used. Looking at the U.K. as an example, Sky credited a 29% year-on-year rise in revenues for its targeted advertising platform AdSmart for driving overall U.K. and Ireland ad revenue growth of 6%.
Targeted location selection can improve effectiveness and ultimately reduce brands' ad spending. A great example of a brand rolling this out is from car brand Suzuki, which implemented an addressable advert to raise awareness to viewers about nearby dealerships. Toyota has taken this a step further, where they ran an addressable TV ad campaign that connected TV ads to dealership visits, where they were able to assess whether the TV ads led to an increase in foot traffic into the dealerships.
Location data can also help discourage channel switching, which will assist in increasing your share of advertisers' budget as well as increasing their loyalty to you. An example of this is providing real time regional news pop-ups between shows—delivering pertinent information to TV viewers.
Another way to increase interactions with viewers is to offer incentives or rewards. For example, a brand could offer viewers a voucher code that can be redeemed on their tablet or smartphone. Given that 95% of consumers watch TV with a mobile device in hand, interacting with adverts to redeem offers will not be a difficult task.
The concept of traditional advertising rests on the premise that the ad needs to stay in viewers' minds as opposed to initiating immediate action. Hybrid TV allows additional content to be added to an advert, giving consumers access to the key information in real-time and increasing the likelihood of inspiring immediate action. If a car manufacturer is advertising its latest model with this wave of advertising, they would have the functionality to offer viewers the option of a test drive all through the click of a button on their TV.
Hybrid TV is altering the media landscape for broadcasters by increasing competition and changing the way viewers consume content. However, there is a wealth of opportunity for broadcasters adopting Next Gen TV as they are ideally placed to beat the competition from sole OTT players in the market. Not only will broadcasters be able to individually target their viewers to increase stickiness, but they will provide suitable platforms for advertisers to custom their ads to individuals increasing overall quantity of interactions. It is time that broadcasters in the U.S. look to Europe and plan a roadmap for ATSC 3.0 adoption to target consumers in an increasingly more personalized manner, all while guaranteeing steady revenues from advertisers and seeing off competitors to mark their place firmly in the market.
Jarvis leads international IT services firm Fincons' U.S. business. Over the past 18 years he has launched multiple OTT and TV delivery products and services. He currently leads the efforts to design and deploy Next Gen User Experiences and recently released the TV interface best practices design and accompanying book.
For a comprehensive source of TV Technology's ATSC 3.0 coverage, see ourATSC3 silo.
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Venezuela: O'Grady on the self-coup
Last week Venezuela took a first step towards a military dictatorship when Nicolás Maduro declared "All the ministries, all the ministers, all the state institutions are at the service and in absolute subordination" to the head of the armed forces, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino.
Mary O'Grady asks, Who Will Stop Venezuela's Slow Self-Coup? The U.S. is doing little to help defend democracy, which will please the Castros.
It means that Venezuela is now run by a quasi-military junta with the general sharing power with Mr. Maduro. Gen. Padrino will also head the newly created "Great Mission of Sovereign Supply," which will manage the supply and distribution of food. The military also took over the country's ports, which until now have been under civilian control.
Latin Americans call this kind of handover of power a "self-coup," because it shifts authority from elected officials to outsiders who are not constitutionally in line to succeed the president.
It is unlikely that this was Mr. Maduro's idea. Rather, having taken note of the president's unpopularity, his Cuban handlers are making adjustments. Though the 53-year-old Gen. Padrino once trained with the U.S. military, he has found favor with the Castros. In February the general was named to head a new military-industrial mining, oil and gas company that will rival the state-owned oil company PdVSA.
Venezuela is also adjusting its socialist economic model, using a template the Castros borrowed from Russia's Vladimir Putin. With the assistance of Mr. Obama, they are inviting in U.S. capital investment so they can consolidate power for the next generation.
My answer to the question, 'Who Will Stop Venezuela's Slow Self-Coup?' is, no one.
But then, I'm a pessimist.
Filed Under: Communism, Venezuela Tagged With: Fausta's blog, Vladimir Padrino López
Steve Nickerson says
"With the assistance of Mr. Obama, they are inviting in U.S. capital investment so they can consolidate power for the next generation."
What idiots would invest where their assets would be expected to be seized?
Besides friends of the Clintons?
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While admiring the melodic pop savvy of Paul McCartney, I've never felt compelled to follow his solo career that closely. I was always a Lennon man.
Hang on, you say, there must be more than two categories, surely? And of course, there are. A number of distinct sub-personalities operate when the Vinyl Hunter-Gatherer is out and about. What is more, movement between these disparate 'selves' is not only possible, but likely. Interviewing a vinyl disciple using the standard Voight-Kampf [Vinyl] Test should yield results falling into these Top Ten categories.
How to detect the various expressions of Vinyl Hunter-Gatherism? Well, the subject will always manifest physical changes that the trained eye can detect and interpret (such as the 'Blush' response associated with being seen with, say, a Wings album) but as there are very few Blade Runners operative, it is only perceptive long-term partners and spouses who can gather and interpret this data reliably. Which is why most Vinyl Hunter-Gatherers suggest their mates +/- children check out 'that nice little cafe down the street' when they are aiming to score. Or, for the money-haemorrhaging Category J, wait until they've all gone to bed.
This particular Vinyl Hunter-Gatherer had, as noted above, been on the look-out for a clean copy of McCartney II for a while. Not because it is essential or even particularly desired but mostly out of curiosity. A sensible person would simply listen on some web streaming service, but then 'sensible' and 'record collector' are rarely sighted in the same sentence. In fact a number of copies of this album have passed under our fingers in the past year, but due to the low level of importance/interest, it had not been purchased. Until a month ago when the pickings were slim but the hunger measurable and Paul's second self-titled album made the journey from shop to music room.
Opening with the album 'Coming up' is a strong beginning. The single is both catchy and quirky and although McCartney sounds like he's on helium (it's actually a vari-speed tape recorder) and the lyric doesn't quite challenge 'Imagine' —or even 'Watching the wheels' (also 1980)— for profundity, it is a lively and positive start. Others must've liked 'Coming up' too, as it hit #1 in the US and Canada and #2 in Australia and the UK. The ex-Beatle seems to have employed a Casio keyboard (or similar) as the sound of the entire album is characterised by a thin electronic bleepiness that evokes Kraftwerk's Computer World in a knocked-this-up-at-home DIY sort of way.
And that is because home is exactly where Paul recorded McCartney II. It was —apart from some extra vocals from Linda— an entirely solo effort. Surprisingly the simple cheesy synth sounds and battery-driven percussion work well. There are a couple of instrumentals whose rustic electronica evoke a kind of demo Yellow Magic Orchestra but there is also the melodically sumptuous McCartney ballad 'Waterfalls', whose beauty is only enhanced by the minimal setting. It's one of those moments that remind you that McCartney really could write a good tune. Remember that scene in Douglas Adams' Life, the Universe and Everything?
From somewhere at the back of the crowd a single voice started to sing a tune which would have enabled Paul McCartney, had he written it, to buy the world.
Well, 'Waterfalls' is one of those.
Mr M must have been feeling relaxed and jovial residing in the bosom of his family as there is a streak of mischievous humour through the record. I really like the sequencer-driven 'Temporary secretary', a distant cousin of 'Paperback writer', without the desperation.
If you can ignore the hubris of fantasising about a highly trained surgeon abandoning her profession to nip over to Paul's place for some dictation, that last couplet is quite amusing.
Less successful is 'Bogey music', inspired, Paul tells us, by Raymond Briggs' classic graphic story Fungus the Bogeyman. Great idea, but whereas the book is a clever and sardonic exploration of existential meaning, the song is a weak and tedious formulaic rocker. Could've done much better. 'Nobody knows' is another of the standard bluesy rock songs that McCartney can knock out in his sleep, while 'On the way' is a sparse blues; a simple song with a strong Paul vocal and a competent guitar break.
Overall, McCartney II —despite its weaknesses— is an entertaining record that I can imagine dragging out now and then, as much for the dawn-of-the-80s synth sounds as anything else. In a phrase, slight but satisfying. And definitely Category F.
Recognise yourself in any of those Categories?
Ahh, wonderful! We only have some kind of McCartney hits set here, a 2 CD thing, but none of his studio albums. At least I don't think we do.
The lead section here is brilliant – honestly. Maybe Geoff can figure out a way to graph it. I fall under a few categories.
Thanks so much Mike. Really appreciate such an immediate response. As you'd know, these posts take a bit of work!
But this one, I'm running with. The next post – further 'Case studies' – is in press!
Oh I know — believe me I know how much work goes into these! Looking forward to the next.
I was always a Lennon man myself, too. But it seems as I get older, more curmudgeonly, and maybe a little more responsible, I tend to lean more towards Mr. McCartney. His first solo record, Ram, and this record show just what the guy could do when he was left to his own devices. There's some Wings stuff that I liked 'Venus and Mars' and 'Wings At The Speed of Sound' in particular, but mostly it was just kind of boring. Nothing like "Mother", "God", "Love", or "Cold Turkey" that grabbed you in the gut. But at least Sir Paul seemed grounded from the get go. He seemed to have a vision.
It is a worrying correlation, isn't it? That one that goes: the more fucked up, the more interesting as a musician. But of course you are right, who'd begrudge any of those dudes some peace love and understanding.
PS> I was probably a little tough on Wings, and I agree about McCartney I too.
Sir Paul lives (has a house, anyway) a street away from my in-laws over here (well, about 2 miles away from us) and is often to be spotted around being generally polite and normal. He once held a door open for my wife in a newsagent when she was 9. Oh yes! That's the kind of celeb stories we have over this way.
I don't own any McCartney solo, or Wings – I'm a Beatles fundamentalist I'm afraid.
I'm definitely a Type C/D. In any given record shop I always head straight for the B section first, until I get my bearings – true story. Absolutely no idea why.
Beatles fundamentalism is one of the few brands that is tolerable, really. Meanwhile, I think the link between sentences one and three show a certain McCartneyesque groundedness. You may well be too normal to be a proper record collector.
I have heard 'Temporary Secretary' being played on the dancefloor once or twice. I think its ace but I'm making do with an illegally and totally accidentally downloaded MP3 of it.
Right, Mush! I'm turning you in to the mp3 poleece. You'll be transported downunder until you acquire every digital file on vinyl.
On the bright side, you'll be in a winning rugby side.
I'd only point out that the version of 'Coming Up' made popular here in these crazy 'states of ours was the live version, not the cut off of the McCartney II album. I, too, prefer the one recorded in Glasgow, Scotland (17 December 1979) during Wings tour of the UK, than the LP track. It has a vibrancy Paul's vari-speed tape recorder-effect mutes, at least for my ears. YMMV.
Thanks a lot Michael. (And thanks for the Twitter action too – I'm utterly hopeless at social media and often forget I have a Twitter account!).
Never knew about the 'Coming Up' variant in the US. Interesting. And that video, eh? I'm never sure whether to giggle or throw up.
Henry clearly attended several Record Fairs to have nailed the rampant Vinyl Hunter-Gatherer so accurately.
There's a Fair in Box Hill this Sunday. Might try his profile out!
Wow at some point I may fit into all of those categories. I have dabbled in Sir Paul and his Wings, sometimes with few returns. I do believe him to be at times the less interesting but more musically adventurous ex- Beatle, he could however do with a good editor at times.
I likewise will not be showing my long suffering wife this analyses of my dysfuntion, especially as I staggered in this afternoon with 8 new to me records.
Thanks for this though, maybe.
Paul McCartney seems a sincerely good human and is unquestionably hugely talented. I can't help but think positively of him. But somehow, save the Beatles(!) and a few covers by others of some of his acknowledged (by me) master-level creations, I am drawn neither to gather nor to aurally seek. There's no negativity, and I often enjoy the "unexpected" listen when it happens, but there's no pull for me.
Of course all those dubious Categories are just research. Nothing to do with me. At all. No Sybils round these parts Mister.
Do you know the Beatles/Wings quote from The Alan Partridge Show (British comedian Steve Coogan)? I've included it (probably inaccurately) in the reply to J.
PS. Watch out for a Category D reference to a certain US expat in the next week or two.
Oh. I mostly fall into B, C, D, and J, I reckon. As for McCartney … I just don't much enjoy anything of his. Unquestionably talented, but it just doesn't connect with me.
Still, falling into the adventurous and research fields, I might just surprise myself one day, huh?
Good on ya, James. As E to H are the most psychologically questionable (and probably I too, come to think of it) I reckon you are doing well. But isn't J dangerous financially!
I reckon so – I save 'J evenings' for albums I've given a lot of thought about. Haven't actually spent too much when I've done that … though I have been close to a reckless purchase or two!
Delightful post Bruce, really enjoyed – and yes, record collector and sensible do tend to be mutually exclusive terms!
Great categorization, I think we can all relate to different letters at times.
Thanks Geoff. That's twice 'Ram' has been mentioned. I have an old s/hand copy filed; must drag it out!
Yep. That's a gold-plated Category A score. The Gods of Vinyl were definitely smiling upon you.
While I loved McCartney's early solo and Wings stuff, I had moved on when this came out and only heard it recently. Shrugged my shoulders and moved along.
Can understand that Thom. My curiosity (and enjoyment) was around the synth sounds mostly. As we say, 'It fills a gap'.


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Tags: 1.52-m Telescopio Carlos Sánchez at the Teide Observatory Canaries Spain, MuSCAT2-a powerful 4-color simultaneous camera, NAOJ ( 37 ), NASA/MIT TESS ( 31 )
From National Astronomical Observatory of Japan: "MuSCAT2 to find Earth-like Planets in the TESS Era"
From National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Newly Developed simultaneous multi-color camera MuSCAT2 on the 1.52-m Telescopio Carlos Sánchez at the Teide Observatory, Canaries, Spain
1.52-m Telescopio Carlos Sánchez at the Teide Observatory, Canaries, Spain
A Japan-Spain team has developed a powerful 4-color simultaneous camera named MuSCAT2 for the 1.52-m Telescopio Carlos Sánchez at the Teide Observatory, Canaries, Spain. The instrument aims to find a large number of transiting exoplanets, including Earth-like habitable planets orbiting stars near the Sun, in collaboration with NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched in April 2018.
NASA/MIT TESS
In April 2018, NASA launched a new satellite named Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to discover new exoplanets around stars near the Sun. TESS finds exoplanets by observing planetary transits, a phenomenon in which a planet passes in front of its host star and blocks part of the star's light.
Planet transit. NASA/Ames
Transiting exoplanets are especially valuable targets for exoplanet studies, since they provide information about the true mass, radius, density, orbital obliquity, and atmosphere of such planets.
However, transiting exoplanet candidates discovered by TESS are not always real planets. An eclipsing binary, a pair of stars orbiting and eclipsing each other, can also produce transit-like signals. For the TESS mission, the false positive rate caused by eclipsing binaries is predicted to be 30-70% depending on the direction observed. Follow up observations can help distinguish actual exoplanets from false positives.
Multi-color transit observations are one way to separate exoplanets from eclipsing binary stars. This is because in the case of an eclipsing binary, the light coming from the system changes color as it dims, while for an exoplanet transit the light stays the same color as it dims.
For this reason, an international team, consisting of Japanese researchers from the Astrobiology Center (ABC) and the University of Tokyo and Spanish researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has developed a 4-color simultaneous camera named MuSCAT2 (2nd generation Multi-color Simultaneous Camera for studying Atmospheres of Transiting exoplanets) on the 1.52-m Telescopio Carlos Sánchez at the Teide Observatory, Canaries, Spain.
The team will use MuSCAT2 more than 162 nights per year until at least 2022. They will work to confirm a large number of new transiting exoplanets, including Earth-like habitable planets orbiting stars near the Sun, in collaboration with the ongoing TESS mission.
NAOJ
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) is an astronomical research organisation comprising several facilities in Japan, as well as an observatory in Hawaii. It was established in 1988 as an amalgamation of three existing research organizations – the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory of the University of Tokyo, International Latitude Observatory of Mizusawa, and a part of Research Institute of Atmospherics of Nagoya University.
In the 2004 reform of national research organizations, NAOJ became a division of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences.
NAOJ/Subaru Telescope at Mauna Kea Hawaii, USA,4,207 m (13,802 ft) above sea level
ESO/NRAO/NAOJ ALMA Array
Solar Flare Telescope
Nobeyama Radio Observatory
Nobeyama Radio Observatory: Solar
Mizusawa VERA Observatory
Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
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Gallery of members work, events and workshops of W&M Branch.
The February 2019 the three inhouse workshops were a great success 40 members and guests enjoyed the Tutor teachings and examples of three very different techniques. Transfer dyes, Using the Embellishing Machine and making a Brooch using Goldwork techniques.
Many Congratulations to Judith Castle for her recent award in the Jane Lemon Award in the Drama and Creativity section of the Members Challenge.
entitled " Down and Out"
This piece by Anne Johnson, called Urban Scenery, is made from patched silk with surface stitching.
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So we're heading out to Disneyland this week for a family vacation (woo-hoo!) and I'm doing the chicken minus head routine trying to get everything ready to go. As one of my day jobs, I freelance for a local family magazine, and Friday I got an e-mail from my editor asking if I could fill in on an article due next week.
I mentioned to my husband that I was sorry I couldn't do the article, but with the trip it just wasn't possible. He said, "too bad you can't write an article about Disneyland."
I pitched the idea to my editor, she gave the thumbs-up with some alterations, and it's a go! I'll be able to come out of this vacation with a little spending money from the sale of the article.
Not to mention the tax write-off for expenses.
And thanks, Stacy! I'm very excited about it.
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What can we learn from Lush leaving social media, and is it a trend we'll see more of?
Lush is known for it's sweet smelling products, ethical backing and overly helpful in-store staff.
But this week it's made headlines as one of the only millennial leading brands to quit social media all together. Why? Well, it's kind of unknown.
With a range of distinctive products, an hyper-engaged customer base and a great story to tell, it's the thing of a social media marketers dreams… But now, they've decided to shut the UK arms of their social pages.
"We're switching up social. Increasingly, social media is making it harder and harder for us to talk to each other directly," a statement posted to 569k Instagram followers read.
Well, it's quite a statement, but does it tell us more about how brands are not willing to play the algorithm game on social media? Could it be the beginning of the end for stores on some large social platforms?
"We want social to be more about passions and less about likes," they also added, alluding to the fact they want people to follow the #LushCommunity to stay connected and see Lush-themed content.
So are they going to be speaking via influencers? If so, it's a risky approach there's no way to publicly release statements, make your own brand marks or sway conversation, only facilitate it.
For example, there's a huge product recall. Apart from putting flyers in store, how will you get the message across on social? Paid advertising? If so, that seems to defeat the objective of why they've axed the channels themselves 'to not focus on likes'.
Brands do best highlighting themselves on social media, serving relevant content as a strategy. If you don't have a voice, someone will have it for you, with retail in the UK especially a rocky industry surely it's important to stay relevant?
And it's true. Lush has really pushed for it's local stores to have it's own presence… But at what cost? There's been a lack of consistency, lack of clarity and tone of voice.
What's next for Lush then? Well, I feel there's more to announcement than meets the eye. There is no way a forward-thinking brand like Lush is going to ditch such a large proportion of their audience who love being hero-ed and presented daily content for nothing.
I suspect they're building an on-site platform for users to have meaningful conversations, discuss products and potentially also up-sell.
It could be a data dream, pulling the user profiles of every user who steps foot in their shop, potentially with a new rewards system it could allow them to team up with like-minded brands in clothing, music… anything, and up-sell further offerings to their audience, who would, naturally, be interested in this targeted content.
Lush would totally own this space, they'd own the rules and regulations on it, and could tell their own story however they wish. Clever, or dangerous?
So are Lush looking to become their own social network? Potentially. Are they trying to control the way their users engage on social and discuss their offering. It seems it!
As with any external promotion influencers will also flag issues. What if there's another classic drama where an Instagrammer is pulled on an issue online, or is spotted with fake likes. How will Lush determine who they work with?
If they're not pushing for 'likes' will they go for micro-influencers in Lush-store-based communities that can use gorilla and word of mouth marketing to spread the word? It seems like a lot of work with the potential for it all to go wrong.
Just like one of Lush's bath bombs, once the dust (or in this case glitter) settles we'll surely know more, but it's going to be incredibly interesting to see Lush's next steps… and how it affects not just sales, but audience engagement and sentiment with the brand across social.
What do you make of the news? Do you think it's a clever move, or a PR stunt?


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Nels Johnson (April 30, 1896 – December 2, 1958) was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from April 1, 1954 to December 2, 1958.

Born in Akrens, Iceland, Johnson was brought to the United States in 1900.

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Justices of the North Dakota Supreme Court
1896 births
1958 deaths
Icelandic emigrants to the United States
20th-century American judges

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[§304A-2176] University of Hawaii at Manoa intercollegiate athletics special fund and University of Hawaii at Hilo intercollegiate athletics special fund. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, there are established the University of Hawaii at Manoa intercollegiate athletics special fund and the University of Hawaii at Hilo intercollegiate athletics special fund for the intercollegiate athletic programs of the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of Hawaii at Hilo, which shall be used to receive, deposit, disburse, and account for funds from the activities of the intercollegiate athletic programs. The university may establish appropriate charges for activities related to its athletic programs and the use of its athletic facilities, the proceeds from which shall be deposited into these special funds.
The university shall maintain the financial integrity and viability of these special funds, including the maintenance of an adequate reserve to cope with the various factors that impact the revenue structure of an intercollegiate athletic program. [L 2006, c 75, pt of §2; am L 2011, c 124, §8]
Revision Note
Section was renumbered from §304A-2261 pursuant to §23G-15.


"I have learned that when sadness comes to visit me, all I can do is say "I see you." I spend some time with it, get up, and say goodbye.
I don't push it away, I own it.
There was a point in my life recently where I completely broke down and realized that the path ahead of me was so long and wearisome. I had come very far, but the journey was not easy. I was weathered and felt like all my efforts had amounted to very little compared to the people around me. Walled in, I cried out to God, my lifeline of hope, and it humbled me.
We are so very broken. We are so very weak. But we are also so very loved, with a grace that can carry all our sadness, weariness and pain.
I look ahead of me, and breathe a sigh. I feel the sadness around me, but I also know that at the end of the journey there will be arms to beckon me Home – and that's what I will keep walking toward.