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Head coach Doug Pederson met with the media Friday morning for his final press conference before the Seahawks-Eagles Wild Card showdown. There are three crucial members of the offense who have appeared on the injury report as the team preps to host a playoff game. Tight end Zach Ertz (ribs, back) did not play in the Week 17 matchup against the Giants, but he has been a limited participant in practice this week. He is officially questionable for Sunday.
"He is still not cleared for any contact," Pederson said. "He will work a little on the side, like he's done this week. We're waiting on a few doctor results tomorrow (Saturday). If things go favorable, he'll play and if they don't, he won't."
All-Pro tackle Lane Johnson has been out since leaving the Week 14 win over the Giants early with an ankle injury. After not participating in practice for the last three weeks, Johnson saw limited action on Wednesday and Thursday. He did not participate in Friday's practice and is officially questionable for Sunday. Pederson praised Johnson's desire and dedication to be on the field for Sunday's game.
"Lane is still working," Pederson said. "He's a tough guy. He really wants to play in this football game. We're going to find out more today and see where he's at the end of the day before we put out a report. He's working to try to play in this football game."
RB @BoobieMilesXXIV: "I'm playing," he said when asked about Sunday's playoff game. Tested it on Friday said he feels good. pic.twitter.com/NlXgQcqC9N
— Dave Spadaro (@EaglesInsider) January 3, 2020
Lastly, rookie running back Miles Sanders did not participate in practice this week until Friday due to an ankle injury. Sanders had to exit last week's Giants game early in the second quarter due to the injury and did not return. Prior to his injury, he recorded 52 rushing yards on nine attempts.
"Miles is good," Pederson said. "He'll get in some work today, see where he's at. He's been feeling good."
Sanders is not on the Game Status report, meaning he will play Sunday.
#Seahawks injury report for their wild-card game at Philly. Jadeveon Clowney and Quandre Diggs not listed, so they're good to go. pic.twitter.com/sJyTacxcDM
— John Boyle (@johnpboyle) January 3, 2020


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Choosing Your Own Photography Backdrops
People who know me well would know that I love taking pictures. I remember going to photography studios for photoshoot with my friends in the past, although some packages can be quite pricey.
Recently I found an easy way to DIY a beautiful photography set-up at home without feeling a pinch in the wallet. All you need is just a nice background for portrait shots, which is easily available at Shopbackdrop, an online photography background company.
It has probably the largest collection of backgrounds I have ever seen!
Complete with the latest choices, best prices, complete size range, and customizable options, I am sure you can find something you like here. For instance, textured abstract backdrop is usually the photographers' favourite for professional shoot in all occasions.
Here are some of the abstract backdrops that I personally like.
Apart from the abstract backdrops, any other thematic backdrops such as graduation, Christmas, wedding etc are available there. If you plan to invest in some for your own studio, I think solid backgrounds are equally great too.
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Specifically for wedding shoots, the handmade Muslin backdrop is the first thing I fall in love with! Made from high-quality Polycotton spun yarn, Muslins can be easily folded and carried around to various locations. They naturally do not have any seams, little wrinkle and can be hand-washed. One word to say it all: Beautiful!
Retro Green Wood Door With Beautiful Flower Backdrop
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Resolution urging the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign a law amending the parental responsibility section of the General Obligations Law, to make parents or custodial guardians responsible of minors possessing a firearm.
Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation making it a felony to assault a driver licensed by the Taxi and Limousine Commission.
Resolution calling on the New York State Assembly to pass A.5303, the New York State Senate to introduce and pass a companion bill, and the Governor to sign such legislation into law, which would amend the New York State Criminal Procedure Law to allow for the expungement of certain records.
Resolution calling upon the New York City Department of Education to mandate school uniforms.
Door security in New York city public schools.
Designating a housing resources liaison
Requiring a school emergency preparedness task force to review distributing school emergency preparedness materials
Creating a small business lease program for establishing an environment for fair negotiations in the commercial lease renewal process in order to determine reasonable lease terms
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Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign, legislation to repeal the Criminal Procedure Law Article 240 and replace it with a law mandating early, open, and automatic pre-trial discovery.
Resolution recognizing April 12th annually as Gar?funa Heritage Day in the City of New York.
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to security cameras in New York city public schools.
Requiring a school emergency preparedness task force to review evacuation plans and emergency response protocols at schools
Requiring a school emergency preparedness task force to review infrastructure security technologies at schools
Requiring a school emergency preparedness task force to review emergency preparedness training for school personnel
Requiring a school emergency preparedness task force to review a public notification for school emergencies
Requiring a school emergency preparedness task force to review NYPD, DOE and community collaboration on school emergency preparedness
Requiring a school emergency preparedness task force to review emergency communication technologies at schools
Requiring a school emergency preparedness task force to review protocols for students experiencing a mental health crisis
Requiring the New York Police Department to consult with nonpublic schools on emergency preparedness
Requiring a school emergency preparedness task force to review the optimal security presence at schools
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So after our amazing adventure at Disneyland it was time to head home. I had to monitor my kid for breathing problems in case she needed to be whisked away to urgent care because at this point, her cough is still not gone. She seems to be doing fine, we get our shuttle and head to the airport. Somehow, despite leaving two hours before our flight, we still manage to get to the gate with only minutes to spare. We grab some McD's and wait to board.
go sit with the kids to get a bite before boarding.
Frantically pack the grease food back up and run back to the gate.
Finally time to board, we get settled. The window fight is settled between my kids. We are buckled, earphoned and ret-to-go.
we sit… and sit … and wait.
On cue, my kid starts coughing.
25 minutes later, we leave the gate. The kids behind me are kicking my seat visibly. I figure out in this time the dad and both demons are behind me while their mom is on her own across the aisle.
We finally taxi and take off. Everyone is ready to go home.
I turn and see their mom on the opposite aisle with a bottle of beer and two full cups.
I was thankful for my own calm(ish) and sick kids. I was thankful the animals behind me weren't mine.
We land with a croupy cough and two very tired and done children. We headed straight to Urgent Care and my daughter was given a steroid drink, and i was given a bottle with 3 more doses 'if needed, but she probably wont need them'.
After the next day and 2 more doses, she was still coughing her head off. Steamy shower in the bathroom didn't work, and the 80 degree day outside didn't give us cold air to use. I stood in front of the freezer with her and still had no luck. Honey = nothing. Popsicle = nada.
Head into the Pediatric Urgent care that night after every single breath ended in a coughing fit.
Turns out we should have been given a different steroid- according to the pediatrician the next day.
So now she seems to be through the worst. We just have a lingering cold to deal with.
And that, my friends, was our Disneyland Adventure.
I now need a vacation from my animals kids. Praise little baby Jesus school starts in a week!!!


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Ki: Most of my life, yes.
Ki: Um... it's getting kind of late. Maybe we should just find a hotel and stay there.
Nick: We didn't make reservations, and your mom wanted us to stay here.
Nick: Ki, I know you're a bit nervous. So am I. You were a wreck before you met my folks, and that turned out just fine. I'm sure this won't be any different.
Nick: Well, if you're determined for me to be nervous, that's a start.


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Innovative artist Sasha Siem honoured with 'New Wave' awards at FMAs
Sasha Siem is a little different from your average musician. Her first musical composition was an instrumental accompaniment to Maya Angelou's famous poem, "A Caged Bird Sings". She later attended the University of Cambridge before receiving a PhD from Harvard University in music and poetry. This intellectual approach turned a multitude of heads, the most recent being those at The Daily Front Row.
The Fashion Media Awards, hosted by The Daily Front Row, is the unofficial opening party for the prestigious New York Fashion Week. Here, Siem saw her name amongst a range of star-studded guests, including Kate Moss, Zendaya, and British Vogue editor Edward Enninful as honourees at the annual awards ceremony. Siem performed, the first ever musician to do so, during the awards ceremony, which is held atop NYC's storied Rockerfeller Centre in the Rainbow Room.
In addition to performing at this prestigious event, Sasha Siem was the recipient of the highly sought-after 'New Wave' artist of the year award.
"We identified Sasha this winter as an up-and-coming artist who commands your attention," says Brandusa Niro, Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Daily Front Row. "She has an incredibly unique, poetic voice, and a message that resonates with anyone who listens. She was a natural to receive our first ever 'New Wave' award, and a fitting choice to be the only artist we've ever invited to sing at the Fashion Media Awards."
Sasha Siem is no stranger to 'firsts'. She has been making innovative moves from very early on in her career, recording songs in the enigmatic 'Love Frequency', meaning that her music has an effect on a molecular level. With a performance like the FMAs under her belt and an album coming out later this year, it's exciting to try to predict what this eclectic and intellectual artist has next up her sleeve!
Watch Sasha's performance of her feminist anthem Eve Eyed, at a women's circle in Fitsrovia Chapel in London:
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Potter Wasp (Euodynerus spp.)
Detailing the physical features, habits, territorial reach and other identifying qualities of the Potter Wasp
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Solitary and quiet, Potter Wasps go about their business paying little attention to their human neighbors.
There are a variety of Potter Wasps in North America. Those in the genus Euodynerus look similar to each other, with some species requiring close inspection to differentiate. Black bodies have a short yellow band above the waist on the thorax. Some species have a pair of yellow dots near this band. A somewhat decorative yellow band sits at the top of the abdomen and a second, plain yellow band is on the lower half. Wings appear black. Black legs have yellow feet. Antennae are black.
All are hunters of caterpillars. A female generally looks for abandoned nests from other types of wasps; it is easier than building one from scratch. Once a nest is obtained, she hunts down a caterpillar, stinging it only to paralyze it. She brings it back to the nest and packs it inside a cell with a fertilized egg. Once the egg hatches, the wasp larva eats away at the caterpillar, eventually killing it. The larva pupates and emerges as a winged adult.
Potter Wasps are not aggressive and generally leave people alone. They may build nests close to human habitats, which could cause more encounters between people and the insect, so removing piles of wood from the exterior of the house can help prevent a population from growing uncomfortably close to high-traffic areas.
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Euodynerus
Species: spp.
Scientific Name: Euodynerus spp.
Colors: black; yellow; white
Descriptors: banded; stinging; flying; bee
* MAP NOTES: The territorial heat map above showcases (in red) the states and territories of North America where the Potter Wasp may be found (but is not limited to). This sort of data is useful when attempting to see concentrations of particular species across the continent as well as revealing possible migratory patterns over a species' given lifespan. Some insects are naturally confined by environment, weather, mating habits, food resources and the like while others see widespread expansion across most, or all, of North America. States/Territories shown above are a general indicator of areas inhabited by the Potter Wasp. Insects generally go where they please, typically driven by diet, environmental changes, and / or mating habits.


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Man accused of murdering NFL star's son charged with kidnapping boy's mother
John Hult
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The man charged with choking and terrorizing the mother of a child he's accused of killing last year will remain in custody on a $1 million cash-only bond.
Joseph Robert Patterson, 28, was arrested on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault, interference with emergency communications and third-degree burglary early Wednesday morning, Minnehaha County State's Attorney Aaron McGowan said in court.
The victim is the mother of Tyrese Robert Ruffin, the now-deceased son of NFL star Adrian Peterson. Patterson was out on a $750,000 cash bond in a murder case involving the child.
Patterson had been dating and living with the victim until last October, when he called 911 to report that the child wasn't breathing. He was alone with the boy in the apartment at the time.
Prosecutors charged Patterson with assault after doctors said the boy's head injuries could not have been accidental. Patterson was charged with murder and manslaughter after the boy died.
Patterson's father paid a $750,000 cash bond to secure his release in that case.
On Tuesday in court, McGowan asked Judge Joni Cutler for a $1 million cash-only bond, saying Patterson's early-morning attack on the boy's mother and his long history of assaultive behavior against women justified the amount.
Patterson allegedly came to the mother's apartment and terrorized her, twice choking her and once causing her to lose consciousness. She eventually was able to contact her sister, who called her parents, who called police for a "well-being check."
He held her at the apartment for "over an hour," McGowan said, and police found evidence of the assault.
"The victim had ligature marks on her neck," McGowan said.
Patterson had previously pleaded guilty to assaulting another love interest and violating a no contact order, McGowan said, and that victim had described three other assaults in applications for protection orders.
McGowan also said that Patterson had signed a no contact order with the victim already this morning, but that he'd texted that victim within an hour of the hearing.
McGowan later clarified that Patterson had attempted to call, not to text. Inmates at the Minnehaha County Jail are not allowed to use cell phones.
Cutler approved the $1 million bond after defense lawyer Ken Tschetter waived bond arguments.
"Mr. Patterson is a danger to both the victim and the community," Cutler said.
Cutler also ordered that Patterson have no contact with the victim personally or through any third party if he is released.
Lincoln County State's Attorney Tom Wollman filed a motion Wednesday to revoke Patterson's $750,000 bond in the underlying murder case.
Wollman is asking that Patterson's bond be revoked and that the cash be forfeited.
While released, Patterson has fought a custody battle over his own son. He hasn't seen the boy, who is roughly the same age as Ruffin, since his arrest in October.
Patterson wrote in a sworn affidavit in the custody case that he is "completely and totally innocent of the charges being brought against me in that other matter. I had nothing to do with why the child choked, and I did everything I could to attempt to save his life."
The mother of Patterson's son, who also was the victim in his previous simple assault case, asked Judge Robin Houwman to grant her full custody and deny Patterson any contact or visitation.
Houwman approved that motion in May.


The 7.9 million-or-so numbers in the 812 area code are nearly gone. Now the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA)—which assigns area codes in the U.S., Canada, and 18 Caribbean countries—and the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) are introducing 930. Phone companies can begin issuing 930 numbers as their allotments of 812s run out, as early as October 6.
After 930 is introduced, Southern Indiana shouldn't need another area code for at least 70 years.


Have enjoyed listening to the native speakers. Unfortunately Sarah's nasally voice is grating, but I enjoy Nic & Paul's lively banter! I'm determined to learn and refine my german and be as polished as possible before my trip to Austria, Switzerland and Germany this September!


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October 19-21, 2009, Rob attended the 13th Annual NC/SC IAAI Fire Investigative Approaches Joint Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. Topics covered during attendance included "Expert Selection Challenges and Expectations", "Electrical Fire Scene Investigation", and "Vehicle Ignition Analysis" presented by nationally recognized experts in their respective field and representatives of Federal investigative agencies.


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Q: Absolutely convergent function I am trying to show that if $\displaystyle\sum_{n\le x}f(n)=Cx+O(x^{3/4})$, where $f$ is non-negative multiplicative function and $C$ is a positive constant, then $F(s)=\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}f(n)n^{-s}$ is absolutely convergent for $\sigma>1$ and  $F_0(s)=\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(f(n)-C)n^{-s}$ is convergent for $\sigma>3/4$. ($\sigma$ is the real part of complex number $s$).
As the guidance of @Fundamental (using partial summation), I have that
$\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{N}\dfrac{f(n)}{n^s}=\dfrac{CN+O(N^{3/4})}{N^s}+s\int_1^N\dfrac{Ct+O(t^{3/4})}{t^{s+1}}dt$
$=\dfrac{C}{N^{s-1}}+O(\dfrac{1}{N^{\sigma-3/4}})+s\displaystyle\int_1^N\dfrac{C}{t^s}+O(\dfrac{1}{t^{\sigma+1/4}})dt$
$=\dfrac{C}{N^{s-1}}+O(\dfrac{1}{N^{\sigma-3/4}})+s[\dfrac{C}{(1-s)N^{s-1}}+O(\dfrac{1}{(3/4-\sigma)N^{\sigma-3/4}})+\dfrac{C}{s-1}+O(1)]$.
Since $\sigma>1$,Taking $N\rightarrow \infty$, we have $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{f(n)}{n^s}=\dfrac{Cs}{s-1}+O(|s|)$.
However, according to the problem I have, I should have $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{f(n)}{n^s}=\dfrac{C}{s-1}+O(|s|)$. Did I make some mistakes? Could anyone help me please?

A: First Problem
Define $A(0)=0$ and
$$
A(n)=\sum_{k=1}^nf(k)\tag{1}
$$
By hypothesis, we have
$$
A(n)=Cn+O\left(n^{3/4}\right)\tag{2}
$$
Furthermore, $f(n)=A(n)-A(n-1)$ and using the Mean Value Theorem,
$$
k^{-\sigma}-(k+1)^{-\sigma}\le\sigma k^{-\sigma-1}\tag{3}
$$
we have
$$
\begin{align}
\sum_{k=1}^\infty\left|f(k)k^{-s}\right|
&=\sum_{k=1}^\infty(A(k)-A(k-1))k^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)}\\
&=\lim_{n\to\infty}\sum_{k=1}^n\left(A(k)-A(k-1)\right)k^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)}\\
&=\lim_{n\to\infty}\left[\sum_{k=1}^nA(k)k^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)}-\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}A(k)(k+1)^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)}\right]\\
&=\lim_{n\to\infty}A(n)n^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)}+\sum_{k=1}^\infty A(k)\left(k^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)}-(k+1)^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)}\right)\tag{4}
\end{align}
$$
Thus, $(4)$ shows absolute convergence when
$$
\lim_{n\to\infty}A(n)\,n^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)}=0\tag{5}
$$
and
$$
\sum_{k=1}^\infty A(k)\,k^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)-1}\tag{6}
$$
converges.
Both $(5)$ and $(6)$ are satisfied because of $(2)$ when $\mathrm{Re}(s)\gt1$.

Second Problem
Define $A(0)=0$ and
$$
A(n)=\sum_{k=1}^n(f(k)-C)\tag{7}
$$
By hypothesis, we have
$$
A(n)=O\left(n^{3/4}\right)\tag{8}
$$
Furthermore, $f(n)-C=A(n)-A(n-1)$ and because
$$
\begin{align}
\left|k^{-s}-(k+1)^{-s}\right|
&=\left|\,\int_k^{k+1}s\,x^{-s-1}\,\mathrm{d}x\,\right|\\
&\le\int_k^{k+1}|s|\,x^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)-1}\,\mathrm{d}x\\[9pt]
&\le|s|k^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)-1}\tag{9}
\end{align}
$$
we have
$$
\begin{align}
\sum_{k=1}^\infty(f(k)-C)k^{-s}
&=\sum_{k=1}^\infty(A(k)-A(k-1))k^{-s}\\
&=\lim_{n\to\infty}\sum_{k=1}^n\left(A(k)-A(k-1)\right)k^{-s}\\
&=\lim_{n\to\infty}\left[\sum_{k=1}^nA(k)k^{-s}-\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}A(k)(k+1)^{-s}\right]\\
&=\lim_{n\to\infty}A(n)n^{-s}+\sum_{k=1}^\infty A(k)\left(k^{-s}-(k+1)^{-s}\right)\tag{10}
\end{align}
$$
Thus, $(10)$ shows convergence when
$$
\lim_{n\to\infty}A(n)\,n^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)}=0\tag{11}
$$
and
$$
\sum_{k=1}^\infty A(k)\,k^{-\mathrm{Re}(s)-1}\tag{12}
$$
converges. Both $(11)$ and $(12)$ are satisfied because of $(8)$ when $\mathrm{Re}(s)\gt\frac34$.

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March 19, 2007 Issue
Local Boy
By Lillian Ross
Tom Bachtell
The life of twenty-seven-year-old Lin-Manuel Miranda, the writer of and lead actor in the new musical "In the Heights"—about the ups and downs of the residents of a block in Washington Heights—seemed pretty serene the other day as he did some errands in the old neighborhood. Miranda, who is trim and dark-haired, with a goatee, and is as eager-beaverish as they come, lives on upper Broadway, a few blocks from his parents' house, across the street from Inwood Hills Park, where he was born.
"I'm the luckiest guy in the whole world," he said, taking a chair at his local barbershop, where he was getting a shape-up on his goatee. "My dad, Luis Miranda, is a Democratic political consultant and lobbyist, and founder of the Spanish-English weekly Manhattan Times. My sister Luz is an executive at the paper. My dad and my mother"—a child psychologist, also named Luz—"encouraged me my whole entire life to do what I wanted. So I found places—Wesleyan, for one—that had people who felt as passionately as I did about things like Hitchcock movies. Corta un poquito de la chiva," he said to the barber, without changing his tone, and pointed to one side of his chin. The barber gave a solemn nod. "He doesn't know a word of English. Like everybody else up here. They don't need to learn English," Miranda said. "Nobody knows who I am, so I can still enjoy my privacy. But I was recognized this morning, on the A train at West Fourth Street, because my picture on the poster for the show is up there. A woman sat down next to me and said, 'I liked your show better than "Miss Saigon." ' She talked to me all the way to 181st Street."
First stop after the barbershop: a sandwich place called Munchies, where the counterman, unsmiling and without a word, placed a foamy drink before Miranda. "The best milkshake in the world," Miranda said. "Puts the pounds on, orange shake with condensed milk. I lost about ten pounds in the show this month, doing all the dancing, singing, rapping." He finished it in a long gulp. "Now I've got to do some hanging out at Last Stop, the copy center next door. All the action happens at the copy center. My cousin Landa's best friend, Jenny, works there. They make Dominican Republic-flag buttons and sell them in bulk. They made T-shirts to celebrate our opening, for the whole cast of our show, with our logo and the name of each person on each shirt. Landa lives in my parents' house with her son, Miguel. My parents, all my life, opened our home to cousins, friends, anybody who needed a place to stay. Some of them live there for years. We have a long wooden table that my mother got from the Salvation Army. It's big enough to accommodate everybody, including community people from back in the nineteen-eighties, when Mayor Koch tapped my dad to work as his specialist on Hispanic affairs. When I was seven, I spoke at City Hall at his induction."
He went on, "I was so lucky to grow up in a house overlooking this beautiful forest. It has this beautiful spot where the Indians sold Manhattan. My dad's old nanny, Edmunda Claudio, from Puerto Rico, where he was born, lives with my parents now, too. She raised me. Every time she sees me, she worries about me being too thin. I can do no wrong in that woman's eyes. She's our abuela. There's always an abuela at home."
"In the Heights" started out, seven years ago, as a love story with Latin music, Miranda said. "It had a completely different set of songs and a different story. Tom Kail, the director, put me together with Quiara Alegría Hudes to rewrite the book and new songs and a new story. But the show is still about my neighborhood. And the leading character is an abuela."
Miranda had to head down to the theatre to rehearse a big fight scene, reminiscent of "West Side Story." But first he looked in on his parents' house, at the edge of the forest. On the second floor, he found Edmunda Claudio in a corner sleepily watching "Family Feud" on an ancient TV set. Six-year-old Miguel came in, carrying his Rollerblades. They both spent a good half hour exchanging hugs with their abuela.
This article appears in the print edition of the March 19, 2007, issue.
Lillian Ross (1918-2017) joined the staff of The New Yorker in 1945, during the Second World War, and worked with Harold Ross, the magazine's founder and first editor.
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Things to do in San Francisco SoMa for the Cultured
Snohetta expansion of the new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA):
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Things to do in San Francisco SoMa for Sport Fanatics
Section of San Francisco Bay called China Basin which was nicknamed McCovey Cove after famed first baseman Willie McCovey
San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park:
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Chase Center:
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For more ideas on things to do in San Francisco read Six Reasons to visit San Francisco in 2018.
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21st Amendment Brewery:
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ThirstyBear:
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Things to do in San Francisco SoMa for Foodies
Thigs to do in San Francisco, visit the Ferry Building Marketplace
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Spark Social SF:
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If you are a movie buff then why not visit some of the places where many the most famous San Francisco movies were filmed?
Things to do in San Francisco SoMa for Lovers of the Outdoors
Things to do in San Francisco – walk in Yerba Buena Gardens
Yerba Buena Gardens:
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Where to Stay in San Francisco
Hotel VIA:
Hotel VIA
The nearest hotel to AT&T Park, Hotel VIA offers an urban loft aesthetic reflecting the fashion-forward style of the neighbourhood. Each of the rooms provides guests with minimalist furniture, and the rooftop deck offers a sight of the bay, where refreshments and snacks can be purchased. Rooms available from $249 / £191 per night.
St. Regis San Francisco:
Located in the heart of the SoMa district, the St. Regis San Francisco is a five star luxury hotel, for those looking for a stylish stay whilst in the city. The hotel is housed inside the Williams Building, a 20th century landmark combining magnificent architecture with modern refinement. Inside the hotel, guests are welcomed to unwind in the luxurious Remede Spa, with an indoor salt-water infinity pool, relaxation lounges, whirlpools and massage facilities. Rooms available from $383 / £294 per night.
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CEC Entertainment Inc., which owns 750 Chuck E. Cheese's and Peter Piper Pizza stores in the United States and abroad, expects to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "CEC" this quarter.
It's the first time since 2015 that a restaurant chain will go public in the United States. The last one was Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chao.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc., a food-and-arcade chain similar to Chuck E. Cheese's, has more than tripled its share price to $53 since it went public in 2014. That was the same year CEC was bought by private equity firm Apollo Global Management and taken private.
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Apollo Global Management will be the company's largest shareholder, owning about 51%. Lyndon Lea, a founding partner of Lion Capital, and Andrew Jhawar, a senior partner with Apollo, will be co-chairmen of Chuck E. Cheese's board.
The company got its start in 1977, when Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell opened Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre in San Jose. The restaurant featured a cast of animatronic characters led by Chuck E. Cheese, a plucky rat in a bowler hat.
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For years, the sales domain has lagged behind its more established counterparts – marketing, manufacturing, HR, and finance.
Every year millions of dollars go into research in these areas. Sales, unfortunately, has not had the same trajectory.
This could probably the reason why 38-49% of salespeople fail to meet their numbers. There is no authentic study, no empirical research which the sales teams could rely on.
If you have ever attended a sales training program, you'd know what I am talking about. Even the best training programs rely on anecdotal evidence and success stories of a few individuals.
David Hoffeld's new book "The Science of Selling" (affiliate link) upends conventional sales methodologies. A sales trainer and consultant to many top organizations, Hoffeld has worked in the trenches and understands the profession inside out.
The books is a result of six years of rigorous research into neuroscience, communication theory and, social and behavioral psychology.
"The Science of Selling" proposes authentic, evidence-based sales strategies which are an antithesis to the supposition-led selling.
The central idea of the book is to help align your sales strategies with the way the buyer's brain formulates buying decisions.
They are often based on anecdotal evidence which means they propagate the myth of a few individuals and the way it worked for them.
They are rooted in selling, not buying.
"To be successful in sales today, you must sell beyond your natural ability. You must continually improve." – David Hoffeld.
There is no Sales Truth. Everything is trial-and-error based.
Hoffeld, from stem to stern, deconstructs the whole sales process. He pinpoints the reasons why salespeople underperform, figures out the science-backed sales strategies and even lays out a Q&A toolkit to hire the right salespeople.
The best part of the book: The Six Whys.
These six questions lie right at the heart of Hoffeld's theory. Unwittingly, you may have been practicing these "Whys" but you need to know them in your conscious mind.
It says that a buying decision (BD) is a function of Six Whys (SW) & buyers' Emotional State (ES).
The latter is not in your control. But Hoffeld gives the reader enough ammo to steer the client's emotional state your way.
Somewhere in the middle of the book, Hoffeld mentions that the human brain is hardwired to disclose information in layers. This is a staggering tipoff, you know.
He suggests when you nudge your clients to reveal their dominant buying motives – the emotional reasons why they would buy your product – you also grab commitments from them on every toehold.
Look, a stupendous meeting is no guarantee of closure. Because once you leave the room, doubts regarding the potential decision surround your buyer.
First, he tiptoes around discussing the next step, a possible closure and then, he stops returning your calls.
Good meetings fail to materialize into buying decisions because the salesperson never asked for small commitments throughout the sale.
Many salespeople just assume that the buyer is in agreement with them without ever asking for any commitment. That's where deals fall through.
He shares a couple of tips that I believe can get you out sticky situations.
Get a compelling piece of evidence. Unless you confront the client's objection with a new piece of information, he will stay consistent with his objection.
Make a repertoire of solid third party stories. Pick a story as the situation demands. Prospects like to hear about customers who had similar objections or similar problems as theirs.
If you fail to isolate your client's objections quickly, the result would be elongated sales time which won't augur well for both parties.
For ages, salespeople have been led to believe that 'gift-of-the-gab' is central to their success.
Hoffeld breaks the myth. He declares that gregarious individuals often make for poor salespeople because of their inability to listen to their clients.
If you don't listen to your buyers, you will fail at decoding their problems. Simple.
Nobody detests good communication skills, but without proper strategies, even the slickest communicators come across as salesy.
The author share plenty of behavioral tools in "The Science of Selling". He recommends deploying them to get the best out of your sales presentation.
The psychology of selling encompasses a lot of subtle communication. Three selling techniques rooted in psychology that you must start using in your sales pitch are priming, anchoring and mirroring.
"The Science of Selling' is not one of those over-the-top sales books.
There is no self-congratulatory vainglory, only facts that several pieces of research have put forth over the years. The author rejects conjectural selling in favor of science-backed selling.
The research aspect of the book is robust. For a 277 pages long book, 'The Science of Selling' has 50 pages of bibliography. This underlines the rigor and the research that has gone into the book.
'The Science of Selling' deserves a place in the list of top sales books. It uproots the orthodoxical ways of selling and ushers in a fresh perspective with which to lead sales. Recommended Reading.
Great review. That Six Whys thing sounds neat.
Is this book better than 'Pitch Anything'?


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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart é um jogo eletrônico de plataforma e tiro em terceira pessoa desenvolvido pela Insomniac Games e publicado pela Sony Interactive Entertainment. É o décimo segundo título principal da série Ratchet & Clank, uma sequência de Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus de 2013, e foi lançado em junho de 2021 exclusivamente para PlayStation 5.

Jogabilidade
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart é um jogo eletrônico de plataforma e tiro em terceira pessoa. O jogo compartilha muitas semelhanças de jogabilidade com Ratchet & Clank (2016) e outros jogos da série. Ele retém elementos dos Ratchet & Clank anteriores, como metralhamento, tiroteio, coleção de parafusos, armas automáticas, atualizações de saúde, atualização manual de armas Raritanium e gadgets. O personagem jogável principal é Ratchet. Ele é acompanhado por seu amigo robótico e companheiro Clank, que está pendurado em suas costas. Além disso, o jogo tem uma Lombax feminina jogável chamada Rivet. O jogador controla Ratchet e Rivet por diversos ambientes em diversas fases, derrotando inimigos com uma variedade de armas e dispositivos e atravessando obstáculos para completar os principais objetivos da missão.

O jogo apresenta à série o conceito de viagem quase instantânea em tempo real entre diferentes áreas, planetas e outros mundos dentro do jogo por meio de um sistema de portais interdimensionais. Para que o jogador utilize esse recurso, uma nova mecânica chamada "Rift Tether" é introduzida no arsenal de Ratchet e Rivet, que os puxa de um lado para outro de um portal, permitindo que eles se movam rapidamente entre os pontos. O jogo apresenta o retorno de planetas explorados em títulos anteriores com uma torção dimensional, por meio de suas contrapartes alternativas, ao lado de novos planetas não vistos anteriormente na franquia. O jogo apresenta maior mobilidade e opções de travessia com a adição de movimentos como corrida na parede. Além disso, o arsenal do jogo apresenta uma mistura de novas e clássicas armas de jogos anteriores.

O jogo apresenta uma variedade de opções de acessibilidade, incluindo um modo de alto contraste e alternadores para travessia simplificada, sensibilidade da câmera, assistência de vôo, entre outros, a fim de garantir que todos os jogadores possam jogar o jogo e completar a história.

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package org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime;

import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer;
import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
import org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.IllegalWorkerStateException;
import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkTaskContext;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

public class WorkerSinkTaskContext implements SinkTaskContext {
    private Map<TopicPartition, Long> offsets;
    private long timeoutMs;
    private KafkaConsumer<byte[], byte[]> consumer;
    private final Set<TopicPartition> pausedPartitions;

    public WorkerSinkTaskContext(KafkaConsumer<byte[], byte[]> consumer) {
        this.offsets = new HashMap<>();
        this.timeoutMs = -1L;
        this.consumer = consumer;
        this.pausedPartitions = new HashSet<>();
    }

    @Override
    public void offset(Map<TopicPartition, Long> offsets) {
        this.offsets.putAll(offsets);
    }

    @Override
    public void offset(TopicPartition tp, long offset) {
        offsets.put(tp, offset);
    }

    public void clearOffsets() {
        offsets.clear();
    }

    /**
     * Get offsets that the SinkTask has submitted to be reset. Used by the Kafka Connect framework.
     * @return the map of offsets
     */
    public Map<TopicPartition, Long> offsets() {
        return offsets;
    }

    @Override
    public void timeout(long timeoutMs) {
        this.timeoutMs = timeoutMs;
    }

    /**
     * Get the timeout in milliseconds set by SinkTasks. Used by the Kafka Connect framework.
     * @return the backoff timeout in milliseconds.
     */
    public long timeout() {
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Neuschwanstein—Castle of Dreams
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Born in Nymphenburg Palace—the "Castle of the Nymphs"—in Munich, Bavaria, and growing up in the Gothic Revival fantasy castle of
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Castle de Haar—straight out of a fairy tale
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Rising majestically above the trees, deep in the center of the Netherlands, the towers of Castle de Haar glisten in
Peleș and Pelișor – Castles of the Romanian Royal Family
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Flanked and backed by majestic fir trees, Peleș Castle, sits atop a rise in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains
Kylemore Abbey – the incredible story of an Irish castle on a lake
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The year was 1871. Wealthy financier and Member of Parliament Mitchell Henry (1826 – 1910) was standing with his wife
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How an infant princess sparked a rivalry for the crown and a fight for freedom. ur story begins when Alexander
40 Stunning Images of Cornwall in 1895
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Unspoiled beaches, enchanting seaside villages, and idyllic countryside make Cornwall a special place to live and visit. Home of the
10 Amazing Facts About the French Medieval City of Carcassonne
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The medieval walled city of Carcassonne sits in the luscious valley of the Aude river—the gap between the Pyrenees and
Edward I – The Lord of the Ring of Welsh Castles
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Stand on the banks of the River Conwy at night and gaze across at the floodlit Conwy Castle, its eight
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Castles of England and Wales as Victorians Saw Them
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Before there was the motorcar, Victorians traveled to see castles by train and horse-drawn carriage. There was no jostling for
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Mesotherapy is increasingly becoming popular among Saudi women as a safe method to obtain freshness and beauty. It does not require scalpel surgery. The injectable cosmetic treatment is considered safe because it does not incur any risk to the patients.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Gebran, dermatological surgery consultant at the armed forces hospital in the southern region, underlined that Saudi women prefer to use safe cosmetics such as whitening and beauty creams, simple and dermabrasion peeling agents, and mesotherapy or any other risk-free cosmetics.
"There is a big demand for mesotherapy, especially among women seeking freshness and beauty as well as for the treatment of hair loss. It gives positive and pleasant results, provided that clean and sterile instruments are used in the operation," Al-Gebran said, stressing the importance of taking maximum precautions.
Meanwhile, ophthalmology and laser surgery consultant, Dr. Hassan Abu Hathra highlighted that mesotherapy is a safe means for women, adding that women need at least six sessions of this treatment to achieve the required results in terms of removal of pigmentation and damaged skin as well as for obesity treatment.
"This kind of cosmetic treatment is mainly demanded by women who are aged between 25 to 45 years. Nearly 70 percent of skin clinic patients opt to resort to this method and 40 percent would not hesitate to immediately use it," he said, noting that ophthalmology comes as the patients' third choice after cosmetics and laser treatment.
He underlined that mesotherapy is a minimal invasive procedure that is widely used worldwide to treat various injuries and medical conditions, adding that this medical specialty targets problem areas with microinjections of conventional or homeopathic medicines, vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
"Tiny 'medicinal bullets' are delivered directly into the mesoderm (middle layer of skin) that are highly specific to the condition being treated," he said, adding that it is fairly expensive as it is costly to the service provider.
"The concept of this treatment is based on the theory that this combination of substances or drugs leads to melting the fat located under the skin causing fat cells to shrink," he said.
"This method is 100 percent safe as it adopts natural materials such as vitamins, minerals, growth factors and proteins found in nature, but it is concentrated in a specified location, and it is already found in our bodies which makes it very safe," he said.
Mervat Abdel Majid, a dermatologist at Downey Medical Center in Abha, said mesotherapy has increased in popularity in recent times and that it is based on the use of non-surgical injections containing some pharmaceuticals authorized by the World Health Organization (FDA), given to the patient through injections for the treatment of some skin and cosmetic problems such as cellulite, obesity, renewal of skin cells and hair loss, among others.
"Mesotherapy requires in-clinic sessions for a period ranging between 30-45 minutes where the patient can then resume her normal life immediately after the treatment session. It is also possible that more than one area can be injected in one session especially in the cases of treatment of hair loss and fat melting," she said, adding that fat melting injections are given under the skin which will make fat cells shrink in size where the body would dispose of the fat through the lymphatic system.


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July 27, 2020 July 27, 2020 / You Hear That?!? / 1 Comment
I mentioned a few weeks back that I've been making mix CDs from purchases made during Bandcamp's fee-free Friday events. Part of the intent there is to contain the chaos — to retrospectively slow down a blur of new albums, rarities compilations, and live sets. It's also part commemoration, since these Fridays feel meaningful to me. I love the idea that everyone's stopping what they're doing to acknowledge the value of music. We've been criminally undervaluing songs since file sharing took hold, and I'm genuinely hopeful that what Bandcamp is doing can evolve into a framework for sustainably funneling funds to musicians who so clearly deserve it.
It's ironic, given that I'm buying mp3s like I haven't in years, but my fetish for physical media has flared up in the process. I made my share of mix CDs during and after college, when iPods weren't yet commonplace, but I never put much effort into the track lists, aside from writing on the discs themselves. Now I'm tearing pages out of magazines, borrowing my daughter's glue stick, improvising insert design schemes, and hand-numbering to create limited runs nobody even knows about. I'm typically on the other end of that dynamic as a collector, so it's fun to be the one writing "# ___ of ___" and deciding whether to make, like, five copies or four.
The first of these mixes was called "Still Here" and began with the poised and poignant David Shultz tune of the same name. (I ended up writing about it for the Auricular.) The title was also a nod to the fact that, even in May, it felt like we'd been cooped up in our houses for ages. Hilarious, in retrospect, though it doesn't exactly inspire laughter. I kept that theme going by taking the title of my second mix from the fantastic calvin presents/Sam Reed collaboration "here," which was released on Juneteenth. While counterintuitive, the fact that "here" follows "Still Here" in this little series makes me smile. Reminds me of that scene in Empire Records where Ethan Embry's character describes naming his band after a misspelling of his own first name. "Always play with their minds."
The third and most recent installment is called "Hard to Be Anywhere," and it opens with a track from Closest Thing to Heaven, the new LP from Harrisonburg-based Americana/country outfit Dogwood Tales. It's an incredibly moving song, and it's no exaggeration to say I needed to hear it right now. The start of the chorus certainly hits home, no pun intended:
It's hard to be in the right place for the right thing all the time
The more connected we all are electronically, the more it can feel like you're never where you're supposed to be. (Quick pause to acknowledge Jason Isbell's own crystallization of that idea.) Even now, at a time when my family is swimming in, ahem, quality time, that sense of togetherness is short-circuited by the strange shape of this situation — limitations on where you can go and what you can do, daily risk assessment, constant stress, and the fortunate-yet-crazy-making task of folding parenting into working from home. At any given moment, it's hard to know whether "the right place" is at my laptop, being the work version of myself, or in our backyard, pushing the kids on the saucer-shaped swing I hung from a sturdy branch of our maple tree near the start of this mess.
Then again, the "hard" part isn't always about prioritization. Sometimes you know what the right thing to do is, but following through is what's difficult.
Of the members of our household above the age of three, I'm probably the most content with settling into a groove around the house, carving ever-deeper ruts in the paths between my desk, the fridge, the downstairs bathroom, the couch, and the sink. (It can't be coincidental that I've formed a close connection with the albums that comprise Neil Young's "Ditch Trilogy," as well as his recently released lost Ditch-era gem Homegrown.) I know that carefully planned and appropriately distanced activities — picnics, walks, drives — are a crucial component of our bubble's collective sanity, but I'm not great about initiating them, and I'm trying to kick my habit of opting out when given the opportunity to do so. As hard as being out in the world is right now, I have to remember that the "rightness" of other places is diminished by my electing to stay home. This dynamic truly came into focus as a result of hearing "Hard to Be Anywhere" in the car at the start of a family outing I had mixed feelings about. Meditating on the song's lyrics transformed my outlook on the trip completely. It was like the opposite of a dad yelling "I'LL TURN THIS CAR AROUND RIGHT NOW" at his screaming kids — more like "I'LL CONTINUE DRIVING THIS CAR AND MY MOOD'S SUDDENLY IMPROVED."
WarHen Records already sold out of vinyl copies of Closest Thing to Heaven, but I wholeheartedly recommend heading to Bandcamp and downloading the album. It's winner from start to finish. And Bandcamp has announced that they're going fee-free on the first Friday of each month through the end of the year. I'm excited to see how this initiative grows and changes, and I'm hopeful that fans will continue to show up and demonstrate a growing collective conscience around the value of the music we love. And you better believe I'll be making more mixes.
July 20, 2020 July 20, 2020 / You Hear That?!? / Leave a comment
I don't know about you, but I've been paying closer attention to musicians' birthdays lately. I'll see a tweet or Instagram post about whatever legend was born that day, think about whether I have a record of theirs to spin, and if I do, I'll host my own little social distancing celebration that way. Santana's is today! Herbie Hancock's (April 12) was fun; I made sure to spin my two favorite albums of his: Maiden Voyage and Mwandishi. The other day I gave Live at El Matador a spin to mark Bola Sete's birthday (July 16) after seeing a video — posted to social media by the the Dust-to-Digital reissue label — of the Brazilian guitarist performing alongside jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi. If you're not already following Dust-to-Digital, I recommend doing so highly. Best birthday party on the Internet, as far as I'm concerned.
I have to admit that, before the whole coronavirus shitstorm started, posts marking musicians' birthdays mainly registered as eye-roll-worthy — an excuse for opportunistic vinyl collectors to show off. (Probably says as much about me as it does about them.) Lately it's been a way to add definition to days that feel uncomfortably similar to the ones that preceded them, like mile markers on a flat stretch of road where the horizon is the only thing worth looking at.
Deaths are the grim and unavoidable other side of this coin. So many deaths. Ellis Marsalis. Bill Withers. McCoy Tyner. Emitt Rhodes just yesterday. Too many to list. You see the news, sigh, check whether it was COVID-related, curse the virus either way, curse our pathetic president, wash your hands for 20 seconds, then play something by the deceased to join the fractured observance already in progress online. That last part could also feel performative before the quarantine started. Now? Grief is so plentiful and valid — the rules on how to process it seem to have shifted.
I'm still really sad about John Prine. In the days following his passing, I read beautifully written postscripts and kind remembrances penned by the people close to him. I watched the touching and star-studded "Picture Show" streaming remembrance. I listened to the albums of his that I had on the shelf, and picked up one that I didn't — a copy of the hard-to-find The Missing Years that became available online via Nashville record store Grimey's. I've also made a handful of pilgrimages to the new tribute outside Black Hand Coffee Company on Patterson Avenue, created by the brilliant Richmond-based street artist Nils Westergard and pictured above. (Westergard met and photographed Prine last November in preparation for painting a mural in Chicago. If you're a customer of Prine's Oh Boy Records label, you may have gotten a postcard version of Westergard's tribute in the mail. I rushed to the little library that serves as the tribute's canvas when Westergard posted to Instagram about dropping a few copies inside, but they were gone by the time I got there.)
I've cried at a handful of points along this virtual funeral parade (looking at you, Brandi Carlile), and each time that happened, I wondered whether it makes sense to shed tears over the death of someone I didn't know personally. Someone whose physical location I shared only once — his November, 2017 show at Altria Theater. He's not family, and I'm extremely lucky in that my family members have dodged the virus, as far as we know. But Prine isn't separate from my family, either. Alongside the Band and Allen Toussaint, he's one of the foundational musical reference points on which my father-in-law and I built the great relationship we have today. Our interests overlap and diverge in a zillion other ways — we'll never see eye-to-eye on Bob Dylan, that's for sure — but we both hold the Singing Mailman in the highest esteem. We've also bonded over Prine's good friend Steve Goodman; I remember picking up a copy of Tribute To Steve Goodman at a record store in Colorado and immediately looking forward to showing it off the next time the in-laws came to Richmond. How many other families and friendships are glued together in this way? Just as the people in a John Prine song feel exceptionally real, a mutual appreciation for Prine is the stuff of genuine, lasting connection. If you know someone likes John Prine, there's a really good chance they're worth knowing.
When listing my life's happiest moments — kids being born, getting married, really good sandwiches — I'd have to mention that 2017 show at the Altria Theater. It's not just that I saw some of the greatest songs ever committed to verse-chorus form performed by the person who wrote them, though that certainly was a thrill. I remember particularly enjoying "Lake Marie," and getting a kick out of seeing this old man dance around the stage despite having been to hell and back, health-wise. What I remember most, though, is how I felt sitting next to my wife that night. It was as if something had encircled the two of us and started glowing — a profound goodness that didn't come from the stage, exactly, but that grew from inside us as a result of being in that room, in that moment, in Prine's presence, together. I'll never forget it. By writing uncommonly disarming, incisive songs, John Prine drilled way, way down, through the stuff we typically worry about, through the many rotten and rocky layers of this life, so far down that he tapped into the wellspring of humanity that connects us. And being at the Altria Theater that night was like dipping our hands right in and taking a sip. I'm so glad my wife and I were able to share that experience. I believe it brought us closer.
I'll never know what it was like to share a stage with John Prine, or to call him a friend. And I can't begin to imagine how hard it would be to have that taken away — after having gone swimming in something other people feel fortunate to have sipped from. Still, I'm sad. So many of us are these days, and for so many reasons. It's hard to know where to put all that sadness. It sloshes around, bubbles over, crashes into other people's overflow, and turns into anger when we're not careful. That's one thing Prine knew how to help with: He could take something ugly — loneliness, despair, addiction, jingoism — and turn it into art that, in addition to being beautiful, was useful. He boiled suffering down to a pocket-sized truth you could carry around with you, in case you ever found yourself in need of it. The nugget I find myself reaching for most often these days is from "Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)":
You can gaze out the window, get mad and get madder
Throw your hands in the air, say 'What does it matter?'
But it don't do no good to get angry
So help me, I know
For a heart stained in anger grows weak and grows bitter
You become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there
Wrapped up in a trap of your very own
Chain of sorrow
These lines have become a mantra — a way to hit the brakes when I feel my sadness metastasizing. I say them when I think about what we're going to do about sending our daughter to school in the fall, and when I think about how John Prine would probably still be with us if we didn't have a con man in the Oval Office. Maybe these lines will help you when you're feeling frustrated and helpless. I gave my father-in-law's old copy of Bruised Orange a spin while I was writing this and found a number of other spots to be helpful, as well. ("That's the Way the World Goes Round" resonated in some new ways.)
I won't go so far as to say John Prine will cure all that ails you, or that there's nothing worth getting angry about. But if we're going to make it to the other side of 2020, we're going to need reminders that deep down, beneath the mess that's been made of this country, we're all connected. John Prine may be gone, but that river is still down there, flowing as strong as ever, and always will be. Now it's up to us to drill down there.
Eric Slick
The cover. The suit. The fog. The fonts. Everything here screams "Pre-order Wiseacre as quickly as you can," so that's just what I did. And I'm very excited about it.
In truth, the real reason for putting in your pre-order isn't the cover art; it's Eric Slick himself. The Dr. Dog drummer has repeatedly shown his versatility as a creator in his own right, whether you're looking at his work with with Lithuania, the Palisades LP he released via EggHunt Records, or the dark and evocative Bullfighter EP that followed. Where Slick's creative impulse leads, compelling art follows.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Slick around the time Palisades came out, and while that "I had the pleasure" expression is used so commonly you probably zoomed right past it at the start of this sentence, my chat with Slick truly stands out as a joy. We talked about meditation's role in the writing process, balancing darkness and light as a performer, and the grace we have to give ourselves to improve as people. I walked away from that conversation feeling like I'd been given something important, and I feel the same way when I hear a new piece of music he's made.
"When It Comes Down To It," the lead single from Wiseacre, is a great example. Direct and indelible, the song represents an elegant marriage of form and function — a beat that shines via understatement, and a lyrical hook that elevates the elemental: "I'm a simple person / When it comes to down to it." It's an idea that expands as you spend more time with it, and it ends up (for me, at least) taking on an aspirational quality. There's peace in being able to say those words with confidence, and getting there can involve lots of hard work.
Early in 2020, Slick started posting drum cover videos to his Instragram, and while there's been plenty of complexity to marvel at, from Rush and Zappa to CAN and Outkast, my favorite clip of all might have been his take on Andy Shauf's "The Magician." In the caption, Slick described the song as "deceptively simple," and he praised the album it's on (The Party — a favorite of mine as well) in saying "you can hear the hours of rewriting to make it effortless."
I hear that exact same magic in "When It Comes Down To It." Take a listen below, and click here to pre-order Wiseacre.
Update: Here's the second Wiseacre tune to be released, "Closer to Heaven," which features vocals from the great Natalie Prass:
Buy from Bandcamp today… again!
July 3, 2020 July 3, 2020 / You Hear That?!? / 1 Comment
It's that time again! Bandcamp is waiving their fees today, so it's a great time to fill up an electronic shopping cart and support the musicians you know and love. (And maybe discover some fun new tunes along the way.) I haven't seen whether Bandcamp will keep the fee-free events going after today, so I'm planning to party like it's 1999/leave it all on the field/go big or go home. Well… stay home, would be more accurate, I suppose.
Here are a few YHT-approved Bandcamp buys:
Lonnie Holley — National Freedom
Songs Lonnie Holley recorded with the late Richard Swift between 2013 and 2014. As it happens, today is the second anniversary of Swift's passing. If you've heard Holley's outstanding 2018 album MITH, you know these two make amazing music together.
Roberto Carlos Lange — Kite Symphony, Four Variations
My heart did a dance when I learned that Roberto Carlos Lange remixed selections from Trey Pollard's Antiphone album, and my ears followed suit when I heard the empathetic brilliance that Lange layered on top of Pollard's already-stunning pieces. (I was so jazzed that I ended up writing a quick review for The Auricular.) It was a great introduction to Lange's non-Helado Negro output, and I'm thrilled to have another opportunity to explore that universe so soon. These pieces were conceived in partnership with visual artist Kristi Sword in an effort to visualize nontraditional musical notation. The liner notes are fascinating — take a look here. According to Lange, this collection "invites the listener to open their ears to the sky, the sound of cacti, and the feeling of the wind on their skin."
Anteloper — Tour Beats Vol. 1
Jaimie Branch's FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise album feels more essential with each passing day, and while I know it came out last year, it feels so connected to the moment we're in right now that it might as well have come out yesterday. It's made me a Branch fan for life, and I've started getting to know her Anteloper project, in which she partners with drummer Jason Nazary. (A collaborator of Roberto Carlos Lange's, incidentally.) I snagged a copy of Anteloper's Kudu tape (supplies running dangerously low on that), and I'm planning to grab Tour Beats as well.
Bonny Light Horseman — Green/Green
When you release one of the year's very best albums, and then you go on to release songs that were recorded for that album but were cut for whatever reason — in this case "to keep the record simpler (and higher quality for vinyl)" — I am going to be deeply interested in hearing those songs.
Yves Jarvis — "Victim"
I learned about Montreal-based musician Yves Jarvis from a tweet posted by Citrus City founder Manny Lemus:
This is excellent advice. Good Will Come to You is such a powerful album, full of healing energy, variety, and beauty. When it's spinning, I'm inclined to think there's no more beautiful album in the whole wide world. I'm so grateful Lemus sent out that recommendation, and I've been enjoying "Victim" as well, which Jarvis released near the end of June.
Various — A Little Bit at a Time: Spacebomb Family Rarities
If we're going by Prince's example — and we all should, right? — the way you amass an awe-inspiring musical vault is to combine a deep well of musical ability with an exceptional drive to create. Those traits are Spacebomb in a nutshell, and it should come as no surprise that the Richmond-based label, management, publishing, and production powerhouse can assemble one hell of a rarities album. I don't even know where to start here — there's so much to dig into, from unreleased music by the Spacebomb House Band and an all-star assemblage of in-town favorites to renowned out-of-towners like Dan Croll, Laura Veirs, and Pure Bathing Culture.
And here's a quick list of the other releases on my radar. I'll aim to keep this updated as the day goes on:
Father John Misty — Anthem +3
David Shultz — "The Sea"
Dogwood Tales — Closest Thing to Heaven
DarkTwaine_ — The Hainted
Mdou Moctar — Mixtape Vol. 3
Animal Collective — Bridge to Quiet
Kenneka Cook — "My Universe" (Lefthnd Remix)
Philip James Murphy Jr — "althea & juniper"
DJ Harrison — Vault Series 10 : Covered


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I've just published a Tableau story on the birth, growth, and rise of Bitcoin.
I would love feedback and recommendations, as I intend to develop this project over time.
Machine learning can be a powerful tool in the creation of predictive models. But it doesn't provide a magic bullet. In the end, effective machine learning works very much like other high-value human endeavors. It requires experimentation, evaluation, lots of work, and a measure of hard-earned wisdom.
No model is perfect. Almost every time the models make mistakes. Plus, each model has different advantages and disadvantages and they tend to seize the data from different angles. Leveraging the uniqueness of each model is of the essence for building very predictive models.
To help with this process, David H. Wolpert introduced the concept of stacked generalization in a 1992 paper.
We train various machine learning algorithms (regressors or classifiers) in dataset A.
We train a new machine learning algorithm (often referred to as Meta learner or Super learner) using B1.
We make predictions using the Meta learner on C1.
As part of his own PhD work, Michailidis developed a software stack, named StackNet to speed up the process.
StackNet is a computational, scalable and analytical framework implemented with a software implementation in Java that resembles a feedforward neural network and uses Wolpert's stacked generalization in multiple levels to improve accuracy in classification problems. In contrast to feedforward neural networks, rather than being trained through back propagation, the network is built iteratively one layer at a time (using stacked generalization), each of which uses the final target as its target.
StackNet is available in GitHub under the MIT license.
Be sure to read the interview with Michailidis about stacking and StackNet on the Kaggle blog, here.
Martin O'Leary recently posted some sound advice for Kaggle competitors. You can find the three-graph version in the Kaggle wiki.
Spend a while on visualization, making graphs of various properties of the data and trying to get a feel for how everything fits together.
Then move into the nitty-gritty details once you have a sense for the lay of the land.
Of course, all this assumes a certain kind of problem, where the data is already in numeric/categorical form. For more "interesting" datasets, such as the recent Automated Essay Scoring competition, a lot of the early work is in feature extraction — just looking for numbers which you can pull out of the data. That tends to be a bit more creative, and I use a variety of tools to see what works best. However, one of the joys of this kind of problem is that every one is different, so it's hard to give general advice.


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Jakera Choudhury: The young entrepreneur in the financial markets, making her unique niche.
Coming from a small town called Sutarkandi to becoming the "Khiladi No.1" on CNBC Awaaz, she has come a long way.
Mumbai, November 19: Isn't it wonderful to learn about all those women who ensure to take giant leaps in their chosen fields and industries? These wonderful talents of the world have been making a lot of noise with their innate skills and talents and acquired knowledge. Women today are making sure to enthral all with their prowess and excellence and motivate many others out there to become their best versions in all that they choose to lay their hands on. The world of stock markets thus far was more celebrated for the wins that men made; however, tables have turned, and for good, where today women like Jakera Choudhury have been celebrated more. Wondering why? Well, Jakera Choudhury serves as one of the finest examples of a brilliant mind in the stock markets, whose knowledge and passion helped her become the "Khiladi No.1" on popular news channel CNBC Awaaz.
Who is Jakera Choudhury, you ask? Well, this young lady is the one who hailed from a small town, entered entrepreneurship, made incredible investments and became a successful trading analyst, besides becoming much more in the world of business. Jakera Choudhury came from Sutarkandi Karimganj and studied from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Karimganj. In 2008, after her higher secondary, she moved to Hyderabad and did her B-Tech. Then, going further, she did certification courses in the fundamentals of market analysis. Today, Jakera Choudhury serves as a security analyst and advisor on stocks.
Jakera Choudhury confesses how she decodes the companies' charts by following investor's calls, corporate announcements and understanding the psychology of buyers and sellers for getting the best returns. However, it was her phenomenal investments, predictions and knowledge that landed her in CNBC Awaaz's show, where she became the Khiladi No.1. Jakera Choudhury had begun investing in stocks in 2014 but only started trading in 2020.
Apart from this, Jakera Choudhury is the co-founder and director of Jasarena India Pvt Ltd and the head of Jasarena Trading Desk. The former is her event management company based in Hyderabad, and the latter provides free training to the unemployed youths and homemakers to help them generate income by trading and share market.
Jakera Choudhury has become one of India's top trading analysts and entrepreneurs and is constantly inspiring many others in the world. To know more, follow her on Twitter @jakerachoudhury.
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