Household technology has developed in leaps and bounds over the last several decades. From flip phones to smartphones, bulky home computers to sleek laptops, even basic thermostats or refrigerators to smart household appliances, technology's role in our everyday lives continues to grow each year. When it comes to daily oral hygiene, however, many Americans are still using the traditional, manual toothbrush. If you are considering finally upgrading from a manual to an electric toothbrush, you will want to read the pros and cons from a dentist below.
According to the American Dental Association, both manual and electric toothbrushes are effective tools to keep your teeth clean from harmful plaque buildup. However, the human hand just cannot move as fast as an electric toothbrush. On average, a person can perform around 300 strokes per minute when brushing by hand. An electric toothbrush, on the other hand, can oscillate thousands – or even tens of thousands – of time per minute!
All those extra strokes add up: an electric toothbrush can more thoroughly remove harmful plaque from your teeth in less time than a traditional toothbrush, reducing the likelihood that tooth decay or gum disease will develop.
Regardless of whether you are using a manual or electric toothbrush to keep your teeth clean, dental professionals recommend brushing at least twice daily for a full two minutes each time. However, most people do not count for 120 seconds while they are brushing their teeth – instead, their mind may be contemplating a conversation from earlier in the day, the errands that need to be completed tomorrow, or just be off in a completely different world. As a result, many individuals do not brush for the full recommended two minutes.
Here is where technology can help: many modern electric toothbrushes have programmed timers to alert users when they have reached the two-minute mark when brushing. Some even beep to alert users when they should switch the brush from one side of the mouth to the other for a complete and balanced cleaning.
For those who find their mind drifting away when brushing their teeth, electric toothbrushes can help support good oral hygiene.
Electric toothbrushes are easier to use for those who struggle to grip a small toothbrush. Because they are slightly bigger in size and rotate automatically, electric toothbrushes can help senior citizens who have arthritis in their hands or wrists keep their teeth clean long into their golden years.
At the other end of the age spectrum, electric toothbrushes can encourage children to practice good oral health habits by making brushing their teeth seem more fun and less of a bedtime chore. Today's brushes come in all shapes, colors and even characters. If your young son or daughter consistently tries to avoid brushing their teeth before bed, consider letting them choose their own electric toothbrush.
At the end of the day, the most important factor in keeping your teeth clean is practicing good oral hygiene by brushing and flossing twice daily. However, electric toothbrushes do have some unique benefits compared to manual brushes that are worth considering the next time you are shopping for a new brush.
A graduate of the UCLA School of Dentistry, Dr. Nelson Y. Howard provides comprehensive dental services to families and individuals in San Marcos and San Diego. Dr. Howard was the first dentist in North San Diego County to be an accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and is the president and founder of the West Coast Society for Cosmetic Dentistry. If you want to learn more about preventive dentistry and how to maintain good oral health, visit his website today or call the office at 858-451-0550.


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United Nations Security Council resolution 1378, adopted unanimously on 14 November 2001, after reaffirming all resolutions on the situation in Afghanistan, including resolutions 1267 (1999), 1333 (2000) and 1363 (2001), the Council affirmed that the United Nations would play an important role in the country and called for the establishment of a transitional administration leading to the formation of a new government.

The Security Council recognised the urgency of the situation in Afghanistan, particularly in Kabul, and supported efforts to combat terrorism according to resolutions 1368 (2001) and 1373 (2001). It condemned the Taliban for allowing Afghanistan to be used as a base and safe haven for Al-Qaeda, other groups and Osama bin Laden and violations of international law. The preamble of the resolution welcomed the declaration by the Six plus Two group and the intention of convening a meeting involving all Afghan processes.

The resolution supported the efforts of the Afghan people to establish a new and transitional administration leading to the formation of a government that would be fully representative, respect human rights and its international obligations and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance. It called on the Afghan forces to refrain from reprisals and respect human rights and international humanitarian law.

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Buzzworthy indie recording artist DaisyJimes closes out 2020 with a stellar project in HardCandy Vol.1 and the new music video from the latest effort to the new single, "IDWBIL." The Los Angeles based singer/songwriter links up with talented producer Jake Breh and director Rhythmiciti for a dark, mysterious and hazy visual. Stream it below, and listen to the new single within the new album today via Asparkindarkness.
"IDWBIL" is an impressive experimental dance track that blends a wide variety of popular electronic and R&B elements. It's the perfect time for newfound fans to get familiar with the rising star who is promised to become one of 2021's artist-to-watch. The new single and album are a follow-up to DaisyJimes 2020 EP release, RM11.
A must-hear. The first volume is the honest and blunt record of the foreseeable future of my personal life. She explains: "It's a way of coming to terms, seizing control, and getting my power back when I'm most vulnerable. A documentation of my experience in love and it's varied elements, whether in pain, fear, romantic love or even lust."
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The U.S. has reported more than 1 million new COVID-19 cases in each of the last two weeks — a first during the pandemic, reports The New York Times.
In the last week, the nation has seen an average of 173,000 infections daily, totalling about 1.2 million weekly cases. Before November, the country had never reported more than 500,000 cases in one week, according to the Times.
The U.S. also reported more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths Nov. 24 — the highest daily death toll seen since early May, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project.
As of Nov. 24, 88,080 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, marking the 15th consecutive day hospitalizations reached a new high, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
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Andy Murray believes he enters 2010 primed to make the quantum leap from contender to champion and finally end Britain's 74-year drought in Grand Slam singles tennis.
The world No4 has fine-tuned his schedule to give himself every chance of success in the major events, starting with the Australian Open later this month, by opting out of Davis Cup duties for Great Britain, working on his net game and putting in the yards in training during the off-season.
"I've been working really hard for the past two or three years physically to make sure that I am strong enough," said Murray.
"Tennis-wise, I just need to play my best at the slams. Last year I thought did well, but a few things I could have done a bit better.
"This year is all about getting prepared for the slams, and making sure I am in the best shape going into them.
"If I feel good going into the tournaments, especially on the hard courts and the grass, I have got a pretty good chance of beating any of the guys and winning [the event], so I believe I can do well this year."
Murray is aware of criticism that he doesn't attack the net enough, but said he was continuing to work on his serve-and-volley game and noted that the challenge was to hone his tactics in a very unforgiving environment.
"I practice playing at the net a lot and have done for the past few years – it is more understanding when to come to the net and making sure you pick the right moments to come forward," said the 22-year-old Scot.
"It's very difficult now, because guys pass so well, move so well and hit the ball so hard that you have to pick the right moments.
"That is a tactical thing I have had to work on with my coach and hopefully it will pay off," he added.
Murray also defended his decision to sit out Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against Lithuania in March, saying it was time for younger British players to be given the chance to pick up the baton.
"I've played a lot of Davis Cup matches the past few years and enjoyed playing in them, but when I play and we lose I don't feel like it benefits the other [British] players that much," he said.
"It is a bit unfair to single me out for [missing the tie], [Roger] Federer has missed Davis Cup matches, Rafael [Nadal] has missed [them], [Novak] Djokovic has missed [them], [Pete] Sampras, [Andre] Agassi. A lot better players than me have missed Davis Cup matches."


1) Primp and Curl…Primp and Curl your eyelashes. Big curl eyelashes = Im awake eyes.
2) Anyone who knows me knows that I never leave the house with out BLUSH. Make sure to add some blush on the apples of your cheeks. Adding some color to your skin will help with any post-drinking paleness.
And 3) Highlighters are a Must!!! Try dabbing a milk shake pearly colored highlighter on your browbone, down your nose and across your forehead. Not only will this help you look more energized, but this will help put back any radiance you may have lost in the wake of the big countdown.
So there you have it…my three awesome quick fixes. Hope this helps! Let's start this year off with a good fashion and makeup bang. WOOHOO!!!


Two-thousand and ten is here, and twenty-oh-nine is past. I'm hoping we get out a bunch this coming year, but, for now, a look back at the photos of the past.
1. Twin Falls State Park, 02/04/09.
2. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, 03/21/09.
5. Big Quilcene to Marmot Pass, 06/06/09-06/07/09.
12. Lower Ice Lake, 08/27/09-08/29/09.
13. Canadian Rockies Grand Tour, September 2009.
There it is! Enchantments this year? Better work on permits, then. Scrambling and/or glacier travel classes? Perhaps.
2009 stats: ~175 miles of hiking, ~30000′ or so of elevation gain, and ~1700 undeleted images.


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Cave Creek Town Council candidate: David Smith
Years in Cave Creek: 20
Years in Arizona: 20
Education: A.B. from Union College
Job: Retired (last job was deputy director of the NYS Department of Health Center for Environmental Health)
Have you ever served in public office, and if so, when and where? Yes, Cave Creek Town Council
Name your biggest accomplishment while involved in town government that you took the lead on and why that issue is important. I was the council representative on the team, which negotiated the intergovernmental agreement with the Daisy Mountain Fire and Emergency Services. I dealt mostly with emergent policy issues and the simplification of agreement terminology.
Why are you running for council again? What is left for you to do specifically? There are water conservation issues, the interconnect with Phoenix water needed to provide an assured emergency water supply, providing potable water to the west side of town, Protecting the town's oversight of the annexed open space to the north of town and continued oversight of our budget and expenditures.
Name three recommended changes that would improve town government. (1) I would like to see more effective means of providing information to the residents and obtaining input from those residents on emergent issues. (2) I would like to see a workable term-limit plan developed. (3) We need to have a plan for response to future reductions of available water.
How would you assess the town's handling of growth, and what are your top priorities for future growth? My own preference is to control development to the degree already approved. New commercial should be only in the town core or along Carefree Highway. Residential development is acceptable when it is a single residence, when there is a documented water "will serve" letter, or new "wet water" is made available.
How would you manage the town's new and growing fire and medical services? That had a lot to do with development of the IGA. I believe that management of the agreement should not be a significant issue.
Do you think Cave Creek should be spending more to support museums, arts and culture in the community? Why or why not? The town budgets money every year to support the museum and other appropriate community organizations. More money could be made available, and it should be in a pre-approved way where it is specifically included in the budget.
How can the town address concerns about both the quality and quantity of water available to Cave Creek and Desert Hills system users? The town has taken actions over the past few years to improve the taste and quality of our water. There was never a safety issue. New businesses are required to bring water if they don't already have an approved allocation. The town is also banking water to use in the future.
Is town government sufficiently transparent? Information of expenditures, revenue and actions of the council and planning commission are already available if anyone has put themselves on email lists or access the town's website. Greater use, by the town, of social media and news media could address some of this issue.
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Where is the ASD on a 2005 Ram 1500?
I have the same problem, and would love to replace the fuel pump relay except no one seems to offer them for sale any more.
kudran, yes it can. The ASD relay is located in the Integrated Power Module (IPM), in the engine compartment. Refer to label on PDC cover for relay location.
To test the relay see if this helps. When the PCM energizes the ASD and fuel pump relays, terminal 87 connects to terminal 30.
This is the On position. Terminal 87 supplies voltage to the rest of the circuit.
The following procedure applies to the ASD and fuel pump relays.
(1) Remove relay from connector before testing.
(2) With the relay removed from the vehicle, use an ohmmeter to check the resistance between terminals 85 and 86. The resistance should be 75 ohms +/- 5 ohms.
(3) Connect the ohmmeter between terminals 30 and 87A. The ohmmeter should show continuity between terminals 30 and 87A.
(4) Connect the ohmmeter between terminals 87 and 30. The ohmmeter should not show continuity at this time.
(5) Connect one end of a jumper wire (16 gauge or smaller) to relay terminal 85. Connect the other end of the jumper wire to the ground side of a 12 volt power source.
(6) Connect one end of another jumper wire (16 gauge or smaller) to the power side of the 12 volt power source. Do not attach the other end of the jumper wire to the relay at this time.
WARNING: DO NOT ALLOW OHMMETER TO CONTACT TERMINALS 85 OR 86 DURING THIS TEST. DAMAGE TO OHMMETER MAY RESULT.
(7) Attach the other end of the jumper wire to relay terminal 86. This activates the relay. The ohmmeter should now show continuity between relay terminals 87 and 30. The ohmmeter should not show continuity between relay terminals 87A and 30.
(9) Replace the relay if it did not pass the continuity and resistance tests. If the relay passed the tests, it operates properly. Check the remainder of the ASD and fuel pump relay circuits.
You may be going down a very deep rabbit hole. Remember that Chrysler had incredible trouble, including multiple lawsuits and recall's based on TIPM issues. I've just gone through $$$$ repairs based on TIPM issues...... so your issue may not be isolated to the ASD relay.
This is the best explanation on this problem yet. Thank you very much. I will try it in the am as it is night fall here now.
oldturkey03, My attempt at the ASD relay test procedure you had previously supplied failed as I could not find it. I discovered that my PCM is a total integrated power module (TIPM) and the relay function of the ASD is integrated in a solid state circuit board situated beneath the fuse board of the TIPM. There are no relays on the top fuse board on my vehicles TIPM. I am totally confused now as to how I can trouble shoot this solid state relay. I am unable to explain this finding very well but if anyone can follow me and has a solution please let me know.
oldturkey03, I went back to my original question and inserted pictures of my 07 Dodge ram 1500's TIPM and the Bar Code on the side of the Module enclosure. Its not very clear but its the best I can do for now. The TIPM had been removed from the vehicle so it does not show you the surrounding area but it is situated next to the battery on the drivers side of the engine enclosure. As you may tell there are no relays on the board and although the lid identifying the circuits is not clear it does not specify a relay as well. Any suggestions would help since those TIPM's are very expensive. I understand that these modules are rebuilt and sold again. Is that true? Perhaps you may know of a place that rebuilds them. As you can see I am grasping at straws.
Hold off and don't quit just yet. Yes the TIPM are expensive. Replaced one for a Jeep GC for $1200 . There might still be ways around this. Can you take a couple of pictures of your engine compartment? I understand your frustration, but doing this over the internet is like fixing your TIPM through the tailpipe of your truck with a pair of knitting needles:-) I just triple checked the 2007 service manual and it still shows the same thing. What exact engine size is your 2007?
an 07 doesn't have relays in the fuse box. What are you on?
Relays on most dodge cars are under the left fender. Lift the car and remove the left front wheel ie battery side. Remove the fender cover and you will find a harness and relay assembly containing +_4 relays.
I have a similar issue to the issues described above. It's a 2007 Dodge Durango, 5.7L Hemi. It has the two relay like boxes on the driver's side, with the TIPM (I guess, same number, P04692) toward the front. Initially had some strange issues. Found eventually a dead battery. That led to the need for a new alternator (low voltage when running). Then when truck was left alone for awhile, battery would go to 0. Found that fuel and ASD relays would chatter intermittently, running battery down.
Charged battery up, was able to start it. Then stopped it for awhile. Then relay chattering started again. Here's a tip, when you can't start it: Remove the ground cable from the battery for a few minutes and then reattach. Each time i've done this i get different results. Many times it seems like it's ok and even can start and run. But after a while the freakiness starts again. I think it's the TIPM. I swapped relays around in case there was a contact or relay issue to no avail. I took most of it apart and reseated all connections, removed and polished up the ground near the sidewall. But same effect. Tomorrow i hope to be able to get a TIPM module from the dealer (assuming it's a few hundred and not 1200). We'll see.
for posterity's sake... After getting the new (used) TIPM and replacing it, i had similar symptoms, i.e. erratic behavior and intermittent running and not. Eventually traced this to water down near the fuse panel on the driver's side. Took out plastic and lifted carpet and dried it all out. The odd, erratic behavior went away. Lesson is, what looks like a computer issue could be water inside the car near the wiring harness (that runs along the floor) near the fuse panel near the driver's side feet area.
oh, and water was likely there from a plugged drain hole at the sunroof. Found it plugged, used weed wacker string to clear it. Then tested for water leaks and found none.
I ended up pulling the ASD and now my truck fires and runs just fine! Doesn't make sense? How is it running with out it plugged in?
Where is the asd? Is it part of the tipm? Is that the relay under the air box on pass side?


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Don't be fooled by a sweetheart deal, said Linspire CEO Michael Robertson. Companies -- and government organizations -- deliberating whether to buy Windows or Linux may find themselves tempted by a sweet price cut from Microsoft. But, Robertson cautioned, this may be the proverbial free first hit -- after which the customer becomes hooked, and the price, in one form or another, soars higher and higher.


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Helping children keep up with an additional language can be challenging during the long school holidays – especially if you're a parent with limited knowledge of the language your child is learning at school.
At Yew Chung International School of Beijing, lessons are co-taught by a Chinese-speaking and English-speaking teacher at the same time. This bilingual teaching model means children emerge with two languages – even when they have begun with only one. We speak to two language specialists at YCIS Beijing about ways children can keep up with, and even improve, their language skills during the summer holidays.
The most important thing for improving language skills is practice. Practice must be frequent – ideally daily – but it doesn't have to be too time-consuming. I recommend that my students set aside 20 minutes a day rather than, for example, two hours once a week. Regular study keeps vocabulary ticking over and helps new words and phrases sink in.
It can be helpful for parents and children if language practice is built into the daily routine – just before dinner, or after breakfast – otherwise it tends to slow down and be forgotten!
Reading is a really important aspect of language-learning but children can be put off if they aren't enjoying what they've been asked to read. At the beginning of the holidays, get your child to feel excited about reading in their additional language by taking them to a bookshop and asking them to choose the book. This is a good opportunity for parents to choose a book too so it feels like a family activity rather than homework. You may enjoy discussing your book with your child and encouraging them to do the same.
This is good practice for life, really. Make sure your child has a vocab note book – or can make notes on their phone – and encourage them to note down new words and phrases that they come across in their reading. They should check over this note book every day and, where possible, try to make use of new vocab in dialogue.
Quizlet.com is a useful site for making vocab lists. It allows you to find translations, add pictures to words and generate flashcards.
If your child is learning Chinese, a summer in China can be a fantastic opportunity for them to improve their language ability. Encourage them to get maximum exposure to the language that surrounds them by watching Chinese films and television programmes, listening to the radio, reading newspapers and magazines, reading signs and notices when they're out and about. It will feel less like homework if this is naturally incorporated into daily activities.
It's not always easy to keep up writing outside of school. I recommend Strokeorder.info to help children make sure that their stroke order is correct. Being disciplined with stroke order will pay off – it not only helps you memorise meaning, but means that whenever you come across a new character you will know how to write it.
The classroom can feel like a safe environment but children must find their confidence in real conversation and not be afraid to make mistakes when talking to new people. Encourage your child to order in restaurants or strike up conversation with Chinese people in shops, public places, at events etc. Putting language to use in real life situations is very important.
Having a long summer ahead may feel daunting, but keeping-up with language can be fun and incorporated naturally into the day. We like to encourage parents to take up language lessons too – it really helps if you and your child are learning a new language together and it certainly won't go to waste!


September is National Honey Month, so as decreed by the National Honey Board. The bees creating honey may need the positive attention to shed a light on the creatures' recent struggles.
The month was first hailed by the NHB in 1989 as a way to promote the beekeeping industry, benefiting consumers and beekeepers alike.
Bees have had a rough time as of late. Colony collapse disorder has been a deadly phenomenon ravaging hives. Most recently, a Zika spraying in South Carolina killed more than 3 million bees.
Most recently, studies have suggested bees are dying because of pesticides called neotinoids.
When bees struggle, everyone up the food chain does, too.
Researchers from one study said the toxicity builds up as it moves up in the ecosystem. Scientists said some species of birds are struggling with the pesticide, too.
The USDA reports North Dakota is the top honey producing state nationally.
The importance of beekeeping and honey production has its cornerstone in the pollinators themselves; bees are responsible for the production of honey itself as well as the pollination of much of modern agriculture.
North Dakota State has a team of scientists researching the nutrition in honeybees, as well as how temperature affects bee growth. The team utilizes gadgets such as a Micro CT machine to monitor the development of flight muscles and gut.
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Cindy Campbell Published: October 24, 2022
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The mother of a man missing from Bangor for months says he once walked 17 miles away from a group home, so the search is being expanded.
When Did Graham Lacher Go Missing?
Graham Lacher has been missing since June, after walking away from the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor. According to his mother, Tammy Lacher Scully, Graham is diagnosed as both autistic and schizophrenic. So far, the search has focused on Bangor, especially in the Bangor Mall area, with no results other than the discovery of his orange hat. But after sharing a story of another time Graham ran from a group home, she says the search is expanding statewide.
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During an interview on the podcast, 'Locating the Lost,' that was posted on Facebook over the weekend, Tammy revealed a lot of information about Graham, as a person, including the fact that he's very intelligent and well-read. As a matter of fact, Graham Lacher speaks many languages and has studied philosophy. He's a creative, artistic man whose conditions cause him to struggle with everyday life. He's never had a job, has never managed his own money, and is fearful of strangers. But that doesn't mean that Graham went into the woods near Stillwater Avenue and stayed there.
On the podcast, Tammy tells of another time Graham ran away, this time from a group home in Norridgewock. She says he was unhappy with the facility, preferring a smaller home in a less rural area. His diagnoses, however, have made it difficult for Tammy to find places equipped to house him. Graham left the facility on foot and a search was launched in the immediate area. However, they soon learned that Graham had gone into the woods until dark and then began to walk when the roads were quieter. Tammy says he walked 17 miles to Waterville, which is where he was found. He had money then, so he was stopping at fast food places to eat and rest before moving on.
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This is why she has decided it's time to expand the search to include the entire state. Rallies were held over the weekend in Bangor, Augusta, and Portland and flyers are being handed out with pictures of Graham, in hopes someone will remember seeing him. Signs are also being posted along main roads, to remind people to watch for him.
Tammy cautions, again, not to try and approach Graham or call out to him if he's spotted, because it could cause him to bolt and go further underground. Instead, she says, call 911 immediately. She's racing against the clock, trying to get him to safety before the winter weather sets in. You can follow the progress of the search on the Facebook page, Missing Graham Lacher.
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Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Ormandy was born Jenő Blau in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, the son of Jewish parents Rosalie and Benjamin Blau, a dentist who was also an amateur violinist. Ormandy began studying violin at the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music (now the Franz Liszt Academy of Music) at the age of five. He gave his first concerts as a violinist at age seven and, studying with Jenő Hubay, graduated at 14 with a master's degree. In 1920, he obtained a university degree in philosophy. In 1921, he moved to the United States of America. Around this time Blau changed his name to "Eugene Ormandy," "Eugene" being the equivalent of the Hungarian "Jenő". Accounts differ on the origin of "Ormandy"; it may have either been Blau's own middle name at birth, or his mother's. He was first engaged by conductor Erno Rapee, a former Budapest friend and fellow Academy graduate, as a violinist in the orchestra of the Capitol Theatre in New York City, a 77-player ensemble which accompanied silent movies. He became the concertmaster within five days of joining and soon became one of the conductors of this group. Ormandy also made 16 recordings as a violinist between 1923 and 1929, half of them using the acoustic process.
Arthur Judson, the most powerful manager of American classical music during the 1930s, first heard Ormandy when he conducted (as a freelancer) for a dance recital at Carnegie Hall by Isadora Duncan; Judson later said, "I came to see a dancer and instead heard a conductor.". Judson greatly assisted Ormandy's career, and when Arturo Toscanini was too ill to conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1931, Judson asked Ormandy to stand in. This led to Ormandy's first major appointment as a conductor, in Minneapolis.
Ormandy served until 1936 as conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (now the Minnesota Orchestra). During the depths of the Great Depression, RCA Victor contracted Ormandy and the Minneapolis Symphony for many recordings. A clause in the musicians' contract required them to earn their salaries by performing a certain number of hours each week (whether it be rehearsals, concerts, broadcasts, or recording). Since Victor did not need to pay the musicians, it could afford to send its best technicians and equipment to record in Minneapolis. Recordings were made between January 16, 1934, and January 16, 1935. There were several premiere recordings made in Minneapolis: John Alden Carpenter's Adventures in a Perambulator; Zoltán Kodály's Háry János Suite; Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht and a specially commissioned recording of Roy Harris's American Overture based on "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". Ormandy's recordings also included Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 and Mahler's Symphony No. 2, which became extremely well known.
Ormandy's 44-year tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra began in 1936 and became the source of much of his lasting reputation and fame. Two years after his appointment as associate conductor under Leopold Stokowski, he became its music director. (Stokowski continued to conduct some concerts in Philadelphia until 1941; he returned as a guest conductor in 1960.) As music director, Ormandy conducted from 100 to 180 concerts each year in Philadelphia. Upon his retirement in 1980, he was made conductor laureate.
Ormandy was a quick learner of scores, often conducting from memory and without a baton. He demonstrated exceptional musical and personal integrity, exceptional leadership skills, and a formal and reserved podium manner in the style of his idol and friend, Arturo Toscanini. One orchestra musician complimented him by saying: "He doesn't try to conduct every note as some conductors do." Under Ormandy's direction the Philadelphia Orchestra continued the lush, legato style originated by Stokowski and for which the orchestra was well known. Ormandy's conducting style was praised for its opulent sound, but also was criticized for supposedly lacking any real individual touch. In the book Dinner with Lenny, containing one of the last interviews of Leonard Bernstein, Ormandy is criticized by Bernstein for applying the same lush sound to every piece that he conducted, even if the composer of the piece in question did not call for it, a criticism that Bernstein voiced indirectly in The Sound of an Orchestra, one of the Young People's Concerts.
Ormandy was particularly noted for conducting late Romantic and early 20th century music. He particularly favored Bruckner, Debussy, Dvořák, Ravel, Richard Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, and transcriptions of Bach. His performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, and Mozart were considered less successful by some critics, especially when he applied the lush, so-called "Philadelphia Sound" to them. On the other hand, Donald Peck, principal flute of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, reports that a fellow flutist was won over when Ormandy conducted the Chicago in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; he told Peck that it was the greatest Ninth he had ever heard. He was particularly noted as a champion of Sergei Rachmaninoff's music, conducting the premiere of his Symphonic Dances and leading the orchestra in the composer's own recordings of three of his piano concertos in 1939–40. He also directed the American premiere of several symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich. He made the first recording of Deryck Cooke's first performing edition of the complete Mahler Tenth Symphony, which many critics praised. His recording of Camille Saint-Saëns' Third Symphony received stellar reviews and is held in high regard. He also performed a great deal of American music and gave many premières of works by Samuel Barber, Paul Creston, David Diamond, Howard Hanson, Walter Piston, Ned Rorem, William Schuman, Roger Sessions, Virgil Thomson, and Richard Yardumian.
Critics hate Ormandy. It must be the first "fact" they teach at critic school – always work in an Ormandy slam into every article you write. Record collectors hate him, too. I just don't get it. The film of him looks pretty impressive – classical and classy conducting technique, not at all showy. His Philadelphia Orchestra was the only real rival to Karajan's Berlin for sonic beauty in the 50s-70s, but was also a tighter and more versatile band.
In 1947, Ormandy appeared in the feature film Night Song in which he conducted Leith Stevens' Piano Concerto, with Arthur Rubinstein as soloist.
Ormandy visited Finland several times. Here he is seen in 1951 with Jean Sibelius (left) and Nils-Eric Ringbom in Sibelius' home, Ainola.
The Philadelphia Orchestra under Ormandy's direction frequently performed outside of Philadelphia, in New York and other American cities, and undertook a number of foreign tours. During a 1955 tour of Finland, Ormandy and many of the Orchestra's members visited the elderly composer Jean Sibelius at his country estate; Ormandy was photographed with Sibelius and the picture later appeared on the cover of his 1962 stereo recording of the composer's first symphony. During a 1973 tour of the People's Republic of China, the Orchestra performed to enthusiastic audiences that had been isolated from Western classical music for many decades.
Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as smaller ensembles composed of its members, often collaborated with Richard P. Condie (and later Jerold Ottley) and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to produce many recordings still considered definitive today, most notably the Grammy- winning recording of the Peter Wilhousky arrangement of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
After Ormandy officially retired as music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1980, he served as a guest conductor of other orchestras and made a few recordings.
He also appeared as a guest conductor with many other orchestras. In November 1966, he recorded Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra. This and a recording in July 1952, which he conducted anonymously with the Prades Festival Orchestra with Pablo Casals in the Robert Schumann Cello Concerto, represented his only commercial recordings made outside the U.S. In December 1950 he directed New York's Metropolitan Opera in a production of Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus in English, which also was recorded. In 1978, he conducted the New York Philharmonic in a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, with Vladimir Horowitz as soloist for a live recording.
In honor of Ormandy's vast influence on American music and the Philadelphia performing arts community, on December 15, 1972 he was awarded the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit. Beginning in 1964, this award "established to bring a declaration of appreciation to an individual each year that has made a significant contribution to the world of music and helped to create a climate in which our talents may find valid expression."
Named Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia's person of the Year in 1979 and inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2003.
Ormandy died of pneumonia at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 12, 1985. His papers, including his marked scores and complete arrangements, fill 501 boxes in the archives of the University of Pennsylvania Library.
Thomas Frost, the producer of many of Ormandy's Columbia recordings, called Ormandy "...the easiest conductor I've ever worked with — he has less of an ego problem than any of them... Everything was controlled, professional, organized. We recorded more music per hour than any other orchestra ever has." In one day, March 11, 1962, Ormandy and the Philadelphia recorded Sibelius's Symphony No. 1; the Semyon Bogatyryov arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 7 (for which Ormandy had given the Western hemisphere premiere performance); and Delius's On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.
The orchestra's performing venue at the Academy of Music (Philadelphia) was seldom employed for recording, because record producers believed that its dry acoustics were less than ideal. Moreover, Ormandy felt that the remodeling of the Academy of Music in the mid-1950s had ruined its acoustics. The Philadelphia Orchestra instead recorded in the ballroom of Philadelphia's Broadwood Hotel/Philadelphia Hotel, the Philadelphia Athletic Club at Broad and Race Streets, and in Town Hall/Scottish Rite Cathedral on North Broad Street near the Franklin Parkway. The latter venue featured a 1692 seat auditorium with bright resonant acoustics that made for impressive-sounding "high fidelity" recordings. A fourth venue was the Old Metropolitan Opera House used for later EMI recording sessions.
Recordings were produced for the following record labels: RCA Victor Red Seal (1936 to 1942; 1968 to 1980), Columbia Masterworks Records (1944 to 1968), and EMI/Angel Records (1977-on). Three late albums were also recorded for Telarc (1980) and Delos (1981). Ormandy's first digital recording was a performance of Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra for RCA in 1979.
His recordings of Camille Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3 'Organ' were considered the best ever produced by Fanfare Magazine which remarked of the recording with renowned organist Virgil Fox: "This beautifully played performance outclasses all versions of this symphony." The Telarc recording of the symphony with Michael Murray (organist) is also highly praised.
Dmitri Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello). Columbia, November 1959.
Ormandy also conducted the premiere American recordings of Paul Hindemith's Mathis der Maler symphony, Carl Orff's Catulli Carmina (which won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Choral Performance in 1968), Shostakovich's Symphonies 4, 13, 14, and 15, Carl Nielsen's Symphonies 1 & 6, Anton Webern's Im Sommerwind, and Krzysztof Penderecki's Utrenja.
Ormandy also commissioned a version of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition which he and the Philadelphia Orchestra could call their own, since the Ravel arrangement was at that time still very much the property of Serge Koussevitzky, who had commissioned it, made its first recording with the Boston Symphony, and published the score. So Ormandy asked Lucien Cailliet (1891–1984), the Philadelphia Orchestra's 'house arranger' and a member of its woodwind section, to provide a new orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition and he conducted its premiere on 5 February 1937, recording it for RCA Victor later that same year. (It has been reissued on CD by Biddulph.) However, Ormandy eventually returned to the Ravel arrangement and recorded it three times (1953, 1966 and 1973).
Ardoin, John (1999). The Philadelphia Orchestra: A Century of Music. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 1-56639-712-X.
American Record Guide: Eugene Ormandy. Washington: Heldref Publications. November–December 1999. p. 68. OCLC 23874797.
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↑ Rodriguez-Peralta, Phyllis W (2006). Philadelphia Maestros: Ormandy, Muti, Sawallisch. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 149.
↑ Peck, Donald (2007). The Right Place, the Right Time. Indiana University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-253-34914-9.
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9 Fintech Startups in Middle East to Watch in 2018
by Fintechnews Middle East	22. March 2018
The fintech sector in the Middle East, despite being relatively small when compared with the likes of the US or Europe, has grown tremendously these past years with locations such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but also Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon emerging as regional fintech hubs.
Several local startups have expanded regionally and experiencing rapid growth. Many have even caught the eye of foreign investors who have begun pouring millions to fuel their growth. Here is our list of the top eight fintech startups in the Middle East to keep an eye on in 2018:
Democrance (UAE)
Founded in 2015, Democrance is an insurtech startup and the first mover for microinsurance in the region. The startup partners with insurance companies and mobile operators to offer insurance products to the underserved microinsurance market in the Middle East and North Africa.
Democrance focuses on providing affordable and accessible products to the masses by leveraging mobile technology and digital platforms.
Democrance raised US$800,000 in its first external funding round in October 2017. Most recently, the startup entered a partnership with ADA, an inclusive finance specialist NGO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a United Nations (UN) specialized agency, to develop a sustainable microinsurance model that provides insurance protection to low income group migrants working in the UAE. It secured a US$500,000 grant to develop the project.
MadfooatCom (Jordan)
MadfooatCom is a Jordanian bill payment and payment service company that got its start at Oasis500, a prominent accelerator and venture capital firm in the country.
MadfooatCom was established in 2011 and has since expanded the successful bill payment focus, creating a platform for customers to inquire and pay their bills in a single location via their banks' online channels. The solution can be tied into other payment solutions as well.
MadfooatCom is a partner of the Central Bank of Jordan for which it created and has been administering the country's national electronic bill presentment and payment service gateway, eFawateerCom. Since launching the service, madfooat.com has been working with 49 billers and connected to 23 of Jordan's 25 banks.
MadfooatCom closed a US$5 million Series A funding round in 2016. The startup is now looking to raise a Series B round of around US$15-20 million to fund its expansion in emerging markets, including Algeria, Palestine, Kenya and Morocco.
Liwwa (Jordan)
Based in Amman, Jordan, Liwwa is an online lending platform that connects small businesses in need of capital with investors. Since 2015, Liwwa has enabled businesses to raise more than US$8 million through 220 loans.
Liwwa was founded in 2013. Co-founder and CEO Ahmed Moor started the company out of Harvard, and it boasts of international rockstar advisors like Prosper's Chris Larsen.
The startup has raised over US$4.8 million in funding so far with investors that include DASH Ventures, al Etihad, MENA Venture Investments and Silicon Badia. Its latest round, closed in March 2017, has been used to build up the company's ability to assess an applicant using technology rather than traditional credit ratings.
Finerd (UAE)
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in the UAE, Finerd is a provider of automated investment management solutions for retail clients in the Middle East.
The platform, which went live in September 2015, is targeted at mid-career professionals with around US$100-200K in liquid assets.
Finerd was part of TURN8's 2016 accelerator program and through which it received US$600,000 in funding. The company said at the time that the investment would be used to bring its much-awaited Sharia-compliant products to market.
Ajar Online (Kuwait)
Founded in 2015, Ajar Online is a Kuwait-based fintech startup that allows tenants to pay their rent conveniently online, via SMS or email, and landlords to view live updates of their tenants' payments, statuses, histories and collection reports.
The startup won the first-ever KIPCO Tmkeen Award for Young Entrepreneurs and US$100,000 worth of services from the KIPCO Group in November 2015. The same year, it was among the finalists of the MIT Enterprise Arab Startup Competition.
In early 2016, the company signed a partnership with Warba Bank who are now running Ajar Online's back office financial operations and promoting its services to their corporate clients.
Ajar Online closed its second round of investment in October 2017. The round was led by Dubai-based venture firm BECO Capital.
Paym.es (Turkey)
Paym.es is a shopping chatbot built by fintech startup Paymes Elektronik Ticaret AŞ that helps users sell or purchase items by asking them a series of questions like chatting with a friend on messenger apps.
The solution aims to facilitate e-commerce through a user-friendly application that's used in everyday life rather than a new application or website. The messenger bot operates as a simple conversation based on a series of multiple-choice questions and can accept payments natively without sending users to an external website.
Paym.es won Seedstars Turkey in July 2017. The startup will head to the Seedstars Summit, a week-long program taking place in Switzerland in April 2018.
Iyzico (Turkey)
Founded in 2012, Iyzico is a Turkish provider of mobile and web payments services sometimes dubbed the "Stripe of Turkey." It targets online businesses and enterprises, particularly e-commerce sites, offering a developer-friendly platform for taking payments online.
Iyzico closed an impressive US$15 million Series C funding round in April 2017. Since its launch, the startup claims it is powering over 10,000 merchants and counts 200,000 seller accounts via various online marketplaces.
POSRocket (Jordan)
Amman-based POSRocket is a provider of cloud-based point of sale solutions to SMEs that allows businesses to monitor all operations in real time including cash flow, inventories, and analytics from wherever they are and through any device.
POSRocket now operates in Jordan and Egypt. In 2018, it plans to begin supporting the Saudi and GCC markets.
In September 2017, POSRocket raised US$650,000 as seed investment from Jabbar Internet Group, Arzan VC, Propeller Inc. and two angel investors.
Foodics (Saudi Arabia)
Founded in 2013, Foodics offers a cloud-based iPad point of sale system for transactions, inventory, employee scheduling, loyalty programs and e-commerce, enabling seamless operations management of restaurants and retail stores.
In September 2017, Foodics raised US$4 million, its first funding round. The round was led by Raed Ventures and Riyad Taqnia Fund (RTF) with the participation of Neseel Holding and 500 Startups Fund.
The capital has been used to fuel the company's growth in its two current markets, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as help it expand to new countries in the Gulf and the Middle East.
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Very early this morning, it was learned that Jiri Hudler's agent and Ken Holland agreed to a 2-year, $5.75M contract, keeping Holland's arbitration-avoiding streak alive and well – but not really.
A gentleman's agreement had been made between Hudler's agent and Ken Holland, but Hudler wanted to go to arbitration anyway, so as to not jeopardize his contract with Moscow.
In a Google-translated article from Blesk in the Czech Republic, Jiri says that his agent more or less pulled the trigger on a deal for LESS than was originally offered by the Wings – and that Holland wished him well in the KHL:
He waited, to confess. But this is my overseas agent Petr Svoboda agreed with the team. And to be exact, the two parties have agreed before arbitration, so he did not actually ask [for more money]. Ken Holland just sent me a text how it turned out. Wished me, whether I am in Moscow and a good season and I will return to the NHL, and wants to make it in Detroit.
Did anyone else see Everything is Illuminated? That reads like Alex wrote it — with the help of Sammy Davis Junior Junior The Seeing Eye Bitch.
Back to business: it appears that offers of 3, 4, and 5 years worth $3M per were turned down, to agree to a shorter-term and less money? Interesting tactic, Svoboda.
To clarify, Jiri Hudler IS still going to play with Dynamo of the KHL. If and when he returns to North America, he will be bound by the terms of this agreement – two years at a very reasonable $2.875M per (which is considerably less than almost anyone – myself included) thought he'd get if the parties went to traditional arbitration.
I'd also like to point out that our recent article regarding Sportsnet's Epic Fail somehow became MORE Epic and Faily with this news. About half of the statements of that article are incorrect:
Jiri Hudler is staying in Detroit (FALSE) rather than heading to Russia (FALSE). The Czech forward (TRUE) was awarded (FALSE-ISH) a two-year deal (TRUE) worth over US$5 million (VAGUE, BUT TRUE) on Friday (FALSE)
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Tuesday April 2, 2019
April 4, 2019 by Graeme MacKay
Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday April 2, 2019
Trudeau apologizes to Grassy Narrows protester thanked for 'donation,' kicked out of Liberal Party fundraiser
Two former women cabinet minister from Justin Trudeau's government, Jody Wilson-Raybould (Canada's first indigenous Attorney General and Justice Minister) and Jane Philpott (Treasury Board President), were unceremoniously booted from party caucus today.
This follows an embarrassing moment for the Prime Minister from a few days earlier:
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologized for how he responded to a protester Wednesday evening who was advocating on behalf of a northern Ontario First Nation struggling with health effects linked to historical industrial dumping upstream from the community.
Grassy Narrows First Nation held a protest and demonstration in Toronto on Wednesday evening during a Liberal Party fundraiser to press the Trudeau government on its promise to fund a specialized mercury treatment facility in the northwestern Ontario community that's about 100 kilometres northeast of Kenora.
During the event, the protester appeared to be escorted out of the room while Trudeau thanked her for her "donation."
"From time to time, I'm in situations where people are expressing concerns or protesting a particular thing, and I always try to be respectful and always try to engage with them in a positive way," Trudeau told reporters in Halifax on Thursday morning.
"I didn't do that last night — last night I lacked respect towards them and I apologize."
Grassy Narrows also is pushing for federal help for remediation of the polluted English-Wabigoon River system and better compensation for people affected by the toxic element.
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In a video posted to the Council of Canadians' verified Facebook page Wednesday evening, a woman is shown standing in front of the stage where Trudeau is standing; she appears to unfurl a banner that references the prime minister and compensation for the "mercury crisis." She is heard saying "people in Grassy Narrows are suffering from mercury poisoning, you committed to addressing this crisis," while appearing to be removed from the room.
Trudeau, still on the stage, is heard saying, while facing the direction in which the woman was taken out of the room, "Thank you for being here, thank you very much for your donation tonight, I really appreciate it," which draws cheers and applause from the crowd.
The Grassy Narrows protest in Toronto was at the Omni King Edward Hotel, where Trudeau was scheduled to appear at a Laurier Club donor "appreciation event."
Former Indigenous services minister Jane Philpott pledged in late 2017 that Ottawa would fund the development and construction of a treatment facility for people exposed to mercury-related illnesses in Grassy Narrows. A number of studies have linked the comparatively poor health of people in the community to the dumping of mercury-contaminated effluent by Reed Paper, former owners of the mill in Dryden, into the river where members of the First Nation have traditionally fished.
The dumping also affected Wabaseemoong, another First Nation, about 100 kilometres northwest of Kenora. (Source: CBC News)
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Enter the Colorful World of Balan Wonderworld with Next Week's Lengthy Demo
By Brittany Vincent
The whimsical Balan Wonderworld may not be releasing until February, but that doesn't mean you can't try it out ahead of time. Square Enix announced that it's releasing a demo for the bright and colorful new adventure next week across all platforms.
The demo will include a nice chunk of the game to test out to see if it's up your alley. It will come packing Acts 1 and 2 of Chapter 1, Act 1 of Chapter 4, and Act 1 of Chapter 6, as well as access to the Isle of Tims hub area. This is where you'll be able to raise creatures known as Tims, so you'll get to learn a thing or two about that.
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What's more, this demo will support two-person local multiplayer so you don't have to go it alone. One player can be Leo and another can be Emma as you explore the magical world, with co-op activated with the push of a button as you connect a second controller.
World 1 is called "The Man Who Rages Against the Storm," and you'll play Act 1, Act 2, and the boss battle here. It's set in a farm and follows a farmer named Jose Gallard, who has the boss Barktholomew lurking within him. It's the embodiment of his despair and sadness after seeing his farm and cornfield being destroyed.
World 4 is called "The Boy Who Would be One with the Wind," and you'll play Act 1. It takes place in a fantastical sky-based area with floating islands and bicycle parts strewn throughout. It's here you'll explore the heart of Chang Haoyu.
World 6 is called "The Girl and the Kitten," and it follows Cass Milligan's story. She meets a cute kitten in town, and using a variety of different costumes, you've got to get to the bottom of a mystery surrounding her finding.
Further, The Isle of Tims will introduce you to Tims, the creatures who can ultimately help Leo and Emma in their fight against Negate. You can also harvest magical droplets here from flower patches found throughout the game. Tims can eat them in order to grow stronger.
This should give you a good look at the game and what to expect from Balan Wonderworld ahead of its March 26 debut. It'll hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox SeriesS, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC.
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Con Saussure se tiende a investigar el lenguaje humano como un todo organizado donde sus elementos se estructuran en cinco niveles:
- científico
- Fonológico
- Sintáctico
- Semántico
- Sistemático
Desde el estructuralismo se plantea la cuestión con dos presupuestos: el inmanentismo (el estudio de una abstracción ideal) y la metodología de sistemas donde la unidad de análisis no son los elementos considerados por sí mismos sino como relaciones de interdependencia.

Las características del sistema estructural de la lengua las resume Benveniste en cuatro puntos:

- es una unidad global que incluye subunidades.
- Se establece un equilibrio formal siguiendo unas leyes constantes.
- Los constituyentes de esta estructura cumplén una función.
- Las unidades de un nivel son subunidades del nivel superior.

El concepto de sistema fue aplicado con productivos rendimientos por la Escuela de Praga y por la Escuela de Copenhague. Pero será Hjelmslev quien reformule las ideas de Saussure profundamente y reorganice su visión de la lengua como sistema. En su teoría Glosemática sustituye los conceptos saussureanos de significante y significado por los de expresión y contenido. Además, el estudio estructural, según Hjelmslev, debe realizarse desde dos planos: el de la expresión y el del contenido. Y estos planos contienen forma y contenido. De este modo, la asociación de la forma de la expresión y la forma del contenido surge una "forma entre dos sustancias", es decir, la lengua.

Coseriu introduce los conceptos de habla, norma y sistema. El habla es la realización o actualización lingüística que realiza cualquier hablante de un idioma determinado. La norma es el uso generalizado o modelo común a los usuarios (hablantes) de una lengua agrupados por multitud de criterios (geográficos, estilísticos, funcionales, sociales, de edad, de sexo, etc; de ahí salen las variedades diafásicas, diastráticas, etc). Finalmente, el sistema es el tercer grado de abstracción del uso de la lengua por parte de sus poseedores. Son las características indispensables, leyes abstractas que permiten el funcionamiento del sistema.

Relaciones entre signos

El sistema de la lengua se fundamenta en una serie de relaciones entre signos, tradicionalmente llamadas "oposiciones" término poco acertado ya que connota relaciones de antonimia o de relación binaria. Estas relaciones pueden ser:

- Según su relación con el resto del sistema:

  a. Bilaterales y multilaterales
  b. proporcionales y aisladas

- Según la propia relación de los términos:

  a. privativa: marcado / no marcado

  b. equipolente

  c. gradual

- Según la extrapolación de la relación:

  a. constantes

  b. suprimibles o neutralizables

El resultado de una neutralización es el Archifonema: conjunto de rasgos comunes a los dos términos de una oposición-relación.

Niveles de la lengua

Desde la antigüedad clásica: morfología, sintaxis y léxico. Saussure rechaza la lexicología. Mathesius en 1929 establece estos niveles: fonológico, morfológico y sintáctico. Por su parte, Chomsky atiende a estos: fonológico, sintáctico y semántico. En cualquier caso las relaciones entre autores, niveles y paradigmas es más que evidente. Las tendencias recientes propugnan un supranivel relacionado con la pragmática: el nivel textual, relacionado con teorías de la comunicación.

Historia de la lingüística


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Interview: Kyle Hollis and Zach Williamson of Picturesque
Do You Feel O.K?, the latest release by Picturesque on Equal Vision Records, is continuing in a direction like many other artists on the label. Picturesque has more in common with blackbear than with Ray Cappo's Shelter from 1991.
Duh. It's 2020 and way past post-hardcore. They are quietly a new brand of DIY, producing and recording without a strong boast for their self reliance or multitasking skill set. Even with disregard for categorization, vocalist Kyle Hollis is a person in tune with his feelings. He and guitarist Zach Williamson explain the latest album and their mindset toward making music.
"Now it's all kind of water under the bridge," Hollis says, recalling the album's themes. "I mean, everything during the time that all this stuff happened, of course it was sort of an emotional turmoil or something that just really weighed on me. But whenever we were writing it, at a later point, everything was comfortable."
"It was already dealt with," he expands. "So, I just kind of had to get, like, back in the headspace of it for recordings and all. But, as far as writing, it's just kind of another song at that point because it's already been done. It's just all recollection at that point. Once you've already coped with it, I've already put up barriers to where it shouldn't affect me as much anymore."
They wrote the songs over three years from sessions in California, living and breathing the lives that would ultimately become an indelible mark in time with the record, which they finished with original drummer Cole Clark at Sightglass Sound in Lexington, Kentucky.
"That's what Kyle was talking about," Williamson says. "Once we got to the recording process, some of these songs were a year or two years old for us. So it was really like diving back in and making it fresh again. We'd lived with them for a long time, and we kind of knew what we liked and didn't like about them—what needed a fresh perspective and what we really wanted to lock in forever."
He details how some songs happened quickly.
"Yeah, 'Day by Day' was written in the 11th hour. We wrote that on the last day of writing before tracking. I think we wrote that and kind of walked right in and laid it down. I think our engineers had already left for the day. Kyle, Dylan and I sat in there and tracked it all."
As a lyricist and a songwriter, Hollis keeps things straightforward and records his daily life.
"Just kind of whatever I'm feeling at the time," he says. "Anytime that I'm upset or just have something that's like weighing on me, I come home and I open up my recording stuff and sit down with it and record what I can. Then of course, I take it to the guys. So, it just depends, like getting laid off as an essential worker. I was pretty pissed, so I started writing some more stuff around that, which sounds ridiculous, but it's just a little bit of whatever I'm going through at the time. And right now things are peaceful, slow, so I just write songs about literally being bored."
They aren't afraid to mix their roles in music or the band without calling what they do DIY; They just do it all themselves and strive to avoid labels. Hollis feels more like a "hype man," less like a vocalist. Williamson thinks of himself less as a guitarist and more as the band's producer.
"Man, I don't really write guitars for the band, honestly. I don't," Williamson says. "Kyle and I are a vocal team. I kinda operate in a producer capacity where the guys and I trust each other a lot. We all trust each other a lot. I guess I kind of tend to steer the song creatively and vibe-wise. I make a lot of suggestions to the overall production, you know, tweaks is what I do, and a lot of vocal melody type stuff. Dylan is kind of like the one-man guitar show; I don't even think of myself as a guitar player. I was telling James, our drummer today, I was like, 'I forget that I know how to do that.'"
"It's a skill I learned when I was like 13, and I haven't gotten any better or worse at it," he says. "It's just something I've been able to do. And so I never even think of myself as a guitar player. So now, I work more of a production capacity."
On the current trend of music, their latest record fits in comfortably among other albums from Equal Vision Records. Like Tim Henson of Polyphia, who volunteered that he is a producer whose playing comes first, yet nonetheless a producer.
"Guitar first, the instrument, I think a little of both, things that come straight from your hearts and hands, your mind—those tend to be the best things." Henson explains. "We kind of just do like really intricate trap beats. We just play them on real instruments."
Picturesque exists very much in this vein of multitalented and continually learning musicians who write, play, produce, and execute their vision with little regard for boundaries between roles. They are using quarantine time for creativity, from experiencing new things in life to banging out new riffs, to becoming more proficient in Logic Pro X. The importance isn't solely on one thing, it's on a message as a whole. Once that tale is told, Hollis is on to writing the next thing and Williamson is on to building, producing, and performing. He's also using isolation time to physically construct a studio in his renovated attic for smaller projects.
"As soon as I get up it up and running, I've got the time to do it," Williamson says. "I'll probably be working on music myself and, who knows, the band, if we decide to do an acoustic cover or something like that we all have the means now to just kind of bust it out. We have the time now, we could do it super fast right now, 'cause we have the time to do it. I've already gotten a phone call. They want us to start working on some other projects right now. So, I mean, I'm sure it will be back to work in the studio really soon."
Picturesque carries a fresh, white-hot torch. They are DIY in a youthful, tech, and quarantined way. The tools and the toys used to make music are getting infinitely more cost effective and higher quality. Equipped with stronger ways of communicating— FaceTime, Thunderbolt cable, and Bluetooth rather than soup cans attached with string, XLR, or tiny telephone cables— they're not forwarding the post-hardcore genre; they're separating the rockets that put them in their space, and continuing to take the shuttle to new heights, an orbit they'll find in Williamson's attic studio.
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Our thankful thought for today is this: Little do we know or even take the time to realize, but we are already abundant right where we are. We already have so much when many have so little. There is so much in our lives that we do not notice, but we should daily take the time to acknowledge. When we acknowledge what we already have in our possession, we strangely open the door for our abundance to increase.


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Yang Zhe (born 14 July 1991) is a Chinese weightlifter. He competed for men's 105 kg weightlifting at Guangzhou Asia 2010 and won the gold medal. He also won the gold medal in 2014 Asian Games. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's 105 kg.

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When most Americans talk about fixing health care, according to polls they don't prioritize helping older Americans or younger people with disabling diseases or injuries.
But, as key lawmakers in Congress look at what's in and what's out of a national health reform plan, long-term care is gaining attention.
Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy says he won't move a reform bill unless it includes a section on it.
At first glance, it looks like Terry Rickman is enjoying a cozy rainy afternoon on her living room couch — feet propped up under a fluffy pink blanket, one of her cats nestled in her lap.
But Terry is trapped here for hours on end every day. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 23 years ago. At this point, Terry can't walk, can barely see and has limited use of her arms and hands.
"I'm really confused about what my day holds anymore," Terry Rickman says. "I try to prepare meals for Brian, that's one thing I have my PCA help me with."
Terry's PCA, or personal care attendant, comes for three hours a day, Monday through Friday, while her husband Brian is at work.
She helps Terry bathe, lifts her on and off the toilet, rolls her outside in a wheelchair to feel the sun and helps her keep house. But Terry is alone at least six hours because the Rickmans can't afford anything more.
"Too bad we can't train the cats," Rickman jokes.
The rest of the day, Terry does the best she can to live a fulfilling life from her couch in her mobile home in Marlborough, where she sits — often hungry, lonely, in dirty disposable underwear — until Brian comes home.
The Rickmans have spent tens of thousands of dollars on wheelchair lifts, automatic doors, physical therapy and home care.
"We have considered, because of the financial implications, possibly getting divorced," Brian Rickman says. "Terry would be able qualify for Medicaid, which would provide for as much care as she needed, if we were not married. We finally decided against it because of the emotional ramifications. But it was recommended to us by a few different people, actually."
The Rickmans' dilemma is familiar to many Americans who realize the only way they can afford a nursing home or assistance at home is to spend or transfer all of their assets so they meet the poverty qualifications for Medicaid.
Medicare, the healthcare program for seniors and the disabled, covers medical expenses, but not assistance for an 80-year-old recovering from a fall or an MS patient, like Terry, who needs physical therapy so her muscles do not atrophy.
Judy Feder is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where she does research, writes and testifies about long term care as part of national health reform.
"These people don't distinguish between whether they need health care or these support services, Feder says. "They need them all."
Feder says 85 percent of long-term care is unpaid, provided by families and friends at home. She understands that many Americans think that's the way it should be.
"Families are giving their all, but it's not good enough," Feder says. "People are falling or going without food or care. And family caregivers need some help to be able to live their lives and not to have to sacrifice everything."
A plan Sen. Kennedy favors in a larger health reform bill would create a new long-term care fund. Working adults would see $30 a month deducted from their paychecks unless they opt out of the program.
After five years, they could begin drawing $50 to $100 a day, depending on their disability. That would cover some home-based care, but one day in a nursing home is $300 or more.
Howard Bedlin, with the National Council for Aging, says Kennedy?s plan resembles social security, which covers some, but not all retirement expenses.
"So," Bedlin says. "Similarly, you'd have a basic foundation of support from the government, on top of that, if you want protection from nursing home costs, for example, you would need to get private insurance, so it would build on this basic foundation that the government would provide."
Private insurers want tax credits or other incentives to make private long term care insurance more affordable.
They, like many other groups watching the health reform debate, are concerned about the cost of a new government run long-term care program.
Sen. Judd Gregg, the ranking Republican on the Budget Committee, says government needs to focus on reigning in the cost of two existing healthcare programs it can't afford.
"We're facing a massive problem here," Sen. Gregg says. "Because of the retirement of the baby boom generation, coupled with the explosion in the cost of health care, and the two combined create — well, it's about a $40 to $45 trillion — that's trillion with a T — unfunded liability in the Medicare and Medicaid accounts."
The 100-plus advocacy groups working with Kennedy say his plan would not increase government spending because people would pay into the fund in advance.
The Congressional Budget Office has not released a cost estimate for Kennedy's plan. Long-term care is on the agenda for other leading senators, but they favor more moderate changes to Medicaid or incentives to encourage Americans to prepare better on their own.
Any more substantial long-term care program may be a tough sell to the public.
Robert Blendon is a professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health.
"When you ask people what health care reform means, they don't mention long-term care services," Blendon says.
Blendon has been polling Americans on health care for 24 years.
"It isn't that people don't know that it's a problem," Blendon says. "It is that they feel they have more immediate problems and many of them are not in the age range that long-term care is the principle problem they face."
Blendon says long-term care is in the mix now because Congressional leaders may take money from Medicare to help fund a health reform bill and they need to offer senior citizens some additional protection in return.
But does trying to address long-term care now — especially if it make a health reform bill more expensive — make sense?
Brandeis University health care economist Stuart Altman has heard the concern.
"Putting long-term care on may be just the final straw that really does break the camel's back," Altman says.
On the other hand, Altman says many Americans don't realize that the cost of long-term care may be a greater threat to their financial security than not having health insurance.
"Much of what middle-class, middle-aged families use their health insurance for is not going to wipe a family out," Altman says. "Long-term care can wipe a family out, and it does."
It also strains and sometimes breaks the emotional bonds that hold families together. Terry and Brian Rickman have decided against divorce for now, but are seeing a counselor.
"I'm actually trying real hard to hold my marriage together, which is almost as hard as having a disease," Terry says.
"It's very hard to switch between essentially being a nurse and being a spouse," Brian adds. "Helping someone with everyday personal care on a regular basis really takes away a lot of the closeness."
The public may get a clearer sense of how long-term care fits in the national health reform debate next week when the Senate Finance Committee begins a series of round-table discussions on the framework for legislation.
This program aired on April 15, 2009.


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Conair ist einer der weltweit größten Hersteller von Haushaltsklein-, Textilpflege- und Wellnessgeräten mit Sitz in East Windsor im Bundesstaat New Jersey.

Geschichte
Conair wurde 1959 vom Self-Made-Milliardär Leandro P. Rizzuto zusammen mit seinen Eltern mit 100 US-Dollar Startkapital als Continental Hair Products in einer Garage in Queens, New York gegründet. Er war bis zu seinem Tod 2017 der Alleineigentümer von Conair. Das erste Produkt war ein Lockenwickler, der von der Familie Rizzuto in deren Haus in Brooklyn handgemacht wurde. Das Unternehmen benannte sich 1976 in Conair um. Seit 1972 war das Unternehmen börsennotiert, bis es sich 1985 im Rahmen einer fremdfinanzierten Übernahme von der Börse zurückzog. Im Jahr 1995 war Conair das erste Unternehmen, das Haarbürsten in Massen im Einzelhandel anbot. 2002 schloss Conair einen Lizenzvertrag mit Weight Watchers, das es dem Unternehmen unter anderem erlaubte, Waagen unter der Marke Weight Watchers zu verkaufen.

Übernahmen
Conair übernahm in seiner Firmengeschichte unter anderem:
 1973 Jheri Redding Products, spezialisiert auf Shampoos und andere Haarpflegeprodukte für den Gebrauch in Friseursalons
 1989 den amerikanischen Küchengerätehersteller Cuisinart
 1995 die französischen Haarpflegegerätehersteller BaByliss und Jilbère de Paris
 1996 das auf Mundpflege spezialisierte Unternehmen Interblak vom bisherigen Eigentümer Bausch & Lomb
 1998 den Premium-Küchengerätehersteller Waring
 2002 die Marke Pollenex, unter der Wellnessduschbrausen und Massageprodukte verkauft werden
 2004 die auf Personenwaagen spezialisierte Marke Thinner Scales
 2006 die Franzus Company und schuf dabei die Marke Travel Smart by Conair, unter der unter anderem Produkte für den Reisebedarf von Taschen über Funkuhren bis hin zu Spannungsadaptern angeboten werden
 2007 den Taschenhersteller Allegro
 2022 die Vertriebsrechte von Braun für den Bereich Haarpflege

BaByliss

Die Tochtergesellschaft BaByliss wurde 1961 in Paris gegründet und stellt Haartrockner sowohl für Privatkunden als auch welche für den professionellen Einsatz in Friseursalons her und war ursprünglich eine eigenständige Firma, ehe sie 1995 zusammen mit Jilbère de Paris von Conair übernommen wurde. Darüber hinaus produziert BaByliss auch Produkte zur Haarentfernung und Wellnessprodukte.

Marken

Zu den Marken des Conair-Konzerns zählen unter anderem:
 BaByliss
 BaByliss Pro
 Conair
 Cuisinart
 Scünci
 RUSK

Trivia
Etwa 95 % der Haushalte in den USA besitzen mindestens ein Produkt von Conair; in Frankreich besitzen etwa 80 % der Haushalte ein Produkt der Conair-Tochter BaByliss.

Weblinks
 Website der Conair Corporation
 Website der Conair-Tochter BaByliss
 Geschichte zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum

Einzelnachweise

Produzierendes Unternehmen (New Jersey)
Haushaltsgerätehersteller
Unternehmen (Mercer County, New Jersey)
Gegründet 1959