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Contracts Keyed to Farnsworth
Contracts Keyed to Knapp
An Introduction To The Study Of Contract Law
Enforcing Promises: Bases Of Legal Obligation
Reaching Agreement: The Process Of Contract Formation
The Statute Of Frauds
The Meaning Of The Agreement: Principles Of Interpretation And The Parol Evidence Rule
Supplementing The Agreement: Implied Terms, The Obligation Of Good Faith, And Warranties
Avoiding Enforcement: Incapacity, Bargaining Misconduct, Unconscionability, And Public Policy
Justification For Nonperformance: Mistake, Changed Circumstances, And Contractual Modifications
Rights And Duties Of Third Parties
Consequences Of Nonperformance: Material Breach, Anticipatory Repudiation, And Express Conditions
Expectation Damages: Principles And Limitations
Alternatives To Expectation Damages: Reliance And Restitutionary Damages, Specific Performance, And Agreed Remedies
American Broadcasting Co. v. Wolf 52 N.Y.2d 394, 438 N.Y.S.2d 482, 420 N.E.2d 363 (1981)
Wasserman's Inc. v. Township of Middletown 137 N.J. 238, 645 A.2d 100 (1994)
Wartzman v. Hightower Productions, Ltd 53 Md. App. 656, 456 A.2d 82 (Ct. Spec. App. 1983)
Walser v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc 43 F.3d 396 (8th Cir. 1994)
United States ex rel. Coastal Steel Erectors, Inc. v. Algernon Blair, Inc 479 F.2d 638 (4th Cir. 1973)
Lancellotti v. Thomas 341 Pa. Super. 1, 491 A.2d 117 (Super. Ct. 1985)
Ventura v. Titan Sports, Inc 65 F.3d 725 (8th Cir. 1995)
City Stores Co. v. Ammerman 394 F.2d 950, 129 U.S. App. D.C. 325 (D.C. Cir. 1968)
Barrie School v. Patch Md. Ct. App. (highest Court), 401 Md. 497. 933 A 2d 382 (2007)
Reier Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. Kramer Mont. Sup. Ct., 316 Mont. 301, 72 P.3d 944 (2003)
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Contracts > Contracts Keyed to Knapp > Alternatives To Expectation Damages: Reliance And Restitutionary Damages, Specific Performance, And Agreed Remedies
Wartzman v. Hightower Productions, Ltd
Citation. 22 Ill.53 Md. App. 656, 456 A.2d 82 (Ct. Spec. App. 1983)
Citation22 Ill.53 Md. App. 656, 456 A.2d 82 (Ct. Spec. App. 1983)
Brief Fact Summary. A corporation could not achieve its stated purpose because it was not properly structured due to the negligence of its attorney.
Synopsis of Rule of Law. In the event of a breach of contract, damages for expenses incurred in reliance on the contract are recoverable, less any loss that would have resulted if the contract had been performed.
It is now well settled by many decisions of courts of high authority, both of England and of this country, that every client employing an attorney has a right to the exercise, on the part of the attorney, of ordinary care and diligence in the execution of the business intrusted to him, and to a fair average degree of professional skill and knowledge; and if the attorney has not as much of these qualities as he ought to possess, and which, by holding himself out for employment he impliedly represents himself as possessing, or if, having them, he has neglected to employ them, the law makes him responsible for the loss or damage which has accrued to his client from their deficiency or failure of application.
Facts. The Appellee, Hightower Productions, Ltd. (Appellee), was formed for the purpose of breaking the Guinness World Record for flagpole sitting. The Appellee hired the Appellant, Paul Wartzman (Appellant), as a lawyer to incorporate the venture. The Appellee informed the Appellant that it needed to sell stock to raise the funds necessary to finance the project. After the Appellee began selling the stock, the Appellant informed the Appellee that the corporation was "structured wrong" and was not properly authorized to sell stock. The Appellee also advised the Appellant to retain a securities attorney to correct the problem, which would cost approximately ten to fifteen thousand dollars. The Appellee's shareholders elected to abandon the project. The Appellee then filed suit on breach of contract and negligence grounds seeking damages for expenses incurred in reliance of the contract, including the promotors' initial investments, shareholders' investments, outstanding liabilities, l
iability to talent consultants and accrued salaries to employees.
Issue. If anticipated profits are speculative, are damages incurred in reliance on the contract recoverable?
Held. Yes. Judgment affirmed. The Appellant was entitled to recover any loss that he incurred from relying upon the contract.
Discussion. The court reasoned that in the instant case, the Appellant knew that the Appellee was dependent upon the ability to sell stock to finance the venture. Therefore, the nexus between the breach and the failure of the project was established. The court examined case law and the Restatement of Contracts to find that recovery of reliance damages is proper where lost profits are too uncertain to calculate. It noted that this doctrine is limited in cases where the breaching party can prove that the other party would have sustained greater loss if the contract had been performed. Furthermore, while generally a breaching party is liable only for those expenses that are a foreseeable result of a breach at the time the contract was made, these limitations do not apply to an attorney when his client is relying upon his skill and knowledge. Finally, the court reasoned that the Appellant was under no duty to mitigate its damages by hiring a security specialist because this would cost a
substantial amount of money and parties are not obligated to mitigate damages by incurring large expenses. Also, the Appellant himself could have hired a specialist and chose not to do so.
Study Assets: Reliance and Restitution


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Aisera Raises $20 Million To Transform The Enterprise Service Experience
By Amit Chowdhry ● February 20, 2020
Aisera — the world's first AI-driven platform that automates tasks, actions, and workflows for employees and customers — announced it has raised $20 million in Series B funding
Aisera — the world's first AI-driven platform that automates tasks, actions, and workflows for employees and customers — announced it has raised $20 million in Series B funding. This funding round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from Menlo Ventures, True Ventures, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Ram Shriram, and Maynard Webb Investments. And the company — which has now raised over $50 million in total funding — intends to use the capital for the rapid expansion and deployment of its AI-platform in enterprise IT, HR, and customer service environments. Plus Aisera has already exhibited YoY growth of 350% with a rising number of enterprise customers.
Aisera was launched by serial entrepreneur Muddu Sudhakar — who previously built and led Kazeon (acquired by EMC in 2009), Cetas (acquired by VMware in 2012) and Caspida (acquired by Splunk in 2015).
Aisera is offering the industry's first proactive, personalized, and predictive AI Service Management (AISM) solution, which incorporates conversational AI and RPA to automate workflows in an interactive manner for both enterprise and consumer organizations. With AI and Machine Learning, the solution auto-resolves tasks, actions, and workflows for IT, customer service, sales, and operations. And it works with existing service desk products (Salesforce, ServiceNow, Atlassian, and BMC, for example) and knowledge bases to deliver users a superior end-to-end experience. Plus Aisera improves productivity, enables self-service, and drastically reduces service desk and operations costs.
"Every wave of IT innovation creates a new set of challenges," said Matt Howard, general partner at Norwest Venture Partners. "Aisera addresses those challenges, as the founders are seasoned entrepreneurs with deep expertise in service desk, security, and customer service cloud solutions. We are thrilled to be part of their new journey."
Ciena CIO Craig Williams pointed out that he wants the company employees to be productive.
"This means they shouldn't be trying to figure out how a ticketing tool works, nor should they be waiting around for a tech to fix their issues. We believe that 75% of all incidents can be resolved through Aisera's technology, and we believe we can apply Aisera across multiple platforms. Aisera doesn't just make great AI technology, they understand our problems and partner with us closely to achieve our mission," added Williams.
Unisys' Federal Vice President of Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Gary Wang pointed out that Aisera is leading-edge technology that delivers immediate value.
"Aisera's AI Service Desk solution is very unique in improving user experience and resolving IT requests autonomously —reducing the workload on service desk teams, while enabling them to focus on critical business issues," Wang noted.
True Ventures co-founder Jon Callaghan said that the venture firm likes to follow entrepreneurs like Muddu into the future.
"He's a proven leader in AI technologies and this is our third time funding him. Aisera's forward-thinking approach to streamlining workflow is yet another example of Muddu's foresight into what will soon become a best practice in business. This market is ready for his team's innovation," Callaghan commented.
Aisera essentially enables comprehensive automation of repetitive tasks and actions to streamline self-service capabilities and resolutions—yielding a solid user experience while driving business revenue and growth. And the solution enables unsupervised learning and a rich dialogue flow across the omnichannel. This empowers users to self-resolve their issues immediately, permitting service desks and operations teams to focus on business-critical initiatives.
"Aisera revolutionizes Customer Service and Cloud/IT Operations for enterprises, delivering next-generation Conversational AI & RPA to orchestrate collaborations and workflows for customers and employees," explained Venky Ganasan, partner at Menlo Ventures.
In a recent product announcement, Aisera reported it has over 10 million users on the platform, and companies like McAfee and Autodesk have seen an average auto-resolution rate of 45% or greater with an 80% improvement in CSAT, and user productivity rising by 50% or more.

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Q: Adding new containers to existing cluster (sworm) I am having a problem trying to implement the best way to add new container to an existing cluster while all containers run in docker.
Assuming I have a docker swarm, and whenever a container stops/fails for some reason, the swarm bring up new container and expect it to add itself to the cluster.
How can I make any container be able to add itself to a cluster?
I mean, for example, if I want to create a RabbitMQ HA cluster, I need to create a master, and then create slaves, assuming every instance of RabbitMQ (master or slave) is a container, let's now assume that one of them fails, we have 2 options:
1) slave container has failed.
2) master container has failed.
Usually, a service which have the ability to run as a cluster, it also has the ability to elect a new leader to be the master, so, assuming this scenerio is working seemlesly without any intervention, how would a new container added to the swarm (using docker swarm) will be able to add itself to the cluster?
The problem here is, the new container is not created with new arguments every time, the container is always created as it was deployed first time, which means, I can't just change it's command line arguments, and this is a cloud, so I can't hard code an IP to use.
Something here is missing.
Maybe trying to declare a "Service" in the "docker Swarm" level, will acctualy let the new container the ability to add itself to the cluster without really knowing anything the other machines in the cluster...

A: There are quite a few options for scaling out containers with Swarm.  It can range from being as simple as passing in the information via a container environment variable to something as extensive as service discovery.
Here are a few options:

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*Pass in IP as container environment variable.  e.g. docker run -td -e HOST_IP=$(ifconfig wlan0 | awk '/t addr:/{gsub(/.*:/,"",$2);print$2}') somecontainer:latest

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*this would set the internal container environment variable HOST_IP to the IP of the machine it was started on.

*Service Discovery.  Querying a known point of entry to determine the information about any required services such as IP, Port, ect.

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*This is the most common type of scale-out option.  You can read more about it in the official Docker docs.  The high level overview is that you set up a service like Consul on the masters, which you have your services query to find the information of other relevant services.  Example: Web server requires DB.  DB would add itself to Consul, the web server would start up and query Consul for the databases IP and port.

*Network Overlay.  Creating a network in swarm for your services to communicate with each other.

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*Example:

$ docker network create -d overlay mynet
$ docker service create –name frontend –replicas 5 -p 80:80/tcp –network mynet mywebapp
$ docker service create –name redis –network mynet redis:latest

This allows the web app to communicate with redis by placing them on the same network.
Lastly, in your example above it would be best to deploy it as 2 separate containers which you scale individually.  e.g. Deploy one MASTER and one SLAVE container.  Then you would scale each dependent on the number you needed.  e.g. to scale to 3 slaves you would go docker service scale <SERVICE-ID>=<NUMBER-OF-TASKS> which would start the additional slaves.  In this scenario if one of the scaled slaves fails swarm would start a new one to bring the number of tasks back to 3.

A: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#healthcheck
Docker images have a new layer for health check.
Use a health check layer in your containers for example:

   RUN ./anyscript.sh
   HEALTHCHECK exit 1 or (Any command you want to add)

HEALTHCHECK check the status code of command 0 or 1 and than result as
1. healthy
2. unhealthy
3. starting etc.
Docker swarm auto restart the unhealthy containers in swarm cluster.

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ROWLAND HEIGHTS – Authorities are investigating graffiti vandalism at a Jehovah's Witness church as a hate crime.
The damage was first reported shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday at the Jehovah's Witness: Rowland Heights Congregation at 19111 Killian Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said.
Lt. Mike Brown described the graffiti as "offensive words, phrases and symbols," though specific details of what was written were not released.
The graffiti was believed to have been done overnight, Wilkinson added, between 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday morning.
In addition to being a felony vandalism, with damage estimated at about $500, authorities are also considering the incident to be a felony hate crime.


The stepfather of 9-year-old Omaree Varela was back in court Wednesday after violating the terms of his probation. Steve Casaus was arrested a month ago on drug charges. The judge let him out on bond, provided he stayed out of trouble.


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Paris is regarded as one of the most dynamic cities in Europe, and for good reason: the city assaults the senses; demanding to be seen, heard, touched, tasted and smelled. Gaze at impressive monuments and savor its gourmet cheeses, chocolates, wines, and seafood. Paris is relatively small as capitals go, with many of its major sights and museums within walking distance of each other. A world of discovery awaits in every hidden corner and at all the famous sties, there is so much to explore.
Recommended Stay: At least 3 nights
Must See`s:
Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, Jardin des Tuileries, Latin Quater, Avenue des Champs Elysees, Musée d`Orsay, Place de la Concorde, Arc de Triomphe and so much more!
Nice (French Riviera)
Nice is the capital of the Riviera, yet far less glamorous and expensive than Cannes. It's also one of the most ancient, having been founded by the Greeks, who called it "Nike," or Victory. Because of its brilliant sunshine and relaxed living, it has attracted in the past famous artists and writers. The best trip center on the Riviera, you can choose to explore region or hang out in its famous cafes. But the most obvious hangout spot here is the beach. The Nice beach is rocks, just rocks so wear a pair of good sandals.
Promenade des Anglais, Musee Matissee, Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Cours Saleya, Castle Hill, Old Town, Place Massena and so much more!
The fortified city of Avignon is located in the lush vineyards of the Rhone Valley, rich in history, artistic brilliance, and Provencal life. From churches and chapels to film festivals and street musicians, Avignon was named the European Capital of Culture in 2000, and the city has been one of France`s major artistic centers for centuries. Whether you`re exploring the scenic waterways of Provence, Avignon`s mixed culture, gastronomy, world-class wine, or the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, you will be sure to create a memorable travel experience in the city of Avignon.
Palais de Popes (Pace of Popes), Pont St-Benezet, Musee du Petit Palais, Place du Palais, Musee Calvet, Basilique St-Pierre, Eglise de St-Agricol, Porte du Rhone and so much more!
The most charming center in all Provence, this university town was once a seat of aristocracy, its streets walked by counts and kings. The countryside of Aix-en-Provence nearby attracts every year, many tourists. The gentle way of life, the incomparable light fascinated the artists and its beautiful countryside inspired the painter Paul Cézanne for a lifetime. Summer brings frequent cultural events, ranging from opera to jazz, June through August.
Musee Granet, Cours Mirabeau, Caumont Centre d`Art, Mont Saint-Victoire, Cathedral St. Sauveu, Camp des Milles, Atelier Cezanne, Terrain des Peintres, Fondation Vasarely, Thermes Sextius, Pavilion de Vendome, and so much more!
Situated at the junction of the Loire and Cher rivers, Tours is an excellent base for visiting the region's magnificent châteaux. The original home of the French language and the `art de vivre`, Tours is a land of harmony and proportion. Today, it is a modern, lively centre; with a thriving university, cultivating economic development. You can taste its charm visiting the old quarter, the Gothic Cathedral of St. Gatien, Touraine Wine Museum, the fine-arts museum and Plessis les Tours.
The Old Quarter and Pilgrims, Place Plumereau, Priory Saint-Cosme, Saint-Gatien Cathedral, La Psalette Cloisters, Saint-Martin Basilica, Botanical Garden of Tours, Museum of the Compagnonnage, Markets, Châteaus, and so much more!
Lourdes is a world renowned place and a pilgrimage site for Catholics that houses some of the most highly-regarded religious sites in the world. Visit the sanctuaries of Our Lady of Lourdes, to discover where the Virgin Mary first appeared. Don`t miss the Basilica of Rosary, the underground basilica, the torchlight Procession in the evening, and drinking the water from La Source spring. It is believed to have healing properties. The area embodies both the natural and ethereal beauty of its landscape and architecture and offers stunning views of the grand Pyrenees Mountains
Must See`s: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, Chateau Fort, Pic du Jer, Le Cachot, Moulin de Boly, Chemin de Croix, the Grotto of Massabielle, Rosary Basilica, Lourdes Covered Market, Grottes de Betharram, Cirque de Gavarnie, and so much more!
Marseille is the second-largest city in France and its premier port. The Vieux Port, is still at the center of city life, with fishing boats, yachts and cabin cruisers all moored together, though larger ships. Ancient remains, early modern buildings, and twentieth century office and housing blocks make up the physical fabric of a thriving city. Urban infrastructure, Mediterranean climate and a convenient location make it an attractive center for vacations and conventions.
Must See`s: MuCEM, Villa Mediterranee, Musee Regards de Provence, Vieux Port (Old Port), Cathedral of Saint Mary Major, Le Panier, Musee Cantini, Chateau d`If, Calanques National Park, Le Canebiere, Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde, and so much more!
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The Kelly Song Collective "Unless and Until" Album Review
Joe and John Kelly
The first thing that struck me about the Joe Kelly Song Collective's latest album Unless and Until is is the world-weary, slightly rough-edged voices of John and Joe Kelly. They carry a melancholy in their voices that suits the overall tone of the album well. The next thing to hit me was the immediacy and clarity of the songwriting. The songs deliver a punch of honesty in their lyrics and convey the struggles, emotions, and complexities of ordinary people in a world that's far from perfect, without skimping on the poetic imagery.
Rather than simply recording the album in a stripped-down, singer-songwriter style, the Kellys included fiddle, accordion, banjo, and steel guitar parts to back up the guitars, played by a cast of talented instrumentalists. The acoustic instruments lend an aura of continuity to the songs, as though they were meant to be permanent. That isn't to say the songs are in any way lacking in contemporary sensibilities, it's just that they're grounded in something deeper than the disposable music currently filling so much of the Internet.
The instrumentals themselves are handled well and tastefully fill out the sound of the recording. Everything in the recording itself is well-balanced and mixed. It foregrounds the Kellys' voices and words without letting the musicality of the instrumental parts fade into the background. I appreciate the fact that, in this day and age, they took the time to consider the recording quality of the album as an integral part of the whole process.
There's a lot of confidence to the rhymes and imagery in the Kellys' songwriting. It's the sign of mature songwriters that they aren't afraid to dig into the darker side without going for clichés or imbuing things with a sense of "why me?" angst. They also manage to write love songs that are complex and nuanced, not something that's always easy to do.
There are a few images they created with which I was especially taken such as, "These ghosts that tap me on the shoulder and whisper nothings in my ear/Keep their secrets hidden from me/On the first day of the year" or "There's blood in the sun, and the moon has begun stripping the hours to pull my hands from your hips." The immediacy of those lines sticks with me after I'm done listening.
There's a melancholy and rawness to the Kellys' music that's hard to deny. They clearly appreciates the power of words and understand how to weave them together. The album, as a whole, spoke strongly to me. I'd recommend Unless and Until to anyone who likes thoughtful songwriting backed up by nicely balanced instrumentation and appreciates music that touches on deeper truths rather than swimming in the shallows.
© 2017 Karl Magi
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We are a fully inclusive choir organisation for children and young people from the ages of 4 – 24+. There is no audition, but it is a wonderful opportunity to come and sing with us, on alternate Sundays in the School term time, in one of our four choirs.
(Top Left) HRH The Princess Anne, St Paul's Cathedral.
(Middle Left) Dr June Keyte, conducting the Chorale, St. Pauls, 2008.
BBC 2 ' A Christmas Nativity', Dorchester Abbey, Oxford.
In our 26th Anniversary year, it is most important to acknowledge our founders who have given their time voluntarily since the Choir's inception.
Both June and Christopher are always happy to meet chorister parents at a convenient time to give further information on any of our activities.
One of our Conductors – Giulia Laudano has been conducting two choirs for many years now and is studying to be an opera singer at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has much experience herself as a solo singer and pianist. Guilia teaches both of our younger choirs, as well as some young children, privately at home. Her two excellent Choirs enjoy the fun of exciting warm ups and other activities interspersed with lovely songs. We love to see how they, the children, come excitedly to their rehearsals and have a really productive time. You are welcome to bring your son or daughter to a rehearsal and see how the children progress, during the first session.
This Choir reads music in two parts and learns to read from the scores provided, similar to Choristers in Cathedrals.
NYC members are given a chance to socialise in the break held halfway through the rehearsal, when we supply drinks and biscuits!
The Chorale, our third choir is conducted by the Principle of Children's International Voices of Enfield. This is a superb group of Young musicians from the ages of 12-19+. Most of them have been in one of our previous choirs and are quite experienced.
This is an amazing choir which has sung in all the prestigious London Concert Halls and have sung in both professional and amateur concerts.
The Chorale and NYC both aim to sing abroad every alternate year. These are highlights of our Choir experiences, when we live with other superb choirs in many countries from Scandinavia and Europe. They also have a weekend away at the Pro Corda Music Centre in Leiston Abbey, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, in the intervening years.
The splendid 14th Century restored Barn, Leiston Abbey, with its thatched roof.
The Consort, this is a really super group of our most talented senior musicians who always rise to the challenge of stimulating repertoire. Usually they sing A Capella and often without a conductor, but are rehearsed by one of our senior Choral Scholars, Ewan Phillips, MusB.
Choir Tours have always been a very special part of our Choir experiences, where we live with families and learn about their lives and culture in each particular country. We also make good friends. We have already toured to The Czech Republic, Sweden, Wales, Finland, Switzerland, Iceland, Bavaria, Italy, Munich and Estonia.
Our Choir full and happy after eating at the famous Medieval restaurant in Tallin, Estonia!
We have given many BBC Radio and Television Broadcasts, sung in British Cathedrals and given recitals in all the cities we have stayed in abroad.
We remember especially performances in the magnificent Domkirkjan in Reyjavik, Iceland, Frauen Kirche Cathedral, Munich, and the superb white marble Duomo di Milano, which took 600 years to complete. Our recital in Finland was in Helsingen Tuomio Kirkko with its 12 Zinc Apostles on the roof and finally we mention our dramatic St. PaulsCathedral, London.
We have encouraged some of our younger boys to become Choristers in British Cathedrals, including; St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, Chelmsford Cathedral, The Chapel Royal and Southwell Minster. This means they were all boarding, with the exception of Harry Bradford at The Chapel Royal, who attended rehearsals after being at school in the City of London School for Boys. We are also very proud of our two Choral Scholars currently in Cambridge, Harry Bradford a Kings Choral Scholar and Jonathan Nicolaides a Choral Scholar at Clare College. We are all very proud of Harry Bradford who was selected to sing a solo in the world famous Carols from Kings in 2016.
(Left) Harry Bradford, soloist, on the television, Christmas 2016!
Oscar Curtis (second from right) Singing Evensong at St. Paul's Cathedral, Christmas 2016.
All the Choirs wear our green, white or blue colours for our exciting concerts at the end of each term. We will discuss this with you individually, shortly after your child/children join us.
Such Concentration by our Children's Younger Voices!
Ewan Phillips and Natalia Stavridi will be in the office Wednesdays and Fridays, 10am-5:30pm. Please do not hesitate to make contact if you would like any further information.


Trickster 2 is the favorite mask of the tricksters in the collection. The absurdly large tassels on the sides of this mask act both as decoration and hair extensions. They play wonderfully and create a comic effect that allows the actor to comment on his thoughts and actions through the movement of the tassel.
The tricksters are a force in stories worldwide. They cause mayhem and disaster everywhere they go but somehow through their chaos create great change for the better. Their mistakes cause whole planets to come into existence, mountains to rise from the landscape, inventions to appear and kingdoms to rise and fall. They also exist in their simplicity as the aggravator to the miser or the politician and simply provide comic relief. The trickster is described as being at once an omniscient creator and an innocent fool.
The tricksters combine moral lessons with humor.


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A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleasantness.
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A man hits the streets with a scheme to keep his fianc?? from losing her job, however, things quickly go from bad to worse.
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The Coronet: 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., Mildred Harris in 'Old Dad.' Also 'Shanghai Races, May 1923' by Courtesy of B. A. T. and Screen Magazine. The Star: Tonight at 9.15, Adele Blood in 'Anna Christie.' Tickets: $3, $2 and $1. Booking at Moutrie's. 5.30 matinee, Mary Pickford in 'The Hoodlum.' The Grand: Tonight at 7 p.m. and 9.15, Charlie Chaplin in 'Pay Day,' Harold Lloyd in 'Never Weaken' and 'The Sky Ranger' episodes 1 and 2.


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Eye of the Beholder – In Celebration of Star Wars Fans
Posted on February 6, 2019by Abigail Dillon	DilDev's Diner
There was one element of Star Wars Rebels' "Twin Suns" that eluded interpretation. Over the course of my multi-part close read, with every ridiculous theory I crafted for the episode's name, I could not place it. Why were there so many shots of eyes that looked like the suns?
Maul's eyes were the right color. Obi-Wan's were similar to the blue of the twin moons, which served as a stand-in for the suns at night. There was a close-up of Ezra's eye that made the pupil and the dot reflection look like the suns across the blue "sky" of his iris. Even Chopper had a moment where he was cropped by the frame so that only two of his optics were visible. "Twin Suns" did use eye close-ups and point-of-view shots to establish whose perspective the audience was to engage with, so these decisions were not wholly without reason. And yet I still could not make the connection to why these eyes resemble the suns, almost deliberately so.
On Age of Republic and Fatherhood
Posted on January 28, 2019by Abigail Dillon	DilDev's Diner
Writer Jody Houser continues her incredible work in making these dual-and-dueling Age of Republic issues rhyme with each other. The December releases focused on the public misconceptions of Jedi as warriors, using Qui-Gon and Maul to provide counterpoints on the topic. When the Obi-Wan issue was released, January's focus was clear. Like Ryan at Mynock Manor I had anticipated the common theme between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jango Fett's Age of Republic issues to be fatherhood. As someone who delights in familial themes in fiction, I was ready to tackle this head-on!
Unfortunately, despite my enthusiasm and the excellent work by Houser and her teams, I was hamstrung in my analysis. I found myself unable to go as deep into the characters as I had with Qui-Gon and Maul. Understand, I am about the farthest thing from a father as one can get: a childless woman.
Now that doesn't mean I can't have an opinion about fathers and fatherhood, but Obi-Wan's ("Mission") and Jango's ("Training") comics were focused very much on these men's internal lives as fathers. That's an area I am unfamiliar with, and I could not do these issues justice on my own. Fortunately, I happen to know some fathers. My own dad and one of my brothers were able to take the time to chime in with their own experiences.
On Age of Republic and Public Misconceptions of the Jedi
Posted on January 2, 2019by Abigail Dillon	DilDev's Diner
Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Maul are two characters who were introduced in The Phantom Menace, wherein they both were killed in an epic duel. Supposedly killed, that is, as both lived on all the way up to the doorstep of A New Hope, each of them drastically affecting the growth of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Therefore, it makes sense on a surface level for Qui-Gon and Maul to having dueling comic releases. But this isn't just a nice nod and a wink to their shared screentime. There's much more to be found in their texts' comparison.
Age of Republic is a limited comic series that will run through March 2019, with a hero and a villain each getting their own issue every month along with an additional special issue combining the stories of other characters. The series kicked off in December 2018 with Qui-Gon's and Maul's comics, entitled "Balance" and "Ash" respectively, both comics written by Jody Houser.
Not only did Houser create two solid tales that give us better looks into these characters, but she also made them rhyme. George Lucas would be proud. "Balance" and "Ash" are a dance of contrasts, following the same beats of story while united by a particular theme: the galaxy's perception of the Jedi.
Spoilers Ahoy…
"I Didn't Take You For a Coward" – An Emotional Response to The Last Jedi
Posted on September 26, 2018by Abigail Dillon	DilDev's Diner
The Last Jedi is my favorite Star Wars movie. I could gush about it all day. Canto Bight, Rose, D'acy, the duel on Crait, Finn and Rey's hug, the scene in the novel where Rey and Luke dance, the themes, the emotional release, the technical prowess of it all. Marvelous! But for all that, there's one scene in which I find no joy.
It feels a little odd. I'm looking at something that's a technical and choreographic marvel, at something where the actors deliver stunning performances, at something that hits the right emotional beats of a story, both in its own subplot and in the interwoven narrative of the movie as a whole. I'm looking at such a well-executed scene in my favorite Star Wars movie, and I cannot like it. I have never liked it. Not the first time I watched it, not the last.
I don't like the throne room battle sequence.
It's purely an emotional reaction on my part, I can admit to that. I dislike the throne room battle on a gut level. And that's okay, because emotional reactions are a critical part of the conversation around this movie. If we're not honest about our emotional reactions, we're not going to get anywhere.
Who Are the Hostiles? – Star Wars and Colonialism
Posted on August 8, 2018by Abigail Dillon	DilDev's Diner
In the Star Wars Rebels finale, there's a masterful use of Kevin Kiner's score, which flips its meaning on its head.
Grand Admiral Thrawn is once again pontificating on his art collection, explaining to Ezra Bridger that even though his homeworld of Lothal is about to be destroyed, at least some of the culture will be preserved. It will be safe in the hands of the Empire. Ezra is less than grateful, and counters Thrawn immediately:
You think you can take whatever you want. Things you didn't make. Didn't earn. Things you don't even understand. You don't deserve to have this art or Lothal.1
As Ezra erupts into this speech, Thrawn's theme begins building in the background. This track is primarily used to highlight when Thrawn is closing in on victory, usually as a result of his deductive capabilities. Here, it's building to Ezra's victory, a moral voice slapping down Thrawn's entitlement to cultures not his own.
It's a re-appropriation of art on a meta level, as Ezra stares into the face of colonialism. Read More
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Six Must-Attend Events: January 10-12
The state's top offerings, from the Austin premiere of a film about the dangers facing the Colorado River to the exaltation of black gold in Texas.
Texas Monthly and Michael Hoinski
https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/six-must-attend-events-january-10-12/
Scene of the Colorado River from the Robert Redford–produced documentary "Watershed".
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From the Underground
October 27, 2013, was such an imperfect day for Nick Flynn, the New York poet, author, and part-time University of Houston writing professor. Lou Reed died, and so did Flynn's estranged father, Jonathan—the subject of his 2005 memoir and the subsequent 2012 film Being Flynn. The New Yorker published a poem by Flynn in its November 24 issue titled "The Day Lou Reed Died," on the loss of both men, and on Saturday he will recite it at the Asia Society for the program "Frozen Time." Flynn will read two other poems: One, "Put the Load on Me," features projections of the Houston conceptual artist Mel Chin's collage "The Funk & Wag From A to Z." The other, "AK-47," written before the death of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian designer of the weapon that bears his name, is done with Musiqa, the Houston composing team who integrate contemporary music with other art forms. Also the evening's host, Musiqa will perform a variety of Asian-inspired collaborations. "AK-47" is PechaKucha, "a Japanese form for presenting an idea with images," Flynn said in an email. "The poet chooses images and then creates a narrative with short bursts that describe or complicate each image."
Asia Society Texas Center, January 11, 7:30 p.m., asiasociety.org/texas
In San Antonio proponents of peace and equality dream big. Dream Week, a twelve-day celebration inspired by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his "I Have a Dream" speech, is an ambitious homage. The anchor of this citywide event is a march on the final day, a longtime annual event drawing around 100,000 to San Antonio's East Side—and one of the largest such marches in the country. Leading up to that most stalwart of traditions are a number of programs centered on King, including an oratorical contest for students; the City Year MLK Day of Service; and a commemorative lecture series, with Julianne Malveaux, whom the race-relations expert Cornel West called "the most iconoclastic public intellectual in the country." Tying it all back to San Antonio is the 1005 Faces Mixer, highlighting the photographer Sarah Brooke Lyons's 1,005 pictures of San Antonians.
Various locations, January 10-21, dreamweek.org
The Unforeseen, a documentary produced by Robert Redford in 2007, called attention to the dangers facing Barton Springs, Austin's beloved and fragile limestone aquifer, as residential development loomed in the surrounding areas. Five years later, Redford took that narrative one step farther with the film Watershed, which he also produced and which tells the story of the increasingly devastated yet monumentally precious Colorado River* as it struggles to continue disbursing water to 30 million people throughout the West. The 2012 documentary will have its regional premiere in Austin on Wednesday, with live music from Jimmie Dale Gilmore and an expert panel of international river-basin policy makers, who will discuss water shortage and drought issues that affect everyone on the planet.
Stateside at the Paramount, January 15, 6 p.m., austintheatre.org
The seminal midcentury designers Ray and Charles Eames weren't kidding around in 1953, when they introduced the Eames House of Cards. The deck of picture cards may seem like child's play but adults can obsess over the many ways to interlock them into an aesthetically pleasing form of architecture. This hybrid toy joins other vintage and modern examples like the antiquated Anchor Stone Blocks, from early-nineteenth-century Germany; one of the first Barbie Dream Houses; and the largest-ever K'NEX Ferris wheel—six feet tall, made of 8,800 pieces—at the Dallas Center for Architecture's exhibition "Building Toys and Toy Buildings: Architecture Through a Child's Eyes," open through Friday to children of all ages.
Dallas Center for Architecture, January 10, 9 a.m., dallascfa.com
If there are Austinites who don't know the reasons their city is the live music capital of the world, they need to check out "The United Sounds of Austin," Alejandro Escovedo's multimedia presentation covering sixty years of music, which will also feature special guests.
Austin City Limits Live, Janaury 11, 6:30 p.m., acl-live.com
Black gold is back in Texas in a big way, making the Drillers Reunion, a celebration of the Spindletop gusher of 1901 (complete with a re-enactment employing a 65-foot-tall replica oil derrick that spews water upward of 100 feet), a day of new, not old, possibilities.
Lamar University, January 11, 10 a.m., spindletop.org
*Editors' Note: A previous version of this article referred to Barton Springs feeding the Colorado River that is the focus of the documentary "Watershed." While Barton Springs does, in fact, feed the Colorado River, it is the Colorado River that is located in Texas and not the one that runs through the seven Western states discussed in "Watershed."
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It Snowed Across America, and We're Not Jealous. We Swear. By Dan Solomon
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I am going to show you our entire vacation in a nutshell. Lots of photos for you, I just hope I don't bore you to death with them. I take so many pictures when I'm on vacation-you just never know when one of them is going to turn out to be your favorite! I have a couple of them from this trip.
Let's get started. Our cruise left from Jacksonville, Florida. We even had to go under this big bridge (I thought for a minute there that we weren't going to fit!
Then it was off to Key West. We had to go to the Southernmost Point in the Continental United States (of course). Then it was off to South Beach (the southernmost beach, too!) It was a gorgeous day that day, but we had to cut it short as we had to be back on the boat by 2:30 that afternoon.
Remember I said talked about a favorite photo? Well this one is one of them, and I even took it with my phone! Can you believe that?
The next port was Nassau, Bahamas. Here is our "parking spot" that we were backing into. How would you like to back that big boat up? I actually learned a lot on this cruise. I was one of only a dozen people on board that got to take a "Behind the Fun" tour. We were able to go to all those places on a ship that passengers are not allowed. I learned all sorts of interesting information. I LOVED that tour! It was something new they were trying out, so we got to give them all sorts of feedback about it, too. There were no cameras allowed on that tour or I would have had hundreds more pictures! LOL!
Ready for the big surprise? Here I am getting ready to do something I have been wanting to do for years!
If you haven't guessed yet, I went para-sailing! I absolutely loved it and wasn't even scared once I decided to go for it! I would do this again in a heartbeat! Yep, that really is me up there!
Here is a photo of us all dressed up out on our balcony one night before we left for dinner.
This is just one of the beautiful sunsets we saw off our balcony. If you ever decide to cruise, I do suggest getting a balcony. The little bit extra you pay is well worth it!
For you girls that guessed correctly that I went Para-sailing, you will be getting something in your mailboxes sometime soon (probably not this week, though :) Thanks for playing along with me!
I can hardly wait to scrapbook all these pictures I took! Since I have a couple more vacations planned this year, I will probably do them in Studio J. Stay tuned for some photos of layouts I have done that way. If you haven't tried it, maybe you need to. I will never give up my traditional scrapbooking, but also love the Studio scrapbooking.


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Many projects suffer not from technical delivery, but from a lack of the soft skills that practitioners need to execute a project. Since most projects involve people to complete tasks, project managers who have strong soft skills have a higher degree of success in completing their projects. These important skills are often overlooked at the project management level, and it is important for EPs to understand what these skills entail, especially when thousands of environmental employees perform managerial tasks in their work.
Good leaders have the ability to set a clear vision and inspire project team members to follow that vision. They have the ability to set goals, communicate them effectively and inspire people to successfully meet those goals.
Many projects have failed due to poor communication amongst project team members or between the project manager and the team. Most projects demand multi-level communication with different stakeholders. A good project manager has an ability to communicate to stakeholders at different levels of hierarchy. Effective communication skills are, by far, one of the most important attributes project managers must possess as they interact with multiple stakeholders.
Project managers need to be able to make decisions under difficult circumstances and provide clear instructions to achieve goals. The most successful project managers are ones who are assertive in their decision-making processes, don't get intimidated by changing conditions and can adapt quickly. Project team members look up to project managers who make decisions and exercise a high degree of assertiveness when facing challenging issues.
Most projects require teamwork. A good project manager identifies project team members' strengths and delegates responsibilities to complete tasks accordingly. Multidisciplinary projects demand an orderly delegation of responsibilities and regular monitoring of delegated tasks. This means trusting project team members without micromanaging them.
As soon as project managers are appointed, their behavior, communication and conduct is closely watched by project team members. Project managers need to set a good example by committing to and demonstrating the highest ethical practices; only then can the same be expected from all team members.
It is very difficult to teach or acquire some of these key soft skills, as some are merely the fabric of who we are. Awareness that these skills are a critical part of managing people and projects is the first step towards applying techniques to have more superior interpersonal skills.
The following is the result of a survey conducted to establish the modes of failure in implementing IT projects in the finance sector, which can also be applied to any sector that manages projects. The survey found many modes of failure in the execution of projects. The findings below show that the major causes of project failure were due to soft skills with poor communication ranking, by far, the highest mode of failure.
Faramarz Bogzaran has over 30 years of experience in managing environmental consulting, waste management and remedial contracting companies and has successfully implemented corporate growth and exit strategies for these industries. He has been responsible for developing and executing plans for management buy out processes, financing to support growth, human resource management and training, project management, exit planning and implementation and raising capital for start up companies.As the founder and Managing Partner of F&M Management he advises consulting/engineering firms on various key issues related to growth, financial management, management buyouts, shareholder responsibility and training, management training, exit strategies and corporate governance.
Mr. Bogzaran has held a President & CEO position with environmental consulting and waste management companies in the past and has served several different Boards of Directors of companies in the same sectors. He is currently the Chair of the Board of ECO Canada.


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Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson (31) runs as Washington Redskins inside linebacker Will Compton (51) pursues during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) GLENDALE, Ariz. — At some point, the superlatives used to describe David Johnson seem to be a bit much.So now, the Cardinals are just simply making statements about the second-year running back.Larry Fitzgerald said Johnson is "the National Football League's MVP," whereas Carson Palmer thinks Johnson is "the best player in the NFL, point blank.""I think he's proven that," the quarterback added. "I think our wins and losses have affected some of the hype I think he has not gotten and other guys have gotten because they're on winning teams — but best player in the NFL." "All the hard work is finally paying off."Expectations were high for Johnson entering the season, especially with how he finished the 2015 campaign. However, few could have predicted the kind of year he would put together, a record-setting effort that has helped lead to the team's offense being built around him.And why shouldn't it be?Johnson now has 64 receptions on the season, with his 704 receiving yards ranking second on the Cardinals and first among running backs in the league. His rushing yardage total ranks third in the NFL, and his 15 touchdowns are tops in all of football.With a strong final four games, Johnson could join Roger Craig and Faulk as the only players in NFL history to run for at least 1,000 yards and earn 1,000 yards receiving in the same season, and the young back believes he can do it."I believe so as long as I continue to get better, continue to learn and continue to do what I can," he said.They haven't dubbed him the "Humble Rumble" for nothing.When the Cardinals need a big play, they often look for Fitzgerald. Now, they seek out Johnson, too, both in the running game and in the passing attack."He was good out of the backfield," Redskins safety Su'a Cravens said. "They lined him up empty. They threw a couple at me. I covered him pretty well on the two they threw at me, he only caught one. Derrick Hall satisfied with D-backs' buying and selling "In my opinion, he's going to be," he said. "I see him work. As long as he stays healthy, he's going to be a legend."Two years into Johnson's career may be a bit premature to see Johnson compared to some of the game's greats.But he's trending that direction, and the season he is in the midst of could be one for the ages."Dave is obviously as dynamic as the running back position gets in the passing game," Palmer said. "I remember playing with LaDainian Tomlinson in the Pro Bowl one time, back when LaDainian was the MVP of the league, and just hand the ball off and just watching him play."You get that same feeling playing this position and handing the ball off to Dave and watching him go."Follow Adam Green on Twitter – / 25 "But then they started leaving him in the backfield and when you have a guy like Larry on the outside and 31 (Johnson) in the backfield, it's pick your poison."That's the idea, anyway."Obviously I love running the ball; that's why I got drafted, is to run the ball first," Johnson said. "But anytime I have the ball in my hands, I love doing that. Coming out, splitting out as a receiver is great, and just being utilized different ways."Left tackle D.J. Humphries takes pride in Johnson reaching the 1,000-yard mark, as the entire offensive line does. He said it's a great feeling, helping to pave the way for this kind of season."There ain't much that David can't do — he works so hard, and he's such a good person," Humphries said. "He's such a good, humble dude like when you see him ball, it's like, I get so emotional, I get so happy for him because I know how hard he works and how much he puts into it, and it's paying off for him."Defensive lineman Calais Campbell referred to Johnson, along with Fitzgerald, as "living legends," and when asked if he meant that about Johnson, he doubled down. Top Stories Comments Share The 5: Takeaways from the Coyotes' introduction of Alex Meruelo Former Cardinals kicker Phil Dawson retires Grace expects Greinke trade to have emotional impact Odds are, Johnson will not be this season's league MVP, not unless the Cardinals run the table and reach the postseason. As for whether or not he is the game's best player, that is certainly a matter for debate.What cannot be argued, however, is Johnson's importance to the Cardinals. In Sunday's 31-23 win over the Washington Redskins, he ran for 84 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries while adding another 91 yards and a score on nine catches.Johnson's 175 total yards accounted for nearly half of the Cardinals' offensive output, and in the process of it all he reached 1,005 rushing yards on the season and scored his 28th touchdown in 28 NFL games."I've been fortunate to be around a couple of good backs," Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said. "Marshall Faulk and Edgerrin James were pretty good when they were young and he (Johnson) reminds me of those two guys."The 24-year-old Johnson appreciates his coach's comparison."It means a lot," he said. "That's a great achievement, just to hear that, just to be talked about amongst those great players — it means a lot just because of everything I've been to.
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On the eve of leaving for my evil scientist convention (Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, for those of you who want to know), I finished a major edit of my WIP. I decided that I'd give myself some time off, because conferences are sort of draining, kind of like walking from California to New York might take a while. How conferences go for me is, well, a mystery that I won't go into, but I will say that I got a total of six hours of sleep over a 72 hour period. Yeah, not pretty.
When I got back from the conference, I went to work on the dissertation, and because of that, the last chapter has been completely revised, and now I have to go through and redo all 39 figures (39?! what's wrong with me?), so that's taking up more than the usual amount of time.
Why do I talk about this stuff? Well, Newton was right, Objects in motion tend to stay in motion, while objects at rest are likely to remain at rest. In short, there is momentum in writing, and once broken, it's hard to build it back up again. I know that I need to give my brain a break from the work I just did, but now I'm sort of at a crossroads, what do I work on?
Do I do more editing, or do I plunge into first draft land?
And no, for the record, the dissertation doesn't count.
Up next, by popular demand, mind: Crazy Dreams ("Was it that one where you're standing on a pyramid in sun god robs, while naked women through pickles at you? Why am I the only one who has that dream?"--Real Genius). And for the record, I don't take credit for my crazy dreams, but one of my novels (one that I'm thinking about redoing, but not for a long while), came from a dream.
Maybe draft a short story or a novella...something to let you write while at the same time giving you a break from the book you just edited but won't be as heavy as a whole 'nother book.
As for the stress dreams, I think they're normal. I hope they're normal. Because I'm pretty sure I dreamed that Jodi Reamer was trying to kill me last night. True story.


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Hairy fruit, hairy Daddy, hairy birds
Someone needs to follow this girl around with a tape recorder. Seriously. She's a hoot.
We had pancakes for dinner to celebrate National Pancake Day, complete with real maple syrup, whipped cream, and fruit. If Andrew was in your family, you'd celebrate the holiday, too. He even has Rachel trained--she was jumping up and down with joy when we told her it was Pancake Day.
Andrew made the pancakes and put me in charge of the fruit. While I was preparing the fruit Rachel was hovering, which is not at all unusual. She's usually hovering around me. Ideally (at least by her ideals) she'd be physically touching me every minute of every day.
I was peeling kiwi fruit, a rare treat for us since it is usually too expensive to buy but was super on sale at Seoudi Market today, and Rachel was especially curious about it.
Rachel: What is that?
Me: It's a kiwi fruit.
Rachel: What are you doing, Momma?
Me: I'm peeling it because I don't think you'll like the peel.
Rachel: Oh. What color is it?
Me: Brown.
Rachel: What color is it gonna be?
Me: Green.
Rachel: Oh. Can I touch it?
Me: Yup. See, the outside is hairy. Kind of weird, isn't it?
Rachel: Yeah. It's hairy--kinda weird. It's a hairy fruit. Like Daddy!
Me: Ummmmm...
Rachel [tugging on Daddy's shorts]: You a hairy fruit, Daddy?
Daddy's definitely the hairiest one in our family, but I don't think he falls in the category of "fruit."
Our dinner conversation was also a tad hilarious. We were talking about Andrew's grant proposal that he's been working on recently and is due tomorrow. He hopes to get to fly to Rome in order to do some research in the national archives there.We were also discussing his thesis proposal, which is due the first week in October.
Dr. Kholoussy is in charge of okaying the departmental grant proposals and is also on Andrew's thesis committee. He's been working with her on his grant proposal and the first time she handed it back to him, she said something along the lines of,
"Looks good, but it's much too long. It would make a better thesis proposal than a grant proposal at this point."
That was encouraging because it means that he's well on his way to finishing his thesis proposal now that he's polished up (and shortened) his grant proposal.
We were talking about the likelihood of him receiving the amount of money he requested.
"I think you have a pretty good chance since only one other person in your department has applied for a research grant," I said, "The department will want to use their allocated funds this year so that they get more research money for next year. They have to give the money to someone. Why not you?"
"I hope so," Andrew said.
"Hoopoe!" Rachel shouted, trying to join in the conversation that was way over her head, "Daddy said hoopoe!"
"I said hope so," Andrew corrected.
"Oh, hoopoe. I wipe my bum with it."
Andrew and I stared at each other for a minute. Really? Did she just say that?
Stifling laughter Andrew asked her what she thought a hoopoe was.
"This," she answered, picking up a slice of kiwi fruit from her plate.
"That's kiwi," he said.
"Oh," she said.
"And you don't wipe your bum with it. You eat it."
I'm glad we got that all cleared up. Kiwi's a fruit, Daddy's not a fruit. Hoopoe's a bird* (so is a kiwi). We don't wipe our bums with any of them.
*Hoopoes are a common sight around here. We always get excited when we see them--they have mow-hawks and are just exotic-looking. Rachel acts as if they are as boring as a robin or chickadee. Her childhood is so much different than mine was!
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Myrna September 26, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Hopo kind of sounds like toilet paper, if you use your imagination.
Nancy September 27, 2009 at 3:08 AM
Yeah, I know. I asked her to say toilet paper for us and it doesn't sound at all like hoopoe. We still have no idea what a hoopoe is and she hasn't been able to show us what it is, either.
You'd think that two educated people like yourselves would be able to decipher that little girls words and what connections are going on it her head. I guess not. This happens in our family too, but unfortunately we are smart enough to decipher our children's words. And they always have to do with stuff that goes on in the bathroom. Always. And it always happens, it seems, at the dinner table. Funny, isn't it? I have a theory. Girls are more mysterious than boys, "Hoopoe" is definitely more mysterious than "Poo" said over and over again, and therefore Rachel is more mysterious than my boys.
MOMster September 28, 2009 at 2:31 AM
Hoopoe. I think that's a swell word. You'll need to figure out what it means and add it to the dictionary. It'd be fun to use. And Rachel will have coined a new word. :D
Josh Schilling October 6, 2009 at 3:44 PM
And who is to thank for discovering the actual name if that bird? ;)
Andrew October 6, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Hans Wehr.
I blame Israel. They named it as their national bird last year.
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Talk:Home Improvement
When the present ended in 1999, Allen launched his film career, the place he continued to take home sizable paychecks. Allen's work on Home Improvement has made him one of many highest paid TV actors of all time and helped build his spectacular internet price. Although it's been 20 years because the present went off the air, Allen continues to earn giant paychecks to this day, and if the past three films are any indication, Allen could also be headed for a private best with hisToy Story 4earnings. Allen confronted one other bump in the road in 1997, when he was introduced up on drunk driving costs.
The every day trials and tribulations of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, a tv present host elevating three mischievous boys with help from his loyal co-host, loving spouse, and eccentric neighbor. Richardson was supplied $25 million to do a ninth season; Allen was supplied double that. The two declined, and Home Improvement ended after eight seasons and 203 episodes.
The comedian received a decreased sentence after agreeing to testify against his companion, and was given eight years in federal prison. He finally served only 28 months at Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution.
s seventh season, till Tim's last line in the sequence finale, that are the last two words ever spoken. Brad, in style and athletic, was typically the shifting factor, who engaged before thinking, a tendency which often landed him in hassle. Randy, a year younger, was the comic of the pack, recognized for his quick-thinking, wisecracks, and good mouth.
Bedford Lloyd ultimately received the a part of Wilson, however his agent later made claims that the actor was unaware that almost all of his scenes would require his face to be partially hidden behind a fence. For this cause, the crew acquired information simply one day prior to taping the first pilot that Bedford Lloyd had dropped out. Casting immediately contacted the opposite actor thought of for the position, Earl Hindman. Beginning in season 2, Home Improvement began every episode with a chilly open, which features the show's logo during the teaser. From season four till the tip of the sequence in 1999, an anthropomorphic model of the emblem was used in different types of animation.
During the show's final season, Brad and Mark became a lot closer due to Randy's absence. In the first two years of the show, Pamela Anderson performed the part of Tim's Tool Girl, Lisa, on Tool Time, however left the present to give attention to her role on the syndicated sequence Baywatch. Her last episode as a sequence common was "The Great Race", which aired on May 19, 1993.
Just three years later, Allen had his personal network television present,HomeImprovement, which was one of the most-watched exhibits of the '90s. During my seek for the Last Man Standing home, I came across a 2011 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin article that talked about the sequence' common use of the Bass Pro Shops in Rancho Cucamonga. I was thrilled upon studying the information being that the huge sporting goods emporium is one of my dad's favourite places in the entire world. I'm not kidding – when we lived in Pasadena and pals would visit from out of town, he would invariably drive them the 35 miles to Rancho Cucamonga to see Bass Pro.
Bob Vila appeared as a guest star on a number of episodes of Home Improvement, whereas Tim Allen and Pamela Anderson both appeared on Bob Vila's present Home Again. Tim is a stereotypical American male, who loves power instruments, cars, and sports. An avid fan of the Detroit skilled sports activities groups, Tim wears Lions, Pistons, Red Wings, and Tigers clothing in numerous situations, and many plots revolve around the groups.
Richardson was provided $25 million to do a ninth season; Allen was offered $50 million. Before the first pilot was shot, actor John Bedford Lloyd was in the running for considered one of two roles; that of Tim's Tool Time assistant (initially named "Glen") and the function of Wilson.
Based on the stand-up comedy of Tim Allen, Home Improvement made its debut on ABC on September 17, 1991, and was one of many highest-rated sitcoms for almost the complete decade. It went to No. 1 within the ratings in the course of the 1993–1994 season, the same year Allen had the No. 1 book (Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man) and movie (The Santa Clause).
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John Wick: Chapter 2 (UHD Blu-ray) (4K)
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on June 22nd, 2017
(out of 5)
2.40:1 Widescreen (16:9)
Dolby: Atmos
Lionsgate / Maple Pictures
"You wanted me back. I'm back."
Keanu Reeves has enjoyed somewhat of a career renaissance thanks in no small part to the success of John Wick in 2014. There he teamed up with some stunt friends of his going back to The Matrix, and together they brought a new action hero to the screen that was as much graphic novel as it was action film. It would become the directing debut of the stunt team of Stahelski and David Leitch. Along with their action star, everyone stuck to what they knew and refused to overcomplicate the whole thing. That led to a box office haul of $86 million worldwide and a respectful enough budget to make a sequel seem like a good possibility. It took three years, but that possibility has turned into John Wick: Chapter 2.
The first couple of minutes work as closure for the first film as Wick gets his car back. It gives you that quick introduction of the character and a reminder of what he can do and the legendary reputation he has earned. A few of the first film's beats are reproduced here strictly for nostalgia. That includes a pretty nice performance by Peter Stormare as another Russian mobster family member of last film's kid. He gets to deliver the quiet warning about Wick, and there are some pretty sweet cuts to his facial expressions while he listens to the carnage of Wick taking out his thugs. It's a wonderful chance for the filmmakers to wink at the audience and remind us that we're all in it for the fun of it all. A couple of hundred dead bad guys later we get to the sequel's real story.
John Wick has been trying to retire to the quiet life. To do that he had given a marker to Santino D'Antonio (Scamarcio). Now Santino wants to cash in the marker, and the rules of the organization require Wick to honor the promise. Of course, Wick attempts to turn the job down, which leads to disastrous results to his life. Reluctant though he might be, he takes on the marker. Santino wants his sister's seat at an international "board of directors" of sorts. He wants Wick to travel to Rome and take her out, which isn't going to be easy, because she's protected by folks just like him, including rival hitman Cassian, played by Common. Then there's the problem that Santino has to avenge his sister's death, for appearances, naturally. Suddenly there's a $7 million contract on his head, and every assassin in the world is looking to collect. He ends up violating the rules to get his revenge and ends the movie on the outs and a hunted man. You knew they were going to set up Chapter 3, didn't you?
There's little question that Reeves has learned to step up his acting game here just enough to allow for a few emotional beats in the story. He's in no danger of setting the awards community on fire, but he's pretty much the perfect guy for this film. Wick is dangerous because he can be singly focused and more of an automoton than a human being. The action occurs at breakneck speed with Wick moving from one kill to another, all with laser-sharp focus on the endgame. This is pretty much like watching a video game character. The kills happen with quick precision, and each of Wick's rampages is another level leading to some boss level that doesn't really come in this film. I suspect there are a few other levels to play before we get there. There's very little dialog here, and most of the supporting cast is really there to round out the background. There are exceptions, of course. The filmmakers actually played it smart by casting a pretty weak actor to play the lead bad guy. This isn't any Bond larger-than-life arch-nemesis. He's a weak character crafted carefully to avoid anything or anyone drawing attention to Reeves as a somewhat flawed performer. He's a one-trick dog and pony show, but this happens to be that one trick.
Lance Reddick returns as the hotel service specialist Caron, and Ian McShane gets an expanded role as Winston this time. The sweet supporting role isn't a crucial moment of the film. It's a character named the Bowery King, who is far more flash than substance. He's merely a way for Wick to get from point D to point E. He could very well be a complete throwaway if it were not for the fact he's played by Laurence Fishburne, and the reunion of these two Matrix leads is a little bit emotional in a film-nostalgia kind of way. It's a grand gesture to provide some candy for the fans. It's just another example of Reeves and company winking at the audience. And we don't mind at all.
John Wick: Chapter 2 is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.40:1. The ultra-high-definition image is arrived at by an HEVC codec with an average bitrate of 70 mbps. The rate exceeds 100 mbps. John Wick's world is highly stylized, and this ultra high definition will allow you to fully experience that world. There's a great deal of depth and detail here that excels in the wonderful Rome locations. A lot of the color has been softened to accommodate that stylization. It's a dark world that gets a huge boost from wonderful black levels that deliver textured shadow definition. There's also pretty solid contrast for those bright places like the subway's white walls against the dark images that play rather starkly in those scenes. While not exactly realistic, the image uses its own language that works well with the added sharpness and detail of a 4K image presentation.
The Dolby Atmos presentation defaults to an aggressive 7.1 track. You will be fully immersed in this active sound field. If it's not rapid gunfire that sends bullets whizzing by your seat, it's the rev of car engines and the shattering sounds of metal on metal. The subs help to build the depth that gives a great amount of weight to even the fisticuff fighting. Dialog punches through even with Wick's soft delivery. The true achievement is the careful balance that brings it all to you without a jumble of noise. Everything cuts through in this superior mix.
There is an Audio Commentary with Keanu Reeves and Chad Stahelski. They spread a lot of love around for everyone, and you can tell they are still stoked about the action sequences.
The extras are all on the UHD and Blu-ray copy of the film. On the UHD all of the extras are in AVC/HD:
Deleted Scenes: (8:05) There are three with a play-all option. The scenes are framed in all of the camera code information.
Retro Wick – Exploring The Unexpected Success Of John Wick: (4:34) Cast and crew talk about the elements of the first film that appealed to audiences. There are plenty of clips from both films, and the talk shifts to the new movie.
Training John Wick: (12:00) Here's a look at the training that Reeves went through between the films and then specifically for what he would be doing in Chapter 2. There's plenty of training and choreography footage here.
Wick-Vizzed: (5:13) This feature looks at how pre-viz helped with the stunt choreography. It's not the kind of crude animation pre-viz you might be used to. Here's it's almost like an animated football coach's board with moving X's and O's.
Friends, Confidants – The Keanu/Chad Partnership: (9:54) A bit of a mutual admiration society between actor and director. Plenty of anecdotes that go back to the two first working together on The Matrix films.
As Above, So Below – The Underworld Of John Wick: (5:06) This feature looks at the rules and style of the underworld organization that John Wick and the John Wick universe are so much a part of. There's also attention here to the Roman locations. Producer Basil Wanyk tells us that Rome has been around for a thousand years. Check that, Basil. Try over two thousand years.
Car Fu Ride-Along: (4:44) A look at the cars and driving stunts of the film.
Chamber Check – Evolution Of A Fight Scene: (10:08) More choreography and too much of a promo for Eighty-Seven Eleven, the stunt company that provides the stunts and started by the director. We get it. They're really good.
Wick's Tool Box: (8:14) A look at the weapons Wick uses, from guns to pencils.
A Museum Tour With Sir Jonathan Wick: (2:11) An Italian guide shows us the museum pieces used in the film while intercut with the action scenes that took place in those areas.
Kill Count: (3:09) This is a video-game-like scorecard of Wick's kills in the film.
There is a collection of scenes that show Wick preparing for his assignment. It's a rather enjoyable romp through the world of this underground association. It's pretty much a parody of every James Bond film we saw, but I have to admit that ride was some of the most fun I had here. For most fans it's going to be all about the outlandish violence. If you liked the first film, there's plenty of that here, and I suspect there is plenty more where that came from. In Chapter 3 I expect "The man. The myth. The legend. John Wick."
Gino Sassani
Gino Sassani is a member of the Southeastern Film Critic's Association (SEFCA). He is a film and television critic based in Tampa, Florida. He's also the Senior Editor here at Upcomingdiscs. Gino started reviewing films in the early 1990's as a segment of his local television show Focus. He's an award-winning recording artist for Omega Records. Gino is currently working on his 8th album Merchants & Mercenaries. Gino took over Upcomingdiscs Dec 1, 2008. He works out of a home theater he calls The Reel World. Favorite films: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Body Snatcher (Val Lewton film with Karloff and Lugosi, not the pod people film), Unforgiven, Gladiator, The Lion King, Jaws, Son Of Frankenstein, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, and Monsters, Inc.
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Q: Excel Formula to total amount quarterly in date row I am trying to calculate the difference between total current quarter and total previous quarter in Excel.  The data is at the row title and the quarter month is not standard.  For example January is consider as quarter 4 and February is quarter 1.  Also date can change from one report to the next.
This is the sample data:

I want to add a formula in column H that total all amount in Q4 (Nov-Jan) and in column I the total amount in Q1 (Aug-Oct) for every row.  Next month report column G will be February and I need a formula  that dynamic enough to know the current quarter amount to be placed in column H.
I was thinking about using sumproduct and choose but Excel does not like it:
=Sumproduct(--((CHOOSE(MONTH(B29:G29),4,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4)=4),B30:C30))

If this formula can work, I can just copy paste it to the remaining row in column H and I.

A: With this array formula at H30 would do what you want and you can copy paste in I30 and in the rows down. It will work also if you add columns for Q2 and Q3.
H30 -->
 =SUM(IF(CHOOSE(MONTH($B$29:$G$29),4,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4)=INT(RIGHT(H$29,1)),$B30:$G30))
  Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Notice it takes the quartile's number from the row above, it fixes the columns and parametrizes with the row.

A: Based on above example use:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(1+MOD(INT((MONTH($B$29:$G$29)-2)/3),4)=RIGHT(H$29,1)*1),$B30:$G30)


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Khaga è una suddivisione dell'India, classificata come nagar panchayat, di 12.020 abitanti, situata nel distretto di Fatehpur, nello stato federato dell'Uttar Pradesh. In base al numero di abitanti la città rientra nella classe IV (da 10.000 a 19.999 persone).

Geografia fisica
La città è situata a 25° 46' 60 N e 81° 7' 0 E e ha un'altitudine di 106 .

Società

Evoluzione demografica
Al censimento del 2001 la popolazione di Khaga assommava a 12.020 persone, delle quali 6.330 maschi e 5.690 femmine. I bambini di età inferiore o uguale ai sei anni assommavano a 1.776, dei quali 932 maschi e 844 femmine. Infine, coloro che erano in grado di saper almeno leggere e scrivere erano 7.613, dei quali 4.575 maschi e 3.038 femmine.

Note

Centri abitati dell'Uttar Pradesh

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