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What's Next 2011: Pittsburgh Penguins
In what started off like a runaway championship season, coupled with a home outdoor game-- a series of unfortunate events came to fruition through the season and karma seemed to catch up to the Pens, who went up 3-1; but losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games.
While the loss of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin cannot go unnoticed, the team seemed to step up without them during the regular season and then in the start of the playoffs. While they couldn't catch up to the pace Crosby has, the likes of Chris Kunitz, Tyler Kennedy, and the trade deadline acquisition of James Neal was able to keep the Pens afloat, as well as almost taking the Atlantic Division crown. Pascal Dupris even added things to the offensive side while keeping up in his defensive responsibilities. However, there's a lot of question in regards to the likes of Dupris, Kennedy, Max Talbot, and Mike Rupp-- just to name a few; as they are free agents and it's a question of whether GM Ray Shero will keep their services as $55.7M is tied up in 17 players for next season, which-- even if the salary cap goes up, could be hard to juggle in keeping all the character players.
Luckily, the defensive side is all signed for next year-- lead by Kris Letang, who really jumped out of his shell and started to show the offensive side which the Pens sought when they drafted him. The new acquisitions of Zbynek Michalek and Paul Martin played solidly defensively, while Ben Lovejoy did while while playing the shuttle from press box to playing time, putting up 17 points in 47 games-- which could be a nice in-between from Letang and Martin. Also, Matt Niskanen, who came over with Neal, will also have a full-season to show off and see if he can get an extension with Pittsburgh.
In net, the Flower-- Marc-Andre Fleury-- was solid as always, continuing his solid play with his third straight year of 35+ wins, which was a little more meaningful this season, with many of the top guns out for the year and the goal-support not really there. A lot of fans were trying to campaign for the MVP nomination for Fleury, which would have been great for the team MVP, but overall-- may have been a stretch. Brent Johnson also was solid in his games, which included 13 wins and one KO decision-- which made him a folk hero in Pittsburgh, as did his role in Winter Classic 24/7.
As a whole, the season could have been a lot different if the Crosby and Malkin tandem were in the line-up for the full season; but the role guys shows their valor and showed their worth without their big guys in the line-up; and did a damn good job, as well.
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Join us for an inspirational evening as we recognize dedicated individuals who have made significant contributions in the aftermath of 9/11 and other tragedies. Former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton will be presented with VOICES Legacy Award and former New York City Fire Department Commissioner Thomas Von Essen will be presented with VOICES Leadership Award. ESPN's Mike Greenberg is once again joining us as VOICES Emcee. The event will include a special musical performance. More details to follow.
Our annual Gala raises important funds for VOICES to provide long-term support and resources that promote mental health care and wellness in the lives of victims' families, responders and survivors. Your generous contributions make it possible for us to provide innovative programs and share our lessons learned to build resilience and help families and communities heal after tragedy.
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Sphaerodactylus pacificus es una especie de geco del género Sphaerodactylus, familia Sphaerodactylidae, orden Squamata. Fue descrita científicamente por Stejneger en 1903.

Descripción
Puede alcanzar los 88 milímetros de longitud.

Distribución
Se distribuye por Costa Rica.

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Especies descritas en 1903
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Expressing abstract thoughts
Alisha Shinde
We catch up with artists, Bikram Singh, Mahesh Vinayakram and Aparna Gandhi, who will be performing at Osho Monsoon Festival, starting today
Music has the power to influence our state of mind; from mood enhancement and relaxation to having fun, music can do a lot. The five day Osho Monsoon Festival, starting from today, promises all this and more. Keeping in mind the teachings of Rajneesh Osho on spirituality and active meditation, the monsoon festival at Osho International Meditation Resort will attain a new high with its lineup of world class musicians gearing up to set your mind free. We chat with the artists — Bikramjit Singh, Mahesh Vinayakram and Aparna Gandhi — who will be performing together this evening. Their session is called 'Bikram's Dancing Flute'.
Meditate through flute
"I was inspired and guided by my older siblings to follow music and fall in love with it along with football," says Bikramjit Singh, who was born into the royal family of Manipur. He points out that he was a regular North-eastern kid who equally loved music and sports and thought it was a good idea to pursue them full time later in life. But god had another plan for him. He recalls, "In 1974, I met with a fatal accident which left me bedridden closely for a year and prompted my father to gift me my first flute. He said to me, 'This is going to be your companion for the rest of your life'."
Singh never had a formal teacher to teach him how to play the flute. "I just picked up the flute and understood the different holes that it had, were actually responsible for the different sounds coming out of it. I practised day and night and slowly mastered it," he added. By the time he turned 13, Singh had started accompanying singers and musicians on tours and even played on All India Radio.
"I moved to Pune in 1989 and while I was studying at Deccan College, I realised that music was the ultimate calling in my life. I decided to pursue a full time career in music," he says. In the same year, Singh was drawn to teachings of Osho and hence performing at the Osho Meditation Centre is something that is really close to his heart.
"People who come there are a clean slate and they do not have any expectations. But as a musician, it is my duty to give my best to them so that they enjoy themselves and are happy by the end of the set," Singh says, adding, "Flute is very versatile and it blends very well with other international music instruments. It is the most simplest of all instruments and yet the most perfect one. Celebrate life and meditate through the magic of flute."
To watch Indian classical music grow internationally
Mahesh Vinayakram, who is the guest artist, will be at the vocals. Son of ghatam maestro, Padma Bhushan Vikku Vinayakram, Mahesh is one of the leading artists in the field of Carnatic and world music. "Belonging to a family of rich musicians, I have always known that my passion is music," he says.
The artist began his career as a solo vocalist at the mere age of 12 and had golden opportunities of getting vocal lessons from gurus like H Y Narayanan, O S Thiagarajan, Savithiri Sathyamurthy, Bhagavathulu Seetharama Sarma (Kalapeetham, Chennai).
"My dream is to take Indian classical music, which has strong roots, to the world stage and plant it amongst Western classical music and watch it grow. It has the ability to cradle a new idea," he adds.
Mahesh, who is a UNESCO Millennium awardee and the first Indian male singer to be cast in cirque du soleil's production, Luzia, says that his forte is contemporising classical music so that more people are drawn to it. He believes that Indian classical music has truly grown because of the boom of social media. "Social media is definitely playing a big role in not only taking contemporary Indian artists to the world but also the classical ones. This is opening new opportunities not only for artists but also for how music is being perceived," he explains.
"When it comes to performing for an audience who are extensively into meditation, the energy felt and delivered through music is unmatchable," says Mahesh, adding, "As a vocalist, I know and understand how important self discipline is, which ultimately is reflected in the performance."
Spiritual experience
Odissi dancer Aparna Gandhi, who will be performing along with Bikram Singh and Mahesh Vinayakram, says, "It will be a spiritually transforming experience." Gandhi believes that the concepts of spirituality and dance are very abstract and hence they cannot be confined to a single idea.
"We need to bring new thoughts and issues through the way we dance which is something my troupe, NaadPune has always believed in," says the dancer. Gandhi believes in innovation and exploration of classical dance by finding meaning behind the movement. "As dancers we want to create content led choreography which is relevant in today's world," she adds.
Talking about performing at the Osho Monsoon Festival, she says that as dancers, there is a constant rhythm between their mind, body and soul.
"As performers, we know we might have an audience who may or may not understand Odissi, so it is a challenge to put up a performance which will be understood by all. Hence we have planned a contemporary issue with light and yogic movements," concludes Gandhi.
- Bikram's Dancing Flute with guest artist Mahesh Vinayakram and Odissi dancers will perform on Aug 11, 9.30 pm
- Bhavya Pandit of Indian Idol fame will perform from 2.30 to 3.30 pm on Aug 12
- Flautist Milind Date will perform from 7.30 to 8.30 am and Aankh Micholi from 2.30-3.30 pm on Aug 13
- Avinash Jagtap will perform from 7.30 to 8.30 am and singer Rekha and composer Vishal Bhardwaj will perform from 9.30 pm on Aug 14
- Urja with Chintan and friends will perform from 2.30 to 3.30 pm on August 15
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I have a table friends with three columns user1, user2, pending.
user1 and user2 are primary keys of datatype int.
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MySQL said: #1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'Declare var int; Set var = SELECT COUNT(*) FROM friends WHERE ((user1 = id1 A' at line 1
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A: 1) Everything (including declarations) must be in a BEGIN ... END block.
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Mayor de Blasio will block construction of towers near Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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In a reversal, Mayor Bill de Blasio will now block the construction of two Crown Heights apartment towers that the Brooklyn Botanic Garden said would cast potentially flora-ruining shadows over its greenhouses.
"I'm calling on the developers to go back to the drawing board and create a proposal that we can be proud of," Hizzoner said in a statement, which added the project would "harm the research and educational work carried out by one of this city's prized cultural institutions, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and is grossly out of scale with the neighborhood."
Hizzoner's about-face was first reported by Gothamist and comes months after he mounted a vigorous defense of the project in February.
"I don't think it ruins the garden forever. I just don't. I don't take that position," he said when asked about the proposal during a weekly WNYC appearance on Feb. 7.
"I would love it if we could have a city that could be a city for everyone and affordable and we could keep some of the exact scale and aesthetics we had previously. I would love it if we could achieve those things, but we're in this new world."
Prospect Park tower shadows would have 'significant adverse impact' on Botanic Gardens
"We've got to come to grips with, if we want this to be a city for everyone, including working people and lower income people, we're going to have to build some things where people can actually live and afford," he continued. "If we want to lock down our current scale and enjoy, you know, the good that goes with that, then we're going to take another step towards the gilded city and a city that only those who are doing very well can afford to live in."
City Hall later claimed Hizzoner confused 960 Franklin Ave. with another nearby proposed development that would bring three much shorter, 17-story buildings on Crown and Carroll streets — even though the questioner had specified the 39-story towers that were set for Franklin.
A spokeswoman argued that de Blasio had no position at the time on the towers.
Hizzoner's statement effectively kills the plans from developers — led by Bruce Eichner's Continuum Co. — to bring the high rises with nearly 1,600 apartments to the rapidly gentrifying southern edge of Crown Heights.
In exchange for the zoning changes, the companies had offered to place nearly half of the apartments rent-stabilized and set them aside for lower and middle income households.
Paul Martinka
This came as the city's parks department found earlier this year the shadows cast by the towers would wilt some of the garden's flora.
"The proposed project would potentially lead to a significant adverse impact to natural resources, specifically to natural resources found in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG), due to the project-generated shadows," read the memo.
Eichner did not answer when called by The Post Tuesday.
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Netflix To Debut 'Orange Is The New Black' Original Series On July 11
By Oliver VanDervoort
Netflix is getting set to debut yet another original series in July. Orange is the New Black will go live on the site on July 11, and, as the site has done with its other original programming, all 13 episodes will be available at once.
The streaming video website has always felt that it made more sense to put all episodes of a show on at the same time rather than doing some sort of a weekly release like it was a network television company.
House of Cards and Hemlock Grove have been the most recent recipients of this treatment. In both cases, viewers seemed to appreciate the fact that they could watch the series at their own pace.
Netflix's Orange is the New Black is a comedic drama that is being helmed by Jenji Kohan and is based on the memoir by Piper Kerman.
The story revolves around Taylor Schilling playing Piper Kerman, a well-to-do Gothamite who suddenly finds her world turned upside down thanks to her relationship with a drug runner named Alex (Laura Prepon).
The ten year friendship takes Kerman down a path that eventually lands her in prison. Here the character must learn to get along with the hodge podge of criminals she is serving her year long sentence with.
Kerman must trade in her comfortable life with her fiance, played by Jason Biggs, and start getting used to wearing an orange jumpsuit every day.
The series also stars television and big screen veterans like Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager), Natasha Lyonne (American Pie), and Taryn Manning (8 Mile).
The video streaming site has done a good job of staggering their original programming so that there is not in house competition. House of Cards went live in February, Hemlock Grove in April, Arrested Development is coming in May, and this show will be in July.
Will you be watching the Netflix original show Orange is the New Black?


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Sponge did the same; and the grass-siding of Orlantire Parkwall favouring their design, they increased the trot to a canter. They soon passed the park's bounds, and entering upon one of those rarities an unenclosed common, angled its limits so as to escape the side-bar, and turning up Farningham Green lane, came out upon the Kingsworth and Swillingford turnpike within sight of Hanby House.
Robert Smith Surtees - Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
The old man the name by which he had introduced himself in Bidwell was that of Judge Horace Hanby believed in the manliness and honesty of purpose of the men he had for a time governed and who had fought a long grim war with the North, with the New Englanders and sons of New Englanders from the West and Northwest. "They're all right," he said with a grin.
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Puffington took the Mangeysterne, now the Hanby hounds, because he thought they would give him consequence. Not that he was particularly deficient in that article; but being a new man in the county, he thought that taking them would make him popular, and give him standing.
He thought of the words of old Judge Hanby and the constant talk of the new times now coming. Turning suddenly to his apprentice, who was puzzled by his long silence and who knew nothing of the incident that had disturbed his employer, he broke forth into words. He was defiant and expressed his defiance.
All day and at night an intense persistent silence lay over Pickleville, while in Bidwell a mile away the stir of new life began. In the evenings and on rainy afternoons when men could not work in the fields, old Judge Hanby went along Turner's Pike and across the wagon bridge into Bidwell and sat in a chair at the back of Birdie Spink's drug store. He talked.
However, necessity said yes; and cocking his flat hat jauntily on his head, he stuck a cheroot in his mouth, and went smoking and swaggering on, looking or rather squinting bumptiously at everybody he met, as much as to say, 'Don't suppose I'm walking from necessity! I've plenty of tin. The third cheroot brought Jack and his suite within sight of Hanby House. Mr.
What brought them all out? What brought Mr. Puffington, the master of the Hanby hounds, out? What brought Blossomnose again? What Mr. Wake, Mr. Fossick, Mr. Fyle, who had all been out the day before? Reader, the news had spread throughout the country that there was a great writer down; and they wanted to see what he would say of them they had come to sit for their portraits, in fact.
If it was any consolation to him, he had plenty of companions in misfortune. The line was dotted with horsemen back to the brick-fields. The first person he overtook wending his way home in the discontented, moody humour of a thrown-out man, was Mr. Puffington master of the Hanby hounds; at whose appearance at the meet we expressed our surprise.
In the imagination of his fellow citizens of the Ohio town, he went about always thinking great thoughts, solving mysterious and intricate problems that had to do with the new mechanical age Judge Hanby talked about to the eager listeners in the drug-store.
He had no doubt that Bragg was a good man, but he thought he was rather more of a gentleman than he required. On the other hand, Mr. Bragg's opinion of his master may be gleaned from the following letter which he wrote to his successor, Mr. Brick, at Lord Reynard's: 'HANBY HOUSE, SWILLINGFORD. 'If your old man is done daffling with your draft, I should like to have the pick of it. I'm with one Mr.
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Davis Webb threw four touchdown passes and California stopped Zach Moss from the 1-yard line on the final play to win its second straight matchup against a ranked opponent, 28-23 over No. 18 Utah on Saturday.
Webb threw for 306 yards and connected on a pair of scoring strikes to Chad Hansen and Demetris Robertson to lead the Golden Bears (3-2, 1-1 Pac-12).
But it was the defense that sealed the win, stopping the Utes on three plays inside the 2 in the closing seconds. James Looney wrapped up Moss just short of the goal line on the final play to set off a celebration.
Cal had lost 11 straight games against ranked opponents before beating No. 11 Texas 50-43 at home two weeks ago.
The Bears broke out to a 14-0 lead and then went stagnant against the ball-control play of the Utes (4-1, 1-1), who used touchdown drives of 21 and 13 plays to take a 17-14 lead late in the third quarter on Armand Shyne's second TD run.
Webb answered with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Hansen that put the Bears back ahead in the third and then added a 56-yarder to Robertson after Cal stopped the Utes on fourth-and-1 from the 10.
Utah: If the Utes are going to contend in the Pac-12 South, they will need to get healthy. Star defensive tackleLowell Lotulelei did not play because of an injury, leading receiver Tim Patrick and center J.J. Dielman left the game with injuries and receiver Cory Butler-Byrd also did not play.
California: While Webb had another prolific game, it was Cal's defense that came up big at the end after the offense couldn't run out the clock. The Bears had the fourth-down stop early in the fourth quarter, prevented a 2-point conversion that could have brought Utah within three points later in the fourth and then came up with the goal-line stand to seal the win.
The Utes will likely fall out of the poll following their first loss of the season, while the Bears will need to do more work to get into the rankings for the first time this year.
Utah: The Utes return home to take on Arizona next Saturday.
California: The Bears seek their first road win when they travel to Oregon State on Saturday.


An active member of Tresvibes Soundsystem, along with Satoshi Otsuki and DJ PI-GE, the Tokyo based artist is a stalwart in clubs all over Japan as well as several of the country's music festivals, such as Rainbow Disco Club and Fuji Rock Festival. His touring has taken him as far as OT301 in Amsterdam, Fabric in London, Space in Ibiza, Tresor in Berlin and more. Kikiorix's DJ style today definitely has been influenced by his time playing London's east-end venues, and Wonderfruit marks his debut in Thailand.


Anthony J. Oncidi heads the labor and employment law group in Proskauer Rose's Los Angeles office where he represents employers and management in all aspects of labor relations and employment law.
Mr. Oncidi's practice focuses on representing employers from a wide range of industries in wage and hour matters, including class actions, wrongful termination, employee discipline, Title VII and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, executive employment contract disputes, sexual harassment training and investigations, workplace violence, drug testing and privacy issues, SOX claims and employee raiding and trade secret protection.
A substantial portion of his practice involves the defense of employers in employment discrimination and harassment litigation in state and federal court as well as arbitration proceedings, including FINRA matters.
Mr. Oncidi has testified as an expert witness and has served as a faculty member of the National Employment Law Institute and an arbitrator in an employment discrimination matter.
He is an appointed hearing examiner for the Los Angeles Police Commission Board of Rights and has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law and a guest lecturer at USC Law School and a guest lecturer at UCLA Law School.


SynopsisA show chronicling the behind the scenes action of a sports handicapper crew in Las Vegas, Nevada, lead by Steve Budin and Al Demarco, the Pick Nation 'crew' is the most successful and famous in the country. For the first time ever, the pick nation guys have opened up a Las Vegas boulevard store where real high-stakes sports gamblers get advice on which games to bet and are taken across the street to the sports book. Our guys will face the music with these gamblers from week to week and in addition encounter conflicts with each other as they often differ in their analysis of particular NFL games. CEO, Steve Budin has also organized a nation wide picking competition, as some unknown sports junkie will get the dream job of joining his handicapping team. This show promises the audience a never before seen view of the sports gambling underworld and showcases everything that both handicapper and gambler must stomach to make money in this business.
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It is a measure of the strength of the current Longford ladies squad that manager James Daly was forced to field a team minus no less than six players who featured in the recent National League Division 4 Final win over Wicklow and still succeed in scoring a comfortable win over Louth in the Leinster Intermediate Championship.
Aisling Reynolds, Aoife Darcy, Aisling Greene, Leanne Keegan, Sinead Hughes and Michelle Kilkenny were all missing due to a combination of holidays and injuries for Longford's opening game in the championship at McGann Park in Kenagh on Tuesday evening last week and it must be said that Louth (boosted by their narrow win over Offaly in the first round a few days earlier) did pose some problems in the first half.
On a couple of occasions impressive Longford full-back Mairead Moore blocked clear-cut goal chances and right on the stroke of half-time Louth corner-forward Susan Byrne blasted the ball over the bar from a few yards out in squandering a glorious opportunity of finding the back of the net.
Although the home county were guilty of some poor finishing in the first half, they still ended up leading by 2-4 to 0-2 at the break with Michelle Farrell scoring the opening goal with just 30 seconds gone on the clock after receiving the perfect pass from Anna McDonnell.
A well-worked move involving Jacinta Brady and Emer Heaney ended up with Sarah Tierney shooting into the empty net in the 24th minute, after weaving her way past the Louth keeper, while the prolific Michelle Farrell (who scored 1-6 in total) accounted for all four Longford points (two frees) in the first half.
Whatever hopes Louth had of getting back into contention were dashed right at the start of the second half when Sarah Tierney found the back of the net again and Longford added another five points to their tally through Anna McDonnell (2), Michelle Farrell (2) and Aisling O'Hara to run out fairly emphatic winners in the finish.
Louth grabbed a consolation goal in stoppage time when Kate Flood flicked the ball to the net, after a dipping shot from Paula Murray bounced against the post, while their five points in the second half were registered by Susan Byrne, Murray (two frees) along with a brace from Flood (free and play).
Longford now go on to play their second group fixture away to Offaly this Sunday (June 11) in a strong position and are virtually certain to make it through to the Leinster Intermediate semi-final against Meath or Wexford a couple of weeks later.
The championship game v Offaly (1pm) is curtain-raiser to the Mens Leinster SFC quarter-final between Offaly and Westmeath at O'Connor Park in Tullamore (3pm).
LOUTH: Una Pearson; Michelle McArdle, Dearbhla O'Connor, Ruth Hanna; Abbi O'Connor, Sara Moore, Ciara O'Connor; Aoife Byrne, Kate Flood (1-2, one point from free); Paula Murray (0-3, two frees), Rebecca Carr, Sinead Woods; Catherine McGlew, Eimear Byrne, Susan Byrne (0-2).
Subs:- Roisin Kavanagh for R Carr (19 mins); Aoife Halligan for S Moore (34 mins); Kate Wynne for E Byrne (57 mins).


Unexpected things are good for him.
Lesson not learned he will learn somewhere else, some other day.
He is in search of the state of mind that nothing is ever really missing.
He wishes to experience what he needs, instead of what he believes ought to be.
He sees everything as one intelligence.
It makes him happy to reunite with this loving little ball of fur.
He only does the things that make his heart sing.


You will be dealing with all dental treatment with a mix of both NHS and private patients.
This practice is well equipped and modern. It is well located in Edinburgh and is well organised.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced dental nurse looking for a new challenge and to work within a great team.
The salary will be negotiable depending on your experience.
Great practice with good career progression.
If you are qualified,registered,experienced and motivated this is the position for you.
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We have three squads working in 9 hour shifts, all with an hour overlap so we have a smooth hand-off between shifts. Based on our analysis of the support tickets we receive, these squads can take care of about 80% of the web requests that come in.
Shift schedules and the process for handoffs indicated in Bangkok local time (UTC +7).
The remaining 20% of tickets require more complex attention, such as copywriting, design, SEO or email newsletter updates. As these come in, they are reviewed by the support team and as required, are queued up for our production teams, whose shift typically runs from 9am to 6pm. We do our best to pass requests along from shift to shift, so we can continue working on your requests throughout the day. There are cases from time to time where it's better to have a single person stay on point; we use our best judgement in these cases to ensure you get the best service and quality.
What types of requests qualify for 24 hour support?
Our top priority is emergencies. If something is down, broken or urgently needs attention, we'll jump on it quickly after you submit a ticket. We handle all other types of web support requests as they come on on a first come, first serve basis.
Requests for our 24 hour web support team can be handled at all hours of the day.
You don't need to worry about all this detail however. ALL requests are first reviewed by our 24 hour web support team. All you need to do is send in a ticket and we'll make sure it gets to the right place as soon as possible.
Create separate tickets for multiple, unrelated requests - That way we can get started working on your website while you prepare for the next updates.
Plan in advance for bigger projects - Small updates shouldn't take more than 24 hours, and can sometimes be completed in less than 2 hours. Larger projects that involve copywriting and mockup may take longer, from 2-7 business days.
If you'd like an immediate status update on an existing ticket, create a new one - Open, existing tickets are assigned to a dedicated project manager. Sometimes if you update that ticket they might not be immediately available. If you create a new ticket, a team member will quickly be able to help you out.
If you create a new ticket and don't get an auto-confirmation message within 15 minutes, something's wrong - Make sure the ticket was actually created by logging into our support helpdesk, or chat with us to confirm.
The team has been running on 24/5 schedule for more than 4 years, but we're getting great feedback and plan to refine it better. We'd love to hear your feedback, so please let us know how we can improve. Or if you're feeling lonely during the week and need somebody to talk to, our agents are ready and happy to chat with you!


The 2008 Illinois Biometric Protection Act (BIPA) and the Jan. 25, 2019 ruling in Six Flags. Six Flags was significant because the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a plaintiff need not allege or prove actual harm to impose statutory penalties on a BIPA violator.
The California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, along with other follow-the-leader states, including Massachusetts, New York, North Dakota, Utah and Washington.
Federal legislative hearings and activity aimed at combating the problem, created by a "patchwork" of separate, individual state privacy laws.
Informing the person or the person's legally authorized representative that a biometric identifier is being collected or stored.
Disclosing the specific purpose and length of term for which a biometric identifier is being collected, stored and used.
Receiving a written release executed by the person or the person's legally authorized representatives.
In the employment context, written release means a release executed by an employee as a condition of employment. Additionally, a private entity in possession of biometric identifiers must develop a written policy, made available to the public, establishing a retention schedule and guidelines for permanently destroying biometric identifiers. It is also prohibited from selling or otherwise profiting from, or disclosing, biometric information without consent.
Any person aggrieved by a violation of BIPA has a private right of action against an offender and may recover for each violation liquidated damages of $1,000 for negligent violations or $5,000 for intentional violations (or actual damages if greater), plus attorney fees and other costs, and injunctive relief. Up until the Illinois Supreme Court's Six Flags ruling, courts generally found that a plaintiff did not qualify as an "aggrieved" person if he or she failed to allege some actual injury or adverse effect, beyond a "mere" violation of the law by the offender.
The Illinois Appellate Court upheld that pleading requirement, but the Illinois Supreme Court reversed, finding that when a private entity fails to comply with BIPA's requirements, that violation constitutes an "invasion, impairment or denial of the statutory rights of any person whose biometric identifier or biometric information is subject to the breach," and that such a person was clearly "aggrieved" and entitled to seek recovery. This ruling is hailed as a significant boost to plaintiffs' rights and opens the door in Illinois for similar cases to proceed.
In addition, another Illinois law—which was strengthened in 2017—requires companies possessing Illinois residents' personal information to implement and maintain reasonable security measures to protect those records from unauthorized access, acquisition, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.
Likewise, contracts for services that include the disclosure of personal information concerning an Illinois resident must include a provision requiring the person to whom the information is disclosed to implement and maintain reasonable security measures to protect those records from unauthorized access, acquisition, destruction, use, modification or disclosure. (See Section 45 of the Personal Information Protection Act, Data Security).
On Jan. 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended, is scheduled to take effect. However, due to the introduction of additional amendments, it's not yet clear what the final law or implementing regulations will look like. However, there is still significant support for the law, in spite of certain industry-group objections.
Request what specific personal information a business collects, sells or discloses, the sources from which data is collected, and the purposes for doing so.
Request that a business delete their personal information.
Opt out of having their personal information collected or sold. Consumers that opt out are protected against denial of goods and services, price discrimination and discrimination in quality of service.
Has annual gross revenue in excess of $25 million.
Buys, receives for commercial purposes, sells or shares for commercial purposes the data of over 50,000 consumers annually.
Derives over 50 percent of its revenue from selling consumers' personal information.
The practical meaning of all of this is that if the law applies, a business must create policies that clearly delineate its data collection and use practices as well as create systems to track this information and honor consumers' rights within the time periods mandated by CCPA. Although companies have long been required to maintain and post privacy policies about their data collection practices and uses—and the sufficiency of those policies have been the subject of enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices—CCPA will more specifically set forth the requirements that those policies and practices must meet.
Moreover, CCPA violators face potentially severe penalties. As presently written, any business that violates the law, and fails to cure any alleged violation within 30 days after being notified, is subject to an injunction and liable for a civil penalty of not more than $2,500 for each violation, or $7,500 for each intentional violation, which is assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.
Medical information governed by California's Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or protected health information collected by a covered entity or business associate governed by HIPAA regulations.
Providers of health care governed by CMIA or a covered entity governed by HIPAA.
Information collected as part of a clinical trial subject to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, and subject to regulatory compliance.
Sale of personal information to or from a consumer reporting agency if that information is to be reported in, or used to generate, a consumer report as defined by subdivision (d) of Section 1681a of Title 15 of the United States Code, and use of that information is limited by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.).
Personal information collected, processed, sold or disclosed pursuant to the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act implementing regulations, if it is in conflict with that law, or the California Financial Information Privacy Act.
Personal information collected, processed, sold, or disclosed pursuant to the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (18 U.S.C. Sec. 2721 et seq.), if it is in conflict with that act.
Hearings continue at the federal level in the Senate and House to consider establishing a federal privacy law consistent with the intent and purposes behind CCPA. On Feb. 27, 2019, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing regarding Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework in the United States, and the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on March 12, 2019. At the latter, Google's Senior Privacy Counsel and Intel's Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer advocated for a federal regulatory approach. The arguments being made for a federal regulatory approach include that, without a U.S. federal law, individual states will legislate, creating an unworkable patchwork of laws. This approach is confusing for individuals seeking to protect their rights, and for companies seeking to comply with the laws. Today, the patchwork approach already exists with respect to data breach notification laws: the 50 states have 50 different laws.
In January 2019, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a Report on Internet Privacy to the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that was released to the public Feb. 15, 2019. GAO notes that it was asked to review federal oversight of Internet privacy due to several events.
In April 2018, Facebook disclosed that a Cambridge University researcher may have improperly shared the data of up to 87 million of its users with a political consulting firm. This disclosure followed other incidents involving the misuse of consumers' personal information from the Internet, which is used by about three-quarters of Americans. GAO found that there is no comprehensive U.S. Internet privacy law governing private companies' collection, use, or sale of users' data, and recommended that Congress consider developing comprehensive Internet privacy legislation to better protect consumers. Appendix II of the GAO's report lists FTC's internet privacy enforcement cases filed between July 2008 and June 2018, describing the summary of privacy allegations and the settlements with the FTC.
Although it's difficult to predict the timing and scope of any federal privacy legislation—outside of the already existing federal laws governing certain industries, such as HIPAA in the health care industry and Gramm-Leach-Bliley in the financial industry—it is easy to see that as time goes on, U.S. privacy regulation will continue to become more and more complex.


Roland DG says ErgoSoft Roland Edition 2 RIP software will be available for its Texart dye sublimation transfer printers beginning in March, 2017.
ErgoSoft Roland Edition 2 is the latest RIP software developed by ErgoSoft, one of the leading RIP providers in the textile printing industry. It was developed specifically for the Texart XT-640 and RT-640 to support high-fidelity digital textile printing of sports and fashion apparel, soft signs such as polyester banners and flags, curtains and other interior décor as well as promotional goods and personalised gifts.
The new RIP will be available for Texart models this month. XT-640 or RT-640 customers who activated the previous ErgoSoft Roland Edition RIP software on or after March 8, 2016 are eligible to update to ErgoSoft Roland Edition 2 free of charge.
"With the diversification of individual lifestyles and shortening of fashion cycles, there has been increasing demand for digital printers that can accommodate efficient high-mix, low-volume production, personalisation, and design prototyping for fashion/sports apparel and interior décor," says RolandDG Australia marketing manager Greg Stone.
ErgoSoft Roland Edition 2 provides over 40 new features and innovative enhancements. Image Add-Ons functions support several new effects such as barcodes, rulers and drill holes. Multiple effects can also be applied to a single set of data. Specific editing functions support file formats that are commonly used for textile printing. The Step & Repeat feature to create flawless repeating textile patterns from a single image is now available for PDF and EPS file formats. The Colour Replacement feature for creating multiple colour variations is also now available for TIFF and PSD file formats. Variable Data Printing for efficient production of uniforms and personalised goods is now included as standard.
Roland DG currently offers two Texart 64" models. For fast, high-volume printing with dual-staggered print heads to maximise productivity, the XT-640 is built for continuous and effortless production on long print runs. The RT-640 is designed to provide superb quality, productivity and value with ease of operation that will please both experienced operators and beginners. Both dye sublimation printers boast the Roland Ink Switching System, a choice of 4-colour high-speed printing or 8-colour wide-gamut printing, fluorescent Pink and Yellow inks for creating hundreds of eye-catching colours, and state-of-the-art print control technology.


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Q: How to free up memory "fully hibernating" a process? Similar to this: How to "hibernate a process" under Linux/Windows?
Are there any methods to hibernate a process in a way that it doesn't stay in memory? E.g.: If I don't want to use Firefox, and don't want to close the process of it, and I need free memory, then how can I really hibernate the process so the memory reserved by Firefox is freed up?
I need solution for both Windows and Linux!

A: Both Windows and Linux/Unix provide a way to suspend or stop a process from executing, by removing it from the list of runnable processes.
This doesn't directly affect the memory pages owned by a process, but over time as the system comes under pressure for memory those pages will be good candidates to swap out to disk.
Trying to write out a process to disk for later resumption isn't going to work for anything non-trivial. Open handles to the network and windowing system will fail as soon as the process resumes.

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If I don't want to use Firefox, and don't want to close the process of it, and I need free memory, then how can I really hibernate the process so the memory reserved by Firefox is freed up?

For Windows, there is Free Process Freezer.
For Linux and Mac OS X, there is CrypoPID, as mentioned in yeedl's answer.

If you want to come up with a custom solution:
Look into process dumping on Windows, eg. ProcDump, resume it with a CLI debugger from WinDBG.
Look into core dumping on Linux, eg. core, resume it with a CLI debugger like GNU GDB.
I bet a software based solution that doesn't involve a debugger is possible, but that's for Stack Overflow.

You're looking for a very specific use case, why don't just suspend and let it swap out?
You would be spending more time on getting your processes running and suspending...
I believe you can optimize your workflow in another way that would be more seamless.

A: I know in firefox you can save a session.
In Linux, this can be done with CrypoPID.
This question and this one try to answer it for Windows, but I couldn't find a great solution of saving an application state to a file like I did for linux.

A: For Windows:
I don't know any way to completely evict a process from memory without killing it, but you can trim its working set by minimizing its main window. Microsoft has an article explaining this: The working set of an application is trimmed when its top-level window is minimized.
So, first minimize the main window(s), then suspend the process as suggested in the question you linked.
You can accomplish both with the ever-useful Process Explorer.

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*Right click process, Window -> Minimize

*Right click again, Suspend.

A: On Windows, some programs can swap-out "unused" program memory.
An example of a product that can do that is the commercial Process Lasso.
However, even Process Lasso counsels against that practice.
From The Truth about Windows Memory Optimizers :

It is best to leave the management of
  virtual memory to Windows and not take
  it into your own hands. Any benefit
  from these programs is an illusion and
  temporary. You incur the penalties of
  paging memory back in sooner or later,
  even if it appears that the program
  you run after the cleanup loads
  faster.

Now as regarding Firefox, see mozillaZine's Reducing memory usage - Firefox, which contains lots of advice on how to discover which extensions leak memory.
There is also the Firefox extension Memory Fox which :

Attempting to reduce the browser's RAM
  Memory usage promoting the increase of
  available RAM memories for other
  application processes RAM memory
  requirements. Hopefully, fostering any
  attempts of Memory Recovery and
  Retention.

In my experience this extension only postpones the inevitable memory-bloat of Firefox. The only real solution is to close Firefox from time to time to liberate memory.

A: You can send STOP signal to processes in Linux. A stopped process is like paused. To resume it send the process CONT signal. To send the signal you can do this:
kill -STOP process_id

kill -CONT process_id

A stopped process will be swapped out if system requires more memory.


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The Hype Awakens
The blockbuster film was invented by George Lucas and 20th Century Fox in 1977, and, like all American institutions, the concept has evolved over the last thirty eight years. From the seed that Lucas planted by retaining merchandising rights for his film has sprouted a set of practices that dovetailed with the increasing corporatization of film studios to produce what are best thought of as trans-media, omni-commercial brands centered around movies that serve both as the beginning and endpoint for all of the products to which they are tied. When something like The Avengers or Star Wars - The Force Awakens is released, a large swath of the culture goes into something akin to a Total War mentality: if the film itself is the churning battlefield of Verdun, then every toy set, costume, branded soda, and cosmetic line is the civilian on the home front being pulled from their normal job and put to work at a munitions factory. Even non-combatants cannot escape the omnipresent dedication of national resources and attention to that loud, violent event taking place in movie theaters everywhere.
According to Forbes, Star Wars merchandise will generate $3 billion for Disney in 2015 alone, which is about $200 million more than the current record for total worldwide box office ticket gross. While I fully expect The Force Awakens to obliterate this record (currently held by Avatar, which was bolstered mostly by inflated ticket price; Gone With the Wind and Star Wars still hold the first and second spots when it comes to most tickets sold by quite a bit), even the most optimistic estimates would result in Disney earning more money from merchandising than from ticket sales by a healthy margin. For Disney, Star Wars - The Force Awakens is as much an advertisement for their line of Star Wars products as it is an entertainment experience in and of itself, not to mention its function as the first of at least five more films that will build off of its narrative and characters.
These commercial realities are important to keep in mind while watching The Force Awakens, as they explain almost every filmmaking decision that went into making the movie. The Force Awakens serves as an extended trailer for the next five movies in the series, introducing the audience to the cast of fresh young faces who are passed the proverbial torch by the stars of the original trilogy. We meet Rey, played by plucky newcomer Daisey Ridley, whose "orphan from a desert planet" origin and nascent Force powers make her the obvious Luke Skywalker stand-in going forward; there's John Boyega's Finn, a stormtrooper turned rebel whose crush on Rey is his defining character trait; Oscar Isaac plays Poe, the best pilot in the galaxy who flies for the Resistance (more on them later); and representing the Dark Side we have Adam Driver as Kylo Ren aka Ben Solo in some of the worst casting this side of Halle Berry in an X-Men movie. The film's real star, though, is Harrison Ford, who reprises his career-making role as Han Solo with all the gruff-but-lovable charm that cemented him in cinematic history nearly four decades ago. Ford has great chemistry with Ridley and Boyega, a prickly avuncularity that makes his death at the hands of his estranged son all the cheaper.
As far as the story goes, the film begins strong, with Finn effecting a quick escape from The First Order (aka The Empire) with the help of Poe after balking at murdering helpless civilians during his first real battle as a stormtrooper. The two crash down onto Jakku, a desert planet that is home to the husks of Imperial starships and assault walkers that Rey makes a living stripping for parts. Finn and Poe are quickly separated, but not before Poe can tell Finn about BB-8, his lost droid who is carrying information that is vital to the Resistance (sound familiar?), and of course Finn finds Rey and the droid soon after crashing down onto the planet. Up until this point, the narrative, while derivative, is simple and effective, revealing character traits while pushing the action forward. But as soon as Finn and Rey meet, the coincidences and fan service begin in earnest and never let up: while running from stormtroopers sent to retrieve BB-8, Finn and Rey just happen to steal and escape in The Millennium Falcon, which is promptly picked up by Han Solo and Chewbacca. Next stop is a nameless jungle planet where a diminutive alien played by Lupita Nyong'o runs a super cantina that comes complete with aliens gambling, drinking, and listening to music that is nowhere near as catchy as the all-time classic. Unbeknownst to Han Solo, the cantina is the storage place of Luke Skywalker's original lightsaber, which quickly passes into the hands of our new heroes before they step into the third act from Star Wars cut with the second half of Return of the Jedi, complete with a planet-destroying super weapon and a daring mission to disable a shield generator.
In short, the story feels like the winner of a fan fiction contest. Familiar faces crop up and are given a Kramer-esque pause for applause before speaking; fan favorites like Admiral Ackbar and Nien Nunb make cameo appearances; and Kylo Ren reenacts the infamous Cloud City father-son scene with a predictable twist. The very end of the movie, where Rey uses the hard won MacGuffin to find the long-lost Luke Skywalker, is easily the most transparently commercial scene in the film, as it sets up the sequel to the exclusion of concluding the story from this film. Otherwise, nearly every story beat from the moment Han Solo shows up on screen to the destruction of the planet-sized weapon is as predictable as it is copied from the original films.
Tonally, the film owes more to The Avengers than Star Wars. Every character apart from Rey spends a good portion of their speaking time dispensing Tony Stark-style quips, and the action scenes, while frenetic and nicely visualized, never have any sense of danger or real excitement. There isn't a trash compactor moment where we feel like our heroes might truly be in a bind; when Finn is being dragged through the corridors of a spaceship by a large alien that looks like a beholder, Rey simply punches a few keys on a console and frees him. The plot moves quick enough that the audience is never given time to breathe, or, more importantly, take a good look back and try to figure out exactly why the characters are doing what they are doing. Rather, like Wile E. Coyote, the plot runs right off the cliff but keeps moving because it never looks down and sees the thousand foot drop below its feet.
The one glaring flaw in The Force Awakens is its almost total lack of world building, which, given its source material, is a huge misstep. Other than Jakku, none of the planets or factions we meet are the least bit memorable or even well-developed. J.J. Abrams is content to simply make visual references to things from the previous movies instead of coming up with anything new, and so the galaxy feels much emptier than it ever did before. The one true plot hole, which might be explained in some of the supplemental material that this reviewer eschews on basic principle, is the fact that there are three factions when there should only be two. They are: The Republic, the galactic government that was reinstated at the end of the original trilogy with the fall of The Empire and which is totally obliterated halfway through The Force Awakens; The First Order, which seems to be remnants of The Empire, complete with its top-down, Dark Side-based power structure and legions of Nazi-esque officers and stormtroopers; and, puzzlingly, The Resistance, an independent paramilitary group comprised of Rebellion veterans from the original trilogy. From a script point of view, these groups are all necessary, as The First Order destroys The Republic's home planets during the second act (a mass genocide that doesn't seem to bother any of the characters that much after that scene is over), but from a logic point of view it makes absolutely no sense. It would be as if the Continental Congress continued to meet and maintain its army for thirty years after the United States had been in existence.
Look, chances are you're going to see The Force Awakens. For better or worse, that's just how these things work. And it's not a bad movie; in fact, there are individual performances and scenes which are quite entertaining. As a whole, however, it does not stands on its own as a good film. It proves the long-held theory that something like the cinematic magic that is Star Wars cannot be recaptured, only replicated with diminishing returns. But since Disney is concerned less with artistic returns than that other, more bankable kind, it ultimately doesn't matter to them, and really, it shouldn't matter to you either. The Force Awakens is a modern blockbuster in every possible sense of the word, both good and bad. It's not Star Wars, but then again, nothing ever will be again.
#StarWars


The Women's Leadership Summit is being held this weekend in Frederick, Md.
The Summit is being held at Grace Community Church on Old Pike Road (R Greene, pastor) and continues through Sunday morning.
Images from the weekend, provided by Viki Rife, director of communication for Women of Grace USA, may be found at facebook.com/graceconnectus.


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by Elizabeth | November 12, 2013 · 1:05 pm
Northland council amalgamation
### radionz.co.nz Tuesday 12 November - 12:20 pm NZT
(Updated 38 minutes ago)
RNZ News
Single council for Northland proposed
The Local Government Commission has recommended a single unitary council for the whole of Northland.
The commission at Waitangi on Tuesday revealed its draft proposal for reorganising local government in the region. It proposes one council and one mayor for Northland and a second tier of community boards.
A new nine-member council, to be based in Whangarei, would replace Far North District Council, Whangarei District Council, Kaipara District Council and Northland Regional Council.
The commission also proposes a special council committee to represent Northland's large Maori population.
RNZ Link
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21.4.13 Councils "in stchook" —finance & policy analyst Larry.N.Mitchell
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Northland local government – one voice, many communities
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 12:03 pm
Press Release: Local Government Commission
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1311/S00320/northland-local-government-one-voice-many-communities.htm
The deadline for submissions is 14 February 2014.
One Northland Council a win-win for local decision making
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 2:43 pm
Press Release: NZ Council for Infrastructure Development
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1311/S00332/one-northland-council-a-win-win-for-local-decision-making.htm
### radionz.co.nz Updated at 4:50 pm on 18 February 2014
Far North opposes unitary plan
The Far North District Council has joined Whangarei in opposing a plan for a single council for the whole of Northland. The Local Government Commission has recommended a unitary authority for the region, replacing the current four councils. The Whangarei District Council is against the plan on the grounds that there are no convincing reasons for change, and most people don't want it. The Far North Mayor John Carter, says his council's opposed because the authority would be based in Whangarei. He's encouraging people to tell the Commission their views on a unitary authority before submissions close on Friday. The proposal will need support from residents to succeed, and a majority in favour, if it comes to a poll.


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Q: Receive data remotely from autonomously working Arduino device I want to receive data from the remote Arduino device. The device will measure voltage from multiple ADCs and send the data. There is no possibility to place the computer near the device. Since the distance is about 20 m, there should be as few wires as possible. What is the best way to do it: i2c, serial port, something else, and how to implement this?

A: If you want to use serial communication that your Arduino libraries supports, I think one of the best options is RS485. It can be used up to 1200 meters which is crazy enough for Arduino projects (of course you have to add into the equation noise etc.).
Advantages:

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*RS485 is pretty resistant against noise because it uses twisted pair.

*You can connect up to 32 devices.

*It's also cheap.

*It's used in real industry so you will get some valuable experience.

Disadvantages:

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*You need some bonus resistors (see in here)

*It doesn't have normalized connector.

Here is link to what I achieved with RS485!
Please if this answer helped you give it thumbs up! I'am new here so I would really appreciate it ... :)


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Volume 13, Issue 52 (3-2015) علوم روانشناختی 2015, 13(52): 519-529 | Back to browse issues page
Askari S, Rashidi A, Sharifi K. Relationship between locus of control (internal, external) and "A" and "B" personality types with the social acceptance among substance abusers . علوم روانشناختی. 2015; 13 (52) :519-529
URL: http://psychologicalscience.ir/article-1-397-en.html
Relationship between locus of control (internal, external) and "A" and "B" personality types with the social acceptance among substance abusers
Saeed Askari *, Alireza Rashidi, Kasra Sharifi
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between locus of control (internal, external), and "A" and "B" personality types with social acceptance among substance abuser of substance abuse treatment centers in Kermanshah. Method of present research is descriptive-correlational. The study population included all substance abuser male and female clients of all substance abuse treatment centers in Kermanshah. Using a list, 100 persons were selected by simple random sampling method, and the questionnaires were distributed among them. Participants responded to the questionnaires with full consent .The tools which are used in this study are Rotter's locus of control questionnaire, Personality types "A" and "B" Rattus & Spencer questionnaire and Marlow & Crown scale of social acceptance. Results show a significant predictive model with F= 15.35(p<0/001). Personality type and locus of control together can explain 24% of the changes in social acceptance (p<0/001). The regression analysis showed that locus of control with the impact factor of -0.42 (p<0/001) has the ability to predict the social acceptance, but personality type could not predict social acceptance.
Keywords: Locus of control (Internal, External), Personality types "A" and "B", Social Acceptance, Substance abuser
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Star Trek Resurgence Ehemalige Telltale
By bubkis
Star Trek (initially assigned under his French title, Universe patrol) is a science-fiction globe, produced by Gene Roddenberry in 1966, which unites seven television collection that make up 759 episodes (even more than 5 hundred as well as forty hours of Program), thirteen attribute films, numerous stories, comics and dozens of computer game, as well as an important fan fiction. In between 2006 as well as 2019, the TV franchise was the exclusive residential or commercial property of CBS business, while the cinematographic franchise was the building of Viacom, Paramount Photo. Given that the merger of Viacom in 2019, the Star Trek franchise business is reunited again within the very same entity.
In the Star Trek universe, humankind develops the spatial trip at suprailuminum rate, thanks to a distortion engine, following a post-apocalyptic period of the center of the 21st century (see the day of the first call). Later, male unifies with various other smart species of the galaxy to create the Federation of the United Planets. Complying with extraterrestrial treatment, as well as thanks to science, mankind mostly conquers its numerous vices and earthly weak points in the 21st century. Star Trek's stories typically depict experiences of humans and also extra-terrestrial types that serve in Star fleet, in addition to the many get in touches with of these with various other worlds.
The lead characters, whose perfects are sometimes imperfectly used to the dilemmas provided in the collection, are essentially selfless. Variety of problems and also political measurements of Star Trek are allegories of modern cultural facts; Star Trek's original television collection addresses the questions from the 1960s, as are the succeeding acquired collection showed inquiries from their corresponding eras. The troubles raised in the different series are: battle and peace, authoritarianism, classic imperialism, the struggle of courses, eugenics, geopolitics, bigotry, human legal rights, sexism, the Feminism as well as the role of technology.
After Telltale Games reported back in the context of the Game Awards with a brand-new game to the Amazon series The Expanse, a team of former studios developers introduced their next project during the award ceremony. Here with Star Trek also a world-famous brand for the game could be secured.
Dramatic Labs is currently working on Star Trek: Resurgence
Of course, makers are based on what they have successfully done in recent years with Telltale successfully and tell in Star Trek: Resurgence a brand-new story from the Sci-Fi Universe, in which the decisions of the Players will take direct consequences on the further course of the story. From the description in the Epic Games Store already show some details.
Star Trek: Resurgence is an interactive, action-fuel video game with its own history, which plays in the time shortly after the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The players take over the role of two main characters: the first officer Java Ryder and the Ingeniurumbich Carter Diaz. The two cover a dark secret about two civilizations that are shortly before the war. Players immerse themselves in the Star Trek universe and interact with new and recurring characters, for which many dialogue and action Gameplay options are available, with which they determine the course of history.
When will Star Trek appear: Resurgence?
The development team currently expires from a publication in spring 2022. Star Trek: Resurgence will appear in the Epic Games Store for the PC as well as PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X / S and Xbox One.
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Sylvester (Japanese: ナオト Naoto) is a character of the day who appeared in A Farfetch'd Tale.
He and his boss Yosaku (father in the English dub) live in the Ilex Forest. They cut down trees and use them to make Charcoal. Sylvester tried to use his Farfetch'd and its Cut attack to cut down a tree, but it wouldn't listen to him. Ash told him that this was because he commanded it to use Cutting Attack, rather than Cut.
After it was stolen by Team Rocket, Sylvester helped save Farfetch'd. Realizing that its Trainer cared about it, Farfetch'd began to listen and helped Sylvester cut down trees for Charcoal. As a way of expressing his thanks, Sylvester and his father gave Ash and his friends some Charcoal.
Farfetch'd refused to listen to Sylvester initially because of his inexperience. Sylvester wanted to use it to slice trees and make Charcoal but it later ran away. Team Rocket then found it, wandering, and cornered it. It tried to run away and flew up to a tree. Jessie sent out her Lickitung and it stole its leek, however. It tried to escape again, but this time it was successfully captured by Team Rocket. Ash's Heracross spotted it and the gang came to its rescue. Ash's Pokémon broke the net, but Lickitung quickly captured Farfetch'd with its tongue. After a long battle, Sylvester was able to grab Farfetch'd's leek from Jessie, and was able to command it successfully now, sending Team Rocket blasting off. Later, it was able to slice a tree correctly, much to Yosaku's satisfaction.
Farfetch'd's known moves are Cut, Peck, and Fury Attack.
Sylvester is based on the boy that the player meets in the Ilex Forest who loses his master's Farfetch'd in Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver.
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This is the re-telling of an experience I had when attending the candidate information sessions, which struck a chord on facebook.
Last night I went to a candidate information sessions for new councillors and I now totally understand why there aren't many women councillors and there are even fewer Independent women councillors.
Whilst the meeting was very well intentioned and gave a good overview of everything involved in being a councillor (which is important) we were told repeatedly to consider whether our family and relationships would handle the work load and whether we would be able to balance this with current employment. We were also given a long list of vague skills we need (financial literacy, communication, project mgmt etc).
It's well known that women are less likely to put their hand up for roles in which they don't meet ALL the selection criteria whereas men are likely to apply for roles where they only meet some of the criteria. Immediately women who think they don't possess these vague skills are at a disadvantage. Women are also more likely to be the primary caregiver and complete more chores around the house compared to their male spouses, and so it's likely this consideration of family relationships and home life weighs heavier on female candidates.
I'm not gonna lie it all freaked me out a bit. BUT then I thought hold on!?!?! I'm just as qualified as these men, I have the same level of education, the same passion and enthusiasm and I'm campaigning just as hard, i'm just second guessing myself! So I'm mustering the confidence of a mediocre white guy and going for it, so that I can tell my daughters or your daughters that they can go for it too!


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Q: does the operator that has a pair of vertical lines to compute cardinality of a set have a name? if yes, what it is? I am learning this post.
the $|D|$ in formula
$$\alpha=\frac{\left|D_{1}\right|}{\left|D\right|}$$
means the cardinality of the set D.
does this operator have a name? if yes, what it is?

A: It is also written  $\operatorname{card}D$. So it is natural to call the operator card, following the convention of calling the logarithm, cosine, tangent (etc.) functions after their standard abbreviations log, cos, tan, and so on.


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Radar Detector Laws – What YOU Need to Know
By Davies Roden June 7, 2018 10 Mins Read
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Is it illegal to have a radar detector in 2018?
Are Radar Detectors Legal?
How a Radar Detector Works
Radar Detector Laws in the USA
Radar Detector Laws by State
What Really Happens When You Ignore Radar Detector Laws?
Are Radar Detectors Safe?
Before we dive into radar detector laws, you may need some clarification on what exactly a radar detector is. Quite simply, It is a device mounted to the windshield of your car and it helps you to know if your speed is being monitored by a police radar gun.
If you are looking for the best way to avoid a speeding ticket, you'll never go wrong with a radar detector. Radar detectors are available online and in many stores so its actually quite easy to pick one up. And do not worry, they are relatively affordable and you can easily install them by yourself.
Using or possessing a radar detector is illegal in some countries. The prohibitions are imposed generally on the grounds that a motorist who uses the device poses a greater risk of accident than a motorist who doesn't. In Australia, for instance, radar detectors are illegal in all states apart from Western Australia.
For this article, the focus is on Radar detector laws in the United States. But before we go deeper into the laws, let's take a quick look at how a radar detector works.
It will be much easier for you to understand how exactly a radar detector works if you understand how basic radars function before buying a top rated detector. So, how do radars operate?
Radars are normally used to determine distance and speed, like how far away a vehicle is or how fast it is moving. Radar devices emit radio waves, which travel at the speed of light. The waves bounce back to the device when they meet an object on their path.
Based on the length of time it takes for the radio waves to hit the designated object and how long it takes the waves to travel back, the radar device can determine the distance between the device and the object.
When a radar device is used to detect the speed at which a car is moving, the radio wave frequency of the bounced signal is altered since the car is in motion. Namely, the return signal has a shorter distance to cover and the radio wave frequency increases when the car is moving toward the radar device.
The device then uses the change in frequency to figure out the speed at which the vehicle is moving. It is worth noting that laser-speed guns use light waves instead of radio waves. That's how a radar device works. Radar detectors act as radio receivers. They pick up specific frequencies used by radar guns, which are used by police to detect and catch over-speeding vehicles. While police radar devices cast a wide net of radio waves, they only track a single specific target. In light of that, radar detectors in moving cars normally detect radio waves before the car comes close enough to the police car to be tracked.
It is worth noting that there are more advanced radar detectors, which not only detect police radar but can also distort the reading on the police radar. These types of radar detectors are equipped with a radio transmitter that emits a scrambled signal. The signal, also known as a jamming signal, adds extra radio signals to the original detected signal. The scrambled signal give the police a hard time getting the correct speed reading when it eventually reaches the radar. That's essentially how a radar detector works. Shall we now deal with radar detector laws?
[/productbox][productbox class="no"] Many drivers in the United States have invested in radar detectors. You know why?
They claim that the speed limits in the American roads are incredibly low. Most of the Americans are not content with moderate speed while driving. Everyone wants to be the fastest driver on the road and to get to their destination in record time.
The radar detector helps them to know if police are around the corner so they can ease off the gas and reduce their speed. While the policemen are always improving their chances of nabbing the radar detector users, they have difficulties making the US streets completely free from radar detectors.
This is because the use of radar detectors is perfectly within the law in most states. But there are exceptions, which include the following:
On All U.S military bases nationwide, radar detectors are legal to have but illegal to use
For all automobiles over 18,000 pounds and any other commercial vehicle over 10,000 pounds, radar detectors are illegal under US federal law.
Radar detectors are illegal in the District of Columbia. The enactment of their laws to prohibit the use of radar detectors was set in 1995.
You are also not allowed to use radar detectors in Washington DC (DC).
Let's explore radar detector laws by state…
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Before you go out shopping for a radar detector for your car, it is imperative that you acquaint yourself with all of the laws in the states you'll be driving in.
You should realize that the laws for radar detectors vary from state to state. And you don't want to suffer the consequences of breaking the laws. They could be harsher than the consequences of being caught speeding.
Virginia, VA
According to Virginia radar detector laws, you are not allowed to have a radar detector in any type of vehicle. You risk being given a ticket and the device being confiscated if you are found with a working radar detector in your car. This law applies even if you are not speeding.
Besides being banned from use in vehicles, radar detectors also can't legally be sold in many parts of Virginia.
Minnesota (MN) and California (CA)
Minnesota and California radar detector laws don't prohibit radar detectors. However, you can't mount the device on the inside of your vehicle's windshield.
New York (NY), Illinois (IL), and New Jersey (NJ)
In New York, Illinois, and New Jersey, you can only use a radar detector in a private car. Commercial vehicles are prohibited from using radar detectors.[/productbox]
Other states where it is completely legal to own and use a radar detector include:
KANSAS ( KS)
It is also worth noting that almost 70% of the United States ban the use of suction cups to mount objects on the inside of windshield. That means you can't mount a radar detector on your windshield. The states include:
Other states, such as California (CA), have exceptions based on the size of the object mounted on the windshield. Most of these laws are aimed at banning sticking phones and other devices on the windshield, which would obstruct the driver's view. So you have to get creative when installing your radar detector.
If you think there isn't a possibility that authorities will never find out that you are using an illegal radar detector, you are very wrong!
In states where radar detectors are illegal, the police have radar detector detectors (RDDs), such as the VG-2 Detector. These devices scan for small frequencies that emit from your radar detector's tuning oscillator. And if you are caught with an outlawed radar detector, be prepared to pay a hefty fine and have your device confiscated. Your auto insurance rates may be increased as well.
Law enforcement in Virginia (VA) used to confiscate detectors if you were found with one. Fortunately, they no longer do that. Today, if you get caught with a radar detector in VA, it is an equipment violation which is an offense that attracts a $40 ticket plus court costs totaling to at least $100. There are no points to your license.
There has been raging debate on the safety of radar detectors. While some feel the devices help avert speed and accidents, other feel they are simply an excuse to violate speed limits.
According to the findings of a study in the 1980's, radar detectors could actually reduce incidents of speeding. Studies done more recently, on the other hand, have returned either contrary or inconclusive findings.
Take a study done by law enforcement in Denver, for example. Focusing on commercial truckers, the study looked at drivers traveling on I-70 and E-470 to find out whether the use of radar detectors encourages speeding or not.
The study revealed that those motorists with radar detectors seemed to travel more quickly; 5 -6 miles per hour faster on average. And in a survey conducted by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, radar detector users had 23% fewer accidents per mile traveled compared to non-users and drove about 60,000 miles between accidents.
Nonetheless, the Virginia National Institute for Highways Safety insists that radar detectors should be banned altogether. According to a representative from the institute, the only reason motorists have radar detectors is to help them break the law.
A radar detector is a device that many motorists have considered integral to avoiding speeding tickets for the last couple of decades. While these devices can be very convenient to carry with you in the car, their legality varies from state to state.
Therefore, it is imperative that you get acquainted with the radar detector laws in your state before you decide to buy or use a radar detector. Generally, radar detectors are much legal if you don't live in Washington D.C. or in Virginia. But you have to be careful where you mount them in your car.
It is also worth noting that radar detectors are not foolproof. They tend to only detect Doppler radar guns. These are just one of the numerous ways that law enforcement uses to determine the speed of drivers. Sometimes, the police may simply use the eye test to detect speed.
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pumpkinspicegirl 3 years ago Reply
Do you have any updates on the radar laws? Would like to get it from your site. i'm too lazy to browse each state's law! =)) i'm moving from California to seattle and I'm wondering how i'm gonna be affected if I move states. other than that, really cool blog you got here darion. I've always been a fan of yours since you started your blog in 2018. i must say i'm your silent fan. i've always been around, looking out for your next toprated stuff! looking forward to more!
JohnnyMnemonic 3 years ago Reply
I wonder which of tehse states have changed their laws over the last few months. Can you guys update this list of yours. I think you have one of the most comprehensive ones on the internet right now and I keep coming back here because i want to make sure that I can legally own one radar detector for my car. Thanks!


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This is the story of Steven Spurrier's rich and eventful life in and around wine.From being inspired by a glass of Cockburn 1908 Vintage Port at thirteen years old, Steven Spurrier joined London's oldest wine merchant in 1964; he bought a wine shop in Paris ("Your wine merchant speaks English"), and organised what became known as the Judgement of Paris, when, at a blind tasting, nine of the best tasters in France placed Californian wines, both white and red, above the greatest French wines, changing the wine world forever. Steven Spurrier was 2017 Decanter Man of the Year, a title generally reserved for the greatest of the world's wine makers, and is currently President of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. He has recently planted a vineyard in Dorset to produce sparkling wine.


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Tannhauser Met 1941 | IPCD 1101-3
WAGNER: TANNHÄUSER MET 1941
Erich Leinsdorf, cond; Lauritz Melchior (Tannhäuser); Kirsten Flagstad (Elisabeth); Kerstin Thorborg (Venus); Herbert Janssen (Wolfram); Emanuel List (Landgraf); Metropolitan Op Ch & O • IMMORTAL PERFORMANCES 1101-3 mono (3 CDs: 194:57) Live: Metropolitan Opera, New York 1/4/1941
& WAGNER Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle. Elisabeth's Prayer. Wolfram's Ode to the Evening Star (Leinsdorf; Flagstad; Janssen) Live: Metropolitan Opera, New York 12/16/1939
James Miller and I reviewed this performance enthusiastically in Fanfare 39:6, when it was released by Pristine. I will admit to being puzzled as to why Immortal Performances bothered with its own version, given what I thought was a fine transfer on Pristine. But after hearing Richard Caniell's work on this edition, I have to express a clear preference for it. Caniell avoids the ambience with which Pristine tends to surround the sound, and the gain in clarity, presence, and focus on the voices and orchestra is considerable. In other cases where both companies have remastered the same performance, I have found the differences relatively small, but the greater impact of this edition is significant.
What almost goes without saying is that Lauritz Melchior's Tannhäuser is sui generis and irreplaceable. There is simply no other performance of that voice-killing role which can compare. In his review Miller said that Melchior "delivers the most intense, chilling Rome Narrative I ever expect to hear. His stamina and power are awesome throughout the whole performance." What I added in my earlier review was this: "The combination of beauty and richness of timbre, dramatic involvement, vocal imagination, and raw power makes Melchior's Tannhäuser one of the classic assumptions of any role by any singer of the 20th century." Hearing it again, with even greater focus on his sound, reaffirms that feeling. There are certainly modern stereo and digital recordings that any Wagnerian should own, but to omit Melchior's from your collection because it is a 1941 radio broadcast would be to deprive yourself of a thrilling experience.
There are six Melchior Tannhäuser broadcasts available, but most collectors would narrow the choice down to two—this one, or the 1942 Met broadcast conducted by George Szell. It is very difficult to choose between them. Szell brings a livelier rhythmic pulse to the score and highlights more instrumental detail (without ever becoming fussy), and shows greater flexibility than Leinsdorf. However, as good as Szell's Elisabeth is (Helen Traubel), she is no Flagstad. Flagstad's glorious voice possesses a gleam and majesty that surpass Traubel, good as the American is. Flagstad, though not generally credited for her dramatic skills, inflects and shades the music with meaning and attention to text; Traubel, for all her vocal beauty, seems to be just singing notes much of the time.
Thorborg is a superb Venus on both performances, and Janssen's excellent Wolfram is a constant as well. Szell has the extraordinary Landgraf of Alexander Kipnis, far superior to the gruff singing of Emanuel List. The chorus and orchestra perform very well for both conductors.
Leinsdorf uses the Paris version of the score, but observing what were the standard cuts at the time, which truncate Tannhäuser's scenes with both Venus and Elisabeth, and the finales of the first two acts. The third act is left whole. Szell's version is identical.
Immortal Performances adds a nice bonus, three excerpts from a 1939 Met broadcast of Tannhäuser. The sound is noisy but clear, and hearing the younger Flagstad and Janssen in a performance that to my knowledge has never been issued (Caniell notes that the tenor, Eyvind Laholm, is "simply terrible") is an attractive extra. Janssen's segment is from his debut season at the Met.
I cannot really express a strong preference between the 1941 and 1942 Met Tannhäusers, especially because each has been lovingly restored by Richard Caniell for Immortal Performances. Any serious Wagner collector should surely have at least one of them. As is always the case with this label, the booklet is an added treasure, with wonderful essays, a synopsis, artists' biographies, and great photos. The inclusion of Milton Cross's announcements brings me back many years to an earlier time in my life and the Saturday afternoon broadcasts he embodied.
While I would hesitate to characterize this sublimely cast and sung 1941 Tannhäuser broadcast as a "typical afternoon at the Met," it wasn't atypical for the time, either! This was a period when the Met could repeatedly and reliably call upon the likes of Lauritz Melchior and Kirsten Flagstad to perform the leading Wagnerian tenor and soprano roles. Any Melchior-Flagstad performance was pretty much guaranteed to be of Golden Age quality. But in the bargain, such exemplary artists as Kirsten Thorborg and Herbert Janssen (and many others as well) were available for the leading mezzo and baritone parts. There have been many wonderful Wagnerian singers who have followed these legends. But it may not be hyperbole to suggest that opera will never again witness such luxury Wagnerian casting and singing. In any event, this January 4, 1941 Met broadcast documents Melchior, Flagstad, Thorborg, and Janssen in their primes, singing with extraordinary vocal security and beauty, all the while bringing Wagner's music drama to life. The role of Tannhäuser is fiendishly difficult. Although Tannhäuser is an operatic setting of a legend, Wagner masterfully creates a title character who is a three-dimensional, flesh and blood individual. During the course of the opera, Tannhäuser experiences both lust and a more pure form of love, anger, remorse, contrition, rejection, and ultimately salvation. In order to depict Tannhäuser's mercurial changes of situation and emotion, Wagner crafted a role that demands a tenor of nearly superhuman stamina, and one who has a mastery of vocal writing both low and high, and lyrical and powerful, all the while delivering this punishing music in an entirely convincing fashion from a dramatic perspective. Did I mention that the tenor should also bring vocal beauty, a pristine legato, and crystal-clear diction to his portrait? For after all, Tannhäuser's musical origins may be found in the early-Romantic operas of the first part of the 19th century. You could easily spend a lifetime frequenting opera performances without ever hearing Tannhäuser sung with this kind of mastery. And yet, that mastery is what Met audiences of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s could rely upon with Lauritz Melchior, who performed this role 70 times during his great career at New York's leading opera house. Melchior is in sterling form for the January 4, 1941 broadcast, a document of a great and unique singer/actor at his best. The fact that Melchior surmounts Wagner's challenges in this fashion, in the context of a live performance, borders on the miraculous. But then again, Melchior was a miracle among tenors. Melchior's amazing performance of this daunting role makes me regret all the more that there is no complete document of his Otello (Verdi), although the excerpts he recorded are impressive in their own right.
Kirsten Flagstad is a radiant Elisabeth, brimming with youth and vocal beauty in her entrance aria, "Dich, teure Halle" (the final climactic high note is a bit opaque, a rare vocal blemish in this masterfully sung account). Because Flagstad was such a vocal marvel and had a regal stage presence, she is often underappreciated as an actress. But to these ears, Flagstad's total identification with her great Wagnerian roles is never in doubt. And in this broadcast, Flagstad is absolutely convincing as a young woman totally in love with Tannhäuser, willing to forgive his greatest sins, and even die for him. Flagstad's initial duet with Melchior in act II, the ensuing Song Contest, and Elisabeth's final act prayer are all beautifully sung and quite moving. Kerstin Thorborg is an opulently voiced and sultry Venus who convincingly depicts the goddess's own mercurial changes of mood as she tries, unsuccessfully, to convince Tannhäuser to remain with her. The role of Wolfram was tailor-made for the talents of Herbert Janssen, an artist who possessed a voice of arresting beauty and warmth, and the genius to convey the innermost humanity of characters ranging from the Dutchman, to Wolfram, to Hans Sachs. In this broadcast, Janssen may be the most sympathetic Wolfram I have ever heard. Some baritones make Wolfram's Hymn to the Evening Star, "O du, mein holder Abendstern," a display of bel canto elegance and beauty, which in part it most certainly is. But Janssen also fashions the music to express Wolfram's deep, tender, and unrequited love for Elisabeth, and his fervent hope for her salvation. The veteran bass Emanuel List sings the role of the Landgrave with admirable feeling and authority, but with a somewhat worn vocal quality. Conductor Erich Leinsdorf's performance strikes me as what might be characterized as "correct." The Met Orchestra plays with accuracy and tonal beauty, and there is never a moment when one feels that the momentum is abating. But at the same time, I don't hear much that strikes me as individual, or for that matter, thrilling in the manner of the singing on this occasion. And, there are moments when Melchior and Leinsdorf don't see eye-to-eye, as in the reprise of the Hymn to Venus in the act II Song Contest. Melchior seems intent upon portraying Tannhäuser's mounting passion by forging ahead at breakneck speed. Leinsdorf has other ideas, but Melchior proceeds apace until matters are finally reconciled. Still, there is nothing in Leinsdorf's approach that diminishes enjoyment of this great afternoon. In sum, this is certainly a performance of Tannhäuser that easily ranks among the greatest available.
The recorded sound on the new Immortal Performances restoration is superb, approaching and often equaling studio recordings of the period (the final disc also includes a few excerpts from the December 16, 1939 Met broadcast of Tannhäuser. The sound is markedly inferior to the 1941 performance, but once again, Flagstad and Janssen sing gloriously). Regardless of your experience with and tolerance for historic recordings, you should be able to enjoy the 1941 performance to its fullest. Veterans of these kinds of recordings will rejoice in how superb the sound is. Dewey Faulkner's essay on the broadcast and various aspects of Wagner's Tannhäuser is immensely informative and beautifully written. There is also a plot synopsis, artist bios and photos, and recording notes by Richard Caniell. A performance for the ages, reproduced in superb sound for its era, merits the highest recommendation.