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The Necks
by Steve Proposch
The Necks celebrate what it is to be a musician, living in the moment of the music, where a single note rings out in space and sparks an idea. Not even the band knows where it might lead, but the possibilities are virtually endless.
The Necks know all the possibilities. Individually they are veteran musos with accomplished careers stretching back to the early 80s. Together they somehow find their way from silence and nothingness through spare bass notes, piano chords and feedback, to nifty riffs, to driving grooves, to crashing crescendos, to some kind of answer.
Lloyd Swanton plays bass for The Necks and is a three-time winner of Best Bassist in the Australian Jazz and Blues Awards. Along with Chris Abrahams (piano), and Tony Buck (drums), he has been lauded in the world press for his work in this band as everything from a genius to some kind of musical shaman-stroke-prophet. The Necks' performances have been described as "Ecstacy in slow motion … magically euphoric …" (Weser Kurier, Bremen, Germany), and "… a kind of religious experience" (The Australian). We spoke to Swanton in the lead up to their performance at the Castlemaine State Festival in March 2013.
Your music feeds on itself, building from the first note with ideas tried out in the moment… Do you ever play a song the same way twice?
Lloyd Swanton: No, never. Even if we wanted to, we couldn't.
Is that ever a problem? Do you sometimes have audiences requesting an old fave – the 'play something we know mate' moment?
LS: Well, people often come up to the merch desk after the show and ask "which one did they play tonight?" No, no-one ever asks for old faves. People just seem to know. For example, our first album Sex sold well and continues to sell well, 24 years later, such that we'd expect to see some of those buyers rocking up to our shows, but although we get good crowds at our shows, it's nothing like what you'd expect considering how many copies Sex has sold, so clearly people just know that they're not going to get the Sex experience at the live show (I'll tactfully avoid the many obvious jokes I could make there). And I'm fine with that. We always have a good turnout to play to, and I think it's great to know we've got a whole other stay-at-home audience.
Did you perhaps start out thinking you might form a straight up rock or pop band?
LS: (Snort.) We formed the band with the specific intention of exploring this modus operandi we had in mind. Incredible that a quarter of a century has passed since.
Do you still rehearse together?
LS: We haven't rehearsed since the six-month period of very intensive workshopping we did when we first formed, except very occasionally if we have an album recording coming up, and one of us actually has an idea for what we might record (often we don't). In that beginning period of intensive workshopping we were intending to never play in public.
Photo by Robert Divers Herrick
You all have other projects you work on individually and meet a only few times a years to play as The Necks. Is your time away from the band important to you?
LS: Yes, very. Although playing the music of The Necks is a great release and very therapeutic, it's still very intense, and all three of us need time away personally and musically. Consequently, 25 years along, we're still getting on just fine.
Funny, I just read an article today that described us (yet again) as "session" musicians. This seems to be a common misconception, that we need to correct. We're not freelance hacks. Even if at most, The Necks only play fifty or sixty shows a year, it's still the primary focus for all three of us. We run our own record label and set up a lot of our own touring. Everything else has to fit around The Necks, not the other way around.
How do you generally spend the time away from the band? Can you name any other projects you are working on currently, or some you have worked on in the past?
LS: I have my own band The Catholics, which itself has been running over 20 years. It's a seven-piece acoustic jazz ensemble that draws heavily on dance rhythms from around the world. We're about to release our eighth album, Yonder, on the Bugle Records label through Fuse.
I only ever make enough money from it to keep it alive and performing, but we're still here, and it's one of the great joys of my life.
Outside of that, there are other wonderful ensembles I work with when there are opportunities – The Alister Spence Trio, Phil Slater Quartet, The Field, Mara, and I sometimes fill in on bass with The Vampires, a fabulous younger quartet playing a sort of Ornette-meets-Bob Marley blend, which I think is a real winner.
I spend time with my young family, I'm an AFL nut (Sydney Swans) but couldn't care less for any other sport, I write lots of letters to the paper, I read copious books on World War II, particularly the Pacific war and particularly the PoW experience because my uncle died in a Japanese PoW camp. I'm putting together a musical work about his story.
In reviews your music is often compared to nature, or landscape – "it's hard not to see their long, endlessly sustained pieces as reflections of the vast Australian landscape" – the Telegraph. Or "it was somewhat like witnessing and hearing the ocean at work" – Brian Turner on WFMU Blog. How do you feel about such descriptions?
LS: I think they're both apt. The Australian landscape one comes up a lot. I don't know how much you can prove the link between our music and the landscape. All three of us grew up in the city, after all.
You can't help but be mindful of that vast desert sweltering just over the horizon, but a lot of music coming out of Norway these days has a similar spaciousness, so what's inspiring them?
I think the more relevant interpretation of Australia's influence on our music is more cultural. I think it's less likely that the three of us would have got together and workshopped this concept if we lived in one of the centres of old culture like London or New York.
And I like the ocean allusion. We ourselves something feel like we're being tossed around by great waves too strong for us to resist.
"The greatest trio on earth", according to the New York Times, will return to the Sydney Opera House for an intimate four-night residency in the Utzon Room, celebrating their hypnotic 16th studio album, Body.
The Necks, Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room, 17 – 20 January 2019
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A version of this interview was first published in Trouble issue 99, March 2013
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GALION – Galion Primary School was recently recognized as a Silver Star Breakfast All-Star School in the Ohio School Breakfast Challenge.
The benefits of breakfast are well documented. Studies show that children who eat breakfast each school day are ready to learn, which is reflected in higher test scores and better classroom behavior.
Schools have one more opportunity to participate in the Ohio School Breakfast Challenge through March 31, 2017. Schools that meet the Fall and/or Spring Challenge will be recognized in Summer 2017 with a Breakfast "All-Star" banner.
A list of Breakfast All-Star Schools can be found at www.ohioschoolbreakfastchallenge.com/about/#news. For information about the district's breakfast program, visit corona.jacki@galionschools.org.


I walked along the edge of the Puget Sound yesterday with my grandchildren. The sand was dotted with gardens of smooth stones, just waiting to be picked. Can there be such a thing as a garden of stones? Oh, yes! For me there can be, for my love affair with stones is nearly as strong as my love for all things flora. The colors of this garden were equally inviting... shades of creams and glistening white, ebony, jade and burgundy. Carefully I picked my "keepers" as I walked along with my grandchildren until I had collected a handful of delightful reminders of my walk on this soothing beach, beach that begs me to stay. But alas today I must leave and return to my home far away, leaving behind my beloved little ones, and the beautiful gardens of stones. I must come visit again!
Well, we certainly have this in common! I'm a rockhound myself and dabble in lapidary. I have a small rock tumbler and really enjoy watching the patterns and colours emerge from "plain old beach stones" as they reach a polished finish.
I was just thinking the other day how wonderful it would be to have an area in my yard filled with beautiful stones! I guess I need to start my collection. This is very inspiring.
I have been trying to think of a way to use some of my agates in my gardens. I never can leave them behind when I find them, did you at least take the 'keepers' home with you? Do you have a way of displaying your favorite stones somewhere in your gardens?


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When we have questions about psychedelics, we often consult our Auntie. An Auntie can be a person of any gender who offers wise advice about psychedelic substances and how to effectively use them. Lucid News is asking a collection of well-informed people to step in as Auntie and answer your questions about psychedelics. Below you will find past questions submitted by readers and answered by our Auntie.
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Can I Use Mushrooms to Treat My Depression if I Can't Afford Therapy?
This month Auntie discusses how to use mushrooms for depression if you can't afford therapy, how to stay safe when napping in a cuddle puddle after taking substances, and if it's safe to mix psychedelics or ketamine with prescription pain relievers.
How Do I Help Someone Having a Difficult Trip?
This month, Auntie considers how to best help someone having a difficult experience on psychedelics, which drugs are more likely to depress your immune system, and whether there is a standard dosage for microdosing.
Can You Experience Psilocybin Withdrawal if You Stop Microdosing?
This month Auntie considers the potential for withdrawal from microdosing psilocybin, whether storing homemade psilocybin products in a freezer helps preserve potency, and whether it is safe to microdose psilocybin with ADHD medication.
Is There a Dependable Way to Induce an Ego Death Experience with Psychedelics?
This month Auntie considers if there is a dependable way to create an ego death experience with psychedelics, if mushrooms can permanently damage your eyesight or your brain, and if mixing GHB and alcohol can lead to life threatening respiratory depression.
What Substances Are More Likely To Be Contaminated With Fentanyl?
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Mitchell Gomez is a graduate of New College of Florida (whose Alumni included the founders of Erowid, MAPS and the Zendo Project), and has his Masters from CU Denver. He has been a part of the electronic music community since the late 90's, when he first started attending underground breaks shows while still in high-school. In 1999 while living in Israel, he became one of the earliest full time professional fire spinners, eventually performing at some of the biggest electronic music events on four continents. Mitchell joined Dancesafe as their National Outreach Director in 2014 and was responsible for all volunteer coordination, the development, implementation, and evaluation of new training curriculum and outreach initiatives, and administrative tasks, and was promoted to Executive Director in 2017. He has volunteered with the Burning Man organization, SSDP, the Denver Drug Strategy Commision, Psymposia, and other small harm reduction projects for many years, and is a passionate advocate for reality-based drug policy and harm reduction.

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Planck Aerosystems will have a booth at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2018, the leading trade show for unmanned systems technology. At Booth 3235-B, Planck will be showcasing it's technology, including precision drone landing on moving platforms and mobile tethered UAV operations.
Planck's CTO, Dr. Gaemus Collins, will be presenting a talk titled "A Heterogeneous Unmanned System for Maritime Air and Surface Operations" in Room 207 on Wednesday, May 2 at 11:45am. The talk will discuss autonomous drones operating from unmanned vessels, which was work recently performed by Planck Aerosystems for port security applications.
Stop by Planck's booth to discuss the future of autonomous unmanned systems.


storage shelves on either side of the French doors leading to the patio.
The industrial styled baker's racks are from Noir.
while we were on vacation in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Sazón is a cooking school and boutique housed in a lovely 18th century casa.
The platters are from various places such as Williams-Sonoma.
This classic French porcelain platter is from Pillivuyt and is chip resistance.
Pillivuyt and Apilco dishes from the restaurant supply store A. Simon in Paris.
These "French" (made in China) country bowls are from Wisteria.
This darling turtle bowl was a house warming present from my brother.
It is from the hand crafted Italian Vietri line.
My sister gave us this beautiful Vietri shell platter.
Here Italian Vietri and Mexican Sazón bowls are along side a French Limoges pitcher.
Everything is easy to access and put away.
Do you display your serving pieces?
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Participating in White Wednesday at Faded Charm.
Whites seem clean and classic for the new year, don't they!
P.S. Loving your blog! I am your newest follower.
Love white china…so classic and goes with every decor – your kitchen looks wonderful!!
Mary Ann, thanks so much for sharing your beachy bathroom!!!! So elegant. Love the painting and your white branches in the vase with shells…, I want to do something like that for the living room.
Those white branches in my son's bathroom get moved from room to room! I used them on the mantel for Christmas one year.
I'm totally with you on white dishes — so versatile and yet classic. In my very first interior design course (many years ago), our professor commented on how you could always buy white dishes, especially if your budget only allowed you to buy one or two things, as they would look nice with anything.
Great point, with white dinnerware you can mix and match easily, and for some fun color and pattern, you can add paper napkins, plate chargers and napkin rings into the mix. I'm on a major dinnerware hunt, and I LOVE all your coastal pieces. Looks great together.
I'd display my serve ware if I had something that looked like yours haha..
I am a white lover too. I can even paint the whole house into white. My stairs are white now §;-) & more whites to come.
Happy TTT & NY to come.
I totally agree with you about white dishes. Your kitchen is gorge!
love your blog, i'm here for the first time and really get involved! Best wishes!!!
Could not agree more! How cute is your pooch? I love that sweet face!
Your kitchen is stunning. Loved it.
I agree with you! Love white dishes.
I hope that you have a wonderful 2011!
PS I added you to my blog roll :).
Wow!!! What a great post! I was missing coming here!
I also want to wish you a GREAT NEW YEAR! I hope you have so much fun!
Love this post! When I was out shopping for my first set of dishes, I was looking at all kinds of stuff that I wanted to reflect my personality.. and some stranger leaned over and said.. "You want white, food looks good, you can mix it with other pieces, and you will never tire of it!" Thank you strange lady.. I love my white dishes..
and Happy New Year to you as well.. hope 2011 is everything you dream..
Nice to meet you! you have a gorgeous blog/home!
White dishes are the best and so versatile as they mix and match perfectly with remnants of existing sets of dishware. Love your Boston!
Hi there, glad you found the pet party. I would love if you added my link to show you have joined in.
Your doggie is TOO CUTE… Is he/she a Boston Terrier???
I just love your house! It looks so luxurious. I love how all of the walls look to be painted white and yet there is such great visual appeal–I'm inspired to do that.
How did I miss this charming post? Your little dog is so cute! I love seeing more of your bakers racks in this post. I love symmetry, so there's that, but it's such a great way to display all your white pieces and you never forget what you have. Love the lamp too!
I just returned from SMA. We got married there and also attended the Sazon cooking school. I fell in love with the white plates that look very similar to the ones you bought, but not exactly. Coincidentally, at my reception, the same plates were used. I am trying feverishly to find these plates online, with no luck. My awesome wedding planner said she would sell and ship me a few sets, but I am afraid they will break in transit or be too expensive to ship.
Anyway, wanted to write to you from one SMA-lover to another. That place is so special. I miss it already.


For this topic, you have to follow any standard newspaper, such as The Hindu, Indian Express or Times of India. If you don't have access to the newspaper you can also follow their web site and be updated. If you are confused with the topics and don't know what to choose and how to choose than simply download this compilation of National & International Events. This should give you a brief idea about the topic.
History of India is a broad term, which means you have to cover Ancient, Medieval and Modern Indian History. Indian national Movement is also the part of Modern Indian History. It also includes the culture and Society. For this, we have suggested 4 must have books.
India's Ancient Past by RS Sharma – Very good book for ancient India portion UPSC prelims. It's basically upgraded old NCERT BOOK OF 11th which is discontinued.also many relevant questions (at chapter end) which were there in old ncert were removed. It Completely replaces the need to buy old Ncert.
A brief History of Modern India (Rajiv Ahir I.P.S ) – This is the best book for modern Indian history, Small in size, and Made only from UPSC point of view.
History of Medieval India – This is one of the worth reading books…. Highly recommend for the students preparing for competitive exams.
Facets of Indian Culture – This Book Is 'One Stop Solution' For Indian Culture, Language, Art & Literature. This Book Is Of Great Help To Candidates Of Every Competitive Examination Whether It's UPSC Or State PSC.
We think this one is simple to understand because syllabus has clearly mentioned the three important branches of both India and world Geography. Apart from NCERT Books here, we have suggested 2 must have books.
Wizard Geography – The best part of this book: it is so concise yet so complete and yeah, it is better than any Geography notes in the Rajendra Nagar/ Mukherjee Nagar market of Delhi. All the relevant facts, terms, data, concepts are summarised in an easy-to-remember format and this is indeed its forte. You just remember the contents you've read this book and that's what needed in CSE Prelims. Don't expect anything extra (like – conceptual clarity, pretty diagrams, etc – you'll have to refer other books for them) and you'll be satisfied.
Certificate of P & M Geo – It's an outdated book, with useful information. The reason for recommending this books for IAS Prelims is the foundation which it will provide. It's up to you that how you are going to use it because information is both factual and conceptual.
For this you need to focus on two things, first one is the static portion of Indian Polity and Governance, which can be covered with the help of books, which we have mentioned below. The second source will be current affairs for covering schemes, Policy & other Stuff. Here Also 2 books are needed for preparation.
Indian Polity 5th Edition – The book itself needs no introduction. It is one of the most popular and comprehensive books on the subject and has been a consistent bestseller for many years. The 5th Edition boasts off few important new topics and existing content has been upgraded.
Our Constitution – The book, 'Our Constitution' by Subhash C. Kashyap is a book that gives the readers an ideal introduction to the Indian Constitution. It is written in such a format that readers from all backgrounds will be able to understand the concepts effectively.
This topic can be covered with the help of NCERT books for Economics, reference books on economic and Current Affairs.
NCERT Books – Download these books for clearing the concepts.
Current Affairs – For this section, you need to follow news based on economic and social development. You should also focus on recent initiatives taken by the government. We have also compiled this magazine to cover up this section.
Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh – Topics are well designed to cover the entire UPSC syllabus. Nowadays UPSC doesn't ask direct questions but indirect ones…this book is fit for it.
General Issues On Environmental Ecology, Bio-Diversity, And Climate Change - That Do Not Require Subject Specialization.
For this section current affairs are really important, you have to pick up the popular and trending issues related to this topic from newspaper and work on those concepts. For covering those concepts and static portion NIOS materials will be really helpful.
You may also follow these books to cover the static portion of the syllabus.
1. Environment By Shankar Ias Academy.
This is highly recommended book by IAS Toppers and also many coaching institutes. You should buy this book without thinking twice.
This book follows the paper pattern and syllabus given by Union Public Service commission which conducts these examinations. The language of the book is simple and the content is engaging which ensures students face no trouble during studying. Plus the distinctive designing makes it easy to navigate and read. This bestseller book has sold over 30, 000 copies and is widely read by students.
So it's the best source for preparation along with the current portion of environment and ecology. You will be fully satisfied.
2. Environment And Ecology - A Complete Guide (Civil Services (Preliminary And Main) Examinations).
This is one of the popular books among aspirant, and with good reviews on Amazon. The author had compiled this book by keeping in mind the syllabus and need of UPSC Exam.
Chapters based on an analysis of all the environment-related questions in the Preliminary and Main Examinations from 1987 to 2015. Current affairs and recent developments related to Environment and Ecology. Answers to the questions of the Preliminary Examination from the year 1987 to 2015, with comments where necessary. Model answers for the 2014 and 2015 questions.
So it should be your second choice if you are planning to buy environment and ecology book for UPSC Civil Services Examination.
This book is also helpful for other competitive examination apart from UPSC. This book is a guide for the students who want to improve their environment, ecology and biodiversity knowledge.
Various aspects of the subject of environment and ecology have been approached in an easy and concise manner. The book covers all that you need to study for the civil services examination in this subject. However, it has been designed in a way to be useful for other students as well who are not preparing for the UPSC exams. The content has been divided into broad chapters, namely- Environment–General Issues, Ecology, Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Pollution, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Climate Change and Sustainable Management and Sustainable Development.
For this portion again two sources are really important. First, one is NCERT books on Science & Tech and second on is Current Affairs. NCERT books will clear your basic concepts which you have already learned in the school. Current topics of science and tech will keep you updated with the happenings, which is really important for the examination.
So apart from having ncert books (which is always free) and current affairs, you need to buy 8 additional books from the market. Which we have suggested here. It is simple to cover the paper 2 of prelims syllabus with these books.


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Useful Sites for Students: The Covenant with Black America website
November 23, 2009 • Joe • education, protests, social change, teaching
Since the 1980s black leaders have held several State of the Black Union overview conferences. In 2006 a document, "The Covenant with Black America," was presented to eight thousand attendees at the seventh conference in Houston, a book-length statement of strong recommendations to policymakers that would improve the lives of African Americans. In addition to suggesting action options for African Americans with regard to issues such as renewal of voting rights legislation and boycotting discriminatory companies, these conferences have generated renewed interest in an array of political campaigns accenting issues of concern to black communities.
Subsequent black conferences have confirmed these goals, and the book version of the Covenant became a New York Times best-seller. A third book in the Covenant series is now out, and is described on the website thus:
Accountable is the the yardstick that will determine whether we, the people—both political leaders and citizens—have lived up to the aspirations enshrined in The Covenant and operationalized in THE COVENANT In Action. It offers a pragmatic model for holding our new president and political leaders accountable for what they have promised and must deliver. It also holds us accountable both as individuals and as a community for our actions or inactions in keeping our agenda on track. Because the stakes have never been higher, Accountable teaches American citizens how to be driven by "the cause and not the candidate," and how to sustain the new political dialogue in which "our votes cannot be separated from our voices."
The Covenant with Black America website has some very useful interactive maps (from http://www.blackstat.com) dealing with important statistical data by state on Health, Education, Justice, Democracy, Environment, Digital Divide, and Rural America.
There is also a good link to race, poverty, and related news events.
This is a good site for students to access.
Racism at Play in Congressional Ethics Probes?
November 23, 2009 • Jessie Daniels • Congress
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California) is now under investigation for ethics violations. Waters, who is African American and one of the most progressive members of Congress, has been added to the growing list of members of Congress being investigated for possible violations by the House Ethics Committee, including Rep. Charles Rangel (D-New York). The House Ethics Committee is predominantly white, although it does have one African-American member, G.K. Butterlfield (D-North Carolina). While that fact in and of itself doesn't suggest racism may be at play in these ethics probes, another fact does. All active ethics investigation are of black lawmakers. There is not a single white lawmaker under investigation. It's not that white lawmakers have not been suspected of ethics violations. They have.
According to a document leaked to The Washington Post in late October of this year, nearly three dozen lawmakers have come under scrutiny this year by either the House Ethics Committee or the Office of Congressional Ethic (OCE)i. While the list contained a substantial number of white lawmakers, the ethics committee has not yet launched formal investigative subcommittees of any of the white lawmakers — as it has with the seven African-American members. Black lawmakers can be "easy targets" for ethics watchdog groups because they have less money — both personally and in their campaign accounts (which can be used to pay members' legal bills) — to defend themselves than do their white colleagues.
A story by John Bresnahan at Politico.com (which originally ran this story on Nov.4, 2009) quotes an aide to a senior black Democrat saying:
"It is kind of crazy. How can it be that the ethics committee only investigates African-Americans? It doesn't make sense."
Crazy, indeed, especially given the kinds of shenanigans that white lawmakers have been involved in, such as Tom DeLay. Currently, a number of white lawmakers — including senior House Appropriations Committee members John Murtha (D-Pa.), Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.), Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.) and Jim Moran (D-Va.) — have drawn the attention of the committee and the OCE. The two congressional ethics watchdogs are looking into these members' ties to the PMA Group, a now-defunct lobbying firm that won tens of millions of dollars in earmarks from members of the Appropriations Committee. The lawmakers who arranged for the earmarks received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from PMA's lobbying clients. The Politico.com article says it seems unlikely that the PMA case will become the subject of a full-blown ethics committee investigation. The Justice Department is also looking into the PMA allegations; the FBI raided PMA's office last year, and Visclosky and his former chief of staff have been served with document subpoenas. And under ethics committee rules, the panel cannot conduct an investigation of any member or staffer already being probed by a law enforcement agency.
While racism is likely not the only factor operating here – we are, after all, talking about the bloodsport of beltway politics – it seems more than plausible that racism is one of the factors contributing to a racially disparate pursuit of ethics violations among lawmakers.


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What Makes Bangalore The Ideal IT Offshoring Destination?
Over recent years, more and more companies are building offshore development teams in Asia and Eastern Europe. These teams become an extension of their existing workforce, perfectly aligned with the greater goals of the business.
Cities in countries like India provide the perfect ecosystem for technology entrepreneurship and are attracting the attention of stakeholders from companies all across the globe. In the US and Western Europe – where there is an acute shortage of engineering talent but a surplus of tech companies – offshoring is particularly popular.
Bangalore is one such city. It is today recognised as a hub of technological expertise. Affectionately dubbed "The Silicon Valley of Asia", it is the home of IT for many multinational corporations.
These companies are, in turn, creating millions of jobs for engineers all across India. So what's the secret?
What makes Bangalore the ideal destination for offshore development?
The fledgeling IT industry in Bangalore started to grow in the 1980s around two firms – the domestic tech start-up Infosys, and another tech company Wipro. However, the city's global foray really began in 1984, when Texas Instruments opened its facility in Bangalore.
The economic liberalisation in the 90s further accelerated the software export industry. More and more companies began to leverage the abundant English-speaking, highly-educated workforce at a fraction of the cost as compared to the West. Bulk hiring became a common practice, and within no time, companies were employing hundreds and thousands of engineers every year – this time, in the Silicon Valley of Asia.
From its humble tech beginnings in the 1980s, Bangalore has become a thriving IT hub, the technological home of some of the world's most powerful and cutting-edge companies.
Thanks to a committed education system, over a million people in the city are software developers. Premium engineering colleges offering graduate courses in software development are springing up like mushrooms, further growing the already-abundant talent pool.
Companies in Bangalore are moving higher up the value chain to become global powerhouses of ideas, innovation, talent, and technology. For example, SAP – the German business software firm – set up its first R&D centre in Bangalore in 1998. Today, the company proudly says that there is a bit of Bangalore in every SAP product ever built, all across the globe.
But it's not just SAP. IT giants like Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco have successfully established their R&D centres in Bangalore, and now generate over $17bn in revenue every year.
Why Offshore To Bangalore?
Quality trumps everything
While offshoring was always looked at as a way to cut costs, those days are long gone. Today, software developers in Bangalore provide high-quality work consistently, easily on par with their Western counterparts.
The 'never-say-never' attitude, coupled with a strong understanding of software concepts and applications has made Indian engineers become one of the most sought after workforce in the world.
Unique entrepreneurial ecosystem
A crucial factor contributing to the growth of the IT industry in Bangalore is its mature tech ecosystem.
Source: State of the Start-up Survey Report by YourStory Research
The ecosystem in Bangalore not only supports the emergence of start-ups, but also provides support to sustain, nurture, and grow them. This is possible because of the young population of digital natives who possess the business acumen and innovative vigour that differentiates them from others.
For years now, one of the top reasons that India has been a preferred destination for offshoring is the low cost of hiring developers. The low cost of living in Bangalore means businesses can pay only a fraction of the cost to hire a dedicated team of developers as compared to London or Paris.
And it's not just payroll that businesses save on. Recruitment fees, employee-centric benefits, rent, internet – they're all drops in the ocean. This is another reason why Bangalore is home to so many start-ups, as well.
The World's Most Dynamic City
Only 41% of Bangalore's population is native to the city, and the resulting multiculturalism has had a fascinating impact on its social scene. The World Economic Forum named Bangalore the world's most dynamic city in 2017 and 2019.
Stunning infrastructure, a bustling nightlife, boutiques on every corner, and home to over a hundred different cuisines – no wonder Bangalore is the Silicon Valley of Asia!
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Helen – Heart of gold
For 63-year-old Helen from St Andrews, volunteering at LINK Transport and Community has been a true labour of love, with her role as a driver being so much more than transporting clients to medical appointments and social outings.
"I love engaging with a wide variety of passengers and meeting them wherever they are at on each particular day. They vary in age from school age through to the elderly and come from very different backgrounds and love maintaining the relationships with my regular travellers," Helen says.
"I love hearing their stories and exchanging recipes. I can now make borsch and khrustky and have gleaned the best way of processing olives.
"I get a lovely sense of fulfilment working for the greater good of our community.
"And volunteering maintains a sense of purpose in my life."
Helen's commitment to the community
Having worked as a district nurse for more than 15 years has been extremely handy in Helen's volunteer role at LINK.
"As a nurse, I have become tuned into my surroundings and that has helped me in my role as a volunteer including safety, passenger wellbeing and being accountable for older people," Helen said.
"I love driving and have been driving since the age of seven where I was charged with steering the ute around the paddocks while the cows were being fed at the dairy farm where I was raised in rural Victoria."
And for Helen, volunteering has been part of her fabric for decades.
"I worked in the canteen and working bees at the children's primary and secondary schools, as well as being a medic for the local U 12 football team. I also donate plasma to blood bank monthly and have sewn reusable cloth bags for our community. Following the 2009 bushfires, I have also supported family and my community."
Nothing typical about being a volunteer
Helen loves the diversity that volunteering brings to any given day.
"I sometimes set the alarm at 5:30am, to be fully prepared for the day, often working out schedules and streets the evening before. Preparing the car, which includes safety checks and sanitising the interior is a top priority as well as using the LINK tablet to log in. My schedule is diverse and never the same with visits to hospitals, schools, shopping centres, local community centres, bingo halls or dropping off clients to visit a friend."
Helen has three pieces of advice if you are contemplating becoming a volunteer.
Bring to the table your best active listening skills. I've learnt so much and my passengers usually love to chat ( it may be the only conversation they have had that week). Passengers who prefer to be with their own thoughts are fully respected.
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The night before, read you schedule and make sure your phone battery is fully charged.
For Helen, volunteering for LINK boasts many benefits.
"I have retired from my paid working life but feel like I have more to give to the community and my horizons are continually being expanded by driving in unfamiliar locations and my organisational skills are being kept "match fit".
"I love maintaining a caring connection with my passengers and it also provides a workforce which enables Link to achieve its goals."
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Q: Is there a way in the following scenario get back my original value by going in the same order I used to get to the calculated value? I have a base value of 100 and I apply a +10% and a + 7% increase to it.  To get the calculated value, I do:
100 * 1.1 = 110
110 * 1.07 = 107
100 + 10 + 7 = 117
Now, to get back to 117, I was initially doing:
117 / 1.1 = 106.363636363636
106.363636363636 / 1.07 = 99.4052676295664 which is obviously not the original value of 100.
I then realized that I needed to apply the calculations in reverse order in which they were applied to get back to the original value, so:
117 / 1.07 = 110
110 / 1.1 = 100
Is there a way to do it so I get back to my original value (100 in this case) from 117 by going in the same order I used to get to 117 (that is, applying 10% first and then 7%
Here is a more detailed example which I calculated already and it appears to be correct, but I just want to make sure, so here is the setup:
My base value is 100 and I have a +10% and +7% compounded percentages and I have a +5% and +3% non-compounded perntages, so to first get my adjusted value, I do:
I have a variable adjustedValue which I will use to store the variables along the way, it is intially set to the total (100).
adjustedTotal = adjustedTotal * 1.1 = 110
adjustedTotal = adjustedTotal * 1.07 = 117.7
adjustedTotal = adjustedTotal + (value * 0.05) = 117.7 + 5 = 122.7
adjustedTotal = adjustedTotal + (value * 0.03) = 122.7 + 3 = 125.7
To get back to 100 from 125.7, I do:
adjustedTotal = adjustedTotal - (value * 0.03) = 125.7 - 3 = 122.7
adjustedTotal = adjustedTotal - (value * 0.05) = 122.7 + 5 = 117.7
adjustedTotal = adjustedTotal / 1.07 = 110
adjustedTotal = adjustedTotal / 1.1 = 100
Is the above the correct way to approach it?
The example below uses a base of 1000 and 3 rates (10%, 5%, and 3%).
If 10%, 5%, and 3% are compounded and they are all added to the base, I do:
1000 * 1.1 * 1.05 * 1.03 = 1189.65
To get back to 1000 from 1189.65, I do:
1189.65 / 1.1 / 1.05 / 1.03
If 10%, 5%, and 3% are non-compounded and they are all added to the base, I do:
1000 * (1 + 0.1 + 0.05 + 0.03) = 1180
To get back to 1000 from 1180, I do:
1180 / (1 + 0.1 + 0.05 + 0.03)
All of the above is well and works fine, the problem is when I need to mix and add rates, for example:
Assume I stick with my base of 1000, but my rates are all non-compounded and they are added and subtracted, hence(+10%, -5%, +3%).  I know I can do this:
1000 * (1 + 0.1 - 0.05 + 0.03) = 1080 and to get back I do:
1080 / (1 + 0.1 - 0.05 + 0.03) = 1000
In the above, the confusing part to me is that no matter if I go up or down with the rates, will I always use division, basically, will I always do:
1080 / (1 + 0.1 - 0.05 + 0.03) and just change the signs in the parentheses.  Here is an example:
1000 * (1 - 0.1 - 0.05 - 0.03) = 820
820 / (1 - 0.1 - 0.05 - 0.03) = 1000
In the above, will it always be 820 / ... when going backwards or will it ever be 820 * ...

A: Suppose that there is a highway that goes from Los Angeles to San Francisco, then to Portland, then to Seattle.  You have travelled on that highway from Los Angeles, through San Francisco and Portland. Schematically, LA to SF to P to S.
To get back to LA, you need to visit your previous cities in reverse order, S to P to SF to LA.  Roughly speaking that is why you have found that the "undoing" has to be done in reverse order.
If you have bumped into matrices, there is a corresponding phenomenon. In general let $U^{-1}$ be the inverse of the matrix $U$. Then then (if the specified inverses exist)
$$(AB)^{-1}=B^{-1}A^{-1}$$
Note again the reversal of order.
But back to the problem that I have already seen posted a number of times. You have computed the result of applying $10$ percent interest to $100$, then applying $7$ percent interest, again to $100$, getting a total of $117$, and you want to recover certain numbers, presumably $110$, $107$, and $100$.
The simple minded way of doing this is to note that since there is no compounding, the combined rate is $17$ percent.  So one recovers the initial sum by dividing by $1.17$, and then recomputes the $110$ and $107$.  Why is this procedure, of which you are undoubtedly aware, not satisfactory?  Any formula that recovers the $110$ first will be essentially equivalent to the procedure I suggest, it will have to use both interest rates.  From $117$ you cannot recover the $110$ without using information about both interest rates.
If there were compounding, with the $10$ percent assessed first, then you would need to divide by $1.07$, then by $1.10$, or equivalently by $(1.07)(1.10)$. If there is compounding with the $7$ percent taken first, recovery involves in the same way dividing by $(1.10)(1.07)$.  Note that the two results are the same. When there is compounding, the order in which the rates are assessed makes no difference, something that is perhaps not intuitively obvious.

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Gerbo Gorlai Biography
It was Harvey Mason playing Hancock's Chameleon and Joe Morello playing Dave Brubeck's Take Five that got Gergo Borlai started behind the drums at age 3. At age 6, Gergo went to his first music school, where he finally got to play these tunes himself. However, it was mainly his improvisation skills that caught the teachers attention. Soon, Gergo would spend most of his childhood playing drums…
Gergos main influences comes from bands like Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield and John McLaughlin. And from drummers Billy Cobham, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dennis Chambers, Kirk Covington and Terry Bozzio.
At age 12 Gergo decided to study by himself, and left the music shool. Through out this period, Gergo became so good at playing the drums, that he joined the Hungarian musical elite and became professional.
In Gergo's home country – Hungary – he has appeared on more than a 250 albums. He has also received two lifetime achievement awards and two "gold record awards," as well as the Golden Drumstick Prize and the Artisjus Lifetime Achievement Award.
Gergo has become one of the most exciting new drummers on the scene today – not at least due to his breathtaking solo playing.
Gergo has performed with Gary Willis (USA), Scott Kinsey(USA), Scott Henderson(USA), Matthew Garrison(USA), Steve Tavaglione(USA), Llibert Fortune(SP), Walt Fowler(USA), Bob Mintzer(USA), Hiram Bullock(USA), L. Shankar(India), Vernon Reid(USA), Iain Ballamy(GB), Terry Bozzio(US), Al DiMeola(USA), Nguyen Lee(F), Hadrien Feraud(F), Eivind Aarset(N), Eric Moore(USA), Tim Lefebvre(USA), Yolanda Charles(GB).
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These outstanding facilities also enable students to work on such pioneering technology as immersive media and interactive applications. The students of MusicDesign regularly realize interdisciplinary media-information projects together with well-known partners.
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Experiencing severe deprivation and neglect in childhood can have a lasting psychological impact into early adulthood, according to a unique study conducted at the University of Southampton, which has followed the mental health of a group of children adopted from Romanian institutions to UK families in the 1990s.
The English and Romanian Adoptees study is a collaborative study between the University of Southampton and King's College London and began shortly after the fall of the communist regime in Romania. Children living in institutions were subjected to extremely poor hygiene, insufficient food, little personalised care and no social or cognitive stimulation. The study, running since 1990, analyses the mental health of 165 children who spent time in Romanian institutions and who were adopted by families in the UK between the ages of two weeks and 43 months. In the UK, they joined socioeconomically advantaged, stable, caring and supportive families.
The latest part of the study, led by Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke while he was at the University of Southampton (Dr Jana Kreppner is now the Southampton academic lead), followed the adoptees to ages 22 to 25 years old. It includes around three-quarters of the original adoptees – 39 UK adoptees, 50 Romanian adoptees who had spent less than six months in an institution as children and 72 who had spent over six months.
"Being exposed to very severe conditions in childhood can be associated with lasting and deep-seated social, emotional and cognitive problems, which are complex and vary over time," said lead author Professor Sonuga-Barke, who is now at King's College London.


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Chekhov with Cate Blanchett
Andrew Upton Updates Untitled in Four Acts
By: Susan Hall - Jan 08, 2017
Blanchett and Roxburg. No question what this is about.
Going wild at dinner
by Anton Chekhov
Adapted by Andrew Upton
Directed by John Crowley
Produced by Stuart Thompson and the Sydney Theatre Company
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Limited engagement through March 19, 2017
Cast: Anna Petrovna. Cate Blanchett; Mikhail Platonov. Richard Roxburgh; Maria. Anna Bamford; Osip, Andrew Buchanan: Yegor. David Downer; Kirrill, Eamon Farren: Alexei, Martin Jacobs; Dimitri, Brandon McClelland.
Technical: Alice Babidge, Scenic and Costume Design; Nick Schlieper, Lighting; Stefan Gregory, Music and Sound.
It is hard to imagine an actress as present as Cate Blanchett. Chekhov often dramatizes the present in which emotional and psychological truths are felt and portrayed. In The Present, an update of Chekhov's first known play, titled originally, A Play Without a Title in Four Acts, the feelings of sixteen main characters, now cut to thirteen, are abundantly felt.
Andrew Upton, a Chekhov expert, is responsible for this new take. The play was found in 1923 and first produced in Sweden in 1954.
Upton has chosen to leave the play's setting in Russia, but now we are in Russia post-Glasnost and in the age of the oligarchs. The Present moves easily from the specificities of one time and place to new ones. The plots, subplots, sub-subplots, farce and pseudo tragedy, violence, jokes and complication upon complication, lofted in the original play, are trimmed and made more linear. Bits of talk are left hanging. Conversational logic is abandoned from time to time, a technique that would come to characterize the later work. Cause and effect can't be joined. Seemingly disconnected fragments slide away from us into an unstable, yet intriguing dramatic space.
Chekhov is a poet of all our lives. His work not only survives but continues. At the age of 18, he begins to explore the relationship between being and expression. Reality is used to make a different kind of reality.
Yet we remain in the physical world. Anna, the Blanchett character, packs pistols and guns and shoots them off to punctuate, emphasize and forecast throughout the play.
The characters seldom talk past each other as they so often do in Chekhov. Blanchett's often acts like a music hall character, entertaining the guests who have gathered for her 40th birthday party. She is also direct and curiously modern in her suggestion that the rogue Don Juan, Mikail, share his wares with all the women who want him. We meet four, including Anna.
Introductions take up the first act, as guests arrive for Anna's party. Once introductions have been made, the play picks up pace for the remaining three acts.
How many men, like Mikail, who have been reduced to the role of small town school teacher, build up their smashed egos with sex?
Curiously it is not Anna's marriage to a now-deceased wealthy general that seems like a contemporary trophy model on the arm of, well, a wealthy President-elect. When Anna says that she married the general for love, we believe her.
Mikail in the original play kept slipping in and out of focus. We are tight on Mikail in Upton's take and John Crowley's both specific and broad direction.
Mikail's recitation of amo, amas, amat in the original is nowhere to be heard. Actually it is not love that obsesses Mikail, but rather his diminishment and the release of his sex drive which dominates matters of the mind and Latin.
Richard Roxburgh, Blanchett's frequent stage partner, is brilliant in the role of Mikail, turning a bright red as his blood pressure escalates with his private parts. It is a physical matter, not one of the schoolteacher's mind. He anchors us in this world, a self-described sufferer, a ferocious womanizer and a drunk. A triple threat.
Why are women attracted? He has the gift of gab. In the original, he was as lost as Hamlet. The Dane is of course detached from love as is Mikhail, remaining the vessel that invites love without understanding or reciprocating in any way. Hamlet haunted Chekhov.
The sets are rooms in outline, which suggest timelessness. Many windows and doors provide the exits and entrances for the thirteen characters.
In the Third Act, Mikhail sits on a bench and the women in his life gallop by, if that's a correct word for hoped for assignations and actual sex. The stage is filled with mist covering the white birches which one imagines in the background
The overall drama is fun. Yes fun. It works to play Chekhov for his humor. The actors are wonderful to watch. The heart of the play is a bit flimsy, but Chekhov, even at his weakest, is a pleasure to see performed by such a superb group.
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A new way to adopt older dogs
Ruff Start is trying something new to help find homes for older dogs (FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A Minnesota dog rescue is hoping to find homes for their older dogs by turning to shoppers looking for vintage finds.
Ruff Start Rescue paired up with the Minneapolis Vintage Market Sunday, hosting an adoption event at the monthly market.
Minneapolis Vintage Market hosts pet adoption event for 'vintage dogs'
An event at the Minneapolis Vintage Market aimed at finding aging pets a new home.
"They go hand-in-hand--people who love the old stuff we're hoping they love the old dogs too," said Ruff Start Rescue Founder Azure Davis.
This is the first time the market has included a dog rescue among it's 30 to 60 vendors.
"Everything has a story and that's why people love vintage," says Hayley Matthews-Jones with the Minneapolis Vintage Market. "They want something unique that has a little history, a little well worn, a little dog eared—excuse the pun—something with a little character."
According to the ASPCA, the senior dog adoption rate is only 25 percent compared to 60 percent for younger dogs. The organization says they are often the last to be adopted and the first to be euthanized.
"I think people are afraid of the medical issues," said Davis. "I also think people are afraid of the heartbreak."
Ruff Start Rescue offers half-off adoption fees for senior dogs. The organization also has a Seniors For Seniors program, where anyone over the age of 65 who adopts an older dog pays $65.
"They've already been trained, they've been in a home, they know how to love someone and be this companion dog that people are looking for," said Davis.
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Hendrik Frederik Groen (van Waarder) (Amsterdam, 6 augustus 1846 - Amsterdam, 1 oktober 1904) was een Amsterdamse reder die vier jaar lang als gematigd liberaal zitting nam in de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal.

Groen was een zoon van Frédéric François Groen, heer van Waarder, een scheepsbouwer, en Catharina Margaretha Franssen. Hij volgde een opleiding voor rederij en scheepsbouw voor de grote vaart, en werd reder en scheepsbouwer bij Rederij De Boot in Amsterdam, welke zich richtte op stalen zeeschepen. Hij was ook commissaris bij De Amsterdamsche Kanaalmaatschappij en vanaf 1889 ook bij De Nederlandsche Bank.

Van 1889 tot 1904 was Groen als lid van de Provinciale Staten van Noord-Holland, en tussen 1897 en 1901 was hij daarnaast ook lid van de Tweede Kamer. Hij was een oud-liberaal, en sprak in de Tweede Kamer slechts enkele keren, over scheepvaart, havens, loodswezen en koloniën. In 1901 stelde hij zich wel verkiesbaar, maar werd hij verslagen door de CHP-er De Visser.

Groen bleef ongehuwd. Hij verzamelde een belangrijke collectie schilderijen en prenten, vooral op het gebied van de scheepvaart; deze verzameling werd in 1905 geveild.

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Katrina Cottages Finding Traction on Gulf Coast
Neighborhood Sites in the Works
Finally, after more than three and a half years, one of the key New Urbanist efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is beginning to grow legs. And perhaps more importantly, the models being created have implications for affordable housing everywhere. (In the interest of full disclosure: I've been a consultant on various Katrina Cottage projects, including the Cottage Square effort covered below. Also: Fellow PlaceMaker Scott Doyon and I revisited lessons-learned since the Mississippi Renewal Forum with our 2008 update of the official charrette website).
The Katrina Cottage movement, born during the Renewal Forum in Biloxi in October of 2005, put forward a series of designs for affordable, storm-worthy structures small in scale but beautifully proportioned and in keeping with the Mississippi coastal vernacular. The idea was to offer emergency housing designed and built so well that they could transition to permanent dwellings, as opposed to FEMA trailers that often ended up in landfills. Read about the history of the KC effort here.
Because of its mandate to focus on emergency management issues and not permanent housing, FEMA resisted investing directly in Katrina Cottages but was nudged into an alternative housing experiment because of pressure from the politically influential Mississippi Congressional delegation. Louisiana, which lost even more homes during the flooding aftermath of Katrina than Mississippi lost in the storm surge, got part of the appropriation, as well. And the two states pursued separate tracks for creating cottages inspired by the work of the Forum architects.
Mississippi designed its own Mississippi Cottages and contracted manufactured housing companies to build them. And while the designs didn't measure up to the standards set by the Forum architectural team, they came close enough to be embraced by folks desperate to escape from FEMA trailers and to appear capable of taking the next step envisioned by New Urbanist designers in 2005: Transitioning to permanent dwellings in existing neighborhoods and serving as building blocks for cottage clusters in new projects.
What stalled the transition was resistance from citizens who were stuck in the perception that anything made in a factory was a mobile home. So they pressured planning commissions and local officials to keep the cottages out, even, ironically, out of neighborhoods zoned for mobile home parks. In its April 2009 issue, Governing magazine lays out the debate and features one of the reasons the tide is changing: Bruce Tolar's Cottage Square.
Mississippi Cottages in Cottage Square (Harry Connolly/Enterprise)
Tolar, an Ocean Springs, MS, architect, was on the original MRF architectural team and took to heart Andres Duany's admonition to create model Katrina Cottage neighborhoods. The Cottage Square, created by a development team Tolar assembled, is a transit-oriented, mixed-use infill project on two acres a half-mile from Ocean Springs' historic downtown. The site is home to six Katrina Cottages, including the first one, Marianne Cusato's "little yellow house" that was such a big hit at the 2006 International Builders Show. And now it also has eight of the state's Mississippi Cottages permanently set on foundations, massaged into neighborhood friendliness by Tolar's building crews, and rented to locals displaced by Katrina. Go here to see how the Mississippi Cottages were wedged into Cottage Square in time for the third anniversary of the storm last year.
As more and more citizens and elected officials get the chance to tour the Square, official resistance to the cottages, including the manufactured Mississippi Cottages, is shrinking. "Most people don't get this place," Tolar told Governing, "until they come here."
Increasingly, they're getting it. The architect is now working with non-profits, local governments, and private developers to place as many as 200 cottage units in site-planned neighborhoods over the next six months. Some of the sites are likely to contain three or four times the number of units as Cottage Square and may inspire, at long last, an acceleration in the manufacture and on-site construction of safe, affordable housing in neighborhoods built back better than they were before the storm.
Tolar is also getting attention beyond the storm zone. A visiting group from MIT was by recently, and the affordable housing non-profits like Enterprise are spreading the word about potential adaptations of the Cottage Square model for other communities. In the area of the New Austerity, living small and smart could catch on in a big way.
The Katrina Cottage example may provide "recovery housing for the new economy," Tolar told Governing. "Maybe it's the home we can all afford. When people ask me why I spend so much time on these cottages, I say it's because I may be living in one."
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Newbury Park defeated Sierra Canyon 18-1 and 14-4 in a doubleheader on Friday. In the first game, Sofia Morales was 3 for 5 with a home run, double and four RBIs, Paige Henry was 2 for 3 with a homer, Arden Miller went 2 for 4 with a homer, Jami Obringer finished 3 for 3 with a double and triple, and Kaylee Clarkson was 3 for 3. In the second game, Amelia Lech was 2 for 3 with a homer, Ruby Cota went 2 for 4 with a homer, and Obringer finished 4 for 4.
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Liliana Arana allowed just two hits and a run while striking out 10 and was 2 for 4 with a double at the plate to lead Grace Brethren to a 7-1 victory over Moorpark. Brianne Runge went 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs, Payton Edwards was 2 for 3 with a double, and Sarah Leong hit a three-run home run for the Lancers. For the Musketeers, Alahna Long hit a solo homer and Leana Venegas finished 1 for 3.
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Erin Duffy, Emma Ing, Sophia Laubner, Lindsay O'Toole, Dina Tyo and Sierra Carey scored goals, and Daniella Guyette made four saves to lead Newbury Park to a 16-4 win over Oak Park. For the Eagles, Cassie Huber scored two goals, Sarah Rich had a goal, Graesen Campbell had a goal and an assist, and Brooke LaTorra made six saves.
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Q: Need to list data from open weather map i would like to list the data response from the current weather data(open weather map). I use a ajax xhttp request. I for loop and a variable called output to put the data from the for loop. I dont get any data in the output variable.
I have tried console.log for the data, which is parsed. And i get back some results. So the api works, it is only the for loop that does not work.
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{"coord":{"lon":-0.13,"lat":51.51},"weather":anArray}

Since objects do not have a length property, your loop will never execute.
Presumably, you meant to iterate through the .weather property instead.
Try this:
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Try this:
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New visa waiver policy
Phu Quoc (Kien Giang) welcomes 158 tourists from Uzbekistan
Phu Quoc International Airport in the southern province of Kien Giang welcomed the arrival of charter flight HY3211 of Uzbekistan Airways on November 1, carrying 158 passengers board.
Nguyen Minh Dong, director of Phu Quoc International Airport, said that there will be one flight running per week from Uzbekistan during the initial stage, with the number of flights gradually increasing.
Leaders of the Kien Giang Tourism Department revealed that over the past month the locality welcomed more than 475,800 visitors, a decline of 7% compared to September.
Of the figure, the number of international visitors exceeded 29,600, up 13.3% compared to the previous month, with total tourism revenue standing at an estimated VND892 billion, up 2.9%.
During the past 10 months of the year, Kien Giang welcomed an estimated nearly 6,600 tourists, up 180.7% over the same period from last year, and exceeding 17.8% of the yearly plan.
Most notably, the province received more than 156,500 foreign arrivals, thereby fulfilling 78.3% of the annual plan.
Total tourism revenue during the reviewed period stood at over VND8.6 trillion, up 252.6% on-year and surpassing 11.4% of the yearly plan.
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