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April 11, 2019 TurkeyBarry White
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called the local election a matter of "national survival". His opponents were called terrorists and traitors. His grip on the media resulted in overwhelming positive coverage in the run-up to the election. Yet although his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) nationally won just over 51% of the votes on an 84% turnout, the loss of major cities is a moment of truth for Turkey's authoritarian president. Ankara, the capital was won by the opposition secular Republican People's Party (CHP). Istanbul, Erdoğan's birthplace and former stronghold, is holding a recount demanded by the President. So far the CHP maintains its narrow lead.
Continue reading Erdoğan faces his moment of truth by challenging the results →
March 31, 2019 international, media freedom, TurkeyBarry White
Today is municipal election day in Turkey when voters elect local mayors and councillors. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the poll is about the "survival" of the country and his Justice and Development Party (AKP). Turkey is in recession, with 20% inflation and the lira which has plunged by a third in value, is causing bankruptcies. The result will be as a referendum on President Erdogan's record and he knows it. One journalist who will not be covering the elections is NUJ member and Morning Star international editor Steve Sweeney. Last week he flew out to Istanbul, but on arrival at the airport he was detained without explanation, questioned, branded a terrorist and deported. Steve takes up the story: Continue reading NUJ member harassed and detained then deported by Turkish authorities for just doing his job →
Stop the harassment of BBC Persian staff
March 23, 2019 BBC, Campaigns, international, media freedom, nujBarry White
On 12 March 2018 the BBC website reported on the harassment of its Persian staff. It stated that it was making an unprecedented appeal to the UN to stop Iran from harassing its Persian service staff in London and their families in Iran. It said that Iran had intensified its campaign of intimidation, including threats, arrests of relatives and travel bans. According to the broadcaster, Iran began targeting the BBC's Persian service after the disputed 2009 presidential election, when Tehran accused foreign powers of interference. The Iranian government disputed the allegations and accused BBC Persian of spreading false information to encourage the overthrow of the regime. Continue reading Stop the harassment of BBC Persian staff →


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OPST Commando sink tips come in 5, 7.5, 10, and 12 foot lengths. Within each length and grain weight, they come in three different sink rates, which are called Riffle, Run and Bucket, for shallow, medium depth and deep water respectively. The exact sink rates within those three categories will vary based on length and grain weight, so not all Bucket tips are the same across grain weights. This means that you can get a deeper-sinking tip or a shallower tip with the same tip grain weight, so you don't have to change your cast to fish different depths of water. For example, all of the OPST 5 Foot Micro Tips – the Riffle, Run, and Bucket – all weigh the same, even though there are three different sink rates, or densities.


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Edward Pepper (Birmingham, 2 de novembro de 1879 — Worcester, 1960) foi um ginasta britânico que competiu em provas de ginástica artística pela nação.

Pepper é o detentor de uma medalha olímpica, conquistada na edição de 1912, nos Jogos de Estocolmo. Na ocasião, foi o medalhista de bronze da prova coletiva ao lado de seus 22 companheiros de equipe, quando foi superado pelas seleções da Itália e Hungria, primeira e segunda colocadas respectivamente.

Ver também
Federação Internacional de Ginástica
Outras biografias

Ligações externas

Ginastas artísticos do Reino Unido

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Just before the improvements begin, note the sharrow. Hopefully the PBL improvements go all the way to Roosevelt Link Station a few blocks north by the time it opens.
NE 65th St "Final Design" Now Merges Bike Lane and Bus Zones
Ryan Packer
With the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) working to implement safety improvements on NE 65th St between Ravenna Boulevard and 20th Ave NE in 2018, the department has modified some of the designs revealed last year to respond to issues raised by advocates. In an email sent Wednesday to those involved in the project, SDOT listed concerns and how they have addressed them through design changes. But in some cases, the modified design may actually make the plans less safe.
The email update states that SDOT will be "piloting" an alternate design for transit stops along NE 65th St, only between Ravenna Boulevard and 12th Ave NE. Instead of space for a transit island, bus riders would enter and exit buses directly from the bike lane, and queue for the bus behind the bike lane. They included a design that is meant "for illustrative purposes only" that cites the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) as the source for the design.
Initially, as we reported in December, the design for the street at transit stops reduces the width of the sidewalk to four feet in order to accommodate space on the street for protected bike lane, transit island, and an entire lane for vehicles to pass stopped buses. This is in contrast with other streets in Seattle with similar designs, like Dexter Avenue N, where vehicles cannot pass stopped buses. In addition, the bike lane was planned to be four feet, below even the five minimum width specified by NACTO. Moreover, NACTO recommends seven foot bike lanes in areas with high bicycle ridership. NE 65th St will be the primary corridor connecting much of Northeast Seattle to the Roosevelt light rail station opening in 2021.
Old design from last year. (Seattle Department of Transportation)
SDOT admits the new design relies on users being on their best behavior in the email:
The design includes an 11-foot sidewalk next to a 5-foot bike lane, both at an elevated grade. Busses stop outside of the protected bike lane, in-lane with traffic, and passengers will cross the bike lane and load onto the bus. People getting off the bus cross the bike lane to get to the sidewalk. While this strategy provides more continuous space for people walking and waiting for buses, it relies on people biking to slow and stop for people getting on or off the bus.
The improvements and bus stops between Roosevelt Way NE and 12th Ave NE are part of a long-term, phased approach in coordination with Sound Transit that extends beyond the scope of this project. The interim design includes buses pulling to the curb and merging with the bike lane for loading and unloading. Implementation of a permanent design will coincide with the Link station opening.
The official NACTO page for this design notes that "[s]hared cycle track stops are an important retrofit option for constrained transit streets with in-lane stops, especially of streetcars, if a boarding island configuration does not fit in either the street or the sidewalk." In earlier designs, SDOT calls the bus stops near Roosevelt station "in-lane" but includes a left turn lane for eastbound traffic, allowing some passing to occur.
SDOT's earlier in-lane transit stop design for between Ravenna Boulevard and 12th Ave NE included a left turn lane. (SDOT)
Merging bus loading space with a key segment of the bike network is clearly a recipe for disaster. The design has never before been implemented in Seattle and inherently leads to conflict between users of different modes and difficulties for people with mobility challenges. How would blind users navigate this design? Will people waiting for a bus leave room for the bike lane or queue up in it? Since the first step a person exiting the bus makes is into the bike lane, it will require cyclists to be vigilant. In some ways the updated design may be worse than the constrained sidewalk layout before in that the purposes of each section were clearly delineated from one another.
On the subject of a lack of additional NE 65th St crosswalks, which many advocates have cited as a major issue with the design, SDOT confirms that they are citing low pedestrian volumes attempting to cross a fast-moving arterial with two de facto car lanes as the reason that they will not be adding crossings:
We understand safe arterial crossings are fundamental elements of a pedestrian network, but our traffic studies revealed that pedestrian volumes are currently under the threshold for adding new marked crosswalks and existing crosswalks are well-spaced in the corridor. We don't plan to include additional marked crosswalks as part of this project but that does not preclude future improvements in the area as new development shapes the neighborhood. We'll refresh striping at existing marked crosswalks to improve crosswalk visibility.
The project is zooming ahead toward construction, which SDOT says is currently scheduled to start in either this spring or summer, with completion estimated at this fall. As I have stated before, the designs on NE 65th St are not setting the corridor up for multimodal success. The design will fail to be the access point that the city is going to demand when Roosevelt Station opens in just a few years.
SDOT's email for this project is NE65VisionZero@seattle.gov if you'd like to submit feedback on this final stage of design.
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Ryan Packer lives in the Summit Slope neighborhood of Capitol Hill & has been writing for the blog since 2015. He reports on multimodal transportation issues, #visionzero, preservation, and local politics. He believes in using Seattle's history to help attain the vibrant, diverse city that we all wish to inhabit.
Daigoro Toyama February 5, 2018 at 12:48 pm
Given how the bike lane on 7th in front of Amazon is filled with people on foot, I won't have high hopes for this revised design.
🚇🚲🚡💵 February 5, 2018 at 8:44 am
Just want to point out that this whole conflict between optimizing bike/transit vs SOVs is a product of Sound Transit locating the Roosevelt station on a constrained major arterial adjacent to I-5 ramps.
This exact conflict is repeating itself at 145th and likely will up and down the I-5 corridor as ST3 is completed. Until we have a better discussion of neighborhood station transit/ped/bike connectivity up front during station planning this will continue to be a problem.
The station locations for Ballard to West Seattle are being decided this year. I would hope we can bring a long list of lessons learned to the upcoming outreach events to push ST toward detailed thinking on accessibility – Not just magical 1/4 mile / 1/2 mile walkshed / bikeshed circles.
Skylar Thompson February 4, 2018 at 3:32 pm
Is SDOT trying to make each proposal worse than the last in the hopes that eventually we'll just tell them to give up and go home, and they can get out of doing any work at all? Sharing bike lanes and bus boarding zones is a recipe for serious injury, and might be even worse than what we have now.
What happened to "all ages and abilities" when it comes to sidewalk and bike lane design?
Pablo96 February 2, 2018 at 5:21 pm
I've seen these in Europe and Canada. Granted it is new and takes getting familiar with, but I don't see what the big fuss is, especially if we are trading preserving the width of the sidewalks.
Marven Norman February 3, 2018 at 9:33 am
Please review the data presented in the last row of table found on page 3 of the following document.
https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Cycle_Tracks_Copenhagen.pdf
Pablo96 February 3, 2018 at 9:50 am
Wow, well it appears a cycle track is definitely better. But if I read page 3 correctly, it appears to be better to do nothing to the roadway vs. putting something in that is of inferior quality.
Marven Norman February 3, 2018 at 4:48 pm
Yes, that's exactly correct. Infrastructure can be good, but when done poorly, it can have an extremely high cost in a multitude of ways.
This design is a PROVEN safety hazard. If there's high bus usage, then having bus passengers disembark into a bikeway is simply. not. acceptable, especially if said bikeway is a high-volume route as mentioned in this piece. SDOT needs to go back to the drawing board on this one and come back with something that isn't scraping the barest of minimums. If that means no travel lane for motorists to pass a stopped bus, so be it. But the safety of people biking and walking should NOT be second-fiddle to motorist convenience. That's how we've arrived at the present in the first place.
Preston Sahabu February 2, 2018 at 2:52 pm
This design is asinine, implement the high schooler's design already. Make Roosevelt a neighborhood and not a thoroughfare.
SD70MACMAN February 2, 2018 at 1:20 pm
I, for one, support this concept and look forward to its deployment. The temporal separation between people using transit and people biking reduced the total number of conflicts overall as the bus only occupies this space during a very short period of time. As long as people biking are following the rules of the road and behaving, no problem.
Some other questions using traditionally-designed bus stops:
1) How do blind people know not to walk down a bike lane which wraps behind a transit stop?
2) What abound the constant conflict between people walking and biking when a bike lane wraps behind a combined stop and sidewalk? (Whereas this design only has a conflict when a bus is docked.)
3) What prevents people walking and waiting for the bus from standing in the wrap-around bike lane?
We could go on forever with "what if's"
Andres February 2, 2018 at 1:26 pm
This is directly in front of a light rail station. This will not be a random bus stopping for a very short period of time – there will be a TON of foot and bus traffic. AND bike traffic.
The "what ifs" come from a Danish study that found that bike-ped crashes SKYROCKETED after implementation of a similar design, and they even have the same delusional requirement for bicyclists to stop and wait behind a bus. NACTO is aware of the study, so it boggles my mind as to why they continue to suggest that this configuration is adequate.
https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Cycle_Tracks_Copenhagen.pdf (page 3)
I'd love to see a pic of the actual design that they implemented, if you have that available somewhere.
I don't have pictures of the exact locations used in the study, but take a spin around Copenhagen on Streetview and they can be seen.
Here are examples of the type of bus stop that showed a nearly 2000% surge in crashes.
https://youtu.be/oY5UE5viMdM?t=51s
Here's the more competent design that greatly reduces crashes.
Erik Griswold February 4, 2018 at 2:39 pm
The "Bus Station" in the first example is a facility that will soon be closed and moved. International intercity buses were not a thing in Copenhagen until the recent past, and this location used to see no more than 1-2 buses at a bay at a time. Domestic intercity buses were heavily regulated and used other stations to collect passengers, so were spread out around the city. Key issue there now is the number of foreigners (and foreign bus operators) who are not up on Danish laws and customs.
In the second video, the person filming and bicycling is also obviously a visitor as the Dane next to him shows the proper method: Stop and wait.
The third video is a lovely facility, but it did help to have a wide boulevard created when the building to left, a government office built in the 60s, was created on the site of older houses that were torn down. The right-of-way had been considered for a freeway in future.
Whatever the circumstance, the configuration in the first two video is what led to a staggering ~2000% increase in collisions. There's no reason for Seattle to go forward with a design that is known to be that absurdly inferior. If they're not willing to take out a general travel lane to create the proper bus stop bypass, then they should just refrain from building the bikeway at all.
Andres February 2, 2018 at 11:48 am
You know how terrifying it is to be doored while biking, or even the risk of being doored? SDOT is piloting a brand new feature, the experience being "bused" – the act of having someone run or jump out in front of you while biking next to a bus. Oh, you didn't know there was a back door on this bus and now suddenly there's a person in front of you? Surprise! Someone just went in to ask the bus driver a question, discovered that the bus isn't going where they want to go, and suddenly pops back out into the bike lane? Surprise!
If you're a person on a bike and clearly see a large bus stopped at the bus stop, it's pretty dang easy to determine what to do: stop and yield. Unlike a surprise dooring, which involves a car door very suddenly opening in front of a cyclist, a slow-moving bus is extremely large & obvious, and when docked at a bus stop, common sense dictates people will be getting on/off the bus. If a person biking can't determine how to interact with a bus stopped at a bus stop, then it's on the cyclist here for not responsibly knowing how to ride. It's on the cyclist to behave and respect the rules of the road and yield to pedestrians, who have the right-of-way. This layout is far from difficult to figure out.
Note this design has been deployed throughout Europe and is seen frequently in Toronto. We also have a similar stretch along Gilman Ave now.
F_WRLCK February 2, 2018 at 1:23 pm
People waiting for the bus are going to randomly step into the bike lane without looking, just like they do on that useless little bike lane on Blanchard. Combine that a decent downhill heading west, and someone is going to get clobbered.
Well perhaps people standing there shouldn't cross the bright yellow tactile strip with warning posts into the green area without paying attention. Call me crazy for thinking people should act with some common sense and not randomly walking into a clearly different space.
People don't pay attention when walking — nor should we design as if they're going to. People will generally be oblivious to their surroundings. A curb may get their attention, but not much else will.
The previous design was way better and had the added advantage of avoiding conflicts between buses loading/unloading and people biking.
While I understand the need to deploy safe and easy-to-understand infrastructure, if people aren't paying attention to their surroundings, that's on them for their personal choices. Whatever happening on a phone or other device isn't that important as safety. Next, do we have to design for people walking around with VR goggles? At what point do we have to say "ok folks this is getting ridiculous"?
The downside with the previous design is it forces people biking and walking into a narrow and confined space, with physical barriers on both sides. I see more safety issues and challenges with that design as it effectively creates one bike path and one walking path.
So the person riding a bicycle that gets knocked into traffic by the oblivious pedestrian is making a bad personal choice?
I mean I guess so — riding in this bike lane is a mistake. Better to take the lane and deal with pissed off motorists.
But the environment won't say "stop and yield" to people. It will say "here's a bike lane, keep going". Remember, there's a passing lane for cars here; so a bus will be waiting at the stop until it's safe to go. So are people actively getting onto and off of the bus, or is the bus just waiting until it's safe to go?
As far as "it's on the cyclist to behave" – that only works if facilities are designed for biking. With these sidewalks (how wide is that between the bus shelter and the bike lane?), people are going to be walking in the bike lane. Guaranteed. Right now, they walk in the road because the sidewalks are too narrow. So people on bikes are going to need to be on high alert all the time, and that means it will be easy to miss a slippery spot, a curb (which this design adds), a fallen-over construction sign, or any number of things.
If you think everyone's going to behave all the time and no one makes mistakes, then I won't convince you otherwise. But if you believe that high-stress bicycle facilities (and walking or driving facilities) leads to mistakes, injuries, and deaths – this will be a high-stress facility.
Except for the green paint signifying a conflict area, sign that says "bikes stop for people in cross walk", "slow" marking and rumble paint, 3x crosswalks, and bringing people on bikes up to the pedestrian plane with a ramp. That's all designed to say something up ahead is different, pay attention.
I'm not convinced by your arguments and "what ifs" that this should be classified as a high-stress facility as there isn't sufficient evidence presented. Do you have any proof, studies, facts, and/or data to back this conclusion up? Besides presenting a few unanswered questions, the burden of proof as an author is on you to prove this is, as you call it, a high-stress, unsafe facility. Keep in mind this IS a NACTO recommended facility with very reasonable design justifications.
The NACTO recommendation for this design is where there are in-lane transit stops and where space is tight. There's no in-lane stops, so right off the bat – SDOT is straying from NACTO recommendations.
NACTO references the MassDOT guide for this design. That design guide shows a design that includes a "DO NOT PASS WHEN BUS IS STOPPED" sign. That's not shown in the NACTO or SDOT's design.
I can't say for sure until I see a final (actual) design, but SDOT winging it does not give me confidence. But whether or not it's a high-stress facility, what I can tell you with 100% certainty is that SDOT is making unnecessary trade-offs in bike & ped safety (and transit efficiency) just so car drivers don't have to wait behind buses. I'm sure this design could be made reasonably safe (if not comfortable) with enough effort, but the compromise itself doesn't make any sense. It also makes it clear that SDOT is prioritizing cars over safety. NACTO makes it clear that this is a compromise in constrained space situations.
This design has also been found to be rather dangerous throughout Europe and is avoided if possible. Seattle needs to do the same.
localmile February 3, 2018 at 1:34 pm
Yes. Bikeway going behind the bus stop is the better design and what is becoming standard worldwide.
Scott February 2, 2018 at 7:28 am
Why are the simplest and most practical safety changes so difficult for this department? They're going to basically ruin the street and set it in concrete for 30 years.
F_WRLCK February 2, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Exactly. Better to do nothing at all and at least have the street be obviously awful. At least then people will know to avoid it if possible. This is like setting a booby trap for cyclists.

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Cadillac Wins GT at Sonoma Raceway
Pilgrim victorious, O'Connell has tough day
SONOMA, Calif., (Aug. 25, 2013) -Team Cadillac driver Andy Pilgrim won today's running of the Pirelli World Challenge Cadillac Grand Prix of Sonoma. Teammate Johnny O'Connell was classified in 11th position.
Pilgrim (Boca Raton, Fla.) was able to get a strong standing start from his front row grid position. He sped by teammate O'Connell (Flowery Branch, Ga.) who had a bad start. Pilgrim was side-by-side with the Volvo of Randy Pobst into Turn Two, but was able to hold the lead. On lap seven the only caution of the race flew. The Florida based driver was able to control the restart to lead every lap of the race for this first victory of the season.
"At the start Randy and I went up the hill to Turn Two side-by-side," Pilgrim said. "At the brake zone I thought we were going to go thru the turn together and then he came down a little and we touched and he went around. It was a racing deal, I tried to miss him. I thought he would have given me a little more room. Then on the restart Mike Skeen [No. 2 Corvette] was right on I and I knew the Audi guys were right there as well. After our troubles in practice the Team Cadillac guys did a great job to put a good car under me for the race. We had a great day, it was good win."
O'Connell started his No. 3 Cadillac CTS-V from the pole. However, when the lights went out to start the 50-minute race, he had trouble selecting first gear that had him stopped in the middle of the track while the GT and GTS field filed past. He was able to get the car going, but five turns later was involved in a crash that resulted in heavy rear damage. The team was able to get the car going for one more lap, gaining valuable championship points. O'Connell is now second in GT points with 1,335, James Sofronas (Audi) leads with 1,350 and Pilgrim is third with 1,279 (points are provisional).
"It was a scary moment," O'Connell said. "When the lights go out and you can't get select first gear, you are working to get it going knowing that 30 cars are coming up on you. I was able to get it into gear and get going. The first four corners were chaos. I made a move on the inside of one of the GTS cars and there was another one on the outside of him and there was nothing I could do at that point. The Team Cadillac crew did a great job to get the car back out for one lap, which gained me three points toward the championship. We will now have to go to Houston on a mission."
Team Cadillac will travel to Houston, Texas for the Pirelli World Challenge finale Oct. 4-6.
The race from Sonoma will be televised on NBC Sports, Sunday, Sept. 8 at 3:30 p.m. ET. The race can be viewed at www.world-challengeTV.com on demand after the event.
Finish: 11;1


This facility is across the street from the Palmdale Water Department. The area around the Water Department has fences pointing outward, to keep people out of this dangerous area so as not to drown. Yet, across the street, the fences all point inward. Why? To keep people in? What people? Who are going to be it?s occupants?
We didn?t venture into this facility, but did circle around it to see if there was anything else visible from the road. We saw miles of fences with the top points all directed inward. There is a railroad track that runs next to the perimeter of this fenced area. The loading docks are large enough to hold railroad cars.
Once a major disaster occurs (whether it is a real event or manufactured event does not matter) Martial Law is hurriedly put in place and we are all in the hands of the government agencies (FEMA) who thus portray themselves as our protectors. Yet what happens when we question those in authority and how they are taking away all of our freedoms? Will we be the ones detained in these camp sites? And who are they going to round up? Those with guns? Those who ask questions? Those that want to know what?s really going on? Does that include any of us? The seekers of truth?
When first coming across this information I was in a state of total denial. How could this be? I believed our country was free, and always felt a sense of comfort in knowing that as long as we didn?t hurt others in observing our freedom we were left to ourselves. Ideally we treated everyone with respect and honored their uniqueness and hoped that others did likewise.
It took an intensive year of searching into the hidden politics to discover that we are as free as we believe we are. If we are in denial, we don?t see the signs that are staring at us, but keep our minds turned off and busy with all the mundane affairs of daily life.
Will asking questions be outlawed next? Several instances have recently been reported where those that were asking questions that came too near the untold truth (the cover up) were removed from the press conferences and from the public?s ear. Also, those that wanted to speak to the press were detained and either imprisoned, locked in a psychiatric hospital, slaughtered (through make-believe suicides) or discredited.
Why are we all in denial over these possibilities? Didn?t we hear about prison camps in Germany, and even in the United States during World War II? Japanese individuals were rounded up and placed in determent camps during the duration of the War. Where was their freedom?
You don?t think it could happen to you? Obviously those rounded up and killed didn?t think it could happen to them either. How could decent people have witnessed such atrocities and still said nothing? Are we going to do the same here as they cart off one by one those individuals who are taking a stand for the rights of the citizens as they expose the truth happening behind the scenes? Are we all going to sit there and wonder what happened to this country of ours? Where did we go wrong? How could we let it happen?


Forest Bailey is one of the best all-around snowboarders on the planet. Forest can shred pow one day at Mt. Baker, hop a plane the next day to Quebec and jib with Louif Paradis, fly to Jackson Hole to land double corks with Blake Paul, and then travel to Japan to film the ender of his video part. And this is essentially what Forest had to do the past season after getting hurt in January and spending most of the winter on the couch. With limited time, Forest still figured out a way to pump out an unreal part that is balanced between rails and backcountry. His creativity and fun outlook on snowboarding made him a favorite to travel with for almost everyone and his never-give-up attitude to this past winter landed him on the cover of the SFD special issue with a massive ollie in Japan. Here is Forest's uncut footage from last winter.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE , N.M. – The New Mexico Pharmacists Association (NMPhA) has named University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy graduate Dr. Daryl Dineyazhe-Toya Young Pharmacist of the Year.
The award is designed to acknowledge young pharmacists for their individual excellence and outstanding contribution to pharmacy, and their pharmacy association and community. Candidates must have received a degree in pharmacy less than 10 years from the date of selection as well as practice retail, institutional or consulting pharmacy in the year selected. Among other community-based requirements, candidates must also keep current membership in the state pharmacy association and maintain a license to practice in the state.
Dr. Dineyazhe-Toya received her bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from UNM in 1997 followed by her Pharm.D in 2007. She currently works for Indian Health Services in the Albuquerque unit, serving both the Santa Ana and Zia pueblos as the chief pharmacist and clinical director.
The NMPhA's primary goal is to represent and promote the professional practice of pharmacy. In doing so, they work to educate patients and consumers, improve communication and nurture advancements in training and instruction.


A company's break even point is 6, 000 units per annum. The selling price is Rs 90 per unit and the variable cost is Rs 40 per unit. What are the company's annual fixed costs?
If 50% increase in the price of a commodity leads to only 10% reduction in demand, then such demand wilt be?
not less than fifteen working days.
not less than thirty working days.
not less than ten working days.
Sales on credit is recorded in which of the following journal?
Under Merrick's multiple piece rate system, 120% of the ordinary piece rate is given to workers whose level of performance is between.....of the standard output.
A gross profit is transferred to the.....side of the P/L A/c.
CG Co manufactures a single product T. Budgeted production output of product T during June is 200 units. Each unit of product T requires 6 labour hours for completion and CG Co anticipates 20 per cent idle time. Labour is paid at a rate of Rs7 per hour.


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People are starting to see the new federal tax law for what it is—a huge corporate giveaway financed on the backs of the middle class.
A group I feel has been overlooked, though, is small businesses.
The law gives a permanent 40 percent tax cut to big corporations but does little to strengthen the economic might of small businesses.
Instead, it creates an even more complicated tax code that gives every advantage to our corporate competitors. It simply doesn't treat small business owners like job creators, when it's small businesses that create two-thirds of all new jobs and employ half the nation's workforce.
I might see a nominal cut in my taxes this year, but it won't be enough to hire an employee, give raises or grow my business.
Lawmakers hope that with a few extra bucks in our pockets, small business owners will forget that huge corporations and the wealthy are getting the vast majority of the benefits.


Home » My Blog » Run Caralyn, Run!
Been that tall ( or short) for a very long time.
At one time, one of her life goals was to reach five foot- even.
Probably not going to happen. But what she lacks in height, she makes up for in heart.
Caralyn never ceases to amaze us at times with things she sets her heart to doing.
We were left scratching our heads when she was in high school and came home and told us she had signed up for the power-lifting team. That was back when girls were just starting to compete in that regularly and we had no idea she had the strength she did and excelled in the sport at the level she did.
Next on the surprise list was when she changed her major after her second year of college and decided to go in to nursing.
We never saw that one coming…especially her own mother…who is a nurse. We knew what a grueling road lay ahead of her. But she dove in head first and set her mind and heart to doing this thing and graduated just a few months ago with her BSN/RN, nailed her boards, and landed a highly coveted job working in an ER department in Dallas.
But it was her latest venture that has me wanting a paternity test done on her.
She started running and just completed her first half-marathon.
I don't get runners. But she has become one… buying fancy running shoes and specially designed clothing and downloading special apps for her phone and all that hoopla.
The next thing you know, we are driving in to Dallas this past weekend to watch her compete in her first race. I use that term loosely as one doesn't really 'watch' a person run a marathon. You stand there amongst the crowds of people to watch them begin the race. For some reason, while standing along the start route with two cameras in hand ready to photograph her start, I somehow never saw her run by. I was more than just a little irritated with that mishap.
The next step in 'marathon spectating' is jumping back in your car and driving through unfamiliar streets in a large city going through neighborhoods along the race route to find an ideal viewing spot to take pictures and cheer her on. Between Kathy's driving, and me trying to navigate – following a paper map of the race route and two hand held GPS navigators on our phones, this made for some 'interestingly tense' moments which is probably worth a separate blog post of its own, but I will put that on the shelf for another time. Our first 'ideal viewing' spot went bust. Saw lots of runners but had no way at that point of knowing where Caralyn was so we tried for a new spot further along the route. Again, that made for some interesting conversation in the car trying to find such a spot. But we did.
We ended up in a beautifully groomed neighborhood where we started seeing runners make their way up a rather lengthy and steep hill. Kathy (who did this race last year herself) tells me while standing there, that she never bothered to tell Caralyn about some of these hills along the route. Didn't want to discourage her. I can see why. The pain on some of the faces we saw as runners passed us at the corner for the next ascent made me hurt.
With a radiant smile and hands up, she trotted past us looking stronger than ever. I fired off a few shots and then back in to the car we jumped for another 'interestingly tense' drive through more un familiar streets.
Standing in a downpour with our rain gear, we couldn't help but tear up with joy as we saw Caralyn's mega-watt smile coming down the street looking more triumphant than ever. Holding an umbrellas to keep me dry, I was able to fire off a few more shots before we got back in to the car and started back to the original starting place where the runners would finish up. By this point, Kathy and I were doing better with this type of navigating and were pretty pumped overall, with Caralyn's progress. We made it back and I was able to position myself up close to the finish line with my camera gear wrapped in plastic trash bags so I could capture her finish in a still steady rain.
What an exciting moment when she crossed that finish line. What an exciting day. Caralyn finished strong completing the race in two hours and fourteen minutes.
Watching the intense euphoric high she was undergoing after crossing the finish line was probably as close as I will ever get to experiencing that for myself. But she was certainly under the influence of something good. We took her out for a well deserved meal and then dropped her off at her apartment before making our way back home.
To view the photos from the race day that I took, Just click HERE.


"Only a few poets transcend the history of taste to participate in the history of art – and only in a handful of poems. Salter has been struck by lightning more than once." So wrote the critic James Longenbach, and in It's Hard to Say, which is Salter's first UK Selected, one can see the proof of Longenbach's statement. It's Hard to Say gathers poems from each of Salter's seven previous collections – Henry Purcell in Japan, Unfinished Painting, Sunday Skaters, A Kiss in Space, Open Shutters, A Phone Call to the Future, and Nothing by Design – and the accomplishment of this fine poet is on display at every point, in poems that are unfailingly well-made, and which move from the touching to the angry, from the humorous to the entirely serious, from the domestic to the universal.
That's what you say a hundred times a day.
as though, if you heard better, you could say.
Two adjectives bob up sometimes, depending.
the drawn-out ending, of your verbal life.
your sentence: word by word, still less to say.
you must be told again.
the lawyer wrote with casual force.
Yet why complain? The suit was mine.
more lofty than Lament or Whine.
so well-phrased, who could feel remorse?
That "Absolute" was rather fine.
for better. Nothing by design.
let me salute you, sole recourse!


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Q: How to run a python script inside Applescript? I had to do an Applescript and by the end of it i just want to run a python script.
I wrote
do shell script "/Users/Tom/Desktop/ayscript.py"

But it's said "permission denied"
Any idea ?

A: You are trying to run the script directly instead of using Python to run it. You need to do shell script python, passing the path to your script as an argument.
do shell script "python /Users/Tom/Desktop/ayscript.py"

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Player::Player(Party* p,sf::Texture* tex, sf::Texture* texFace, sf::Image* collisionMap, Player::Controls pc, int numStates, int numFrames) : Character(p, texFace, collisionMap, numStates, numFrames), controls(pc) {
    shots = maxshots;
    setScale(sf::Vector2f(0.5f, 0.5f));
    spriteSize = 128;
    score = 0;
    backTex.setPosition(960, 340);
    backTex.setTexture(*tex);
    backTex.setScale(sf::Vector2f(0.5f, 0.5f));
    updateBackTextureRect();
}

void Player::updateBackTextureRect() {
    backTex.setTextureRect(sf::IntRect(shots*spriteSize, direction*spriteSize, spriteSize, spriteSize));
}

void Player::push(sf::Vector2f impulse) {
    pushImpulse = impulse;
    pushingTime = totalPushingTime;
}

void Player::upScore(int amount){
    score+=amount;
}

int Player::getScore(){
    return score;
}

void Player::kill() {
    if(dead || revivingTimer != 0.0f) return;
    dead = true;
    deadTimer = 2.0f;
}

void Player::update(float deltaTime) {
    if(!dead) {
        shootCooldown = std::max(0.0f, shootCooldown-deltaTime);
        pushingTime = std::max(0.0f, pushingTime-deltaTime);
        revivingTimer = std::max(0.0f, revivingTimer-deltaTime);
        bool recharging = InputManager::action(controls.recharge);
        if(recharging && shots < maxshots) {
            playerState = Player::Recharge;
            direction = Player::Down;
            rechargeTimeCounter -= deltaTime;
            if(rechargeTimeCounter <= 0) {
                newBulletTimeCounter -= deltaTime;
                if(newBulletTimeCounter <= 0) {
                    newBulletTimeCounter = newBulletTime;
                    ++shots;
                }
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        else {
            rechargeTimeCounter = rechargeTime;
            newBulletTimeCounter = 0;
            // Get input
            float dx = InputManager::action(controls.X);
            float dy = InputManager::action(controls.Y);
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            if(std::abs(dx) < MIN) dx = 0.0f;
            if(std::abs(dy) < MIN) dy = 0.0f;
            dx = dx*deltaTime*speed;
            dy = dy*deltaTime*speed;
            bool shot = InputManager::action(controls.shot);

            // Move sprite
            moveWithCollisions(sf::Vector2f(dx, dy));

            // Calc anim state
            playerState = (std::abs(dx) > 0.0f || std::abs(dy) > 0.0f)? Player::Walk : Player::Idle;
            if(playerState == Player::Walk) {
                if(std::abs(dy) >= std::abs(dx)) direction = dy > 0 ? Player::Down : Player::Up;
                else direction = dx > 0 ? Player::Right: Player::Left;
            }

            //shoot
            if(shot && shots > 0 && shootCooldown == 0.0f) disparar();
        }
        if(pushingTime > 0.0f) moveWithCollisions(pushImpulse*deltaTime*(pushingTime/totalPushingTime));
        backTex.setPosition(getPosition());
        setAnimState(((int)playerState)*4+((int)direction));
        updateBackTextureRect();
        updateAnimState(deltaTime);
    }
    else {
        deadTimer = std::max(deadTimer-deltaTime, 0.0f);
        dead = (deadTimer != 0.0f);
        if(!dead) {
            revivingTimer = 3.0f;
        }
    }
}

void Player::draw(sf::RenderWindow* window) {
    if(revivingTimer > 0.0f && std::fmod(revivingTimer, .4f) > 0.2f)
        return;
    window->draw(backTex);
    window->draw(*this);
}

void Player::disparar(){
    --shots;
    sf::Vector2f dir = sf::Vector2f(0,0);
    if(direction == Player::Up) dir.y = -1;
    else if (direction == Player::Down) dir.y = 1;
    else if (direction == Player::Right) dir.x = 1;
    else dir.x = -1;
    scene->newShot(this, dir);
    shootCooldown = .3f;
}

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God wants every one of us to live with swagger. He wants us to walk with confidence, with our heads held high and our shoulders back. But that journey doesn't just happen; it begins with intentionally taking steps. In this message, Ed Young looks at another example of confidence and swagger found in the Bible. And he shows us exactly what it takes for us to step up and experience a life of confidence.


Join the Miami-Dade Dems for our first SOTU drinks and TRUMPingo Night!
We created a drinking game using Trump's favorite words and phrases. Come drink and play. First winner wins $100! Playing is $20. Then join as we watch Joe Kennedy's Democratic response. If you're gonna watch it, why not with your fellow Dems.....and a few drinks.


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Quincy Jones sues Michael Jackson's estate
October 26, 2013 at 03:26 PM EDT
Quincy Jones has sued Michael Jackson's estate, claiming he is owed millions in royalties and production fees on some of the superstar's greatest hits.
Jones' lawsuit Friday seeks at least $10 million from the singer's estate and Sony Music Entertainment, claiming the entities improperly re-edited songs to deprive him of royalties and production fees. The music has been used in the film This Is It and a pair of Cirque du Soleil shows based on the King of Pop's songs, the lawsuit states.
Jones also claims that he should have received a producer's credit on the music in This Is It. His lawsuit seeks an accounting of the estate's profits from the works so that Jones can determine how much he is owed.
The producer worked with Jackson on three of his most popular solo albums, Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad.
Jackson's estate wrote in a statement that it was saddened by Jones' lawsuit. "To the best of its knowledge, Mr. Jones has been appropriately compensated over approximately 35 years for his work with Michael," the statement said.
An after-hours message left at Sony Music's New York offices was not immediately returned.
Jackson's hits "Billie Jean," "Thriller," and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" are among the songs Jones claims were re-edited to deprive him of royalties and his producer's fee.
Jones' lawsuit states the producer's contracts called for him to have the first opportunity to re-edit or alter the songs, in part to protect his reputation.
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#272 – How Many Toes Does Yoda Have?
I was lucky enough to work on Yoda's digital costume in Star Wars Episode II. We didn't know how we were going to get his multilayered outfit working, and I was starting from scratch. The guidance from George and Rob was to use Empire as a reference, except a more cleaned-up version. We didn't want to refer to the awful Episode I puppet, which looked less like Yoda and more like his bug-eyed cousin who had fallen off the wagon. Indeed, for Rob Coleman (the animation supervisor) and for Star Wars lore, the biggest challenge for Ep II was making a believable digital Yoda. We scoured every piece of reference – there are a couple Yodas in display cases and we examined them from every angle, we had the archives put together a tape of every unreleased behind-the-scenes bit of documentary footage. We also wrangled an excuse to visit the photo archives at the Ranch and spent a happy afternoon looking at rare ESB slides and on-set photos. I pinched myself every day – I was watching Star Wars and talking about Yoda FOR WORK, it counted as legitimate business conversation. Every childhood afternoon spent watching worn out video tapes of the films was vindicated. Still, some vexing questions remained – how many toes does Yoda have? What do his trousers look like? Does he wear trousers?? He had some in the outfit but you had never needed to see them, as the demands of shooting the puppet meant that he was crouching in most shots, or framed waist-up. His toes were a mystery. We modelled 5 toes on these quite large feet, but when he was sitting in chairs they stuck out and were ugly – Rob always asked me to cover them with his robe as much poss. In the end, when it came to working on Yoda again for Episode III, we simplified our life and removed one of his toes and prayed no one would notice – so there's a little known fact for you fans – Yoda has one less toe in Episode III than in Episode II.


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Q: Showing $k[X] \cong k[X,Y,Z]\big/{(Y-X^2,Z-X^3)}$ Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field. I want to show that $(Y-X^2,Z-X^3)$ is a prime ideal of $k[X,Y,Z]$.
I know that an ideal $\frak a \subseteq$ $R$ of a (commutative ring with $1$) is prime if any only if $R\big/{\frak a}$ is an integral domain.
Thus I understand that if we can show that $k[X,Y,Z]\big/{(Y-X^2,Z-X^3)}$ is an integral domain, we're done.
Now this exercise's solution I am trying to understand is stating that the homomorphism \begin{align*} k[X]&\to k[X,Y,Z]\big/{(Y-X^2,Z-X^3)}\\ X&\mapsto X\end{align*}
has an inverse via
\begin{align*} k[X,Y,Z]\big/{(Y-X^2,Z-X^3)} &\to k[X] \\ X&\mapsto X \\ Y&\mapsto X^2 \\ Z&\mapsto X^3\end{align*}
and thus they claim $k[X,Y,Z]\big/{(Y-X^2,Z-X^3)}$ to be an integral domain.

I don't fully understand the proposed solution and have some questions.
Question 1: How to come up with these maps in the first place?
I am aware of the natural inclusion $k[X]\subset k[X,Y,Z]$, so the first map is kind of an obvious choice, maybe. But how to come up with the inverse map? What role does the quotient ring play in terms of "finding the inverse map" or rather "seeing the obvious choice"?
In other words: Why are these maps "obvious"?
Question 2: I suppose the key observation in having this inverse map is that this shows that $$k[X] \cong k[X,Y,Z]\big/{(Y-X^2,Z-X^3)}$$ and since $k[X]$ is an integral domain, the quotient ring $k[X,Y,Z]\big/{(Y-X^2,Z-X^3)}$ is an integral domain, too. Is that correct?
Thanks for any help!

A: The fact that $Y-X^2$ and $Z-X^3$ are quotiented out means that in the quotient you have $Y=X^2$ and $Z=X^3$. Thus it makes sense to see if the map
$$\begin{align*} k[X,Y,Z]\big/{(Y-X^2,Z-X^3)} &\to k[X] \\ X&\mapsto X \\ Y&\mapsto X^2 \\ Z&\mapsto X^3\end{align*},$$
is an isomorphism, or at least injective, as then it follows that the quotient is an integral domain.


Minimum of two (2) years continuous and current sobriety.
Active membership in an AA Group in Central Oregon.
Shall have previously served as either a board member or as a committee chairperson in the Intergroup.
Should be familiar with corporate organization and reporting requirements.
Should have some prior business experience.
Shall preside over all Intergroup meetings.
Shall prepare business agendas for the monthly Intergroup Board and regular meetings.
Shall be one of the three (3) authorized persons to sign checks, together with the Treasurer and office consultant.
Shall be authorized to call special meetings, provided that a reasonable attempt is made to notify all members in advance.
Shall report all actions of the Board to the members.
Shall execute all contracts between Intergroup and outside consultants.
Oregon Dept. of Justice Form CT-12 – DUE NO LATER THAN APRIL 30.
IRS Form 1099 (Office Manager) – DUE NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 15.
Oregon Dept. of Corporations Annual Business Name Renewal – DUE NOT LATER THAN JUNE 30.
IRS Form 990ez (Once Gross Receipts exceed $25,000.00) – DUE NOT LATER MAY 30.
Upon vacating the office, shall make copies of all documents created and received during his/her tenure, and present the incoming Chairperson with a complete and orderly file.
Shall assume all duties and responsibilities of the Chairperson at the Intergroup meetings if the Chairperson is absent.
Shall attend all Oregon Area Assemblies to represent the Intergroup.
Shall have served as a member of the Intergroup, or shall have other A.A. service experience.
Shall be responsible for all documents and filings, with the exception of financial reports, which concern the Corporation.
Shall keep complete and accurate minutes of all Intergroup and Board meetings.
Copies of the minutes shall be delivered to the Intergroup Chairperson and the office consultant by the next meeting.
Shall maintain a separate record of motions made and actions taken thereon.
Shall maintain a list of all current Board members and other Officers and positions, together with their mailing addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, which shows the date and duration of their respective terms.
Shall make available to the Board, members, or any Group secretary, the complete corporate records of the Intergroup for inspection at a reasonable time and place, but not later than 15 business days after the request is made.
Upon vacating the position, shall make copies of all documents created and received during his/her tenure, and present the incoming Secretary with a complete and orderly file.
No member may serve as Treasurer if convicted of any prior felony for fraud, theft or embezzlement.
Shall have some prior business and accounting experience.
Shall be somewhat familiar with spreadsheet software.
Shall have charge of all funds belonging to the Intergroup, and shall supervise the keeping and depositing of such funds for and on behalf of the Intergroup in a bank or banks to be designated by the Board.
Shall be one of the three (3) authorized persons to sign checks, together with the Chairperson and office manager.
Shall pay all bills not paid by the office consultant, on a timely basis.
Shall compile monthly Financial Statements to be presented at all Board and Intergroup meetings.
Shall be responsible for providing a copy of the Financial Statements to the Newsletter Chair for publication to the Groups.
Shall be an ex-officio member of all committees authorized to handle funds.
Shall maintain all necessary financial records at the central office, pursuant to IRS Pub557, and any State of Oregon Requirements.
Shall provide the Chairperson, or any person designated by the Chairperson, with the complete accounting records of the Intergroup for inspection at a reasonable time and place, but not later than 10 business days after the request is made.
Upon vacating the office, shall make copies of all documents created and received during his/her tenure, and present the incoming Treasurer with a complete and orderly file.
Recruit and organize volunteers to take calls from someone seeking help.
Pass calls onto 12-step volunteers.
Provide information to anyone looking for a meeting.
Provide an opportunity for members of the AA Fellowship to serve according to the Third Legacy.
Keep track of active meetings, their times and locations.
Publish this information at least quarterly.
Provide an opportunity for members of the Fellowship to serve according to the Third Legacy.
Publish this information monthly in a format as directed by the IGR's.
Provide quality family entertainment and recreation for friends and family of A.A. and Al-Anon.
Show that there is life after alcohol.
The committee is open to any and all members of the Fellowship of A.A. and Al-Anon.
The potluck is a long time traditional gathering in Central Oregon.
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The popularity and acclaim of its exhibition of paintings from Richard Diebenkorn's "Ocean Park Series" will keep the Orange County Museum of Art open late for the show's closing weekend.
Because the exhibit has broken daily attendance records and received widespread critical acclaim, on Tuesday OCMA officials announced they would extend the museum's public hours until 7 p.m. and add more tours for the Diebenkorn show on the weekend of May 25 to 27.
"The response has been really wonderful," OCMA curator Sarah Bancroft said. "I think, first of all, it was a long-awaited exhibition. The artist is so loved, especially this series, that people haven't had the opportunity to see this series in depth."
Due to the universal appeal of Diebenkorn's Ocean Park series, which spans more than 20 years and comprises hundreds of oil, acrylic and mixed-media works, most major institutions and galleries own at least one piece — effectively spreading the collection across the country — Bancroft explained.
"It was definitely a lot of work to bring them all back together," Bancroft said.
About 300 people visited the museum daily on weekdays since the show opened Feb. 26, with that number rising to more than 500 on weekend days, she said.
"What we've seen is attendance growing greater and greater as we approach the closing of the show," Bancroft said.
The total number of visitors may top 20,000 by the time it closes May 27, she said.
Additionally, the museum saw membership rise during the exhibition, with many people from out of the area buying memberships and visiting the exhibition multiple times.
As of Wednesday, more than 300 new memberships had been sold, said OCMA spokeswoman Kirsten Schmidt.
The museum at 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, normally stays open till 5 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. OCMA also has a policy of closing to the public on Mondays and Tuesdays, and will be closed on May 28, which is Memorial Day, Schmidt said.
The exhibit will next travel to Washington, D.C., where Diebenkorn's Ocean Park paintings will be displayed for a limited time at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, according to the Daily Pilot archives.


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You don't want to miss Sean Watson's Halloween Costume Ball on Tuesday, October 31, at Crescent Ballroom.
Benjamin Leatherman | October 30, 2017 | 6:00am
Ain't tuckered out from all that partying this past weekend? The good news is that there's still a lot of Halloween left to celebrate.
Some apropos shows will take place on Tuesday in honor of the holiday, including gigs by psychobilly band Nekromantix and goth-punk duo One-Eyed Doll. Meanwhile, various parties will be happening, such as Sean Watson's ultra-popular Halloween costume ball at the Crescent Ballroom.
The rest of this week's slate of shows includes concerts from indie pop singer Børns, freak-folk artist EMA, electropop singer/songwriter Halsey, rock band LANY, and pop act Saint Motel.
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Details about each of these performances and events can be found below in our rundown of the best concerts in Phoenix this week. (And for even more gigs happening around town, hit up our online live music listings.)
Saint Motel
The Van Buren
This week's answer to the music lovers' prayer for a full dance floor is a band that makes pop music that's not just a guilty pleasure. Amen, it's Saint Motel, performing a weeknight gig at The Van Buren in downtown Phoenix.
Saint Motel is among the bands that have recently taken the sting out of the designation "pop music." By virtue of making high-quality music and occasionally embodying the stereotypical metrosexual modern dude, the band has won fans beyond the tween base. This is pop music for anyone who related to High Fidelity – "I don't wanna listen to old sad bastard music, Barry" – and is planning to dance to the point of being completely un-shaggable at Saint Motel's show.
Refreshingly unafraid to heckle its own image, the band's single "My Type" embodies the inherent blithe tone of Saint Motel: "You're just my type/You got a pulse and you are breathing." Saint Motel is epigrammatic, but lyrically, there's enough sweetness and ambiguity to allow listeners a personal interpretation. Musically, energetic horns and happy key melodies bridge for an overall good-time-band sound. Stephanie Grey
Ted Leo
Mindy Tucker
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Hanged Man is one of the most misunderstood tarot cards. Depicting a man hanging by his foot off a tree or cross, it doesn't seem to portend anything good. But the card is auspicious, a sign of wisdom and strength gained from a period of self-sacrifice and struggle. If you're going through a tough time, the card's a sign that you won't be dangling from that tree forever.
Ted Leo's latest album is called The Hanged Man. It's an apt title. The years between his last album, 2010's The Brutalist Bricks, and his triumphant return this year were full of trials for Leo. He's dealt with his former record label, Matador, dropping him. He's had to face a changing musical landscape where it's hard for even a musician of his stature to make a living. Leo's family has struggled with health issues. The singer was briefly separated from his wife, and the couple had to cope with a tragic miscarriage.
Considering the hand life dealt him, you might imagine that Leo's new album would be a dark, somber affair. This isn't the case. The Hanged Man is one of his most adventurous, sonically diverse records. The lyrics are some of the most emotionally devastating, revealing words he's ever written. Ashley Naftule
Electropop singer/songwriter Halsey was raised on "Biggie and Nirvana," like she tells us in her song "New Americana," but neither act, among her many other influences, defines her sound. She's just nodding to the stuff that she heard — via her parents, while growing up — that helped her develop her love of music.
That passion eventually turned into an interest in performing. The singer, who took her stage name from the Halsey Street subway stop in Brooklyn, started showing off her whisper-driven, soulful voice on a variety of social media platforms. That led to a record deal with Astralwerks, who signed her 2014.
Since then, she's been recording and touring. Mirroring her eclectic interests, she's toured with some diverse acts, too. She's hit the road with bands like Britpoppers the Kooks, R&B artist The Weeknd, and rockers Imagine Dragons.
Halsey's song "Closer," a collaborative effort with DJ duo The Chainsmokers, was a number-one hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Now, she's touring on the heels of Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, her second full-length release. The 2017 recording shows a focused polish in its overall production, where her debut, Badlands, was a bit edgier. She'll be performing songs from both on her Phoenix stop. Amy Young
Two awesome costumes from last year's Halloween ball at the Crescent Ballroom.
Sean Watson's Halloween Costume Ball
A word to the wise: If you're planning to hanging out at the Crescent Ballroom on All Hallows Eve, you'd better be in costume. Seriously. It's one of the entry requirements for the venue's phenomenally popular Halloween party each year and will be strictly enforced.
Also, it better not be something you've thrown together at the last second, considering the costumes that have been worn to Crescent's yearly Halloween party are some of the best-looking and most clever in the Valley. Just ask Sean Watson, who's lent his name to the event for the past several years and is always impressed by what he's seen. "I swear to God, every year, those costumes get even better at that party. It's insane. They're so good every year."
In other words, when you show up to the ball on Tuesday night for this year's event, which features a "Land of the Misfit Robots" theme, you'd better not be slacking off.
Besides offering a parade of killer costumes, the ball will feature sets in both Crescent's concert hall and an outdoor stage by Watson and fellow local DJs like Stoneypie and Cormac. Others scheduled to perform include DJ/producer Astronomar SHRBT, local hip-hop collective Guild, and dance music duo Deux Yeux. Benjamin Leatherman
Kimberly Freeman of One-Eyed Doll.
Jason Rufuss Sewell
Club Red in Mesa
There's a wonderful dichotomy to the Austin, Texas, duo One-Eyed Doll. On one hand, Kimberly Freeman and Jason Rufuss Sewell's project is so disturbingly on-the-nose, so contemporarily goth-punk, that they might as well have Emily the Strange singing for them, Gorillaz-style. But that's just the surface, and it needs to be scratched.
Dig a little beyond the superficial, and there's a staggering amount of depth to be uncovered. Most notably, Freeman is not your standard angsty goth with a notepad full of sub-standard Marilyn Manson lyrics and a penchant for The Crow and Adult Swim. She's a genuine artist, a poetic songwriter, and a charismatic frontwoman.
Her work stands up, to the point that she has a parallel career as a solo singer-songwriter, often performing stripped-down versions of One-Eyed Doll songs. But it's with her band that she excels. She's been known to have an entire room full of concertgoers follow her around a room just by raising her arm and beckoning.
Will the same sort of scene develop during One-Eyed Doll's Halloween night gig at Mesa's Club Red? One thing's for certain, it'll be an entertaining show. Local bands CO-OP, Ciphered Existence, After the Calm, and Doll Skin (who grace the cover of this week's issue of Phoenix New Times) will open. Brett Callwood
Scott H. Biram ain't nobody to mess with.
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Scott H. Biram
Mr. Scott H. Biram is nothing short of a total and complete badass mofo. First of all, he is the one man in his namesake one-man band, and his many quality releases over the past 16 years have proved he doesn't need anyone else to help him get the job done, and done well.
From vocal duty to playing guitar and percussion, Biram delivers his style of hillbilly country with a vengeance – tangling it up with elements of punk, blues, metal, classic rock, and an undeniably ferocious spirit. Whether he's blasting out a fierce and noisy tune or bringing it down a little more low and slow, you know he isn't holding back anything.
Another testament to his tenacity: Biram survived a head-on collision with a semi-truck in 2003, suffering multiple internal and external injuries, including the loss of a substantial portion of his organs. A mere month later, with a couple of broken legs, he took the stage in Austin, Texas, performing in a wheelchair, an IV still hanging from his arm. Just like his tunes, that's pretty fuckin' tough. Amy Young
Dub-Jam Halloween feat. Steel Pulse
Hailing from Birmingham, England, by way of the West Indies, Steel Pulse is the first – if only – reggae band to perform at an American president's inaugural celebration (specifically, Bill Clinton's in 1993).
As trivial as Steel Pulse's rank is among ultra-roots purists who kneel before the holy trinity of Bob Marley, Culture, and Burning Spear, the outfit started out with the lofty intention of most rastas: burning down Babylon, then salting the ashes.
In the good old Thatcher-baiting days, Pulse would dress like vicars, coach footmen, and powder-wigged aristocrats, sharing eclectic bills with U.K. rabble-rousers like the Clash, the Stranglers, Generation X and the Police. Along the way, however, the protest-minded vision of frontman David Hinds branched into watered-down crossover territory such as synth-soaked party anthems.
From its 1978 debut, Handsworth Revolution to the Grammy-garnering Babylon the Bandit, the ever-changing lineup has dabbled in jazz, Latin grooves, contemporary dancehall lite, and even a killer Jah-slanted take on Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl." John La Briola
The Nekromantix will invade Mesa on Halloween night.
Courtesy of Hellcat Records
The Nekromantix
Nile Theater in Mesa
Melding the skronk of the Cramps with the grim stylings of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Denmark's Nekromantix have been swaying suggestible American kids into the dark and decadent waters of psychobilly since their 2002 album Return of the Loving Dead was released on U.S. label Hellcat Records.
Prior to that, the band had been active in their native land since 1989, making them already seasoned scene vets and import-only curiosities.
Since followed by three more LPs and a live album, Dead was a blistering 13-track workout featuring lead bassist and singer Kim Nekroman's trademark coffin-bass plucking and frantic howling.
If you have any predilection toward Texas' hellacious Reverend Horton Heat, you will find Nekromantix their perfect Danish counterpart. Break out the pomade and the fangs, kids. They'll be at the Nile in Mesa on Halloween night with like-minded psychobilly act The Brains. Craig Hlavaty
Erika M. Anderson, better known as EMA.
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The music Erika M. Anderson makes as EMA is as beautiful as it is unnerving. Burying her affecting vocals in songs that buzz and crackle with industrial menace, she's America's leading cyberpunk folk singer. Singing about the alienating effects of technology and how it feels to be marginalized in the "outer ring" of society, EMA is the songbird that technophobes and online junkies alike have been looking for.
On early songs like "Marked," she displayed an aching vulnerability that didn't tug at heartstrings so much as it sawed through them like a knife. She also showed off a knack for Garbage-style goth-pop jams on songs like "Milkman" and "So Blonde."
On her latest album, 2017's Exile in the Outer Ring, Anderson has leaned into what she really does best: creeping menace. Songs like "Breathalzyer" and "Blood and Chalk" hum with sinister intent, like the radiator in a murder victim's motel room. Self-described as "33, nihilistic, and female," EMA's wounded voice captures what it feels like to feel adrift and lost in an automated world that needs humanity less and less with each passing day. Ashley Naftule
Børns will perform a free concert at Tempe Marketplace this week.
Chuck Grant
If a lot of today's music sounds something like mid-'80s pop with the sharpness, contrast, saturation, and sugar content cranked way up, then Børns sounds something like the late '70s variation on that theme.
While he certainly looks backward for inspiration – "Electric Love" is a prime example, with its heavy psych guitars and warbly prog synth opening – his records have that genetically modified, test-tube grown goodness we've come to expect from modern major radio acts. (The similarities both aural and in name between his "Electric Love" and MGMT's "Electric Feel" are both relevant and instructive here.)
On his most recent record, 2015's Dopamine, Børns worked with Emile Hanyie (Lana Del Rey) and Jeff Bhasker (Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy), and it shows: It's a quick, slick, neuroelectrical burst of psych-tinged pop pleasure, with Børns' dialed-in falsetto slipping easily past the blood-brain barrier.
You'll probably hear several songs from Dopamine, as well as his latest singles "Faded Heart" and "Sweet Dreams," during Børns' free concert at Tempe Marketplace on Thursday, November 2, which starts at 7 p.m. Elliot Wright
It's pronounced "lay-nee," in case you were wondering.
Courtesy of Chuffmedia
LANY is a deceptive name for a band formed in Nashville, Tennessee. Pronounced "lay-nee," an acronym for "Los Angeles New York," the group at first glance looks and sounds like the ultra-urban minimalist Instagram fodder touted by one-word bands these days. But its repeatable, warm sound also offers comfort, like a friendly waitress in West Virginia. This polarity is what makes LANY so frustrating and so fascinating at the same time.
It is odd that a trio of thoroughly greater-Midwestern guys who met in the South would create music you'd hear at Forever 21. Their self-titled debut album is shiny and produced much in the same vein of those by the band The 1975, and its lyrics are as delightfully millennial and straightforward. But one can't help but notice the undeniable heart and dedication that go into music so unfussy about itself.
First off, the band, now based in L.A., tours like freaking Hendrix, having completed 117 shows last year and embarking on a 135-show tour this year. It's no secret that musicians nowadays make far more money on live shows than album sales, but LANY's drive stems from work ethic (if also survival) in the old-school tradition.
The band's beat-driven synth and fun California-centric melodies can easily be classified as indie pop. Though LANY certainly sounds like pop, its creative process comes entirely from its three members with no professional producers, which is why its members take little issue settling on the noncommittal "indie" descriptor. Stefanie Fernández
Benjamin Leatherman is the clubs editor at Phoenix New Times. He covers local nightlife, music, culture, geekery, and fringe pursuits.
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Obviously a joke, although the giant Galaxy S7 Edge you see in the opening really exists and it is the largest display advertising (in Europe) developed by Samsung and placed on a 25-story building in the District of Sokol in Moscow. The huge LED panel reproduces the likeness of an S7 Edge and is placed at a strategic point which includes a motorway link to Sheremetyevo airport. According to what stated in the description of the video, the screen can be seen up to 2.2 kilometers away!
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John McDonnell vows to end PFI as he prepares Labour for government
The shadow chancellor set his sights high. But the spectre of Brexit loomed over his speech.
John McDonnell was one of the few Labour MPs who never doubted that the party would exceed expectations at the general election. As he delivered his third conference speech as shadow chancellor, McDonnell basked in this success (with Jeremy Corbyn still photographing him like a proud father). "I said then in interview after interview that the polls would narrow and we should shock them all," he recalled. "Not many believed me."
But alive to the charge that Labour has become a mere protest movement, McDonnell set his sights higher: "We have proved that we are an effective campaigning party. We now have to prove that we will be an effective governing party."
The shadow chancellor sought to situate Corbynism within the Labour tradition, hailing the Attlee and Wilson governments but also "the Blair-Brown government that recognised and delivered the scale of public investment that a 21st century society needed." At the dawn of "the fourth industrial revolution," he declared, "it is a Corbyn Labour government that will rescue our country from the long years of austerity."
Though he offered an olive branch to New Labour, McDonnell's policy platform represents a rupture. His new policy announcement was a commitment to end the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), the programme under which infrastructure programmes are funded by private, rather than public capital (ultimately at exorbitant cost to the state). Labour, McDonnell vowed, would not only sign no new PFI deals but would "bring existing PFI contracts back in-house". The upfront cost to the government would be significant but Labour's fiscal rules, unlike the Conservatives', wisely distinguish between current and capital spending.
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There was another standing ovation as McDonnell also pledged: "Rail, water, energy, Royal Mail- we're taking them back." But the shadow chancellor sought to erase the impression that Labour are merely big, rather than wise, spenders. "The Tories have borrowed more than any Labour government ever," he accurately noted, promising to "eliminate the deficit and reduce debt" in office.
But looming over McDonnell's speech was the spectre of Brexit. The UK's exit from the single market and the customs union could deal an economic blow that renders Labour's plans undeliverable. On Brexit, McDonnell, a lifelong eurosceptic, said little. He warned the Conservatives not to downgrade workers' rights or environmental protections but made no mention of the single market (long regarded by the Labour left as an obstacle to socialism).
At this year's conference, Labour's Brexit compromise has endured. But as McDonnell knows, by next year, the stakes will be higher. "As we go into government, you know we will have to clear up the mess the Tories will have left us," he told his audience. How great that mess is hinges on Brexit.


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Mass Effect: Andromeda N7 Day Cinematic Trailer, First Info Revealed
Written by WorstUsernameEver on	November 7th, 2016
I have to admit that I was expecting something more, given how much EA and BioWare teased today's reveals. Mass Effect: Andromeda is still largely shrouded in mystery, but today we have a new trailer focusing on its cinematics, and a few details on its gameplay, courtesy of GameInformer. Let's start with the trailer, which is apparently in-engine and therefore representative of the final title, according to EA:
Meanwhile, the December issue of GameInformer will focus on the title, and the outlet has already released some exclusive info. There's a a coverage trailer, a reveal of the principal voice actors, and a look into the return of Mass Effect 2's loyalty missions:
"I loved the loyalty missions," says creative director Mac Walters. "As a writer, one of the things I loved was the freedom to say 'I know this character is coming along,' so they can carry a lot of the narrative. That made my job easier, but it also made it more fun, because I could tell a more specific story in one of those missions." That philosophy is carrying over to Mass Effect Andromeda, along with the spirit of experimentation that these missions have; the development team can use loyalty missions to play with some non-standard gameplay elements, and have some extra fun with the dialogue.
As entertaining as loyalty missions can be, they aren't part of the critical path of Mass Effect Andromeda. The game has a wide array of side content that players can choose to pursue – including various exploration activities and a mystery surrounding the Ryder family – and the loyalty missions are just one piece in the larger whole. If you complete them, you are rewarded with a more complete knowledge of your squadmates, but you won't be punished if you aren't interested.
"The big difference between this and ME2, where you did a loyalty mission and that all impacted the ending, is that they're much more optional in this case," Walters says. "If you don't want to engage with them, you don't have to. If you want engage with them after the critical path is done, you can do that."
Finally, for those of you who are collectors, it's also worth noting that the game's collector's editions have been revealed. In truth, I don't know if they can be called Collector's Editions, given they're basically two car toy models ($199 and $99 respectively) without the game included, but I never quite understood the passion for collecting myself so I'm a bad judge.
If you were expecting a release date, you'll be disappointed, as the game is still only slated for Spring 2017. We do know, however, that a new trailer will be unveiled at The Game Awards on December 1st, and EA considers that the Gameplay Reveal of the game, so we should finally understand how it plays then.
Related Games: Mass Effect: Andromeda