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Posts Tagged 'Prefab Sprout'
December 22nd, 2009 7 comments
You can finally exhale: here are my top 20 albums of 2009. Apart from the two top spots, the order is rather random. Ask me in ten minutes" time, and Grizzly Bear or M. Ward might sit at number 3 and 4. I"ve put sample tracks of each album on a mix; the song titles appear at the end each abstract.
1. Richard Hawley – Truelove"s Gutter
I didn't expect Hawley to top his majestic 2005 album Coles Corner. A profoundly soulful pop symphony with accomplished and unusual instrumentation, Truelove"s Gutter may very well be the best album of the decade.
(Open Up Your Door) Homepage
2. Ben Kweller – Changing Horses
Kweller at last finds his sound (changing horses?) with an outstanding country album that provides an antidote to the corporate side of the genre. An absolute joy.
(Gypsy Rose) Homepage
3. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
Wilco are incapable of releasing a bad album. The eponymous album will probably not go down in the band's history as a classic, but it's solid quality.
(You And I) Homepage
4. Brandi Carlile – Give Up The Ghost
It took me a few listens to realise just how good an album this Rick Rubin-produced effort is. Stay-At-Home Indie Pop put it better than I could: "Anthemic, brash, cool"¦ the abc of Brandi, and I could go on to devilish, euphoric, fresh but fragile, and beyond (to gargantuan, hoarse-heavenly, incandescent), but all I want to really do is pathetically declare my love." But will you still do so when Brandi gets that first clutch of Grammys, Indie-Pop? See if you can guess, without googling, with whom Carlile duets on Caroline.
(Caroline) Homepage
5. Farryl Purkiss – Fruitbats & Crows
The South African singer-songwriter dude returns three years after his excellent full debut with rockier effort. Purkiss draws his influences widely but manages to create his own coherent, late night sound.
(Seraphine) Homepage
6. Elvis Perkins – Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Here"s what I wrote earlier this year: Imagine Dylan as an indie artist, but with an appealing voice. There is a bit of an experimental edge to it, which in the wrong mood can be annoying, but exhilarating in the right mood.
(Doomsday) MySpace
7. Prefab Sprout – Let's Change The World With Music
Released 17 years after it was actually recorded, this is supposed to be Paddy McAloon"s lost masterpiece. It's not a masterpiece, but a damn good, and very accessible album, on which McAloon is on a bit of a God trip.
(Last Of The Great Romantics) MySpace
8. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
Pitchfork calls the New Pornographer "a force of nature". Hackneyed turns of phrases, even when they intend to pun on an album title, sometimes are just the most appropriate. Case is so much a force of nature that listening to the album can leave the listener exhausted.
(People Got A Lotta Nerve) Homepage
9. Monsters of Folk – Homework
I should love this. Two Bright Eyes guys, M. Ward and the singer of My Morning Jacket, and a batch of very good songs. It"s a fine album, and yet it fills me with a sense of unease, the same vibe I got from the Travelin" Wilburys (and one song here sounds like a Wilburys track!). And yet, I keep returning to Homework…
(Man Named Truth) Homepage
10. Peasant – On The Ground
This deserved more of a buzz. Nicely crafted guy-with-guitar stuff that recalls Joshua Radin and, yeah, Elliot Smith, with a bit of Simon & Garfunkel. A lovely cool-down album.
(Fine Is Fine) MySpace
11. Eels – Hombre Lobo
E offers nothing much new here, but, hey, it's an Eels album, and does everything you want an Eels album to do. That"s enough for me.
(That Look You Give That Guy) Homepage
12. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
Beguiling and frequently surprising. It"s an aural extravaganza. Now, which Ben Folds does Two Weeks borrow its riff from?
(Two Weeks) MySpace
13. Mindy Smith – Stupid Love
Indie-Pop may be in love with Brandi Carlile; I declare my (admittedly promiscuous) love for the likewise deceptively named Mindy Smith. Stupid Love, it must be said, is not as breathtaking an album as Mindy"s debut, One Moment More, but it has Mindy"s beautiful voice and pleasant enough songs.
(What Went Wrong) Homepage
14. Bob Evans – Goodnight Bull Creek
I"m a great fan of Evans" 2006 sophomore album, Suburban Songs. Like that set, Goodnight Bull Creek was recorded in Nashville. Creek lacks the immediately catchy songs of the previous album, but has a much richer, textured production.
(Brother, O Brother) Homepage
15. Jason Paul Johnston – Willows Motel
Solid country, recalling Prine rather than Twitty. And just when I think Johnstone has settled into predictable country mode, he pulls something that makes me think, "What the fuck was that?"
(She's A Friend) MySpace
16. Marissa Nadler – Little Hells
Again, to quote myself: I am not acquainted with Nadler"s previous effort; apparently it is gloomier than Little Hells. Well, this one isn't a courtjesters" convention of heedless madcappery either. It is, however, a beautiful, hypnotic album which draws much of its inspiration from medieval, cloistered sounds.
(Rosary) Homepage.
17. M. Ward – Hold Time
Here Ward draws from the heritage of country and soul, from the Beach Boys and from Spector "" the choice of two covers affirm the retro vibe: an excellent cover of Buddy Holly"s Rave On, a less than brilliant rendition of Hank Williams" Oh Lonesome Me (featuring Hank Sr"s namesake Lucinda). The production is polished, the sound a lot more mainstream than previous albums
(Rave On) Homepage
18. Loney, Dear – Dear John
Our Swedish homestudio-bound genius returns with another magical multi-layered chamber-pop epic which is at once orchestral and, largely thanks to the man's voice, intimate.
(Airport Surroundings) Homepage
19. Micah P Hinson – All Dressed Up And Smelling Of Strangers
I am not a big fan over covers albums. Usually they are self-conscious about doing something "different" with a song, or issue redundant carbon copies. Cover albums work when the performer is idiosyncratic, so unique that he or she need not try to make a song sound differently. Johnny Cash pulled it off; and for the most part Hinson does so here, where he takes on the likes of Sinatra (My Way, the ambitious fucker!), Leadbelly, Holly, Dylan, Beatles and John Denver, armed mostly only with his trusty guitar and croaking voice.
(This Old Guitar) Homepage
20. Laura Gibson – Beasts of Seasons
Pitchfork nailed it when their reviewer called the singer-songwriter Gibson"s music as "far better suited to a fireplace and a cup of warm apple cider than to your local Starbucks". Beasts of Seasons is bleak and beautiful.
(Funeral Song) MySpace
More Albums of the Year
Categories: Albums of the Year, Mix CD-Rs Tags: Albums of the Year, Ben Kweller, Bob Evans, Brandi Carlile, Eels, Elvis Perkins, Farryl Purkiss, Grizzly Bear, Jason Paul Johnston, Laura Gibson, Loney Dear, M Ward, Marissa Nadler, Micah P Hinson, Mindy Smith, Monsters of Folk, Neko Case, Peasant, Prefab Sprout, Richard Hawley, Wilco
Songs by the dumped
May 22nd, 2009 12 comments
Women have I Will Survive to articulate for them how all men are bastards. Nottingham"s Mr Sex of the brilliant Todger Talk blog, which dispenses superb sex and relationship advice to men, pointed out to me at the star-studded gala for the Any Major Blogs Awards earlier this year that men have few equivalent karaoke songs which convey to the nasty ex that he"s well over her "" and perhaps at the same time signal his availability to the lucky laydees who might be so fortunate as to hear him croon such songs. So Nottingham"s Mr Sex set me a challenge: find ten suitable songs which dumped guys can sing with dignified defiance, and he will come up with his own list.
It proved more difficult than I had thought. Dumped guys don"t do gracious much, they don"t do that "who do you think you are, buster?" wiggly neck thing Aretha Franklin does in The Blues Brothers. As we have seen in this series of songs about love, men typically wallow in the dejection of rejection, hoping that their pathetic puppy eyes "" or, worse, an emo outburst "" will extract just enough pity to be taken back. Or they use their heartbreak as an excuse to drink prodigiously and discard the basic doctrines governing personal hygiene and housekeeping.
But that most certainly won"t win her back, nor probably attract a new romance. Much better to jump on stage, grab the mic, and let rip with whichever of these ten songs characterises your back-bouncing emotions.
This being an MP3 blog, I"ve posted links to the music files; the Todger Talk version of this cross-blog has links to video files to all 20 songs, except the Tom Waits track (and a couple not of the originals, though the Garth Brooks karaokist gives it his best shot).
Ben Folds Five "" Song For The Dumped.mp3
Song For The Dumped really is the national anthem of embittered dumpees. Ben Folds has been discarded with pitiless diplomacy: "So you wanted to take a break, slow it down some and have some space"¦" He stood no chance; you can"t argue yourself out of that one. How would you respond? And how would you like to respond. Probably like Folds: "Well, fuck you too." Less than considerate? Perhaps. But, man, he had just BOUGHT HER DINNER. Now he wants his money back, "and don"t forget to give me back my black T-shirt". Yeah! Give him back the black T-shirt! The new girlfriend is getting cold!
Tom Waits "" Who Are You.mp3
Ben Folds wants to her to give back the T-shirt; Waits wants her to TAKE back what she gave him: lies. And he"s only getting started in what might be the greatest fuck-off song from the male perspective. "Did my time "" in the jail of your arms." Oooh! "Go on ahead and take this the wrong way, time"s not your friend." Ouch! "Are you pretending to love? Well, I hear that it pays well." Oooof!
Godsmack "" I Fucking Hate You.mp3
It is fair to say that Godsmack"s repertoire of scathing zingers is rather more slender than that of Waits and they do lack Ben Folds cutting drollness, but they sing from the heart. Not only was that horrid ex apparently lying to Mr Smack, but she also impugned his good character (and we must trust that his integrity was entirely unimpeachable before), as the lyric suggest: "And every day I"m gonna blame you, even if you justify every fuckin" bullshit lie"¦it only makes me want to break you." Inarticulation often accompanies a broken heart, which might explain the lyrical descend to the levels subsequently occupied by Paris Hilton on her excursion into the world of popular music: "Don"t ever look my way. Don"t even think I"m playin", cause I fuckin" hate you. You"re such a liar; I love to hate you" (punctuation is mine; as conceived by the lyricist, none might have been intended). And with that out of the way, we can finally deliberate on the heart of the song: "Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!" And why not? Sometimes that is all that needs to be said.
.Justin Timberlake "" Cry Me A River.mp3
The song apparently was a riposte to Britney Spears" alleged infidelity. Likewise, our notional karaoke singer might have been the blameless party in a split generated by a betrayal. He might have done the dumping, but the betrayal was hers. Either way, the relationship is over, no matter how much she begs. "Girl I refuse, you must have me confused with some other guy. Your bridges were burned, and now it"s your turn to cry, cry me a river." The sentiment, of course, borrows from a much greater song by the same title. That one is more commonly sung by women (best heard in Julie London"s version).
Hank Williams "" Your Cheating Heart.mp3
Where Timberlake is piqued over Britn"¦ the girl"s infidelity, Hank Williams (the first one, not the McCain-lovin" son) navigates the byways of false empathy as he sketches out what emotional turmoil awaits the indiscreet ex. "Your cheatin" heart will make you weep. You"ll cry and cry and try to sleep." Just reward for cheating on the doubtless scrupulously faithful Hank. Of course Hank may just be hoping or projecting; the girl might well be pleased to be rid of him, and perhaps with good reason. But just in case she isn"t, he adds: "You"ll toss around and call my name." And wouldn"t that just settle the score?
Lou Rawls – You"ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine.mp3
Where Hank Williams" wishes psychological suffering upon his ex, Lou is more sanguine about love lost "" and he can afford to be, since he was only rejected, not cheated upon. His cheer obviously is a mask: when he says she won"t ever find anyone as good as him, he is bathed in anguish, and not making an intrepid foray into the dark art of divination, his rebuff of "ifs and buts and maybes" notwithstanding. He"s not "bragging on myself, baby"; it"s just inconceivable that anyone can love her as tenderly and completely as he has. She"ll regret rejecting him. "Late in the midnight hour, baby "" you"re gonna miss my lovin". When it"s cold outside "" you"re gonna miss my lovin"." His whoa-whoas serve to underline the hopeful taunt. He"ll get over her in good time, and when she realises what she has lost, it"ll be too late. Take that, you wretched waster of good love!
Any rejected fool in love will know precisely what Lou is talking about. Twenty years ago, I was such a fool, suffering from unrequited love, a distressing case of frienditis, with Elizabeth (not necessarily her real name). One night at a club, You"ll Never Find… came on. While she was dancing with some random other, I whispered to my friend: "And I dedicate this song to Elizabeth." Our mutual friend emphatically agreed with the sentiment. Well, Elizabeth just didn"t love me that way. The way she did love me was expressed by ramming a stake through my heart while cackling viciously like a particularly sinister witch in Macbeth as portrayed by an overacting diva as she told me that we should just be friends. I recently caught up with Elizabeth. She is happily married to a nice man who clearly adores her, and she him. So Lou proved to be less than prescient. But at the time, his anthem of defiant self-validation in which she, not he, was the big loser helped to shake the heavy dust of lovelorn despondency off my shoulders. And within only a year and a half, I was even over her"¦
Whitesnake "" Here I Go Again.mp3
Some men are accumulating experience at being dumped, much like our present friend as he goes again here. He won"t waste much time mourning the old relationship. In karaoke mode, he is proclaiming himself ready to be swept off his feet by the next knightess in shining lycra. And what woman of compassionate spirit would fail to give the man a chance when he philosophies: "I"m just another heart in need of rescue, waiting on love"s sweet charity. And I"m gonna hold on for the rest of my days, "cos I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams." Sure, the poetry is risible, but he probably will get laid tonight.
Garth Brooks "" Friends In Low Places.mp3
Being dumped for reasons of economic class just isn"t right-on. But this is what has happened to Garth Brooks (or the song"s first-person protagonist). He confronts her for a final time on her wedding day. And as he might in the rejected script for a rom-com, Brooks trespasses on the nuptials in his cowboy boots (and perhaps a 12 gallon Stetson), intimidates the alarmed groom, and tells the bride that he"s down with her new life "" as turning up uninvited to an ex"s wedding invariably communicates. "I toasted you, said, "˜honey, we may be through", but you"ll never hear me complain." With bravado he celebrates having found refuge in drink among the flies at his local bar (here we imagine a joint where Achy Breaky Heart commands respect) populated by the cohort of low social expectations in the title. Brooks is, as we and his ex can guess, fooling himself. But at least he can get in a little dig as he makes his declaration of emotional independence: "Hey, I didn"t mean to cause a big scene. Just give me an hour and then"¦well, I"ll be as high as that ivory tower that you"re livin" in." At which point his lowly-placed pals join in the rousing, presumably alcohol-fuelled chorus.
Prefab Sprout "" When Love Breaks Down.mp3
The dumped karaoke song for the more introspective, analytical man. It isn"t even clear yet that he has been dumped, or that the relationship is over. But our hero is already making plans for that eventuality, which he seems to regard as virtually inevitable. So, what happens when love breaks down? Firstly, you stop the truth from hurting you. Secondly, you lie to yourself (as some of our friends in the preceding songs have done). Thirdly, "you join the wrecks who leave their hearts for easy sex". Which is why we are presently singing karaoke songs about failed relationship in a bar populated with women in first place.
New York City "" I"m Doing Fine Now.mp3
At the beginning of the post I flagged Ben Folds Five"s Song For The Dumped as the national anthem for the dumped, but the real song of recovery, of liberation from the cast irons of a broken heart, is this glorious soul number from 1973. The protagonist is at a more advanced stage of recovery than our notional karaokist, but projecting an aspirational confidence that happiness will return with a new love certainly would do no damage to the prospect of getting laid or, depending on your temperament, strike up a rewarding relationship with a very nice girl. The opening verse updates us comprehensively: "Remember the day you up and left? I nearly cried myself to death, oh yeah. And then I met someone else. She made me stop and get a-hold of myself." And here comes the taunt: "Oh girl, I"m doin" fine now, without you, baby." Repeated often enough to drive home the message: what the hell was I doing tormenting myself over you for?
More songs about love
And seeing as Nottingham"s Mr Sex set me a challenge, it was only fair that he should show his hand. Here then is his list of 10 male variations on the I Will Survive theme, with Mr Sex"s links to video files, to which I"ve added MP3s (Mediafire was playing up, so all but one are on DivShare). Incidentally, go to Todger Talk to read Mr Sex"s introduction to this cross-blog "" it"s much better than mine, and very funny. Besides, you will need to if you want to understand the Crazy woman reference.
Black Sabbath – Iron Man.mp3
This song might sound like a big metal robot getting ready to kick the world"s face in, but don"t be fooled "" the sentiments are as close as it gets to the male version of IWS. Ignore the rammell about being turned to steel in the great magnetic field "" that"s Ozzy trying to say that he"s been chucked by a bird without his mates twigging and taking the piss out of him. Perfectly male sentiments, too "" while Gloria gets over her ex by finding someone better, Ozzy can only purge his feelings of rejection by pretending to be 100 feet tall and putting his metal Doc Martens through a building. Because we"ve all thought that, haven"t we, chaps?
Isaac Hayes "" By The Time I Get To Phoenix (full version).mp3
And yes, it has to be the full Isaac Hayes version. While Glen Campbell sounds like a deadbeat Dad making a midnight flit with a barmaid half his age, Black Moses takes the time to explain that his ex was a right slapper who made him work triple-time so she could get her nails done, and only now does she realise how mint he is, ha ha. Problem is, he takes eleven minutes to lay this all out before he sings note number one, so you"re going to have to work your arse off to prevent a bum-rush by Crazy woman and a hail of empty WKD bottles. Wearing a dressing gown made of gold chains might help.
Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye.mp3
Marc Almond might not be the most aggressively masculine singer in this list (and the opening line forces you to state that a) you"ve had a bit of a roar and b) you knock about in a pub called The Pink Flamingo), but don"t let that put you off, because the glee with which he lays into his rubbish ex is a joy to behold. Bonus points for the subtle allusion that you"re after a "˜nice little housewife", as the pub will be full of "˜em. I"d mention the David Gray version, but I"d rather not, as I"ve never heard it.
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles – Who"s Gonna Take The Blame.mp3
Poor old Smokey seems to have spent the vast majority of his life being pissed about by women, but he clocked what the girl in this song was all about ages ago; a window-smashing, abusive cow who needed getting shot of. Naturally, said harridan becomes a "˜woman of the street". Smokey charitably alludes that he tried his best, but he"s bragging, really. Moral "" you"re going to end up having sex for money in graveyards for dumping me, you rotten cow.
Jimi Hendrix – Stone Free.mp3
It was either this or Roadrunner by Junior Walker and the All-Stars, because the sentiments are the same: I"m single because I go round the country (possibly as a sales rep), I can"t be doing with women putting me in a plastic cage (my making me stay in and watch Strictly Come Dancing), and I"m a wild spirit who needs to live his life the way he needs to, in order to be spiritually fulfilled (by downloading porn torrents, watching back-to-back episodes of Top Gear, and playing Football Manager until 3am next to a stack of pizza boxes).
Cliff Richard – Devil Woman.mp3
The standard get-out clause for any dumped male: She Was Mental. And Cliff (who has allegedly not had it off since rationing was stopped in the UK) is in full-on warning mode about his ex, who sounds a bit like that cat-woman in Conan The Barbarian who turns into a ball of flame after that romp in the cave, advising any other bloke sniffing around to LEG IT. Whilst subtly bragging that he"s been there, of course.
Lee Dorsey – Get Out My Life Woman.mp3
As you"ve noticed, the tone is changing very quickly from "˜I will grow stronger without you" to "˜Oh, bollocks to you, then". And this is probably the most eloquent, understated OBTYT I"ve ever come across.
Jilted John "" Jilted John.mp3
The most joyous, cathartic, triumphant I"ve-been-dumped song ever. She is a slag. And he"s a creep. She is a tart. He"s very cheap. She is a slut. He thinks he"s tough. She is a bitch. He is a puff. (and Kid Jensen can shut his gob, the cheeky bastard).
Wayne County and the Electric Chairs – Fuck Off.mp3
Say no more. But be aware the singer in question ended up having a sex change.
Cake – I Will Survive.mp3
Sod it, why not? 99.99999% of songs don"t have genitals, and the ones that do can easily be operated on.
So, which song would you nominate?
Categories: Songs About Love Tags: Ben Folds, Black Sabbath, Cake, Cliff Richard, Garth Brooks, Hank Williams, Isaac Hayes, Jilted John, Jimi Hendrix, Justin Timberlake, Lee Dorsey, Lou Rawls, Love Songs, New York City, Prefab Sprout, Smokey Robinson, Soft Cell, Tom Waits, Wayne County, Whitesnake
Love Songs For Every Situation: Love ends
February 13th, 2008 3 comments
And after love comes the break-up. We'll deal with the long-term effects of that later. For now, let's get caught in the moment of the break-up.
Kris Kristofferson – For The Good Times.mp3
Few songs are as much in the moment as this: Kris is proposing break-up sex to celebrate what must have been a great relationship, and to signify that the split is amicable ("There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning"). There is still some love there (it is unclear who actually wants to leave). There is much tenderness in the chorus: "Lay your head upon my pillow.Hold your warm and tender body close to mine. Hear the whisper of the raindrops, blowin' soft against the window,and make believe you love me one more time…for the good times."
Crowded House – Better Be Home Soon (live).mp3
Interpreting Crowded House lyrics can be a precarious past-time. I read those for "Better Be Home Soon" (here a live version from the Farewell To The World album) as a desperate plea to save a relationship. Perhaps the couple has already separated, or one partner is playing away, or (as I read it) the couple is experiencing a great personal distance, but the protagonist is asking to fix a relationship that is dying. The effort must come from both sides: "So don't say no, don't say nothing's wrong, cause when you get back home, maybe I'll be gone." This is a great song to play on guitar. For the tabs check out the Guitariotabs blog whence I borrowed this file from.
Missy Higgins – Ten Days.mp3
A relationship is certainly dying in this song, by another Australian artist, but not so much because the love has been extinguished, but as the effect of long-distance ("so tell me, did you really think…I had gone when you couldn't see me anymore?"). Missy is "cutting the ropes", even though "you're still the only one that feels like home".
Powderfinger – Wishing On The Same Moon.mp3
More Aussie heartbreak in this slow-rock song from last year's Dream Days at the Hotel Existence album. The dude is still totally in love, but has been left. He's not bitter yet (that'll be dealt with in later posts); in fact "whenever you set free your devil smile on me, I melt". The poor guy knows it's over, and is now reduced to begging: "I'm calling out for you, pleading for your love. You're falling from my view and there's nothing I can do." So, what does one do when one cannot be with one's love? Why, look up at the stars and the moon, of course. That's what they are there for, it's what he and she can share: "I'm waiting in the afternoon for the sun to sink and let the night back in. It's when I feel close to you, when the stars they swoon and bring their night time bloom."
An obvious break-up song from the great 1985 Steve McQueen album. There isn't much drama in this split; the relationship is fizzling out, the inevitable being delayed to avoid the pain. They don't see each other much, so "absence makes the heart lose weight, till love breaks down, love breaks down." So, what will it be like when he's single again? Paddy' take: "When love breaks down, you join the wrecks who leave their hearts for easy sex."
Carole King – It's Too Late.mp3
Another song about love fading undramatically. "It used to be so easy living here with you. You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do. Now you look so unhappy and I feel like a fool" — that is such a brutal realisation. It's over, but it is reciprocal: "There'll be good times again for me and you, but we just can't stay together, can't you feel it too? Still I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you." They'll have their memories, and they'll be good.
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way.mp3
A classic in the genre, this track, from the 1977 Rumous album, was Lindsay Buckingham's "fuck off" letter to Stevie Nicks. He wants to give her his world, but "how can I when you won't take it from me". Much has been made of the line: "Packing up, shacking up is all you wanna do". Either Stevie was cheating (which she denies), or it refers to the rejected wedding proposal. Mick Fleetwood's furious drumming and Buckingham's angry guitar solo help to underscore the acidity of the lyrics.
Abba – The Winner Takes It All.mp3
Another song about band members splitting. Everything that has been said in praise of this song is true. Agnetha's vocals are drenched in the pain of her own separation from Bjorn, who said he wrote it with a bottle of whisky as a companion. "I was in your arms, thinking I belonged there. I figured it made sense, building me a fence. Building me a home, thinking I'd be strong there, but I was a fool, playing by the rules." The disillusionment of love, and trust, broken. The dude goes on to somebody else, ("but tell me, does she kiss like I used to kiss you?"). In this split someone is going on with life, the other feels foolish, desperate, frustrated and lonely.
Earth, Wind & Fire – After The Love Has Gone.mp3*
A marriage is blowing up after several good years, and our man can't understand why. "We knew love would last. Every night, something right would invite us to begin the day." Then things went awry. "Something happened along the way, what used to be happy was sad…" Words and melody combine to express an inner drama in the singer's bid to make sense of it all (seeing as it's Maurice White singing here, maybe a clue is in his sexual selfishness as revealed in yesterday's post).
Odyssey – If You're Looking For A Way Out.mp3
This is the saddest song among all these sad songs. A ballad from the funkster's 1980 Hang Together album, the singer knows her man's love has died, and puts the ball into his court. "Tell me I'm wrong", but if she isn't, "if you're looking for a way out, I won't stand here in your way". Dude needs telling. She knows he cares: "Ain't that just like you to worry about me. But we promised to be honest with each other for all eternity." But she also knows that his love is gone: "Your kisses taste the same, but it's just a sweet disguise." Are you feeling tears coming on yet? Try this for size then: "Don't look at the tears that I'm crying, they'll only make you wanna stay. Don't kiss me again, 'cause I'm dying to keep you from running away." So what does the guy do when he is told: "Better tell me what's in you heart. Oh baby now stop pretending, stop pretending, stop pretending"? He might be ready to tell her what's in his heart, but then she adds: "Don't you know I'll always love you." Checkmate.
Categories: Songs About Love Tags: Abba, Crowded House, Earth Wind and Fire, Fleetwood Mac, Kris Kristofferson, Missy Higgins, Odyssey, Prefab Sprout


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Moreover, I wonder the space $\mathbb{R}^3$ is endowed with affine space structure or vector space structure.
As an easier example, when studying analytic geometry in high school, we write that a point $M \in \mathbb{R^3}$ is a 3-tuple $(x,y,z)$, while a "vector" $\overrightarrow{m}$ is the same with 3-tuple $(u,v,w)$. What is the different between two notations?

A: If you do things carefully, then you view your curve as having values in the three-dimensional Euclidean (or affine) space, which I denote by $E^3$ to distinguish it from the vector space. (You can see this from the fact that if you draw the situation, then you can determine the tangent without knowing where the origin lies.) But it is easy to see that via the affine structure, you can identify each tangent space $T_xE^3$ with the modelling vector space $\mathbb R^3$. The affine structure in particular allows you to form $y=x+v\in E^3$ for $x\in E^3$ and $v\in\mathbb R^3$. Using this, the identification of $\mathbb R^3$ with $T_xE^3$ is given by mapping $v$ to the derivative at $t=0$ of the curve $t\mapsto x+tv$. So for a smooth curve $r:I\to E^3$ you get $r'(t)\in T_{r(t)}E^3\cong\mathbb R^3$ (and the tangent line at $t_0$ is the unique affine line which passes through $r(t_0)$ has the same derivative there as $r$).

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Brendon Leigh And Mercedes Clinch 2018 Pro Series Titles
It was a weekend to remember for Mercedes AMG-Petronas Esports and Brendon Leigh, as they completed a memorable double by clinching the team and driver championships at the 2018 F1 New Balance Esports Pro Series Grand Final in London.
Leigh arrived on Friday for the opening races of the Grand Final with a 43-point lead in the standings but he didn't have things quite his own way in Race Seven at Hockenheim. It was Sauber Esports driver Salih Saltunc who stole the headlines with a near-flawless, dominant display from the front – taking the chequered flag for a popular victory and the top step on the podium, with Leigh having to be content with second position. Red Bull's Joni Tormala completed the podium finishers, will Leigh extending his lead in the standings with three races to go.
Round Eight also came on Friday and it brought another victory for Leigh, moving him to within three points of clinching the driver championship with Saturday's final two Grand Final races to come. Starting from P2 on the grid, Leigh quickly moved past Enzo Bonito on the opening lap and was almost three seconds clear by the end of lap four. He held off a determined challenge from Williams Esports driver Alvaro Carreton following the pit stops mid-race, but crossed the line ahead of the Spaniard to take a 73-point lead into Saturday, where a maximum of 75 points would be available to those behind him in the standings.
And Leigh wrapped up the title at the first available opportunity on Saturday, racing to victory at COTA to complete his championship defence. His team mate, Daniel Bereznay, who was the only driver who could mathematically catch Leigh, finished runner-up – helping to clinch up the inaugural F1 New Balance Esports Pro Series team championship for Mercedes.
Amazingly, despite both championships already being decided, the final race of the 2018 Pro Series was arguably the most exciting of all. It was double distance and double points on offer around Yas Marina, and from an early pile-up right through to some last-gasp overtaking, it proved to be a thrilling and fitting finale to the competition. In the end it was Bereznay who crossed the line first for his second Pro Series victory of 2018 and consolidating P2 for him in the overall driver standings. He was followed home by Bono Huis, of McLaren Shadow, and Toro Rosso's Frederik Rasmussen in P3.
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"""Support for Nanoleaf Lights."""
import logging

import voluptuous as vol

from homeassistant.components.light import (
    ATTR_BRIGHTNESS, ATTR_COLOR_TEMP, ATTR_EFFECT, ATTR_HS_COLOR,
    ATTR_TRANSITION, PLATFORM_SCHEMA, SUPPORT_BRIGHTNESS,
    SUPPORT_COLOR, SUPPORT_COLOR_TEMP, SUPPORT_EFFECT,
    SUPPORT_TRANSITION, Light)
from homeassistant.const import CONF_HOST, CONF_NAME, CONF_TOKEN
import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
from homeassistant.util import color as color_util
from homeassistant.util.color import \
    color_temperature_mired_to_kelvin as mired_to_kelvin
from homeassistant.util.json import load_json, save_json

_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)

DEFAULT_NAME = 'Nanoleaf'

DATA_NANOLEAF = 'nanoleaf'

CONFIG_FILE = '.nanoleaf.conf'

ICON = 'mdi:triangle-outline'

SUPPORT_NANOLEAF = (SUPPORT_BRIGHTNESS | SUPPORT_COLOR_TEMP | SUPPORT_EFFECT |
                    SUPPORT_COLOR | SUPPORT_TRANSITION)

PLATFORM_SCHEMA = PLATFORM_SCHEMA.extend({
    vol.Required(CONF_HOST): cv.string,
    vol.Required(CONF_TOKEN): cv.string,
    vol.Optional(CONF_NAME, default=DEFAULT_NAME): cv.string,
})

def setup_platform(hass, config, add_entities, discovery_info=None):
    """Set up the Nanoleaf light."""
    from pynanoleaf import Nanoleaf, Unavailable
    if DATA_NANOLEAF not in hass.data:
        hass.data[DATA_NANOLEAF] = dict()

    token = ''
    if discovery_info is not None:
        host = discovery_info['host']
        name = discovery_info['hostname']
        # if device already exists via config, skip discovery setup
        if host in hass.data[DATA_NANOLEAF]:
            return
        _LOGGER.info("Discovered a new Nanoleaf: %s", discovery_info)
        conf = load_json(hass.config.path(CONFIG_FILE))
        if conf.get(host, {}).get('token'):
            token = conf[host]['token']
    else:
        host = config[CONF_HOST]
        name = config[CONF_NAME]
        token = config[CONF_TOKEN]

    nanoleaf_light = Nanoleaf(host)

    if not token:
        token = nanoleaf_light.request_token()
        if not token:
            _LOGGER.error("Could not generate the auth token, did you press "
                          "and hold the power button on %s"
                          "for 5-7 seconds?", name)
            return
        conf = load_json(hass.config.path(CONFIG_FILE))
        conf[host] = {'token': token}
        save_json(hass.config.path(CONFIG_FILE), conf)

    nanoleaf_light.token = token

    try:
        nanoleaf_light.available
    except Unavailable:
        _LOGGER.error(
            "Could not connect to Nanoleaf Light: %s on %s", name, host)
        return

    hass.data[DATA_NANOLEAF][host] = nanoleaf_light
    add_entities([NanoleafLight(nanoleaf_light, name)], True)

class NanoleafLight(Light):
    """Representation of a Nanoleaf Light."""

    def __init__(self, light, name):
        """Initialize an Nanoleaf light."""
        self._available = True
        self._brightness = None
        self._color_temp = None
        self._effect = None
        self._effects_list = None
        self._light = light
        self._name = name
        self._hs_color = None
        self._state = None

    @property
    def available(self):
        """Return availability."""
        return self._available

    @property
    def brightness(self):
        """Return the brightness of the light."""
        if self._brightness is not None:
            return int(self._brightness * 2.55)
        return None

    @property
    def color_temp(self):
        """Return the current color temperature."""
        if self._color_temp is not None:
            return color_util.color_temperature_kelvin_to_mired(
                self._color_temp)
        return None

    @property
    def effect(self):
        """Return the current effect."""
        return self._effect

    @property
    def effect_list(self):
        """Return the list of supported effects."""
        return self._effects_list

    @property
    def min_mireds(self):
        """Return the coldest color_temp that this light supports."""
        return 154

    @property
    def max_mireds(self):
        """Return the warmest color_temp that this light supports."""
        return 833

    @property
    def name(self):
        """Return the display name of this light."""
        return self._name

    @property
    def icon(self):
        """Return the icon to use in the frontend, if any."""
        return ICON

    @property
    def is_on(self):
        """Return true if light is on."""
        return self._state

    @property
    def hs_color(self):
        """Return the color in HS."""
        return self._hs_color

    @property
    def supported_features(self):
        """Flag supported features."""
        return SUPPORT_NANOLEAF

    def turn_on(self, **kwargs):
        """Instruct the light to turn on."""
        brightness = kwargs.get(ATTR_BRIGHTNESS)
        hs_color = kwargs.get(ATTR_HS_COLOR)
        color_temp_mired = kwargs.get(ATTR_COLOR_TEMP)
        effect = kwargs.get(ATTR_EFFECT)
        transition = kwargs.get(ATTR_TRANSITION)

        if hs_color:
            hue, saturation = hs_color
            self._light.hue = int(hue)
            self._light.saturation = int(saturation)
        if color_temp_mired:
            self._light.color_temperature = mired_to_kelvin(color_temp_mired)

        if transition:
            if brightness:  # tune to the required brightness in n seconds
                self._light.brightness_transition(
                    int(brightness / 2.55), int(transition))
            else:  # If brightness is not specified, assume full brightness
                self._light.brightness_transition(100, int(transition))
        else:  # If no transition is occurring, turn on the light
            self._light.on = True
            if brightness:
                self._light.brightness = int(brightness / 2.55)

        if effect:
            self._light.effect = effect

    def turn_off(self, **kwargs):
        """Instruct the light to turn off."""
        transition = kwargs.get(ATTR_TRANSITION)
        if transition:
            self._light.brightness_transition(0, int(transition))
        else:
            self._light.on = False

    def update(self):
        """Fetch new state data for this light."""
        from pynanoleaf import Unavailable
        try:
            self._available = self._light.available
            self._brightness = self._light.brightness
            self._color_temp = self._light.color_temperature
            self._effect = self._light.effect
            self._effects_list = self._light.effects
            self._hs_color = self._light.hue, self._light.saturation
            self._state = self._light.on
        except Unavailable as err:
            _LOGGER.error("Could not update status for %s (%s)",
                          self.name, err)
            self._available = False

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(Catholic Herald) The English leader of a breakaway traditionalist group has said that he wishes to be reconciled with the Catholic Church.
Bishop David Bell, 41, is head of the Society of Pope Leo XIII, which upholds the pre-Vatican II teachings of the Church, particularly the older form of the Tridentine Mass. The society claims to have 73 bishops and 500 priests, and to be responsible for congregations totalling 8.5 million people.
In the eyes of the Church Bishop Bell's ordination as a bishop is valid but illicit; he was ordained by bishops with the Apostolic Succession and has passed this on to other bishops he has ordained, but all of this is without the sanction of the Catholic Church.
A report in the Italian newspaper La Stampa last week said that Bishop Bell, who calls himself Archbishop of London, had prepared a "curse" against Bishop Mario Meini of the Diocese of Fiesole, Italy, but he said that this was incorrect.
"I issued a decree of anathema because he said I wasn't a bishop. Only the Holy See can make such a declaration," he said.
Bishop Bell met Pope Benedict XVI at a Wednesday audience in June 2011 and kissed his hand. "How did I meet the Holy Father? I asked," he said, stressing that he applied to meet him as head of the Society of Pope Leo XIII.
He said that he accepts the infallibility of the Pope. "We don't speak out against the Holy See," he said, emphasising that doctrinally they are close to the Church. "As far as we are concerned there's very little difference at all," he said. The one important point is the Tridentine Mass, which Pope Benedict has brought to greater prominence in the Church.
Bishop Bell confirmed that the Society of Pope Leo XIII is "in talks" with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. "The Holy See has held private talks with illicit bishops for hundreds of years," he said.
He accepted that if they were to come back into full communion they would have to accept the authority of the Church. "We intend to bend, to work more closely with Rome," he said. He said that talks had already been held with officials at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
He said that if and when he would accepted back he will be a titular bishop only, without any episcopal power within the Church, and accepts that "my hands will be tied unless or until the Holy See decides otherwise".
"It is a long journey and will take a long time," he said.


text:
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    'use strict';

    angular
        .module('app')
        .factory('SettingService', SettingService);

    SettingService.$inject = ['$http'];
    function SettingService($http) {
        var service = {};

        service.getAll = getAll;
        service.update = update;

        return service;

        function getAll(callback, callbackError) {
            return $http.get(baseApi + 'settings').then(callback, callbackError);
        }

        function update($data, callback, callbackError) {
            return $http.put(baseApi + 'settings/update-all', $data).then(callback, callbackError);
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Aymeric Laportes Manchester City Form Demands That He Ditch French National Team for Spain
Aymeric Laporte has been left out of France's squad. Again.
Apparently there are reasons. Didier Deschamps prefers to have an even number of right and left footed centre-backs in his squads ('marginal gains' and that, but weird), and he doesn't quite fit in with some of the other personnel. There have been different reasons given for that – an apparent falling out with Antoine Griezmann being one of them – but one stands out. It took him ages to commit to France over Spain, and that was not well received.
La première liste de l'année 2019 !  On retrouvera nos Bleus lundi à Clairefontaine pour débuter les Qualifications de l'@EURO2020  #FiersdetreBleus
Moldavie  France (22/03)
France  Islande (25/03) pic.twitter.com/E05quOlWMz
— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) March 14, 2019
In fact, he actively started the process of Spaniardising himself after he was overlooked for Euro 2016, and 51 youth level caps for France be damned. A month later, he was called up for France.
He backed down, saying he would stop the process of Spaniardification, and accepted the call-up for the country of his birth. He didn't play in either of the games in that international break though and, two and a half years later, remains uncapped at senior level.
Granted, France have unbelievable options in the position right now, with Raphael Varane and Samuel Umtiti the clear starting two, and Presnel Kimpembe the heir apparent – albeit an heir apparent with improvements to make.
The fourth centre-back called up this week is Kurt Zouma, who has been playing reasonably poorly in a very average Everton team this season.
Aymeric Laporte is playing well in a team who are top of the Premier League and in the Champions League quarter finals.
That's bizarre.
Except of course, by Deschamps' logic, it isn't. He wants to keep his left-right balance, the there are concerns about Laporte's impact on team chemistry. In a squad struggling for centre-back options, the coach would have to find a way to include him. In a squad with two of the best eight or nine centre-backs in the world, Deschamps doesn't have to make Laporte work.
That's why Luis Enrique should be on the phone to the Etihad Campus right now – Luis, if you're reading this, exit the browser and get on the blower – and asking Laporte if he wouldn't mind having another look at those Spanish citizenship papers he shredded a few years ago.
He'll be 25 at the end of the season. Aymeric Laporte will be 25 years old and not have a senior international cap and that is really, really, really stupid.
Questions on omissions of Clément Lenglet & Aymeric Laporte: Didier Deschamps will only ever pick two left-footers & two right-footers at centre back in any squad. It is an unwritten rule. Umtiti & Kimpembe currently fill those slots.
— Get French Football News (@GFFN) March 14, 2019
Spain's current centre-back options are Sergio Ramos (33 at the end of the season), Nacho (29, and pretty average), Marc Bartra (hmmmm), Inigo Martinez, Diego Llorente and Mario Hermoso (blah, blah and blahhhhh).
Laporte wouldn't just make the squad for Spain, he'd be an instant starter alongside Ramos. He'd be the lynchpin of that back for the next seven or eight years. It's a no brainer, right?
(n.b. I have no idea how long the process would be for Laporte to Spaniardify himself, or if it's possible now he doesn't live there. I assume it is. Please email me at chris@90min.com if it isn't)


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Previous / Toyota impressed by Yamashita's first Le Mans performance Next / WEC working on new qualifying format for 2021 season
WEC Breaking news
WEC boss Neveu to stand down at the end of 2020
Filip Cleeren
Gerard Neveu, the CEO of the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series, will stand down from his position at the end of the current 2019/20 season.
Neveu was appointed by the ACO in 2011 to oversee the running of the returning World Endurance Championship, the successor to the Intercontinental Le Mans Challenge. Between 2012 and 2020 the WEC featured hybrid LMP1 prototypes from Audi, Porsche and Toyota as well as factory GT entries from the likes of Porsche, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Ford and BMW.
The championship is transitioning into a new Le Mans Hypercar era in 2021, but will do so without Neveu at the helm. Neveu is leaving his position at Le Mans Endurance Management, the parent company of WEC and the European Le Mans Series "to pursue new challenges in his professional career."
"After nine years at the head of this superb motorsport programme, I think it is time for me to hand over the baton and allow new life to be breathed into the organisation under the leadership of Pierre Fillon," Neveu said in a statement on Wednesday.
"Great pages in endurance racing's history books will open in a few months, in particular with the arrival of LMH and LMDh, and I have no doubt about the successes to come for these championships under the ACO umbrella.
"Until then, I will do my best to finish the 2020 season in the best way possible. Then it will be time for me to set off on a different personal path in 2021."
ACO president Pierre Fillon added: "In creating and, above all, developing our FIA World Endurance Championship, Gerard Neveu was one of the fundamental building blocks.
"The ACO and WEC has progressed together, and we have fought many battles to establish our championship within the world of motor racing.
"For all these professional and human adventures we have experienced together, I sincerely thank Gérard. I particularly salute his commitment, his involvement and his extraordinary energy.
"From here on I wish him the best in his future professional activities. From a personal point of view he will remain a member of our endurance family and, whatever his activities are, there is little doubt that future joint collaborations will emerge."
Before his role as the CEO of WEC and ELMS, Neveu was general manager of the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet. A successor to Neveu has not yet been announced.
Toyota impressed by Yamashita's first Le Mans performance
WEC working on new qualifying format for 2021 season
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Zurlinden joins Porsche & Audi LMDh supplier Multimatic
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Lopez: Kobayashi's appointment won't change Toyota WEC team dynamic
Why F1-snubbed Davidson has no regrets in retirement
He may not have won the Le Mans 24 Hours - falling agonisingly short in 2016 - and didn't get the opportunities in Formula 1 his talents merited. But after calling time on his professional career last month, Anthony Davidson says his pride in his performances with Peugeot and Toyota in LMP1 mean more than the results he achieved
Why Le Mans didn't decide Toyota's WEC title outcome in 2021
Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez scored a second successive FIA World Endurance Championship title in the #7 Toyota, as its new Le Mans Hypercar went unbeaten. Motorsport.com recaps how each of the four classes in the 2021 season were won and picks out the best LMH and GTE drivers
The unanswered questions that define WEC 2021's controversial ending
OPINION: The deeply unsatisfying ending to a brilliant World Endurance Championship GTE Pro battle in Bahrain had Ferrari provisionally heading back from the desert as the victor. But Porsche plans to appeal the outcome, which rests on a number of confusing elements that have yet to be satisfactorily explained.
How the WEC's heavyweight duel reached its controversial flashpoint
The Ferrari versus Porsche fight for the FIA World Endurance Championship's GTE Pro title had been a finely-poised affair, right up until Alessandro Pier Guidi's punt on Michael Christensen in the closing stages of the Bahrain 8 Hours handed Ferrari a provisional title, pending Porsche's appeal. Here's how the controversy played out.
The remarkable fixes Toyota used to avert another Le Mans disaster
The 1-2 finish achieved by Toyota at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours was a result that will have surprised few, given its status as pre-event favourite. But the result was anything but straightforward, as worsening fuel pressure concerns required the team's drivers and engineers to pursue "creative fixes" on the fly. Here is the full story of how it reached the end without a lengthy pit visit
The 10 greatest drives of lost legend Jo Siffert
By Kevin Turner
It's 50 years since Jo Siffert was killed in his prime at Brands Hatch. The Swiss scored just two world championship wins in a Formula 1 career spent largely with privateer teams, but showed on numerous occasions in single-seaters and in sportscars with Porsche that he could beat any of the best drivers of his era given the right equipment.
Inside the Le Mans finish too barmy for Hollywood
By James Newbold
Team WRT has been at the forefront of GT racing for years and made a successful move to prototypes for 2021, capped by an LMP2 win on its Le Mans debut. It could've been even better had the race been one lap shorter, when its cars ran 1-2, but the stranger-than-fiction reality has spurred the team to reach greater heights.
Why Toyota's Le Mans victory was not as simple as it looked
Toyota scored its fourth Le Mans 24 Hours victory and a 1-2, with the #7 car of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez beating the #8. But although it looked straightforward from the outside, Toyota faced serious problem that had to be solved with some quick-thinking and ingenuity.


A three-way intersection has been replaced with a four-way stop sign intersection.
The stop sign and the bus stop on Holly Drive were moved further south on Holly Drive to accommodate this change.
A new roundabout has been added to help the buses navigate their route through Riverview.
A new three-way stop sign will be in place before the end of the year, to replace the single stop sign.
The bus stops on Holly & Orchid (beside the daycare) and on Holly Drive & Oak Crescent (across from Leeside building) have been discontinued.
The northbound bus currently goes up Holly Drive and then continues along its original route; however this route will change in the New Year.
Any further bus updates will be posted once the schedule has been finalized.
There is ongoing construction at the North end of the site to upgrade Riverview's electrical distribution system. This will be completed in 2017. Construction for the development of the new Provincial Assessment Centre and Maples Adolescent Centre, and the Centre for Mental Health & Addiction will continue until 2018/2019.


After over two years in lock-out, the journalists of the largest Montreal newspaper decided to bow to their bosses and accept whatever they could. What happened? In Quebec, we have a strong anti-scab law. In theory, therefore, you cannot publish a newspaper without your newsroom. Except, of course, that the law assumes work happens in the offices. In practice, anyone can work for a newspaper from home, sending documents by email. The boundary of the work model in this case is the (physical) office. Entrepreneurs are smart enough to realize that they do not need the conventional journalists, working in the newsroom. Alas, consumers are now realizing that they do not need the newspapers in the first place. We have broken models all the way up.
Email was designed to work within a small and non-commercial network. It was never meant for the world we live in. And I attribute much of the rise of social networks (e.g., Facebook) to the need to recreate these small non-commercial networks. The irony, of course, is that people who are investing in Facebook right now tend to forget that the boundaries of the Facebook model have much to do with avoiding spam.
Entity-relationship models were designed in an era when corporations had few databases which were relatively small and simple. Moreover, you could isolate various databases: there was no need for your databases to ever be compatible with the databases of another company.  Today, many corporations have databases with hundreds of attributes, all designed by different experts. The semantics can vary widely within the corporation. What is worse is that you must often reconcile the semantics across several companies inside supply chains. The net result is that if you wanted an actual entity-relationship diagram which represents what is actually going on, it would never fit in anyone's head. We have done much work on schema evolution and data integration but we fall short of solving the problems without pain.
The boundaries of our models are constantly being broken. These broken pipes represent vast opportunities. A new CEO who wants to turn a company around should look for breached boundaries in the company's model. Competitors should look for broken water pipes as a way to identify soft targets.
I believe this calls for an entirely new field of expertise. Some people should become experts are recognizing broken models.
Here is my favorite broken model: E-commerce is pathetic and inefficient because it is based on the pretense that we need stores. Like we do not need newspapers (just news), we do not need stores (just products). In the nineties, people were talking about software agents that would go out and shop for us. Why do I have to do so much manual labor to find the best product and the best price? Sometimes, it almost looks like sabotage. Consider this scenario. You go see your doctor. Instead of handing you out a prescription that you will need to present in some drug store, the doctor just tells you "the medicine will be delivered to your house tomorrow morning, it will be automatically debited from your insurer's account". See? No store. Ironically, the future of e-commerce might be to do away with stores entirely. Oh! And it won't be invented by people running e-commerce stores.
Amusingly, I often go to stores to look at things (like laptops) that I plan to get online because of the lower prices.
@Steven I think it is a common experience. It has become easy to deal directly with many manufacturers (think: Apple or Dell) and it will just get easier over time. Ultimately, cutting the middle men reduces costs. Of course, you need a payment infrastructure (think:VISA) and shipping infrastructure (think:UPS). But we have that already.


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Houseware donations a great success!
We just wanted to send our sincerest thanks to everyone who donated to our recent housewares drive. Luckily, four housing units came available for our participants at once, which proved difficult to furnish immediately. With a single posting on Facebook, we were able to gather donations from about a dozen people who generously gave us housewares of all varieties. From the family who went out and purchased new linens, cleaning supplies and paper goods, to the gentleman who was selling his condo and decided to donate 12 place-settings, the rush of donations was overwhelming! One person brought 2 carloads of donations, from kitchen supplies to a TV and even art to hang on the walls. All of these donations combined allowed us to fully furnish all four units.
The responses from those who received the donations have been warm and heartfelt.
"This relieves stress and is a burden off my shoulders", said one participant. "I can now use my meager funds to purchase some other important things", said another.
One family was saved by the donation of a crock pot and George Foreman grill. The gas in their unit was not yet turned on when they moved in, but they were still able to make a meal in their new home because of the donations. Our Director of Housing and Supportive Services was surprised and relieved to smell a home-cooked meal when he stopped to check in on that unit.
It's only through your generosity that these donations helped turn these housing units into warm, comfortable homes!


Being a new mum at the school gate is daunting. You have no idea where to stand or who to talk to. You listen to conversations and worry your child isn't doing that or think smugly 'mine can do that'. You feel completely out on a limb and out of your comfort zone.
How to seize the opportunities that present themselves. Recently my inbox has been full of those capitalising on the opportunities that have been presented. Mainly it must be said because of GDPR, which If you've never heard of is the General Data Protection Regulations.
The foundations of your business are the cornerstones of your success. Each element and area need to be working alongside and supporting one another for efficiency and productivity.
This week I was presenting at the FSB Digital Bootcamp event in Yeovil. Speaking, connecting and meeting people is what fires me up and energizes me, I love it. I came home completely energised.
How many Facebook challenges, or digital programmes have you signed up for and not followed through? How many self-help and development books sit on your bookshelf waiting for your attention?
How many times have you put something off, only to see someone else launch with your idea, event, product or programme? It happens and often because we didn't take the action needed soon enough.
Are you feeling stuck, NOT seeing the same results for your business that you've previously gained from your time and energy? Are you seeing the same results but WANT something different? It's time to shake it up and Spring is the perfect time to do it.
GDPR is a good thing and here is why you should care and embrace the opportunity to be better.
Whether you call yourself a solopreneur, entrepreneur, business owner or director staying motivated can be tough. There are good days and bad and there are ups and downs and at these times it can be hard to stay motivated.
Today is International Women's Day and I was at the Women in Business Conference organised by The Enterprise Network. It was an event that truly celebrated women's achievements and I was honoured to have been asked to MC the day.
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Printing in Deseret: Mormons, Economy, Politics, and Utah's Incunabula, 1849-1851
Craig L. Foster
The field of "book history" has been described as "the social and cultural history of communication by print" whose purpose "is to understand how ideas were transmitted through print and how exposure to the printed word affected the thought and behavior of mankind." Richard L. Saunders, curator of Special Collections and Archives at the Paul Meek Library, University of Tennessee at Martin, has crafted a well-written study of the history of printing in early Deseret. In the process, Saunders, much like other historians of the printed word, has studied the social and political influences on Utah's printing efforts.
In the introduction, Saunders announces three themes that "shaped the conduct of printing in Deseret and Utah's first years." These themes are "Mormon social maintenance and reconstruction, the economics of the saints' isolated refuge and the California gold rush, and the quest for national political recognition." In the first part of the book, he describes of the Saints' efforts to establish a press in Utah as well as create a political state in their new Great Basin kingdom.


The service will also help the authority verify claims and authenticate people who visit the health centres as registered members of the scheme.
Known as the NHIS mobile renewal service, members are required to dial *929# on MTN, Vodafone, and Airtel-Tigo networks to access service.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will officially launch the online system on Wednesday, December 19, 2018.
Members who access the service will be able to check when their policy will expire, how to renew their policy; to be done by entering their NHIA card or Ghana Card number and subsequently pay through mobile money and other digital payment systems.
The service will also enable them to check their benefit package and medicine list.
Speaking at a stakeholder meeting with journalists in Accra last Friday, December 14, this year, the Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Operations at the NHIA, Dr Lydia Baaba Dsane-Selby, said the platform would, among others, reduce long queues at NHIS district offices, increase engagement between the NHIA and membership, increase remote renewals, and reduce transportation and income cost.
She said 12 million people were currently active out of the more than 18 million people who were registered on the NHIS and thus the online service would encourage all Ghanaians to register and become active.
She added that "soon those with the National ID card but without NHIA registration would be able to use their National ID and mobile phone to register to become an NHIA member without going to the district office.
Moving forward, Dr Selby said, "The authority will use the system to inform NHIS members how much money a hospital had claimed in their name."
"But we need to get all healthcare providers to embrace the system since it acts as a check and balance to the scheme.
Journalists must also help support the innovation by educating the public and acting as watchdogs on public expenditure," she said.
The Board Chairman of the NHIA, Professor Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, who was present at the meeting, asked Ghanaians to eschew politicisation of the scheme and adding that the authority had no political colours.
Rather, he said, all must support the scheme, particularly the media to help deliver universal health coverage.
A representative from the International Labour Organisation's Impact Insurance Facility, Ms Lisa Morgan, expressed the organisation's pleasure in collaborating with the NHIS to make for easy access to the NHIS.
She said the service would help reduce about 12 hours NHIS members spend in various districts attempting to renew their policy.


Rolly Tasker won Australia's first Olympic sailing medal and first sailing world championship. He was a highly regarded and successful ocean racer who built one of the world's most successful yachting businesses.
In 1967 Tasker built his first ocean racing yacht, Siska, and his love affair with offshore racing began. Over the course of his offshore racing career, he covered a distance greater than to the moon and back.
Australia's first sailing world champion, our first Olympic medallist and a highly respected ocean racer, Rolly Tasker AM has a sailing record that covered more distance than to the moon and back. He is a true icon of Australian sailing and a sailing industry leader.
Between 1969 and 1985 Tasker dominated ocean racing in Western Australia and beyond, with his five personally -built yachts, all called Siska. His offshore racing biography encompasses a range of races across many continents, from the Iberia Ocean Race to the Fremantle to Albany race. Tasker was a well-known and highly regarded figure on the offshore racing circuit.
In more than sixty years of competition and more than 2000 races, Rolly Tasker never lost a yacht, a crew or a rig, or retired from gear failure. He was a consummate professional and always the first to lend a hand to others, taking time to help young sailors with advice and setting up their boats.
The Western Australian sailor won numerous ocean racing events, including first place in the Queen Victoria Cup raced in the waters off Cowes in England. He also won first place in the A division during the disastrous 1979 Fastnet Race, when 19 crew members of other yachts lost their lives. He also won many long distance ocean races, one being the 1979 Parmela Yacht Race from Plymouth, England to Fremantle, Australia.
Rolly Tasker's sailing records include the 1978 Sydney to Hobart when Siska IV was denied official starter status on a technicality. However Tasker sailed the course starting five minutes ahead of the fleet and finished an amazing 20 hours ahead of Official Line Honours winner Apollo.
In addition to his racing credentials, Tasker was also a highly regarded businessman, building one of the world's largest yachting businesses that included sail making, spar making, rigging and rope making, yacht design and yacht fittings. His personal knowledge of all things sailing gave him the insight to develop and create some of the most innovative and revered sailing products across the globe. His innovations in design and manufacturing techniques earned him a world-wide reputation for quality.
Tasker established one of the world's largest sail lofts in Thailand, employing over 300 locals after the devastation of the Thai Tsunami.
The veteran sailor's passion for promoting the sport extended to the establishment of a Yachting Museum in Mandurah called the Australian Sailing Museum. The museum showcased the history of Yachting in Australia. Sadly with Rolly Tasker's death in 2012 the museum closed, however the extensive model collection and other memorabilia has been donated to the Western Australian Maritime Museum.


Headed past Edzell, Gannochy Bridge closed 7am to 6pm for five weeks.
This entails quite a big detour, back to A90, go up two more exits and get off at Edzell Woods and drive straight on until a t-junction then turn left and immediate right pretty much back at Gannochy Bridge !
And on way back to A90 there are roadworks so you have to turn North, not great if you want to get back to Edinburgh.
Can recommend the Glen Esk visitor centre/cafe, good service, good food, good prices !


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College merger is approved
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The merger between Shetland College, the NAFC Marine Centre and Train Shetland can formally go ahead after members of the Shetland Fisheries Training Centre Trust, which operates the NAFC, gave their approval to the plans.
Both it and Shetland Islands Council have now considered the proposal which will result in a single, "financially-sustainable" college for Shetland.
The new, independent organisation will be part of the University of the Highlands and Islands network, and managed and governed in line with practices required by the Scottish Funding Council and the Scottish government.
SIC member Peter Campbell chairs the Shetland College Board. In a statement he said: "I am very pleased that the merger is going to take place.
"This provides a great opportunity to develop sustainable tertiary education in Shetland.
"The new college will be responsive to the changing needs of the local community, delivering high quality education and training courses to its students and contributing to achieving the aspirations of the Shetland Partnership Plan."
Davie Sandison is chairman of the Shetland Fisheries Training Centre Trust.
"We have reached an important milestone with this decision to merge into a new, single body for the delivery of Shetland's needs in further and higher education, training and research," he said.
"This is a crucial phase in creating a strong, single voice for Shetland within the University of the Highlands and Islands. This offers the opportunity to grow and plan for new business in the sector, delivering on the needs of the Shetland community and our present and future students and staff."
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Richard Williams, Head of Transport at The Consumer Council, said: "We are advising passengers affected by Irish Ferries cancellation of sailings on WB Yeats in summer 2018 that you may now be entitled to compensation, as well as travel expenses if you were re-routed to another port.
Following the recent decision by the National Transport Authority, all those affected by the cancellations should contact Irish Ferries in the first instance via email [email protected].
Further information is available on the Authority's website www.nationaltransport.ie/public-transport-services/maritime-passengers-rights-2/.
The Consumer Council's 'Plain Sailing' guide outlines ferry passengers' rights when faced with delays and cancellations. Copies can be downloaded from www.consumercouncil.org.uk, or by contacting The Consumer Council on Freephone 0800 121 6022, email [email protected] or via Facebook or Twitter.


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Step away from the classic and explore exciting, exhilarating and stunning places. Astound yourself!
Challenge your hunter's skills and try a hunting safari in the south or east of Mauritius. Go for trekking at "La Vallée de Ferney" and discover the indigenous species of Mauritius. Our natural sites abound with a rich flora and fauna combined with beautiful landscapes.
Andrealine seekers, try the ziplines at Chazal and slide across the air right above and into the evergreen forests, creeks and canyons. This combination of thrill and amazement will definitely fill you with wonderful memories of your holiday.
Enjoy paddle boarding around Bénitiers Island, fishing, snorkeling, catamaran and boat trips and many other sea activities.
Located in the southern village of Rivière des Anguilles, Crocodile Park unfolds a luxuriant park with Nile crocodiles, the last surviving giant tortoises specifies from Aldabra and Radiata tortoises from Madagascar respectively, the macaque, iguanas, bats, deer, geckos, wild boars among others…
The insectarium uncovers the fabulous world of butterflies and insects with its large private collection.
Enroll for the Mauritius tour and get introduced to the Mauritian know-how. Visit the agricultural rum distillery of "Rhumerie de Chamarel", located nearby a vast sugar-cane and pineapple plantations, palm grove next to the Coloured earths of Chamarel. Through a guided tour, you will be showcased to the various stages in the distillation of high quality rum produced exclusively from fermentation of sugar cane juice. Follows a rum tasting acquaintanceship.
One of the traditions inherited from the British era, is Tea Time! Drive through one of the oldest tea plantations and factory and also visit a museum which depicts our tea history. Taste tea of different aromas at an old hunting lodge vista. You can now bring it home to your friends and families.
Discover "Pamplemousses Botanical Garden" a cultural heritage from the French era where more than 500 different species of plants, including endemic and cosmopolitan ones have been introduced by those plant lovers who visited us.
The Pamplemousses Botanical Garden, is the place where the special relationship between plant and man began on the island and the first botanical garden of the southern hemisphere to host one of the richest collections of plant species including palm trees, valuable timber trees and aquatic plants.
Spirituality among the multi-religious population is a fascinating facet of the population. The various places of cult and prayers serve as background to the religious and cultural heritage of the island. Through a scenic mountain road discover the venerable shrine of Hinduism, Ganga Talao founded around the holy lake of Grand Bassin.
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The Supreme Court (SC) Public Information Office offers free guided tours of the Supreme Court for students, teachers, and civic or religious groups. Court tours are scheduled by appointment on Wednesdays and Fridays between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Tours usually take one to one and a half hours. The SC is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
You may send your request at pio@sc.judiciary.gov.ph. Indicate your preferred date of visit, the contact number of the contact person, and attach a list of the names of members of your group. For further inquiries, you may contact our office at telephone number (632) 522-5094.
Court tour participants may enter the Supreme Court through the main gate along Padre Faura, located between the University of the Philippines (UP)-Manila College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Justice. Please be informed that the Supreme Court does not have parking spaces for buses. Parking for other types of vehicles is on a case-to-case basis, depending on the availability of parking.
What does the Court tour consist of?
The participants of Supreme Court tours are usually brought to the Dignitaries' Lounge, the Division Hearing Room, the Gallery of the Chief Justices, and the En Banc Session Hall. They are also shown a video presentation about the Supreme Court's history and its functions. The tour ends with an open forum, where participants may ask questions about the Court except as to pending case.
Be prepared to pass through security screening at the lobby as your point of entry. All items must be screened by the Security Guard on duty.
Be prepared to pass through security screening at the lobby as your point of entry. Submit your bags and other belongings to the security guards on duty for inspection.
Wearing of school identification cards (IDs) of student visitors is strictly implemented. No ID, No Entry. Other visitors must surrender their IDs to the security guard on duty in exchange for a visitor ID. Please wear your IDs at all times.
Observe proper attire. Shorts, miniskirts, sleeveless tops, and other inappropriate attires are strictly prohibited. Wearing of hats and slippers is also not allowed. Keep in mind that the Supreme Court is the highest court of the land. Hence, let us show respect to the institution.
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Risö är en ö i Tystberga socken i Nyköpings kommun, 15 kilometer öster om Nyköping och 500 meter söder om Vålarö. Ön har en yta av 65 hektar.

I äldre tid användes Risö främst för jakt och skogsavverkning, och den enda byggnaden på ön var en enkel timmerkoja. På 1960-talet började öns ägare Nils Mörner att hyra ut arrendetomter på Risö, och på 1980-talet friköptes dessa. Idag finns drygt 60 fritidshus på ön. En av stugorna har byggts om till heltidsboende och sedan 2005 finns en bofast familj. De delar av ön som inte utgörs av fritidshustomter ägs ännu av familjen Mörner. Den östra tredjedelen av ön, Hummelholmen, består av ett orört skogsområde.

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We have shared information with you already about Tuesday's 9 AM Budget Hearing held by the Milwaukee County Finance and Audit Committee. As already noted in earlier emails, this is a great opportunity to share with supervisors support for the GO Pass and Transit funding.
We are pleased to share this alert from Youth Justice Milwaukee, asking the community to support another important budget priority: End placement of Milwaukee youth at Lincoln Hills/ Copper Lake and support development of a continuum of community based alternatives.
Please join us at the budget hearing to call on Milwaukee County leaders to invest in effective community programs instead of youth prisons.
1. End placement of Milwaukee youth at Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake: The Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services Budget projects that 104 Milwaukee youth will be sent to Lincoln Hills/ Copper Lake in the 2017 budget year. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is requesting millions to new fund more staff positions at Lincoln Hills/ Copper Lake. Milwaukee County should oppose any additional funding to support a failed model of juvenile justice justice and should instead seek to create more local community-based sentencing options in Milwaukee County.
2. Create a continuum of community-based options that will reduce risk and protect public safety: We support Milwaukee County's proposal to invest $650,000 in the Youth Advocate Program, an effective community-based alternative to incarceration for adjudicated youth. We urge the county to allocate additional funding for community based organizations and treatment programs focused on rehabilitating youth in their communities instead of incarcerating them. In addition, Milwaukee should support community-based programs that meaningful engage the family members of adjudicated youth in services and treatment.
3. Include community stakeholders in a data-driven, collaborative planning process to make the juvenile system more accountable and effective. County leaders should partner with members of impacted communities to create a continuum of services and supports that is responsive to the needs of young people, their families and communities.


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Collaboration Announced: Berkshire Natural Resources Council, Mass Audubon and the Town of Lenox Join Together to Create Long-Distance Hiking Trail
FOR RELEASE February 22, 2018 The Town of Lenox, Mass Audubon and Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC) today announce their formal partnership in opening a long-distance through-hiking trail traversing Lenox Mountain, with a northern terminus at Mahanna Cobble, and a southern terminus at Olivia's Overlook. At its February 21, 2018…
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BNRC APPOINTS JENNY HANSELL AS ITS NEXT PRESIDENT
The board of directors of Berkshire Natural Resources Council has appointed Jenny Hansell of Sharon, Connecticut as its next president, succeeding Tad Ames, who will step down from the organization at the end of the calendar year. Hansell has served as the executive director of the North East Community Center in Millerton,…
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July 19, 2017 Taking kids hiking isn't enough. They need us to be landkeepers. Kindle their love for forests, hills and streams by saving the Berkshires' special places We have heard so much about how kids never play outdoors anymore that it's easy to make assumptions. Kids are addicted to screens ……


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IN THEATERS: RK/RKAY
NOTE: This film is available only in theaters.
India I 29 mins I Historical Drama I 2021 I Hindi, Urdu w/
Winner of 'Best Short Film' at Imagine India &
'Best Actor' for Raj Arjun at IFFSA - Toronto
1947. The ravages of Partition have compelled an old artist, Husyn Naqqash, to sell his ancestral home in Western India and move with his family to Karachi, Pakistan.
When the opportunistic man who has bought the house learns that Husyn is a well-known miniature painter with an invaluable collection - he schemes to get hold of the art.
But all is not what it seems. There is a secret about the collection that Husyn's family is holding back. Not only from the buyer - but also from Husyn himself.
This film screens with the feature RK/RKAY, in theaters .
Kaushal Oza was born and raised in Bombay and is a graduate of Film Direction from the reputed Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He has twice been awarded the National Film Award.
His first short VAISHNAV JAN TOH was awarded 'Best Debut Director of a Short Film' in 2010 and his second, AFTERGLOW, won the National Award for the 'Best Short Film on Family Values' in 2013. AFTERGLOW has consistently rated as one of the best short films to watch on YouTube & popular online portals and is nearing 1 million views.
His films have won 15+ 'Best Film' Awards in places like London, Mumbai, Kolkatta and Delhi and have been showcased at festivals from LA to Singapore.
In 2021, he wrote & directed and a 30 minute short ,The Miniaturist of Junagadh, which features Naseeruddin Shah, Rasika Dugal, Raj Arjun and Padmavati Rao. The film premiered at NYIFF.
He is currently in development of his first feature , LITTE THOMAS, which was selected for the NFDC Screenwriters Lab and mentored at CineKid Film Festival, Amsterdam. It was also a part of the NFDC Co-production Market at Film Bazar.


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Bridgemont Benefit Dessert
We are thrilled to have Jim Ryun, a former U.S. congressman, three time Olympian and World Record holder, speak at an intimate dessert benefit for Bridgemont. Jim is widely recognized as one of world's greatest track and field athletes. As a junior in high school he became the first high school athlete to break the 4 minute mile, a feat for which ESPN recently rated him as the #1 high school athlete of all time, beating out athletes such as Tiger Woods and LeBron James. Following his legendary running career, Jim served as a U.S. Congressman for 10 years, representing his home district in Kansas. Jim has also co-authored three books with his two sons based on the importance of faith in his life and the lives of other historical figures. For over 35 years, Jim and his family have hosted the Jim Ryun Running Camps (JRRC), a Christian ministry geared toward developing the total runner - physically, mentally and spiritually. Over the years, JRRC has helped in the development of Olympians such as America's top marathoner Ryan Hall.
Dessert posponed
I'm sorry to announce that the dessert with Jim Ryun will need to be postponed to another date. Most have responded that other plans were already in place.
We realize this was a last minute possibility and Jim is still interested in doing something. Next time we will have much more lead time. Thanks for your support of Bridgemont. We will keep you posted.
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Ramzi B. Albadarneh - Department of Mathematics, Hashemite University, Zarqa- Jordan. Iqbal M. Batiha - Department of Mathematics, Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq-Jordan. Mohammad Zurigat - Department of Mathematics, Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq-Jordan.
The major goal of this paper is to find accurate solutions for linear fractional differential equations of order \(1 < \alpha < 2\) . Hence, it is necessary to carry out this goal by preparing a new method called Fractional Finite Difference Method (FFDM). However, this method depends on several important topics and definitions such as Caputo's definition as a definition of fractional derivative, Finite Difference Formulas in three types (Forward, Central and Backward) for approximating the second and third derivatives and Composite Trapezoidal Rule for approximating the integral term in the Caputo's definition. In this paper, the numerical solutions of linear fractional differential equations using FFDM will be discussed and illustrated. The purposed problem is to construct a method to find accurate approximate solutions for linear fractional differential equations. The efficiency of FFDM will be illustrated by solving some problems of linear fractional differential equations of order \(1 < \alpha< 2\).
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Here, we construct effective field theories for gapped quantum Hall systems coupled to background geometries with local Galilean invariance i.e. Bargmann spacetimes. Along with an electromagnetic field, these backgrounds include the effects of curved Galilean spacetimes, including torsion and a gravitational field, allowing us to study charge, energy, stress and mass currents within a unified framework. A shift symmetry specific to single constituent theories constraints the effective action to couple to an effective background gauge field and spin connection that is solved for by a self-consistent equation, providing a manifestly covariant extension of Hoyos and Son's improvement terms to arbitrary order in m.
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Korea KNOC to Buy Canada's Harvest Energy
Harvest Energy Trust has agreed to be sold to Korea National Oil for C$4.1 billion ($3.92 billion) in cash and debt.
Joseph Woelfel
CALGARY, Alberta (
) --
Harvest Energy Trust
(HTE)
will be sold to
Korea National Oil
for 10 Canadian dollars a unit, or a total of C$4.1 billion ($3.92 billion) in cash and debt.
Harvest said late Wednesday Korea National Oil, or KNOC, will pay C$1.8 billion in cash and assume C$2.3 billion of debt.
The purchase is the largest acquisition of a foreign oil firm by a South Korea company, the
Shares of Harvest Energy closed Wednesday at $C7.30 in Toronto and $7.01 in trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Harvest Energy said the purchase price is a 47% premium over the 30-day weighted average trading price in Toronto. The deal is expected to close in December.
"Korea National Oil Corporation is excited about this acquisition and believes Harvest is a perfect fit for KNOC's North American growth strategy," said KNOC President Young-won Kang, in a statement. "KNOC has ambitious plans for future growth and is committed to a long- term investment strategy in Canada.
The board of Harvest has approved the agreement.
-- Reported by Joseph Woelfel in New York
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