Budget-conscious shoppers won't have to wait much longer for the opening of Murfreesboro's newest Aldi grocery store.
The store, at 3267 Memorial Blvd., will celebrate its grand opening Thursday, Aug. 30, according to the company's website.
The German discount grocery chain has stores on South Lowry Street in Smyrna and on Robert Rose Drive in Murfreesboro. The existing Murfreesboro store was renovated in 2017 and reopened with a produce section that nearly doubled in size along with expanded dairy and bakery sections.
The Memorial store will give away gift cards to the first 100 people in line, along with reusable shopping bags and the chance to win free produce for an entire year.
A third Murfreesboro Aldi has been proposed as the tenant for a commercial development on South Church Street.
Known for its no-frills presentation and basic selection of products, Aldi announced in 2017 plans to open 900 new stores in the United States by 2022. The company has nearly 20 stores in the Nashville area.
Company officials have said the key to success is keeping stores small and limiting its product selection to about 1,400 items, compared with the 30,000 products found in typical grocery stores. Some national brands appear on Aldi's shelves, but about 90 percent of the stock is store brand.
Customers pay a quarter to use shopping carts, although the money is repaid once carts are returned to the stall. Shoppers must also bag their own groceries. Another cost-saving strategy is to operate with a very lean store staff per store and pay them well.


Imagery comparing Jesus Christ to a shepherd is at least as old as Jacob's prophecy in Genesis 49. It pervades the Old and New Testaments and the Book of Mormon and is a frequent theme in the teachings of latter-day prophets, apostles and other Church leaders.
The parallel is instructive, meaningful and poignant. Listeners young and old can understand the comparison. It is easy for one to picture a loving shepherd willing to go in search of the one sheep that has strayed from the fold, a shepherd willing to give his life to save the flock, one who knows each of the sheep individually and whose voice they recognize and follow.Such an image facilitates an understanding of Christ's love and example of service. It fosters an inclination to draw near to the Savior, love and worship Him and keep His commandments.
Jacob's reference to the Shepherd occurs in Gen. 49:24, a statement that "the shepherd, the stone of Israel," that is, the Messiah, would come from the lineage of Jacob.
One of the most familiar and beloved references to Christ as a shepherd is Psalm 23, in which David draws peace, strength, courage and comfort from the image.
It is noteworthy that shepherds were chosen to receive the announcement from angelic messengers of the birth of the Messiah and to be witnesses of His Advent. (See Luke 2:8-18.) Perhaps they, of all people, because of their occupational background, could understand and revere the relationship between the Shepherd and His flock.
"Immense numbers of sheep were reared in Palestine in biblical times, and in some parts of the country that is still the case," notes the Bible Dictionary (p. 723) in the LDS edition of the Bible. "The flocks were protected from wild beasts at night by men who watched them with their shepherd dogs. Shepherds still, as of old, go before the sheep, and the sheep follow, being apparently more or less attached to their masters, whose voice they instantly recognize."
Thus, the Master's metaphor is apt in the 10th chapter of John. "I am the good shepherd and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
In that chapter, Jesus also likens Himself to the door of the sheepfold (verse 9), indicating that He provides the only way to salvation and eternal life.
In verse 16, He alludes to the descendants of Lehi on another continent, calling them "other sheep" of a separate fold, which also must be shepherded.
In the April 1983 general conference, President Ezra Taft Benson, then of the Quorum of the Twelve, analyzed John 10.
"At night, shepherds would bring their sheep to a corral called a sheepfold. High walls surrounded the sheepfold, and thorns were placed on top of these walls to prevent wild animals and thieves from climbing over.
"Sometimes, however, a wild animal driven by hunger would leap over the walls into the midst of the sheep, frightening them. Such a situation separated the true shepherd - one who loved his sheep - from the hireling - one who worked only for pay and duty.
"The true shepherd was willing to give his life for the sheep. He would go in amongst the sheep and fight for their welfare. The hireling, on the other hand, valued his own personal safety above the sheep and would usually flee from danger."
"We want you to watch, to feed, to tend, and to care for the flock and, in the event that some are temporarily lost, we challenge you to find them," he said.
That theme was prominent at the most recent general conference in April. President James E. Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency, told of being assigned as a boy to care for a lamb. One night during a storm, he heard the lamb bleating but did not get up to help it. The next morning the lamb was dead, killed by a dog who had also heard its bleating.
"I resolved that day, as a little boy, that I would try never again to neglect my stewardship as a shepherd if I were ever placed in that position again," he commented.
"Off from my shelter astray?"
"Give us a love that is deep.


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The rise of student activism
Posted On 21st October 2013 20th October 2013 By Charlotte Johnson
In 1963 a clean-cut Cliff Richard reached No1 in the hit-parade dreaming of his 'Summer Holiday'. By 1967 a hirsute John Lennon and the Beatles were singing, on the defining LP of the decade, of a trip with 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'. A year later they were proclaiming 'Revolution'. This change sums up the evolution of youth culture during the 1960s.
The 1950s and early 1960s had been an era defined by broad political consensus and economic growth in the West. Some spoke of an 'end of ideology', at least at a level below the great ideological and nuclear stand-off which defined the Cold War. However, this all began to change around 1963, with increasingly widespread protest. A driving force behind this change was the awakening of youth and student activism. The unrest was to peak in 1968, a year sometimes held-up with 1789, 1848 and 1917 as a year of revolution (though, notably, a revolutionary year in which history failed to turn).
Levels of student activism witnessed in the 1960s have, arguably, not been matched since. Young people felt alienated, which led to a new and provocative engagement in politics. During the 1960s many of the characteristics of civil society and popular culture we now recognise as the norm began to emerge, driven by the progressive youth movements.
Student activists shared a sense of disaffection with the establishment; the controlling forces with which they did not identify. They were also disaffected with the political left – partly this was because of ever- growing revelations of atrocities in Stalinist USSR and Maoist China, partly because of a perceived 'copping out' of the 'Old Left' to the establishment.
A 'New Left' emerged, which had a strong level of distrust in the 'system'. It was a revolutionary, not just reformist movement, and at its vanguard were college and university students, rebelling against many facets of the world they lived in: big business, the Vietnam War, mass media, and so on.
The most famous outburst of 1960s student activism took place in Paris in May of 1968 which, when combined with a general strike, appeared at the time as the closest the post-1945 Western world came to revolution. However, it is easy to over-state the desire for fundamental change: just one month later the Gaullist party won the largest majority in French parliamentary history, yet tried to appease youthful rebellion by introducing major reforms in the education system. Some historians argue that most young people in the 1960s were less interested in radically changing society than in securing their economic futures.
The impact of 1960s student activism has been profound. Some have argued that it was their protests, particularly those in Paris, which ended traditional views of revolution: taking to the streets to overthrow the system. Instead, many politically active people, especially the young, began to turn towards the Gramsciite 'long march through the institutions', engaging in new forms, broadly labeled 'social movements'. Such movements have come to dominate political protest worldwide, a major legacy of student activism. Consequently students came to be defined as a social group in themselves: an active and significant demographic in major socio-cultural and political terms.
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Now that most tablets want to appeal to everyone from your technophobe uncle to your 2-year-old, the Acer Predator 8 is a bit of an aberration. It's just not normal. It's a 'gaming' tablet, and isn't afraid to show it.
This is a tablet companion to Acer's big bruiser gaming laptops and desktops. That's why there are all those funny angles and bits of red on the thing. But where a Predator laptop is for someone who knows an RJ45 from a CAT6 and can't count on one hand the number of LAN parties they've been to, there's an obvious mainstream appeal to the Acer Predator 8.
It's a very powerful Android tablet that costs about £250. And it certainly looks less boring than a lot of the competition at the price. Doesn't it?
I'd bet the design is already putting off as many of you as it's attracting, though. Aggressive logos, bright red accents and that odd shape won't exactly make it look at home in the hands of a 50 year-old middle manager, will they? Passers-by will wonder what his kids did to warrant taking it off their hands.
You can judge for yourself whether you think it's interesting or a bit OTT.
Like a lot of more affordable tablets, the Acer Predator 8 is made largely of plastic. However, as in some other Acer gear there are metal parts to upgrade the feel a little. The rectangle in the middle of its rear is bonafide brushed metal, and the four speaker grilles on the front are metal too. That's right, this is a budget tablet with a four-driver front speaker array. Not bad, right?
Given the Acer Predator 8 is also slim and feels pretty light, it's a pretty neat design feat, giving a practical edge to the unusual shape.
However, in real life there are elements of the design style that I don't like at all. It's just not comfortable to hold in some positions, particularly upright. There are too many sharp points that load a good deal of the Predator 8's weight onto a very small bits of your palm. After one 20-minute session it left a mark on my palm that looked like it would develop into a multi-coloured bruise.
It didn't. But you get the idea. You need to develop ways to hold the Predator 8 that mitigate the overly sharp shape. It's like one of those BC Rich heavy metal guitars, except you're not going to swing this around in front of a crowd of tens of adoring fans, are you? We hope not.
The sacrifice isn't for nothing, of course. You get those four speakers, and sure enough they're pretty good. They'll certainly be better, and louder, than those of your phone, and that's the main thing. It's not the only reasonably priced tablet to feature decent speakers, though. The Tesco Hudl 2 (RIP) and Amazon fire HD 8 have decent speakers too, and the Predator 8 doesn't sound radically deep or powerful.
The array is, as you'd hope, particularly good for gamers, though. As well as offering stereo, having two for each side really cuts down on the sense that the audio is coming from tiny little sites on the front of the thing. And it means you don't have to worry about blocking off speakers with your hands. In other words, nice work Acer.
Other bits the nerdier crowd will love include expandandable storage and a very solid 32GB built-in. Not everyone's going to love the Acer Predator 8, but it ticks a lot of the right boxes. Don't think the quad speakers make up for the spiky design? Check out the Nvidia Shield Tablet K1, which is a serious bargain and has a much more convention (or boring) design.
One thing the Acer Predator 8 has over the Tablet K1 is higher colour saturation. A lot of the best low-cost tablets use screens that can't really tap that deep into the colour spectrum, but the Predator looks pretty vivid and intense. As someone who's turned off by oversaturated OLED screens at 10 paces I don't mind a bit of undersaturation, but this tablet does look a bit punchier than a lot of its direct rivals.
This is no coincidence either. The Predator 8 uses something called Predator ColorBlast to crank out 100 per cent of the NTSC colour gamut. What this means is that it will look a teeny bit oversaturated because, without wanting to wade too far into the screen nerd swamp, NTSC's colours go deeper than the RGB and sRGB standards most mobile devices aim for.
In other words, like vivid colour? You'll love it. Prefer a more relaxed, natural look? You might prefer the Nvidia Shield K1.
Resolution is a good but not brain-melting 1200p (Full HD with a few more rows of pixels). The iPad mini 2 is sharper.
The Acer Predator 8's black level is just ok, so the screen punchiness is provided more by colour than contrast, but it'll sure make Candy Crush Saga look juicy. I'd hope you'd be looking to challenge the tablet a bit more than that, though.
So how good is the Predator 8 for gaming? Look at the specs and the benchmark results and it seems pretty great. It has a new Intel Atom X7-Z8700 CPU, a quad-core 1.6GHz brain.
That may only sound as powerful as an entry-level Snapdragon CPU, but as usual Intel packs way more punch into each of its cores. The Acer Predator 8 scores 2400 points in Geekbench 3, matching mid-range Qualcomm CPUs rather than entry-level ones. It can't touch the Nvidia Shield K1, though, which scores around 3600 points.
In the past I've seen even powerful-sounding Intel tablets trip up with games, with lower frame rates than you'd expect. So I loaded up a whole bunch of 'challenging' 3D titles on the Acer Predator 8 to see how it fares.
There were no major issues with most games. Dead Effect 2 runs perfectly, Dead Trigger 2 showed a weird Bloom effect bug, but performance was just fine, even at 'high' visual setting.
Asphalt 8 showed the Acer Predator 8 up a bit, though. Switching over to the max graphics setting available, there are pretty serious frame rate drops when you get right up close to a bunch of rival racers.
I get the feeling this is a case of Asphalt 8 not being optimised quite well enough for the tablet's Intel hardware rather than a lack of graphics power. However, that's a bit odd. Asphalt 8 is one of just a few games tailored to make use of a pair of 'haptic motors' in the Predator 8. These give you force feedback-style vibration effects when, say you use a nitrous boost or bang against the side of the track.
Gameloft Asphalt 8 seems optimised in some ways, and really not in others. The haptic feedback is pretty neat, the Acer Predator 8 able to create a bunch of different-feeling effects rather than just a 'dumb' vibrate. However, as you might expect from an ultra-thin tablet, the haptic motors seem to be pretty tiny, producing much shallower 'buzzier' effects than an Xbox One gamepad, for example. I'd rather have the GeForce Now streaming service or extra visual effects you get in the Nvidia Shield tablets, but it's neat anyway.
The link between the Acer Predator 8 and Gameloft runs much deeper too. The tablet comes with a bunch of Gameloft bloat preinstalled, which will have helped Acer get the price down to its current pretty accessible level.
There's quite a lot of extra Acer apps too, and other third-party stuff from Amazon and booking.com. It's definitely overloaded, and feels a bit messier than I'd like fresh out of the box. Thanks to the 32GB storage, memory isn't a problem, though, and you can uninstall all the third-party gumpf.
Some of the custom extras work their way into the interface but for the most part the Acer Predator 8 feels simple to use. It's less smooth than the official Google Now style, but there are no extra confusing bits on the surface, just homescreens and apps menu pages, both with the same wallpaper.
So what are the UI extras? There's a whole bunch of 'EZ' additions. For example, hold down on the 'apps' soft key and a widget pops-up letting you check out a web page, calendar, memo pad or calculator on top of whatever you're doing.
Similar in style, you can also run two apps on-screen at once. This is all familiar stuff, and it's not the sort of thing I'd use much day-to-day. Even on an 8-inch screen, just switching between apps feels better most of the time.
While not laggy, I also find the Acer Predator 8 less than completely smooth some of the time. It's generally nothing more than a slight judderiness to screen transitions, but you can afford to be pretty picky about these things if you're willing to spend a few hundred pounds on a tablet. This may be down to the tablet using Android 5.1 rather than Android 6.0 right now. And it's pretty minor anyway.
The little general performance and gaming issues do make you raise an eyebrow when the higher-res Nexus 9 and much cheaper Nvidia Shield K1 are around, though.
There's nothing too special about the Acer Predator 8 cameras. You get a 5-megapixel camera on the back and a 2-megapixel one on the back.
These are basic cameras, low on detail and prone to lots of colour noise in anything but good lighting conditions. As with so many tablets, unless your phone is pretty poor it'll do a much better job. Focusing speed isn't too hot either.
The Acer Predator 8's front camera has the right setup for video chat, though, with a non-wide angle lens that makes you face fill the screen when held at a 'normal' tablet distance. You'll need long arms if you want to take a family selfie, mind.
Battery life is pretty standard too. Playing a looped 720p MP4 video, the Predator 8 lasts for seven hours 45 minutes. That's not as good as the similarly-priced iPad mini 2 or the much cheaper Nvidia Shield Tablet K1. It's fine enough, but is a bit of a shrug-your-shoulders result.
The Acer Predator 8 is a gaming tablet, and it gets you some features that suit that remit down to the ground. A quad-speaker array is worth shouting about and the haptic feedback is a neat, if not exactly essential or revolutionary, bonus.
Some of you will appreciate the colour-saturated screen too, which makes games look pretty lively even if real tech-heads might find it looks quite oversaturated.
A few surprising performance issues in the odd game let it down a bit, though. And these days it has some seriously strong rivals, in the now cut-price iPad mini 2, which has a much sharper screen, and the £100-less but more powerful Nvidia Shield Tablet K1.
This gamer's tablet packs in some great side order features, but a couple of rivals offer a slightly better core experience.


Well, due to the fact that IES has a field trip this weekend to Mallorca, our weekend officially started this afternoon! I went running to Parc Guell and around, despite my nagging hip. I think it might have to due to the lack of strength training? I will try to lay off of it and perhaps aqua-jog while we are at Sitges tomorrow.
I was quite happy with my breakfast, yes an essential part of the day and this blog. Conchita has been wonderful about providing foods we said that we liked. I had mentioned how I eat yogurt for breakfast and so she has been leaving them in the fridge for me. Today I put a banana-strawberry mix together with some banana and granola/cereal mix. Quite delish. Lately I have been feeling like a cartoon character wearing the same outfits, especially the same jean shorts practically daily. Of course they are washed, but when it is over 80 outside, there is no way I am putting any sort of long pants on. Well, today I thought I might give it a shot and around 11:20 as we were strolling down Passeig de Gracia in the bright sunlight, I thought I was going to die. Ok, very dramatic, but I don't do well when it is hot or I am overheated. Just common knowledge. I was also wearing a tank top and a beautiful scarf that my grandma had given to me for Christmas and while it wasn't the most comfortable thing walking in the heat, it was the perfect outfit for sitting inside the IES classrooms.
Religion is getting a little confusing because first of all it is an art history class, yet when we are discussing Islam, they don't consider their work, architecture, or designs "art." So basically it is incorrect to describe anything they have created as "art." Well, that makes the entire class easier. Not.
Using those muscles! - This was an example of what horses would have to carry while traveling!
Then it was down to the waterfront where we attempted to find this "champaneria" my friend, Allee had recommended. There happens to be more than one popular champaneria, so I will have to ask her where it was and we will make that another trip. A few of us ended up eating in the Born district and yours truly got a bikini – semi-grilled cheese. It was really a couple pieces of toasted bread with ham and a tiny bit of cheese. Then we met our communication class to go through the Museu d' Historia de Catalunya. I really enjoy the professor, who made the entire trip through very interesting. This museum was in an old ship-yard or storage area and has a wonderful restaurant on the top floor. It also is host to a few great fish restaurants in front of the museum.
El Corte Ingles weighing system - each person puts the produce in a bag to weigh it and then punches a button to receive the sticker of how much it costs. Then it is easier to check out. Fascinating!
If I am really homesick for American hot dogs, there is always the option from a jar. I'll pass, thanks.
Tonight we had a potluck dinner at our R.A.'s house and the four girls we met were very nice and the food was fabulous! They had made pizza and ziti (emphasis on MADE, not purchased), we contributed a second salad, which was barely eaten, a Spanish tortilla by Elena, our R.A., some baguette, cheese, and chocolate treats for dessert. I was mighty impressed how the 6 students and a couple of other adults dominated the food. Excellent job. They lived over by La Sagrada Familia so it was a nice walk to dinner and a well-needed stroll home after dinner.
Apparently Conchita had forgotten that we were eating at our R.A.'s apartment and had invited Maricarmen and the primos or cousins over. They keep springing these dinners together on us very last minute. Well, even by the time we walked home, they were still hanging around the table. They are starting to get on my nerves because like most of the other guys studying abroad, they are completely full of themselves and have very high egos. Please get over yourself. We are fine chatting at dinner, but it is very unlikely that I would enjoy hanging out otherwise.
It is a great feeling knowing that we have the day off tomorrow. Most people have left or are leaving early for Oktoberfest, something we opted not to do. I spent part of the evening procrastinating on sleeping and instead making calendars for the next few months. I am always up for a little organizing, however lame it might sound. Off to the beach mañana with some friends and my favorite outfit, the bathing suit!


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This amazing Grammy Nominated artist known commonly by her stage name, Buika, the Spanish singer was voted one of "50 Great Voices" by NPR and nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. This performance is free and open to the public.
WHAT: In celebration of Olé, Concha Buika will perform a special concert at Pearl Park. Known commonly by her stage name, Buika, the Spanish singer was voted one of "50 Great Voices" by NPR and nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Concha Buika will take over Pearl Park with a stunning performance that draws inspiration from flamenco, jazz, and R&B. San Antonio favorite, Las Coronelas, the all-female mariachi group will open the show. The performance is free and open to the public.
For more information on Pearl, please visit www.atpearl.com/ and follow along on Facebook @HistoricPearl, Twitter @HistoricPearl, and Instagram@historicpearl. To join the Olé conversation, use hashtag #oleatpearl.
The 22-acre Pearl site is home to The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio, the year-round Pearl Farmers Market, Hotel Emma and its restaurant Supper. Pearl restaurants include Il Sogno Osteria, by CIA graduate and James Beard Award-nominated chef Andrew Weissman; La Gloria by CIA graduate chef Johnny Hernandez; Nao Latin Gastro Bar from The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio; Blue Box Bar; Botika; The Boiler House Texas Grill and Wine Garden; The Granary 'Cue and Brew; Cured; Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery; Bakery Lorraine; Local Coffee; Jazz, TX; Lick Honest Ice Creams, Green Vegetarian Cuisine, and High Street Wine Co. The Bottling Department, San Antonio's first food hall, includes restaurants Bud's Southern Rotisserie, Fletcher's Hamburgers, Maybelle's Donuts, Tenko Ramen, and The Good Kind.
Pearl is also known for its shops, including The Sporting District, The Twig Book Shop, The Tiny Finch, Adelante Boutique, Ten Thousand Villages, LeeLee Shoes, Dos Carolinas, Leighelena, Niche Boutique, The Synergy Studio, Bike World, and The Vintage Bouquet Bar.
Notable office tenants at Pearl include San Antonio Hispanic Chamber, Nature Conservancy, San Antonio Area Foundation, RBC Securities, The CE Group, Inc., WestEast Design Group, KGB Texas, and The San Antonio Business Journal. The Can Plant offers urban contemporary apartments with a place in history. The Cellars are luxury apartments offering hospitality and culinary excellence, extraordinary living spaces, concierge-curated services, and more. Event spaces include the historic Pearl Stable and the more contemporary Pearl Studio. For more information, visit atpearl.com.


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Jill Sobule
Posted on January 31, 2019 December 19, 2018 by Brian Foote
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"Nostalgia can be wonderful and amazing. It's OK to look back. But then you gotta get the fuck out of there." So says singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, explaining the theme of her new album, Nostalgia Kills.
On Nostalgia Kills (out September 14 on Jill's own Pinko Records), the woman hailed by The New York Times for making "grown-up music for an adolescent age" turns her warm wit and poet's eye on herself more than ever before, revisiting moments from throughout her life that made her into the person she is today. It's an especially poignant look back at childhood — "exorcising some junior high school demons," as she puts it.
Looking back is a new experience for Jill Sobule. Ever since she first caught mainstream attention with her 1995 song "I Kissed a Girl" — the first song about same-sex romance ever to crack the Billboard Top 20 (and no relation to the later Katy Perry tune) — she's always pushed forward, exploring new sounds and subject matter with each passing album and refusing to be pigeonholed by her early hits (which also include the '90s alt-rock anthem "Supermodel," featured in an iconic scene in the film Clueless).
Along the way, Jill has shared stages with the likes of Billy Bragg, Cyndi Lauper and Warren Zevon, written music for TV and theater, and been a pioneer in the art of crowdfunding, raising so much money for her 2009 album California Years that a then-unknown startup called Kickstarter came to her for advice. She's also been active in numerous social and political causes, performing at prisons as part of Wayne Kramer's Jail Guitar Doors project, playing dates with Lady Parts Justice's "Vagical Mystery Tour," and curating Monster Protest Jams Vol. 1, featuring protest songs by Tom Morello, Billy Bragg, Boots Riley, Amanda Palmer, Jackson Browne and many other great artists — including Jill's own "When They Say We Want Our America Back, What the F#@k Do They Mean?", which traces the history of anti-immigrant sentiment in America.
For Nostalgia Kills, Jill worked with her good friend, Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee, to cull the album's 11 songs from a collection of over 100, representing nearly a decade's worth of material accumulated since the release of California Years. In turning those songs into an album, she received a little extra motivation from an unlikely source.
"I was at an industry party," she recalls. "And I heard this total douche saying, you know, once someone reaches the age of 40, they can't write a good song. And I went up to him and I was like, 'You don't know me, but you're an idiot.'"
Making it her mission to prove her new nemesis wrong, Jill took the songs into Lee's home studio in Los Angeles with a supporting cast of players that included John Doe (X), Wayne Kramer (The MC5), Petra Haden (That Dog), Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (Jellyfish), and Richard Barone (The Bongos). "This was done with a lot of friends," she says. "It was very organic." Many of the final mixes even contain elements of the original demos, recorded with various apps on Jill's iPad.
Right from the jump, Nostalgia Kills proves that this songwriter, despite being a few years north of 40, is still at the peak of her powers. How many artists of any age can write a song like "I Don't Wanna Wake Up," an Old Testament head trip inspired by a bad breakup, the death of a parent, and microdosing mushrooms? Let alone have the nerve to make it their album's opening track?
From there, Nostalgia Kills explores its titular theme through a collection of songs that ponder the past without ever lapsing into easy sentimentality. "I Put My Headphones On," as catchy as anything in Jill's catalog, captures the cozy feeling of tuning out the outside world with a favorite record. "Almost Great" is a ukulele-laced ode to youthful brushes with success and adult battles with procrastination. "Forbidden Thoughts of Youth" is a beautifully rendered portrait of adolescent unrequited love, as Jill looks back at her first gay crush ("an incredible combination of Marcia Brady and future meth-smoking biker chick").
"Headphones" and "Forbidden Thoughts" will be part of #Fuck7thGrade, a one-woman show about "the worst year of my life," and just the latest of Jill's many forays into theater. Nostalgia Kills features new versions of several of Jill's best songs for the stage: "There's Nothing I Can Do" is a defiant breakup anthem from the off-off-Broadway musical Prozak and the Platypus, sung from the perspective of a rebellious 17-year-old girl. "25 Cents" is from Times Square, a new musical based on the 1980 cult film of the same name — and Jill's own memories of visiting New York City as a teenager, back when the city was still "scary and fascinating and full of junkies." And the gorgeous ballad "Tomorrow Is Breaking My Heart" is one of several original songs Jill wrote for a new adaptation of Yentl, Isaac Bashevis Singer's tale of gender-bending romance later made famous by Barbra Streisand's film adaptation.
There are two versions of "Tomorrow Is Breaking" on Nostalgia Kills — a mournful duet with John Doe, and a special bonus track version featuring an amateur musician named Nicholas Ford, who made a pledge to the Nostalgia Kills Kickstarter campaign in which the prize was to sing a duet with Jill. "I decided to do it in a different style with a piano and he kicked ass," she says proudly of Nicholas' crooning accompaniment.
Nostalgia Kills' bonus tracks also include "The Donor Song," on which Jill gives shout-outs to her Kickstarter backers (including Avengers director and Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, whom Jill calls "my personal lord and savior" because he donated at the highest level), as well as lovely covers of The Stairsteps' soul classic "O-o-h Child" and "Don't Let Us Get Sick," a heartbreakingly beautiful, late-career ballad by Jill's friend and mentor, Warren Zevon, with whom she tour shortly before his death in 2003. "He used to come out during my set to sing 'I Kissed a Girl' with me," Jill remembers. "He would always wink at me when we would sing 'They can have their diamonds and we'll have are pearls' to let me know he got the clitoral reference."
For all its graceful, funny and heartbreaking explorations of awkward youth and grown-up regrets, Nostalgia Kills is as of-the-moment as anything in Jill Sobule's catalog. Through her own experiences, she explores issues our society still collectively struggles with (LGBTQ rights, teen mental health, our unhealthy obsession with staying forever young) and gently skewers our tendency to dwell on the past at the expense of addressing the present. As she sings on the title track: "We look at ourselves in a long row of mirrors/We get smaller and smaller with each passing year/We have to keep moving or die."
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I love twists on classic cuisine. My style of cooking blends culture, contrasts flavors, and plays with new styles of eating. It's always been my methodology. That's why I'm so excited for the second episode of my new show, The Feed. The episode, "Mashed Up Dishes & Food Design Wishes," has Max Silvestri, Gail Simmons, and me crafting daring new food combinations. In preparation for the airing of the episode, I've compiled a few of my best food mash-up recipes below. Give them a try for something different, and make sure to tune into The Feed on Thursday, August 21, at 10 PM Eastern Time.
The theme on the fourth episode of The Taste is Street Food. It's a genre of food that has rapidly gained prestige in the U.S. over the past few years. Street food in America is no longer restricted to hot dogs and halal carts (not that there's anything wrong with those, especially when that halal cart is Famous Halal Guys on 53rd), and its more exciting iterations have become much beloved by eaters on the go. Tonight's guest mentor is Roy Choi, who knows a thing or two about revolutionizing street food. Roy put his food truck, Kogi BBQ, on the streets of L.A. in 2008, serving $2 tacos with Korean-barbecued meat. People didn't know what was happening at first, but they knew it was good. And then the chase for flavor was on. Roy pulled inspiration for his truck from two seemingly unrelated countries. We haven't watched tonight's episode yet, but we imagine the lesson might be something like: take inspiration from different countries, and combine. Something delicious might result.
The holidays are wonderful for a number of reasons. It's a special time of year when you can spend quality time with your family and friends, actually like it when it snows, and pretty much have a license to eat and drink in excess. But following all the roasts and the cookies and the cocktails, I like to change it up for the new year. Here is a day's worth of recipes that I think bring it back to the basics: food that is fresh, flavorful, healthy and delicious.


Cabo Wabo Blanco Tequila is double distilled and is bottled directly after distillation.
The Tequilana Weber Blue Agave plant is the core and essence of Cabo Wabo Tequila. Harvested between 8 and 12 years, the Agave is cooked in stone steam-heated ovens, and then smashed and ground to remove the Agave nectar. Fermentation follows and is completely natural, with no chemicals added. Cabo Wabo Tequila is then distilled twice to remove impurities and refine the aroma and alcohol content. Blanco Tequila goes straight to bottling, whereas Reposado Tequila is aged between 3 to 12 months, and the Anejo Tequila is aged from 1 to 5 years. The Tequila is bottled in unique, hand blown artisan glass bottles.
1996 - Cabo Wabo Tequila is started by legendary musician and Tequila aficionado, Sammy Hagar.
2007 - Sammy Hagar sells 80% of Cabo Wabo Tequila stake to Gruppo Compari / Skyy for $80 million.
2010 - Compari / Skyy agrees to pay $11 million for the remaining 20% of Cabo Wabo Tequila and obtains full ownership of the brand.
Have loved Cabo Wabo since the 90's. I first tried it at a Sammy Hagar (Wabos-post VH) concert circa 1996. The stuff is just a solid tequila, from the aroma (citrusy) to the finish (nice smooth agave with sweetness). Doesn't have any harshness and it's not one of the "earthy" blancos, which I don't care for. This one is my "go-to" for shots and it's cheap enough (but high quality) to make good drinks with. If this one is on hand at a bar, I will never ask for Patrón. Good stuff!
It was good but not great/terrible.
Got a nice deal on a 750ml bottle of Cabot Wabo Blanco for around $40, the initial aroma is a smooth hint of spice. Upon recommendation from a friend, I tried the Blanco chilled, took down the burn of the tequila, which even at room temp, was not too bad, and gave it more of a citrus-pine taste. The other benefit to serving Cabo Wabo Blanco chilled was it took away the after-burn. It's a decent tequila, wouldn't be my first choice in a Blanco, but I'm sure it good for mixing drinks and shooters and the price isn't terrible. Best Blanco I've had so far would still be the Don Julio Blanco.
Tasted on 12/5/08 out of a snifter at home.I tried to taste this one several times in the hopes of coming up with a much nicer experience, but it just kept coming out mediocre. I think this one would be better served as a mixer rather than neat.
Aroma: A nose of alcohol and sweet floral.
Initial Taste: An oily mouth feel, upon entry its sweet with slight bitterness and slight alcohol burn. First taste is clove.
Body: A body of very subtle body of agave, with notes of smoke and earth.
Finish: An interesting 'nutty' finish, slightly heated of medium duration. The lingering taste was 'nutty'. A first for me.


Surely 36 weeks is too soon to be told the baby is in breech position? Especially when the baby is still so active.
my daughter was breech up untill two weeks before delivery. it's not too soon to tell, but it is too soon to get worried about it.
Thank Goodness. This is my first. Apart from the tiredness the whole pregnancy has gone so well, I was really disheartened to be told that I may need a C section. I hadn't realized how much faith I've gained in my body's ability to breeze through this and have been looking forward to a natural delivery, sure painful but possible. No matter how much you read, how well you've educated yourself, when a doctor tells you something it knocks your confidence of all you think you know. She wanted me to fork out $145 for an ultrasound to confirm it. I'm just going to see my GP for the next few weeks now, I'm not going back to the hospital until I'm in labour. Thankyou Mal, you're a terrific help.
not really. i went for an u/s at 31 weeks and he was head down, and im going again on fri for 36 weeks and well see if hes moved or not. but they told me theyre not too worried about if hes head down or not until after 35 weeks bc by then he most likely wont have enough room to turn himself around.


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Modelled recapture of ammonia by shelterbelt trees in the UK
This dataset contains modelled ammonia recapture by shelterbelts downwind of an ammonia source. The runs were located in the UK with ten years of averaged meteorological data for the different seasons of the year. Several tree species and tree heights were also taken into consideration and predictions of recapture were made for the year 5, 15, 25 and 50 after planting .
Two models were coupled to obtain this dataset; Open-source Field Operation And Manipulation (OpenFOAM) and MOdel of Dispersion and Deposition of Ammonia over the Short-range in two dimensions (MODDAS-2D).
This dataset was created by the Modelling Uncertainty for Decision Making on Ammonia mitigation with Trees in the landscape (MUDMAT) project funded by NERC.
Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/83a2a25c-dbb7-4760-ae3d-21904f3dd278
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/83a2a25c-dbb7-4760-ae3d-21904f3dd278
doi: / 10.5285/83a2a25c-dbb7-4760-ae3d-21904f3dd278
Cameron, D.R., Loubet, B., Lassman, W., Bealey, B.W., Martin Hernandez, C. (2022). Modelled recapture of ammonia by shelterbelt trees in the UK . NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/83a2a25c-dbb7-4760-ae3d-21904f3dd278
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Cameron, D.R.
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) - Loubet, B.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Lassman, W.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Bealey, B.W.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Martin Hernandez, C.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Dr. Cristina Martin Hernandez
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Recapture
no limitations
This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Cameron, D.R., Loubet, B., Lassman, W., Bealey, B.W., Martin Hernandez, C. (2022). Modelled recapture of ammonia by shelterbelt trees in the UK . NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/83a2a25c-dbb7-4760-ae3d-21904f3dd278
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Comma-separated values (CSV) ()
Download a copy of this data
Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset
This dataset is the output of two models; OpenFOAM (Open-source Field Operation And Manipulation) and MODDAS-2D (MOdel of Dispersion and Deposition of Ammonia over the Short-range in two dimensions). Python 2.7 code was used to couple the output of OpenFOAM to the input of MODDAS-2D.
The inputs are the Chess dataset (https://doi.org/10.5285/2ab15bf0-ad08-415c-ba64-831168be7293) for the meteorology, Forest Research Decision Support Tool (DSS tool) (http://www.forestdss.org.uk/geoforestdss/) for tree species height and tree Leaf area index (LAI) reviewed by experts.
The input files were transformed with R code and the runs were made on the CEDA LOTUS-JASMIN cluster in parallel (https://jasmin.ac.uk/). The outputs were then processed and added to a database with two tables, one for Northern Ireland and another for Great Britain. Each row of the files in this dataset is a model run.
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ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1)
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Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK


Coinciding with Leica's 60th anniversary, the iconic camera company is teaming up with Exclusive Resorts to give guests access to great photographic equipment (and instruction) during their stay.
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Q: What does the command \@dblarg do in a class? In the definition of a command appears the declaration of \@dblarg, as follows: \def\title{\@dblarg\CJ@title}. What exactly does \@dblarg do?

A: It essentially checks if the token after \CJ@title is [ or not, in order to pass to the main command the same argument twice, if [ is not found. The command \CJ@title must be defined by
\def\CJ@title[#1]#2{...}

so that, with a call such as
\title{xyz}

the expansions will be (successively}
\@dblarg\CJ@title{xyz}
...<some complex action>...
\CJ@title[{xyz}]{xyz}

and with a call such as
\title[abc]{xyz}

the expansions will be (successively}
\@dblarg\CJ@title[abc]{xyz}
...<some complex action>...
\CJ@title[abc]{xyz}

One can follow ...<some complex action>... by looking at the definition of \@dblarg:
\long\def\@dblarg#1{\kernel@ifnextchar[{#1}{\@xdblarg{#1}}}
\long\def\@xdblarg#1#2{#1[{#2}]{#2}}

So with \title{xyz} one has (one step on each line, I omit the expansions of \kernel@ifnextchar that are irrelevant here)
\@dblarg\CJ@title{xyz}
\kernel@ifnextchar[{\CJ@title}{\@xdblarg{\CJ@title}}{xyz}
\@xdblarg{\CJ@title}{xyz}
\CJ@title[{xyz}]{xyz}

With \title[abc]{xyz} one has
\@dblarg\CJ@title{xyz}
\kernel@ifnextchar[{\CJ@title}{\@xdblarg{\CJ@title}}[abc]{xyz}
\CJ@title[abc]{xyz}

There's an extra pair of braces in the first case, but it will be removed by rule of TeX; it's needed in case the title contains a ].
How to do the same with xparse
With the xparse package one can obtain the same functionality with a clearer syntax (I assume this is done in a class or package file)
\RequirePackage{xparse}

\NewDocumentCommand{\title}{om}{%
  \IfNoValueTF{#1}
    {\CJ@title{#2}{#2}}
    {\CJ@title{#1}{#2}}%
}
\newcommand{\CJ@title}[2]{...}

So no delimited argument is necessary.
With a recent version of xparse one can do even better:
\RequirePackage{xparse}

\NewDocumentCommand{\title}{O{#2}m}{%
  \CJ@title{#1}{#2}%
}
\newcommand{\CJ@title}[2]{...}

because with this code the value supplied for a missing optional argument is the same as the mandatory argument.

A: This is an easy way of allowing optional arguments to some other function/macro.
For example, using your case of \def\title{\@dblarg\CJ@title}, you can either use
\title{some title}

without an optional argument, or use
\title[some optional title]{some title}

with an optional argument. "Easy" here refers to the fact that if you don't specify the optional component (like in the former example), it defaults to
\title[some title]{some title}

thereby converting single-argument responses into double-arguments. The macro \CJ@title is appropriately defined to manage both arguments and could have the form:
\def\CJ@title[#1]#2{%
  %...
}

This is typically the case with sectional commands that have an optional argument: \section[<ToC entry>]{<body entry>}. If you don't specify the optional argument, the <body entry> still makes its way into the ToC. How? \@dblarg.
Here are the formal definitions contained within latex.ltx - you'll find its use inside \@startsection, just as an example:
\long\def\@dblarg#1{\kernel@ifnextchar[{#1}{\@xdblarg{#1}}}
\long\def\@xdblarg#1#2{#1[{#2}]{#2}}

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Please note: in order to have the presenter of your choice as your mentor, it's imperative to book early, as places in the mentoring groups are allocated on a strictly first-come, first-served basis.
The retreat is €4,595* per person, including 5 nights' accommodation at Marouatte Castle, all meals and drinks, all tuition and round-trip transportation between Angoulême train station and the castle.
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Which presenter would you like to have as your mentor?
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"Trump for Principal: A Children's Book for American Grownups" author talks about The Donald running for President
Posted 7:58 PM, February 15, 2016, by jeffcarlinwgnam, Updated at 07:59PM, February 15, 2016
Beth Schaefer is the author of Trump for Principal: A Children's Book for American Grownups, she joins Brian Noonan with a unique look at The Donald's run for president and an alternative unversed where Trump is a principal.
Filed in: Roe Conn
Topics: beth schaefer, President Donald Trump, Trump for Principal: A Children's Book for American Grownups
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Devolving labour
Parvez RahimMay 09, 2018
The writer is an industrial relations professional.
IN December 2017, the Supreme Court ordered the regularisation of the outsourced employees of Pakistan State Oil. This year in February, the Sindh High Court decided that profit shares of trans-provincial companies would be distributed proportionately among workers employed in more than one province. In March, the SC concluded that the Federal Industrial Relations Act (FIRA), 2012, was applicable to such companies. Two of these judgements pertain to repercussions caused on account of the 18th Amendment, which devolved labour laws to the provinces in 2010.
Since then, it remained unclear whether trans-provincial companies would be governed by federal or provincial labour laws. Trans-provincial companies have factories or offices in more than one province. The SC's landmark judgement declaring FIRA a valid piece of legislation is comprehensive and discusses various case laws of local and Indian superior courts before arriving at a conclusion. Regarding union activities, the SC held: "The federal legislature does but the provincial legislature does not have legislative competence to legislate to regulate the trade unions functioning at the trans-provincial level."
Working within the same company but having different terms of employment for similar jobs generates feelings of discontent among employees, which will not happen after this judgement. Trans-provincial firms with establishments in more than one province may also have collective bargaining agent unions in those units. By virtue of having a common law to govern industrial relations, employers of such companies can maintain internal equity by allowing similar increases in salary and benefits across various locations.
Many legal issues involve trans-provincial firms.
While considering the competence of the federal legislature to frame and promulgate FIRA, the court relied heavily upon Entry 32 of the Federal Legislative List, under which the federal government is competent to enact federal laws notwithstanding the provincial governments' mandates. This entry enables the federal parliament to enact laws to implement international treaties for Pakistan's territories, even if the said subject has been devolved. Pakistan has ratified 36 ILO conventions upon which the majority of our existing labour laws are based. Relying on the principle laid down in this judgement, it may be inferred that the federal legislature is competent to legislate a few other critical acts for the benefit of trans-provincial firms.
These include the Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, Shops and Establishments Act, the Factories Act, etc. Sindh has made drastic amendments to these acts, while the other provinces have made no such changes. Besides creating many other differences in Sindh, the Standing Orders Act has been made applicable to all employees of an establishment except the occupier and manager, having the authority to hire and fire. In the same act, the dismissal of a worker on account of misconduct or absence without leave for more than 10 days has been made conditional.
In Sindh, workers' overtime hours under the Shops Act have been reduced from 624 to 150 hours per annum. Sick leave under the Factories Act has been changed from 16 days at half pay to 16 days at full pay, which will promote absenteeism. Factories in Sindh operated by trans-provincial firms are compelled by labour inspectors to be closed during frequent provincial government holidays, which are not allowed to workers in the same firm in other provinces.
If the federal legislature also enacts such legislation, trans-provincial companies will be able to maintain a similar structure of salary and benefits within the whole company without disrupting its smooth functioning anywhere. Like banks and other institutions operating in more than one province, their factories in Sindh may also observe only those holidays that are declared at the federal level.
The Sindh High Court judgement also lays down the principle of distribution of profit share to workers under the Sindh Companies Profits (Workers' Participation) Act, 2015. This act had repealed a similar law enacted by the federal government in 1968. The Sindh High Court decided that profits would be distributed proportionately among workers of a trans-provincial company.
While implementing the judgment, trans-provincial firms functioning in provinces other than Sindh face an issue: the wage ceiling by which workers become eligible to receive a share in their company's profit is Rs10,000 while the minimum wage itself is Rs15,000. If the federal legislature brings in suitable amendments in the act of 1968 and makes it applicable to trans-provincial companies, all issues confronted by the latter will be addressed.
Such measures need to be taken by the federal legislature to prevent negative ramifications of the 18th Amendment and make the laws realistic and investor friendly.
Published in Dawn, May 9th, 2018
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عامر لیاقت کی مہوش حیات کی بولڈ تصویر پر تنقید


I plan to rant later about what a ridiculous flaming piece of garbage Microsoft's Office 2008 for Mac is. Today it is Remote Desktop Connection for Mac. It doesn't handle case-sensitive filesystems correctly, and I have to make a change to my filesystem to make their software work.
As far as I can tell, this doesn't work if you format your hard disk with a case sensitive filesystem. Case sensitivity has been available since Tiger, but Leopard was the first time I actually played with it. If I share my home folder (as shown in the graphic above), have all lower-case paths and file names, I can see them in Windows. Otherwise, not a chance.
Furthermore, if I create a folder in Windows on my shared drive and I call it "TestFolder," the folder will actually be named "testfolder" when it gets created. So: all lower-case paths are half-way usable. If you're like me, though, and you use mixed case in your folder names and such, you're just out of luck.


"You remember what life was like in Egypt and what it was like to travel through the territory of other nations. You saw their disgusting idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold. Make sure that no man, woman, family, or tribe standing here today turns from the Lord our God to worship the gods of other nations. This would be like a root that grows to be a bitter and poisonous plant."


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€245,440 awarded through Music Capital Scheme
PRESS RELEASE: Music Network today announced the results of the Music Capital Scheme 2019. A total of €245,440 in funding from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has been awarded to 34 performing groups and 19 individual musicians across Ireland.
Babies from Bray and beyond are invited to a very special interactive performance.
PRESS RELEASE: Babies from Bray and beyond are invited to a very special interactive performance by Portuguese performing group Concertos para Bébes. Extra date added due to popular demand.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Music Network announce Musicians-in-Residence for 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Music Network have announced the appointment of three Musicians-in-Residence for 2019 in a scheme jointly funded by the Arts Council and managed by Music Network. Each of the residencies will include free public performances at the dlr LexIcon Studio in Dún Laoghaire.
Violinist Mairéad Hickey awarded Music Performance Bursary at Centre Culturel Irlandais
PRESS RELEASE: Music Network is pleased to announce that violinist Mairéad Hickey has been awarded the Music Network/Centre Culturel Irlandais Music Performance Bursary 2019/20.
Renowned guitarist Xavier Díaz-Latorre to perform in Ireland curated by Eamon Sweeney
PRESS RELEASE: Xavier Díaz-Latorre is recognised as one of the world's leading baroque guitarists. On Friday 26th April he brings his incredible virtuosity to Ireland for the first time in a performance at the Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre in Bray.
DE TEMPS ANTAN ON TOUR TO NINE VENUES WITH MUSIC NETWORK 1ST-10TH MAY 2019
PRESS RELEASE: The irresistible French Canadian folk super group De Temps Antan, who have captured the hearts of audiences across the globe with their stunning interpretations of time-honoured melodies from Quebec, are touring to nine venues with Music Network 1st-10th May.
RAPHAELA GROMES AND JULIAN RIEM - On Tour with Music Network 3rd – 11th April 2019
PRESS RELEASE: The superb duo of cellist Raphaela Gromes and pianist Julian Riem will be touring Ireland 3rd-11th April with a programme including pieces by Rossini, a lost work by Offenbach, and the premiere of a new work by Kevin Volans, "cello:piano 2" in C Major, commissioned by Music Network.
€270,250 ANNOUNCED FOR MUSIC CAPITAL SCHEME 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Music Network today welcomed the announcement by Josepha Madigan TD, Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, confirming funding of €270,250 for the Music Capital Scheme 2019.
Grammy Award-winner Rhiannon Giddens and "musical alchemist" Francesco Turrisi on tour 5 –16th March
PRESS RELEASE: Buckle up as Grammy Award-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens and Italian accordion player & percussionist Francesco Turrisi whisk you away on a globe and genre-trotting musical tour from 5th to 16th March 2019, meeting rootsy folk, blues and gospel along the way. Details at musicnetwork.ie.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office Musicians-in-Residence Scheme 2019
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Music Network are pleased to announce details of the 2019 Musicians-in-Residence Scheme. Established and emerging individual musicians from all genres with a strong connection to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown are invited to apply by Tuesday 19th February 2019 at 2.00pm.


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// Copyright (c)1998-2011 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s).
// All rights reserved.
//

package openadk.examples.tinysis;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.util.Map;

import openadk.examples.tinysis.data.ResultSetAdapter;
import openadk.library.ADK;
import openadk.library.ADKException;
import openadk.library.DataObjectOutputStream;
import openadk.library.DefaultValueBuilder;
import openadk.library.MessageInfo;
import openadk.library.Publisher;
import openadk.library.Query;
import openadk.library.SIFDataObject;
import openadk.library.SIFErrorCategory;
import openadk.library.SIFErrorCodes;
import openadk.library.SIFException;
import openadk.library.SIFMessageInfo;
import openadk.library.Zone;
import openadk.library.tools.mapping.ADKMappingException;
import openadk.library.tools.mapping.FieldAdaptor;
import openadk.library.tools.mapping.Mappings;
import openadk.library.tools.mapping.MappingsContext;
import openadk.library.tools.queries.QueryFormatterException;
import openadk.library.tools.queries.SQLDialect;
import openadk.library.tools.queries.SQLQueryFormatter;

/**
 *
 * @author ADK Examples
 *
 */
public class DataObjectProvider implements Publisher {

	private String fTableName;
	private Mappings fMappings;

	public DataObjectProvider( String tableName, Mappings rootMappings ){
		fTableName = tableName;
		fMappings = rootMappings;
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see openadk.library.Publisher#onRequest(openadk.library.DataObjectOutputStream, openadk.library.Query, openadk.library.Zone, openadk.library.MessageInfo)
	 */
	public void onRequest(DataObjectOutputStream out, Query query, Zone zone,
			MessageInfo info) throws ADKException {

		SIFMessageInfo smi = (SIFMessageInfo)info;
		System.out.println( "Received a request for " + query.getObjectTag() + " from agent \"" + smi.getSourceId() + "\" in zone " + zone.getZoneId() );

		MappingsContext mappingsContext =
			fMappings.selectOutbound(
								query.getObjectType(), smi.getLatestSIFRequestVersion(),
								zone.getZoneId(), smi.getSourceId());

		// Configure the output stream to automatically filter out any
		// objects that don't match the query conditions
		// NOTE: This is in addition to the filtering done by the SQL query below
		out.setAutoFilter( query );

		//  Read all objects from the database to populate a HashMap of
		//  field/value pairs. The field names can be whatever we choose as long
		//  as they match the field names used in the <mappings> section of the
		//  agent.cfg configuration file. Each time a record is read, convert it
		//  to the specified SIF data object using the Mappings class and stream it to
		//  the supplied output stream.

		String sql = convertQueryToSql( smi, query, mappingsContext );
		Connection conn = getConnection(zone);
		try
		{
			int count = 0;
			ResultSet rs = getData( conn, sql, zone );
			ResultSetAdapter rsa = new ResultSetAdapter( rs );
			mappingsContext.setValueBuilder( new DefaultValueBuilder( rsa ) );

			while( rsa.next() )
			{
				count++;
				SIFDataObject sdo = ADK.DTD().createSIFDataObject( query.getObjectType() );
				sdo.setSIFVersion( smi.getLatestSIFRequestVersion() );
				onMappingObject( smi, query, mappingsContext, rsa, sdo);
				out.write( sdo );
			}

			rs.close();
			System.out.println( "- Returned " + count + " records from the database in response" );
		}
		catch( Exception ex )
		{
			System.out.println( "Error returning a SIF_Error response: " + ex.toString() );
			throw new SIFException(
				SIFErrorCategory.REQUEST_RESPONSE,
				SIFErrorCodes.REQRSP_GENERIC_ERROR_1,
				"An error occurred while querying the database for students",
				zone, ex );
		}
		finally
		{
			if( conn != null ) {
				try {
					conn.close();
				} catch( Exception ignored ) {
					System.out.println( ignored.toString() );
				}
			}
		}

	}

	/**
	 * Perform a mappings operation on the given object. This method allows
	 * subclasses to override behavior and change values before or after
	 * mapping occurs
	 * @param smi
	 * @param q
	 * @param mappingsContext
	 * @param oma
	 * @param sdo
	 * @throws ADKMappingException
	 */
	protected void onMappingObject(SIFMessageInfo smi, Query q, MappingsContext mappingsContext, FieldAdaptor oma, SIFDataObject sdo) throws ADKMappingException {
		mappingsContext.map( sdo, oma );
	}

	/**
	 * Adds fields to the SQLQueryFormatter so that it can render the SQL. This method
	 * allows subclasses to override behavior and to add additional SQLFields, representing
	 * calculated values. A good example of this is queries on StudentSchoolEnrollment/TimeFrame,
	 * which can be calculated based on EntryDate and ExitDate
	 * @param smi
	 * @param query
	 * @param context
	 * @param formatter
	 */
	protected void onAddQueryFormatterFields( SIFMessageInfo smi, Query query, MappingsContext context, SQLQueryFormatter formatter )
	{
		formatter.addFields( context, SQLDialect.DEFAULT );
	}

	private String convertQueryToSql( SIFMessageInfo smi, Query query, MappingsContext mappingsContext)
		throws QueryFormatterException
	{
		StringBuilder sql = new StringBuilder();
		sql.append( "Select * FROM " );
		sql.append( fTableName );

		// TODO: Commented out for now....

		if( query.hasConditions() ){
			SQLQueryFormatter sqlFormatter = new SQLQueryFormatter();
			onAddQueryFormatterFields( smi, query, mappingsContext, sqlFormatter );
			sql.append( " WHERE " );
			sql.append( sqlFormatter.format( query, false ) );
		}
		return sql.toString();
	}

	/**
	 * Gets a connection from the database. If a connection cannot be obtained,
	 * a SIFException is thrown with the retry flag set to True to signal to the
	 * ZIS to retry the message later.
	 * @param zone
	 * @return
	 * @throws SIFException
	 */
	private Connection getConnection(Zone zone) throws SIFException {
		Connection conn = null;
		try
		{
			//	Get a Connection
			conn = DriverManager.getConnection( zone.getProperties().getProperty( "jdbc.url" ));
			conn.setAutoCommit( true );
		}
		catch( SQLException sqlEx ){
			SIFException sifEx = new SIFException( SIFErrorCategory.SYSTEM, SIFErrorCodes.SYS_GENERIC_ERROR_1, "Unable to connect to application database", zone, sqlEx );
			// Notify the ZIS to re-send the message later
			sifEx.setRetry( true );
			throw sifEx;
		}
		return conn;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets a ResultSet from the database. If an exception occurs, the appropriate
	 * SIFException is thrown
	 * @param conn An open connection to the database
	 * @param sql The SQL to run to get data
	 * @return A ResultSet of data
	 * @throws SIFException
	 */
	private ResultSet getData( Connection conn, String sql, Zone zone )
		throws SIFException
	{
		try
		{
			//  Query the database for all students
			Statement s = conn.createStatement();
			return s.executeQuery( sql );
		}
		catch( SQLException sqlEx ){
			SIFException sifEx = new SIFException(
					SIFErrorCategory.SYSTEM,
					SIFErrorCodes.SYS_GENERIC_ERROR_1, "Error executing query", zone, sqlEx );
			throw sifEx;
		}

	}

	/**
	 * Gets the current row of data from the ResultSet and stores all fields
	 * in a Map. The Map is used by the ADK to retrieve data for Mapping
	 * operations.
	 * @param resultSet The ResultSet object to get a row of data from
	 * @return The current row of data, contained in a Map
	 */
	private void getDataValues( ResultSet resultSet, Map<String,Object> values )
		throws SQLException
	{

		ResultSetMetaData rsmd = resultSet.getMetaData();
		for( int a = 1; a < ( rsmd.getColumnCount() + 1 ); a++ )
		{
			try{
				String fieldName = rsmd.getColumnName( a );
				Object value = resultSet.getObject( a );
				values.put( fieldName, value );
			} catch( SQLException sqlEx ){
				System.out.println( "Error on field # " + a + sqlEx );
			}
		}
	}

}

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OceanaGold starts milling at Haile Gold Mine in South Carolina
2 January 2017	(Last Updated January 2nd, 2017 18:30)
OceanaGold Corporation has started milling at the Haile Gold Mine in Lancaster county, South Carolina, US.
Last October, OceanaGold started dry commissioning by concentrating on the crushing circuit and emergency stockpile system. The company then commissioned grinding, carbon-in-leach (CIL) and tailings circuits for treatment of oxide and transition ores.
It has completed construction of the flotation and fine grinding circuits, which would begin its operations in the following weeks to treat sulphide ore.
OceanaGold president and CEO Mick Wilkes said: "We are very pleased with the start of milling ore at Haile. This milestone represents a special moment in the history of the Haile Gold Mine as this historic goldfield is re-established with a world-class modern mining operation in Lancaster county, South Carolina.
"From the start of the year, we established a firm timeline of key milestones that we have achieved throughout the year, culminating in the start of milling ore at year-end as planned.
"We have established a strong team in South Carolina that include technical experts from across our business to carryout commissioning activities and transition to operations. Achieving this important benchmark in just 15 months since taking ownership of Haile is a true testament to the leadership and dedication of our team."
OceanaGold claimed to stockpile nearly 675,000t of ore on surface. It includes 275,000t grading 2.3g/t of sulphide ore, 245,000t grading 0.6g/t of oxide ore and 155,000t grading 1.1g/t of transitional material.
This year, the company expects to produce 150,000oz to 170,000oz of gold from this mine sustaining an all-inclusive cost of around $500 to $550 per ounce.
OceanaGold also intends to advance the Haile Expansion optimisation study. The results are expected to be published by the middle of this year.
OceanaGold holds mining assets in Philippines, New Zealand and the US. It is currently developing the Haile Gold Mine, which is expected to start commercial production this year.
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HomeNews & EventsIndustry NewsTesla negotiating incentives for possible Texas vehicle assembly plant, report says
Tesla negotiating incentives for possible Texas vehicle assembly plant, report says
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the automobile awards "Das Goldene Lenkrad" (The golden steering wheel) given by a German newspaper in Berlin, Germany, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
(Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O[1]) is negotiating possible incentives with a Texas county that could bring a new auto assembly plant to the area near Austin, the state capital, the Austin American-Statesman reported on Monday.
Travis County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss terms of the deal on Tuesday, the paper reported, citing people with knowledge of the situation. A vote is expected in the coming weeks.
The paper said it was unclear whether negotiations with Travis County show that Tesla has picked the Austin region as the site for the plant, which would build the company's electric pickup truck and Model Y SUV and employ thousands of people, or if the company is also negotiating with officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Tesla officials could not immediately be reached to comment. The company's chief executive, Elon Musk, has tweeted previously about the possibility of bringing a plant to Texas. Oklahoma also has been mentioned as a possible site.
Travis County officials declined to comment, and a spokesman for the Texas governor's office did not immediately comment.
Last month, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he had spoken with Musk about a potential plant.
Abbott's comments came three days after Musk had threatened to move Tesla's headquarters and future operations to Texas or Nevada after officials in California's Alameda County, where Tesla's only U.S. vehicle assembly plant is located, said the plant could not yet reopen because of coronavirus lockdown measures. The plant has since reopened.
Officials with the United Auto Workers union, which represents hourly workers at General Motors Co's (GM.N[2]) assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, said they believe a Tuesday county meeting will include talks about the possible deal. The union, which has unsuccessfully tried organizing Tesla's Fremont, California, plant, called on Texas officials to obtain assurances from Tesla about any potential jobs.
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        candidate(TreeUtil.getElement(mi));
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Home Latest News Mrs. World Caroline Jurie says ready to hand over her crown
Mrs. World Caroline Jurie says ready to hand over her crown
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Mrs. World Caroline Jurie, today said she was ready to hand over her crown stating that she stood by her values even if she has to stand alone.
In a video statement, Jurie said as a woman, a mother and the crowned Mrs. World, she was aware that she held a great responsibility towards protecting the image of Sri Lankan women across the world.
Jurie said her only intention was to stand up for the injustice caused to the competitors throughout this compe-
tition which she alleged was tainted with heavy politicization. "It upsets me greatly when justice doesn't prevail. This is why I stood up for injustice, from the beginning of the event, I stood up for what was wrong, but my efforts were futile until the very last moment, which led me to do what I did," Jurie said.
She said she only stood for what she believed was right and will follow all legal procedures – as a normal Sri Lankan citizen – without influence - while always holding her head up high.
"How I see it, the purpose of Mrs. World is to celebrate all women who are married and still strive to
conquer their dreams, despite the commitment and responsibilities a married woman strives to fulfill.
Hence the title "Mrs.". It is her crowning glory that despite all those fulfillments and commitments, she still manages to look after herself and goes out on stage to win a crown... through hard work, meri- tocracy, spirit and purpose. The pageant was certainly not created to discriminate divorced women but to celebrate the dreams of the married women."
"In the run-up to the Mrs. Sri Lanka event, I saw a lot of commitment and hard work from the competi-
tors. As a mentor, I worked with these beautiful women, imparting everything I have learned along the path I took towards achieving the Mrs. World 2020 title. However, we cannot overlook how there had been corrupt involvement that has been unfair on most contestants that took part and was disrespectful towards the institution I so highly look up to."
"This year, Sri Lanka will be hosting the Mrs. World finals. When we do, we will be welcoming contenders from all over the world, where Mrs. Sri Lanka too willm compete to win the crown again on the world stage."
"It is my purpose to mentor and work with Mrs. Sri Lanka and give my best, to see her reach her greatest potential, so that Sri Lanka has a fair chance to win the crown for this country and Mrs. Sri Lanka."
"As Mrs. World, my purpose is to make sure she has an equal opportunity. This is why I fought for what was
right for all the other contestants on the 4th of April, for all of them to have an equal opportunity because
I saw, from the beginning, of how tainted the entire pageant judging was."
"Even after I hand over the crown, my commitment to my purpose will continue, despite my commitments to my family life. It is not about when I handover the crown, but how I use the crown to serve a greater purpose to the world I live in and represent, as the Mrs. World 2020 title holder."
"It is unfortunate that I have burst some bubbles, created a conversation and even a debate about class
and values that a queen wearing a crown should stand for. If class is defined by how one behaves in the public eye, I will let you draw the conclusions to that. But if class is also defined by how you behave when no one is watching you, and what values you stand by, I believe this is the true test of character."
"Even if I had to lose class for the values I stand for, I believe I am serving the purpose the Mrs. World crown
stands for. Values are deep-rooted. They cannot be measured by outer appearance or monetary value. I believe this is the distinct dierence between Class and Values."
"I stand for values, even if it means I have to stand alone."
"We often hope for change. We want to change systems, and to let equality shine through. But we stop at
taking action. When we have to stand for something, and even if it means we have to stand alone, we must find the courage to do so."
"What we fear most are the things we risk losing. If we have to lose something to give an opportunity to
another woman to compete on a stage that is equal and fair to all, we must take that stand.
After all, one fair chance is all she needs."
Jayasundara Saturday, 10 April 2021 02:22 AM
What Caroline had done is not appropriate, her values and beliefs one thing, but she can't do or behave like this in this society. So legal remedy is the best for her to learn the life.
Ranaweera Saturday, 10 April 2021 02:30 AM
This statement is not saying anything about what she did was wrong. If a winner is ineligible, generally it is taken out next day. In this case the winner was eligible. So what you did was wrong. Are you saying that the winner was selected on the basis of political connection ? Then on what basis you declared that first runner up was selected without political intervention, the same judges selected and 2 of them are not attached to ruling party. Complete false statement.
p.gnanasekaran Saturday, 10 April 2021 02:59 AM
pls save your breath.entire srilankan/world saw the drama.even you'r ready to give up the crown,it will taken away from you eventually.
Raj Saturday, 10 April 2021 03:02 AM
WOW what a publicity, this is on FOX News, CNN and BBC!
Cuthbert Saturday, 10 April 2021 03:25 AM
Shame on you. !!!!!!! You should have handed over your crown immediately. You are not dignified and need to learn what dignity is.
Pat Vivean Saturday, 10 April 2021 03:52 AM
Caroline Jurie : "I saw, from the beginning, of how tainted the entire pageant judging was." If so, as Mrs. World you should have come out with that issue, at the right time and place well before the final event. Instead, you can't take the matter into your own hands and change the judgement. What you have done, is very disrespectful towards the institution you so highly look up to. Whether you hold it or hand over it, in essence, you have lost the crown.
Sam Saturday, 10 April 2021 03:59 AM
This is called resigning before getting sack.
Mano de Silva Saturday, 10 April 2021 04:49 AM
Dear Mrs Jury, Apart from the politicisation of most institutions in Sri Lanka, which we all know but more importantly how do you justify your behaviour by publicity humiliating a women by stripping her crown? So what values do you hold apart from denigrating a single mother?
Brian lawson Saturday, 10 April 2021 05:35 AM
look at the Mrs pageant video, what a nasty thing Caroline jury had done. what a disgrace to our country. Chula and Caroline responsible for their actions, should do time in Jail.
Smith Fdo Saturday, 10 April 2021 06:53 AM
Saranga Saturday, 10 April 2021 07:11 AM
Value lol Yeah right in Swaziland
Singhe Saturday, 10 April 2021 07:17 AM
You have not given any valid reasons to dethrone the new elected queen. You talk about values, but you don't have any values, and your behaviour in public is not very appropriate.
Crown Saturday, 10 April 2021 07:24 AM
This woman is absolute trash. What a bad example! She needs to suffer consequences.
mahi Saturday, 10 April 2021 07:50 AM
Anyway, not suitable to hold the title by police arrested woman
Babs Saturday, 10 April 2021 08:21 AM
Should have got advice from a lawyer before the finals.
Mrs Stubborn 2021 Saturday, 10 April 2021 08:27 AM
Your role that day was simple. To carry out the decision of the judges. You did not understand this simple task. If everything fails a few days in remand will make you correct your behaviour.Good for you and your close mate.
Thomas Dharmachandra Saturday, 10 April 2021 09:09 AM
Your highhanded action must be condemned and the title conferred on you should be withdrawn as a punishment
Christian Saturday, 10 April 2021 09:24 AM
Give up the crown and learn to behave like a woman.... you are a disgrace to all women. Your crown is fit for the dogs ...
Fernando Saturday, 10 April 2021 09:59 AM
Looks like this woman is still suffering from depression and severe anxiety. She needs treatment. A level headed person would not behave as the way she did. Shame on you Jurie.
Premalal Perera Saturday, 10 April 2021 10:03 AM
Looks like the statement drafted by her lawyers.
motherland Saturday, 10 April 2021 10:09 AM
This is the most critical issue need to be resolve in motherland..come on guys
Japan Sinhaya Saturday, 10 April 2021 10:12 AM
While winning contestant muscle her political strength, we can see other her henchmen bombarding comments to defend her
Lauren Pere Saturday, 10 April 2021 10:58 AM
You have brought disgrace and embarrassment to the entire Sri Lankan nation. CLOWN EX QUEEN.
idiot Saturday, 10 April 2021 11:08 AM
this women pushpika Looks more man than woman
3 Cheers LaLanka Saturday, 10 April 2021 11:38 AM
Hoo! Hoo ! Hoo !
DARSHANA JASINGHE Saturday, 10 April 2021 12:12 PM
This woman should be admitted to Rehab
Lankan Saturday, 10 April 2021 08:29 PM
Now pretending to be all innocent after you shamed the entire nation and women by acting like a "thug". A married woman who is holding a crown should be an example to others by taking actions of injustice in a proper, decent manner.


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Jean Le Gac
John Gibson Gallery
In his show of captioned photographs, Jean Le Gac is concerned with "watching himself act" through word and image reconstructions of living memory. His narrative sequences accrete the personal in experience. They rely on evocative photographs, second-person address, and his artisthood to appeal.
His language is dense, fraught with constructions as faulty in English as they must have been in French. It is easy to denigrate his expositions as a species of French literary pedantry; perhaps it is more productive to view them (since they are in a gallery and conjoined with photographs) as pictorial in a way that much English and American Conceptual work is not.
One series, The Painter, implies as a pictorial context for much of his work a kind of cognitive expressionist landscape: nature as a pretext for inner images. One series reveals Le Gac's Satre-like transformation of common experiences of nature into extreme situations that test him, tests he either declines to take or fails to pass. Le Gac confronts a pond twice in this series, seeing it as harboring in its depths a whitish thing like a presence out of H. P. Lovecraft and, once again, as a drowning place. A hole in a tree, the distant stacks of a crematorium—all are objects that keep him "alive in the fear" of death.
Le Gac reaches a compromise with death in one bourgeois image—a family photograph—which he couches in Classical terms, explaining that he might like to have it engraved on his tombstone in the manner of a Roman stele. In much of the rest of his work, Le Gac travels alone to confront strange landscapes, and with his children to reconfront familiar ones.


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REPORT: MADONNA BUILDING MALAWI HOME
By The Sun
Madonna is hoping to build a home in Malawi despite her application to adopt three-year-old local Mercy James being refused.
Last week a judge turned down her bid to become the girl's legal mother because Madge hadn't lived in the country for 18 months.
Nevertheless, the chart-topper has instructed her architects to draw up plans for a home in the African country, as she believes adopted son David Banda would benefit from a connection to his birthplace.
The Sun reports: "Madonna has a big, beautiful plot of land over there already. She's planning to build a girl's school in the Chinkhota village and those designs are well under way.
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Battle for Mosul: Low morale of Isis fighters revealed in commander's secret communique
An Isis commander revealed that some fighters are willing to 'hand themselves over to the kuffar'.
Updated October 17, 2016 22:01 BST
Iraqi forces advance against Islamic State in Mosul offensive	Reuters
As the battle for Mosul intensifies in Iraq, an official letter from an Islamic State (Isis) emir to a commander in neighbouring Syria reveals that jihadi fighters are suffering from low morale. An unnamed emir based in the IS de-facto capital of Raqqa revealed that the organisation had problems with desertion before the jihadists lost the city of Manbij, in northern Syria.
In a three-page handwritten communique to the top Daesh (Isis) commander in the city, Abu Yahya al-Shami, a member of the group's War Committee said that any defectors should be killed and the jihadists should fight until the last man.
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The letter, dated 8 August, was exclusively obtained by Newsweek, and was delivered just four days before Manbij was overran by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) – with many of their fighters fleeing.
The letter acknowledges that some fighters want to "hand themselves over to the kuffar", a derogatory term for non-Muslims, and offers brutal instructions on how to deal with these militants – offering a religious justification for killing them.
"Know that this is apostasy, so kill whoever it is established is doing this," writes the emir, "for whoever intends disbelief in the future has disbelieved in the present." After ordering the executions he tells al-Shami to execute defecting fighters, quash dissent in its ranks and imprison "bewitched" militants.
The term 'bewitched' is not clearly defined, but could mean fighters who have become disaffected with the group's extreme version of Islam or fighters who are psychologically tainted by conflict. The emir continues, signalling the group's 'fight to the last man' policy that hundreds of their fighters ignored in Manbij.
"Inform all our besieged brothers that we will never accept withdrawal and that they must endure even if only one of them remains; and that we have deemed licit the blood of any who withdraws without permission," the emir writes, according to a translation provided to Newsweek by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, a research fellow at US-based think-tank the Middle East Forum.
Images of the letter were passed from a Free Syrian Army rebel in southern Turkey to Newsweek after he obtained them from a shari, or spiritual leader, of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham — who cut ties with al-Qaeda in July.
Peshmerga forces gather in the east of Mosul to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq Reuters
The Mosul offensive began in earnest on Monday 17 October with military pressure coming from the Iraqi Army, Kurdish Peshmerga and other militias with support from US-led coalition airstrikes and tactical assistance. Peshmerga troops said they took a 77-square-mile area that surrounds Mosul on the first day of the operation.
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters fire a multiple rocket launcher from the top of Mount Zardak, about 25 kilometres east of Mosul Safin Hamed/AFP
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