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Navjot Singh Sidhu Holds Show Of Support, Takes 60 MLAs To Golden Temple In Luxury Bus
The MLAs joined by Sidhu boarded luxury buses and went to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, where a large number of Congress supporters gathered.
Navjot Sidhu, a former MP from Amritsar, had switched over from the BJP to the Congress ahead of the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls. -
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Amid a suspense over a possible truce between Navjot Singh Sidhu and CM Amarinder Singh, nearly 60 Congress MLAs gathered at the residence of new state party chief in Amritsar on Wednesday. Sidhu and Amarinder Singh has been at loggerheads for the past some time, with the Amritsar (East) MLA recently attacking the CM over the desecration cases.
The chief minister was also averse to his appointment as the state Congress chief. After Sidhu's elevation, the CM had said that he won't meet him until the cricketer-turned-politician apologises for his "derogatory" tweets against him.
Sidhu and the legislators are also scheduled to visit the Durgiana temple and the Ram Tirath Sthal here.
On Tuesday, scores of Congress workers and Sidhu supporters had accorded a warm welcome to him when he arrived here after being appointed the state party chief.
Sidhu, a former MP from Amritsar, had switched over from the BJP to the Congress ahead of the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls.
On Wednesday, ministers Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, former state party chief Sunil Jakhar also reached here.
The party workers have put up posters of Sidhu at many places in the city.
Some party MLAs and supporters here claimed that nearly 60 legislators reached here after they were asked by Sidhu to reach Amritsar for paying obeisance at the Golden temple and other shrines.
MLA Madan Lal Jalalpur told reporters, "The 2022 elections will be won by the Congress in Sidhu's name and because of him. Today, entire Punjab wants him."
"There is great enthusiasm among party workers after Sidhu's elevation. Our vote share will certainly go up," he said.
On differences between Sidhu and Amarinder Singh, Jalalpur said, "The chief minister should welcome Sidhu with open arms. The chief minister also met Pratap Singh Bajwa who had been speaking against him. But Amarinder Singh's advisers are not guiding him properly."
On Tuesday, the Punjab chief minister's media adviser had trashed media reports that Sidhu had sought time to meet Amarinder Singh.
The media adviser also said there was no change in stance, asserting that Amarinder will not meet Sidhu till he publicly tenders an apology for his "derogatory" tweets against him.
However, Jalalpur said there was no need for Sidhu to apologise, saying he is now the president of the state Congress.
"Why should he apologise. It is right that he should respect and he respects the chief minister but for what should he apologise," asked Jalalpur.
There has been no reaction from the CM over Sidhu's elevation as the state Congress chief.
Earlier, senior Congress leader and cabinet minister Brahm Mahindra had ruled out any personal meeting with Sidhu till he resolves his issues with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
Before going to Amritsar, Sidhu had been calling on ministers and legislators in Chandigarh to mobilise support in the past few days.
Sidhu had already met several ministers and MLAs.
After taking over as the state unit chief of the Congress, Sidhu had talked about the Punjab model, saying it will make the state prosperous again.
"An 18-point programme given by the Congress high command will make every Punjabi a shareholder and the power given by the people be returned in the shape of development," he had said.
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One of the largest real estate companies in Canada is conceding house prices don't have much room to go up, but Royal LePage still maintains they won't fall.
The real estate company says price gains have already to started to slow and noted in its third-quarter report that the average price of a home in Canada rose between 4.4% and 6.1% in the third quarter compared to a year earlier.
LePage said the average price of a standard two-storey home rose 5.5% from a year earlier to $441,714. Detached bungalows rose 6.1% in price to $405,101 during the same period while condos were up 4.4% to $257,377.
"In the seven years since the Canadian housing market began its recovery from the worldwide recession, home price growth has been robust, often greater than the long-term average of approximately 5%," said Mr. Soper.
The LePage statistics are in line with data from the Canadian Real Estate Association which shows Toronto and Calgary outstripping the rest of the country in price gains, something even the finance minister of Canada says skews national figures.


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Police officers use a loud speaker in an attempt to move people on from Greenwich Park in London, U.K., on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The U.K. reported its deadliest day yet, with an increase of 708 coronavirus deaths, bringing the total to 4,313. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
Helpful advice for the police
Enforce actual laws, don't bumptiously police the ones you'd like
Was there anyone who in truth was surprised to see that drone video tweeted by Derbyshire Police? I fear the only thing which surprised me was the novelty of the police's excessive behaviour, the new terrain they had found for their performative urges. And as we now know that was merely the beginning of a whole series of quite silly responses by the police — and the rest of officialdom — as the lockdown restrictions took hold. These include a spectacularly bad mess where the BTP prosecuted someone for what appears to have been not even a crime; Lambeth Council closing a park; and that bizarre viral photo of a police car with a megaphone.
The police have always had a twin role. Being the strong arm of the law is obvious. But equally they have often given good advice. Which might range from the banal but important, "make sure you lock your car"; to the quite pointed but effective, "you were driving too fast, sir, but not illegally so". Notice in the latter case it didn't finish "and I am booking you anyway". That is a vital distinction which several police forces seem to have forgotten in the past fortnight. Advice must not find itself being enforced like a law.
The police have always had a twin role. Being the strong arm of the law is obvious. But equally they have often given good advice
In many ways, the issue is not with the innocent — or sometimes innocent-ish — victim of "advice" pretending to be "law". We already have procedures to rectify their situation, although as many lawyers will tell you those are not always very good procedures. Instead, we need to look at the wider message and its effects.
When a police office, or a council employee, or a health and safety inspector, goes beyond what the law requires and tries to impose a requirement that doesn't exist, faith and trust in the whole edifice is reduced. Why? Because when he or she is caught out, and these days with social media they rightly will be, people correctly start to confuse what is the law and what is advice.
The net result is then when a constable needs to enforce an actual law, say for example someone not closing their café as required, there is a risk this correct enforcement is mistaken for advice. Which needlessly complicates the whole process of enforcing the lockdown. It also provides unnecessary fuel for the twitter inns of court to start their wisdom alongside the inevitable videos exposing the original official inadequacy.
If, instead, the police stuck to only enforcing the regulations as they are written, perhaps accompanied by non-binding but helpful advice (notice: advice, not compulsion) this risk is avoided. In addition, it obviously makes enforcement easier for two interrelated reasons. One is so obvious it is easy to miss it: enforcing bonus but illusory regulations takes up police time. The second is that people will simply do the right thing for you, understanding that when you say something is prohibited it really actually is, but that equally, just like locking your car door, it's probably a good idea not to do something which while not technically illegal is unnecessary.
The problems are magnified if the police then gloat about their excessive enforcement of non-existent rules and hector people into following them. I am entirely unsure if being seen to enjoy enforcing a lockdown is the image the police want to project.
This applies mutatis mutandis to local authorities who do silly things like closing a park because too many people were in it — which, as an aside, is the wrong metric in any case, since it is the density of people that matters not the bare total. The overwhelming majority of people are following the regulations (the real ones, that is, not whatever is in the police or local authority's collective intelligence). So closing a park needlessly simply creates resentment and confusion.
What was especially annoying about Lambeth's decision was no attempt was made to actually use the extant regulations and fine anyone causing issues. Instead the council went for the easy option of closing the park and thereby turned advice — please don't go to parks except for exercise once per day, etc. — into a collective punishment.
And it has a risk on the other side too. Now, when you re-open it, people may incorrectly think something has changed which makes parks less of a risk. Interestingly, in some of the press conferences from Downing Street each day, the scientific advisors have made variants of this same point — that reversing a restriction could paradoxically have a worse effect than not having the restriction in the first place. This is obviously doubly bad when the restriction was not even a government mandated one, since we now have two different actors pulling the virus suppression levers.
Reversing a restriction could paradoxically have a worse effect than not having the restriction in the first place
The end result here is an accidental perfect storm. A population dealing with very severe, yet necessary, restrictions on their liberty. But a population which also sees a minority of the police being quite excessive, and a larger minority of local government officials deciding they know better than the government. The end state of this is people simply stop following the regulations — the real, necessary, ones — altogether. In all probability, this would not even be out of sheer bloodymindedness, but instead a mix of resentment and genuine confusion. Entirely avoidable resentment and confusion. There is a certain irony though, in seeing the police zeal to enforce the lockdown making a rod for their own backs.
Which is why there needs to be quick, and effective, methods of stopping pettifoggery. This could be as simple as a directive from the government (or my least favourite institution, the College of Policing) to all police forces that, henceforth, no "instructions" are to be given in excess of the exact provisions of the regulations; "advice" is to be clearly described as such; and hectoring and gloating about enforcement must cease immediately.
If people see this happen, and happen quickly, all the negative problems can be effectively mitigated. Counter-intuitively it might actually increase compliance by clearly highlighting exactly what is and is not allowed.
And if that doesn't work, to prevent a repeat of this in the next emergency — for as sure as it is that the good times will return, it is equally sure that one day we will have another pandemic — some sort of penal sanction for enforcing non-existent regulations may need to be designed. If we call it "acting in excess of powers" then I can think of innumerable non-emergency scenarios where it might apply as well. The police would do well to contemplate this helpful advice before it one takes the form of law, as it would be a law their own current folly brings down upon them.
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This is the shocking moment a furious wife confronts her husband's mistress – and kick boxes her in the head NINE times.
The woman launched the vicious attack on the timid girl at her home after discovering her partner had been having an affair with her in Bangkok, Thailand.
She calmly doles out a series of powerful Muay Thai style kicks to her head, savage slaps and hair pulling in the two-minute long attack.
Friends eventually calm her down and she backs off leaving the shaken girl to recover on the sofa from the assault during the house party.
Onlooker Ploy Tapadchum, who filmed the clip, said the love triangle had turned violent after the husband admitted he had a "side chick".
She said: "The wife was very, very angry and confronted the mistress at her own house. She had been dating her husband, who thought it was good to have a side chick.
"She fights her and the girl didn't resist. She knows she was in the wrong. It was very cruel and her friends were there watching, so nobody could stop it.
Ploy said she wanted people to see the footage. But she said that police were not interesting in getting involved.


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Endangered Texas Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher had an eventful first year
Politics // Texas Politics
Benjamin Wermund Jan. 5, 2019 Updated: Jan. 6, 2020 2:59 p.m.
Endangered Texas Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher had an...
1of2Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, speaks to her constituents of the 7th Congressional District during a town hall meeting at Frostwood Elementary School on Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Houston.Photo: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
2of2U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Houston, speaks at a House environment subcommittee field hearing at Houston Community College in Houston, Monday, July 22, 2019.Photo: Juan Figueroa, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
WASHINGTON — Rep. Lizzie Fletcher's first bill — a measure meant to cut away federal red tape and speed up disaster recovery funding — passed the House nearly unanimously, with just seven votes against it and some of the chamber's most conservative members joining the freshman Democrat in pushing the legislation forward.
The next day, Fletcher voted to impeach President Donald Trump — a move Republicans are dead-set on making sure overshadows all else Fletcher has done in her first year in Congress.
It was a fitting end to the year for Fletcher, a moderate from west Houston seen by some as the most vulnerable Democrat in Texas in 2020.
Fletcher mostly has kept her head down and tried to get work done, often side by side with Republicans, rather than draw the spotlight in an increasingly chaotic Congress.
She sought out committee assignments — transportation, science — that matter to Houston but rarely generate much attention.
"She's pretty much the antithesis of AOC and the rest of the Squad," Rice University political science professor Mark Jones said, referencing the liberal firebrand from New York, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Fletcher "doesn't seek the headlines," he said. "She's focused on constituent services, the nitty-gritty of committees, passing legislation."
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But despite her efforts to reach across the aisle and stay above the fray, Fletcher — who represents a broad group of freshly elected moderate Democrats, many of them women, who helped the party take the House in 2018 — nonetheless was key to helping House leadership move impeachment forward in the first place.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened the impeachment inquiry after moderates in swing districts voiced support for it. And those moderates, Fletcher included, largely held the party line when it came time to vote.
Within minutes of her casting it, the National Republican Congressional Committee, which is targeting her seat in 2020, issued a statement saying, "Lizzie Fletcher's vote to impeach President Trump destroys any chance she has for re-election and shows Texas voters she's exactly like the rest of the socialist Democrats."
But Fletcher didn't come to Congress to impeach the president, and she wants her colleagues to know that.
The day after the vote, Fletcher approached U.S. Rep. Randy Weber, a Houston-area Republican, after a science committee hearing to explain her impeachment stance and let him know she still was looking forward to working with him on the energy subcommittee next year.
She had a similar exchange earlier in the year when she ran into U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, a Republican from The Woodlands, in the Washington airport and brought up the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement.
"Unlike some of my other colleagues who've been here a long time, I am here just this year," Fletcher said in an interview. "And I am engaged in part because I felt like we could do better up here and … that I thought, you know, bringing this Houston attitude of being collaborative and innovative and more bipartisan would help.
"I put my name on the ballot because I want things to be different. I put my name on the ballot to make change," she said. "And I think there are a lot of good people here that I've gotten to work with who were here for those reasons."
'Nuts-and-bolts issues'
Within days of flipping a district long held by Republican John Culberson in 2018, Fletcher joined Rep. Pete Olson, a Fort Bend Republican, to meet with Houston and Harris County officials to ask what they wanted her to do in Congress.
At the top of local leaders' wish list: Help getting much-needed disaster recovery funding faster. One easy way to do that, they said, was to scrap a Federal Emergency Management Agency rule that was delaying funding for projects in the city meant to guard against future flooding.
Under the rule, the city couldn't do anything until it got the green light from FEMA — or risk losing the federal match. That means the city couldn't even start buying the properties it needed to clear the way for projects until it had heard from FEMA — a process that takes months.
It was causing major delays in some big projects the city launched after Hurricane Harvey, including more than a year's stalling of work on a canal where White Oak and Buffalo bayous meet, designed to curb flooding downtown. It's the biggest mitigation project in the state with a $131 million price tag, $46 million of which the federal government is set to cover.
So Fletcher got to work on legislation that Olson co-sponsored that would scrap those rules and allow local governments to get started. She got the rest of the Texas delegation on board and went even beyond that, drafting conservative North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows — an unlikely ally for a Democrat — as a co-sponsor of the bill.
Fletcher and Meadows both are on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Fletcher had heard Meadows, who represents a state that has also been wracked by natural disasters, rail against FEMA inefficiencies during hearings.
She approached him after one and said, "Look, I'm working on this bill and I would love for you to work on it with me." She was sure to get a Democrat from North Carolina — U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield — on board, as well, "so it was evenly bipartisan."
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Speaking on the House floor just before the bill sailed through on a 409-7 vote, Meadows gave Fletcher a shout-out on its name: the Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act, or the HELP Act for short.
"It's always interesting to see how we can name these bills in the most creative ways to actually let them resonate with the voters back home," he said.
"This totally helps out directly," said Bill Kelly, Houston's director of government relations. "Being able to do the property acquisition — it's not a sexy issue. It is one of these nuts-and-bolts issues."
But those are the issues Fletcher largely has focused on. Her committee assignments and the caucuses she's joined illustrate how she approaches work in Washington with an eye on Houston. She co-chairs a task force on trade in the New Democrat Coalition, a group of centrist Democrats, and is on the group's health care task force as well. She's also co-chair of the Natural Gas Caucus and a member of the Oil and Gas Caucus.
Her success in passing the HELP Act speaks to how quickly she's learned the job of legislating, said Sean Theriault, a government professor at the University of Texas at Austin who's an expert on Congress.
"It's not easy to get Democrats and Republicans to agree — even on things that make sense, like this bill," he said. "It's good for her. It's not the be-all and end-all and it doesn't mean she can walk on water, but it does mean she can put together a diverse and bipartisan coalition. It should be said, it's no easy feat these days."
Optimistic view
But Fletcher's work hasn't all been bipartisan. She's stayed in line with Democrats on many of their signature bills that passed the House this year: legislation to expand background checks to buy guns, bolster voting rights and lower the cost of prescription medication, all of which passed on party-line votes.
The prescription bill was a key victory for Fletcher. The legislation would allow the government to negotiate lower prices for drugs in Medicare — something Fletcher campaigned on specifically in her run against Culberson.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee immediately posted ads on Facebook touting Fletcher's support for the bill — a sign of how focused they are on helping her hold a district that could be up for grabs next year.
Republicans, however, will try to place her vote on impeachment at the center of her re-election fight.
"Lizzie Fletcher showed her true colors tonight," Wesley Hunt, a Republican Army veteran running to challenge Fletcher, tweeted as she voted to impeach Trump. "Not moderate, not bipartisan, just another part of the problem."
Cindy Siegel, a former Bellaire mayor also vying to take on Fletcher, similarly targeted the impeachment vote on Twitter, writing: "I am frustrated that Lizzie Fletcher, someone who vowed to be an independent thinker and work across the aisle, just voted with the Democrats to impeach a duly elected President. Her actions are inexcusable, and won't be forgotten by the voters of TX-07."
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Fletcher clearly is aware of the potential risks her impeachment vote poses, and sent an email to constituents explaining it the day after.
The House impeached Trump on two charges: abuse of power for withholding military aid from Ukraine while pushing its government to investigate political rival Joe Biden and obstruction of Congress for stonewalling the impeachment inquiry itself.
Fletcher, who voted to impeach on both charges, was especially moved by the second.
"We have to understand that we're operating in this institution. And that, to me, the effort to undermine the authority of this institution really undermines our entire system," Fletcher said.
"We want government to be efficient, effective and ethical," she said. "And I do think that the people I represent want checks and balances. … And I think a lot of those things have been put to the test in this administration.
"I think it is unfortunate and sad for our country that that is where we are and I think there was a lot of resistance for good reason of getting to that point," Fletcher said. "But I did feel that the president's actions really left no other choice than to address the abuse of power and the undermining of a coequal branch of government."
Fletcher heads into her second year in Congress — which could end up being her last — with "a really fundamentally optimistic view about what we can accomplish," she said.
"And I've seen it play out and we just need a lot more of that. But I think there are a lot of people here who share that view, too, and are willing and trying to work together."
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Пра́пор Вірме́нії заснований на історичному прапорі Вірменії 1919 року і являє собою прямокутне полотнище, що складається з рівновеликих горизонтальних червоної, синьої і жовтогарячої смуг. Дата прийняття: 24 серпня 1990 року.
Співвідношення сторін 1:2.

Існує багато інтерпретацій значення цих кольорів, з них найбільш широко прийнята така: червоний колір символізує кров, пролиту вірменами при захисті своєї країни, бурштиновий символізує національну сміливість і працьовитість, а синій — природу країни.

Прапор вперше був проголошений офіційним символом Вірменії під час недовгого періоду незалежності (1918—1921 роки). Незалежна вірменська держава вибрала для свого державного прапора кольори завершального періоду династії Рубенідів (Кілікійське царство) — червоний, синій та жовтий. Жовтий був відразу ж замінений на жовтогарячий, оскільки комбінація червоного, синього та жовтогарячого була приємніша для ока. Після здобуття Вірменією незалежності в результаті розпаду Радянського Союзу цей прапор знову став її державним символом.

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Кольори

У 2012 році Вірменський національний інститут стандартів (SARM) видав специфікації щодо конструкції та кольорів національного прапора:

Конструкція прапора

Історичні прапори

У складі Радянського Союзу країна мала офіційну назву Вірменська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка (Вірменська РСР), і використовувала радянську державну символіку.

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 Герб Вірменії
 Гімн Вірменії

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 Гречило А. Герби новопосталих держав [Вірменія, Грузія, Азербайджан] // Пам'ятки України: Історія та культура. – 2001. – Ч. 1-2. – С. 162—167.
 Все про світ. Країни. Прапори. Герби: енциклопедичний довідник / [відповідальний за випуск М. Ілляш]. —  : Школа, 2001. — 622 с. ISBN 966-7657-79-5.

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Making Big Macs at home just got a whole lot easier with the launch of bottled Special Sauce. For a limited time, McDonald's is selling its famously tangy condiment in 500ml plastic squeeze bottles for $4.95. However, it's only being offered at select outlets for one day only. Here's where you can snap it up.
If you miss out tomorrow, you can drown your sorrows with some DIY Big Mac sauce. Here is our recipe.
We got to the Newmarket store in Brisbane at about 9:30am only to be told they'd sold out 'hours ago', despite there being posters up all over the place advertising it. Sad :(.


'We Are INF' introduces the work of the International Nepal Fellowship [INF]. Established in 1952, INF is a Christian mission serving Nepali people through health and development work. INF helps people affected by TB, leprosy, disability, HIV / AIDS and drug abuse as well as facilitating development among poor communities, running medical camps and providing medical training. INF also supports the Nepali church and the Nepali diaspora.
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New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ 7th December 2015 - 20th January 2016
David Bowie's falling star.
Molly Grogan
Lazarus carries with it a lot of expectation. Before its opening at New York Theater Workshop, it sold out its initial dates in three hours – a sales record for NYTW, which has already extended the run, twice. If the show doesn't quite succeed in raising the dead, it does at least boast a helluva holy trinity as its artistic team: David Bowie joins forces with Tony-winning playwright Enda Walsh and Ivo van Hove, theater's most in-demand director of the moment (Antigone, A View from the Bridge and The Crucible, this season alone). Adding to the celestial glow, the cast is anchored by the divine Michael C. Hall (of Dexter fame and Hedwig and the Angry Inch).
But let's face it; Bowie is the big box office draw here, and whether Lazarus resurrects your faith in his creative godhead or has you squirming through a damnably obtuse evening will depend on how willing you are to watch what is essentially one big pop song written for the stage. Lazarus attempts a form of allusive storytelling that relies on the lyrical and imagistic – and the listener's emotional connection with these – for meaning.
Given the show's creators, this ought to be a liberating conceit, but the story, co-written by Bowie and Walsh, demands constantly to be taken seriously, with a backstory provided by Walter Tevis' 1963 sci-fi novel "The Man Who Fell to Earth." We pick up the thread of Thomas Newton (Hall), the alien played by Bowie in Nicholas Roeg's cult film of the same; he's still unable to return to his home planet, alone, unhappy and mostly drunk. He's also hallucinating, so it's unclear if his current trajectory – which has him collide with an old friend, Michael (Charlie Pollock), an opportunist masquerading as his personal assistant, Elly (Cristin Milloti) and the Mephistophelian Valentine (Michael Esper), as well as a trio of harpies (inexplicably named Teenage Girl in the script) who function as the chorus and an angelic Girl come to save him (Sophie Anne Caruso) – takes place in any dimension of reality or only in his head.
That sounds fairly risible, and it is, frankly, like the content of many a pop song. Yet Hall's Newton is handsome and endearing, especially in his tender interactions with the Girl (possibly his daughter, we learn), and Bowie and Walsh seem to want us to really feel for him and pity his terrible fate. Fittingly perhaps for a play entitled Lazarus (and although the New Testament allusion is never explained), there's not an iota of irony in the whole show except, perhaps, for Valentine's name; you just have to believe or the illusion crashes.
If it crashes for you (and it did for me), what if the solution was to listen to Lazarus as the vague, angsty, slightly ridiculous rock anthem it seems to be singing? There's matter for this at least; Lazarus takes shape around a constellation of Bowie hits: "This is not America," "The Man Who Sold the World," "Life on Mars," "All the Young Dudes," "Absolute Beginners," "Changes" and "Heroes" are all here, but in smooth new arrangements by Henry Hey (performed by a seven-piece band on sax, trombone, guitar, bass, synthesizer, keyboard and drums). These Bowie classics, plus one new song, entitled (obviously) "Lazarus," are delivered by some tremendous vocal talent: Hall, Esper (The Last Ship), Millioti (Once) and the young Caruso, along with the entire cast.
But if Hey's introspective mood for these mega-hits is in keeping with Newton's dilemma, it also feels at times like the music has had all the wind knocked out of it. Functioning as narrative devices in the show's slick musical format, the songs also take on a jarring literalism, as when Elly belts "Changes" while changing clothes, or when, in the show's most dispiritingly false note, Newton and the Girl pantomime dolphins swimming, in big playful bellyflops, while singing from "Heroes": "I, I wish you could swim / Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim"). A man seated next to me hid his eyes in an embarrassed cringe during that scene.
Which brings up van Hove's contribution to the production, as well as that of his close collaborator, Jan Versweyveld, whose sets always work in tandem with van Hove's intentions. Dolphin dancing aside (if possible!), the direction and design provide some blessed relief, a jolt back to life. Versweyveld's minimalistic, champagne-toned set for Newton's monastic apartment is framed by a simple bed and an equally spartan fridge but opens expansively on the world both real and imagined, outside Newton's apartment and gin-rattled mind. This is possible through a giant TV screen that serves as a portal into Newton's fantasies and Tai Yarden's videos capes of New York and Berlin, which provide urban backdrops to the action but also wash or bleed (there is a lot of blood spilled in the story) over the set. In one marvelous moment, Valentine prepares himself for more deadly work and suddenly grows enormous black wings of (video) smoke that engulf the entire theater and cloak us also in his evil.
In contrast to Versweyveld's thick atmospheric strokes, Van Hove's direction trains a magnifying glass over the slightest details, amplifying the actors' gestures and expressions. Milloti's Elly is more a stick figure than a woman, given to awkwardly pointed, disarticulated movements. Hall's stage presence is mesmerizing but Milloti is a live wire and fascinating to watch as she totters and pivots and angles across the stage. In contrast, the Teenage Girls and Valentine glide with reptilian ease through the glass and steel spaces of Versweyveld's two-tiered set, where the band is housed behind a glass wall, as if they, too, were in the heavens. Van Hove's meticulous arrangements of the actors in the big impersonal space of an unforgiving city heighten Newton's isolation, but never give us reason to care about him either.
Is Newton a Lazarus of sorts, called to be reborn to life on his home planet? If that's the hyperbolical premise, it falls flat in practice. But so what if the story has a predictable end? That, too, is in keeping with the rest of the production. As good as pop/rock music can be, it appeals, not for any shock factor, but because of its reliable hooks and generic tropes. Bowie challenged the genre with his art-rock aesthetic and his songwriting method, using random word selections and arrangements to let feeling trump meaning . Lazarus seems to content itself with the genre's formulas and Bowie's narrative style but it's not enough to elevate the show to more than the sum of its parts: an earnest rehash of a remake of a novel by the remake's star with the star's music as a premise for the action. Also, there's a reason more sci-fi tales don't make it to theater, the form is less forgiving than fiction of the genre's excesses and less adept than film at turning them into "reality".
Incredibly, for a work marshaling so much talent (there's also a freaky cameo appearance by Alan Cumming) and exciting so much anticipation, Lazarus lacks inspiration of all things, and that's the hardest thing to forgive here. Perhaps, it will die quietly before enjoying a better life in another iteration, or on another planet.
Molly is a New York Co-Editor for Exeunt.
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Lazarus Show Info
Directed by Ivo van Hove
Written by David Bowie and Enda Walsh
Cast includes Krystina Alabado, Sophie Anne Caruso, Nicholas Christopher, Lynn Craig, Michael Esper, Michael C. Hall, Cristin Milloti, Bobby Moreno, Krista Pioppi, Charlie Pollock, Brynn Williams
Original Music David Bowie
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Aaron Mokoena biography: age, measurements, wife, current job, stats, salary, foundation, cars and net worth
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The former Portsmouth and Bafana Bafana captain Aaron Mokoena is one of the favourite sporting heroes of South Africa. And apart from his prowess on the football field, he is also known for his passion for the youth. At a point in time, he was nicknamed as "Mbazo" or "The Axe", and that is because he has tough-tackling skills which are part of what made him a player with a difference. Get more interesting details about him in the following paragraphs.
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Mokoena has a record as the most capped footballer in South Africa as well as the only player who would exceed more than 100 appearances in Bafana Bafana club. Just at the age of 19 years, he played for the 2000 Olympic qualifiers in 1999. So far, before he landed an assisting role in the South African Football Association (SAFA), he had played for several teams including Blackburn Rovers, KRC Gent, Amsterdam and Portsmouth where he served as a captain.
Aaron Mokoena biography
The former Bafana Bafana captain is a South African footballer with a wealth of experience and expertise. He became the youngest player who would ever represent South Africa while at the age of 18 years. Aaron Mokoena played for the Summer Olympics qualifiers in the year 2000 where their team finished third in Group D.
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Aaron played during the Africa Cup of Nations that was held in 2002 and 2004. Then, by January 2008, he rose to become the South Africa team's captain that represented the country during the Africa Cup of Nations which was held in Ghana in 2008. Interestingly, he again retained the position when the team wanted to play the Confederations Cup that was held in 2009 as well as during the 2010 FIFA World Cup which took place in his homeland.
On the 4th of January, 2005, Aaron joined the Blackburn Rovers, and interestingly, on the 8th day of the same month and year, he made his debut when the team played a match against Cardiff City in an FA Cup. He came up as a substitute in the 43rd-minute for Barry Ferguson. Eventually, in the remaining matches of the season, he became a regular in the starting line-up, and that made him appear twenty-two times in all. Aaron's first goal was recorded for Blackburn when they played against Manchester City during the 6th round in an FA Cup that led to their victory on the 11th of March, 2007.
The second and last goal that he scored for Blackburn was when they had a replay of the FA Cup against Sunderland at Ewood Park. The goal was so unique that it ended up being voted as 2008–2009 season 'goal of the season'. More so, after Aaron Mokoena joined Portsmouth on three years deal, on the 12th of January, 2010, his first goal for the team was scored in the last minute of extra time. This earned the team victory over Coventry City during the 3rd round replay of the FA Cup.
Aaron Mokoena age
Teboho Aaron Mokoena was given birth to on the 25th of November, 1980 in Boipatong, South Africa. So, this means that he is presently 38 years old and would be 39 in a few months.
Aaron Mokoena stats
According to the information published on Wikipedia, between 1999 and 2013 that Aaron Mokoena played for different teams, he made a total of 272 appearances with five goals. The breakdown of these are enumerated below:
He played for Ajax football team between 1999 and 2003 and made seven appearances with no goal. But while he was with the football club, Germinal Beerschot loaned him in 2001, and he made twelve appearances there with a goal for them before they loaned him again in 2002. While he was there, he made 29 appearances and scored another goal.
Then, he moved to KRC Genk between 2003 and 2005 and made 32 appearances with a goal.
From 2005 to 2009, Aaron was with Blackburn Rovers, and it was there that he made his highest number of appearances totalling 101, except that he had no goal recorded in his name.
He also made 77 appearances between 2009 and 2012 that he joined Portsmouth with two goals in his name.
Moreover, Mokoena joined Bidvest Wits between 2012 and 2013, and he made 14 appearances with zero goals.
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Aaron Mokoena measurements
Aaron Mokoena is 6ft 1 inch or 1.85 m in height.
Aaron Mokoena family
Who is Aaron Mokoena wife? The former Bafana Bafana captain is married to Jwalane Mokoena. However, there were rumours later that he was going out again with a Ghanaian-Dutch girl known as Adelaide Vanderpuye. When asked about the "mysterious" relationship, Mokoena, according to PressReader.com, said that Jwalane knows about Adelaide and that there already exists an 8-year-old child between them.
Moreover, he also said that he had brought the two of them together to perform a ritual where he did a formal introduction of the two of them to his family and ancestors.
Aaron Mokoena foundation
As a man who is given to charity and with a heart to help the underprivileged in the society, the former Portsmouth and Bafana Bafana captain Aaron Mokoena set up Aaron Mokoena Foundation. The focus of the foundation is to assist children and poverty-stricken young people so that they could rise above their circumstances. Using the power of football, it would be a platform where children would enjoy increased and improved opportunities, including education and health.
Aaron Mokoena current job
Like most other football players who end up as coaches, the former Bafana Bafana defender went the other way round by picking up a role as an administrator in South African Football Association (SAFA). And while he was commenting on his new position to City Press, as published on Information Cradle, Aaron said:
There are different roles that former players can play, and I have decided to take this path of being the link between the technical team and the association. Remember when I was the captain, I was the link between the players and the technical team, and now this is a step forward for me.
Aaron Mokoena net worth and salary
As published on Independent Online website, the former Bafana Bafana captain Aaron Mokoena while at the peak of his career earned about a million Rands every month. However, what he earns at the moment is not made available to the public.
Aaron Mokoena cars
As you probably would have guessed, men in Aaron Mokoena's calibre are usually given to material things that "classify" them as highly positioned, which is one of the things why he did not settle for any common car. But unfortunately, despite the net worth of the former Bafana Bafana captain, he was accused of failing to pay BMW R193,000 financial services for the BMW X5 4.4i that he got.
One of the things that have helped Aaron Mokoena in his football career is the fact that he discovered his passion early in life. Then, with personal development, he did not rest on his present accomplishment but kept driving himself towards success and this, without doubt, contributed to his success stories.
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Green light for 3,000 new homes as part of £1.3bn development near Scunthorpe
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It is hoped 5,000 new jobs will be created in the development area.
Work is expected to start in Autumn this year to build 3,000 new homes as part of the first phase of a £1.3 billion development on the edge of Scunthorpe.
The Lincolnshire Lakes development west of the M181 is believed to be the largest residential led regeneration scheme in the north of England, covering 5,100 acres of land and will create six new villages on the outskirts of Scunthorpe.
A total of 7,739 new homes will be built as part of the development, along with a new business park, and leisure facilities including recreational lakes, artificial beaches, shopping centres, schools, cafes, pubs, hotels and restaurants.
The development also contains plans for a new stadium for Scunthorpe United Football Club.
North Lincolnshire Council has predicted that around 5,000 new jobs could be created as part of the development.
The £1.3 billion development will cover 5,100 acres of land.
Plans also include major improvements to the existing roads, including two new junctions, which will help reduce congestion in busy areas.
A £13 million flood defence scheme will be constructed to improve flood defences along the River Trent to protect residents at the Lincolnshire Lakes and the existing communities of Burringham and Gunness.
Applications for a further 2,500 new homes, and new southern M181 roundabout and east to west link road will also be considered.
The development is believed to be the largest residential led regeneration scheme in the north of England.
Councillor Liz Redfern, leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said: "Today's decision signifies a major milestone and I am pleased that we are now at the stage where we will soon start to see work take place to create this fantastic vision that will make a huge difference to people's lives.
Kevin Mudd, Chief Executive Officer, KMG Lucent Fund, which gained the consent for building work to being, said: "The project will provide much needed housing, infrastructure improvements and leisure facilities both for those already living locally and for those attracted here by the opportunities generated by the South Humber Gateway."
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Bridging the Gap: The Alex Iwobi Story
Posted on July 30, 2018 by Oluwamayowa Idowu
I have a theory that goes like this: there's never been a time where it's been more fashionable to be Nigerian. The last couple of years has seen some sort of Nigerian Cultural Renaissance. Some could trace it back to when Migos came to Lagos and found out that the music resonated in parts of the world they'd never thought of. The footage of the Bad and Bougie performance hit the webs and nothing was the same. In the weeks to come, the song would rise to #1 of Billboard's Hot 100. Wizkid buoyed by the success of his collaborations with Drake was able to sell out London's Royal Albert Hall. French President, Emmanuel Macron was recently in Lagos and made it a point of duty to visit Fela's shrine. And that's not even the peak culture moment of 2018. That'll be Nike's Super Eagles World Cup campaign. The kit designed by Matthew Wolff to pay homage to the 1994 iteration was an instant hit. It sold out in hours and we saw pictures of the queues outside London's Niketown. The Nigerian football jersey became a hype beast item. The campaign was designed to merge the best of Nigerian football with the best of Nigerian Popular Culture. Alex Iwobi meets Wizkid. Kelechi Iheanacho meets Grace Ladoja. Mikel Obi meets Not3s.
That brings us to Mr. Iwobi who's currently sharing a table with me at Lagos' Intercontinental Hotel. As his summer break winds down, he's in Lagos familiarizing himself with the country he's trying to put on the map and fulfilling some sponsorship commitments. In a couple of days, he will report to Arsenal's London Colney training ground for Pre Season. He'll meet up with his new Manager, Unai Emery and get a taste of what the Post Wenger era at Arsenal holds. He's quietly confident and excited. I tell him that the British journalist, Henry Winter wrote when Emery was appointed that the Spaniard and his lieutenants were studying Iwobi closely after developing an admiration for him after watching his Champions League debut against a Messi-Suarez-Neymar Barcelona triumvirate at the Nou Camp and his eyes light up. Could Emery be the one to iron out the inconsistencies and light a fire in him?
This summer has been a bit of a bittersweet affair. Arsene Wenger, the manager who gave him his debut and under whose tutelage he became an Arsenal first teamer left the club after 22 years. Whilst it's not a topic we really delve into, it's clear that there is some affection there. The World Cup is the pinnacle of every footballer's career and Alex Iwobi is no different. As far as he's concerned, his mere presence in Russia was a "dream come true". The moment made more special by the fact that he scored the goal that sealed Nigeria's qualification for the World Cup. Speaking of it, he says "For me, it was more than a goal. To score the goal that qualified Nigeria for the World Cup was such an honor, such an amazing feeling. The reason why it touched me was 'cos I had my parents in the stands. My Mum hasn't been able to watch me in Nigeria. The fact that I could see my Mum when I scored almost made me cry." Asked to assess his World Cup, he thinks he scored a 6 over 10. His answer focuses more on the team, less on the individual. He speaks creditably of the NFF''s preparations and of the fact that Nigeria were 4 minutes away from making it out of the group stage. The intention was good, but ultimately rooted in failure. These are those high standards inculcated from an education at one of Europe's top football institutions coming to bear.
Born in Lagos, he left the country as a 4 month old for London via Turkey where his uncle, Augustine Jay Jay "So good they named him twice" Okocha spent sometime at Fenerbahce. While his Uncle is the football icon of the family, it's worthy of note that another Uncle, Emmanuel and the actual owner of the "Jay Jay" sobriquet played for Nigeria and the Enugu Rangers. Father, Chuka who comes in to sit in on this interview played for Enugu's defunct Vasco Da Gama. He also played with future Eagles, Peter "Dodo Mayana" Rufai and Mutiu " Headmaster" Adepoju. In that sense, football is a family matter. This helps in keeping him grounded and also acts as motivation. He describes his family as his biggest motivation and also references his Uncle's constant advice to "enjoy his football and play with a smile on his face". I find it interesting that he still lives at home with his parents. He quips "I'm ready to leave but they don't want me out" which elicits robust laughter from his father. It captures the warmth of their relationship on which he'd go on to say "Some people like to be young and get away but I love my family. Coming home from training everyday to see my family- there's no better feeling. They're still there helping my journey". The influence of his paternal figures also reflects in his post football plan. He hopes to "relax" buoyed by the investments he's made that should serve as assurance, word to Davido.
In No Hunger in Paradise, British writer Mike Calvin covered the underbelly of football's pyramid- that period where an aspiring footballer takes the step up from the academy to the first team. The road to the big time is paved with skeletons and cobwebs. There are those whose journeys were curtailed by injury and those preyed upon by compromised agents and guardians. In his case, he speaks of knuckling down when he was offered a scholarship by Arsenal realizing that the moment he'd waited all his life beckoned. "At that time, you'd have to basically leave school and focus on football Monday to Sundays. Just straight football. And you're basically going from training maybe three times a week with coaches to the men's world. U18's, U21's and then the first team."
At the essence of sports is competition. There will be a winner and a loser. No middle ground. As a fan, weekends where my team lose usually foreshadow a week of doom. Arsene Wenger famously said "every defeat is a scar on my heart" encapsulating the nature of the beast that is professional sports. Alex Iwobi uses the aftermath of the Argentina game to illustrate how defeat is dealt with. "It was a very big game on a big stage. We put a lot of effort in and to lose such a game like that, we were all depressed and disappointed. The main thing for me and how I keep going is to look at the positives. To get this far, you have to keep going again. You can't dwell on the past. You're only as good as your last performance so you have to prepare, train right and get ready for the next challenge".
The story of Nigeria's World Cup will not be complete without focus being placed on the ordeal of team Captain, Mikel Obi. As his career reaches its twilight, Obi has acquitted himself well as a leader. Two years ago, when the Olympics team got stranded in Atlanta due to the NFF and Ministry of Sport's inadequacies, it was Mikel who took it upon himself to put up some of the money that went towards alleviating the team's ordeal. In the fall out of the World Cup campaign, it became public knowledge that his father was kidnapped in the hours leading to the Argentina game and he was told "that they would shoot my dad instantly if I reported to the authorities or told anybody." These are just some of the endearingly heroic things he's done. Iwobi can't speak highly of him enough. He says "When I first started playing for the national team, he was one of the major influences. He would help me and talk to me 'cos I was still familiarizing myself with my Nigerian teammates. As a leader, we all look up to him." In the context of his father's kidnap and the Argentina game, he says "it just shows how mentally strong as a character he is that he doesn't allow such things to get to him." He regards Mikel as the best player he's played with for Nigeria. For Arsenal? That diminutive magician, Santi Cazorla. "I had the opportunity of training with him everyday. What I've seen him do with the ball is magical. Not only because he's gifted with both feet.. Everyone always has a weaker foot. With him, there's no weaker foot. I've seen him take corners with his right foot and left foot. As small as he is, he's not the quickest, he's just a magician and definitely the best player I've played with."
Globally, immigration and identity are the twin issues on which the current political climate is anchored on. In the build up and aftermath of the World Cup, we have seen these issues brought to the fore by Premier League stars, Romelu Lukaku and Mesut Ozil who opted to play for the countries they grew up in and not the home of their ancestors. Iwobi opted to play for Nigeria even though he played at age grade level for England. It's a decision he does not regret and this comes through when he speaks of his happiness at heeding the call of Samson Siasia at U 23 level. Effectively, that call set all this in motion. One of the Nigerian Football Federation's key anchors of late has been to effectively take advantage of the Iwobi model by mopping up the academies of England's top clubs in a bid to entice them with the option of playing for the countries of their forbears. In Germany, the Turkish FA have set up an office in a bid to keep track on those eligible to play for it. This is something Alex Iwobi aligns himself with. He says "There's a lot of Nigerian talent out there in England that I've played with and played against. Hopefully, they have the opportunity to come back and represent their country.
In the time since the interview was conducted, it's been announced that a new contract is imminent. He could be a Gunner for the next 5 years. It makes sense. As a player with his best years ahead of him, he's still malleable. It's still unclear whether it'll be in his preferred No 10 position or out on the flanks but it's become increasingly obvious that Emery's a fan. For Nigeria, it's likely a more prominent role beckons. For a team still young and ahead of its cycle, Alex Iwobi will represent a creative fulcrum. He's already one of the faces of the team as captured by the onslaught of commercial partnerships that have come his way in the last couple of months: Multichoice, Pepsi, LG and Nike amongst others. Back to the note on which this essay started- As Nigeria's period of cool sets in motion, Iwobi's significance as a bridge between the Nigerian diaspora and the Homefront cannot be understated. We see it on one of our favorite reality shows- the footage that comes from his Snapchat during international duty. We collectively take in the nuances that inform Nigerianness through the shenanigans of the London bred Alex Iwobi and the Owerri bred Kelechi Iheanacho and realize though the routes vary, they are rooted in the same things. It bears remembering as political season and the inevitable identity politics beckons. As for Mr. Iwobi, may his road be rough.
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This evergreen variety bears clear pink buds between August and November. These fail to open but compliment the mid-green foliage beautifully. It has an erect growth habit with a potential height and spread of 45cm by 45cm. The buds retain their colour when dried making them ideal for flower arranging.
Perfect for adding colour and interest to winter boxes between late autumn and early winter.


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Venanzio Rauzzini (* 19. Dezember 1746 in Camerino; † 8. April 1810 in Bath) war ein italienischer Opernsänger (Sopran/Kastrat), Pianist, Komponist und Gesangspädagoge.

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Venanzio Rauzzini begann seine Ausbildung an der Sixtinischen Kapelle in Rom, er war Schüler von Domenico Corri,  Muzio Clementi und dem Kastraten Giuseppe Santarelli (1710–1790). Später studierte er bei Nicola Porpora in Neapel. Sein Operndebüt machte er am  Teatro Valle in Rom, in einer weiblichen Rolle von Niccolò Piccinnis Oper Il finto astrologo. 1766 sang er am Teatro San Samuele in Venedig und im gleichen und den folgenden Jahren an der Münchener Hofoper, wo er zu Karneval eine Rolle in der Oper Siroe von Tommaso Traetta sang. Ende 1767 gab er Konzerte am Wiener Hof, neben seinem Münchener Engagement trat er weiterhin regelmäßig in Italien auf. 1772 lernte er in Mailand Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart kennen, als Rauzzini die Rolle des Cecilio in der Uraufführung der Oper Lucio Silla sang. Begeistert komponierte Mozart speziell für ihn das Exsultate, jubilate (KV 165, KV6 158a). In den 1770er Jahren war er in London sehr erfolgreich; von 1774 bis 1778, dem Jahr, in dem er sich als Sänger von der Opernbühne zurückzog, sang er am Kings Theatre.

Nach seiner Opernlaufbahn wirkte er im Kurort Bath als Gesangs- und Klavierlehrer, wichtige Schüler waren John Braham und Stephen Storace und dessen jüngere Schwester Nancy Storace. Laut Charles Burneys Aussage hatte Rauzzini einen Lebensaufwand wie ein Prinz, er empfing in seinem Haus zahlreiche Musiker, darunter Joseph Haydn. Dieser komponierte als Überraschungspräsent einen kleinen vierstimmigen Hundekanon für das Grabdenkmal von Rauzzinis geliebtem Hund. Burney äußerte sich lobend über Rauzzinis Gesang, war aber besonders überrascht über dessen Virtuosität als Klavierspieler.

In Bath komponierte Rauzzini seine Opern und trat als Dirigent bei Konzerten in Erscheinung. Er wurde als "guter Klavierspieler und nicht unbedeutender Komponist" gewürdigt. Vor seinem Tod veröffentlichte er als pädagogisches Werk die 24 Solfeggi, or Exercices for the Voice (London, 1808).

Werke (Auswahl)
Neben seinen Opern komponierte Rauzzini ein Requiem (1801), mehrere Kantaten, 12 Sonaten für Klavier und Violine op. 1, 6 Streichquartette op. 2, 12 Klavierquartette op. 6, 4 Sonaten (vierhändig) für Klavier op. 12, eine Sinfonie in D-Dur sowie weitere Klavierwerke und Gesangsduette.

Opern
 Piramo e Tisbe, Libretto: Ranieri de' Calzabigi (London, His Majesty's Theatre, 16. März 1775)
 Didone abbandonata (Pasticcio), Libretto: Pietro Metastasio (London, His Majesty's Theatre, 11. November 1775)
 L'ali d'amore, Libretto: Carlo Francesco Badini (1776)
 Ezio (Pasticcio), Libretto: Pietro Metastasio (1781)
 L'eroe cinese, Libretto: Pietro Metastasio (1782)
 Creusa in Delfo, Libretto: Gaspare Martinelli (1783)
 Alina ossia La regina di Golconda, Libretto: Antonio Andrei (1784)
 La vestale, Libretto: Carlo Francesco Badini (1787)

Literatur
 Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland: Venanzio Rauzzini and the birth of a new style in English singing: scandalous lessons,  	New York ; London : Routledge, 2022, ISBN 978-1-032-20029-3

Weblinks
 Bild der Gedenktafel in der Abteikirche von Bath
 Lebenslauf auf der Webseite Haendel.it (in italienischer Sprache)

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Komponist (Italien)
Komponist (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Komponist (Klassik)
Komponist (Oper)
Kastrat
Sopran
Opernsänger
Gesangspädagoge
Historische Person (Italien)
Geboren 1746
Gestorben 1810
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The new functionality of being able to customise Label templates is fantastic, however a critical (at least for me) input box for the field, Piece Name is no longer visible. I can edit the name of a detail piece by clicking the Edit Template button and typing in my piece name followed by the syntax for the Name label (i.e. piece_name%pName%), however it is not as ideal as having a visible input text box.
As a user, a Detail Name text box should be visible underneath the Letter and above the Quantity input boxes when editing a details label so it is faster.
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As i remember, as part of label template implementation we have moved this input text box to tab Paths -> tab Main Path. Now it called "Name of detail". The reason for this is the fact that piece name used not only in label, but also as a name in the app. And user should be able to name a piece even on creating stage, where no other tab is available for him yet.
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In selling their tax plan, Republicans have been leaning hard on what they say is a provision to cut and simplify taxes for the middle class: doubling the standard deduction that people who pay income tax may take.
"You have to look at the plan in its entirety. It doubles the standard deduction, so in the end, even the lowest rates get a tax cut," Rep. Jim Renacci, a Republican who sits on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, told Reuters.
But the document published by Jonathan Swan of the news website Axios shows this is badly misleading — the plan would increase the standardized deductions available to taxpayers by 15% or less.
Meanwhile, taxpayers who still wouldn't take the standard deduction under the Republican plan — those who would instead deduct things like mortgage interest — would pay tax on more of their income than they do now.
Here's the important fine print: "To simplify the tax rules, the additional standard deduction and the personal exemptions for taxpayer and spouse are consolidated into this larger standard deduction."
Here's how that math works. Let's say you are single with no dependents, and you have a moderate income. Currently, you get to take the standard deduction ($6,350) and one personal exemption ($4,050). If you are 65 or older, you also get to take an additional standard deduction ($1,250). That adds up to $10,400, or $11,650 if you're over 65.
And then your first dollar of taxable income would be subjected to a 12% tax rate, instead of the current 10%. But don't worry — the framework says "additional tax relief," as yet unspecified, will emerge for you during the committee process.
For married couples, all the relevant amounts are doubled under the current tax code and under the Republican proposal, so the percent changes would be the same.
If you have children, your fate is uncertain. The plan would abolish the $4,050 exemption you get to take for each of your dependent children. But it would also increase the child tax credit — by an unspecified amount. Once that amount is specified, you'll be able to figure out whether you face a tax increase or a tax cut or what.
Meanwhile, taxpayers who itemize their tax deductions for things like mortgage interest and state and local taxes would pay tax on more of their income under the Republican plan. The proposal says "most" itemized deductions would be abolished anyway, but those for mortgage interest and charitable giving would be retained.
Currently, you get to take the personal exemption even if you also itemize deductions, but you get to take the standard deduction only if you forego itemized deductions. Combining these provisions into a single, standard deduction would mean itemizers lose their personal exemption and get nothing back — meaning they'll typically pay tax on an extra $4,050 of income if they're single, or $8,100 if they're married.


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WALPOLE: Memorial to a great teacher and councillor has been unveiled
Published: 3:02 PM July 24, 2009 Updated: 6:14 AM November 4, 2020
Story by: KELLY GREEN A PERMANENT memorial to an inspirational teacher and councillor has been unveiled in a Fenland village to mark her years of dedication to the community. Eva Kemp served as a parish councillor in Walpole Cross Keys for more than 40
Story by: KELLY GREEN
A PERMANENT memorial to an "inspirational" teacher and councillor has been unveiled in a Fenland village to mark her years of dedication to the community.
Eva Kemp served as a parish councillor in Walpole Cross Keys for more than 40 years and taught at the village school for 43 years.
She also represented the Walpole parishes on West Norfolk Council for 35 years, and was Borough Mayor in 1991/1992. She died in 2002.
To mark her work, a garden was built close to the site of the now disused Walpole Station, which was part of the Midland and Great Northern Railway that closed in 1959.
Mrs Kemp's great granddaughter, Becky Malkin, attended the opening ceremony with the Mayor of West Norfolk, Councillor Michael Pitcher.
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A second plaque was also unveiled in Mrs Kemp's old classroom at the village school.
David Hackett, chairman of governors at Walpole Cross Keys Primary School, said: "She was inspirational to many."
Mrs Kemp - nicknamed the "great-grandmother" - was born in Croydon in 1913 and moved to the Walpoles in 1933 to teach at Walpole Cross Keys Primary School.
Mrs Kemp was also a governor at the school for 20 years, and served on a local play group committee.
She was a member of the liaison committee for Sutton Bridge Power Station and served on two trusts, along with the Wingland and West of Ouse drainage boards.
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With respect to the highest level of Super Saiyan 1 (unmastered or mastered), it multiplies the user's power level by 5 times their Super Saiyan transformation. This means that if the Super Saiyan 1 is unmastered, it's merely 250, but if it's mastered, it's by 1500.
In addition, this form can be mastered to increase the multiplier from 5 to 7. Goku and Vegeta have done this during the Buu Saga.


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Each unit can have up to two cats or dogs, subject to the Pet Policy. Read the pet policy here.
Are there laundry facilities in the unit?
No. There is a shared laundry facility in building one, with a well-run sign-up system.
Each unit has a storage closet inside the unit and/or just outside the door. There is no other storage available at the co-op.
Are the units suitable for people with limited mobility?
Marine Court has two 1-bedroom units with accommodations for people with limited mobility (e.g. low counters, sliding bathroom door, shower handrails). In addition, while the majority of our units have stairs either inside or out, there some 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom units without stairs.
Can I have a parking space? Two parking spaces?
Each unit is allowed one parking space, if they have a vehicle. If you have a second vehicle, you can apply for a second parking space and will be assigned a second parking spot if one is available.
Can I have a 2-bedroom if I'm just one person?
Can I smoke at Marine Court Co-op?
Do the units have dishwashers?
Dishwashers are not standard at Marine Court. If you wish, you can have a dishwasher installed, but must be ready to return the kitchen to its original condition if you move out.
Groceries, banks, hair salons, buses, coffee shops, schools and preschools, a library, and much more. See marpole online for a complete business finder, marpole matters for a residents news site and the City's page about Marpole for more information.
Marine Court is in the catchment areas for David Lloyd George Elementary and Magee Secondary. For French Immersion, the schools are Kerrisdale Elementary and Churchill Secondary.
I've applied to the co-op – what happens now?
If the applicants are interested in the unit, they are interviewed by the Membership committee and then by the Finance committee.
Membership and Finance committees decide on the best candidates for the unit, who are then approved by the Board of Directors.
Applicants undergo a credit check and reference check.
Successful applicants are informed of our decision at least one month before the move-in date.
Are members required to participate in the co-op?
Members will attend monthly general meetings.
Members and adult residents will work an average of 6 hours per month on a committee or perform specific tasks.
Members and adult residents will participate in the Spring and Fall Clean-up Weekends.
Members will serve on the Board of Directors for at least one one-year term, and from time to time as the member's, residence in the co-op continues.
Members will complete the laundry/common room cleaning duties assigned for a one-week period, usually once per year.
All residents are responsible for keeping themselves informed about co-op business, including all meetings, work parties, rules and policies, and the content of the Occupancy Agreement.
I applied to your co-op in the past and never heard anything. Is my application still on file?
We do not necessarily keep applications beyond one year. If you have not heard anything from us in over a year, you could reapply. However, it may be that we you haven't heard from us because your application did not pass our initial screening, because of lack of volunteer experience, or because you do not meet our minimum monthly income requirements.


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4/20 Goes Virtual: The High Holiday Brings Cannabis Events To Your Home
Events celebrating the most well-known cannabis holiday are getting canceled left and right, forcing brands to get creative and reach their audience in a variety of digital platforms.
By Kim Ring April 3, 2020
During this strange period of what feels like months of quarantined madness, the days and hours are starting to blur together. However, as the general population sinks deeper into the Twilight Zone, there's a group of people who will always know what time it is, especially around 4:19 p.m.
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Tony Greenhand and Hannibal Buress smoke pizza-slice joints in a virtual 4/20 event. (Photo courtesy of Leftfield Pictures/Quibi)
It's the cannabis community.
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This year was supposed to be a big one for ganja consumers and cannabis entrepreneurs alike. In 2020, there's an excuse to celebrate the unofficial cannabis holiday daily, as it reads 4/20 on the calendar throughout the entire month of April. Alas, the universe had other plans.
As one of the most vital annual celebrations for our industry approaches, businesses are growing increasingly aware that this year will not be the same.
Due to the overwhelming spread of COVID-19 and efforts to flatten the curve, events celebrating the high holiday are being postponed or canceled. So far, over 45 million people have been affected by event cancellations of all kinds— from the Olympics to SXSW. It's safe to say, events involving friendly groups of people sharing joints, along with their germs, are no exception.
Thankfully, maneuvering loopholes for celebrating this plant isn't new to cannabis enthusiasts. That ingenuity in the face of opposition is what 4/20 is all about. Industry veterans aren't going to let social distancing rain on their 4/20 parade. Instead, several companies are curating virtual opportunities for people to connect in a time where the feeling of isolation may be overwhelming.
It's a bittersweet month for cannabis party-goers. But for homebodies who prefer a calming hit on their couch, a quarantined 4/20 is not too shabby. During this uncertainty, the one thing we know for sure is that this 4/20 will be one for the history books.
Have hope. Here are six quaran-THC events to make your high holiday suck less.
1. The gift that keeps on giving: The Dabvent Calendar
When April 20 arrives, giddy cannabis consumers are kids on Christmas morning. Higher Celebrations, an ancillary cannabis gifting company, is channeling that excitement with the Dabvent Calendar. It's a collaborative Instagram giveaway happening every day in April as we count down the days until 4/20. Each day, several cannabis-focused social media influencers will reveal a new surprise found in the Dabvent Calendar's numbered box.
Michael Scherr, CEO of Higher Celebrations and inventor of the Birthjay, claims his love of puns and dad jokes sparked the idea for a month-long campaign that keeps the party going. It has created a much-needed sense of connection and inclusivity when we need it the most.
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"Collaborating with like-minded brands to celebrate a holiday that we all know and love was the initial goal of this campaign, but it turned out to be so much more than that," said Michael Scherr, CEO and Founder of Higher Celebrations. "I think everybody needs a little something positive to cling to during this time of confusion and isolation," says Scherr, "even if it's as simple as checking in with your online cannabis community during their favorite time of day."
As this feeling of isolation intensifies and the hours spent staring at our screens skyrocket, Destini Boldt's 50,000 Instagram followers turn to the upbeat social media persona of @chronicalewinsky for a daily dose of stoner humor.
"My life as an influencer has been more based on keeping it light, and in times like these, it's been a duty," said Boldt. Boldt is one of the several cannabis influencers introducing each of the brands involved in the upcoming Dabvent Calendar campaign.
Every day at 4:20 pm from April 1 to April 20, 2020, the campaign host will open another product of Higher Celebrations, while Birthjays will announce the winner of the daily giveaway. By the time the holiday rolls around, not only will you know the date, forgetting the time will be damn near impossible.
2. Goodbye cabin fever, hello dance fever: Lightshade's Virtual 420 Party
Now is a better time than ever to dance like nobody is watching, because unless you're live streaming, not a soul can spot you getting jiggy with it in your living room.
Lightshade, a Colorado dispensary founded in 2011 with 8 dispensary storefronts, is providing the tunes on 4/20 so you can wait for the beat to drop whilst cozy at home. Lightshade is looking to bring the community together with this Virtual 420 party, which will highlight DJs and a chat room that will live-stream for free on Twitch. The company is expecting 50,000 virtual attendees and is also fundraising for nonprofits that will help its local Colorado communities over the next several weeks and months.
Additionally, plenty of well-known artists are bringing their performances online as a part of the #TogetherAtHome campaign throughout the month of April. Music will save us.
3. Master your joint rolling craft with Tony Greenhand's LET'S ROLL Series
Tony Greenhand, left, and comedian Hannibal Buress, right, smoke a kush-stuffed-crust pizza. (Image credit: Leftfield Pictures/Quibi)
Famous cannabis artist, Tony Greenhand is launching a new series on April 6 that will put pretty much anyone's joint or blunt rolling skills to shame. Greenhand holds the world record for the biggest joint ever rolled, and his collection of jaw-dropping smokable art includes his 4.2-pound joint in the shape of a watermelon. It qualified him for a unique job most of us only dream of having: a professional joint roller for celebrities.
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In each episode of his new series, LET'S ROLL, Tony connects with a new celebrity cannabis enthusiast to create a personalized piece of smokable art. Not long after Tony makes their wildest joint dreams come true, it all goes up in flames. Literally. After all, what kind of show would this be if Tony just gave Hannibal Burress his new kush-stuffed-crust pizza and sent him on his way? The show wraps up with a smoke sesh between Tony and his incredibly baked celebrity guest (each with their own joint for safety).
LET'S ROLL is launching on a new mobile entertainment platform, Quibi, and will feature talent including Bella Thorne, Blake Anderson, Nikki Glaser, and Ron Funches.
4. Low and behold, the weirdest of the weird: The Spliff Film Festival
When a competition ranks winners in categories such as Trippiest, Funniest, or Stupidest, there's a chance it's weed-related. The brainchild of Dan Savage, Spliff Film Festival is an underground short film sensation in Seattle, Portland, Denver, and San Francisco, that's "created by the stoned, for the stoned." This year, from the comfort of your own home, you can sit back with a spliff and live-stream the collection of mind-blowing weirdness.
Buckle up, because this quarantined lifestyle of asking your pet for dating advice and ordering toilet paper online is about to get even more bizarre. This series of shorts, with a unique way of celebrating the cannabis plant and its liberating effects on our appetites, libidos, and wildest imaginations, is available for streaming until April 7, 2020.
5. Be the belle of the ball: Haus of Jane 420 Celebration
For Tokeativity, a global cannabis community for women, gathering for an online networking event isn't out of the ordinary. The international organization with 20 chapters aims to empower women by offering business resources, meaningful connections, and inclusive discussions both off and online. Haus of Jane is an events series produced by Tokeativity, Women Empowered in Cannabis, and White Buffalo Events. It's an intentional social gathering for women entrepreneurs in cannabis that typically takes place during cannabis conferences throughout the year. The Haus of Jane 420 Celebration was scheduled to coincide with Hall of Flowers in California, but like several other events, the go-to tradeshow for cannabis cultivators was inevitably postponed.
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"This upcoming 4/20 online event is focused on women leaders in the industry discussing the realities of today's post-COVID landscape," said Lisa Snyder, Founder and CEO of Tokeativity. "Luckily, our global network has no problem shifting the conversation to our online platform instead, especially at a time like this when many women leaders are quickly pivoting their companies or may need inspiration after a recent job loss."
Tokeativity continues to roll with the punches and is now expecting around 1,000 attendees for the Haus of Jane 420 interactive event taking place throughout the entire day of April 20, 2020
6. Live painting classes galore: Puff, Pass & Paint
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America's original cannabis-infused painting class, growing to span 5 legal markets across the country, has had to suspend all in-person operations due to COVID-19. But that hasn't stopped it from bringing happiness to the cannabis community.
Puff, Pass & Paint's artist founder Heidi Keyes is leading Bob Ross-esque paint classes from her home on the company's Facebook and Instagram platforms. Keyes paints with you and alongside other Puff, Pass & Paint artists, teaching techniques like mixed media, pet portraits, using watercolor, acrylic, ink, and more. The painting classes are sponsored by Colorado-based cannabis cultivator Medicine Man and cannabis lifestyle publication Sensi Magazine. In addition, the company also asks for community donations for those who are able to support it. Otherwise, the stoner art classes are accessible to the quarantined public across the world.
Puff, Pass & Paint is the country's first cannabis painting class (an alternative to the booze-filled canvas and cocktails many know well) that has been even featured on CNN with reporter Randi Kaye hitting a joint from the popular art class during NYE. The company asks you to send in your masterpiece once you're done (and nice and stoned).
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Nigeria: Fulani
UIN HL1232, tabled on 21 June 2021
Baroness Cox
Crossbench
Life peer
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to recent reports of targeted attacks in Nigeria against the (1) Yoruba people, and (2) Igbo people, by armed Fulani herders.
This answer is a correction from the original answer.
The Government condemns all incidents of violence in Nigeria. We are following with concern the increased insecurity in the South West, where there has been a rise in both criminal violence and distinct clashes between farmers and herders. We are also concerned by the increasing vigilantism in response. Narratives that define the violence by ethnic groups risk fueling tensions and further violence, as well as undermining efforts to address the complex root causes, which include competition for resources and rapid population growth.
The Government is also concerned by the increasing levels of violence in the South East. We are working in Nigeria to promote intercommunal and interfaith dialogue, and continue to call for solutions that address the complex underlying causes of violence. Officials at the British High Commission regularly meet faith and community leaders and civil society organisations in both the South East and South West. During his visit to Nigeria in April, the Minister for Africa met the President's Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, and the Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, to discuss insecurity. The Minister raised the importance of protecting all communities across Nigeria. The UK is also concerned about the plight of the estimated one million civilians living in inaccessible areas to humanitarian workers, of whom 880,000 have very limited access to food and to basic services such as healthcare.
Original answer
The Government is also concerned by the increasing levels of violence in the South East. We are working in Nigeria to promote intercommunal and interfaith dialogue, and continue to call for solutions that address the complex underlying causes of violence. Officials at the British High Commission regularly meet faith and community leaders and civil society organisations in both the South East and South West. During his visit to Nigeria in April, the Minister for Africa met the President's Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, and the Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, to discuss insecurity. The Minister raised the importance of protecting all communities across Nigeria. Across Nigeria, the UK is also concerned about the plight of the estimated one million civilians living in inaccessible areas to humanitarian workers, of whom 880,000 have very limited access to food and to basic services such as healthcare.


In 2013, China surpassed the European Union to become the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's largest trading partner, and Chinese oil imports from the region rival those of the United States. Do China's growing interests in the Middle East imply a greater commitment to the region's security? How can China and regional governments reinforce these ties through greater diplomatic engagement?
Feng argues that China and particularly the GCC states must work to further institutionalize their growing economic interdependence. China, drawing on its experiences in Africa and Latin America, should take a more holistic approach to engagement with the MENA region, while enhancing Chinese institutions for energy trading. GCC countries, for their part, should aim to facilitate bilateral investments in energy production and support China's plans for Central and West Asian infrastructure development projects.
In a new Policy Briefing, Chaoling Feng addresses the key choices facing Chinese and Middle East policymakers. She finds that China's continued reliance on a framework of "non-intervention" is being challenged by the region's divisive conflicts. Indeed, China's economic interests face mounting risks when even maintaining "neutrality" can be perceived as taking a side. Furthermore, China's case-by-case, bilateral engagement with MENA countries has hindered efforts to develop a broader diplomatic approach to the region.


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