Kerbisher and Malt is a modern, upmarket British fish and chip shop. You can take out, but the clean stylish interior may encourage you to eat in. Cool photos hang on the white tiled walls, and trendy wooden benches and tables provide casual seating. Located in W6, a few minutes walk from Hammersmith station, I was delighted to be visiting a café so close to home.
The food is simple and classic, a selection of fish varieties that promises to be the best and freshest available. I was disappointed they didn't have plaice when I went along, but as all the fish bought in is fresh off the boat, it obviously means the menu will vary, and so it should in a good fish eatery. Impressed by the inclusion of sustainable fish on the menu, I chose the Coley. The batter was crisp and light, and inside the soft melting white fish was perfectly cooked, and super fresh.
The best bit was perhaps the deliciously vinegary pickled onion rings. I find this accompaniment can often be too sloppy and greasy but these were perfect, the onion was cooked but still a little crunchy, as I like it, with a pleasant kick from the pickling and a generous coating of batter. Oh, and the twice-cooked chips were amazing, I couldn't help finishing off my large portion, a far cry from the usual soggy and heavy chips in most takeaway places.
It was lovely to see some regular customers come in while I was eating… each ordering their favourites from the menu, bulging chip butties or bowls of crispy calamari with chilli sauce. We also tried the Kerbisher side salad, an interesting mix, sprinkled with pomegranate, this gave a little necessary greenery to the meal!
We didn't have pudding (I ate too many chips) but Jude's ice-cream is on offer. I overheard the waitress listing the flavours and there are more than enough to satisfy all tastes.
Kerbisher and Malt is old fashioned and stylish, with reasonable pricing, comfortable seating and seriously decent grub. Surely the best fish and chip shop in West London?


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Supergirl: Tyler Hoechlin Cast as Superman for Season Two on CW
by Cindy McLennan, June 17, 2016
Tyler Hoechlin cast as Superman/Clark Kent in the second season of the Supergirl TV show on The CW. Photo: Helga Esteb/Shutterstock.com.
It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Teen Wolf's Tyler Hoechlin. Hoechlin has been cast as Superman/Clark Kent in the second season of the Supergirl TV show on The CW. The show debuted on CBS in the fall of 2015. In danger of being cancelled after its first season, The CW, which is owned by parent companies CBS Corporation and Warner Brothers, renewed the super-hero drama for a second season.
Based on characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Supergirl hails from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler, Andrew Kreisberg, and Sarah Schechter. The Supergirl TV series cast includes: Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Jeremy Jordan, David Harwood, and Calista Flockhart.
Deadline reports:
Superman will make his debut on the DC Television universe, which also includes The Flash, Arrow, and Legends Of Tomorrow, at the start of Supergirl's second season when he visits Kara in National City.
"Greg [Berlanti] and I have wanted to work with Tyler for ages, so this worked out perfectly because Tyler is Superman," said Andrew Kreisberg, executive producer of Supergirl. "We are so thrilled and humbled to add another amazing actor to the legacy of this iconic character."
The decision to include Superman as a major part of Supergirl's roster of characters (he is briefly shown in flashback on the Supergirl pilot) is something of a change in policy for DC Comics' television properties. Kreisberg, who co-created The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and Legends Of Tomorrow, has been candid in past interviews about the fact that Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman were off limits to the CW's DC-related TV shows. That seems to have changed as part of the recent reorganization at Warner Bros, which saw management of the studio's ongoing DC Universe films reshuffled in response to the muted critical and audience reaction to Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice.
Between 2003 and 2007, Hoechlin played Martin Brewer on 7th Heaven. He played McReynolds in the 2016 film, Everybody Wants Some! He plays Boyce Fox in the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels: Fifty Shades Freed and Fifty Shades Darker.
What do you think? Are you a fan of Tyler Hoechlin? Do you think he has been well cast as Superman?
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Brilliant! I think Tyler is an excellent choice, both acting-wise and for resemblance to what we think of as Superman from the comics.

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require 'cart/rules/bulk_discount'
require 'cart/rules/bundle_item'
require 'cart/rules/buy_some_get_some_free'
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In this pilot study, we assessed wheelchair durability and its effect on user satisfaction. Specifically, we examined the characteristics of the participants' wheelchairs, the types of maintenance and repairs completed, and whether the participants' satisfaction was affected by problems with their wheelchairs. A convenience sample of 130 participants who used wheelchairs as their primary means of mobility was recruited. Participants completed a questionnaire about their wheelchairs, the maintenance and repair history, and their satisfaction levels. Results showed that 26% of the participants had completed a wheelchair repair in the past 6 months, 16% had completed general maintenance, and 27% had completed tire repairs. Neither hours of wheelchair use nor wheelchair age affected repair or maintenance frequency. Participants were generally satisfied with their wheelchairs. Better understanding of wheelchair maintenance and repair issues will guide improvements in wheelchair design and enhance the community participation of individuals who use wheelchairs.


Skills for Care have endorsed Hart L&D as a provider of quality learning and development for adult social care. The endorsement is a mark of quality that is given to the best providers of learning and development in the sector.
Andy Tilden, Director of Sector Development at Skills for Care, said: "We all know of the funding and variable quality issues in social care. The Skills for Care Endorsement Framework aims to ensure that care providers can have greater assurance of quality when they purchase their learning and development.
"To be endorsed, training providers such as Hart L&D have to meet Skills for Care's rigorous quality assurance processes to show that they support excellence, have good processes in place, and deliver courses that are relevant and fit for purpose.
Lucy Hann, Managing Director of Hart Learning & Development, said: "We're delighted to be recognised by Skills for Care for the high quality provision of our adult social care courses and apprenticeships.
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Focus on the big picture
National Guard sending up to 15,000 troops to DC
FOX, 13 Jan 2021
As many as 15,000 armed National Guard troops may be deployed to Washington, DC ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Fox News' Jennifer Griffin reports.
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FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most-watched television news channel for 18 consecutive years. According to a 2020 Brand Keys Consumer Loyalty Engagement Index report, FOX News is the top brand in the country for morning and evening news coverage. A 2019 Suffolk University poll named FOX News as the most trusted source for television news or commentary, while a 2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Analysis survey found that FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who could name an objective news source, FOX News was the top-cited outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.
AP, 18 Jan 2021
Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany on Sunday.
Reuters, 18 Jan 2021
Police detained prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on arrival in Moscow. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Reuters brings you the latest business, finance and ...
NASA's crucial engine test for moon rocket forced to end prematurely
FRANCE24, 18 Jan 2021
NASA's deep space exploration rocket built by Boeing briefly ignited all four engines of its behemoth core stage for the first time on Saturday, cutting short a crucial test to ...
Trump supporters, some armed, gather outside US state capitol buildings
CA, 18 Jan 2021
Supporters of President Donald Trump gathered outside several state capitol buildings in various U.S.
PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode January 17, 2021
PBS, 18 Jan 2021
On this edition for Sunday, January 17, state capitals on high alert for potential protests and violence ahead of the inauguration, and Jeff Greenfield and Yamiche Alcondor weig...
New video shows US Capitol rioters rifling through Senators' desks and papers
ITV, 18 Jan 2021
Newly released video from inside Congress as it was stormed by
New footage emerges of the US Capitol riot
Sky, 18 Jan 2021
A video released by The New Yorker shows rioters roaming through the US Capitol when Trump supporters stormed the senate.
Convincing Black Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine
CBS, 18 Jan 2021
Local leaders in the Black community are encouraging Black Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine.
Armed protesters and Trump supporters gather outside Michigan Capitol
AFP, 18 Jan 2021
A few dozen people protest outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, including a group of armed anti-government "Boogaloo Boys" and a group of Donald Trump supporters.
The Mother of All Talkshows with George Galloway - Episode 83
RT, 18 Jan 2021
GEORGE GALLOWAY | And the Mother Of All Talk Shows. Tonight 7pm-10pm London time. Unmissable.
Youngest Manchester Arena victim Saffie Roussos "could have survived" says family
BBC, 18 Jan 2021
The youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing could have survived the attack, if she'd received better first aid, according to her family.
Huge security measures in place ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration
Telegraph, 18 Jan 2021
Members of the National Guard, Secret Services and Metropolitan Police have been stationed in Washington DC to secure the area near the Capitol for possible protests ahead of US...
Charlie Hurt breaks down the incoming administration's proposals, from coronavirus to the economy.
🇺🇸 What makes people believe in conspiracy theories? | The Stream
Al Jazeera, 18 Jan 2021
Psychologists have found that people are more likely to latch onto conspiracy theories and irrational narratives during times of insecurity.
Tapper: I wish I saw evidence these people had a conscience
CNN, 18 Jan 2021
CNN's Jake Tapper examines the ways in which President Trump's lie about the 2020 election result was able to spread and eventually led to the riot at the US Capitol.
Alexei Navlny detained after arriving at airport on return to Russia
Guardian, 18 Jan 2021
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been detained after arriving at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport after returning from treatment abroad for a suspected poisoning at...
Trump's Approval Rating Holding Steady At 43 Percent, With 55 Percent Disapproving | Meet The Press
NBC, 18 Jan 2021
After four years, our new NBC News poll of registered voters
Will Covid-19 Vaccine Passports Work?
CNBC, 18 Jan 2021
A number of start-ups and major tech companies like Microsoft, Ticketmaster, Apple, and Google are interested in vaccine or immunization passports to help reopen the economy.
Caravan of Central American migrants heads toward US border
DW, 17 Jan 2021
Thousands of migrants from central America are gathering in Guatemala for an expected push north towards the United States.
Live: Temporary quarantine homes being built in Hebei's Shijiazhuang – Ep. 4
CGTN, 17 Jan 2021
Shijiazhuang, the capital of north China's Hebei Province, is the epicenter of the most recent COVID-19 outbreak.
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Thomas Nelson Community College is laying off its 20-person housekeeping staff in order to cut incosts as enrollment continues to decline.
The college plans to outsource services to ServiceMaster Clean when the new budget begins on July 1. The move would save $450,000 of the current $1,084,000 Thomas Nelson Community College is laying off its 20-person housekeeping staff in order to cut costs as enrollment continues to decline.
The college plans to outsource services to ServiceMaster Clean when the new budget begins on July 1. The move would save $450,000 of the current $1,084,000 in costs for salaries, benefits and cleaning supplies.
Enrollment — and therefore revenue — for 2019-20 is predicted to decline another 2 to 3 percent more than its ongoing slide of more than 29 percent over the past eight years, President John Dever said, necessitating the move.
"This was just a very, very difficult decision. Meeting with the employees as we did and talking with them face-to-face was very important to do," said Dever, who has been president since 2011. "They are valued members of our community. Faculty and staff will tell you that they've developed good relationships, as well as students, over the years with them.
Enrollment hit its all-time peak in 2011-12 with 16,404 students, the equivalent of 7,234 full-time students. Those figures have gone down to 12,210 students last year, a full-time equivalent of 5,157 students.


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2019: The Good, the Bad, and the GamerGuy
2019 is coming to an end. As everyone gets ready for the next year, I am once again reflecting back on this year and how things went. It was a year, to say the least. When 2019 began, I had intended it to be my most ambitious year yet. I've been writing for four years, and I wanted this to be the year where I branched out and tried new stuff, while still focusing on and honing the craft I was best at. Did I succeed? Sort of. 2019 was like a rollercoaster ride, one filled with ups, downs, and loops to charter me off into unexpected directions.
The first half of the year was dominated by various personal dilemmas, many of which strangely happened in March. First, college. There's the myth that everyone graduates from college in four years, but that's not the case for many people. Initially, I was told I'd be graduating this December, but towards the end of May, I learned it wouldn't be until next year due to certain requirements not being fulfilled. While folks would graduate and get on with their lives, I would still be there, finishing the job. I faced some other challenges besides a delay in college graduation. The dojo where I had studied karate at for 11 years closed, and I went through my first break-up. Again, March was hell.
I found myself stuck in a state of doubt, unsure of what I would do next. When the semester ended, I took this as the time to gather my thoughts, form a game plan, and improve my well-being. It was also during the summer that I did things that for me, were risky. First, I left my part-time job at Little Caesars in July after working there for four years. How I lasted so long there remains a mystery, given my raucous behavior, yet the main reason I departed after such a long time there was because I felt I had run my course. I met a lot of great people there, all from different backgrounds and walks of life, and though the work could be strenuous, I also had a lot of fun. Working at Little Caesars opened me up as an individual, plus I learned new skills I could apply to my daily life, namely cooking.
In addition to leaving my first job, I took my first out of state trip by myself. At the beginning of 2019, one of my accomplishments I hoped to pull off was to travel out of state, and this idea came to me after the podcast Revival House announced they would be appearing at the Crypticon Horror Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. I saw this announcement not only as a chance to meet a channel whose work inspired me to start my own podcasting, but I could experience of visiting a new place on my own. It took months of planning and saving up money, but the payoff was worth it. On July 11, 2019, I departed Hattiesburg for Kansas City.
The drive was long and since I was doing this by myself, I had no one to talk with to alleviate the silence. On the way there, I detoured into St. Louis to meet Kenton Hilke, creator of the YouTube channel DarkLordJadow1. It was great to meet him and discuss how he got his channel started and how his work influenced my writing. I'll discuss more about it later in this post, but we do have a potential collaboration in the works.
After several hours of driving and stopping at gas stations to catch my breath, I made it to Kansas City and crashed on my hotel bed, exhausted but more than ready for the start of Crypticon the following day. For the next three days, I wandered around the arena, gawking at the cool merchandise, people dressed up as horror characters, and the guests they had there. I met my share of noteworthy individuals like Keith David, Bill Moseley, Joe Bob Briggs, and Tom Savini. I also met the people behind Revival House, and in a fun turn of events, I found myself being the unofficial fourth wheel of the group as I spent my fair share of time helping them out, and we even "recorded" a commentary while we were out there. I put the word in quotation marks as we had to stop about halfway through the movie due to the amount of noise from the convention overwhelming us.
Now, I know what you're wondering, but no, I
did not get Darcy's phone number.
Crypticon was fun not just because of the thrill of being at an out-of-state convention, but also because I learned a lot about how I could develop and expand my content so as to garner more attention to what I do. The big takeaway was next time I go to a convention, regardless if it's in state or elsewhere, to bring business cards. Business cards are the easiest way to encourage people to check out your content and in turn, attract new viewers/readers.
When I returned from the event, I felt rejuvenated and ready to take on the second half of 2019, and luckily, it was a tremendous improvement. Sure, I had to write 10 to 15 page papers for some of the classes I was taking (which is not fun at all), but I also found a new job in the form of my college's newspaper The Student Printz. I had written for them briefly in late 2018 and into the early part of the year, but I left due to the anxiety I was developing from the problems I was facing. Regardless, it's been great fun working for the newspaper, and it's bettered my skills at both writing and photography. I understand this article is more focused on what's happened in my personal life, but the information is relevant because it reflects my general mood throughout the year and what all I published on the website.
Speaking of which, what's the current state of GamerGuy's Reviews? Well, growth has been steady. As of this writing, the site has over 8,300 views, which is impressive as far as I'm concerned. The new podcast I started currently has 41 subscribers, which might seem small to some, but I'm proud of the progress the podcast has made. In retrospect, I did keep to my ambitious ideas I had planned, more in the sense of how I overhauled a lot of technical stuff regarding the website, although I did also write about my share of current stuff. I wrote reviews for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, and Wolfenstein Youngblood, and this isn't accounting for all the newly released titles I reviewed for The Student Printz.
Borderlands 3 was one of many games I reviewed for The Student Printz.
Will this trend continue into 2020? Definitely. From now on, I will notify readers of any reviews I write for the Student Printz, and with all the big releases slated for March/April 2020, expect articles on Doom Eternal and the Resident Evil 3 remake, among others. I'm still writing for Cubed3, but going forward, I've decided to cover a game for them every 4 months. Then, there's VHS Revival. For those unaware, I was put on shore leave by the site's editor in chief. I haven't been kicked off the site, but he felt my writing wasn't quite up to par with what he wanted, which is understandable. I can't say when I'll write another article on their site, but when it happens, I'll let y'all know.
I have a lot of reviews planned for next year, and from now on, reviews will be published on Fridays, while podcasts go up on Wednesdays. I know I've struggled to keep to the promise of writing up and publishing all scheduled reviews, but in 2020, I'm committing to the roster I have planned. 2020 marks my final year in college, not to mention the five-year anniversary of GamerGuy's Reviews. It's crazy to think I've been writing this long, and though there have been ups and downs, I've never given up, and I want to keep pushing myself and hone what it is I do best.
Now, let's talk podcasting. In March (definitely the perfect time to try and start a podcast), I started a podcast focused on film commentaries. At the time, I didn't know what to call the podcast, and it didn't help that they were solo efforts. Tip for people who attempt to start their own podcast: get a co-host. Since the first few episodes were just me and me only, it was a challenge. You'll notice quite a few quiet spots as I tried to figure out what to say next about the movie I was providing commentary for. In August, I met up with my best friend Matt and while we were hanging out, I asked him if he'd be interesting in becoming a co-host, to which he said yes. The podcast, now called Will and Matt's Excellent Podcast, has improved tremendously.
If you haven't yet, please subscribe over on YouTube.
Starting a podcast allowed me to do my first collaboration as I partnered up with Richard Jackson of Val Verde Broadcasting to do a commentary on Return of the Living Dead Part II. I'm a fan of Richard's work and since we were both fans of the Return of the Living Dead movies (well, the first one, at least), I decided to reach out to him and ask if he wanted to do a guest commentary with me. Collaborations will be a big part of GamerGuy's Reviews next year. Right now, I have three potential crossovers in the works. I can't say much on them now, but next year, you can expect collaborations with DarkLordJadow1, Cinematic Venom, and GeekGamer7. Expect plenty of interviews as well. The two interviews I did this year were fun to do, especially the one with Thom Mathews. It was the first time I interviewed an actor, and it was a great experience. Maybe I'll get lucky and in 2020 I get to interview Bruce Campbell (doubtful, but you never know).
This concludes my year-in-review of 2019. The first half may have had its hurdles, but I overcame them and came out with a solid second half of the year. Instead of two uneven halves, though, I want the entirety of 2020 to be a fun, memorable experience. I'm graduating in May and then, it's out into the uncharted territory known as the real world, and I have a lot of big plans I want to accomplish in my life after college, but like I said earlier, the only person who can pull off such goals is myself.
LET'S DO THIS.
Before I forget, here are links to my three latest commentaries.
Gremlins Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noWD_8g_bFk
Silent Night, Deadly Night Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHLS5zd1to
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tROYsOh6i8&t=2s
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Carrying the Ball and Their Own Baggage: Marshawn Lynch and LeGarrette Blount
January 29, 2015 / chrismsports
Super Bowl XLIX Will Be A Matchup of Two Complex Running Backs Who Have Issues with Authority
For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday Sun
When Marshawn Lynch has the ball, he can do a lot of damage. He hopes to do that against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. Photo by Webster Ridddick.
If you've had enough of the hot air surrounding the "Deflate-Gate scandal, but still have a taste for the quirky and bizarre of Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale,look no further than Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch and his fellow ball carrier LeGarrette Blount of the New England Patriots.
While Lynch and Blount will be key components in the game plans of their respective teams on Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium, a lot of focus has been placed not on their ability to carry the ball, but on the baggage—Lynch's refusal to talk to the media and Blount's unceremonious kick to the curb from the Pittsburgh Steelers– they drag with them as they do it.
Not since Dallas Cowboys running Duane Thomas' gave his famous "What time is it" line to reporters in the buildup to Super Bowl VI in 1972 has a running back's words made the kind of headlines that Lynch's "I'm here so I won't get fined" did.
During the Seahawks Media Day session on Tuesday, Lynch kept repeating that line over and over again during a strange, yet amusing three and a half-minute confab with more than 200 reporters.
According to the NFL Network, Lynch chanted the sentence 29 times. Lynch's aversion to press availabilities and how it manifests itself has become the stuff of legend.
From the one-liners he delivered during the regular season that cost him $50,000 in fines to the complaints filed by the Pro Football Writers Association for his refusal to talk to reporters during last year's Super Bowl Media Day, Lynch has figuratively grabbed his crotch when it comes to the League's mandated press conferences.
And speaking of crotch grabs, the NFL has warned the Seahawks that if Lynch decides to do that after scoring a touchdown, the former Cal star's antics would cost them 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct each time. It's already cost Lynch a grand total of $31,050 ($20,000 for doing it during the NFC title game and $11,050 for a regular season game in December.)
Lynch's Seahawks teammates say that Lynch should be able to handle his media duties his own way, but several prominent members of the media have chided Lynch for not following the league rules and not promoting the game that pays him. That's a good point.
Oddly enough, Lynch's Media Day Theatre of the Absurd might have done more to promote the game, something that the NFL probably doesn't want to admit. No one wants to admit that anti-heroes and knuckleheads make the game as intriguing as the game's superstars, especially in a year where the League has endured a lot of bad press.
For all his public misbehavior, Lynch's teammates and coaches benefit from the damage he does on the field when he's in "Beast Mode."
During the regular season, he gained 1,306 yards with 13 touchdowns. He also gained 157 yards on 25 carries in the NFC Championship Game against the Green Bay Packers and scored the go-ahead touchdown late in the four quarter. He's also a leader in the locker room.
"Obviously, he's a little different with us than he is out in public, but he's a great guy," said Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell. "He works hard in the meeting room in the meeting room with those guys (running backs) to help prepare them."
LeGarrette Blount came up huge for the Patriots in the AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. He scored three touchdowns.
But while Lynch's shenanigans tend to anger Seahawks beat writers, Blount's angered Steelers coach Mike Tomlin.
Blount expected to be a bigger part of the Steelers offense, but with the emergence of Le'Veon Bell, his playing time was reduced. Blount had just 266 yards rushing in 11 games.
A few minutes before the end of the Steelers win over the Tennessee Titans on Nov. 17, Blount decided he had enough of being Bell's backup and walked off the field before the game was over. By the time the rest of the team got to the locker room, Blount was headed for the team bus.
Twelve hours later, the Steelers gave Blount his walking papers.
Head coach Bill Belichick, remembering how well Blount played for the team in 2013, took him back immediately after he cleared waivers.
While most coaches might have shied away from him because of how his time in Pittsburgh ended, it didn't matter to him, he said.
"Yeah, I don't know anything about Pittsburgh, you'd have to ask Pittsburgh about Pittsburgh," Belichick said. "I think he's been a good addition to our team, very popular guy in the locker room. He's good for our team and he's a good player, so it worked out well."
Blount has paid dividends. In five games for the Pats in 2014, he gained 281 yards. In the AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts, Blount gained 148 yards on 30 carries and scored three touchdowns.
Blount's return to the Patriots energized his teammates.
"I felt like it was almost like he never left once we got going," said Patriot running back Shane Vereen.
And in the end, leaving the Steelers was a good thing for him, Blount said.
"Things didn't work out as planned, so we had to part ways and I ended up here," he said. "And now I'm about to play in the Super Bowl."
Belichick has a knack for finding talented players with baggage and Blount is no exception. He was suspended much of his senior year at Oregon for punching a Boise State player after his Ducks lost their 2009 season-opener. In his first training camp with the Steelers, he and, ironically enough, Bell, were arrested on possession of marijuana charges. Blount will be in a Pittsburgh courtroom on Feb. 4, hoping to have those charges dismissed.
Lynch and Blount may have their share of personal issues with authority, but they help their teams win. During Media Day, Blount said Lynch shouldn't change a thing about himself.
"Whatever he's doing, I recommend him to keep doing it because he's been successful in this league at it," Blount said.
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Polish-American Freedom Foundation and Leaders of Change Foundation announce an open competition for candidates from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan for The Lane Kirkland Scholarships in Poland in the 2019-20 academic year.
- Polish language proficiency adequate to effectively attend lectures and seminars as well as to prepare a diploma project. During the interview candidates are required to speak Polish at least at the B1 level.
- Studies within the Kirkland Program are realised in Polish or English (studies in English are not possible for candidates from Belarus and Ukraine), however, only in Polish it is possible to fully use the educational offer at Polish universities and the professional internship offered in program.
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Homeless situation to change again
By ohtadmin | on September 12, 2019
By MATT JOHNSON
Program director Hal Nolen of the Alliance for Community Transformations has announced the establishment of Connections, a new homeless emergency shelter program in Mariposa County.
Connections will be replacing the existing county homeless shelter on Sept. 19.
"We are basically transferring management and location," said Chevon Kothari, director of the Mariposa County Health and Human Services Agency.
An open house will be held Sept. 18 from 3-6 p.m. for the community to stop by and learn more...


Is there any API for parsing ZPL, Zebra Stored Format, files?
Where you send in pairs of field number and field value. I have the opposite problem, I want to read all the fields and names form a ZPL template file, zebra stored format. Is there any API for that? Like a get field and you get a dictionary with all field numbers and field name pairs. (not the value of course, but the friendly name of the field, if it exists in the file).
Re: Is there any API for parsing ZPL, Zebra Stored Format, files?
Seems there is FormatUtil.GetVariableFields Method that could be used to obtain field number/name pairs from format.
You need to read your ZPL file to string variable and then send this string value as a parameter to mentioned method.


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Emil Torick On Why The MP3 Was Good Enough
I just came across this short, 2-minute+ video sponsored by the Audio Engineering Society (AES) from 2000 and found it very interesting and relevant, especially in view of all the anti-Pono talk of late. Watch the video and see if you agree.
Q&A with John Banks, Chief Brand Officer, Bluesound
I recently completed my reviews of the full suite of Bluesound products including the Vault (see review), the Powernode/Duo (see review), Node (see review), and Pulse (see review). I was impressed with the lot, finding the Bluesound products mature beyond their years in terms of both the user friendly interface and overall sound quality. I had an opportunity to ask Bluesound's Chief Brand Officer, John Banks, some questions about Bluesound to hopefully get a better picture of this new company.
AudioQuest White Paper: Evaluation of Digital Devices and Proper Warm-Up for Ideal Listening and Measurements
AudioQuest shared their White Paper, "Evaluation of Digital Devices and Proper Warm-Up for Ideal Listening and Measurements" and I thought it well worth sharing with AudioStream readers. While you can pretty much surmise the gist of the white paper from its title, you may be surprised at the conclusions drawn from measured results. Enjoy.
Q&A with Thorsten Loesch of AMR/iFi
Thorsten Loesch
Most readers are familiar with iFi Audio whose affordable products include DACs, portable headphone amps, a USB power supply, Tube Buffer/Pre-Amplifier, and more. We've reviewed a number of their products including the iFi iDAC (see review), the iUSBPower (see review), and the iTube Active Tube Buffer/Preamp (see review). Abbington Music Research (AMR) also produces a full line of "Reference Class" products including amplifiers, preamplifiers, loudspeakers, disc players, DACs, and more. The Chief Designer behind both product lines, Thorsten Loesch, was kind enough to participate in this Q&A with AudioStream where we dig into some of the nitty gritty behind PCM versus DSD, human hearing, the joy of vacuum tubes, and more. I'd like to thank Thorsten for the time and effort he put into his response and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Hello Mr. Soul: My Interview with Neil Young
Michael Lavorgna | Mar 13, 2014
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It should come as no surprise at this point that Neil Young was at SXSW to talk about Pono. I had the opportunity to spend some time talking to Neil Young about his new venture.
PS Audio Presents Ted Smith on Jitter
Jitter. Its a controversial subject among audiophiles (what isn't?). PS Audio has posted Part 2 of their Jitter video series with "consulting digital expert" Ted Smith, "Audible Effects of Jitter", but I've included Part 1 here which is titled "Why Jitter Matters" just in case you missed it. Part 2 will start directly after (duck and cover!).
Q&A with John Swenson. Part 3: How bit-perfect software can affect sound
Michael Lavorgna | Dec 30, 2013
In this third installment I will cover possible methods by which bit perfect software can affect sound quality in a DAC.
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Ayre's PCM and DSD Comparison
I think its fair to say that Charlie Hansen, Ayre's Founder and Designer, is not exactly a fan of DSD. Thankfully, that didn't stop him from offering DSD-capable versions of Ayre's QB-9, DX-5-DSD, and now the QA-9 thanks to AlpineSoft's VinylStudio DoP vinyl ripping software. What the guys at Ayre have gone and done is ripped parts of three tracks to single-rate DSD and 24/192 using the QA-9 so we can compare DSD to PCM. But there's more...
There's no such thing as digital: A conversation with Charles Hansen, Gordon Rankin, and Steve Silberman. Part 2
(left to right) Steve Silberman, Gordon Rankin, Charles Hansen. photo credit: Steve S. and Stereophile
During our first conversation with AudioQuest's Steve Silberman, Charlie Hansen of Ayre Acoustics and Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio we talked about the notion that "There's no such thing as digital" (see Part 1). In Part 2 we move on to ask, what can be done to address the problems of high-speed analog signals in a modern audio system?
Q&A with Andreas Koch
With all of the attention DSD has garnered of late, it seemed like a good time to go to one of SACD's creators for answers to some common questions. Andreas Koch was involved in developing the standards and equipment for SACD production, recording, and playback, his company Playback Designs was one of the first to offer DSD capability in a consumer product, and he was also an integral player in the development of the DSD over PCM (DoP) specification. Andreas was kind enough to answer some questions concerning DSD which will hopefully clarify some aspects of how DSD actually works.
Q&A with John Swenson. Part 2: Are Bits Just Bits?
In Part 1 of our Q&A, John Swenson covered "What is Digital?". You should consider that required reading for Part 2 since he builds on that foundation here. Part 1 also includes John's bio if you'd like to know more about him. Now let's get on with Part 2:
Can you explain how things other than "the bits" could have an effect on the analog output of a DAC?
Q&A with John Swenson. Part 1: What is Digital?
Over on Audio Asylum, our own Steve Plaskin (Mercman on AA) posted some comments on Music Software. In the responses, John Swenson offered up some answers to some questions we've been dealing with here on AudioStream most notably in our conversation with Charles Hanson, Gordon Rankin, and Steve Silberman (see article). So I contacted John and asked him if he'd like to expand on those thoughts here on AudioStream and he kindly agreed. John also provided a bio which is included at the end of this piece to give you some background on his background.
Here's Part 1 starting at the beginning...
There's no such thing as digital: A conversation with Charles Hansen, Gordon Rankin, and Steve Silberman
During a conversation with AudioQuest's Steve Silberman, Steve brought up the notion that "there's no such thing as digital" which I found thought provoking. I suggested to Steve that we have an email conversation about this very topic and Steve suggested adding Charlie Hansen of Ayre Acoustics and Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio into the mix. So that's what we did. The opening question:
It's common for people to envision and represent a digital signal as a series of 1s and 0s. As such, there's really no room for error, at least according to this binary theory. Is a digital signal simply a series of 1s and 0s?
JPLAY Responds: An Open Letter
There has recently been some hubbub online (and even within some applications!) surrounding the media player JPLAY. Essentially, claims have been made by the people behind two competing (actually complementary) media players that JPLAY is nothing more than a "hoax" and an "audiophile scam". The former claim was leveled by JRiver, both in their software as a warning to JPLAY users as well as online on the JRiver forum (among others), and the latter claim was made by Foobar2000. As you may be aware, our own Steve Plaskin reviewed JPLAY (see review) and found it did in fact improve the sound quality of his system so our position in this skirmish is clear.
Musical Provenance: Tracking the Tracks, by Mark Waldrep
This is Part 2 of a planned 3-part Q&A with Dr. Waldrep of AIX Records and iTrax.com. If you haven't read Part 1, I'd recommend starting there (Understanding High Definition Audio: Facts and Fiction). As the title for Part 2 suggests, Mark talks about the important subject of provenance with regard to HD downloads. I'd like to thank Mark once again for his time and for agreeing to tackle this somewhat controversial subject.


Saturday morning found me driving to my daughter's apartment to do a computer swap. Her six month old computer was acting weird and she needs a functioning computer for note taking and for final exams at law school. I enjoyed a beautiful drive soaking in the autumn countryside while listening to a few podcasts. We swapped computers (gave her my husband's) and then proceeded to have a lovely lunch and a bit of shopping.
As you might have guessed, the computer isn't acting weird here. But it has a wellness appointment at a local computer repair shop-fingers crossed they find something! This reminds me of the days of when my children would be sick and while at the doctor's appointment, their fever would break, or their cough would disappear. How awful to wish your child would show any sign of illness to prove to the doctor that something, anything was wrong to make the appointment viable.
Once I was home from the computer swap, I enjoyed a delicious curry dinner made by my husband. Different recipe for a chicken and mushroom curry and a lentil dahl. His stand by recipes will always be my favorites because those are the flavor memories I measure new ones. I know it's a little weird.
We are closing in on the big "cut the cord" event. The first week of November our two year contract is complete with the satellite company. I don't know about you, but I'm getting a little tired of two year contracts. Lately the phone contract irked me so maybe that will be one that gets axed or tweaked. I'm on a roll for saving money.
Ah yes, the mysterious disappearance of symptoms at the doctor - sounds so very familiar. ;-) Your dinner sounds delicious, and the fact that hubby made it, makes it even better.
Computers can be so frustrating. I'm so glad my hubby has some knowledge or I would be in big trouble. I need to call my cable company and renew our contract - it ran out and they are charging a crazy amount of money. I'm all about the saving lately too.
Hi, just happened across your blog. I'm in Scotland, lecturer, writer, musician and home educating four daughters. I love all those leaves on your masthead - that's exactly what I'm seeing out of my window right now.
It was a busy weekend for us. Halloween parties and visits with family. I need another Sunday! Thanks for the mention about the curry. I've been longing for curry and I have a terrific recipe for a chicken curry pot pie. It seems perfect for these cooler days.
Oh computer hiccups, blah! I am on my son's computer right now because mine had a blue screen this morning! Yes, it's a Monday around here.
Curry sounds lovely and I am adding it to my weekly menu, thank you for inspiring me.
how nice that you were able to help your daughter out! and can i tell you how much i'd love a curry making husband? can you get yours to give mine lessons?
i'm so technologically impaired...and yet, when my computer hiccups----I nearly have a meltdown!!!! Hope things work out well.
I've become so frustrated by doctor trips and disappearing symptoms with the kids that I often whip out my phone and take a quick video clip at home that I then insist my doctor watches at the appointment! I'm sure they love to see our last name on the appointment schedule ;) lol.
Curry sounds delightful right now. I may have to do some menu tweaking! Happy Monday to you!
Oh, I hope they figure out what's wrong with your daughters computer--that is so frustrating. One of my kids wheezed at night, but of course, since we visited our doctor during the day, he didn't hear it . . . arrgh!
And, yes, I'm with you about those two year contacts--bah! I'm trying to cut costs these days, too. It seems like everyone is.
Praying that your daughter's computer will give a bit of a hint to what the problem is when it goes in for its wellness visit. And I love how you measure other recipes by the memories of the dishes that your husband makes. We had occasion here a couple of years ago that my husband did the cooking for three weeks while I was recovering from a fall. He has a way with food preparation that just makes my mouth water. Regardless of what he put in front of me it was delicious.
We had a weekend of recovering from headaches/intestinal junk type "bug". We enjoyed the beautiful sunshine though. :-) Sunshine is ALWAYS a PLUS.
Yay for cutting the cord, so wish my hubby was up for that challenge, the monthly savings would do wonders for our budget :) Hope the computer troubles get sorted out soon.
Love driving around on country roads in the fall listening to podcasts. Happy fall days to you.
Nice to have an excuse to see your daughter. Hannah was home for a long weekend...we're taking her back to London tonight. I like the sound of the lentil dahl I love anything with lentils, especially if it's spicy.
Ha...usually one of our kids hurts their leg and can't walk until they get past registration at the ER and then there is a miracle! Got to love that!


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Zalužany (deutsch Saluschan, früher Zalužan) ist eine Gemeinde in Tschechien. Sie liegt fünf Kilometer nordöstlich von Mirovice und gehört zum Okres Příbram.

Geographie
Zalužany befindet sich im Mittelböhmischen Hügelland rechtsseitig des Quellgebietes des Baches Zalužanský potok. Im Dorf und in dessen östlichem Umland liegen zahlreiche kleinere Teiche und gegen Südosten der Teich Hejný. Nördlich erhebt sich die Březina (568 m), im Osten der Žďár (513 m), südöstlich der Holý vrch (541 m), im Südwesten der Háj (516 m) und die Šibená (484 m) sowie nordwestlich der Hodijov (518 m). Am westlichen Ortsrand verläuft die Staatsstraße I/4 zwischen Prag und Strakonice.

Nachbarorte sind Sazka, Kletice, Chraštice, Chraštičky, Vargač und Bukovany im Norden, Sedlečko, Holušice, Nová Vachanka, Kozárovice im Nordosten, Na Samotě, Anenský Dvůr, Vystrkov und Pukňov im Osten, Kožlí, Závist, Velký Vír, U Kuby, Šerkov und Na Zeleném im Südosten, Lety, Pazderna und Dolní Nerestce im Süden, Horosedly, Mirovice, Plíškovice, Na Návrší, Podskalí und Myslín im Südwesten, Boješice und Touškov im Westen sowie Nestrašovice, Řeteč, Tušovice, V Touškovském Lese und Svojšice im Nordwesten.

Geschichte
Archäologische Funde belegen eine frühzeitliche Besiedlung der Ebene von Zalužany. Auf einer Fläche von 1000 m² wurden die Reste mehrerer Rundhütten mit einer Breite von 5 m und einer Länge zwischen 8,25 und 13,5 m aus der Zeit nach 1000 v. Chr. ausgegraben. Im Jahre 1926 wurde in einem Garten ein Silberdenar aus der Zeit des Kaisers Hadrian gefunden.

Das heutige Dorf wurde wahrscheinlich zwischen dem 8. und 10. Jahrhundert durch slawische Siedler angelegt. Der Ortsname leitet sich von za luhem oder za luží (hinter den Auen) her. Im 13. Jahrhundert gehörte das Dorf zu den Gütern der königlichen Burg Vrškamýk.

Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung von Zalužany erfolgte im Jahre 1291, als Wenzel II. das Dorf zusammen mit Tochovice dem Benediktinerkloster Insula schenkte. Von 1313 bis 1345 gehörte Zalužany wieder zu den Kamýker Gütern der böhmischen Hofkammer. Nach der erneuten Abtrennung von den Kamýker Gütern wurde Zalužany zweigeteilt. Der größere Anteil von Zalužany wurde als Rittersitz verkauft. Nachfolgend wechselten sich verschiedene Adelsgeschlechter als Besitzer des Gutes ab. Ein kleinerer Anteil wurde als Lehngut der königlichen Burg Worlik zugeschlagen und damit verschiedene Vasallen belehnt. Aus dem Jahre 1351 ist die Anlegung eines großzügigen Dorfplatzes in Zalužany überliefert. Die ersten schriftlichen Nachrichten über die Feste Zalužan stammen vom Beginn des 15. Jahrhunderts als Sitz des Albrecht Schütz von Drahenitz (Šic z Drahenic); jedoch ist anzunehmen, das an ihrer Stelle zuvor ein hölzerner Landadelshof gestanden war. Besitzer des Worliker Anteils war zu dieser Zeit der Oberste Münzmeister Peter Zmrzlík von Schweißing. Um 1515 erwarb Adam Laubsky von Lub (Loubský z Lub) die Feste Zalužan. Nachdem die Herren Laubsky von Lub von den Herren von Schwanberg 1573 auch den Worliker Anteil kauften, wurde die Teilung des Dorfes beendet. Zalužany war zu dieser Zeit das weit und breit größte Dorf.

Nach der Schlacht am Weißen Berg kauften die Herren von Sternberg 1623 das Gut. Wenzel Adalbert von Sternberg hinterließ 1708 seinen Erben ein hochverschuldetes Gut, ein verkommenes Dorf und eine unbewohnbare Feste. Sie verkauften den Besitz 1715 an Johann Felix Deym von Střítež. In den nachfolgenden zwölf Jahren herrschte zwischen den Deym von Střítež und den Besitzern der Herrschaft Worlik Unfrieden. Über den Grenzverlauf und Weiderechte wurde gestritten, zudem wurden auch Besitzstörungsklagen geführt. Im Jahre 1727 erbte der minderjährige Johann Joseph Freiherr Kotz von Dobrz das Gut von seiner Tante Kajetana Valentina Deym, geborene Kotz. Zehn Jahre danach übernahm er selbst die Bewirtschaftung des Gutes. Die Freiherren Kotz von Dobrz ließen die Feste zum Renaissanceschloss umbauen. 1767 erbte Johann Josephs Sohn Franz Dionys Kotz von Dobrz Zalužan. Nach dessen Tode bewirtschaftete seine Witwe Marie ab 1771 das Gut. Im Jahre 1775 heiratete sie Karl Freiherr Helversen von Helversheim. Nach 1780 entstand nördlich des Dorfes eine Chaluppensiedlung, die Sázky genannt wurde. Im Jahre 1802 erbte Karl Helversens gleichnamiger Sohn das Gut. Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg, der das Gut 1804 gekauft hatte, schlug es seiner Fideikommissherrschaft Worlik zu.

Im Jahre 1837 umfasste das Allodialgut Zalužan eine Nutzfläche von 1805 Joch 330 Quadratklafter, wovon 712 Joch 740 Quadratklafter der Obrigkeit gehörten. Zum Gut gehörten das gleichnamige Dorf sowie sieben Häuser von Großwühr (Velký Vír) und je ein Haus von Kozarowitz und Wystrkow (Vystrkov). Das beiderseits der Prager Straße gelegene Dorf Zalužan bestand aus 88 Häusern mit 148 Einwohnern, darunter sechs Israelitenfamilien. Ein Haus von Zalužan war direkt der Herrschaft Worlik untertänig. Im Ort gab es ein herrschaftliches Schloss mit der geschlossenen Kapelle der sel. Jungfrau Maria, den Meierhof Augezdetz, eine Schäferei, eine Branntweinbrennerei, eine Pottaschensiederei und das Wirtshaus Politschko. Nordwestlich hinter dem Dorf lag der israelitische Friedhof. Pfarrort war Mirowitz. Bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts bildete das Gut Zalužan einen Teil der Fideikommissherrschaft Worlik samt den Allodialgütern Zalužan, Zbenitz und Bukowan.

Nach der Aufhebung der Patrimonialherrschaften bildete Zálužany t. Zalužany /Zalužan ab 1850 mit den Ortsteilen Boješice und Touškov eine Gemeinde mit 1208 Einwohnern in der Bezirkshauptmannschaft Březnitz und dem Gerichtsbezirk Mirowitz. Ab 1855 gehörte die Gemeinde zum Bezirk Písek. Im Jahre 1869 beantragte die Gemeinde Zalužan ihre Erhebung zur Marktgemeinde. Da das Dorf über keine eine Kirche verfügte, wurde der Antrag abgelehnt; dies gab danach den Anlass für den Bau der Kirche. 1880 wurde Zalužany als amtlicher Ortsname eingeführt. Zwischen 1880 und 1882 wurde nördlich von Zalužany nahe Sazka ein Friedhof angelegt. Die jüdische Gemeinde erlosch 1890. 1924 löste sich Touškov von Zalužany los und bildete eine eigene Gemeinde. Im Jahre 1932 lebten in Zalužany 722 Personen; im Dorf gab es ein Postamt, ein Telegrafenamt, ein Fernsprechamt, eine katholische Kirche, eine Synagoge, einen jüdischen Friedhof und ein Armenhaus. 1960 wurde die Gemeinde dem Okres Příbram zugeordnet.

Gemeindegliederung
Für die Gemeinde Zalužany sind keine Ortsteile ausgewiesen. Zu Zalužany gehört die Ansiedlung Sazka (Sarka).

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Schloss Zalužany, sein Ursprung liegt in einer für Albrecht Schütz von Drahenitz erbauten steinernen Feste. Diese wurde im 16. Jahrhundert durch die Laubsky von Lub ausgebaut. Zwischen 1650 und 1660 ließen die Herren von Sternberg den zum Dorf hin gelegenen östlichen Gebäudetrakt einschließlich des Tores und der Zugbrücke abtragen und den Burggraben verfüllen. An seiner Stelle wurde ein Wirtschaftshof angelegt. Bewohnt wurde zu dieser Zeit nur der Südflügel, im Nordflügel befand sich die Brauerei. Später war die Feste nicht mehr bewohnt. Nach 1727 erfolgte durch die Kotz von Dobrz der Umbau der verlassenen eingeschossigen Feste als Familiensitz zu einem zweistöckigen Renaissanceschloss. Dabei erfolgte auch der Anbau der Schlosskapelle der Jungfrau Maria, die später dem hl. Antonius von Padua geweiht wurde. Ab 1775 wurde das Schloss unter Karl Helversen von Helversheim im Stil des Rokoko modifiziert. Ab 1804 gehörte das Schloss den Fürsten zu Schwarzenberg, die es bis 1922 besaßen. Bis 1889 war in der Kapelle ein Schlosskaplan bestellt, der seinen Wohnsitz im Schloss hatte. Zwischen 1920 und 1924 wurde das Schloss saniert. Im Zuge der Bodenreform erwarb 1924 Václav Biskup aus Žbonín das Gut. 1948 wurde das Schloss verstaatlicht und 1974 in die Rechtsträgerschaft des Bezirkskulturzentrums Příbram übertragen. Im ersten Stock wurde eine Ausstellung des Muzeum středního Povltaví eingerichtet. Das zweite Geschoss nutzten die Nationalgalerie und die Städtischen Museen Prag für ihre zweijährigen Kunstausstellungen České výtvarné umění 19. století. Nach der Samtenen Revolution erhielt die Familie Biskup das Schloss zurück. Nach der Instandsetzung war das Schloss zwischen 1997 und 2005 an Carl Albrecht Waldstein als dessen Familiensitz verpachtet. Seit 2009 wird es auch öffentlich für Hochzeiten und Konzerte genutzt. Das von einem englischen Landschaftspark umgebene Schloss ist als Kulturdenkmal geschützt.
 Kirche des hl. Karl Borromäus, der klassizistische Bau entstand in den Jahren 1872–1874. Sie ist derzeit nicht öffentlich zugänglich.
 Statuen der Hll. Anna und Johannes von Nepomuk, vor der Kirche, geschaffen in der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts
 Friedhofskapelle zur hl. Kreuzerhöhung, erbaut im 19. Jahrhundert
 Jüdischer Friedhof am nördlichen Ortsausgang, er entstand vor 1724. Auf dem 1597 m² großen Areal sind 70 Grabsteine erhalten. Nachdem die jüdische Gemeinde Zalužany 1890 erloschen war, wurde der Friedhof bis zur deutschen Besetzung durch die jüdische Gemeinde Březnice gepflegt. Die Friedhofsmauer und die Zeremonialhalle wurden um 1980 abgebrochen. Der Friedhof ist ein nationales Kulturdenkmal.
 Ehemalige Synagoge, sie dient heute als Lagerraum

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Geschichte von Zalužany
 Webseite des Schlosses

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2010 smartphone shipments were up 74.4 percent worldwide over 2009.
Nokia noted the positive progress of its new Symbian^3 smartphones during 4Q10: five million units combined from the N8, C7, and C601 worldwide, a strong showing given their recent introduction to the market. At the same time, Nokia's volumes are largely comprised of older devices, while MeeGo-powered devices have yet to arrive on the market. In addition, Nokia continues to struggle in the North America market. The recent cancellation of the X7 smartphone at AT&T highlights Nokia's challenges and a new device has yet to be revealed.
The worldwide smartphone market ended 2010 on a high note, with vendors shipping record volumes of units. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 100.9 million smartphones during the fourth quarter of 2010 (4Q10), up 87.2 percent from the 53.9 million smartphones shipped during 4Q09. For the full year, vendors shipped a total of 302.6 million smartphones worldwide, up 74.4 percent from the 173.5 million smartphones shipped in 2009.
"Android continues to gain by leaps and bounds, helping to drive the smartphone market," said Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Phone Technology and Trends team. "It has become the cornerstone of multiple vendors' smartphone strategies, and has quickly become a challenger to market leader Symbian. Although Symbian has the backing of market leader Nokia, Android has multiple vendors, including HTC, LG Electronics, Motorola, Samsung and a growing list of companies deploying Android on their devices."
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YOU could never accuse Paul McCartney of not putting in the work recording Wonderful Christmastime.
On the track he sings, plays guitar, bass and keyboards and is also on drums and percussion.
And although the video features the rest of Wings, they don't feature at all on the recording.
Even when it comes to 'the choir of children' who sing the song they've practiced all year long (which seems to just consist of 'ding dong' which surely doesn't require that much practice) – it's just McCartney putting on a funny voice.
He's certainly earned the roughly £260,000 it generates a year in the UK alone.
Written (by McCartney, obviously) on what he recalls was a 'boiling hot day in July', and recorded during sessions for the McCartney II album, the song was released in November 1979.
It apparently took the former Beatle just ten minutes to pen the song which, despite the simple lyrics (The party's on / The spirits up / We're here tonight / And that's enough), remains impressive.
It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and has since become of the most widely played Christmas songs on radio.
The song was later added as a bonus track on the 1993 CD reissue of Wings' Back to the Egg album.
In terms of composition, perhaps the most striking element of the song is the odd synthesiser sound that punctuates it throughout.
It's the same instrument, the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, which was also used on the Kim Carnes hit Bette Davis Eyes and the Doobie Brothers' What a Fool Believes.
And just to reiterate that it's a wonderful Christmastime, there are of course sleigh bells and all sorts of jingling throughout.
Some people love the song, others actively detest it.
McCartney himself isn't that keen on it, by all accounts., but he has been playing it on recent UK tour dates.
Kylie Minogue and Mika covered the song as a duet in 2016 and the likes of Diana Ross, Demi Lovato, Kelly Rowland, Hanson and The Monkees have all made their own versions.
Interestingly, while The Beatles only really had one Christmas release – Christmas Time Is Here Again which was distributed to their fan club in 1967, all four members went on to record Christmas songs.
John Lennon's was perhaps most famous, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), while George Harrison unleashed Ding Dong, Ding Dong on the world in 1974 (perhaps inspiring McCartney's 'choir of children).
Ringo Starr released a whole album in 1999 called I Wanna Be Santa Claus.
The band as a whole also had several Christmas number ones – I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine, Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out and Hello, Goodbye.


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The UK and the world are switching to clean energy and transport, and electric charging is going to be the backbone of our clean energy system.
Today we're still at low numbers, but seeing an electric car in the street is no longer the 'wow' moment it was a few years ago – particularly in cities. Looking ahead to the next few years, all projections show the electric vehicle (EV) market is about to accelerate massively.
Did you know that more electric cars were sold in the UK in 2020 than in all previous years combined, and that in 2021 we're well ahead of schedule to more than double that?
That's great news for our health, neighbourhoods, wellbeing and future – not to mention the raw pleasure of driving.
It's also a pattern that's repeating around the world; we're at the tipping point of a global transformation in several of the world's largest industries. This fourth industrial revolution, switching our energy and transport systems from fossil fuels to clean electricity, has some big implications for how we live our lives.
The grid needs fixing
To manage such a wholesale revolution at speed, we need a complete overhaul of the way we think about our electricity infrastructure.
Contrary to common belief, the National Grid – the core of our national electricity system – is probably going to be fine. It's made to last, with sufficient capacity and flexibility built in. At the other end of the spectrum, homeowners and tenants are increasingly having their smart energy needs accounted for at home, in an increasingly digital, connected and smart world.
The missing piece is what's in between: the distribution network. The poles and cables you can see outside your window are the electricity grid's roads. Many were built 50 years ago for a radically different world, with much less power.
Electrifying heat and transport on a tight deadline means there's a growing market for new bits of hardware with high electrical loads, that can double or triple the power our homes use.
Some have estimated that, even if we wanted to and money were no issue, we wouldn't have enough time to dig up all the streets and replace the cables if we're serious about getting to 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2030.
So if we want to keep buying EVs, we need a solution that's smarter than digging up old cables – and that solution is software.
On the shoulders of giants
The key to the best advances in most modern technology is software. Think about the best mobile phones or laptops, or the best buying experience or customer service from your favourite stores and brands. Part of it is build quality and design, but the majority is software.
While the rockets come in different shapes and sizes, years of progress in data, communications and computing make the difference between Apollo 11 on the one hand and SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic on the other.
So making advanced products that users love is about software. The same applies to electric vehicles – in particular to electric vehicle charging.
There's a huge opportunity to use smarter tech in today's energy and transport revolution: we're standing on the shoulders of giants.
Instead of 'energy meters in a box', we should be thinking about 'computers in a box', with a powerful cloud directing electricity to where it's needed most.
It's big data, real-time connectivity and intelligent control that's going to help us accelerate the switch to clean energy and transport, making a 100% clean power grid possible while reducing the cost of energy.
We also need to radically rethink how we use our cars; the average car is parked for 23 hours of the day and, where electrified, it is effectively a battery on wheels. At a national scale we'll have one giant storage resource to balance our clean power grid, and the charger is what will connect our energy and transport systems.
One of the exciting things about that is that it is a worldwide transformation, but one that is highly localised and personalised.
A people-powered revolution
When we talk about solving problems on local grids we need local solutions. It's intelligent control of the battery in your car that's going to help keep the lights on in your neighbourhood, charging with a local surplus of renewable power and supporting your local energy system.
So while each charger forms part of a giant intelligent network, the result is highly local.
EVs also put control back into people's hands. If I asked you how much you've spent on petrol in the last three years, or how much you used last Wednesday, would you be able to say? In the age of electrification, distribution, information and data, you can.
Intelligent software enables us to quantify how much we're saving from going electric, visualise how much carbon we're saving and, with smarter energy tariffs, even who and where we're buying the power from. Software means consumer empowerment.
To create a service we can really get excited about in the clean energy transition, we need powerful platforms. Accessible and intimate customer service, just-in-time manufacturing and same-day delivery can all be powered by software.
The future is electric
It was just 10 years ago that I had my first ride in an electric car: a G-Wiz, one of just 5,000 sold globally.
Purple and yellow and made of plastic, you could fit in the back seat if you sat sideways, and it could drive 50 miles on one charge, at up to 50mph.
Electric cars have come a long way since and are now faster, better to drive and getting cheaper than their petrol and diesel counterparts. However, they're just one piece of our electric future.
2021 has already been dubbed 'the year of the electric van,' but we're talking about so much more than that.
The market leaders in driverless car technology are proposing 'level 5' autonomy from 2022 – that means driving with hands off the wheel, eyes off the road, reading a book.
Aviation and shipping are responsible for 12% and 3% of transport emissions and rising fast, but fully electric car ferries are already operational in Europe, with 'mega chargers' on either shore charging their batteries between legs. China is piloting fully electric container ships.
150-seater electric aircraft are touted for 2030, and Norway has banned short-haul fossil-fuelled flights from 2040.
Even more excitingly, flying pizza delivered by zero-carbon eVTOL drones for last-mile delivery services is being piloted in the United States, while in the UK supermarkets are trialling wheeled delivery robots. Our first driverless aerial taxis for public use are planned for the middle of this decade.
Air travel today is all about long distances, large jets, large airports and a guilty conscience. In future it could be a complex network of many smaller vehicles with rooftop walk-on/off services.
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Conjugal What Exactly?
by Maria Gwyn McDowell
Plagued by imprecision, Giacamo Sanfilippo's "Conjugal Friendship" underscores much of what is missing in Christian conversations about same-sex relationships.
Arguing that "Holy Tradition possesses in germinal form everything necessary to articulate, thoughtfully and cautiously, an Orthodox theology and spirituality of what we now call same-sex love" Sanfilippo presents Pavel Florensky's friendship with Sergei Troitsky as such an example. Rooted in Aristotle and Plato, David and Jonathan, Christ and John, through monasticism to the rite of brother-making (echoing Boswell here), Sanfilippo argues that the "nuptial language and playfully homo-romantic emblem" with which Florensky describes his relations are "all the more remarkable if we consider that Florensky was a married priest and father of his first child."
No, no it is not remarkable in the least.
The feminist in me finds this argument bizarrely ignorant of history. That a man might find ultimate satisfaction with another man while also married to a woman and the parent of a child is not remarkable. It is utterly, horribly, typical.
Same-sex theorizing rooted in Plato and Aristotle ought to recall that the beautiful satisfaction of male-male relationships (sexual or not) stood in direct contrast to the typically dissatisfying relationships with (supposedly) intellectually and ethically inferior females that were required for societal stability. Tying Aristotle and Plato to David and Jonathan does not help: David was married to multiple women whom he won as trophies and then spurned when they no longer served his purposes. Seriously, his relationship with Bathsheba was not his only problem. Elevating these figures may be popular among gay men, but women, and particularly lesbian women, are not amused.
Sanfillipo's dismissal of the sexism deeply embedded in some of the relationships he idealizes (they are not merely androcentric as he claims) as "conjugal friendships" is heightened by his central argument: that we ought to replace "same-sex unions" with the theological term "conjugal friendship." The latter term:
allays any ambiguity concerning the kind of friendship that Florensky [and presumably, we] envisions as an exclusive union between two men, differing from marriage in no way except for procreation. It harks back to the original meaning of the Latin *conjugalis* as co-yoked, of which the Greek equivalent, σύζυγος (syzygos), applies to a range of male partnerships.
No, no it does not allay such ambiguity. It encourages it.
First, from the perspective of 20th-century marriage, these men are not co-yoked, they are idealized intellectual discussion partners who conveniently have someone else to care for their needs. None of the relationships cited indicate a life shared together, one of day-to-day care-taking, decision-making, mutual interest (and boredom), and work that is central to marriage as we understand it (though perhaps monastics are an exception to my exception).
Second, and this directly follows from the first, how exactly do these relationships differ from marriage "in no way except for procreation"? What exactly does that even mean? Is "procreation" here a circumlocution for "having sex"? Is Sanfillipo arguing for same-sex friendships that do not involve sex? If so, how exactly is this a contribution to the conversation?
Technically speaking, two persons of the same sex living together but not having sex are not in any way a problem according to the Orthodox "Holy Tradition" which is Sanfillipo's framework. However, in reality, celibate couples who also identify as non-heterosexual are run out of traditionalist churches which claim obedience to "Holy Tradition" all the time. Technically, this behavior is also a violation of "Holy Tradition." But the fear that the faithful might see something good in same-sex relationships means that such relationships must not be seen at all, so "Holy Tradition" gets trumped. But that isn't actually my point.
The "problem" with same-sex relationships is precisely around the question of sex (by which I mean sexual activity or intimacy, not our biology): Can sexual intimacy between two persons of the same sex and/or gender be a 'good'?
Sanfillipo avoids the dilemma by suggesting that postmodernity can restore our sight with the more enlightened question: "Can two persons of the same gender form a bond in which 'the two become one?'" In other words, focus on the "bond" not the sex.
I agree with Sanfillipo that two same-sexed/gendered persons can indeed form a close, intimate bond that shares all the typical characteristic of marriage except sexual intercourse. I also think that such relationships need acknowledgment in a society that bases so many social goods (tax breaks, health insurance) on married relationships.
But the problem that gets us all in a tizzy isn't the possibility of the bond, but whether sex can enhance that bond even if it is not biologically generative of tiny humans (yes, I do like Grey's Anatomy). David Dunn is fascinated by the question of whether "sexual desire and pleasure [can] be experienced as a kind of ecstasy in divine eros?" but offers the anemic conclusion that "for Gregory of Nyssa it is a necessary evil while for Augustine sex is a disordered good." In both cases, sex is never an unmitigated good.
Sarah Coakley has made a strong case that in Gregory's Commentary on the Song of Songs, sex is not simply a good, it is a good which can lead us to God. Rowan William, in a gracious review of a book whose conclusions are more conservative than his own, tantalizingly reminds us to consider carefully that "there is a case for saying that bodies can 'generate' in ways that are not simply about conception and birth. And — to revive a distinction I proposed many years ago — to see something (generative sexual congress) as an interpretative center for making sense of other relationships."
This is the question that matters: is sexual congress generative of more than simply tiny humans?
Avoiding this question simply gets the conversation nowhere at all. Traditionalists are convinced that the only good of sex is its procreative possibility (a debate which is hardly limited to same-sex questions as the conversations around birth control in the Catholic Church indicate). Progressive orthodox Christians (The small 'o' is intentional here; Rod Dreher cannot simply define me out of orthodoxy based on our mutually exclusive views of Christian sexuality) can agree that sex is indeed generative, but that generativity is not simply a function of biological procreation. Generativity is the result of actions which love and nurture one another and all creation.
This possibility of generativity makes Sanfillipo's brief allusion to Symeon the Theologian all too unfortunate, precisely because Symeon offers an image of same-sex nuptial relations as an image for our relationship with God, surely the most generative relationship we can have.
[These next three paragraphs are shamelessly stolen directly from a paper I gave at AAR in 2015]
Symeon, whose erotic nuptial imagery describing the union between God and humanity scandalized his contemporaries, tells the story of a rebel who after many years finally returns home to his emperor. The emperor is faithful to his many promises of mercy, and joyfully welcomes the rebel home, falling upon his neck with kisses, and orders that a crown, robe and sandals be brought out. At this point, Symeon's allusion moves away from the Lukan parable:
And this is not the whole tale, but day and night he rejoices and is glad with him, embracing him and kissing his mouth with his own. So much does he love him exceedingly that he is not separated from him even in sleep, but lies together with him embracing him on his bed, and covers him all about with his own cloak, and places his face upon all his members.1
Symeon's own exegesis of his parable invites his "beloved brothers," the monastics to whom he is preaching, to "run naked and, approaching Christ the Master, let us fall down and weep before his goodness, so that He … may like the emperor in our story… make us worthy celebrants of the bridal chamber of heaven."2 What started as a coronation celebration shifts to an extended celebration of joyful, nuptial intimacy.
Sex is precisely one of these actions in which couples engage that generates love, affection, tenderness, intimacy, and trust, all of which go to enriching a relationship which is likely not primarily about sexual intercourse (seriously, what marriage is?) but which includes it as an essential and joyous part of a whole.
I have no idea what Sanfillipo hopes to do with his essay, and comments on Facebook certainly question his motivations and what might be happening between the lines. Self-described traditionalists think this is a covert argument for same-sex unions. Progressive orthodox wonder why he can't just talk about sex. I sympathize with these comments in large part because I find this a confusing and imprecise contribution that intentionally avoids the difficult reality facing those who prioritize "traditional family values," which is this: same-sex couples evince in their relationships the very fruits of the Spirit which are the generation of loving relationships, and their sexual activity is as much a part of this generativity as it is for heterosexual couples. If Sanfillipo is trying to offer a way to think about same-sex unions, then I commend my own comment on Public Orthodoxy from a year ago:
… all relationships are loci for theosis, and provides criteria by which Christians can affirm the many relationships in which human persons engage: Does this relationship nourish, ripen, and harvest the fruits of the Spirit? Does it help its members become better lovers of God and neighbor? Is it life-bearing? Different relationships require different practices to encourage fruitfulness. Monastic relationships are shaped by commitments to a particular community, the sharing of all goods in common, and sexual abstinence. Married relations are shaped by fidelity to a single spouse, as well as by supportive commitments to a wide range of family members including but hardly exclusive to children. These two relationships hardly exhaust the relationships through which God works: we are all members of families, ecclesial communities, and societies, as well as residents of particular regions and countries. We are workers, caretakers, friends, and acquaintances. Each of these relationships can be a place in which love bears life.
1: Saint Symeon the New Theologian, On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, V 1: The Church and the Last Things: Ethical Discourses 1-3, 10, 14, Popular Patristics Series, vol. 1 (Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1995), 150-151.
2: Ibid., p. 152.
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Maria Gwyn McDowell was raised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and is now a priest at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, a teacher, and a scholar. She is committed to helping create compassionate and just communities of practice called to work with God in the world. She loves nothing more than standing with people at the crossroads of understanding and practice. She received her PhD in Theological Ethics from Boston College and writes on gender, sexuality, and women in the church. She is now, and will forever remain, a fervent heckler of all teams that oppose the Portland Thorns Football Club.
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