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Is there a The Mortuary Assistant Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 & Nintendo Switch Release Date
by Abhinav Singh Jalal
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The Mortuary Assistant is a game whose title is enough to leave the player with chills. The game made an entrance on the PC market on 2 August 2022. Fans are giving a very positive response to it on Steam. However, Is there a Mortuary Assistant Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 & Nintendo Switch release date? As we know that the game is still available only for the PC platform, a release for console lovers might be long overdue. Let's go through this article and see if The Mortuary Assistant is coming to your favorite console.
Also read: How long does it take to finish The Mortuary Assistant?
The Mortuary Assistant is a single-player game that revolves around a simulation experience of a mortuary. The details in the game are insanely accurate and the graphics are compelling enough to make you bite your teeth. In this game, you join the River Fields Mortuary after completing your degree in mortuary sciences for an internship. As the plot deepens, your journey in the Rivers Fields Mortuary begins. If you love this particular genre of games, you will be impressed by the plot settings. However, if you own an Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, or a Nintendo Switch, you must be thinking about whether this game will be released on the said platforms.
Well, if we are keeping it real, the answer is no. There is no release date for the Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 & Nintendo players willing to have their hands on The Mortuary Assistant. As of now, the game is exclusively available for PC only. However, the game has full-controller support for PC on Steam. This means, that if you are hoping to play the game with your controller, you can just turn on your PC, plug in your controller and enjoy it. Since the game has full-controller support, you will not have to worry about bugs or glitches while using your controller. On the contrary, if you want to play the game on your console, you might have to wait. Until an official confirmation arrives from the developers of the game, it will be an overstatement to go for any kind of wild assumption.
I am looking at porting options with my publisher
— Brian Clarke (DSD) (@DSDigitalDev) August 2, 2022
However, the developer from DarkStone Digital is looking for porting options for the game with their publisher. Although this might be a shot in the dark, there still seems to be some hope for console fans who want to enjoy the game on their respective devices. So, is there a Mortuary Assistant Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS4, PS5 & Nintendo Switch release date? Well, not for now. But until then, you can visit Androidgram and get your hands on the latest updates about the game.
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Raúl Romero: what does the former host of "Habacilar" do after moving away from television?
Raul Romero established himself as one of the most outstanding conductors of Peruvian television during the 90s and the first part of the 2000s. His programs "R con erre" and "Habacilar" enjoyed great success in these times, especially among youth, due to his fun and fresh style that caught on with this mentioned group.
But at the beginning of the second decade of the 2000s, his time in this type of shows ended to give rise to the famous reality shows. From there, the vocalist of "I don't know who and I don't know how many" dedicated himself to his musical career, although he also made some appearances on the national small screen.
What does Raúl Romero do after leaving TV?
At the beginning of 2021, the name of Raúl Romero sounded loud in the media when the return of "Habacilar" was announced, which became "Esto es Habacilar". Said space had the presence of Roger del Águila, which is why the singer's followers asked him to take charge of this new project. However, the artist himself ruled out this possibility through a video on his social networks.
The host of "Habacilar" is happy to return to television with "La voz senior". Photo: Raúl Romero/ Facebook/ Latina
However, in 2022 he managed to return to television after being chosen as one of the coaches of "La voz senior". But since the end of this season, the now soloist seems to have found a new hobby that has led him to fall in love with digital tools.
Raúl Romero has decided to focus fully on his social networks, especially his YouTube channel, where he regularly uploads content. The presenter usually shares his travel experiences, which he documents in detail for his followers.
Raúl Romero opens Premium subscription for his YouTube channel
In this sense, Raúl Romero will also seek to monetize with his platforms, for which he decided to charge an amount to access his exclusive material. In this way, everyone who wants to appreciate this content must pay the subscription of eight soles per month on his official channel.
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Profit starved savers feast on bonds
They beat cash for returns and may be safer than shares. But how safe are they?
Ali Hussain
June 9 2013, 1:01am, The Sunday Times
Terry Beavis and his wife Jo are wary of the soaring value of bonds (Ben Cawthra)
INVESTORS suffering from dwindling returns on savings are flocking to retail bonds — despite growing concerns about a bond bubble.
Since 2010, the amount of money raised by companies from individual investors has hit £3.26bn. The value of bonds traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) by direct investors was £76.1m in the first five months of this year, compared with just £7.9m during the same period in 2012. The amount traded in May alone hit a record £20.7m.
Retail bonds — IOUs from firms in return for a fixed income — have traditionally been traded by institutions and fund managers with minimum investments of £100,000. Since 2010, they have been available direct to retail customers with minimum investments of £1,000 to £2,000 via the LSE, using…


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Gajser returns to Sweden podium as Evans puts in best moto of the season
Team HRC's Tim Gajser made a welcome to the podium after his four-two moto scores gave him second overall, in another good weekend for his championship standings. Qualification race winner Mitch Evans also had his best race result of the year with a fourth in race two, keeping pace with the three riders in front of him and putting in the fastest lap of the race onboard his Honda CR450R.
Yesterday, the pair went one-two in a dominating display of riding for Team HRC, but unfortunately they weren't able to make the best use of their gate-picks in race one as they both struggled out of the gate. Within a few turns, the pair were just outside the top five, but as Evans tried to make another pass, he made a slight error and had to remount his bike. With the pack still close together, this meant that he was near the back of the field when he headed off again and with a lot of work ahead of him.
For Gajser, he managed to get into fourth by the end of the first lap and despite trying many different lines, he was unable to make any passes to improve his position, crossing the line still in fourth place. Behind him, Evans was the only rider who was making moves, crossing the line in 27th on lap one, but making his way up to 10th place by the end of the moto. It was a monumental effort from the Australian and although he was disappointed with the mistake, it was a great ride and gave him confidence he could still get a good result in race two.
Knowing the start was crucial, both Honda CR450R riders got much better jumps and were right in the thick of the action in the first few corners. Both Gajser and Evans made some nice moves to get into second and fourth respectively by the end of lap one, and with everyone separated by just a few seconds, there was potential for the results to get even better. However, like race one, the top five were all running laptimes so close to each other than passing was almost impossible, and although Evans did post the fastest laptime, neither rider could make a pass and they finished where they started, in second and fourth.
With four-two results, this meant Gajser was second overall, and still leading the MXGP championship by 115-points, with just three rounds remaining. This means the #243 needs just 35-points in the next six motos to be crowned world champion for the fifth time in his career, all under the Team HRC awning.
Evans, who moved into 10th place in the championship, can also get excited for Finland next weekend as the fourth in race two was his best so far this year. This should give him a lot of confidence as the rider's head to Hyvinkaa, a track that hasn't seen MXGP action since 2014. This will mean that he'll have as much experience as most of his competitors, and with a big boost of confidence from the three races this weekend, he'll definitely be aiming for a podium position.
In what is the second of three back-to-back rounds, the track in Hyvinkaa should provide a much different challenge for the Team HRC duo than this rutted but narrow Uddevalla circuit, with the deep-sand circuit hopefully making passing a bit more possible. The weather forecast right now is looking promising and everyone will be hoping that the MXGP results also go to plan when the gate drops on August 14th.
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"To come away with second overall is a solid result, but it was a little frustrating because the track was just so difficult to pass on. In both races, there wasn't a pass in the top five after the first lap, so when I didn't get the best start in race one, it really hurt my chances to win my ninth overall of the season. However, it is another race down and I'm still in a really strong position in the championship so I just need to keep the level high and aim for the win in Finland next weekend."
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"After winning yesterday's qualification race, I really felt like I could have been on the podium today, but unfortunately I made a small mistake on the first lap of race one and that cost me. I fought back from near the back of the field, and worked my way up to 10th, which on this track wasn't easy, so that was a good recovery, but I really hoped for more. Still, in race two, I made up for that with a strong fourth place finish, my best moto result of the season so that felt really good and gives me confidence that I can battle for the podium spots in these last three GPs of the season."
Marcus Pereira de Freitas - HRC General Manager MXGP
"Going one-two in the qualification race yesterday really gave everyone hope that both Tim and Mitch could get on the podium today, however motocross can be a tough sport and one mistake can take away that opportunity. I do have to give big credit to Mitch because he fought hard to comeback to 10th, overtaking a lot of guys on a track that barely anyone else made a move on. He then carried that into race two for his best race of the season and I'm really excited for these next few rounds for him. Tim continues to ride at a high level and was back on the podium again with his four-two results. The championship position is very good and we are very much looking forward to Finland."
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'Poor Richard' Still Speaketh: Ben Franklin's Advice for a Better New Year
01.09.2022 | Commentary | Jerry Newcombe |
Surge Summary: Ben Franklin offered lots of pithy advice – much of it useful, especially as we begin a new year.
by Jerry Newcombe
Many of us still write up New Years' Resolutions. Lose those extra ten pounds, read the Bible more, remember people's names better. A friend told me, "I used to have a problem with remembering names until I took the Dale Carmichael course."
One American who has been a font of timeless and timely advice was founding father extraordinaire Ben Franklin. He said, "Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man."
Franklin was a busy man, who served in both the Continental Congress that produced the Declaration of Independence and the Constitutional Convention that produced our nation's governing document. He also founded one of the nation's earliest anti-slavery societies.
Franklin wrote a classic book called, Poor Richard's Almanack (1732), which is a series of pithy statements. Consider some of his thoughts in terms of trying to develop better habits for the New Year.
On laziness versus productivity, you can see the old New England Puritan influence here. He said,
"There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies."
"Little Strokes, Fell great Oaks."
"Fear to do ill, and you need fear naught else. O Lazy bones!"
"You may delay, but time will not."
"Lost time is never found again."
"All things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth."
Here's a rather famous one: "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of."
He also noted, "The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasures; the knave takes pleasure, and then suffers pains," and "One today is worth two tomorrows."
Surely, applying some of these principles in our daily lives would lead to greater productivity. As Paul said in Ephesians, we should "redeem the time for the days are evil."
Ben Franklin also had good advice against greed. He said:
"Avarice and happiness never saw each other; how then should they become acquainted?"
"Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion."
"Content[ment] makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich Men poor."
"He does not possess wealth, it possesses him."
There's an underlying truth in these. You could have riches untold, but if you're ungrateful, it's worse than being impoverished.
Franklin went on to say:
"If man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles."
"Wish a miser long life, and you wish him no good."
"He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go."
"When will the miser's chest be full enough?"
"If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world?"
"What is more valuable than gold? Diamonds. Than diamonds? Virtue."
"He that's content hath enough. He that complains hath too much."
Much of this reminds me of Jesus' warning to "beware of covetousness," one of the many Biblical prohibitions against greed and envy.
Ben Franklin was not an orthodox Christian. But nor was he an atheist. He played a pivotal role as a publisher to help spread the message of George Whitefield's evangelistic crusade up and down the Atlantic coast. This was pivotal to the Great Awakening, which was pivotal to our independence.
Furthermore, Franklin remonstrated with Thomas Paine for writing his anti-Christian screed, Age of Reason. And, during the Constitutional Convention, when the delegates got bogged down and couldn't agree on specifics, Franklin rose up and gave an important speech, suggesting that the new nation look to God for His help and to pray about this matter. It is reported that acting on his suggestion broke the impasse.
Franklin also had some good advice on choosing humility over pride:
"People who are wrapped in themselves make small packages."
"The first degree of folly, is to conceit one's self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise counsel."
"Despair ruins some, presumption many."
"He that falls in love with himself, will have no rivals."
"The proud hate pride—in others."
I love what Franklin said about marriage—slightly paraphrased: Before you get married, keep your eyes wide open. After you get married, keep them half closed. And he also warned, "He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas."
Furthermore, he encouraged writers, when he noted—again, slightly paraphrased: If you would not be forgotten, when you're long dead and rotten, then write something worth the reading or do something worth the writing.
Finally, he had some good suggestions that apply to weight control—a perpetual goal for those of us who make New Years' Resolutions: "Eat to live; live not to eat."
Even if we applied just one of these principles from Dr. Franklin in 2022, it would tend to make us more "healthy, wealthy, and wise" in the new year.
Originally posted here.
Image: Adapted from: https://nara.getarchive.net/media/benjamin-franklin-and-us-independence-6c9134
Jerry Newcombe
Jerry Newcombe, D.Min., is an on-air host/senior producer for D. James Kennedy Ministries. He has written/co-written 31 books, e.g., The Unstoppable Jesus Christ, American Amnesia: Is American Paying the Price for Forgetting God?, What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? (w/ D. James Kennedy) & the bestseller, George Washington's Sacred Fire (w/ Peter Lillback) djkm.org @newcombejerry www.jerrynewcombe.com
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Fatal Crash in Glenview
by Steve Sadin • October 25, 2016
GLENVIEW/NORTHBROOK — A Northbrook man was struck and killed by car on October 21 in what Glenview Police Sgt. James Foley called a "tragic accident."
The man, identified as Marcos Arroyo of Northbrook by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, was crossing Milwaukee Avenue in Glenview at approximately 6 a.m. October 21 when he was fatally struck by a southbound vehicle, according to a Glenview Police Department news release.
Foley said no traffic citations were issued and no laws were broken by the motorist. He said there was no traffic control device or marked crosswalk on that portion of Milwaukee Avenue south of Gregory Drive.
"It was just one of those tragic accidents," said Foley. "He was crossing Milwaukee Avenue from west to east and made it to the median. One southbound lane was stopped but the other one was not. He did not see that."
Arroyo was transported to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge where he was pronounced dead, according to the release. Becky Schlikerman, a spokesperson for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, said in an email that the deceased was 53 and lived in the 3600 block of Salem Walk in Northbrook.
The cause of death was accidental, according to Schlikerman. She said he died from multiple injuries due a motor vehicle striking a pedestrian.
Glenview police were assisted by the major crash assistance team of the North Regional Major Crimes Task Force, according to the release.
NORTAF is a cooperative effort of police departments in Evanston, Glencoe, Glenview, Kenilworth, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Northbrook, Northfield, Skokie, Wheeling, Wilmette and Winnetka, according to the group's website.


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ProPublica's Podkul wins Birger award
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Thats amazing. I also played football after hurting myself in foot through unsuitable shoes.
I went to PT yesterday and practiced running - very short distance for my PT. My stride is still a little wonky so I have assignments to improve stride: lunges on bosu, running in place bring heels as close to hips as possible. Also, I had a funny movement bringing my repaired leg forward - sort of a circular swing that I am supposed to work on. I thought about this as I walked home from PT and realized that I am not moving my right hip at all. I started letting my right hip move a bit to mimic the motion of left hip, and I think it is helping. After my workout at the gym today, I ran 2 minutes on the treadmill at about a 13 minute pace. It went okay - no pain. I will try it again Thursday. Meanwhile, I am walking over 15,000 steps a day, going to the gym every other day, and doing pt at home the off days. I'll update again next week.
At PT today, I ran on the treadmill. The change in my hip improved my stride. While I still have exercises to do, I am now cleared to run one minute intervals. I can do these on the treadmill in the gym or on my walks.. I am very out of shape for running, but I think running will bring back my conditioning. No PT next week, so I have 2 weeks to work on the one minute drills. Unless something happens, I will wait to report until my next PT. That should give me time to work on form on my short running drills.
For me it was great inspiration blotto, you are great runner of course. But from your health point of view whatever decision you have taken is right.
August 8 - I officially started Couch to 5k on Sunday. This week I "run" for 3 days. After a 5 minute warm up walk, I do 8 reps of 60 seconds running and 90 seconds walking. My assignment is to focus on form: keep knees straight and aligned; keep core tight, keep sternum centered so shoulders are level; keep ribs down; keep shoulders relaxed; allow hips to swing normally; be sure kickback is the same on both legs; land lightly. Going through this check list as I run is a bit of a challenge; I check items off one at a time, and by the time I reach the end of the list, I need to start again and make minor adjustments. Running used to be easy. No major changes to my exercise regimine other than squats on a Bosu to improve balance.
August 19 - I am now up to six 90 second intervals. Next week, my plan calls for 3 minute intervals, but my PT wants me to slow down and only do 2:30 intervals. All is going pretty well, considering. I had some swelling Thursday, when I ran and then increased my weights at the gym. So, I took Friday off - no PT, no stairs, just walking. I am pretty confident that things will progress, so I will wait to post until I hit a milestone, have a eureka moment, or just think I have something to report.
Well, I wasn't going to post for a while, but last Wednesday I increased my run to 2 min 3o secs. I felt great, but after the run, my knee was SORE. My knee hurt, my hip hurt, my back hurt. I didn't do any exercise for 4 days. I am still sore and am doing about 1/2 of my normal exercise. I was ready to pack it in. My PT says keep the exercise light for another week and try again. She says drop back to 90 sec and then increase to 90, 120, 120, 90, still discouraged, but I will give it a try.
Here's an update. I had my 6-month check up yesterday. All good. I talked to my doctor about my running so far. He said everything looked good. He encouraged me to do most of my running on trail or treadmill, but didn't rule out 5k or 10k on the street. With that in mind, I decided to push a little harder. Today I ran for one mile on the treadmill. I ran at a slow 10:30 pace. It was easy. No knee problems. I will continue to build miles at a slow pace. My PT says build miles first than work on speed. I may not rigorously follow couch to 5k. I don't want to pust too hard, but I think I have been holding myself back. Next week I plan to jump to 2x1 mile, and the following week 3x1 mile, I will do these 3 x a week. Then, I will reevaluate. I will check in in a couple of weeks.
I am now up to 2.5 miles on the treadmill 3 times a week. I will hold at this distance a few more weeks out of caution. We've entered the rainy season, but when a dry day hits, I will do my run outdoors. I think it will be easier. I don't love treadmills.
I am now running 5 miles, trail or street. I am still slow. I will run a 5k in March and share my results.
I have to say you're awesome!
RACE REPORT! I ran my first post-replacement race. It was a 5K. The race was probably more of an event than a race. 1000's of people, wave start without regard to goal pace. I was struggling through walkers, children, and strollers for most of the first 2 miles. I managed to finish in 28:56, my slowest 5K ever. But, I held about an 8 minute pace for the last mile. More important, I did it! I had no problem with my knee, and will shoot for a 10k next time. It was fun!
Blotto, you're doing amazing! I've never heard of someone recovering that quickly. What would you say helped you the most? I just have to say that you're an inspiration. I've been known to whine over shin splints.
I had a MakoPlasty robotic guided replacement from an experienced surgeon. I think getting everything fitted correctly helped. I also had a good PT. It's tricky to find the balance between doing too much and aggrevating the knee and doing too little and becoming weak. I exercised as much as I could, iced for hours every day. I took pain meds for 4 months so I could keep going. And, I was lucky.
Thanks for taking the time to reply! It sounds like you went in with a plan and took your recovery seriously. I understand the difficulty of finding the balance between too much and too little exercise, but kudos to you for doing so well.
lovely stuff! Going for a 5km run myself. Aiming to go past omaha car care. I've never been past it.
I had my acl surgery last November and im still killing from it!
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Federal Judge Refuses To Block SF's Ban On High Capacity Gun Magazines
guns NRA U.S. District Court by Bay City News | February 19, 2014 8:37 pm	| in City Hall | 1
A federal judge in San Francisco today refused to block a new city law that bans possession of high-capacity gun magazines that hold more than 10 automatically reloading bullets.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup turned down a request by a group of retired police officers for a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the law. The measure will now go into effect on April 7.
"The public interest favors immediate enforcement of the San Francisco ordinance," Alsup wrote.
The San Francisco Veteran Police Officers Association and four individuals, in a lawsuit filed on their behalf by the National Rifle Association, argued the law violated their constitutional Second Amendment right to bear arms.
But Alsup said that the law "does not destroy the right to self defense," but rather provides a restriction that is justified by the city's interests in promoting public safety and preventing gun violence.
Alsup said that evidence in case thus far indicates that law-abiding citizens rarely need more than 10 rounds for self-defense, while high-capacity magazines "allow mass killers to shoot more victims before reloading, multiplying the number of deaths."
"One critical difference is that whereas the civilian defender rarely will exhaust the up-to-ten magazine, the mass murderer has every intention of firing every round possible and will exhaust the largest magazine available to him," the judge wrote.
"On balance, more innocent lives will be saved by limiting the capacity of magazines than by allowing the previous regime of no limitation to continue," Alsup said.
A spokesman for the law firm representing the plaintiffs said they will appeal the ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera, whose office defended the law, said the ruling "powerfully affirms San Francisco's rationale for enacting our common sense gun safety law."
"The U.S. Supreme Court has been very clear that state and local governments are constitutionally entitled to enact reasonable firearms regulations, and that Second Amendment rights aren't unlimited," Herrera said.
A 2000 California law prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, gift or loan of magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. The San Francisco law goes a step further and bans possession of such magazines with the city, with a few exceptions, including one for law enforcement officers. The lawsuit challenged only the city law.
The San Francisco ordinance was passed last fall in response to several recent mass shootings where killers used high-capacity magazines, including the fatal shooting of 20 children and six adults by a mentally troubled man at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.
Alsup noted that several other local and state governments have enacted similar bans on high-capacity magazines in the wake of the shootings, and those measures have been upheld by federal trial courts in Connecticut, Maryland, New York and Washington, D.C.
The retired police officers' lawsuit is one of a series filed around the nation by the NRA to test the scope of a landmark 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Second Amendment.
In that decision, the high court said the constitutional right to bear arms extends to individual gun possession. It said law-abiding citizens have a right to possess guns for use in "in defense of hearth and home," but said that some limits are permissible.
Julia Cheever, Bay City News


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In Terms Of attended the following events during calendar year 2019.
Lauretta Vinciarelli Public Programs: Sean Anderson, Marta Gutman, Mary McLeod, and James Russell, moderated by Barry Bergdoll, Judd Foundation, New York, NY.
The Handmaid's Tale Season 3 Preview Screening and Live Event (with Bruce Miller and Warren Littlefield in Person), Museum of the Moving Image, Redstone Theater, Astoria, NY.
Collecting the "Uncollectible": Earth and Site-Specific Sculpture, Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library, the Frick Collection, New York, NY.
ARTbreak Talk: The Jean Freeman Gallery Does Not Exist, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI.
This Alien Nation, Joe's Pub at Public Theater, New York, NY.
Andy Warhol after Pop, Whitney Museum of American Art and the New School, the Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY.
Share and Connect: Databases for Art Market Studies, College Art Association, 107th Annual Conference, New York Hilton Midtown, Nassau East, New York, NY.
Multiple Cosmologies: Celestial Imagery in the Medieval and Early Modern World, College Art Association, 107th Annual Conference, New York Hilton Midtown, Bryant Suite, New York, NY.
Film Screening: Redistribution (2007–) by Seth Price, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Peter B. Lewis Theater, New York, NY.
Gloria: A Life, Daryl Roth Theater, New York, NY.
Venice Biennale Irving Sandler Frieze Performance art Economics Sculpture Book launch Ethics Women Artists News Minimalism New School Internet SoHo Labor Art market Lucy R. Lippard New York University Museum of Modern Art Collecting Andy Warhol New York Brooklyn Museum School of Visual Arts Whitney Biennial Guggenheim Museum Robert Rauschenberg Painting Swiss Institute New York Times Whitney Museum of American Art Photography MoMA Politics Education Village Voice New Museum Curators Artists Jeff Koons Feminism CAA Art in America Critics Capitalism Video art Vito Acconci Copyright Film Appropriation Artforum Museums Criticism Saint Louis Writing Columbia University Exhibitions Metropolitan Museum of Art Judy Seigel College Art Association Conceptual art


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The Contra Costa County Library presents Online Storytime every Tuesday & Thursday at 10am, now through August 27, 2020 on the Library's Facebook page.
ONLINE – Watch as the Contra Costa County Library's favorite storytellers paint a picture with words during these free online storytime sessions. Presented on the Library's Facebook page, these 10-minute videos are a special treat for kids of all ages. Storytellers will entertain by reading books and singing songs. Be sure to check out the Library's other Facebook videos featuring art demonstrations, magic shows, author lectures and even ukulele lessons!
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Wed. Feb 1, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Fleetwood Mask Live at VPAT
Fri. Feb 3, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Danville's Farmers' Market Every Saturday
Sat. Feb 4, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
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This is the final essay in a series of essays on Brett and R S Peters' work "The History of Psychology". In the opening essay on the Philosophy of Man Peters pointed out how throughout the ages there has been a tendency to focus on the data or the subject matter of a collection of different kinds of inquiries occurring in the name of religion medicine and philosophy. This subject matter , of course, very quickly proliferates and demands ordering if the impression is not to be one of total confusion.
In 1870 Psychology unilaterally declared its independence from Philosophy and Religion and decided to focus on the scientific method as a means of uniting a chaotic field of data or subject matter. This move incorporated a commitment to observation and a resultant suspension of the "psychological" practical attitudes involved in calls to action and the evaluation of action which was the concern of Aristotle's practical science. Psychology reduced the circumference of the circle of its concerns to a theoretical reasoning that committed itself to what Brett called "observationalism" and introspection(a psychological mechanism which turned observation inwards).
The twentieth century, it is maintained, was largely obsessed by observationalist assumptions and reactions to observationalism such as behaviourism. Initially upon the declaration of independence, the definition of Psychology accepted by many leading researchers was "The science of consciousness" but it was then discovered that consciousness could not be observed and could not, therefore, fit into the theoretical scientific framework of being manipulated or measured as an experimental variable. The "scientific" response to this was to redefine Psychology as the "science of behaviour" and this move merely further reduced the circumference of the investigative circle and much that was of interest in the Philosophy of man was ignored.
The analogy of two different cities obviously breaks down with the concept of the unconscious which actually is a concept on the boundary of the physical and the psychological. Ricoeur noted that this part of Freud's theory is more physiological and relates to the "energetics" and physical mechanisms of the body such as the leaving of memory traces by ideas that pass in and out of consciousness. Freud discovered that not all of these traces give rise to memories which can be retrieved in the way memories normally are. Some of these traces are of ideas that at one time passed through consciousness and require special techniques or circumstances before they are able to "surface" once again in the realm of consciousness: techniques such as hypnosis or free association, and circumstances such as dreaming or narcosis. Why one might ask do these "ideas" nor naturally "surface" in consciousness under the appropriate circumstances? Freud's answer is that something or some force is preventing this natural process from occurring. There is, in other words, a repressing force operating in the mind distorting its natural function. Freud also acknowledged tendencies of the id which are not conscious and have not been formed by the egos defense mechanisms. Examples of traces that are prevented from expressing themselves in consciousness are "the traces left by experiences in early childhood–especially those involving wishes of which we feel ashamed". In his later theorizing, Freud introduces "agents" into his topographical model. The Ego, for example, is the outer face of the id that negotiates as best it can with three masters: firstly it meets the demands of the external world instrumentally finding the best means to the ends which meet these demands, secondly it meets the demands of the id, sometimes defensively, thirdly it meets the demands of the superego and its demands that certain standards of behaviour and judgment be maintained.. This latter agency of the super-ego is obviously an introjection of mechanisms of society which regard "norms" as necessary for the ordering of relations between men in society. Here we are obviously dealing with the attitudes I referred to in the beginning of this essay. The final third wave of Freud's theorizing provided us with a picture of the workings of a "silent" instinct that wreaks havoc in society: the death instinct that manifests itself defensively as aggression and this was for Freud the final piece of the puzzle depicting the contours of human nature. A number of patients with sadistic-masochistic tendencies were flying beneath the radar of Freudian theory and until Thanatos entered the arena of theoretical explanation these patients were paradoxes for Freudian theory. The superego obviously contained more than a little of this aggression as well as containing the influences of our closest relatives and friends as well as the influence of social institutions.Many everyday transactions in the social world are in Freudian theory, given technical labels which refer to a network of descriptive and explanatory concepts. The theory proposed that conflicts in early childhood can centre around organs and operations of the body and that the failure to resolve such conflicts might result in personality distortions which have been famously described in personality type theory.
Interest in the development of the child and personality types gave rise in the twentieth century to an industry of attempts to "measure" the abilities and personality of children and adults. Educationalists became interested in intelligence testing. Testing and experimentation also continued in earnest with different animals. Psychometrics became a part of many Psychology and Teacher training courses at Universities and Colleges. Everyone became technically interested in the "instruments" of Psychology and the conceptual aspect of psychological investigations was marginalized. Statistical studies aiming at proving causal relationships between variables soon gave way to studies using probability theory to calculate correlations between variables, especially in those studies in which a conceptual understanding of the variables and their contexts were lacking.
Peters points out insightfully that this discussion only had one direction in which to go and that was toward a description of human automata. This environment also made it difficult for Freudian ideas to persist and Freud bashing became a favorite past-time of many American academics. Even Malinowski's serious objections to the Freudian Oedipus complex was overshadowed by a general lack of interest in Freuds theories. The condition of the existence of his theories depended upon insisting upon a link with social anthropology.
The overall impression of Peters is that during the 20th century there emerged a proliferation of "schools" of Psychology all operating on either different assumptions or with different methods or with different concepts and that this has in no small measure contributed to what many philsophers regard as the "conceptual confusion" in the subject.


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Q: "Jupyter lab build" fails on corporate network I use jupyterlab (2.2.6) on windows, which is installed with conda.
I work for a company that uses Zscaler for internet access security, so for conda and other less-native windows applications I have to ensure the ssl library trusts the zscaler proxy.
For a plain installation of jupyterlab with conda "jupyter lab build" always fails
My workaround is to locate .yarnrc, usually in \Miniconda3\envs\dev2\Lib\site-packages\jupyterlab\staging.yarnrc and add "strict-ssl false" or point to a bundle of certificates.
Yarn is being used by jupyterlab and as the workaround works, I expect the reason "jupyter lab build" failing is that the embedded yarn misses the required ssl configuration.
My question now is, if there is a better way to configure yarn in jupyterlab.
Br,
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Jay-Z Quietly Pulls His Catalogue From Spotify
Ryan Fricke April 9th, 2017 - 6:56 PM
Jay-Z, co-owner of Tidal, has pulled the plug on his entire catalogue from his competitor Spotify as of April 7. All that remains for Spotify of the hip-hop legend's work are a few collaborative albums with R Kelly and five singles that are all collaborations as well. The R Kelly albums include Unfinished Business (2004) and Best of Both Worlds (2002). The collaborative singles include "N—-s in Paris" (Kanye featuring Jay), "Numb/Encore" (Linkin Park with Hova), "All the Way Up" (Fat Joe and Remy Ma ft. French Montana, Infared and Jay-Z), "Clique" (Big Sean with Jay-Z and Kanye) and "Dirt Off Your Shoulders" (with Notorious B.I.G.).
Through a statement with Billboard, Spotify confirmed that "some of his (Jay-Z's) catalog has been removed at the request of the artist."
The sudden decision to remove his music from Spotify could be tied in with Tidal's standings in streaming ranks. Although the launch of Tidal was back in 2015 they are thought to trail their competitors substantially. According to Billboard, their estimated subscribers are under 3 million, which trails Spotify (50 million), Apple Music (20 million) and Amazon (10 million).
Update (4/10): Jay-Z has returned most of his material to Apple Music, after removing it on Friday. However, all three of the Blueprint albums and Reasonable Doubt are still not available. There has been no changes made to his decision in regards to Spotify.
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White House proposes $18bn in domestic cuts to pay for US-Mexico border wall
Medical research, infrastructure and community grants all set to be defunded if budget approved - a far cry from President's election pledge that neighbour would be billed for construction
Andrew Taylor
Wednesday 29 March 2017 08:24
A section of the wall separating Mexico and the US in Tijuana
(Edgard Garrido/Reuters)
President Donald Trump is proposing immediate budget cuts of $18 billion from programmes like medical research, infrastructure and community grants so US taxpayers, not Mexico, can cover the down payment on the border wall.
The White House documents were submitted to Congress amid negotiations over a catchall spending bill that would avert a partial government shutdown at the end of next month. The package would wrap up $1.1 trillion in unfinished spending bills and address the Trump administration's request for an immediate $30 billion in additional Pentagon spending.
The latest Trump proposal, disclosed Tuesday, would eliminate $1.2 billion in National Institutes of Health research grants, a favourite of both parties. The community development block grant programme, also popular, would be halved, amounting to a cut of $1.5 billion, and Trump would strip $500 million from a popular grant programme for transportation projects. Some of that money would help pay for parts of the wall.
Like Trump's 2018 proposed budget, which was panned by both Democrats and Republicans earlier this month, the proposals have little chance of being enacted.
But they could create bad political optics for the struggling Trump White House, since the administration asked earlier for $3 billion to pay for the Trump's controversial US-Mexico border wall and other immigration enforcement plans. During the campaign, Trump repeatedly promised Mexico would pay for the wall, a claim the country has disputed.
Donald Trump is going to cut Meals on Wheels to pay for border wall
"The administration is asking the American taxpayer to cover the cost of a wall — unneeded, ineffective, absurdly expensive — that Mexico was supposed to pay for, and he is cutting programmes vital to the middle class to get that done," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. "Build the wall or repair or build a bridge or tunnel or road in your community? What's the choice?"
The roster of cuts were sent to Capitol Hill as a set of options for GOP staff aides and lawmakers crafting a catchall spending bill for the ongoing budget year, which ends September 30.
Those talks are intensifying, but Senate Republicans are considering backing away from a showdown with Democrats over whether to fund Trump's request for immediate funding to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. Senate Democrats have threatened to filibuster any provision providing money for the wall. And many Republicans aren't very enthusiastic about it and say the White House hasn't given them many specifics to go on.
"I'd like to hear the details. What is this wall?" asked Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Asked about including Southern border wall financing in the broader spending package, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., a key negotiator, said: "They will not pass together. That's just my view."
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Blunt added, "My view is there's a path to get 60 votes" in the Senate, the total required to overcome a Democratic filibuster. Blunt is a member of the Senate GOP leadership team and a major player on health and human services accounts.
The government would shut down except for some functions at midnight April 28 without successful action on spending. GOP leaders are eager to avoid a politically damaging shutdown, especially in the wake of last week's embarrassing failure to pass the Trump-pushed bill to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law.
Negotiators have made progress on the core elements of a dozen must-do funding bills, but have ignored the White House's list of cuts in doing so.
But the White House badly wants funding for the Mexico wall and hasn't fully engaged in the Capitol Hill negotiations. Pitfalls lay ahead in the talks, and the situation is especially fragile because of divisions among GOP ranks and uncertainty over who's playing the lead role at the White House on the particulars of budget work.
According to new details sent to Congress, the administration wants immediate funds to complete an existing barrier in the Rio Grande Valley, $500 million to complete 28 miles of border levee wall near McAllen, Texas, and $350 million for construction along two segments near San Diego.
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Trump and the media
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer takes questions during the daily press briefing
Trump and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Union leaders applaud US President Donald Trump for signing an executive order withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC. Mr Trump issued a presidential memorandum in January announcing that the US would withdraw from the trade deal
Trump and the Mexico wall
A US Border Patrol vehicle sits waiting for illegal immigrants at a fence opening near the US-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. The number of incoming immigrants has surged ahead of the upcoming Presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, who has pledged to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. A signature campaign promise, Mr Trump outlined his intention to build a border wall on the US-Mexico border days after taking office
Trump and abortion
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order as Chief of Staff Reince Priebus looks on in the Oval Office of the White House. Mr Trump reinstated a ban on American financial aide being granted to non-governmental organizations that provide abortion counseling, provide abortion referrals, or advocate for abortion access outside of the United States
Trump and the Dakota Access pipeline
Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines hold a rally as they protest US President Donald Trump's executive orders advancing their construction, at Columbus Circle in New York. US President Donald Trump signed executive orders reviving the construction of two controversial oil pipelines, but said the projects would be subject to renegotiation
Trump and 'Obamacare'
Nancy Pelosi who is the minority leader of the House of Representatives speaks beside House Democrats at an event to protect the Affordable Care Act in Los Angeles, California. US President Donald Trump's effort to make good on his campaign promise to repeal and replace the healthcare law failed when Republicans failed to get enough votes. Mr Trump has promised to revisit the matter
Donald Trump and 'sanctuary cities'
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January threatening to pull funding for so-called "sanctuary cities" if they do not comply with federal immigration law
Trump and the travel ban
US President Donald Trump has attempted twice to restrict travel into the United States from several predominantly Muslim countries. The first attempt, in February, was met with swift opposition from protesters who flocked to airports around the country. That travel ban was later blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The second ban was blocked by a federal judge a day before it was scheduled to be implemented in mid-March
SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP/Getty Images
Trump and climate change
US President Donald Trump sought to dismantle several of his predecessor's actions on climate change in March. His order instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to reevaluate the Clean Power Plan, which would cap power plant emissions
Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Other cuts include $434 million to immediately eliminate a programme to encourage community service opportunities for senior citizens, eliminating $372 million in remaining funding for heating subsidies for the poor, and cutting $447 million in transit grants.
White House budget office spokesman John Czwartacki said the proposals were not being shared with the media. A Capitol Hill aide described the cuts to The Associated Press, speaking only on condition of anonymity because the budget document is not yet public.
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Massive Rockfall Rattles New Zealand Park
By Becky Oskin 2013-01-23T20:30:59Z
A rockfall from Mount Dixon struck in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand on Monday (Jan. 21).
(Image: © Alpine Guies)
A rockfall shattered a snowy landscape and barely missed a hut full of hikers in New Zealand Monday (Jan. 21).
The steep west face of Mount Dixon at Aoraki Mount Cook National Park fell at about 2:15 p.m. local time, leaving a dark trail of rock and ice across the park's Grand Plateau, the Timaru Herald reported.
Spectacular pictures and video of the aftermath from local guiding company Alpine Guides show a debris apron covering the glacier, with snow caught up in its lobes.
Comparatively mild fall
The rockfall was more than 1.5 miles (3 kilometers) long and left debris 500 to 650 feet (150 to 200 meters) from Plateau Hut, where 12 mountaineers were camped. Plateau Hut is a stop for climbers scaling the park's peaks, some of which rise more than 12,000 feet (3,650 m). The climbers told reporters the slide sounded like a 747 jet on takeoff.
The hut was temporarily closed and 15 climbers on the mountain were flown out the next day as a precaution, the Timaru Herald noted. The hut was reopened after geologists and staff from the New Zealand Department of Conservation decided any further rockfalls would head away from the hut.
A rockfall in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park nearly hit a hiker's hut on the Grand Plateau. The hut is the tiny brown rectangle in the lower right. (Image credit: Alpine Guides)
The national park's largest recent rockfall was in 1991, when the top of Mount Cook fell off. The tallest mountain in New Zealand lost 32 feet (10 m) of height when an estimated 423.8 million cubic feet (12 million cubic meters) of rock and ice fell more than 1.67 miles (2.7 km) down the eastern side of the mountain.
Arthur McBride, manager at Hermitage Alpine Guides, said the latest Dixon rockfall was mild compared with the Mount Cook slide. "If Mount Cook was a 10, then this was a 3 or a 4," McBride told OurAmazingPlanet.
Why the mountains fall down
Rockfalls and landslides are common in the Southern Alps, the mountain range that includes Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. The rugged landscape is one of the fastest-rising mountain ranges in the world. In the past 5 million years, tectonic forces have pushed up the Southern Alps by as much as 15 miles (25 km).
The peaks rise so fast that landslides are the only way to bring them down — rivers and glaciers can't do the job fast enough, researchers have found.
A closeup of the shattered face of Mount Dixon following a rockfall on Jan. 21, 2013. (Image credit: Alpine Guides)
The fast pace of erosion from landslides matches the mountain's uplift rate of 0.4 inches (9 millimeters) per year, geologist Niels Hovius and colleagues first noted in a study published in the journal Geology in 1997. The research was confirmed in subsequent studies.
Landslides can be triggered by earthquakes, rainfall, snowmelt or a change in slope. When soil and rock can no longer hold together, they give way and slide downward. A landslide can move slowly or quickly, but either speed can have disastrous effects.
The Mount Dixon rockfall stopped near a glacier. (Image credit: Alpine Guides)
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