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Most 15 Beautiful Tourist Places to Visit in Bhutan
Ahanaf Sakil January 07, 2020
Beautiful Tourist Places to Visit in Bhutan
Bhutan has officially known the Kingdom of Bhutan and the nation is a landlocked country in South Asia. It's located in the Eastern Himalayas. Bhutan is the smallest country in South Asia. Thimphu is the capital city. Bhutan's independence has endured for centuries. It has never been colonized in its history. The country is a very beautiful country and many beautiful places to visit in Bhutan. Tourism is an important sector for Bhutan, In 2014, 133,480 foreign visitors come. We have shared 15 beautiful tourist places to visit in Bhutan, check out the following list of places to visit in Bhutan.
1. Rinpung Dzong
Rinpung Dzong is one of the largest dzongs and located in Paro District, Bhutan. It was built in the 16th century by the lords of Hungrel to established for the administrative and monastic center of the western region. Rinpung Dzong entire area has 14 temples and shrines, some name as Kungarwa, Monks' assembly hall, Sandalwood Stupa, Protector's shrine, Chapel of the head lama, etc. The annual festival is held every year in Rinpung Dzong, starts the eleventh to the fifteenth day of the second month of the traditional Bhutanese lunar calendar. Rinpung Dzong is a very beautiful place to visit in Bhutan.
2. Paro Taktsang (The Tiger's Nest)
Paro Taktsang is the number one attractive place in Bhutan, it's also known as the Tiger's Nest and the Taktsang Palphug Monastery. Paro Taktsang (the Tiger's Nest) temple building is located in the upper of Paro valley, and a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred place. In 1692, a temple was first to build, Guru Padmasambhava has meditated for three years, three months, three weeks, three days and three hours, around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave in the 8th century. In Paro valley is celebrated a popular festival during March or April, the Tsechu, held in honor of Padmasambhava. It has become the cultural icon of Bhutan.
3. Chelela Pass
Chelela Pass is a popular place to visit in Bhutan. It's the highest motorable point. Chelela Pass is sitting 3988 meters above sea levels and located on Paro and Haa valleys in Bhutan. It was built in the 1990s, the asphalt road is narrow and steep, with hundreds of turns and sheer drops. It tends to be perilous in winter because of the day off ice and the danger of torrential slide. Chelela Pass is one of the most beautiful tourist places in Bhutan.
4. Buddha Dordenma Statue
Buddha Dordenma statue is one of the best places to visit in Bhutan. It's located Kuenselphodrang, Thimphu, Bhutan. The statue was started to build in 2006 and finished in 2015. The statue houses more than one hundred thousand littler Buddha statues, every one of which, similar to the Great Buddha Dordenma itself, is made of bronze and overlaid in gold. Buddha Dordenma statue is one of the biggest Buddha statue in the world and 52.5 meters tall.
5. Phobjikha Valley
The Phobjikha Valley is located in central Bhutan and It's U-shaped glacial valley. The spot is at the border of the Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park and its most popular marshland in Bhutan is famous for its grand magnificence and social uniqueness. The valley is rich in faunal biodiversity and has, apart from the universally compromised black-necked cranes Grus nigricollis, 13 other internationally threatened species. The Phobjikha Valley is the most beautiful places to visit in Bhutan.
6. Punakha Dzong
The Punakha Dzong is the most beautiful majestic architectural structure and second-biggest Dzong in Bhutan. It's located upper 1,200 meters at the Punakha administrative center in Punakha district, Bhutan. It was built in 1637 to 1638 by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche. The dzong houses the consecrated relics of the southern Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, including the Rangjung Kharsapani and the hallowed survives from Ngawang Namgyal and the tertön Pema Lingpa. The Punakha Dzong is the best place to visit in Bhutan.
7. Dochula Pass
The Dochula Pass is a beautiful place to visit in Bhutan. There has 108 memorial chortens or stupas around the area and built by the eldest Queen Mother ( Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk) as a memorial in honor of the Bhutanese soldiers who killed in the war against insurgents from India. It's located on the mountain pass in the snow-covered Himalayas on the road from Thimpu to Punakha.
8. Chomolhari (Jomolhari)
Chomolhari is the most beautiful places to visit in Bhutan and located on the mountain in the Himalayas border both Thimpu district, Bhutan and Yadong County of Tibet, China. This place is very popular for trekkers.
9. Tashichho Dzong
Tashichho Dzong is a fortress and Buddhist monastery, it's was built by the first Dharma Raja. It's located on the north side of Thimphu city and the most beautiful places to visit in Bhutan. Once upon a time, Tashichhoedzong was the summer capital of the nation. Tashichho Dzong is one of the famous Dzong and biggest landmarks of Thimphu. This is one of the famous Dzong in the country and regarded as the largest landmark of Thimphu, situated 2 kilometers away from the main city and holds enormous significance as it is the principal secretariat and its homes are the office of royalty room and the King too.
10. National Museum Of Bhutan
The National Museum of Bhutan is the most tourist attractions places to visit in Bhutan. It's located in the town of Paro in western Bhutan. The Museum was established in 1968 and set on the famous Rinpung Dzong. It was created to exhibit the famous Bhutanese art, with bronze statues and paintings. Nowadays the National Museum has in its possession over 3,000 masterpieces of Bhutanese art, more than 1,500 years of Bhutan's cultural heritage. Its rich holdings of different innovative traditions and disciplines, represent an astounding blend of the past with the present and is a major fascination for territorial and foreign visitors.
11. Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang
Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang is located on the Paro valley in western Bhutan. It is a famous Buddhist Temple and notable as it is very small in Bhutan. The Buddhist iconography depicted in the Chorten is considered an organic repository of the Drukpa Kagyu school.
12. Zuri Dzong
Zuri Dzong is one of the oldest architectural fort and beautiful places to visit in Bhutan. It was built around12th century. Rich in architectural history and royal in values, the cave in the area is believed to be the site where Buddha meditated in the 8th century. It is a good tourist attractions places.
13. Drukgyal Dzong Monastery
Drukgyal Dzong was the Buddhist monastery and fortress. Nowadays in ruins, located in the Paro District, western Bhutan. In 1649, It was built by Tenzin Drukdra at the command of Ngawang Namgyal, Zhabdrung Rinpoche, to celebrate victory over an invasion from Tibet. In the early 1950s, Drukgyal Dzong was totally destroyed by fire. It is one of the best historical places to visit in Bhutan.
14. Gangteng Monastery
The Gangteng Monastery is a most important Buddhist monastery of Nyingmapa school of Buddhism and the Pema Lingpa of the traditional principal seat. It's located in the Wangdue Phodrang District of central Bhutan. The Monastery is the most beautiful places to visit in Bhutan and a good architectural heritage site.
15. Lhuentse Dzong
Lhuentse Dzong is a beautiful architectural Dzong and located on the rural side Lhuntse district of eastern Bhutan. It is not much popular for the area located on the rural side but when you discover the place that feels very good. The place holds significance as the Royal family's ancestral home.
I hope you have loved the list of the Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Bhutan. If you need more lists of most beautiful places to visit other countries, keep in touch with this blog. Thanks.
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Ranking Member Bost Spearheads House Effort to Address Toxic Exposures, Introduces TEAM Act with Senator Tillis
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Washington, March 23, 2021 | Samantha Gonzalez
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Today, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), released the following statements after introducing the Toxic Exposures in the American Military (TEAM) Act of 2021.
"One of my highest priorities as the lead Republican on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee is addressing toxic exposures. We failed veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam by not giving them the care and benefits they had earned until long after their service. For many, it was too late. We have to do better. We owe it those who are fighting illnesses right now. We owe it to future generations of servicemembers," said Ranking Member Bost. "The TEAM Act is how we change the status quo. I am proud to join Senator Tillis, Senator Hassan, and the rest of our colleagues in introducing it today. I hope it is quickly considered in Congress and signed into law by the President on behalf of the thousands of veterans who are suffering from burn pits and other toxic exposures."
"Our brave veterans risked their lives to protect our country and it's our job to make sure they are supported back home, even years after they served," said Senator Tillis. "As a Senator from North Carolina, I know firsthand the obstacles thousands of veterans who have been exposed to toxicants while serving have had to overcome, including many stationed at Camp Lejeune who spent decades pushing for documentation of their exposure and fair treatment for the damages caused by the military. This cannot continue to be the norm. After working alongside veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune and fighting for servicemembers exposed to toxicants from burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq, it's clear the men and women who served our country deserve better. The TEAM Act ensures that all veterans are given a fair and uniform process to receive the health care and benefits to which they are entitled following exposure to toxicants during their service."
The House companion to the TEAM Act was introduced today by Ranking Member Bost and is cosponsored by 11 Members of Congress, including, Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-A.S.), Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Tex.), Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.), Rep. Tracey Mann (R-Kans.), Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), and Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.).
This legislation was previously introduced last Congress.
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Bill text of the TEAM Act can be found here.
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New Release Section: Fontaines D.C., "Jackie Down The Line"
By TVD HQ | Published: January 12, 2022
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Fontaines D.C. have announced their third album, Skinty Fia, to be released on April 22nd on Partisan Records. News of the album comes with the release of its first single, "Jackie Down The Line"—replete with a video directed by Hugh Mulhern—as well as the band's first North American tour dates since 2019. The band will give "Jackie Down The Line" its live performance debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday January 12th.
Working for a third time with producer Dan Carey, Skinty Fia follows 2020's brooding and vital GRAMMY-nominated sophomore album A Hero's Death. The band first sprang to international attention in 2019 when their exhilarating debut album, Dogrel, became one of the most highly lauded releases of the year and won them a place on the Mercury Music Prize shortlist. With poetry infusing their music and lyrics, coupled with their joyous, intense live shows, Fontaines D.C. have rightfully earned a reputation as one of the most refreshing and exciting young bands in years; a once-in-a-generation youthquake of literate, bombastic brilliance.
After picking up nominations at the BRITS ("Best International Group"), GRAMMYs ("Best Rock Album"), and the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards ("Best Album"), the band returned from pandemic lockdown to sell out all 10,000 tickets for their October show at London's Alexandra Palace before wrapping up work on Skinty Fia.
"Skinty Fia" is an Irish phrase which translates to English as "the damnation of the deer" and the album's cover art features a deer, plucked from its natural habitat and deposited in the hallway of a home, illuminated by an artificial red glow.
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TVD Radar: America's Deadliest Rock Concert: The Guest List premieres 2/20 on REELZ
VIA PRESS RELEASE | REELZ today announced the network's original documentary America's Deadliest Rock Concert: The Guest List premieres Sunday, February 20 at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT presenting the deeply personal stories of lives forever altered by the tragic Station nightclub fire that left 100 people dead, more than 200 injured and devastated the tight-knit community of West Warwick, Rhode Island. It is also a story of the triumph of the human spirit, as seen in a community's resilience and the recovery and rebirth of Joe Kinan, who was the last survivor pulled from the fire and the most severely burned.
On the night of February 20, 2003, more than 400 music fans packed into the small Station nightclub. Just seconds after '80s sensation Great White took the stage, pyrotechnics ignited a fire that raced up the walls and across the ceiling of the packed venue. In less than 90 seconds, most of those who hadn't already made their escape would be trapped inside. They would be burned alive, identified days later only by dental records or tattoos. The Station fire was a perfect storm of human error that became one of the worst nightclub tragedies in U.S. history. It remains America's deadliest rock concert.
"Seen through the human lens of victims, survivors and their families, the fire and milestones of healing physical and emotional scars all come into focus in this poignant television event," said Steve Cheskin, SVP of Programming at REELZ. "With intimate insight from people who were impacted by the tragedy, this is a potent portrait of humanity, from deep resentment and brutal suffering to resilience and the power of community."
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Graded on a Curve: Einstürzende Neubauten, Kollaps
By Michael H. Little | Published: January 12, 2022
Celebrating Blixa Bargeld on his 63rd birthday. —Ed.
At long last, a rock album capable of shattering my nerves. I've sat through all manner of horrible noise for decades, but the sheet-metalheads and industrial music pioneers Einstürzende Neubauten are the first to make me wish I was deaf.
Einstürzende Neubauten may translate as Collapsing New Buildings to English speakers, but they don't sound like an architectural disaster to me. They sound like the foundry where I worked during my summer years at college only worse, because Einstürzende Neubauten are both foundry and insane asylum, and the lunatics have taken over the machinery.
Is Einstürzende Neubauten's Industrial Revolution clang and clamor a negative commentary on the robotic dehumanization celebrated by the futurists in Kraftwerk? A conservative retreat to the glory days of steam power, when manly men forged manly things with their manly calloused hands? The final revenge of metal shop kids over the pencil-neck geeks destined for lucrative jobs in the towering high-rises of the private sector? All are questions worth pondering, but having just listened to Einstürzende Neubauten's 1981 debut Kollaps, I have too much of a headache to think clearly.
Theirs is, I must admit, a novel concept–establish rhythmic din by means of building tools, scrap metal and sundry other detritus of the machine age, then set Blixa Bargeld to the task of barking, growling, muttering, moaning, shrieking, bellowing and ululating all over them. It works wonders, that is if your idea of a good time is having ground augers shoved in your ears whilst being beaten over the skull with a 2-1/2 inch split head hammer.
New Release Section: Destroyer, "Tintoretto, It's For You"
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Destroyer is pleased to announce LABYRINTHITIS, out March 25, 2022, on Merge Records. Pre-order today on CD, LP, and jade and ivory Peak Vinyl in the Merge store and participating independent record shops. Alongside this announcement, Destroyer shares the first song and video from the album, "Tintoretto, It's for You."
LABYRINTHITIS is a journey deep into uncharted Dan Bejar country. It brims with mystic and intoxicating terrain, the threads of Bejar's notes woven through by a trove of allusions at once eerily familiar and intimately perplexing. "Do you remember the mythic beast?" Bejar asks at the outset of "Tintoretto, It's for You," casting torchlight over the labyrinth's corridors. "Tintoretto, it's for you/ The ceiling's on fire and the contract is binding."
More than an arcane puzzle for the listener, LABYRINTHITIS warps and winds through unfamiliar territory for Bejar as well. Written largely in 2020 and recorded the following spring, the album most often finds Bejar and frequent collaborator John Collins seeking the mythic artifacts buried somewhere under the dance floor, from the glitzy spiral of "It Takes a Thief" to the Books-ian collage bliss of the title track. Initial song ideas ventured forth from disco, Art of Noise, and New Order, Bejar and Collins championing the over-the-top madcappery.
Bejar and Collins conducted their questing in the height of isolation, Collins on the remote Galiano Island and Bejar in nearby Vancouver, sending ideas back and forth when restrictions didn't allow them to meet. Ahead of mixing, the Destroyer band was brought into the fold to further the unprepared synchronicity and mutual discovery.
Graded on a Curve: Sacred Soul: The
D-Vine Spirituals Records Story Volume One & Volume Two
By Joseph Neff | Published: January 12, 2022
On January 14 a crucial chapter in the history of hot gospel gets fresh illumination thanks to Bible & Tire Recording Co.'s two-volume retrospective Sacred Soul: The D-Vine Spirituals Records Story. Across four sides of vinyl (available separately or as a bundle), two compact discs (ditto), and digital (available through Bandcamp), these 28 recordings by nearly as many different groups and performers document a sustained run of inspired artistry and savvy production that was originally released on 45rpm singles. Eminently listenable, the contents also celebrate the no-nonsense go-for-it gusto of grassroots independent record making.
By now, it's no secret that African-American gospel is one of the indispensable fibers in the grand weave of 20th century music, and not just for its foundational role in the development of Soul. No, the undiluted stuff, almost always waxed by smaller, if not necessarily independent record labels, is worthwhile, indeed highly prized, entirely on its own for its combination of skill and intensity sharply honed through commitment and belief.
Formed in downtown Memphis, TN in the early 1970s by US Air Force veteran, preacher, radio personality, and soon to be record producer Juan D. Shipp, D-Vine Spirituals is as vital to hot gospel's growth narrative as Nashboro and Pitch/Gusman, both labels from the southern region of the USA that flourished in the same approximate timeframe.
The proof is in the listening, as Bruce Watson's Bible & Tire Recording Co. has already released two volumes focused on D-Vine Spirituals subsidiary JCR (stands for Juan, Charles, and Robert, not Jesus Christ Records) and an LP dedicated solely to Elizabeth King and the Gospel Souls, who cut the label's paradigm-shifting first single "I Heard a Voice" in 1972.
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Rome, IT | Pope slips out of Vatican to visit record shop, gets CD: Pope Francis grew up listening to the opera on the radio, is a fan of Argentine tango and thinks Mozart "lifts you to God." But it still came as a something of a shock to see the 85-year-old pontiff coming out of a downtown Rome record shop late Tuesday with a CD in hand. He had made an unannounced visit that was caught on camera by a Vatican reporter who happened to be nearby. Javier Martinez-Brocal, director of the Rome Reports news agency, said he was in the neighborhood of Rome's Pantheon when he noticed a white Fiat 500 with Vatican license plates and some police cars parked in front of the Stereosound shop. Francis had slipped inside and stayed for about 12 minutes, chatting with the owners, Martinez-Brocal reported. They then recounted what had transpired: It turns out the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a customer during his visits to Rome, and had promised them he'd come visit when he met with them at the Vatican.
Wales, UK | The independent record shops in Wales enjoying the biggest vinyl sales in 30 years: Vinyl sales have seen a surge in sales with record shops all across the country booming with success. Vinyl record sales in 2021 leading into the new year have been the highest they've been in the past 30 years, with record shops across Wales all enjoying the demand. Despite issues with backlogs and delays, independent vinyl stores across the country have established themselves as 'musical hubs', with a resurgence of music enthusiasts opting into a hard copy version of their favourite tracks. According to new figures from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), over five million LP vinyl records have been purchased in the past 12 months accounting for nearly a quarter of album purchases, its highest level since 1990. But like many other industries it has seen its fair share of challenges in a year plagued by shortages, as one independent record shop explained: "It's gotten to the point where we're a victim of our own success, there's a lot of shortfalls just because pressing companies can't match the overwhelming demand in the industry."
Pittsburgh, PA | The Largest Record Store In Pittsburgh Has More Than Half A Million Albums: That old saying "everything old is new again" offers a pretty good reason to hang on to those items – from clothes to decor – that have gone out of style. After all, give it time, and everything pretty much comes back in style again. Like vinyl records. Once playing second fiddle to cassettes, CDS, and streaming, old-school records are making a comeback, and you'll find no better or bigger selection than at the largest record store in Pittsburgh. Jerry's Records on Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill earns props as more than the largest record store in Pittsburgh. It, in fact, is known as the "world's largest all-vinyl record store," with an impressive selection of more than a half of a million records. You'll want to carve out enough time to meander up and down the aisles that are jam-packed with vinyl records.
Ghost, Volbeat commemorate co-headlining tour with limited edition vinyl single: Seven inch will only be available at tour stops. Ghost and Volbeat are commemorating their monumental joint headlining tour to release a limited edition double A-side 7-inch vinyl featuring each of the band's contributions to The Metallica Blacklist via Blackened Recordings. Ghost's cover of "Enter Sandman" on Side G and Volbeat's "Don't Tread On Me" on Side V will be pressed on crystal clear vinyl and limited to only 3,000 units with 115 copies available at each tour stop on a first come, first served basis. There will be a limit of one per customer. All proceeds from the split 7-inch will be split evenly between The All Within My Hands Foundation and the charities of the artists' choice: Camp Aranu'tiq (Ghost) and Børne Cancer Fonden (Volbeat).
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New Release Section: Cate Le Bon, "Remembering Me"
VIA PRESS RELEASE | The third single from Cate Le Bon's new album Pompeii.
Today, Cate Le Bon shares "Remembering Me," the third and final single from her forthcoming album Pompeii, out February 4th. The song exists in Le Bon's signature aesthetic paradox: songs built for now that miraculously germinate from her interests in antiquity, philosophy, architecture, and divinity's modalities. "In the classical rewrite / I wore the heat like / A hundred birthday cakes / Under one sun," Le Bon sings.
The accompanying video was directed by Juliana Giraffe and Nicola Giraffe of Giraffe Studios and features costumes by Monica Adriana Rowlands.
"'Remembering Me' is a neurotic diary entry that questions notions of legacy and warped sentimentalism in the desperate need to self-mythologise" —Cate Le Bon
New Release Section: Johnny Marr,
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Johnny Marr has released "Night and Day," the brand-new single taken from the "Fever Dreams Pt 3" EP – the third quarter of forthcoming double album Fever Dreams Pts 1-4, due February 25th via BMG.
Featuring backing vocals and bass from Primal Scream's Simone Marie, "Night and Day" encapsulates the confusion, the torpor and the entropy of the way we've all been living. Speaking about the new single, Johnny said, "I need songs after all the news, news, news. It gets too real in the hotspots."
Most importantly, "Night and Day" and the themes of Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 also look to the future, and the idea that even in the most trying times, hope endures. "I'm trying to be positive, for me and my audience, really," Johnny adds. "My personality is such that it occurs to me to think that way. I'm not just writing with positivity for the sake of a song. It's real, and it's also very necessary."
"The Fever Dreams Pt 3" EP features four brand new songs from Johnny Marr's anticipated first double LP – "The Speed Of Love," "Night and Day," "Counter-Clock World," and "Rubicon." The EP will be released on limited edition gold vinyl on May 20th, pre-order HERE.
Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 will be available on CD and double vinyl with the official store offering exclusive limited edition white vinyl and cassettes, alongside merch bundles with signed prints. HMV and independent record stores will also be stocking a limited-edition turquoise vinyl pressing. Pre-order/presale HERE.
Janis Joplin, Pearl
(MFSL Ultradisc
One-Step Pressing)
By Steve Matteo | Published: January 11, 2022
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab has reissued Pearl, from Janis Joplin, originally released in 1971 as an Ultradisc One-Step Pressing. One-Step packages include an album spread over two vinyl discs, playable at 45 RPM for extra fidelity. The albums are pressed on Super Vinyl, developed by NEOTEC and the uber pressing plant manufacturer RTI, offering vinyl with the quietest surface.
The key to the One-Step format is that aside from using the normal MFSL process of working from the original analog master tape recording, the album goes directly from lacquer to what's called "convert" negative, adjusting the normal mastering process where the lacquer would go through two more steps before being pressed onto vinyl.
Pearl was Joplin's third studio album. Her first was as part of the self-titled album from Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1967, and the second was I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, released in 1969, after she left Big Brother. The live Cheap Thrills with Big Brother was released in 1968.
For Pearl, Joplin was backed by Full Tilt Boogie, who was her backing band on the famed Festival Express tour through Canada in 1970. The album was produced by Paul A. Rothchild. All of her albums were produced by a different person. Rothchild worked with many of the most acclaimed American acts of the late-'60s and early-'70s, but he is most known as house producer for Elektra Records and for the albums he did with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Love, and especially The Doors.
Like Cheap Thrills, Pearl went to number one, but was released posthumously on January 11, 1971, a little over three months after Joplin's death. The album's centerpiece, "Me and Bobby McGee," co-written by Kris Kristofferson, went to number one and was Joplin's most popular song.
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UK Artist of the Week: Tyra Whitson
By Zara Hoffman | Published: January 11, 2022
This week's Artist of The Week comes all the way from Canada! Emerging artist Tyra Whitson pulls at the heartstrings with the release of her emotively alluring single "Father's Eyes," out now.
We're slowing things down for you today with Tyra Whitson and her stunningly poignant new single "Father's Eyes." Tyra's distinctive, compelling vocal is at the forefront throughout, channelling the likes of Lana Del Rey and Ashe. Talking about the single, Tyra explains, "The song was inspired by a deep appreciation and awareness of the various components that contribute to healing, learning, and coming into oneself."
We know January can be a rubbish month for a lot of people, especially in terms of mental health, and sometimes you've just gotta let it all out. Let it out with Tyra, you won't regret it.
"Father's Eyes" is in stores now.
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Fazer is a Munich-based quintet that specializes in a combination of jazz and post-rock with African polyrhythms. Yes, that means two drummers. The men behind the kits are Simon Popp and Sebastian Wolfgruber, with trumpeter Matthias Lindermayr, guitarist Paul Brändle, and bassist-producer Martin Brugger completing the group. Plex is their latest, an 11-track affair that nicely balances groove complexity with buoyant melodicism. It's out January 14 on clear or black vinyl, compact disc, and digital through City Slang.
The scoop is that the five members of Fazer all met while attending the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Munich, a circumstance not the slightest bit surprising, as their collective skill is not only easy to discern but impossible to deny, even as they firmly favor the mingling of rhythmic flow and gestures of beauty over the mere flaunting of chops. Or at least that's the case on Plex, their third full-length and the first this writer has heard (the prior two are Mara from 2018 and Nadi from the following year).
The impact of jazz on Fazer's sound is also indisputable, but the same is true for the elements of post-rock in the equation. To elaborate, in the promo text for their latest, the group cites Talk Talk, Can, Fela Kuti, and Rhythm & Sound as influences, though it's to their credit that none of the acts mentioned are blatantly obvious in the overall scheme as Plex unwinds.
Instead, they forge their own personality as a unit, an approach that leans more toward finesse than grit as the record plays, but with enough twists in the progression to keep matters consistently interesting. Opener "Ghazal" immediately establishes an African-tinged rhythmic bedrock, followed in short order by guitar, first a tight plucked pattern complementing the cyclical drum and bass and then a little post-rock atmospherics.
Why More Gen Zs Fall In Love With Vinyl Records? Streaming music, premium subscriptions, and wireless speakers — these may seem like the norms in a Gen Z's bubble. But for a growing segment of audiophiles in this demographic, the above-mentioned are nothing but a facade. Nowadays, turntable sales are mostly from millennials and some folks in their late thirties and early forties. A little behind them are Gen Zs, which may come off as a shock. However, the reality that turntables had outlived many of their supposed successors led to discoveries, a path every young adopter would come across. But why does this presumed zombie tech continue to rise in the hearts of our youth? The answer lies in the factors indicated below.
Detroit, MI | Michigan is home to one of the best record stores in America: In this week's local column, we're talking about something every music lover enjoys: a trip to the local record shop. In Michigan, we have a wide range of great stores. One of those has actually been voted one of the best record stores in America. There's something special and unique about spending time at a local record shop. It's almost like a "Cheers"-type environment, where "Everyone knows your name." Shoppers and staffers bond of their passion for all things music. It's a retro experience that shopping online just can't fulfill. First of all, it's worth noting that Michigan has a plethora of solid record shops. If you're in mid-Michigan, Flat, Black and Circular is a longstanding favorite. The shop has been on the campus of Michigan State University for decades and stands out, both because of its cozy feel and friendly, knowledgeable staff. Another mid-Michigan spot is The Record Lounge, which often hosts live music, to boot. Now, Spin Magazine recently released its list of the 10 Greatest Record Stores in America. On that list is Dearborn Music in Detroit.
Chattanooga, TN | Sales of new and 'new old' vinyl records can be found at Chattanooga's Yellow Racket Records: Sales of vinyl records continued to set a record in 2021, according to a report on axios.com, and when Ben Vanderhart decided to take part in the action more than a year ago, he wanted to focus on a market that was not served locally. – freshly pressed vinyl records. It has proven to be a smart move, despite the pandemic forcing him to stop some of the in-store promotional ideas he has. "You can buy previously beloved records at McKay or in an antique mall, but even there it can be hard to find the really good ones because people tend to keep the ones they like," he said. "The good ones like 'What's going on', who will give it up?" Vanderhart's Yellow Racket Records on West Main Street in Chattanooga sell the Marvin Gaye album as well as works by The Beatles and other classical rock artists, but they are freshly squeezed and sealed. The store also sells newly recorded albums by artists such as Taylor Swift, Radiohead and local groups Call Me Spinster and Strung Like a Horse.
Birmingham, AL | Vinyl record sales up 50.4% in 2021. Here's what Birmingham shops have to say: Don't throw away that old CD player or turntable! According to a yearly report from music data compiler MRC Data, 2021 was a fantastic year for CD sales. For the first time since 2004, CD sales actually increased. Last year wasn't just a good year for compact discs—apparently, vinyl album sales increased a massive 50.4% over 2020. Why are people starting to buy more CDs and vinyl albums? We spoke with representatives from two record stores in Birmingham to learn more. In an era where nearly the entire wealth of recorded music is available at the tip of your fingers, it seems odd that antiquated forms of recording—such as vinyl albums, compact discs, cassette tapes and more—are picking up popularity. Although physical forms of music saw a steady decline in popularity in the early 2000s due to digital download and streaming services, there has been a renewed interest in vinyl albums over the past decade.
New Release Section: Sabaton, "Soldier Of Heaven"
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Between the several battlegrounds of WWI, there was no scene as hostile as the feared alpine front that involved a series of battles at the border between Austria-Hungary and Italy. High above in the alps, men would fight in the most extreme conditions to protect the borders. Today, these fights are infamously known as the so-called "White War," where many soldiers froze to death or were buried by dangerous avalanches. Their dead bodies remain under the snow to this day.
Today, Swedish metal war chroniclers Sabaton open the history books again to present their new single "Soldier Of Heaven," giving that overlooked chapter of WWI a voice, a tune, and an impressive music video featuring both breathtaking special effects and the fatal beauty of this battlefield.
Bassist Pär Sundström states about the song: "We already released the 'Christmas Truce' and here comes another song which shows the diversity of the new album. In the early listening sessions of the new album this one was noted among most people as a top song and we know that this will be a powerful sing-a-long anthem on future concerts."
Following the unique signature style of Sabaton, "Soldier Of Heaven" once again is a catchy headbang anthem that persistently sticks into your head. The song is now available to stream on all digital music platforms.
"Soldier Of Heaven" foreshadows the tenth masterpiece of Sabaton, The War To End All Wars, that will be released on March 4th, 2022 via Nuclear Blast Records. Once again, Sabaton will dive deep into the atrocities, miracles, and happenings around WWI and take the listener to an emotional and exciting ride of 11 tracks.
TVD Radar: KISS, Off The Soundboard: Live In Virginia Beach 3LP in stores 3/11
VIA PRESS RELEASE | On March 11, rock icons KISS will release the next installment of their Off The Soundboard official live bootleg series with KISS – Off The Soundboard: Live In Virginia Beach, recorded live at the Virginia Beach Amphitheatre on July 25th, 2004. This is the second in a series of live releases by the band and will be available to stream and download, with a 3-LP standard black vinyl set, a 2-CD set, and a limited edition 3-LP set pressed on 180g opaque green vinyl, all available exclusively through the Official KISS online store, here.
Off The Soundboard: Live In Virginia Beach finds the legendary band in the midst of their Rock The Nation Tour, which is notable for being the first full U.S. tour of the longstanding Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer, and Eric Singer lineup. The career-spanning 20-song set includes classic KISS tracks such as "Lick It Up," "I Love It Loud," and the worldwide smash and No. 11 1979 U.S. Billboard charting "I Was Made For Lovin' You," as well as perennial KISS fan favorites "Makin' Love," "King Of The Night Time World," and "100,000 Years" that dig deep into the band's astonishing 40+ year back catalog.
KISS are globally recognized as one of the greatest live bands of all time and are the creators of what is universally considered the best live album ever, 1975's gold-certified and No. 9 Billboard charting Alive!. The KISS – Off The Soundboard series continues their storied legacy of groundbreaking live albums with a document of the spectacular, larger-than-life extravaganza that is a KISS concert.
Known for their trademark performances, KISS has proven for decades why they are hands down the most iconic live show in rock n roll. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and are America's #1 Gold Record Award winning group of all time in every category. Peerless as a live act, the band's illustrious legacy has been marked by record-breaking global tours during a remarkable 48-year career.
Celebrating Rod Stewart on his 77th birthday. —Ed.
Rod Stewart remains my greatest lost hero, who went from a likable rogue with a knack for writing great and frequently self-deprecating songs to the cheesy lothario of "Hot Legs" and "Tonight's the Night."
And while pinning down when he jumped the shark from jovial rascal to queasy-making lecher (my pick: the lines from "Tonight's the Night" that go, "You'd be a fool to stop this time/Spread your wings and let me come inside") can be difficult, in my humble opinion his final great moment was 1972's Never a Dull Moment, which was not nearly as great as 1971's Every Picture Tells a Story, but still highlighted Stewart as an irrepressible rake rather than a sleazy ladies' man.
Sure, both 1974's Smiler and 1975's Atlantic Crossing have their moments, and even 1976's A Night on the Town includes the great "The First Cut Is the Deepest." But Never a Dull Moment is the last Stewart LP to include more good tracks than mediocre ones, and features some undeniable classics in "Lost Paraguayos," "Mama You Been on My Mind," and the wonderful "You Wear It Well."
Indeed, Never a Dull Moment lives up to its title, although I have to admit I've never been a huge fan of the blues standard "I'd Rather Go Blind," which Etta James turned into a hit in 1968. On the other hand, his cover of Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away" rocks and rolls thanks to the cranked-up guitar of Ron Wood (the Faces featured on Rod's first four "solo" records; odd how their ultimate disappearance coincided with his downfall) and the powerful drum thump of Micky Waller, who'd played with Stewart back in the days of The Steampacket.


A planning application for a public square, the next phase of the development of Priory Quarter in Hastings town centre, has been submitted by Sea Space, the local economic development company.
The plans show the new Priory Square at the south end of Priory Street, next to the new Lacuna Place offices (currently under construction) and behind the Post Office.
The square also allows better access from Havelock Road through Lacuna Place to Priory Street, particularly for wheelchair users.
The proposal from architects Proctor & Matthews were recently presented to local businesses, councillors and residents' groups which were involved in the public consultation exercises in 2005 and 2006 when Priory Quarter 'urban design framework' was first created. The exhibition held in Priory Meadow at the time revealed that 82% of the public were in favour of the overall proposals for Priory Quarter and 87% supported the proposed public spaces.


May's games feature new video slots and a traditional pub fruity.
The Isle of Man-based online gambling software and games developer, Microgaming, has launched three new Bingo side games to its network of operators. The May games package includes feature two new video slots and a traditional pub fruity offering.
Carnaval is the latest five reel, nine payline slot for bingo operators from Microgaming, featuring a wild festival theme. The game has Wild and Scatter symbols, with all symbols paying left to right in consecutive order, except for the Scatter symbol, which pays in any direction. The Wild symbol substitutes for other symbols, apart from the Scatter, to complete a winning combination, but only appears in reels two, three and four. A betting range of 0.25 - 45.00 is available.
What A Hoot is a five reel, nine payline video slot with a Wild and a Scatter symbol. A hoot of crazy owls provide the symbols for this slot, along with acorns, chestnuts and a Jar scatter symbol. A Wild Tree symbol substitutes for any other symbol to complete winning combinations, except the Jar scatter symbol. With a flexible betting range of 0.01 to 45.00 and a maximum jackpot of 25 000 coins, players should find action appealing.
Winning Wheels is a three reel traditional pub fruity slot with a three in a row feature entry. The game has a colourful motor sport theme with reel symbols featuring chequered flags, racing drivers, helmets and bottles of champagne. With classic nudge and hold features, and a gambling range of 0.10 to 10.00, Winning Wheels has proved to be a popular game online players and motor sport fans alike.


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J.E. Caldwell: Celebrating American Jewellery
J.E. Caldwell antique natural pearl and diamond two stone ring, American, circa 1910.
Recognized as a pre-eminent American jeweller, J.E. Caldwell has been an important name in jewellery for almost two centuries, offering rare stones and exquisite designs that intrigue and inspire.
Born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1813, James Emmot Caldwell moved to New York City aged 14 to hone his skills as a silversmith apprentice, eventually gaining the status of Master Silversmith in 1835.
After settling in Philadelphia, J.E. Caldwell & Co. was incorporated in 1868, and would eventually go on to become the landmark jeweller of the city. Known for offering styles that reflected and complimented the fashions of the era, J.E Caldwell's collections included jewellery, silver, and objets d'art in the European style his American buyers had a penchant for.
Remaining a family-run business after the death of the founder, J.E. Caldwell began to establish themselves as a name offering some of the most significant examples of American Art Nouveau and Belle Époque jewellery. The opulent designs were elegant, romantic and highly decorative as people sought to display their newfound wealth in their jewellery and fashion choices.
During the Art Deco period J.E. Caldwell flourished further, celebrating geometric lines, diamonds, and bold colour contrasts. They were known to work with Oscar Heyman (known as the jeweller's jeweller) to manufacture some of their finest designs; a coming together of two highly celebrated American jewellery names.
While Europe faced a period of rationing and austerity in the post-war years, the United States in contrast was experiencing growth and extravagance, as they fast became the biggest consumer of high-end jewellery. The 50s and 60s are frequently characterised by eclectic creations influenced by Hollywood-inspired pastiches of bygone eras, as shown in the striking J.E. Caldwell bombé rings available at Berganza.
J.E. Caldwell creations continue to be recognised as some of the finest examples of American jewellery. Signed pieces are highly collectable and a testament to the exceptional design and superior craftsmanship that have gone in to the making of them. If you would like to own a part of American jewellery history, the full collection is available to view on the Berganza website, or enquiries can be made via telephone, email and WhatsApp.
Antique diamond cluster ring by J.E.Caldwell, American, circa 1910.
J. E. Caldwell cabochon emerald and diamond ballerina ring, American, circa 1950.
J.E. Caldwell vintage ruby and diamond cocktail ring, American, circa 1950.
J.E. Caldwell cat's eye chrysoberyl and diamond bracelet, American, circa 1935.


The following list will describe the useful and easy tips to arrange the cabinet.
Downsize the stuff: put several items that has bulky packages in smaller packaging. You can move your big lotion into a smaller vessel once it runs out to save some space. You can also discard some boxes that cover your cotton swabs or other items in your cabinet.
Magnetize small stuff: you can keep nail tools, tweezers, and bobby pins with magnet on a metal strip. Setting up this magnet installation is not hard and only takes a minute or two. Even so, it is able to save extra hours to organize your smaller stuff.
Prioritize: put the items that you often use closer to your arm reach and put the less frequent one on the top. This will save more time for you to prepare your make up or medicine when the situation calls for it. it also give you a better access to your stuff when they are needed.
Clear the decks: managing the cabinet starts from clearing everything from it. Toss every wrecked, useless, or expired items. Clean your cabinet up by wiping down the shelves with soft clothes and put every useful stuff base on its priority.
The list above already lists several useful tips to manage your medicine cabinet easily. Make sure to regularly clean your cabinet up to avoid any mold growing inside and spoiling all your important medicine and make-ups.


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Why is FedEx Crying "Bailout"?
Bradley Doucet
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June 19, 2009 -- When I first saw the "Boycott UPS!" group on Facebook, I must admit that I was ready to believe the worst. After being redirected to www.BrownBailout.com and reading that the package-delivery company was asking the government to help them (as it has helped the financial and automotive industries), I was eager to condemn United Parcel Service for jumping on the bailout bandwagon. You see, I've had a couple of bad experiences in which Brown, as it turned out, did not do for me what I expected them to do for me. I've also heard a story or two from others who were dissatisfied with the service they got from UPS. It therefore made some intuitive sense to me that, having annoyed its customers, the company is having a hard time thriving on its own in the marketplace.
Still, a handful of anecdotes is not conclusive evidence. Wanting to keep a check on my own prejudices, I did a little bit of digging and discovered a more complicated story. One red flag is that Federal Express, another major package-delivery company, is the force behind the BrownBailout.com website. This does not prove any wrongdoing by itself—consider the source, sure, but don't damn the speaker. But while FedEx claims that its competitor is asking for a bailout, UPS argues that it just wants to level the playing field. What's really going on here?
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Let's state the fact upfront: UPS is asking for a bailout only in the most metaphorical sense of the word. The banks and car companies got actual checks from the government, and this is what people naturally think when they hear the word "bailout." UPS is asking for no such thing. What the company and its workers' union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, have lobbied for is a 230-word provision in the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2009 that would change the labor law covering FedEx workers . The most that can be said is that this is like a bailout because it would hurt FedEx and therefore indirectly benefit UPS.
Why did FedEx receive seemingly preferential treatment?
UPS argues, though, that it is FedEx that has been benefiting from an unfair legislative advantage for years now, and that it merely wants everybody to have to play by the same labor rules. Currently, FedEx's relations with many of its employees are governed by the Railway Labor Act, which was designed to prevent disruptions in air and train traffic. UPS's relations with its workers are governed by the National Labor Relations Act, under which it is much easier for unions to organize. As a result of the difference, FedEx has remained largely union-free, while UPS is heavily unionized. UPS and the Teamsters have been lobbying to have FedEx brought under the NLRA since the late 1990s.
Apples and Oranges?
If we stopped the story here and didn't think about it too much, we would be sorely tempted to side with UPS and against FedEx on this one. Clearly, FedEx is just trying to capitalize on Americans' understandably mounting anti-bailout sentiment in order to hang on to an unfair, legislated privilege, right? UPS just wants a fair fight, and who could argue against that?
But there is still more to this controversy. To get at it, we must ask why FedEx received and continues to enjoy its seemingly preferential treatment. The reason for the initial discrepancy is that FedEx was originally founded as an airline, for the explicit purpose of rapid, overnight delivery. UPS was founded as a trucking company. According to a June 9, 2009 Washington Times editorial , there remains to this day a big difference in how the two companies operate. Even though they are both in the package delivery business, "FedEx says it ships 85 percent of its goods by air, whereas UPS sends 85 percent of its goods by truck."
Still, it is hard not to conclude that UPS does have a legitimate gripe. Maybe the reason it does not ship more of its goods by air is that it is hampered by its unionized workforce. Although UPS remains bigger than FedEx ($10.9 billion vs. $8.14 billion in revenue last quarter) and so must be doing some things right, justice demands that competitors play by the same rules. But what should those rules be, exactly?
Leveling Down
Here is what a principled case for FedEx would look like: "We, the owners of Federal Express, do not want a unionized workforce. We want to continue to be able to make our own hiring and firing decisions within our own company. It belongs to us, after all. We treat our employees fairly, and if we don't give them value for value, they will go elsewhere on a free labor market. If they don't give us value for value, we will tell them to go elsewhere. This is the most efficient way of doing business, and in a free market, it allows us to provide the best possible services at the lowest prices.
"If our competitors think the market is not free—if they feel hamstrung by onerous labor rules that place what are properly management decisions in the hands of the Teamsters—then they should fight and lobby for equal protection under the law. If they find that their unions force concessions on them and lock out other workers who might compete for jobs, they should argue for the abolition of the labor privileges that hobble them rather than for the equal imposition of those burdens on all. In other words, let's level up instead of down."
UPS implicitly admits that its unionized workforce is a burden by lobbying for equal privations on its competitor. FedEx could claim the moral high ground and argue for the rights of workers and owners to make their own employment arrangements. Instead of defending economic freedom for all, however, FedEx has chosen to cry "bailout." Maybe they don't think they can win their case on its actual merits. But is the American public really so pro-union? I don't believe it is. If the FAA bill, which passed the House at the end of last month, passes the Senate too, FedEx's misbegotten marketing strategy will have to shoulder a part of the blame for muddying, instead of clarifying, what is at stake.
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Lady Gaga Wants Your Help to Film A Star Is Born at Coachella
By Meghan Overdeep Updated Apr 17, 2017 @ 10:15 am
Monsters, assemble! Lady Gaga announced over the weekend that she would be filming scenes for her upcoming movie—a remake of A Star is Born—at Coachella. The best part? She wants her fans to help!
Los Angeles Times reports that on Sunday morning Coachella's mobile app users were notified of the opportunity to appear as extras in a scene being filmed on the festival's grounds alongside pop star and her co-star Bradley Cooper. The shoot is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday (April 18 and 19) at 11 a.m. PT.
"The scenes for these days will portray a Country Western music concert," the announcement reads. "All you Monsters that can attend should get decked out in your most comfortable denim & boots, throw on a Stetson (leave those pink Joanne hats at home) and come out to show your support!"
A Star Is Born centers on a troubled movie actor and the aspiring actress he helped find fame. Fredric March and Janet Gaynor played the original starring roles in 1937, and the movie was made twice more after that, with Judy Garland and James Mason leading the 1954 version, and Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson last playing the characters in the 1976 reboot.
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He has won two international Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, three British Independent Film Awards and has been nominated for two BAFTAs.
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NBA Youngboy Says He Would Work With Tekashi 6ix9ine
NBA Youngboy is open to working with Tekashi 6ix9ine in the future.
The music industry has effectively blackballedTekashi 6ix9ine. Though he was able to snag a new feature from Nicki Minaj and Akon for Tattle Tales, there were rumors that he had secured a feature from NBA Youngboy. Ultimately, the song never ended up on the final tracklist while it was later revealed that Youngboy turned down $1M to work with Tekashi.
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Tekashi 6ix9ine's decision to take the stand during the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods trial has left the majority of the music industry wary of him. During a recent conversation with Akademiks on Clubhouse, Youngboy explained that he had no ill will towards Tekashi. In fact, he's more than open to working with 6ix9ine before most rappers in the music industry.
"I'll do a song with 6ix9ine before I do a song with half of these pussy ass n***as, ya hear me?" Youngboy told Akademiks, who replied, "The industry gon' kill you for that."
"The industry can suck my dick," YB quickly responded. "I ain't got shit — I ain't got nothin' against him. That shit ain't gon nun to do with me. I wasn't in his situation. Half of these pussy ass n***as that be talkin' don't know what they'd do if they were in his situation. What the fuck that got to do with me or anybody else?"
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Akademiks said that 6ix9ine is likely going to end up reaching out to ask for a quote for a feature. "He can hit you. I'll have a conversation with him. I just told you I ain't got nothin' to do with all that pussy ass shit. His business don't concern my business," YB added.
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The Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) publishes the twelve Reports containing the "Recommendations for future collaborative work in the context of the Internet of Things Focus Area in Horizon 2020" covering the main focus areas of the Internet of Things (IoT) Work Programme 2016-2017.
The "Internet of Things Applications" working group (WG01) Report gives an overview of the research and developments results of the IoT European Research Cluster (IERC) projects and the key elements related to the IoT technology developments and deployments for the domains covered by the future IoT LSPs. The document provides information about IoT technological and deployment challenges, findings, and recommendations for action for the use of the results in the new LSPs.
The "Innovation Ecosystems" working group (WG02) Report intends to stimulate the development of Open Innovation eco-systems for Internet of Things (IoT) innovation in the EC. The IoT ecosystem will flourish only when many stakeholders work collaboratively together with open standards, platforms and interfaces and when data flows.
The "IoT Standardisation" working group (WG03) method was to start from a comprehensive IoT landscape and standardization framework, then to identify common High Level IoT architecture and recommend how to achieve IoT Semantic interoperability. A massive effort conduced in a very short period of time to the production of three main deliverables: IoT Landscape and IoT LSP Standard Framework Concepts, IoT High Level Architecture (HLA) and IoT Semantic interoperability recommendations.
The "Policy Issues" working group (WG04) Report identifies barriers that might restrict take-up of IoT in the context of the Digital Single Market, including in relation to privacy, security and liability. The report makes recommendations to inform both the policy debate on these topics and the activities of the Large Scale Pilots.
The "Smart living environment for ageing well" working group (WG05) Report focus on the IoT support to the continuously growing population of elderly people in living longer, staying active, independent and out of institutional care settings, while at the same time reducing the costs for care systems and providing a better quality of life for vulnerable categories of citizens.
The "Smart farming and food security" working group (WG06) has released a set of Recommendations for unlocking the full potential of IoT in large scale farming applications. IoT technologies have the potential of helping European farming and food sector face important challenges for the future through real-time monitoring, better decision making, and improved operations management of the whole value chain, from farm to fork.
For the "Wearables" working group (WG07) the wearable technology market in Europe remains an emerging market. The relative novelty of these wearable technologies has not allowed a significant increase in the number of players for this market and the cost of products remains relatively high. Nevertheless, the wearable technology market in Europe is expanding across numerous sectors which may suggest some economies of scale or economies of scope might be achieved in the coming years.
According to the "Smart Cities" working group (WG8) Report, a successful Smart City Large Scale Pilot will tackle the demand side real needs and problems (citizens and cities) and will build on supply side technologies and challenges. It will demonstrate scalability and replicability through interoperability at the data layer, sustainability from economic and social perspectives, and will boost local digital life and economy in European cities.
The report defines the scope and focus of the WG and in particular considers applications of the Internet of Things to the mobility domain (Internet of Vehicles) as next step for future smart transportation and mobility applications with short-termed European wide economic potential and applicability."
The "Smart manufacturing" working group (WG11) Report provides an overview of European research and demonstration activities in this field. IoT technologies have already entered into manufacturing and this trend will increase. At EU level, smart manufacturing is addressed in the Factories of the Future Public Private Partnership. Currently there are open FoF 2016-2017 calls and in some of these FoF calls IoT technology can have its place.


This is part five in our Python tkinter tutorial series, in which we are building a simple GUI app to process and check file hash digests. In the previous two articles (part 3 and part 4), we configured the input and output widgets for our app. In this post, we're going to build out our app's two primary buttons and hook them into the appropriate input and output fields.
Our mockup design calls for two buttons: 1) a button that computes the hash value of the given file and checks to see if it matches the value that can be provided by the user; and 2) a button that clears all the input and output fields. Before we begin, let's consider more precisely what exactly our buttons will do. For the purposes of this tutorial, we're not going to consider all the possible edge cases, but rather try to keep things simple.
When the user clicks the hash button, what needs to happen? The app should first: 1) grab the file path from the file path input field, 2) grab the hash value to check against if the user has supplied one, 3) determine which hash function to run from the user's choice of radio button. Then it has to hash the appropriate file, and when the hash digest value is returned, it should: 1) compare that value against the user supplied hash value if there was one, 2) display the digest value in the appropriate output field, 3) indicate whether there was a match, or no match, or something else, in the result field. The second button is much simpler. When the user clicks the clear button, all input and output fields should be cleared of any values.
Following our normal work flow, we've configured a new row in our main_frame to hold the new frame for our button widgets, and given it a weight of 1. We've also created a new method where we'll configure the frame for our button widgets, and we've called that method from our setup method. We've embedded the buttons frame into the main frame grid at row 3, column 0. And finally, we configured our button frame to have 2 rows and 1 column, to hold each of our two buttons. Let's now configure our two buttons and create place holders for the functions they will call.
These are the first buttons we've configured for our app, but the code in the snippet above should look fairly familiar to you by now if you've been following along from the beginning. We've attached each button to the buttons_frame object. We've embedded the hash button at row 0, column 0, and the clear button at row 1, column 1. We've given both a 'raised' relief to make them look like buttons, and made them both sticky in all four directions.
The only thing really new that we're encountering in the configuration of the buttons is the 'command' keyword argument. As you might have guessed, the command keyword argument contains a reference to the method that is called when the button is pressed. (Note that there are no parentheses () following the name of a method or function when it is assigned to the command keyword argument, but rather just the name of the method itself.) We've also created an initial version of each of these methods, which, for the time being, log a simple message when the method is called.
If you run the app, you'll see that each time you click one of the two buttons, the corresponding log message will appear in your terminal. Make sure you have verified this and that your buttons are working properly before moving on to the next section.
We're in the home stretch! All the widgets for our application's GUI are now in place. All that remains to do is to fill out the runHash() and clear() methods with the necessary functionality, and then clean up the code.
So, what do we need in order to run our hash function? To begin with, we need to know the full path of the file to be hashed and the hash function we are going to use. Fortunately, we have access to the appropriate class instance attributes that we created in previous installments!
In the runHash() method, we've now grabbed the file path and hash function values from their respective class instance attributes and logged the results to make sure things are working properly. If you run the app, you can play around with various input states to make sure you are indeed grabbing the correct values. Try choosing a couple different files, using the two different radio button options, and verify that the correct values are logged in your terminal.
We'll now write a top level function to process our file hashes and return the hash digest. I've decided to place this function outside our class to keep its logic separate from our app's main view. We'll name this function processDigest() and call it from the runHash() method and log the result.
If you've never used Python's hashlib module before, it might not be entirely clear what's going on in the function above. If so, don't worry too much about it, the code above should work for you, but you should read up on hashlib in the docs, and elsewhere, such as at Python Module of the Week. Suffice it to say, our processDigest() function takes two parameters: the path of the file, and the type of hash to run. It calls the appropriate hash function from hashlib based on the hash_type parameter, and then runs that function on the file located at the path parameter. If something goes wrong, it logs the error. If all goes well, it returns the hash digest.
Our hash button now returns the input file's hash value and logs it in the terminal. We still have to display the returned value in the digest output field, check this returned value against the one that may have been supplied by the user, and provide an appropriate message in the result field depending on the outcome of the match check. This might sound like a lot, but it can easily be accomplished without ever leaving the runHash method. Let's add the necessary functionality.
This seems to do the trick. First we set the hash value attribute with the returned digest string (we then get that value and log it to make sure it's there!). Then we get the the contents of the user supplied hash value input field in the same way, using the get() method that complements the object's set() method. If there's nothing there, we display a simple message saying we're done. If, on the other hand, the user supplied value matches our digest, we display a success message. And finally, on the third hand, if the supplied value does not match, we display a failure message.
Let's fill out our clear method now. It is pretty simple. All it needs to do is set our string variables to the empty string and delete the contents of our entry fields.


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Francisco Gabriel Escudero Martínez (born 24 March 1966), commonly known as Paquito, is a Spanish retired football midfielder and manager.

The vast majority of his professional career was associated with Hércules, as he served the club as a player, coach and director of football.

Playing career
Born in Rafal, Alicante, Valencian Community, Paquito started playing football in the neighborhood of La Florida. He made his senior debut with Alicante CF in Tercera División, going on to play two seasons with Benidorm CF and helping the team promote (also finishing the regular season as champions) to Segunda División B for the second time in their history.

In 1990, Paquito remained in his native region and signed with Hércules CF, helping to promotion to Segunda División in his third year. In his 11-year spell he appeared in 342 official games, contributing with 34 matches (one goal) as the club returned to La Liga after a ten-year absence and being again an undisputed starter the following campaign, which ended in immediate relegation; his top-flight debut occurred on 1 September 1996, in a 2–1 home win against CF Extremadura.

Coaching career
Paquito suffered a serious injury during 1999–00, with Hércules in the third division, officially retiring from football in May 2001 at age 35. He remained with the club working in directorial capacities and, in 2003, began working as an assistant coach, a position he held under managers José Carlos Granero, Juan Carlos Mandiá, José Bordalás and Josu Uribe.

On 15 May 2007, following Uribe's dismissal, Paquito was named head coach until the end of the second division season, eventually avoiding relegation with two wins, one draw and two losses in his five games in charge. He was named director of football in the following campaign, remaining in charge for several years.

Honours

Player
Hércules
Segunda División: 1995–96

Benidorm
Tercera División: 1988–89

References

External links

1966 births
Living people
People from Vega Baja del Segura
Sportspeople from the Province of Alicante
Spanish footballers
Footballers from the Valencian Community
Association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Alicante CF footballers
Benidorm CF footballers
Hércules CF players
Spanish football managers
Segunda División managers
Hércules CF managers

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– Suppose we create the ideal environment in which a child forms, but later he has to become integrated in the larger society. The problem is that there is nothing to become integrated into. There is no society and the social institutions are destroyed. And children don't aspire anywhere because they see that there is nowhere for them to go.
By raising these children on the laws of Nature, should we create new social institutions as they grow, or will they have to become part of something amorphous and completely unclear?
– Now we aren't talking about society, but about children. Without destroying anything and without creating anything new, we have to deliver our system of upbringing to every person.
If we are talking about society, then we need a special government program that would come down to having every person receive an hour a day from his employer at his workplace to watch and participate in this kind of program during work. He would continue receiving the same salary, but would be obligated to study for an hour of that time.
We're talking about viewing TV programs at the workplace where people from one or several departments get together in a hall. We broadcast a specific program to them where they see a group that shows them an example of the right interaction and analysis of specific conflicting situations.
In every company there must be a preparatory educator who will begin working with these people after they have watched several programs like this. Everything is aimed at showing a person that unification above egoism is productive.
I think the entire collective will immediately feel the result, including the grateful employer who won't feel that he is wasting an hour a day to have his workers do this. However, this is no longer a school program, although it practically follows the same method. We show a person who he is, what drives him, how to rise above himself and become included in another, and how to come out of himself. This involves role-playing where by acting out different roles we see ourselves from aside.
I think we will see how people begin to understand and warmly accept this approach. This program was initially prepared for children. It revitalizes society, making it more consolidated and warm, lowering tension and crime. It is bound to be accepted with gratitude and welcomed by the government. If presented correctly, through distinguished, famous scientists and social activists, it cannot fail.
We don't have any other choice. If not now, then a few years down the line this will be much more necessary and in demand—but it's a shame to let the time go by!
We will see how beneficial this upbringing is for everyone and in everything that surrounds us. We have to demonstrate that all problems lie in man's attitude to himself and others—to his environment.
We understand that it is very easy to turn a society into a dictatorship, in which case it stops being a society altogether. Democratic societies in the world existed or exist with the presence of many reservations, laws, and limitations because man's nature is aimed at buying up everything, suppressing it, not giving anything to anyone, and sharing with others only to the extent they can please you or service you in some way. This is the law of egoism.
All of the so-called democracy is built on preventing one egoist from running wild. It's necessary for other people to participate in ruling over society. That is, it's necessary to create a circle of egoists. They can do practically anything, while others are allowed slightly less. We will give them something for their existence too, and will give even less to a wider and lower circle yet. That is to say, for the sake of self-preservation, a hierarchy is created in the egoistic society.
The world is controlled by individuals, a small group whose members know each other very well and own everything. Everyone else gets whatever falls into their lot. That is how it's organized from above.
But now we are reaching a state where these powerful circles also understand the finite nature of their existence. They might have an enormous amount of precious metals, stones, and cash, but this won't save them because without becoming an integral world, we will simply consume ourselves like cancer and will cease to exist. Therefore, I think there is an audience we can turn to and a goal we can reach.


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