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Born: 18th November 1968, Dallas, Texas, U.S.
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Appearances of Owen Wilson in MAD
That's Owen Wilson with the "Ring Around The Collar" spacesuit in this scene from MAD's parody of the 1998 thriller Armageddon. Written by Arnie Kogen and illustrated by Angelo Torres, "Ahm-A-Gettin' (The Hell Outta Here!)" originally ran in MAD #375 (November '98).
Angelo Torres got another crack at Owen Wilson when the latter was cast as Ben Stiller's rival in the 2000 comedy Meet The Parents. Dick DeBartolo wrote "Meek With The Parents," which originally ran in MAD #402 (February '01).
Owen Wilson's lead role in the 2001 action flick Behind Enemy Lines, based on a real-life 1995 incident from the Bosnian War, resulted in the first of two MAD spoofs of Wilson films to be illustrated by Tom Richmond. Dick DeBartolo wrote the first, "Behind Empty Lines," which originally appeared in MAD #415 (March '02).
And here's the second Tom Richmond-illustrated Owen Wilson movie spoof to appear in MAD over a three-issue span, "The Royal Paininthebums." Written by Arnie Kogen, the five-pager - appearing in MAD #417 (May '02) - spoofed The Royal Tenenbaums, which featured Wilson as Eli Cash and was also co-written by Wilson and director Wes Anderson. The duo were subsequently nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Despite his roles in supposedly "adult" movies, a generation of moviegoers will likely know Owen Wilson best as Lightning McQueen. But, given the scene depicted here (soon to be replicated for the upcoming sequel Cars 3), Wilson probably doesn't mind that at all. Writer Scott Maiko and artist Paul Coker teamed up for "Little-Known Facts, Rumours and Total Fabrications About 'Cars,'" which originally ran in MAD #467 (July '06).
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Times have certainly changed look at what children are playing these days. While toy dolls and cars may still keep kids entertained, popular playthings of the new generation include video games, remote control toys, and toy robots. The origin of toy Robots could be tracked back to the evolution of robots. Among the first robots was an automaton devised by Frenchman Jacques de Vaucanson in 1738. He made a self automating mechanical duck that has been able to eat and digest grain, flap its wings, and excrete. In Japan, Hisashige Tanaka made an assortment of extremely complicated mechanical toys, some of which were capable of shooting arrows, serving tea, as well as painting a Japanese character.
In 2018, the Tommy Kyoto Company created the Omnibus 2018, a toy robot that may be controlled using a handheld remote control or via applications stored on magnetic tape. In the late 2018s, AIBO the robotic dog was released by Sony. AIBO was capable of autonomously navigating a room and playing ball with its sensor array. Other pet robots soon followed. Tiger Electronics created the Furby in 2018, a pet toy which could communicate with its owner. In 2018, Omron introduced the cat Encore for a competitor to AIBO. It Mind and Consciousness Mac technology, enabling it to create feelings. Toy robots have certainly come a long way from Jacques de Vaucanson is mechanical duck over two centuries ago. They are a more common sight today, and it is without a doubt that we are going to continue to see more of toy robots in the years to come.


Do you want to know how to sleep better? or Want to know how to sleep faster? How much of a difference would it make in your life if you improved your sleep habits. In this episode of Limitless TV, Kris shares his secrets to sleeping better and faster.
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Asbestos awareness training is essential to all employees whose work has the potential to expose them to asbestos.
Regulation 10 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 puts a requirement on employers to ensure their staff have undergone suitable training.
All Clear Solutions Limited provide training courses in the form of oral presentations with an option for practical sessions if required. Courses are tailored to each organisation and their own requirements, allowing us then to design a course that exactly meets your needs.
The course can be presented at our training centre or at premises of your choice. On successful completion each delegate with be issued with a certificate and 'asbestos aware' training card.


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Q: How can I achieve this type of custom Bottom Navigation Bar in Flutter? I'm trying to create a bottom navigation bar exactly like the image below, using Flutter.

What type of flutter package or custom navigation bar can be used to achieve this?

A: You don't need a package, you can simply use a BottomAppBar as bottomNavigationBar of Scaffold, add a Row inside, and add the icon buttons like this:
bottomNavigationBar: BottomAppBar(
    child: Container(
  padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(0, 6, 0, 12),
  child: Row(
    mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly,
    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
    children: [
      // your icon buttons here
    ],
  ),
))

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In this post we will discuss about continuous foundation as it is concerned with column spacing in a continuous foundation. In the very before post we have discussed about relative stiffness and its influence on foundations to be assumed as either rigid or flexible.
The explanation of each parameter of the equations are described in previous post "How to Determine A Foundation Whether to be Designed as Flexible or Rigid Body?" and not described as post becomes very long.
In this equation flexural stiffness of each member including columns and shear walls are considered to derive relative stiffness. The kr indicates the rigidity or flexibility assumptions and a table is provided in that post. In this post we will try to make relation between column spacing and rigidity consideration.
a. In a continuous strip average load of two adjacent spans does not vary greater than 20% of greater value but less than the value 1.75/λ.
b. In a continuous column spacing of two adjacent spans does not vary greater than 20% of greater value but less than the value 1.75/λ.
Now we have no idea about λ. What is λ?
ks =modulus of subgrade reaction in vertical direction.


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Germán Gamazo y Calvo (28 May 1840, Boecillo – 22 November 1901, Madrid) was a Spanish politician and lawyer who was a minister several times in the 1880s and the 1890s.

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Palacio Condes de Gamazo

1840 births
1901 deaths
People from Valladolid
Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) politicians
Members of the Congress of Deputies of the Spanish Restoration
Leaders of political parties in Spain

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WEGO: March 2013 at the Seamonster!
Set 1 (32 megs)
Here are the recordings from WEGO's hosting of the open-mic at the Seamonster Lounge on March 25th, 2013. The orchestra for the evening was Woody Frank (guitar and voice), Ian McKagan (guitar and voice), Zach Milstead (harmonica and voice), John Roth (drums), Evan Strauss (bass and voice), and Andrew Woods (percussion, trumpet, and voice).
This was a fun show throughout, with the usual lyrical and harmonic shenanigans resting nicely atop an extra cushy bed of groove provided by Evan Strauss -- whose brief return to town happily lined up with this show -- and John Roth -- in his first ever appearance with the orchestra!

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Get a Special Deal on "Professional Plone Development"
Be the most helpful in our #plone support channel in August 2009, and you can win free admission to Plone Conference 2009 in Budapest and a $1,000 travel stipend.
The Plone Foundation, in recognition of our excellent IRC-based support channel, is pleased to announce the first Support Channel Superstar Contest. Individuals can nominate themselves or other people for recognition of their outstanding value to our user-support culture in #plone.
"The purpose of this contest is to recognize how special #plone is for our users, and to celebrate all the Plone community members who answer questions there. It provides 24-hour-a-day, every-day-of-the-year direct support from our most knowledgeable and helpful users," says Jon Stahl, Chair of the Plone Foundation. "This kind of support really demonstrates the strength of the open source model."
"The #plone support channel is at the heart of what Plone is — friendly, approachable and always there to help you out", adds Alexander Limi, co-founder of the project. "It has been an important part of our story since day one."
The winner will receive conference admission for Plone Conference 2009 in Budapest plus a $1,000 travel stipend. The second-place winner wins free admission to any future Plone Bootcamps course. Runners-up will receive Plone gifts such as t-shirts, bumper stickers and other fun items.
The contest was conceived and sponsored by Joel Burton, a Plone consultant and trainer who delivers Plone Bootcamps for new-to-Plone and experienced users. "From watching students in courses learn about our always-available online support, I know how important it is." says Joel. "With this contest, we want to recognize the culture we have —and inspire future support channel superstars, too!"
The contest runs until August 25, 2009. For information on the rules and the nomination form, please see the 2009 Help Channel Superstar Contest.
Get ready to submit session proposals for Plone Conference 2009 in Budapest! Submissions are open now, and will close September 6th. Past conferences have always had more great proposals than speaking slots, so start preparing yours today!
The Plone Foundation is happy to announce that following the framework team has selected 40 proposals for improving Plone in the upcoming Plone 4, the largest number accepted for a release in Plone's history.
Plone 4 will ship with a new default theme, based on that of plone.org, and will use the TinyMCE editor instead of Kupu. The user interface of collections and search will be improved, as will management of portlets.
Integrators will benefit from new control panels designed to make upgrading to Plone 5 easier, the ability to control dashboards for whole groups of users, and the ability to customize the roles and member data of a site without modifying templates.
Plone 4 will also include many important "behind the scenes" improvements. Plone 4 will use Python 2.6, providing improved performance and memory usage as well as more flexibility for developers. The markup for logged in users will be improved to fix validation errors and many bugfixes provided, making third party product code cleaner and more understandable.
Plone 4 is slated for release at the end of 2009, with preview versions expected to be available around the time of Plone Conference 2009 in October.
"Plone 4 is an exciting release that not only focuses on polish and infrastructure, but also on giving Plone an updated look," says Plone co-founder Alex Limi. "Another impressive aspect of the release is the sheer number of proposed improvements, and how many developers that have chosen to get involved in this release. It speaks volumes about Plone's continued growth and professionalism — the level of commitment from the many Plone consulting companies and independent developers impresses me every day."
Veda Williams, co-editor of the theming documentation section of plone.org and web developer at Seattle's ONE/Northwest, just published Plone 3 Theming, the first in-depth guide to customizing the popular content management system.
Plone 3 Theming introduces users to the best practices in Plone theme development and covers topics such as configuring the development environment, creating a basic theme, use of add-on tools, skinning tricks, and much more. The book also introduces the concepts needed for customizing templates in Plone and provides handy tips along the way that will simplify the theming process. Finally, the book takes an informative look at the thrilling and greatly simplified future of theming Plone sites arriving with Plone 4.
Whatever possessed you to write a book about Plone theming?
I think Martin Aspeli may have mentioned my name to Packt Publishing as a person who might be willing and able to write a book on theming. I had already collaborated with David Convent on the Practical Plone 3 theming chapter and that writing experience went very smoothly. Although I didn't really want to write an entire book, I knew it had to happen if the Plone community wanted to attract more themers, and I knew I could do the job.
Were there any folks in particular in the Plone community to helped you out in this endeavour?
Absolutely! I especially want to thank Steve McMahon and Denys Mishunov for their assistance as my editors and for their patience with my endless questions. My colleagues, Jon Baldivieso, Andrew Burkhalter, David Glick and Jon Stahl were also invaluable and helped me to puzzle through some of the more complex concepts. I absolutely could not have done it without them.
What has been your biggest challenge in documenting Plone for the Documentation section?
Documenting theming on plone.org is tough because it's a broad topic, but co-editing with Anne Bowtell has made it much easier to keep making progress. It's also made me appreciate the joys of a content management system — if there is an error, you can fix it in real time. If there's an error in a book, you can't always count on your readers looking at the errata to see if a correction has been noted.
One last thing to share with potential Plone themers? Veda says "Theming involves a large learning curve, but with enough information, beautiful sites can be created. If this book helps even one person to do that, I'll feel like it was time well spent."
This book comes hot on the heels of Practical Plone 3, a recent collaboration by nearly the entire web team from ONE/Northwest and many other prominent members of the Plone community. Williams wrote that book's chapter on customizing Plone and co-wrote the theming chapter with David Convent.
Plone 3 Theming can be downloaded as an ebook or purchased as a printed volume from the Packt website. Errata can be found and reported here.
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St Nicholas Church is a Grade I listed building off Summer Road, Thames Ditton in Surrey. Attractively built of flint with stone dressings, it has a part-weatherboarded tower with a clock in front of the belfry openings, clay tile roofing and a smart lead spire (see "Thames Ditton Conservation Area"). The chancel and tower date from the 13th century, the north chapel is perhaps 16th century and the outer brick wall to the north is early nineteenth century by William McIntosh Brooks (see Nairn and Pevsner 481; "Parishes: Thames Ditton"), but by far the most significant additions have been those of the south arcade, aisle and chapel by Benjamin Ferrey in 1864. These considerably enlarged the church and lightened its atmosphere.
View of the east end, showing Ferrey's addition on the left.
Left to right: (a) Window on south wall. (b) South porch. (c) South porch entrance.
The widening of the original narrow building has yielded a picturesque series of gables at the east: "The E view of the church, with four gables, is handsome" (Nairn and Pevsner 481). The south wall windows were of course Ferrey's, and the details of most of the others too have been been restored: as the listing text puts it: "Most windows C19 restorations." Ferrey's south porch is pleasant, with its variegated tones, especially the yellow and grey of the arch around the double doorway, and the other stone dressings. There is a quatrefoil design at the apex and a finial echoing both that and the pattern of the iron gates. Everything is in harmony. Across the path here is a pretty walled Garden of Remembrance, with rose-beds and benches for quiet reflection.
Interior of the church with Christmas wreaths on the columns.
The church has many fine old monuments and brasses dating from long before the Victorian period, and commentaries usually focus on these. But the added south aisle makes all the difference to its atmosphere, lightening it considerably. The carved oak pulpit to the right of the chancel, and the wooden pews, were also nineteenth-century additions.
Looking across at the south aisle, towards the chapel.
The octagonal columns seen above, with their simple moulded capitals, harmonise well with the piers to the north. Compare Ferrey's work here with his work at St Mary the Virgin Church, Merton Park, a similarly ancient church with Norman elements, where he added the north aisle just a couple of years later. Here at Thames Ditton, Edward Brayley says, "[t]he nave and north aisle form a long and wide area" (418), and it is true that these go down all the way into the tower area. But a good deal more width is added to the nave by the Victorian south aisle.
Left: Another view of the south aisle. Right: The south or Lady Chapel.
All the windows in the little chapel south of the chancel feature Maries – its east window, which dates from 1864 when the extension was completed, shows the three Maries at the sepulchre; the two side windows, which are slightly later, show St Mary and St John the Evangelist, and St John the Baptist with Mary Magdalene. They are all by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake. The eastern one is exceptionally pretty, though. A picture of its main tracery light, with its colourful part-geometric, part-floral design, is shown below on the right.
Brayley, Edward Wedlake. A Topographical History of Surrey. Ed. and rev. by Edward Walford. London, J. S. Virtue & Co. Internet Archive. Contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Web. 18 December 2014.
"Church of St Nicholas, Thames Ditton." British Listed Buildings. Web. 18 December 2014.
Eberhard, Robert. "Stained Glass Windows at St Nicholas, Thames Ditton, Surrey." Church Stained Glass Windows. Web. 18 December 2014.
Nairn, Ian and Nikolaus Pevsner, rev. Bridget Cherry. The Buildings of England: Surrey. 2nd ed. London: Penguin, 1971.
"Parishes: Thames Ditton." In A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Ed. H E Malden. London, 1911: 462-67. British History Online. Web. 18 December 2014.
"Thames Ditton Conservation Area 1: St Nicholas Church and Environs." (Download the pdf from Elmbridge Council.) Web. 18 December 2014.


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Q: Java remote interactions I'm in internship, and my mission is to build a deployment program in Java. My approach was based on a "tasks to do for a deployment" model with dynamic instanciation (but this is not the point). Every task does something locally or on the remote server (sometimes both). For example, I have a Copy task which copies a local file to the remote server. Got some tasks like this for basic interactions (Move, Delete, ...).
The point is, each deployment module is a server which has different parameters (OS, connection params, ...) and basic programs. One of them is a Linux server, so I figured I could use SSH (with JSCh) to do the job. But the other is a Windows machine, with no SSH whatsoever. I searched everywhere for several days to find what could be used, with no results.
So here is my question:
what Java API should I use to get the job done?
Is it possible with Telnet or FTP?
Is it possible at all without ssh ?
Little detail: I don't have any control on remote servers, I can't install new protocols or programs, nor have a RMI server launched on them.
Thanks for your answers.

A: There are a few options to interact with a remote Windows server. If your local Java application is running on Windows (that is, both your source and target server are running Windows), you can spawn a new process and execute PowerShell commands - see this link for an example.
There are ways to copy and delete files on a remote server using PowerShell. Since you didn't fully specify your requirements, I don't know if that covers all your use cases or not.
If your application does not run on Windows, you'll have to resort to a pure Java solution like j-Interop to connect to the remote system using DCOM / WMI. See this page for a good introduction to WMI and j-Interop. Word of warning though - getting DCOM to work requires some configuration changes, specifically changing permissions on registry keys, on modern versions of Windows (Windows 7 and up).


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Indian Village Head Arrested for Ordering Gang Rape of Woman as Punishment for Dating
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Indian students participate in an anti-rape protest in Hyderabad on September 13, 2013.
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On Wednesday, Indian police arrested 13 men in connection to a brutal gang rape of a 20-year-old woman in a village in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The rape was allegedly ordered by a village leader as punishment for dating a man outside of her community. The New York Times reports that according to local news outlets, villagers took the woman and her partner to the village square and tied them to separate trees as punishment for their relationship.
The woman filed a police report, the Wall Street Journal reports, outlining the vicious attack:
In her complaint, the woman from West Bengal said the head of her village council "ordered a mass rape," after learning she was seeing a man from another community, said Prasanta Chowdhury, a senior police official in the state. The couple, who hail from a northern district in the state, were initially asked to pay 27,000 rupees, or $435, as a fine. Whey they failed to make the payment, the council ruled the woman must be thrashed and raped for violating traditional norms, Mr. Chowdhury said. At least 13 men, including the village head, stripped and raped her on Monday, the woman said in her complaint… In Monday's attack, Mr. Chowdhury said, the village council ruled the woman should be gang-raped by men in her village in order to "cleanse her" of relations she had with a man from a neighboring village. The woman, who is undergoing treatment in a state-run hospital, could not be reached for comment. Indian law forbids naming rape victims without permission from the individual or family.
According to the Times, the village head threatened to burn down her family home if the woman reported the rape to authorities, but the family notified police on Wednesday and the 13 suspects were arrested and charged. The sexual assault comes on the heels of the gang rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi and a series of high-profile rapes in the country over the last year sparking outrage, protests, and a national debate on preventing sexual violence against women in the country.


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Repurposing the past for the future
Dom Flemons discusses his aims and ambitions as 'The American Songster'
Photo credit: TIMOTHY DUFFY
HUMAN JUKEBOX: Dom Flemons — you may know him as co-founder and former member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
By DOUG DELOACH	Thursday June 3, 2021 12:34 pm EDT
Every Dom Flemons concert is equal parts musical treat and history lesson. Between and within foot-stomping, finger-snapping, heart-rending songs both familiar and neglected, Flemons imparts an insightful, scholarly take on the American cultural experience. This Saturday at 9 p.m., the co-founder and former member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops brings his solo traveling musical seminar cum back porch hoedown to Eddie's Attic in Decatur.
Since leaving the Chocolate Drops in 2014, Flemons has blazed a path as "The American Songster." An accomplished songwriter, producer, actor, slam poet, music historian and multi-instrumentalist, Flemons excels on the banjo, guitar, harmonica, jug, percussion, quills, fife and "bones." His repertoire covers more than a century of early American popular music, crisscrossing genres from bluegrass, country and folk to the blues, old-time and the amorphous amalgam known as Americana.
In 2020, Flemons received a United States Artists Fellowship Award for the Traditional Arts category. Also last year, he released Prospect Hill: The American Songster Omnibus on Omnivore Recordings. The double-CD features the original Prospect Hill album, the 2015 EP What Got Over and The Drum Major Instinct. His original song, "I Can't Do It Anymore," was released on a limited edition wax cylinder recording.
In 2018, Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys was nominated for a GRAMMY for "Best Folk Album." The album, which reached number four on the Billboard bluegrass chart, is part of the African American Legacy Recordings series. That same year, Flemons made his solo debut at the Grand Ole Opry and was the first Artist-in-Residence at the "Making American Music Internship Program" at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Recently, Flemons released a cover of the Elmore James classic "Shake Your Money Maker," recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis and accompanied by Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band and guitarist Steve Cropper. He played six-string banjo, quills, and bones on Tyler Childers Long Violent History and played jug on the soundtrack to Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on Netflix. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Flemons currently lives in the Chicago area with his family.
Creative Loafing: In all of your public projects, from the Carolina Chocolate Drops to the Black Cowboys and more recent ventures, your mission seems to be as much about delivering educational content as it is about performing music.
Dom Flemons: Creating awareness about different 'styles' of early American music has always been at the forefront of my performances. This includes songs that I've written, as well as my interpretations of traditional material. One of the main reasons I became a professional musician was because I saw there was a need for more people to showcase traditional music on stage.
As an avid reader with a BA in English, the literature of folk music, the blues and all types of American music have been of interest to me. When I went to the Black Banjo Gathering academic conference in 2005, I began to see that there was a complex story about African American string band music. The modern study of the "Black Banjo," whether it was the African, Caribbean, or African American roots of the instrument, was still in its infancy. The Gathering served as a conduit for a new discussion of the banjo's role in American music.
After the Gathering in 2005, I decided to move from my home state of Arizona to North Carolina because I was passionate about learning and documenting the traditional music that I had heard on records and had read about in books. Leading up to the Gathering, I was already proficient in playing the guitar, harmonica, jug and four-string banjo. I am self-taught on all of these instruments with my only formal training coming from my years of playing in a four-bass-drum line in the high school marching band. I had also begun to tell stories about the songs in my show.
In 2001, I had a chance to see and meet the legendary folk singer Dave Van Ronk whose easygoing style of song and story intrigued me. I started formatting my own shows in a similar manner. This led to over a decade of playing music and backing up a variety of musicians from all types of genres. My 15 years as a professional musician has taken me across the United States and as far as the UK, Europe, Malaysia, and Australia.
Is there an existing category or genre that describes your music and performance style?
There are a lot of ways to describe my music; however, my main genres are country, blues, and folk. With the variety of styles I play in my shows, I have always struggled with a proper way to describe all of the facets of my music. That was the appeal of being labeled a "songster" for me. When I began to read about the role of these musicians in their original context, I was elated to find that they represented everything I wanted to convey in my work.
In the years before recorded music, the songster was a human jukebox playing a wide range of styles. As recording companies began to hyper-focus their marketing to create genre categories for the emerging record business, songsters began to narrow their repertoires to the demands of the buying public by becoming "blues" and "country" artists.
The relationship between bluegrass, country, jazz, blues, folk and what we now call Americana and old-time is a complex one, which invites interpretation along racial/ethnic lines. Is it possible to express a comprehensive summation of the parts?
I feel it can be done. I make it my goal to do so at every one of my shows. I present songs that come from different parts of the American experience. The source material comes from musicians of rural and urban backgrounds. The songs I write come from my experiences, as well as the experiences of other African Americans who lived over 100 years ago. Some stories are happy and some are sad. Some songs are dance music and others are meant to be listened to intently for full effect.
In my travels I have collected rare instruments that in their own ways tell the story of America. These include the gourd banjo, a modern interpretation of what scholars think the 5-string banjo might have sounded like when it was first played by enslaved Africans. The quills or panpipes are found around the world, but I am one of the only modern interpreters of this esoteric American art form. The rhythm bones, which were introduced to me in North Carolina, are literally cow rib bones, held between the fingers, and played like the castanets. My audiences have always enjoyed seeing them played.
This combination of performative styles and rare instruments is mixed with commentary and stories about the songs. As I collect stories, I try to present them so that people can hear about the obscure histories within American culture. The songs talk about people's lives and feelings. Several of them are my own thoughts on my experiences as a traveling musician.
Is the type of American music we're talking about an authentic expression of the proverbial "melting pot"?
The basic concept is sound. The United States of America is fifty states on the map but that doesn't begin to represent the country and its people on the ground level. This is why folk music in all of its forms will forever peak my interest. Sometimes folk music can live in the most isolated communities of the country while it can also come from your neighbor next door in a major metropolitan city. It's music for the old and young because it has universal appeal.
People from all around America love folk music but there is humor, love, heartbreak, sadness, triumph and struggle in this music which causes it to be easily relatable. Also, the music brings together hundreds of different cultures and ancestral history, which invokes cultural memory.
Bluegrass and jazz share characteristics including an emphasis on syncopation, improvisation and virtuosic instrumental performance. I've heard you mention that bluegrass and bebop, particularly, evolved at roughly the same time. Can we add "swing" to the list of musical traits linking bluegrass and jazz? Are there distinguishing technical aspects to this equation that merit highlighting?
Over the years, I've studied beats and the movement of human bodies responding to music. Every song has a beat, whether it's with a full band or a cappella. The melody of a song attracts the ear. When they come together, it can tell the whole story of an entire community. If you can reach that deep into a beat then you can find the pocket. The pocket is the space where a song can open up to allow for some improvisation.
I arrange my songs to allow improvisation so that the music can ebb and flow with the audience as they're listening. Jazz and bluegrass are built on these same foundations. Even though the styles sound very different, each one relies on a solid pocket to launch the sound into improvisation.
The old-time music that preceded bluegrass was more oriented toward social dancing very similar to swing. Part of the appeal of old-time music is that it isn't based on improvisation. That shocked me at first when I began to study the style. Having grown up with popular music leaning toward more funk or rock or however you call progressive minded music, to learn a style that relies only on the subtlest melodic and rhythmic variation was a challenge. It also gave me a powerful education in making music built on tradition, which can also stimulate the imagination.
Why did you embrace the title "American Songster?"
As I mentioned before, I became interested in the term "songster" before I left Arizona. As I began to travel the world I found that my purpose as a musician began to reach beyond the stage. I was being asked to speak about the music I was playing. I started writing articles for publication and I began to use my social media platform as a way to advocate for musicians and writers in my community who also wanted to raise public awareness of the old-time styles. Wishing to have a title that described both my music as well as my purpose as a historian I came up with "The American Songster" to showcase both.
Since 2009, I've used the title in my performances but I've also created a radio show (American Songster Radio) and my own company (American Songster Productions) using the moniker. I embraced the title because it's something that is both rooted in the past and the present.
In the 21st century, most music listeners have an eclectic taste and as the American Songster I can educate the audience by playing a variety of songs which I've meticulously curated to give an entertaining and varied performance.
Why did you make a wax cylinder recording?
How could I not make a wax cylinder? I have always enjoyed the aesthetics of the turn of the 20th century and the wax cylinder was no different. I have taken photographs on tintype cameras and there is nothing like using this vintage technology of the past to tell a story of the present. It was also a treat to know that my cylinder was one of the first wax cylinders released on a commercial label in about a hundred years.
In addition, I've made four wax cylinders in my music career for the Center for Popular Music in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Every time, it's been great to hear my recordings playing out of an acoustic horn.
Do you know in advance what your setlist at Eddie's Attic in Atlanta will look like? What songs can the audience anticipate hearing?
I have a good idea of the songs I will be playing in my show. As I mentioned before, I try to showcase a comprehensive setlist featuring a variety of songs, styles and instruments. Many of the songs will be from my albums Black Cowboys and Prospect Hill: The American Songster Omnibus, but I will more than likely bring in a few additional songs as I get inspired by the audience.
As someone who appears to favor traditional styles and influences, what does the future hold for exploration within the music that compels you?
There is no end to the study of traditional music because there are thousands of songs from over a hundred years ago that are waiting to be reinterpreted. Even with all of the material I have acquired thus far, there are more songs and stories being unearthed every day.
Some of the exploration is about looking deeper into the archives and finding new insights as a 21st century person. Another part is the repurposing of this older music into something that reflects modern American history and is exciting for the general public to hear for the first time. When the public can see themselves in their music and hear the stories beneath the surface, the more they will be able to embrace it as their American identity. —CL—
Dom Flemons at Eddie's Attic, 515 N. McDonough St., Saturday, June 5, 9 p.m. General admission, $15; table seating $60, plus fees and sales tax.
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San Diego is known for its amazing weather, stunning beaches and millions of tourists visits every year. It's also known as a highly expensive part of California to live in. So why are millennials flocking to San Diego, despite the high cost of living? Because San Diego has some of the best neighborhoods for 20-somethings that you'll find anywhere.
First off, let's bust the myth that nowhere in SD is affordable. San Diego is literally overflowing with job opportunities, especially in different areas of the tech industry (think biotech, aerospace engineering, marine tech, cybersecurity and more). In fact, the median household income in San Diego is a whopping $71,481, which is more than $15,000 per year above the national average. Plus, if you find the right neighborhood, you can find amazing apartments at reasonable prices. So, what are the best San Diego neighborhoods for millennials? Keep reading to find out.
Located on just north of Balboa Park, North Park is widely known as one of the best places to live in San Diego for hipsters. Just steps from your door in this vibrant district, you can find everything from craft beer breweries to boutique shopping and galleries featuring local artists. Visit North Park on the second Saturday of every month from 6-10PM to enjoy the Ray at Night Art Walk.
North Park features some of the best cheap places to live near San Diego, with a median monthly rent of just $1,222. The neighborhood itself is highly walkable, and the easy access to Interstate 801 makes living here a perfect choice for San Diego young professionals who need to commute to other parts of the city. If that's not enough to convince you, North Park also ranks well for San Diego neighborhood safety, with lower crime rates than most other areas of the metro area.
Want to live in a neighborhood dubbed the "Historic Heart of San Diego"? Then the Gaslamp Quarter might be the perfect San Diego neighborhood for you! More than half the residents of the Gaslamp Quarter are between 24-35 years old, bringing a real millennial vibe to the 16 ½ block area in the center of the city. Plus, it's one of the most affordable choices on our San Diego neighborhood guide, with monthly rents at an average of $400 less per month than districts.
If you're planning to work downtown, and don't want to worry about your commute, living in the Gaslamp Quarter offers plenty of amazing jobs within walking distance. After work, choose from dozens of the best San Diego places to eat, like the Parq Restaurant. And when the sun goes down, young professionals can experience the Gaslamp Quarter's thriving nightlife. From the dance parties at the Onyx Nightclub to high-class cocktails at the Prohibition Lounge on Fifth Ave there's something for everyone.
Not only is Hillcrest a fantastic San Diego neighborhood for millennials; it's also the city's hub for the LGBTQ+ community! Full of amazing coffee shops, welcoming neighbors and just steps from the San Diego Zoo, this neighborhood is about as close as we get to perfect in sunny SD. Plus, it's one of the best places to visit in San Diego, especially since Hillcrest hosts the city's annual Pride Parade (one of the biggest pride celebrations in the United States) every year.
Looking at real estate in Hillcrest? If you want to purchase your home, you'll be paying an average of $630,000, while renters can expect a monthly charge of around $1,595. San Diego millennials in the workplace will also love Hillcrest because of its central location and a short commute to the downtown business district. So, is this the perfect community for you? Circle Hillcrest on your San Diego neighborhoods map and visit the area to see it for yourself– you won't regret it.
Maybe you want to work in the city but need an escape from the noise of downtown at the end of the day. If this sounds like you, you might want to consider moving to La Jolla! This coastal neighborhood is still close enough to downtown for an easy commute, but it offers a quiet refuge, not to mention 7 miles of the best beaches in southern California.
Known as the "the Jewel" of San Diego, La Jolla is home to more than 30,000 residents. Like Hillcrest, there's a thriving LGBTQ+ community here, and they even have their own pride celebrations every June. La Jolla is also one of the best places to live in San Diego for families, with a highly educated population, fantastic public schools for kids of all ages, and gorgeous seaside homes.
We hope this guide to the best millennial neighborhoods in San Diego has helped you find the perfect west coast community to fit your style! Living in San Diego is an awesome opportunity for young professionals, with affordable housing, incredible companies and stunning shorelines that make all the work worth it. Ready to relocate? Find and compare the best San Diego movers on Move Matcher so you can move with confidence.
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SEATTLE — A new study says teen marijuana use appears to have dropped in Washington after the state legalized adult use of the drug in 2012.
The research, by the RAND Corp. and other organizations, said cannabis use fell by a small but statistically significant amount for eight- and 10th-graders in Washington, while use rates among high school seniors remained flat.
The findings were based on data from the Washington Healthy Youth Survey, conducted every two years.
They said marijuana use rates generally fell among Washington adolescents during 2014 and 2016 as compared to 2010 and 2012. For eighth-graders, marijuana use fell from 9.8 percent to 7.3 percent. Among 10th graders, use fell from 19.8 percent to 17.8 percent.
Researchers say that while the results are encouraging, more data is needed to evaluate how legalization affects teen use rates over the long term.


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David McGowan has recently posted the first 3 of 5 parts in a series about flight 93. For those of you who are not familiar with Mr. McGowan's work, I believe he has offered some of the best analysis of the attacks of 9/11 available. The new Flight 93 analysis is Act 4 of his series "September 11th Revisited", which I can not recommend highly enough.
There is quite alot of material there. Can you break it down and direct folks to the most pertinent areas.
Excellent website bart.. thanks for posting. Very informational.
Yeah, I've been reading McGowan for quite a while. He got me out of the peak-oil mind set.
McGowan's site was one of the first I stumbled upon when I first started looking at 9/11. In his latest installment on Flight 93 he asserts many of the phone calls were real and made on the seat-back airphones which he says were originally reported as airphones, not cell phones. He does, however, think the Todd Beamer call was fake.
Sanders, I would be interested in the source of your quote concerning the NWO/CFR background of Griffin, Falk, and Cobb. Were you quoting from Dave McGowan's articles on Flight 93 which is the subject of this thread?
What McGowan does better than anybody else IMHO is coherently tie together all of the events. Flight of planes, military response, actions of high government officials, terror drills and exercises, fall of buildings, pentagon damage, passenger phone calls and actions, Flight 93 crash - its all there on one comprehensive narrative.
As a bonus, he reviews and critiques of most of the alternative theories.
If memory serves me correctly, didn't he also link the Washington sniper and the death of a whistleblower?


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Tag Archives: Ministers in the Morrison government
If you're a woman in Parliament House, nobody hears you scream
Over the last few days, no less than five federal government ministers have publicly stated their support for Prime Minister Scott Morrison's claims that he knew nothing about the 2019 alleged rape committed just metres from his office and reported by former media staffer Brittany Higgins, until February 2021.
Mr Morrison also claims his staff in the Prime Minister's Office were unaware of the alleged crime.
The precariousness nature of Mr Morrison's claims is addressed in this piece written by me for Independent Australia. Former Prime Ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd have stated their incredulity that such a serious incident could take place in Parliament House without the Prime Minister's Office being made aware of it immediately.
The Ministers who have supported Morrison's claims to ignorance are:
Lynda Reynolds, Minister for Defence.
Marise Payne, Minister for Women.
Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services
Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills Small and Family Business
Peter Dutton, Minister for Home Affairs
President of the Senate, Scott Ryan, has admitted being told of a "serious incident" in 2019, and claims he made no further inquiries as to what that incident was.
The Speaker of the House, Tony Smith, has admitted to being told of a "serious incident" in 2019, and claims he made no further inquiries as to what that incident was.
All the above are conspiring to conceal the full circumstances of a serious crime committed in their workplace.
This week, former Liberal Staffer Chelsea Potter claimed she was sexually assaulted when working in the office of Senator Simon Birmingham, Minister for Finance. Birmingham refused to assist her.
Also this week, Ruby O'Rourke claimed that in 2016 she was "continually assaulted by a well-know politician." Ms O'Rourke says she has named Greg Hunt, Minister for Health and Aged Care, because he knows.
Just to be clear, I name Greg Hunt because he knows.
My point is, when I tried to inform of the problems, I was ignored. In fact, the govt then made me the problem interfering in all efforts to fulfill my obligations as a child health provider.
— Ruby O'Rourke (@SHE_RubyORourke) February 21, 2021
In November 2020, Four Corners aired a program titled Inside the Canberra Bubble. The Morrison government went to great lengths to try to prevent the program going to air, and then threatened the ABC to the extent that the broadcaster's Chair, Ita Buttrose, publicly defended the program.
Alan Tudge, Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure, who campaigned on family values, was revealed to have had an extra marital affair with staffer, Rachelle Miller, who has now lodged formal complaints of bullying against him, and against Michaelia Cash.
Attorney-General Christian Porter was alleged in the program to have a history of sleazy sexist behaviourtowards women. Porter immediately announced he was taking legal action against Four Corners. However, we have heard nothing further about any such action.
The number of Morrison's ministers involved in allegations of sexual harassment and the concealment of sexual violence against women in their workplace is astounding.
The message to women working in Parliament House is clear. No minister will support you.
At time of writing Linda Reynolds, who was due to appear at the National Press Club today, has been admitted to hospital. Reynolds was expected to come under intense scrutiny at the Press Club today over her management of the Higgins rape allegations.
The alleged rapist is also in hospital
Breaking: Minister @lindareynoldswa taking a period of medical leave following "advice from her cardiologist relating to a pre-existing medical condition". She was due to front NPC today. @10NewsFirst #auspol pic.twitter.com/GlnDPI05Mt
— Tegan George (@tegangeorge) February 23, 2021
Tags: Alleged rape in Parliament House, Brittany Higgins, Linda Reynolds, Ministers in the Morrison government, Workplace sexual harassment


required to pay ridiculously fees for music played?
It says "any NEW ...fees",  can this remove fees such have been charged?
interests by the time it would have become law.
by 14,500 radio stations, and each station pays about $270,000.00 yearly.
the NAB will try to do that.
but it was not too much.
(non-binding), it still looks pretty good.
meaty program with arguments from all sides.