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Capital drama
Print edition : July 10, 2015 T+ T-
The police take former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar (centre) to Faizabad for investigation in fake degree case. Photo: PTI
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia during an Aam Aadmi Party rally on April 22. Photo: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
The BJP regime at the Centre and the party's State unit in Delhi are resorting to indirect attacks and direct smear campaigns against the AAP even as Arvind Kejriwal's party is suffering from a crisis of credibility of its own making.
THE political tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government and the Centre escalated to a new level when the Union Home Ministry-controlled Delhi Police arrested the State Law Minister, Jitender Singh Tomar on June 9 on the charge of acquiring fake educational degrees. It was a dramatic event, with nearly 40 policemen, including several high-ranking officials, descending on Tomar's house to arrest him. AAP leaders alleged that the Delhi Police, in an unprecedented manner, had worked overtime to prepare the first information report (FIR) against Tomar at 3 a.m. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia responded to the arrest by calling the episode "an emergency-like situation". Indeed, the drama that unfolded at Tomar's house shocked everyone as he was treated like a fugitive. Such heavy-handed action against Tomar forced political observers to see the arrest as political vendetta amid a continuing battle between Lieutenant Governor (LG) Najeeb Jung and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over devolution of powers.
The AAP leadership asked Tomar to resign, and Kapil Mishra, Chairman of Delhi Jal Board and legislator from Karawal Nagar constituency, took over as Law Minister.
Allegations against Tomar have been a cause of worry for the AAP for some time. They first surfaced before the Delhi Assembly elections earlier this year. Santosh Kumar Sharma, a lawyer in Delhi, filed a petition before the Delhi High Court just ahead of the elections alleging that Tomar had procured a bogus BSc degree from Avadh University and used it to apply for a law degree at Bishwanath Singh Institute of Legal Studies College in Munger, Bihar. He also accused Tomar of forging his migration certificate from Avadh University. However, Sharma later attempted to withdraw the petition and was reprimanded by the court. Former AAP national executive members Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav continually called for a probe within the party during the elections, a senior party leader told Frontline. However, he said that Tomar produced documents for his degrees and managed to convince Kejriwal that he had done no wrong. As the AAP won 67 out of the 70 seats in Delhi, the matter was pushed to the back burner. It resurfaced when the Delhi government was listing the achievements of its first 100 days.
The LG and the Chief Minister suddenly locked horns over the exercise of powers (see "Capital stand-off", Frontline, June 26, 2015). The Central government's moves were in addition to targeted attacks on individual leaders of AAP on the ground by the Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit. Firstly, the Delhi BJP ran a malicious social media campaign alleging that AAP leader Kumar Vishwas had had an extramarital affair with an AAP volunteer in Amethi. Secondly, the secretary of the Bar Council of Delhi, Puneet Mittal, on the complaint of a lawyer associated with the BJP, Ripudaman Singh Bharadwaj, filed a formal police complaint against Tomar on May 11 for forging his law degree. Thirdly, with the help of expelled AAP leaders like Rajesh Garg, the State leadership of the BJP started a campaign against AAP legislators such as Vishesh Ravi and Surinder Singh for faking their degrees. Fourthly, it was reported that the Union Home Ministry had created a seven-member intelligence team to snoop on AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and Kumar Vishwas, an allegation the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh denied.
Amid all these attacks, the controversial former AAP Law Minister, Somnath Bharti, also courted trouble for his party when his wife, Lipika Mitra, filed a case of domestic violence against him. The constitutional battle between the Chief Minister and the LG aside, the AAP handled the accusations against its individual leaders with great political immaturity.
The AAP leadership, while unanimous in describing these episodes as a "BJP plot", did not have any convincing answers to defend their leaders. In trying to circumvent the accusations, it engaged in counter-attacks from a moral high ground but was unclear about the charges against Tomar or Ravi. Kejriwal, too, was conspicuously silent over these charges.
As both the BJP and the Congress upped their ante by demanding Kejriwal's resignation, the AAP was forced to acknowledge that there might be a problem in their ranks. Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh told reporters: "Because we talk of clean politics and this entire incident has raised various questions and doubts on his degree, the party has decided that the case will be referred to the party's internal Lokpal for probe."
While the Tomar case is pending before the courts, the principal of the law college in Bihar has acknowledged that Tomar was indeed a student there, but doubts still remain over the charges over his undergraduate degree and migration certificate. The allegations against other AAP leaders seem to have faded as both the Congress and the BJP are banking on Tomar's case to push the AAP into a corner.
According to a senior AAP leader, the massive defeat of the BJP in Delhi and Kejriwal's rising popularity among Delhi's trader class, which has traditionally supported the BJP, have made the BJP wary. He said that an erosion of support among its traditional vote bank would mean that the BJP would be left without any organisational presence in Delhi.
The turn of events in Delhi clearly suggests that the BJP has developed a twofold strategy to oppose the incumbent government in the capital. Firstly, it attacks the Kejriwal government indirectly through a complicated federal structure. Secondly, the State unit digs up accusations against individual leaders of the AAP in a bid to dent its image of being an honest and efficient party.
At the same time, political observers say that internal dissensions within the AAP over the last few months, and its infighting becoming nakedly public, have contributed to creating this kind of an oppositional space in Delhi politics.
Indeed, both the BJP and the Congress have mounted their opposition against the AAP through smear campaigns instead of concrete opposition based on public issues. It is unfortunate that Delhi is witness to an anti-ideological, vindictive politics shortly after what many thought was a new wave of electoral politics that the AAP ushered in a few months ago.
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March proved fruitful with over 1300 moths recorded over the month at Tophill Low NR, East Yorkshire. Orthosia season is in full swing, with Hebrew Character O. gothica featuring prominently in the daily records, while the 1000th Clouded Drab O. incerta in site history was trapped on March 17th.
This Tawny Pinion Lithophane semibrunnea was taken overnight on March 16th – the second site record, the only previous individual occurring in 2010. Agonopterix ocellana was a new addition to the site list on December 3rd 2016 – so it was something of surprise to catch three individuals over the March 28th-31st period, while a Parsnip Moth Depressaria radiella trapped overnight on the 31st was the ninth in site history.
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Red Chestnut Cerastis rubricosa has been regular in small number almost annually at Tophill Low with 32 recorded over the 1996-2016 period – on the wing from March 12th, the 2017 total to date is 36!
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LINCOLN, Neb. — The 20th annual 4-H & FFA Golf Classic will be June 23 at the Indian Creek Golf Course in Omaha.
This year participants will not only celebrate 4-H and FFA, but also the 20th year anniversary of the event, said Stuart Shepherd, executive director of the Nebraska 4-H Foundation.
"We're celebrating 20 years of support to two of Nebraska's most largest and successful youth programs," Shepherd said. "We are most grateful for the financial support over the 20 years from our gold, silver, tee and green sponsors; their financial support reaches over 150,000 kids annually in Nebraska."
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The Golf Classic is a major fundraiser for both organizations.
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In Nebraska, more than 143,000 youth ages 8 to 19 participate in 4-H and 7,100 high school students are members of FFA. Many high school-aged youth participate in both organizations, Stuart said.
In addition to golfing, raffle prizes will be awarded a dinner are a part of the event. Typically, about $40,000 is raised with 4-H and FFA each receiving $20,000.
For more information or to register, visit http://ne4hfoundation.org/events/4-hffa-golf-classic/ or contact Stacey Agnew or Sarah Mullen at the Nebraska FFA Foundation.


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Q: Can't set From using mail command in bash I am at my wits end....
All I want to do is set the From using a command line mail in a script.
I have tried mutt, mail, mailx...
Here is on command I tried:
echo "Once again" | mail -s "Maybe this time" -A file.csv stevec@isonas.com -r 'John <john@company.com>' -a From:John\<john@company.com\>
And another:
mutt -e "set from=john@company.com"...

And another:
mutt -e "set from=john@company.com" -e "set realname=John"

My /etc/mailname has the name I want too. I also tried configuring a muttrc file and that doesn't work
And another try:
mailx -r "DoNotReply@company.com" -a "From:DoNotReply@company.com" -s "Subject" -A "/opt/file.csv" "john@anothercompnay.com" <<< Some Text

Any ideas I can try?

A: I assume that you have configured john@company.com in an extra configuration file (~/.mutt/accounts/john) which you usually source as soon as you start using it in mutt. Simply load that configuration.
echo "mail body" | mutt -e "source ~/.mutt/accounts/john" -e "set content_type=text/plain" -s "subject" -- peter@company.com

An account specific configuration file may look like this (msmtp is used in this case to send mails):
set sendmail        = "/usr/bin/msmtp -a Mailbox"
set realname        = "John"
set from            = "john@company.com"
set mbox_type       = Maildir
set folder          = "/home/john/.mails"
set spoolfile       = "+Mailbox/INBOX"
set record          = "+Mailbox/Sent"
set postponed       = "+Mailbox/Drafts"

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There's room for laughter everywhere in this world and a McKinney, Texas pastor's video has spread over the Internet like melted cheese on a breakfast biscuit.
Pastor Fred Thomas from McKinney is a Christian Comedian and preaches "laughter is the best medicine". In an interview with GuideLive back in 2015 when his Blue Bell Gospel Song went viral, Thomas said that the Bible said laughter is like medicine.
It allows people to deal with pressures and pains in a better mindset. Laughter opens people up to deal with problems they wouldn't deal with. I do it to talk to the hearts and minds of people. I love being a preacher. I love being on the stage. It's been who I am.
His current Something About This Biscuit Gospel has racked up over 4 million views and 130,000 shares on Facebook since last Wednesday, February 16. Keep preaching Pastor Fred. People are listening, but more importantly, people are laughing with you.
Check out a few other great songs he's done for Laugh Out Loud Church.


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Никанор (Ніка) Анзорович Мелія (; , Тбілісі) — грузинський політик. Член парламенту Грузії (2016-2019, 2020-2021). Голова Єдиного національного руху.

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20 лютого 2021 року в Тбілісі відбулись протести проти кримінального переслідування щодо Мелії та опозиційної партії «Єдиний національний рух», було затримано 25 осіб.

23 лютого Ніку Мелія було затримано в офісі партії.

10 травня 2021 року Мелія залишив в'язницю після того, як Європейський Союз сплатив заставу.

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Q: Is this any different from normal integration? This may be a really stupid question, but I've never formally learned the answer to this question.
We know that if $F'(x)=f(x)$ and if $a, b\in\Bbb R$, then
$$\int_a^b f(x)dx=F(b)-F(a)$$
But what if $a,b\in\Bbb C\setminus \Bbb R$? Assuming that $F$ is defined and converges for such $a,b\in\Bbb C\setminus \Bbb R$, is
$$\int_a^bf(x)dx=F(b)-F(a)\text{?}$$

A: If $F$ is holomorphic in a domain $U$, with $F'=f$, then for each contour $\gamma$ inside $U$,
$$\int_\gamma f(z)\,dz=F(b)-F(a)$$
where $a$ and $b$ are the start and end points of $\gamma$.
This is the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus for holomorphic functions, and is in
all texts on complex analysis.


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A new book on organic animal farming has been published by award winning Cambridge-based publisher, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited.
The book contains a chapter written by ORC's Susanne Padel on The principles of organic livestock farming, a chapter by Laurence Smith (now ex ORC) on The effects of organic management on greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency in livestock production (with AG Williams of Cranfield University), and a chapter by Lindsay Whistance on Enhancing naturalness and human care in organic animal farming. Lindsay also contributed to a chapter on Integrated crop–livestock systems with agroforestry to improve organic animal farming
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Dr Hovi emphasises the market's need for a book of this calibre and celebrates it's publication: "The cast of editors and authors, all leaders in their field, makes the book a reliable reference work for years to come and is hugely welcome."
The collection is divided into three key sections. Part 1 is dedicated to assessing the concepts associated with organic animal farming, Part 2 focuses on the farming of particular species, and Part 3 discusses what the future holds for the organic farming process.
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ASDAN commissioned experienced teacher and senior leader Mike Randall to write the Accelerating Progress mathematics course, which is aimed at helping learners gain a 4 or 5 in the new, more demanding GCSE in England. Mike explains why the course is needed and how it offers a fresh approach to engage students in this key subject.
What are the challenges posed by the new mathematics GCSE?
I have seen structural changes to GCSE mathematics over the years and various changes to content but nothing on the scale of the developments in the last few years, culminating in the new specification exams which students sat for the first time last summer. The new GCSE poses a significant challenge for many learners.
It's not necessarily that the mathematics content itself is more difficult – the added complexity relates to the greater problem solving element of the questions. The course was developed following requests from employers for more students to be able to apply their mathematics knowledge in a real-life context. As a result, the new GCSE questions are more contextual, which means students have to solve problems rather than simply doing mathematics with no obvious real-world application. This new problem solving element is something that many students struggle with and they need extra support and resources to develop this skill. In the past, you could teach C/D borderline students the maths needed to pass but because of the added challenge of the new problem solving element, it is now more difficult for many students to reach grades that are considered to be a good pass.
What does the Accelerating Progress course aim to achieve?
Many students need help applying the actual problem solving skills required. The solution to this in many schools has been to give learners more mathematics lessons, which can lead to disengagement and increased frustration for students and teachers.
The Accelerating Progress course aims to get students who are struggling to gain a grade 4 or 5 to improve their problem solving skills, so that they can apply the mathematics needed to secure a good pass. It approaches the subject in a different way to give learners a fresh perspective. Accessible and engaging challenges will stimulate learners' interest in the subject and help them experience success. This in turn will boost their performance in the subject as well as enhancing their confidence and motivation. I have tested all of the challenges in the course with my own students so I know they have a proven impact and I am confident this course will be of great benefit to many learners.
Why should schools try a different approach to mathematics?
Many students who are given extra intervention lessons have been taught mathematics for a long time. They often feel like they are not improving and may be demoralised. Providing more of the same approach through extra intervention lessons does not always work in my experience and can lead to disengagement and increased frustration for students and teachers. What learners need is a new approach that's going to transform their engagement with the subject.
By accessing Accelerating Progress through an online platform, where learners view content and upload evidence for their tutor to sign off, the course provides a different way of working for young people. This ties in with our purpose of providing a fresh approach to the subject as well as showing students how this course is cutting edge in its digital format.
What's also different is the personalised learning element. The student works with the tutor to decide on challenges to complete – this tailored approach taps into ASDAN's proven methodology of engaging young people by giving them choice over their learning. Giving young people greater freedom over what they study is proven to engage and motivate them.
Who can deliver the Accelerating Progress course?
One of the advantages to the Accelerating Progress courses is that it has been designed so that non-specialists, as well as fully qualified teachers, can deliver it. Currently there is a shortage of mathematics teachers across the country and we are finding that in many cases non-specialists are teaching lessons. The nature of the course means it can be delivered by a wide variety of school staff, which gives schools more options for delivery.
All schools have groups of students who are disengaged with mathematics and that need extra support. This course is ideal for schools that are struggling with mathematics attainment and need to provide extra support and inspiration to students.
The course can be used to breathe new life into intervention sessions as well as being used as a mainstream teaching resource, supplementing normal mathematics lessons. You can view ASDAN's poster on 7 ways to embed Accelerating Progress, which outlines more delivery models.
Is the course suitable for post-16 students resitting their mathematics GCSE?
Students who have to resit GCSE mathematics are often disengaged with the subject and have had a bad experience in class. What they need is a new approach in a way that's going to stimulate their interest. Students will find it difficult to improve if you keep applying the same approach – they switch off. Just when they thought they were done with maths, they now discover that they have to do it again.
The Accelerating Progress course lends itself to the more independent learning undertaken by post-16 students who can log into the e-platform whenever they want and work through the course at their own time and pace. It's a grown up approach to the subject, which encourages learners to take control of their own workload. This is an important skill to develop in education and the workplace.
Mike has been teaching mathematics to Year 10 and 11 students for 20 years in a career spanning six schools. He has extensive experience of working with disengaged learners, helping them gain a pass at GCSE.
Mike is a former head of mathematics, assistant head and deputy head and has worked in senior leadership teams for 10 years.


主要内容:Enterprise modelling techniques aims at represent, analyse and design manufacturing systems and more generally enterprises.These techniques, originally developed for manufacturing business processes, are now used also for information systems and decision systems.The objective of this lecture is to present first what is enterprise modelling, why we need to model enterprise and to do what.Then, several techniques of enterprise modelling will be presented, in particular for Business process modelling and decision system modelling.
主要内容:Performance measurement is essential to ensure a coherent and efficient control of manufacturing and enterprise activities and to make good decisions, from the strategic to the operational levels.But the definition and implementation of a performance measurement system is a huge task and requires the use of specific methodologies.During the last 30 years, many methodologies were developed by academic and practitioners as Balanced Score cards for strategic dash boards and many others.
The objective of this lecture is to present the main principles of performance measurement and three main methodologies: Balanced Score Card, ECOGRAI and Performance PRISM. Then, a comparison of the 60 existing methods will be given and a generic framework will be proposed.
主要内容:Interoperability can be defined as "the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use this exchanged information.But in order to manage the system interoperability, this is essential to enable the measure of this kind of performance between two systems or the interoperability of a system in general.
So, the objective of this lecture is to present the main concepts behind interoperability and then to focus on interoperability measurement and more specifically on the methods that can be used for this purpose.


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Personal injury claim may come after tragic accident in Louisiana
On behalf of Gregory P. DiLeo of Law Offices of Gregory P. DiLeo, APLC posted in Car Accidents on Thursday, July 13, 2017.
Details are few after a tragic accident left a man dead on a roadway in Louisiana. The crash, like many car accidents in the state, has left authorities with questions relating to what happened and who may have been at fault. Once the determination is made and all of the evidence has been reviewed, the deceased victim's surviving family may find that they have grounds to make a personal injury claim against the driver believed to have been at fault.
According to early reports, there were three vehicles involved in the car accident. The wreck happened at midday at a busy intersection of two Louisiana roadways in Jefferson Parish. It is unclear what happened to cause the vehicles involved to collide.
What is known is that one of the victims was trapped inside of his vehicle due to the violence of the impact. He had to be extricated from his car by authorities. Unfortunately, he died later of his injuries. The others involved apparently suffered minor injuries and were expected to survive.
A detailed investigation will likely reveal which party or parties bear responsibility for the collision. The surviving family of the deceased victim have every right to consult a personal injury attorney in Louisiana to assess the viability of proceeding with a wrongful death claim in civil court. Many times, the lawyer can add to the official police investigation in order to gather all evidence relevant to a civil claim for monetary damages. Many times, with the right documentation, an attorney is able to effect a fair settlement with a tortfeasor's insurance company; other times, it is necessary to pursue a claim through a trial.
Source: fox8live.com, "Man killed in Terrytown car crash", July 7, 2017
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The Who and How of the Recording Studio
By johnston.a on November 19, 2016 2 Comments
So the band has done it; finally, a group of like-minded individuals has started to write music and playing shows. It is exciting, corralling friends and family in a crowded bar and blasting them with the sonic abilities of the new band.
Maybe members of the musical group have started posting flyers and setting up a Facebook, ReverbNation, SoundCloud, and even a Twitter account. At some point, however, being a good band is not enough to bring in new fans. All musical groups arrive at the crossroads where they have to make a decision on where to record their music.
History of the Recording Industry
There are many options today, compared to the recording industry 10 years ago. In previous years, there were not many choices. There were a handful of studios that catered to any genres, all bands, and solo artists. The quality was top of the line, however, it was expensive to record, especially for starving artists. But now, with the digital age, things have changed. It seems that anyone can stumble upon dozens of small studios within the area. Nevertheless, among all the choices, who can be trusted with original music? And even more important, what is the right balance of expense and quality?
Before digital recording became the industry standard, everything was done on reels or with ADAT hardware, and it was expensive to produce an album. That is no longer the case. For less than $1,000, with a little bit of practice and creativity, a creative music studio can be set-up at home. Is this really the right option for artists today? The answer is simple…maybe, sort of, possibly.
Some artists might look forward to tirelessly editing track after track to make that perfect cut. However, they might be robbing the band of the actual gains from a musical engineer. Sometimes having an unbiased ear that is not married to the guitar player is the insight needed to turn a song from mediocre to a hit. Most musicians forget this factor when they begin building a studio for themselves.
Part of the price of using a professional studio is the benefit of an engineer who cares about the project and offers a new, creative element to a song the band has been playing for the last few years. If the group decides not to purchase an M-Box, Pro Tools set-up for $500, and learn the engineering side of things, there is still that big question…Which is the right studio for the band?
Larger studios will always be able to craft great sound. With their resources, they can stay up-to-date on new software, some programs cost as much as $10,000, and have access to the newest and hottest electronic "toys" on the market. However, most musicians are worried that while larger, more professional studios can produce great sound, will it be an accurate representation of the group's style and be reproducible.
Studios that have access to all the gear and software to produce great sounding demos or albums can do so because of their sheer volume of customers. They may not be unable to give every project the time it deserves. Also, musicians may find themselves bound to a setting where the engineer does not even listen to the genre the band is playing, or maybe even hates it. Some musicians feel that paying someone to care, is not enough to put their dreams in someone else's hands. So, it the studio is not the right option, then what?
With the digital age and loads of free software like "Reaper" and "Garage Band," smaller, home studios have blown up all over. It seems like anyone with a handful of microphones and a computer is a self-proclaimed engineer/producer. They can be found on Craigslist, through referrals from fellow musicians, or maybe it is even a best buddy from grade school. Still, are these small studios going to have the talent to take the band to the next level?
What to Look for When Reviewing a Small Studio
Is the engineer running the studio out of his living room or worse, his parents' garage? After all, how can someone, who wants to charge money, not able to afford an actual place to work, and more importantly, create the desired sound? Smaller places like this may be significantly cheaper but may not have the resources necessary to produce the desired sound, regardless if they are a fan of the band and style.
Is the engineer qualified? Has he/she gone to school or been involved in an apprenticeship program? What makes them qualified to produce an album? (That being said, there are many famous people who have fantastic talents behind the mic and the glass.) The lowest price in the world is not worth anything if the group signs up to record with a producer who has little or no idea what they are doing.
Listened to previous work they have recorded. Have they produced anything like the genre and sound of the band? What is the quality of their work?
There is no right answer when looking for the perfect studio for a project, but there are plenty of options. Whether it be a local staple studio, a smaller less expensive place, or create a home studio, there is one thing that is almost guaranteed to happen. Most musicians will never be satisfied with their recording.
Maybe the drummer could have done this differently, the singer was sick, or a guitar player was just a fraction out of tune. Most likely, while dissecting the demo or album, after thousands of playbacks, some sort of imperfection will be discovered. Hopefully, it is something fans will not notice, like a slight EQ problem or a fade that should have gone just a little longer.
It is important that no matter where the music is recorded, musicians go prepared. Have realistic expectations of what the end product will sound like from a qualified engineer. This is the best way for the band to feel their money was not wasted on a great project that sounds terrible.
By Alexander Johnston
Edited by Jeanette Smith
Personal experience from business (the music lab)
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DDFYM – Chapter 161
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Chapter 161: Bloodline of the Nine tailed fox
"Not the average fox?" Sima You Yue used her two hands and carried the fox, examining it left and right, saying, "You don't look any different?"
The Beast King jumped down, shaking his body, turning back to his normal self as a huge fox appeared in front of everyone.
After this, his one long tail swayed twice and it became two tails. Then three, four…. Continuously until he seven tails appeared.
"Seven Tailed Spirit Fox"!
Seeing his seven long tails, the five of them stared at him wide eyed. Fatty Qu and the rest turned and looked at Sima You Yue. Did this guy's luck have to be so good? He just got a contract with a random beast and it carried the blood of an ancient beast?
"Not only that, our seven tailed spirit fox possesses the nine tailed spirit fox's bloodline, when my bloodline awakens, becoming the nine tailed fox is not impossible." The Beast King said.
Sima You Yue was also surprised, as she never thought that she actually meet the seven tailed spirit fox.
"Cough cough. You, what is your name?" he finally found her voice a long time later.
"Thousand Resonance"
"Sounds like a girl's name" Little Roar whispered at the side.
"Don't think that I do not dare to beat you just because we share the same master!" Thousand Resonance looked towards Little Roar extremely unsatisfactorily.
"Bring it then, bring it!" Little Roar leaned on Sima You Yue's shoulder, sticking out his tongue towards Thousand Resonance.
"Since you are all my beasts, I can't be biased. Thousand Resonance, go easy on him." Sima You Yue grabbed Little Roar and threw him towards Thousand Resonance.
In the past, Little Roar was considered as one of her own people. So, being her own beast, she had to help him even if she had no reason to. Now that both of them were her beasts, since they had an internal conflict, she did not want to be biased.
Of course, Thousand Resonance was merely saying that he wanted to beat Little Roar up and was merely letting off some steam.It was not like in the past, where he would really have wanted to kill Little Roar.
Sima You Yue looked at Thousand Resonance, who was chasing Little Roar and beating him up. After that, she brought them to the Spirit Pagoda.
Once Thousand Resonance reached the Spirit Pagoda, he fell in love with the environment straight away. Knowing that Sima You Yue would help his clansmen settle down here, being able to follow her was not too bad an arrangement.
As such, he satisfactorily brought Sima You Yue and the others to his lair.
Upon reaching, You Yue finally found out that it was not all of them who were seven tailed spirit foxes. Most of them were three, four and five tailed.
She asked Thousand Resonance, before finding out that more tails would grow according to the potency of their bloodline. He was the only one with seven tails, so it was no wonder that he became their leader.
Knowing that their leader had a contract with humans, the spirit foxes were in an uproar, and many of the spirit beast objected extremely fervently.
Sima You Yue did not care about their response, leaving this matter to Thousand Resonance to resolve it himself. She turned around and went outside for a walk.
It looked like the situation this time was harder than expected and Sima You Yue almost finished exploring every corner of this mountain before Thousand Resonance sent a message to her, saying that it has been settled.
She brought Wei Zi Qi and the rest back. They did not know what Thousand Resonance said to them, but those who resisted before, stopped resisting when they saw Sima You Yue.
"Master, I have already spoken with them, everyone will leave with you." Thousand Resonance said, "In fact, even if they decide to leave, your secret will not be disclosed. But I believe, after going to the Spirit Pagoda, they will never think of leaving."
"Great, then let's see if there are any things that you want to take away today. Let's move out tomorrow." Sima You Yue said.
It was quite a distance between this place and the place at the place they were heading to. They would also have to pass through quite a few other spirit beasts lairs and the sky was going to get dark soon. So, it was not recommended for them to move out.
Little Roar got beaten up by Thousand Resonance, so he nested in Sima You Yue's arms while feeling extremely aggrieved. He made her carry him as her punishment for abandoning him. Hearing that the was now allowed to take things away, this guy regained his energy and flew to Thousand Resonance back, saying "Buddy, go. Let's go together."
Thousand Resonance couldn't help but roll his eyes. However, he still brought him to command his clansmen as they prepared for the move.
The second day morning, Sima You Yue took the rest of the spirit foxes into the spirit tower, just like Thousand Resonance said, once they arrived at the spirit tower the spirit foxes fell in love with the environment, even those who had a few words to say before didn't mind anymore.
Actually they called it the whole spirit clan, but the entirety of the clan added up to just thirty to forty, with only six divine beasts, close to ten saint beasts and the rest were just low ranked beasts. However, half of the low ranked beasts were just spirit foxes, whose strengths had not yet risen.
After rushing for a whole day, they reached the place they were at before. Thinking of how it was not ideal for them to head out right now, Sima You Yue and the rest waited for the morning of the second day before allowing Little Roar to release the enchantment and move out.
Upon going out, Thousand Resonance followed along and when he crossed the enchantment on the floor, he turned back and gazed at the hills, not speaking for long time.
Sima You Yue stood by Thousand Resonance's side, knowing that he was quite conflicted in his heart, leaned over and patted his head saying, "The sky is high and broad for birds to fly; the sea is wide and deep for fish to swim, since you are already out, just look forward."
"Mmhmm" Thousand Resonance nodded his head as he followed Sima You Yue and the rest towards the mountain.
Leaving the enchantment, they felt that the Spiritual Qi outside was so much richer than the inside. It looked like the barrier not only trapped them inside, but thinned out the Spiritual Qi.
"Ah, there is a kind of feeling of release." Fatty Qu took a deep breath and said with a smile.
"You Yue, there is still a year's time from the date of our original decided date, do we go directly or how?" Bei Gong Tang asked.
"Ouyang, do you know the Sima Clan?" Sima You Yue asked.
Ouyang shook his head, saying: "At the very least, the country of Nan Yue doesn't have a clan called Sima."
"Then we still have to look for the time being." Sima You Yue said, "If that's the case we go out directly, along the way we'll see if we will chance upon any spirit beast and train for awhile, then we don't have to stay at the mountain to train anymore. What do you think?"
"Ok, no problems here." Fatty Qu said.
"We are now at your command, you can do the planning." Wei Zi Qi said
Sima You Yue looked at Ouyang Fei, and seeing that he had no opinions, said: "So it has been decided. We'll move out directly now. Thousand Resonance, hide your aura."
"Yes, Master"
Thousand Resonance and Xiao Hou retracted their auras before Sima You Yue and the rest moved off.
It was said that their current location was not the centre of the Sofia mountain range. The real centre would have had the existence of the super divine beasts.
However, that was not something they could tackle yet. That was why Ouyang Fei avoided them as he planned the route as they were walking.
But although they did this, they still encountered quite a few Saint beasts along the way. Some of them did not have much reaction as they were passing through, while some chased them across quite a few mountains tops.
Like right now, where a brown bear that had chased them for a long time finally gave up.
"Damn it, chasing us so fiercely, causing this Lord to run so hard my socks fell off." Fatty Qu saw that he lost a sock and cursed angrily.
Everyone now realized that Fatty Qu had a sock on one leg but was bare on the other, and couldn't help but start laughing.


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already I have first condition, I don't know how to mixed it with And-Or
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how should it be possible?

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Olle Inganäs (born 1951), is a Swedish Professor of Biomolecular and Organic Electronics at Linköping University, Sweden.

Professor Inganäs received his doctorate in 1984 from Linköping University.

His research interests are in polymer optoelectronics and bioelectronics, conjugated polymer physics and polymer electrochemistry.

Awards
 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2006.
 Göran Gustafsson Prize, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1997.

References

External links
Professor Inganäs's Research group on Biomolecular and Organic Materials
Article in New Scientist about Prof. Inganäs's research on producing the first material in which the fibers themselves act as transistors (published in Nature Materials).

1951 births
Living people
Swedish physicists
Academic staff of Linköping University
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences


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	err = vm.Eval(r, deser, &t)
	return t, err
}

func DeserializeHeaderworksTraceFromSchema(r io.Reader, schema string) (HeaderworksTrace, error) {
	t := NewHeaderworksTrace()

	deser, err := compiler.CompileSchemaBytes([]byte(schema), []byte(t.Schema()))
	if err != nil {
		return t, err
	}

	err = vm.Eval(r, deser, &t)
	return t, err
}

func writeHeaderworksTrace(r HeaderworksTrace, w io.Writer) error {
	var err error
	err = writeUnionHeaderworksDatatypeUUID(r.TraceId, w)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return err
}

func (r HeaderworksTrace) Serialize(w io.Writer) error {
	return writeHeaderworksTrace(r, w)
}

func (r HeaderworksTrace) Schema() string {
	return "{\"doc\":\"Trace\",\"fields\":[{\"default\":null,\"doc\":\"Trace Identifier\",\"name\":\"traceId\",\"type\":[\"null\",{\"doc\":\"A Universally Unique Identifier, in canonical form in lowercase. Example: de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014\",\"fields\":[{\"default\":\"\",\"name\":\"uuid\",\"type\":\"string\"}],\"name\":\"UUID\",\"namespace\":\"headerworks.datatype\",\"type\":\"record\"}]}],\"name\":\"headerworks.Trace\",\"type\":\"record\"}"
}

func (r HeaderworksTrace) SchemaName() string {
	return "headerworks.Trace"
}

func (_ HeaderworksTrace) SetBoolean(v bool)    { panic("Unsupported operation") }
func (_ HeaderworksTrace) SetInt(v int32)       { panic("Unsupported operation") }
func (_ HeaderworksTrace) SetLong(v int64)      { panic("Unsupported operation") }
func (_ HeaderworksTrace) SetFloat(v float32)   { panic("Unsupported operation") }
func (_ HeaderworksTrace) SetDouble(v float64)  { panic("Unsupported operation") }
func (_ HeaderworksTrace) SetBytes(v []byte)    { panic("Unsupported operation") }
func (_ HeaderworksTrace) SetString(v string)   { panic("Unsupported operation") }
func (_ HeaderworksTrace) SetUnionElem(v int64) { panic("Unsupported operation") }

func (r *HeaderworksTrace) Get(i int) types.Field {
	switch i {
	case 0:
		r.TraceId = NewUnionHeaderworksDatatypeUUID()

		return r.TraceId
	}
	panic("Unknown field index")
}

func (r *HeaderworksTrace) SetDefault(i int) {
	switch i {
	case 0:
		r.TraceId = nil
		return
	}
	panic("Unknown field index")
}

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	switch i {
	case 0:
		r.TraceId = nil
		return
	}
	panic("Not a nullable field index")
}

func (_ HeaderworksTrace) AppendMap(key string) types.Field { panic("Unsupported operation") }
func (_ HeaderworksTrace) AppendArray() types.Field         { panic("Unsupported operation") }
func (_ HeaderworksTrace) Finalize()                        {}

func (_ HeaderworksTrace) AvroCRC64Fingerprint() []byte {
	return []byte(HeaderworksTraceAvroCRC64Fingerprint)
}

func (r HeaderworksTrace) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	var err error
	output := make(map[string]json.RawMessage)
	output["traceId"], err = json.Marshal(r.TraceId)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return json.Marshal(output)
}

func (r *HeaderworksTrace) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	var fields map[string]json.RawMessage
	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &fields); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	var val json.RawMessage
	val = func() json.RawMessage {
		if v, ok := fields["traceId"]; ok {
			return v
		}
		return nil
	}()

	if val != nil {
		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(val), &r.TraceId); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	} else {
		r.TraceId = NewUnionHeaderworksDatatypeUUID()

		r.TraceId = nil
	}
	return nil
}

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Шатки — деревня в Сунском районе Кировской области в составе Курчумского сельского поселения.

География
Находится на расстоянии примерно 13 километров на север-северо-восток от районного центра поселка  Суна.

История
Упоминается с 1727 года, когда в ней было учтено дворов 7 и мужских душ 15, в 1764 27 жителей. В 1873 году учтено было дворов 4 и жителей 37, в 1905 6 и 27, в 1926 6 и 35, в 1950 36 и 151. Ныне известна наличием деревянной Троицкой часовни.

Население
Постоянное население  составляло 1 человек (русские 100%) в 2002 году, 1 в 2010.

Примечания

Населённые пункты Сунского района


The Multi-Ethnic Counselling Service was set up in 2004 in response to the growing number of people in South London who felt they needed a more diverse and culturally sensitive experience in counselling.
Counselling is available to members of black and minority ethnic communities who are resident in Lambeth and Southwark, and to refugees and asylum seekers who are resident in any London borough.
At present, we are able to offer counselling in the following languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, English, Farsi, Farsi (Dari), French, Hindi, Italian, Kurdish, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish and Urdu.
We are able to provide the Multi-Ethnic Counselling Service free of charge thanks to the generous support of South London & Maudsley NHS Lambeth Talking Therapies, Talking Therapies Southwark, The Henry Smith Charity, City Bridges and The Big Lottery Fund. Support also comes from a number of other Trusts and Foundations as well as individual donors.
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Janet is a 37-year-old mother of three, living with her husband in Progreso, 32 kilometers from Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. Life is not easy for her family – Janet is unemployed, and her husband only has occasional work doing odd jobs. It is often a struggle to put food on the table for their children, Brucen (17), Analia (11) and Alan (2). Their home is very basic, made of metal and lightweight materials. The house has no bathroom.
Health problems add to the family's burdens. Brucen suffers from a mental disability, and Janet herself is fighting a disease that is affecting her pancreas and kidneys.
In a situation where so much seems outside of her control, Janet has found ways to empower herself and provide for her family. She is learning to read and write through the Anglican Diocese of Uruguay's Sí Puedo ("Yes, I Can") program, and she is also learning how to plant and cultivate a vegetable garden with the help of a program called El Sembrador ("The Sower"), based in Progreso. El Sembrador is a partner organization of the Uruguayan Church, and is supported by Episcopal Relief & Development. This program is helping people to feed themselves through small-scale farming initiatives and domestic gardens in their homes, schools and churches.
Uruguay used to be the "Switzerland of South America," with a thriving industrial sector, a highly educated workforce and exclusive resorts. However, the economic collapse of neighboring Argentina in the late 1990s had a catastrophic impact on Uruguay's banks, causing a plunge in the local currency and dramatic job loss. The unemployment rate in disadvantaged areas of the country is still as high as 30%. Communities like Progreso that were already on the brink of poverty are now dealing with hunger.
"Uruguay as a country is not at the top of the poverty index, but people forget that there are always very poor and vulnerable communities," says Karla Avila, Program Officer for Episcopal Relief & Development. "This is one of our smaller programs, but the results that we are getting have a tremendous impact in these communities."
The training offered by El Sembrador takes people through the entire process of creating and maintaining a garden, including making gardening tools and composting organic household waste to enrich the soil naturally and at no cost. The program provides start-up seeds and training on how to till and fertilize the soil. New gardeners learn how to care for the growing plants and when to harvest produce.
The great thing about gardening is that, with a bit of earth and a little know-how, anyone can get started. Janet has planted a garden in her backyard, and the children at School Number 180 in Villa Felicidad, a village near Progreso, have even made their own greenhouse. The food that the students produce is helping to give them healthy, filling meals.
The availability of home-grown, fresh food can have huge nutritional and economic benefits. To maximize both, El Sembrador's home cooking classes teach methods of cooking produce in ways that are affordable and healthy. By increasing the knowledge and use of local fruits and vegetables, the program is improving the quality and variety of food available in and around Progreso, allowing people to maintain a more balanced diet. Growing food at home also saves money, and can even add income when families have surplus produce to sell in the local market.
When families have healthy, nutritious meals and extra money to invest in education and trade, children thrive. This is especially important in the communities served by El Sembrador, where children sometimes account for over half the population. Good food gives kids the strength to grow and to ward off sickness, as well as energy and concentration to do well in school. Having access to fresh produce may seem a small thing, but it goes a long way toward ensuring a better future for children, their families and their communities.
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Kaitlyn Walls lost her new job at a nearby daycare center, before she ever started it.
The single mum was fired from her new job at a daycare centre after she posted on Facebook that she "hated" it.
Kaitlyn Walls, 27, who criticised the position just hours before she started her first shift, was hit by a barrage of insults from other users.
And, after her bosses got wind of the post, they told her not to bother coming in.
Kaitlyn, from Texas, told CBS: "I really needed it really bad. I'm a single mom trying to get out on my own.
Kaitlyn was branded "dumb" by some users and was compared to the "bubonic plague".
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Castleton State College Nursing Program Review
Established over 30 years ago, Castleton State College (CSC) of Vermont is home to almost 2,000 undergraduate students and has 30 programs, which prepare students for fulfilling careers. Castleton State College founded its firs Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in only a few years ago, and graduates its first class in 2010.
Castleton State College offers three types of nursing degree; a two-year associate's degree program, a four-year bachelor's degree program and a Bachelor in Science program, which is intended for Registered Nurses who hold an associate in science diploma.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Registered Nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science (BS) Completion (BS. NUR)
The Bachelor's degrees in nursing at Castleton State College have two streams. One stream is a four-year degree program, which is intended for high school students, applying to pursue a career as a nurse. The two-year Bachelor in Science program option is for those nurses who already hold a Registered Nurse (RN) licensure and want to pursue a bachelor's degree. In order to apply to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs, applicants must hold combined critical reading and math SAT scores of 1000 or higher and must have graduated in the upper quarter of their high school class. Post-secondary work will be evaluated, and students must go through an interview process.
Those applicants, who wish to apply as a Registered Nurse, must hold a valid license in the state of Vermont. Castleton State College does not state how long this degree option will take, as each transfer candidate is evaluated individually, however, all Registered Nurses will be granted 34 nursing credits toward their bachelors degree. Applicants must also present several prerequisite courses, with a "C" grade or above.
Individuals who complete the Bachelor of Science in Nursing can go on to apply to write the NCLEX-RN examination, in order to complete their licensure as a Registered Nurse and begin employment in the healthcare field as a nurse.
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Upon graduation from the Associate Degree in Nursing program from Castleton State College, students are able to apply to write the NCLEX-RN exam, in order to become licensed as a Registered Nurse. Applicants must apply directly through Castleton State College, and hold a combined critical reading and math SAT score of 1000 or higher, have graduated from the upper quarter of their high school class and have met with the head of the Nursing department. Students will also be judged on their post-secondary work. Not all students must take all courses. If a students holds a Practical Nursing Licensure, they can write a challenge exam, and potentially be exempt. The Associate's Degree in Nursing Program can be completed in two years, and all courses must be completed with a minimum "C" grade or higher.
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Castleton State College has an agreement with the University of Vermont for Bachelor of Science in Nursing students to be admitted into the prescribed RN to BS program of study at the University of Vermont. Once students have completed the RN-BS program and degree requirements, individuals can receive a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing from the University of Vermont.
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2019 Innovator Promo Blog Series: MiracleFeet
In 2013, MiracleFeet was founded thanks to a timely and fortuitous convergence of people and interests. While working at The University of Iowa, current Executive Director Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld learned of Dr. Ignacio Ponseti's groundbreaking treatment for clubfoot and the need for it in the developing world. Seeing a video of a Ugandan boy watching his peers play soccer from a doorway, his feet twisted inward, inspired Chesca to do something about a problem that on the surface seemed solvable and would fulfill her lifelong desire to make a difference in sub-Saharan Africa, where she had lived as a child. At the same time, Roger and Bridget Ryan Berman, parents to a child born with clubfoot, had been amazed to learn that the treatment their son had received to completely cure his clubfoot was not available to children born outside the U.S. and Europe. They had started to work on a plan to help bring the Ponseti Method to the rest of the world. Fortunately, the Bermans, Dr. Josh Hyman, the orthopedic surgeon who treated the Berman's child, and Chesca were able to connect, and MiracleFeet was created. Learn more about Chesca here.
When it comes to correcting clubfoot —and most likely determining long-term success—the final stage requires a brace, consisting of shoes and a bar, that's worn every night for up to four years to prevent the feet from relapsing. MiracleFeet recognized there was a need to fill when it came to clubfoot braces, which were either high-quality but unaffordable (up to $1,000) or inexpensive but hard to use and uncomfortable for the child.
As a result, MiracleFeet set out to design a brace that would be affordable, easy to use, and durable. The result was an award-winning design developed through generous and fortuitous partnerships with Stanford University's Design School, Clarks Shoes, Suncast, Fortune Footwear, and many others. In 2015, MiracleFeet sent their first major shipment out into the world, and more than 12,000 children are using the brace to date.
The MiracleFeet Brace has won numerous awards for innovation and design, including the prestigious Tech Award from the Museum of Innovation in San Jose, and has been covered by the New York Times, MSNBC, Wired.com, and BBC.
In addition to these companies, patients and families are also enamored by MiracleFeet's work. A recent third-party impact evaluation of our work , conducted by Acumen-founded Lean Data, offers remarkable proof that their approach works and changes lives: 94% of 470 guardians surveyed reported their child can walk without difficulty or assistance—and 98% say their child's quality of life has improved due to the treatment they received.Measures of family satisfaction and treatment success were also remarkably high and uniform across countries studied—you could even say "off the charts." They received a Net Promoter Score of 83 from families in the evaluation—double the Lean Data portfolio average of 42. (Apple, Amazon, and Netflix have scores of 66, 66, and 64 respectively). This is evidence that MiracleFeet's model and the Ponseti Method are both highly effective and scalable.
Learn more about MiracleFeet by checking out their website here.
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In the Afar region of Ethiopia, paleoanthropologists unearthed a 2.8 million-year-old jawbone (mandible) that was provisionally assigned to the genus Homo [the genus of human beings, including modern humans (Homo sapiens) and other extinct…
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Five Reasons to be GLEE-ful!
Posted on May 11, 2015 by dannyashkenasi
Ed and I watched every episode of Glee. We remained loyal throughout its wild upswings and downturns in popularity and storytelling. Being of a generation that grew up with few television shows of a musical nature to turn to, and even fewer or none that regularly explored LGBT themes, we greatly appreciated how Glee tilled new territory on both fronts. Glee may have wrong-footed itself more than once as a soap opera, yet nothing bothered me as much as Mrs. Shue's fake pregnancy early in the first season, so every plot twist after that I would take with the requisite grains of salt; and by the last season Glee basically directly and cheekily told its audience to do the same.
So even if the storyline could be a hot mess, Glee succeeded by getting so much so wonderfully, movingly right when it came to diversity and music. Glee picked up the LGBT TV baton from Ellen and Will and Grace and ran with it, dealing with stories of coming out, sexuality, gay marriage and transgender characters in ways that kept pushing the envelope, and ultimately mainstreamed those stories for the rest of the TV landscape (that 200 strong transgender chorus singing "I Know Where I've Been" during one of the last episodes was a testament to how Glee remained on the vanguard of LGBT issues on TV for its time).
And Glee was also consistently strong in its musical performances, featuring a diverse cast of powerhouse talents performing a diverse program of popular music. Glee's musical selections would reach back to the golden age of musicals through to today's most recent pop hits. Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, Jazz, Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock, all were created equally according to Glee, perhaps homogenized a bit by dint of being arranged and performed by the same general group of people, but mostly celebrated as a wide field of musical expression. In doing so Glee helped unify and democratize the landscape of pop music that had recently become more balkanized in media outlets. "The young kids" would be introduced to some of the classics or songs in genres they normally avoided, while "old fogies" like me would get their first introduction to some of the latest pop culture hits, sometimes within not just the same episode but within the same musical number. Occasionally Glee managed to cover a new song even before it reached its greatest popularity, perhaps contributing to its assent up the pop charts through the exposure.
So to show my appreciation of Glee I thought it would be fun to highlight five musical numbers from the show that I not only personally enjoyed but also are representative as a group of what made Glee such an enjoyable place to tune into. I quickly realized that limiting the number to five would force me to leave out many tracks I would sorely wish to include. So a sequel (or two) to this post is probably likely in my future…
But here goes, Five Reasons to be Glee-ful:
TEENAGE DREAM
This song was Darren Chris' introduction to Glee, and the beginning of "Klaine", the shorthand for the relationship between his and Chris Colfer's characters Blaine and Kurt. A cover of one of Katy Perry's many #1 hits, it was also the first time the all-male a capella group The Warblers were featured on the show. The performance was so successful that Teenage Dream would be Glee's highest selling track and the only Glee recording to crack the top ten of Billboard's Hot 100 at a time when Glee recordings were regularly charting the week after airing on TV. But in addition to being one of Glee's most popularly successful performances, it is just simply a great arrangement, arguably more stirring and interesting than the Katy Perry original. And I get a kick out of Darren Chris warbling: "You think I'm pretty without any make-up on".
https://dannyashkenasi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/01-teenage-dream-glee-cast-version.m4a
"Don't Stop Believing" is the performance that introduced the Glee kids to the world and became a touchstone for the show. It highlights the hallmarks of the quintessential Glee performance, the individual voices coming together as an ensemble full of the joy of singing and music and life. But my personal favorite example of that quintessential Glee performance, especially in the first season, is their mattress bouncing, high flying cover of Van Halen's "Jump". I was never a big fan of the original, perhaps because I held a grudge that it kept Nena's "99 Luftballons" from hitting #1 on American Top 40 back in the day. Nonetheless it's hard to resist the song's hook, and I am tickled by its transfer from Keyboard to vocal "bah bah bahs" as well as Amber Riley out-wailing any electric guitar. Plus the over the top somersaulting back-flipping mattress commercial performance is one of Glee's most exuberantly happy performances. I'm also amused by this comment YouTube: "This is the biggest crime ever done to Van Halen". I think Van Halen will survive.
https://dannyashkenasi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/11-jump-glee-cast-version.m4a
I LOVE NEW YORK / NEW YORK, NEW YORK
I had to include at least one mash-up, the melding of two or more songs in one musical number. Glee didn't originate the mash-up but certainly popularized it greatly. These Glee mash-ups created thematically and musically fascinating new ways to hear and appreciate well-known songs. A couple were awkward, but more than not these musical hybrids spoke dramatically and musically in a powerful way to an episode's theme or storyline. One of my favorite examples is the Big Apple appreciation mash-up of Madonna's brash techno track "I Love New York" and Leonard Bernstein's musical classic "New York, New York". It's an extreme example of Glee reaching out to disparate eras and styles all in one performance. Moreover the two songs don't trade off but literally musically overlap, practically rewriting each other in the process. It could have been a train wreck, but instead it is hugely successful and fun.
https://dannyashkenasi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/01-i-love-new-york-_-new-york-new-york-glee-cast-version.m4a
The Glee cast in New York's Central Park
HOW WILL I KNOW
One reason I know I will need to do a sequel to this post is because I have not been able to highlight the individual cast members enough, particularly the ones with the strongest voices. Four of them (Lea Michele, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer and Naya Rivera) are featured in this rendition of Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know", recorded as part of the tribute episode to Houston after her passing. What had originally been a bubbly 1980's pop confection here becomes a beautifully rendered a capella memorial, both soaring and elegiac. Glee often loved pulling out all the stops and going over the top, but Glee could also be exceptionally good at going quiet or spare and letting the vocals speak (or sing) for themselves. This is one of those times and perhaps the time Glee did it best.
https://dannyashkenasi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/01-how-will-i-know-glee-cast-version.m4a
How to write about Cory Monteith and his death and do it justice in the context of this short Glee appreciation? I don't think it's possible. But you can't talk about Glee without talking about the decency and goodness and average Joe charm (within a cast of so many preternaturally gifted individuals) Cory not only brought to the production as a person (by all accounts) but also centrally represented within the world of Glee as the Quarterback who joined the Glee Club. Monteith's passing forced the show Glee and its writers and cast to confront a horrible tragedy and they managed to deal with it with grace and sensitivity both publicly and on the show, for real and fictionally, which must have been monumentally difficult. I still get sad thinking about him. My favorite performance of his is this gender and mood switching version of Girls Just Want to Have Fun (evidently pioneered in its arrangement by Greg Laswell):
https://dannyashkenasi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/01-girls-just-want-to-have-fun-glee-cast-version.m4a
This entry was posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On and tagged Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith, Darren Chris, Glee, Jump, Lea Michele, LGBT, Mash-up, Naya Rivera, New York, Teenage Dream, transgender, Whitney Houston. Bookmark the permalink.


The queen of a small, unnamed country presses her son to take a wife so that she can retire. The prince, who "never cared much for princesses," caves in and agrees to wed, but none of the potential spouses appeal to him, until Princess Madeleine shows up and the prince falls in love with her brother, Prince Lee. A "very special" wedding ensues and everyone lives happily ever after.