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A call for support for St. Joseph Apache Mission As a member of St. Joseph Apache Mission Church on the Mescalero...
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Ruidoso News, Ruidoso Published 5:50 p.m. MT April 14, 2015
A call for support for St. Joseph Apache Mission
As a member of St. Joseph Apache Mission Church on the Mescalero Apache Reservation, I witnessed an event this morning that you might want to bring to the attention of your readers and the citizens of the area.
A surprise announcement from the diocesan priest, Father Juan Carlos Ramirez, caught the parishioners off guard at the end of Sunday Mass when he nervously announced that unnamed staff members would be "laid off'" on April 24, 2015 due to budgetary concerns. He awkwardly rambled about in words but did not name the employees. When he abruptly discontinued his message the entire congregation sat silently with the exception of a few parishioners who voiced their confusion; the priest had no response.
Immediately, one of those unnamed employees spontaneously approached the altar and took the microphone, saying he wanted to clarify the priest's comments. He read a letter sent without warning by the priest to the employees who included the youth coordinator, the bookkeeper, the renovation manager, and a nun, comprising 95 percent of the small staff. One receptionist and an elderly nun who volunteers her services, remain.
Questions arise immediately: with most of the staff missing, how does the church function? And if the church does not function, how can it continue? And if it cannot continue, when will the Diocese of Las Cruces close it or sell it?
When the Mescalero Apache Reservation was created in 1873, the Mescalero Apaches who had surrendered at Fort Stanton were placed on the reservation. Quite soon afterward, a Roman Catholic priest from Capitan, New Mexico baptized about 173 Apaches into the Roman Catholic faith, a testimony that speaks for itself. In about 1909 the government placed captive Lipan Apaches, many of whom were Roman Catholic on the reservation; they too joined the church. In 1913 many Roman Catholic Chiricahua Apaches, newly released from 27 years of prison, became members of St. Joseph Apache Mission. Under the direction of Father Albert Braun, a Franciscan, the church began to be built in 1914, and the cornerstone was laid in 1920. The quarrying of stone and construction was done mainly by tribal members and became a memorial to veterans of World War I, as it remains today.
Generations of Apaches have been baptized, confirmed, married, buried, and welcomed into the church and have maintained their devotion despite the ups and downs every church experiences. In 2013 the Franciscans withdrew the priest because of their financial and legal difficulties that had nothing to do with St. Joseph Apache Mission. The church remained vital, visited on Sundays by priests from other parishes, who popped in and popped out, but was maintained during the week by lay leaders. In the summer of 2014 a diocesan priest, Father Juan Carlos Ramirez, was assigned, but his duties also included being a pastor at two other churches. St. Joseph Apache Mission found itself last on the list for weekly religious services, particularly the Sunday Mass, held at noon after the other two churches had been served. At the end of Mass the priest has always hurried away, to reappear the following Sunday, much like the visiting priests of a year ago.
Father Juan Carlos is under the direction of Bishop Oscar Cantú, who himself was new to the Diocese of Las Cruces less than five years ago and has been unable to take the time to visit with the parishioners and learn of their devotion to St. Joseph Apache Mission. To many, it appears that this decision by the diocese to remove the staff, and its anticipated consequences, is cold-hearted and taken in isolation without appreciation or knowledge of the church's history or consideration for the spiritual needs of the Apache people. Parishioners are voicing their concerns that the decision was deliberately taken because the church is a poor church and drains the coffers of the diocese. Worse, some believe the diocesan administration discriminates against Apaches.
Attendance dropped during this past year, income declined, expenses rose, and it appears the church has become a liability as it experiences the first step toward its potential closure and possibly subsequent sale by the diocese. Removing the staff ignites and advances the process.
A small number of parishioners have organized themselves into a group with a purpose: Save Our Church. They vow to put forth every effort possible in that regard and, being Apaches, there is no doubt they will do just that.
By this letter I am asking the citizens of Alamogordo and environs to voice their support for St. Joseph Apache Mission by sending messages to the church at PO Box 187, Mescalero, NM 88340, or on the church's website, www.stjosephmission.org, or by calling the church and leaving a message at 575-464-4473. Even in the absence of staff starting April 24, be assured someone will respond. Thank you so very much.
— H. Henrietta Stockel
This letter was edited for length. It appears in its entirety on www.ruidosonews.com
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Apocalypse includes everything you'd want in an X-Men movie, including two of the best superhero set-pieces ever. But after Days Of Future Past, it feels a tad underwhelming, and even a little tired.
2000's X-Men and 2003's X2 helped to both legitimize and kick-start the comic-book boom, while 2014's X-Men: Days Of Future Past eclipsed both of them and is right up there as one of the finest ever entries to the genre. So when I say that X-Men: Apocalypse is Singer's worst effort in the series to date (but still obviously better than Last Stand, and even First Class or any of the Wolverine films), that's only because of how scintillating his previous efforts were. Apocalypse is also still resoundingly entertaining. But it ultimately lacks the cohesion and energy of Days Of Future Past. It tries to juggle too many plots and subplots, including introducing us to younger versions of characters we'd previously met and adored over a decade ago. Plus, some of its apocalyptic action even brought on a touch of the dreaded superhero fatigue.
The established ensemble all excel, though, with Michael Fassbender giving Magneto a Shakespearian poise, while James McAvoy has never looked more comfortable as Professor X. The new additions merge into the world seamlessly, too, teasing that the franchise's future is in safe hands. My only concern is that while Marvel have been able to, mostly, build their universe chronologically, X-Men's decision to go back in time with First Class means that the franchise is becoming convoluted. Not only are they re-treading old ground, but they're pushing the most engaging pair from the series, Charles Xavier and Magneto, more to the sidelines.
But there's still more than enough to make X-Men: Apocalypse captivating, as it features three scintillating action sequences that are right up there with the best the franchise has ever produced. The opening in Ancient Egypt is immediately rousing, while Apocalypse somehow manages to top Days Of Future Past's Quicksilver set-piece, and I won't go into the other in any detail whatsoever for fear of spoiling it. All I will say is it will have you leaping off your seat with joy.
Along the way, Bryan Singer controls the camera in a smooth and silky manner, while including detailed human touches to the action and the X-Men's use of their powers that get under your skin and are striking to see. Once again, he manages to combine the storytelling of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the spectacle of DC, as he uses colors, silences, pans, and a mixture of intimate and grandiose framing to create a cinematic texture that's just intoxicating.
But, after Days Of Future Past, you'll be left feeling a little underwhelmed by Apocalypse, as there's only so many times that you can watch the world being brought to the edge of obliteration. X-Men: Apocalypse still works and entertains, but not quite as emphatically as it predecessors, and it's proof that bigger and louder is not all always better.


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Featuring a beautiful young lady wearing a spectacular ball gown in green and black hues set off by a fabulous set of wings.
Finished design size: 9 x 8.7"


Frozen. That is a word that has new meaning in my life since the Disney movie released. My house quickly filled with everything Frozen. DVD's, music, plushies, blankets, books, toys, figurines, games, toothbrushes, you name it. If it has Olaf on it, it's in our house. The boy sings Let it Go — STILL — all the time!
That's partially why we're so stinking excited and CANNOT wait for Frozen Fever!! Have you heard about it yet?! It's the highly anticipated follow up short to the original movie and can be seen exclusively in theaters with Disney's new live-action CINDERELLA, starring Lily James and Cate Blanchett on March 13th! Will you be taking your family??


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Characterized by a narrow band of concentrated light rays across its width, the Cat's Eye gemstone occurs in different hues and colors. The appearance of such a band of light is termed as cat's eye effect. And this is what gives the stone its name.
Here it is also worth noticing that there are several other types of stones as well that give off the same effect. The cat's eye effect is produced by the presence of parallel running fine and slender mineral fibers which collectively reflect the light rays in a single band. Before being used for decorative purposes, the stone is highly polishedand the corners are made sufficiently rounded.
The gemstone cat's eye comes in a variety of colors. Such stones also differ on account of the intensity of light they reflect. The best known of these is Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye that has the strongest cat's eye effect. That is why the term "Cat's Eye" is specifically used for Chrysoberyl.
Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye birthstone may be having the color shades of gray, purple and brown. You are also likely to find them in green, red, orange, pink, yellow and blue hues. As far as transparency is concerned, the gemstone is translucent.
The worth or market value of the cat's eye gemstone depends specifically on the intensity and clarity of the light band going across its width.In different stones, it may vary from weak to strong.The straight and bright light effect is usually most liked by the buyers.
The strength and perfection of this effect further adds to the value of the stone. Sometimes the light band becomes so weak that it appears as a floating light reflection. Such a condition is termed as cymophane effect.


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Co-occurrence of relapsing polychondritis and autoimmune thyroid diseases
Toshiki Nakajima, Hajime Yoshifuji, Yoshihisa Yamano, Kimiko Yurugi, Yasuo Miura, Taira Maekawa, Tsuneyasu Yoshida, Hiroshi Handa, Koichiro Ohmura, Tsuneyo Mimori, Chikashi Terao
Background: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent inflammation and destruction of cartilaginous tissues. RP has characteristics of autoimmune disease and some reports have noted co-occurrence with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), consisting of Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT). However, there have been no detailed studies on the co-occurrence of RP and AITD. In this study, we aimed to determine whether patients with RP tend to be complicated with AITD. We also analyzed the clinical and genetic profiles of patients in whom these diseases co-occur. Methods: We recruited 117 patients with RP and reviewed their medical records. Furthermore, we genotyped Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA)-A, B Cw, DRB1, DQB1, and DPB1 alleles for 93 of the 117 patients. The prevalence of AITD among the patients with RP was compared with that among the general Japanese population. We also analyzed the clinical and genetic features of the patients with both RP and AITD. Results: The prevalence of GD among the patients with RP was 4.3% (5 among 117 patients), significantly higher than that among Japanese (0.11%) (p = 2.44 × 10–7, binomial test). RP patients with GD tended to have nasal involvement (p = 0.023) (odds ratio (OR) 2.58) and HLA-DPB1*02:02 (p = 0.035, OR 10.41). We did not find significant enrichment of HT in patients with RP. Conclusions: Patients with RP appear to be at elevated risk of GD. Nasal involvement and HLA-DPB1*02:02 characterize the subset of RP patients with GD, which may guide attempts to characterize a distinct subtype of RP for precision medicine.
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Published - 12-2022
Dive into the research topics of 'Co-occurrence of relapsing polychondritis and autoimmune thyroid diseases'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Relapsing Polychondritis Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Thyroid Diseases Medicine & Life Sciences 73%
Autoimmune Diseases Medicine & Life Sciences 56%
Graves Disease Medicine & Life Sciences 28%
HLA Antigens Medicine & Life Sciences 15%
Hashimoto Disease Medicine & Life Sciences 12%
Nose Medicine & Life Sciences 8%
Genetic Profile Medicine & Life Sciences 6%
Nakajima, T., Yoshifuji, H., Yamano, Y., Yurugi, K., Miura, Y., Maekawa, T., Yoshida, T., Handa, H., Ohmura, K., Mimori, T., & Terao, C. (2022). Co-occurrence of relapsing polychondritis and autoimmune thyroid diseases. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 17(1), [101]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02261-5
Nakajima, Toshiki ; Yoshifuji, Hajime ; Yamano, Yoshihisa et al. / Co-occurrence of relapsing polychondritis and autoimmune thyroid diseases. In: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2022 ; Vol. 17, No. 1.
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Co-occurrence of relapsing polychondritis and autoimmune thyroid diseases. / Nakajima, Toshiki; Yoshifuji, Hajime; Yamano, Yoshihisa et al.
In: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Vol. 17, No. 1, 101, 12.2022.
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/** \file Win32BinaryFile.h
 * \brief This file contains the definition of the class Win32BinaryFile.
*/

#pragma once

#include "BinaryFile.h"
#include <string>

/**
 * This file contains the definition of the Win32BinaryFile class, and some
 * other definitions specific to the exe version of the BinaryFile object
 * At present, there is no support for a symbol table. Win32 files do
 * not use dynamic linking, but it is possible that some files may
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// Given a little endian value x, load its value assuming little endian order
// Note: must be able to take address of x
// Note: Unlike the LH macro in BinaryFile.h, the parameter is not a pointer
#define LMMH(x)                                                                                \
    ((unsigned)((Byte *)(&x))[0] + ((unsigned)((Byte *)(&x))[1] << 8) + ((unsigned)((Byte *)(&x))[2] << 16) +          \
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// With this one, x is a pointer to unsigned
#define LMMH2(x)                                                                                \
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    char ObjectName[8]; // Name
    DWord VirtualSize;
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Q: Is there an equivalent to head/tail for Foldable functors in general? I would like to express the following Haskell code, using only functor algebra (i.e. - not relying on any specific container type, such as List):
ys = zipWith (+) (head xs : repeat 0)
                 (tail xs ++ [y])

It seems to me that there ought to be a way to do this, relying only on Foldable (or, maybe, Traversable), but I can't see it.
I'm wondering:

*

*Is there a general notion of first and rest for Foldable/Traversable functors?

*Is there an accepted idiomatic way, using only functor algebra, to shift the contents of a Foldable/Traversable functor?
(Note that the computation above might be described in English as, "Shift in one value from the right, and add back the value that falls of on the left to the new first value.")

A: You can find the first or last element of a Foldable using the First or Last monoids from Data.Monoid.
foldMap (Last . Just)  :: Foldable t => t a -> Last a
foldMap (First . Just) :: Foldable t => t a -> First a

All Foldable are convertible to a list, and so because you can find the head and tail of a list, you can do so for any Foldable.
toList = foldr (:) [] :: Foldable t => t a -> [a]

That said, the tail will have a list type and not that of the Foldable (unless it was too a list). This is ultimately because not all that is Foldable can implement an uncons. For example:
data Pair a = Pair a a
This is Foldable, but you could not represent the tail of a Pair using a Pair.

A: The first part of your question (combining the first value of a structure with one thing and leaving the rest the same) can be done in a straightforward way with Traversable. We'll use State, start it off with the function we want to apply, and modify it to id immediately.
onlyOnHead :: Traversable t => (a -> a) -> t a -> t a
onlyOnHead f xs = evalState (traverse go xs) f where
    go x = do
        fCurrent <- get
        put id
        return (fCurrent x)

You can rotate elements with a similar idea: we'll rotate a list, and stuff that in our State as the thing to draw elements from.
rotate :: Traversable t => t a -> t a
rotate xs = evalState (traverse go xs) (rotateList (toList xs)) where
    rotateList [] = []
    rotateList vs = tail vs ++ [head vs]

    go _ = do
        v:vs <- get
        put vs
        return v

A: To rotate, you don't need any ugly partial functions. This weird Applicative will do the trick.
data Foo a t where
  Cons :: (a -> q -> t) -> a -> Foo a q -> Foo a t
  Nil :: t -> Foo a t

instance Functor (Foo a) where
  fmap f (Cons g x xs) = Cons (\p q -> f (g p q)) x xs
  fmap f (Nil q) = Nil (f q)

instance Applicative (Foo a) where
  pure = Nil
  liftA2 f (Nil t) ys = f t <$> ys
  liftA2 f (Cons g x xs) ys = Cons (\a (q,b) -> f (g a q) b) x (liftA2 (,) xs ys)

You can rotate a Foo:
rot :: Foo a t -> Foo a t
rot n@(Nil _) = n
rot (Cons g0 a0 as0) = go g0 a0 as0
  where
    go :: (a -> q -> t) -> a -> Foo a q -> Foo a t
    go g a n@(Nil _) = Cons g a n
    go g a (Cons h y ys) = Cons g y (go h a ys)

And run one to get a result:
runFoo :: Foo a t -> t
runFoo (Nil t) = t
runFoo (Cons g x xs) = g x (runFoo xs)

Putting it all together,
rotate :: Traversable t => t a -> t a
rotate = runFoo . rot . traverse (\a -> Cons const a (Nil ()))

Then rotate [1..10] = [2..10] ++ [1].

A: Thanks to all who responded!
Note that Conal Elliott's shaped-types library also has some useful machinery in this regard.

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This weekend is your final chance to nominate a stand-out lady for a Women of Sheffield award.
The Star launched the awards to celebrate females who have made a difference to others in the city.
So far more than 150 nominations have been received for ladies of all ages from varied walks of life and backgrounds.
The deadline is now fast approaching to put forward the amazing women in your life on Monday, February 4.
We are looking for hard working females in the health sector to be nominated for the Dr Helen Mary Wilson Award for Health.
Entrepreneur whizzes should be put forward for the Elizabeth Parkin Award for Entrepreneurship and we're asking females who love science to be nominated for the Helen Sharman Award for Science.
The Sarah Nulty award for creativity. Picture: Chris Etchells.
Females with a spark for current affairs should be nominated for the Winifred Gales Award for Politics and the Barbara Wragg Award for Charity is for all individuals who have shown generosity towards others in the city.
The Dorrett Buckley Greaves MBE Award for Community will go to a community figure who gives back to the world and the Kathleen Roberts Award for Grit is celebrating all women's true perseverance, strength and resilience.
The Pam Liversidge OBE Award for Engineering will reward females in the sector and the Jessica Ennis-Hill award for sport is open to women of all ages and abilities who have shown great athleticism and dedication to the sport industry.
To award the teachers and education enthusiasts of Sheffield the Mary Ann Rawson Award for Education has been created and the Sarah Nulty Award for Creativity will honour the late director of Tramlines for her dedication to the music industry.
The awards are sponsored by MK Public Relations- a Northern Communications Group partner, Grad Consult, Ray Wragg, Future Wealth Life Management, Vine Hotels, Westfield Health and Sheffield Girls High School.
The Women of Sheffield awards will take place at Glide in Attercliffe on March 7, the day before International Women's Day. It is timed to link in with a special edition of The Star that will be published on March 8 and delivered into Sheffield schools to show young girls what they can achieve and aspire to.
To nominate somebody for Women of Sheffield, please send her name, category nominated for and reasons why she deserves to win of no more than 250 words to ann.holmes@jpimedia.co.uk.
Don't be afraid to nominate yourself, either.
Nominations close at 11.59pm on Sunday, February 3.


Though Antoinette White has endured some exceptionally tough spots in her life, she has always remained focused on her two sons and doing what is necessary to create a better life for them.
Despite heartbreaking experiences in the early years of her life, Antoinette White is a survivor who is dedicated to helping others.
She endured a childhood of extreme poverty and sexual abuse in Gary, Ind., and an early adulthood that included homelessness and a close encounter with domestic violence when her sister was killed.
Leah Daniels-Butler truly has it all. She has achieved great success in her career as a casting director, and now has her own casting company.
I always say that I am wise beyond my years. My typical Friday or Saturday night is filled with wine, basketball or a movie, and my dog, Mila, snuggling on the couch.
Being the daughter of Michael Jordan foretells a wonderful life, though there are inherent challenges as well. But to Jasmine Jordan, youngest of three offspring born to the basketball legend and his first wife, Juanita, it is simply the foundation of a purposeful life.
Last week on my late night stroll around the City of Manhattan- I was CAPTIVATED by the windows of Burberry, Dior, and Fendi!!!!!
Ladies, this trend of wearing a hi-low dress or coat over pants is a classic look that dates back to 1955!
Met Gala: Kate Hudson gets BeGeorgeous approval!
This Stella McCartney Asymmetrical one shouldered gown adorned by Kate Hudson gets the stamp of BeGeorgeous ❤ approval for SLAAAAYING!!!!
Last summer's off-the-shoulder trend is still very much the thing. Every store window you pass is likely to feature some type of shoulder-baring shirt or dress.


As the principal, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone back for another year at T.H.A. We are excited to have students back in our classrooms and hallways filling them with energy and enthusiasm for learning. It is our mission to inspire students to become tomorrow's leaders beyond Academy field.
I look forward to another successful school year and wish you the best!
Welcome back! I am honored to introduce myself as your new Assistant Principal at Temple Hill. Before coming to the Newburgh Enlarged City School District, I served as a teacher and an administrator in the New York City Department of Education. I was born and raised in the Hudson Valley and I am very excited to return to the area to serve the Temple Hill Academy school community.
Each school year brings about new opportunities to learn and grow. As our children return to school with bright and eager faces, their enthusiasm inspires ours. I am looking forward to building relationships with all of you over the course of the school year!
As Temple Hill Academy assistant principal I would like to welcome everyone to the 2017-2018 school year.
Our entire school staff is looking forward to a productive year for all students as they grow academically, socially, and emotionally. At THA we value a strong partnership with parents to support success for all students as they continue to develop their unique talents and skills. Together we will continue to inspire students to be tomorrow's leaders beyond Academy Field.
Wishing you a successful school year!
Greetings parents and families of Temple Hill Academy!
Welcome to the 2017-'18 school year! I hope everyone enjoyed the summer and is excited to begin the new school year as much as I am. As a new assistant principal to Temple Hill Academy, I would first like to express my own enthusiasm about joining the Temple Hill school community. I am eager to jump into the work ahead and energized to lead and support students, families, and staff alongside the other administrators. I look forward to the possibilities of the new school year, as well as the opportunity to get to know one another and continue to strive for overall academic success!
This time of year is marked by many emotions and anticipation, but please remember "Through the work of all we will inspire and generate enthusiastic and responsible students ." I encourage parents and families to become even more involved, as we strive to support the whole child-- academically and social-emotionally. As the year progresses, we are prepared to give our scholars and their families the tools, resources, and education to develop and build skills needed to be successful beyond academy field. We look forward to having the building filled with the energy and excitement that the children bring to our hallways and classrooms.
Our Open House "Meet the Teachers" will take place on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 . We will begin at 6:00 pm. The purpose of our Open House is to provide parents the opportunity to tour the building and meet our staff. This night is not for parent/teacher conferences. More information will be forthcoming about open house.
After a brief meeting in the cafeteria, parents will be allowed to go to their child's or children's classroom (s). Students in grades 6-8 will receive a copy of their child's schedule. This will allow you to follow your child's daily routine.
My name is Allie Jusino, PTO President for Temple Hill Academy. I have one child who attends Temple Hill Academy and a son who graduated from Temple Hill Academy last June! I am starting my 5th year as PTO President and am very happy and proud to be part of the Temple Hill family. The PTO has several FUN family events throughout the year and we would love to meet you and your children. I would like to invite all parents, grandparent and guardians to come to a PTO meeting and find out what is happening and how YOU can make a difference in your child's school. In order for PTO to continue to support our school we need your support. Please come to a meeting, attend PTO sponsored events and participate in PTO fundraiser's. You can even join the PTO. We would love to have you! All funds raised directly impact our children.
PTO meetings are held the 1st Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the teacher's lounge. Please come out and join us. We look forward to seeing you.
Box Tops Contest continues, every box top is worth ten cents and they add up fast! Please send your box tops to school with the child's name and teacher on an envelope or bag.


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Dream Theater Release Music Video for "Invisible Monster"
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PROGRESSIVE MUSIC TITANS DREAM THEATER
RELEASE MUSIC VIDEO FOR DEBUT SINGLE
"INVISIBLE MONSTER" FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM
A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD
https://youtu.be/s0Wmg7Tq4Pk
THEIR 15th STUDIO ALBUM SCHEDULED FOR WORLDWIDE RELEASE ON OCTOBER 22nd NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
https://dream-theater.lnk.to/AViewFromTheTopOfTheWorld
Part 1 of the In-Depth Behind The Scenes Interview About The New Album
Can Be Seen Here: https://youtu.be/vCoiAWQigP4
(New York, NY) – As anticipation grows for the release of their 15th studio album, GRAMMY-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater are releasing the music video for the first official single "Invisible Monster." The song comes from their upcoming InsideOutMusic / Sony Music album A View From The Top Of The World scheduled for release worldwide on October 22nd. The new track clocks in at 6:27 and showcases the musicianship and creativity that has garnered the band fans around the globe. The video for the song was directed by William "Wombat" Felch (Mudvayne, HellYeah, Crobot, Static-X, Nefariant) and follows the story of an artist's internal struggles as the band is showcased performing the track. The piece of art created by Felch in the video now lives inside DTHQ. The video for the song can be seen here: https://youtu.be/s0Wmg7Tq4Pk.
"It was written after we'd written a bunch of material. A lot of the music was super energetic and upbeat tempo-wise. Mike suggested we do something a little different though. So, we started working on a more mid-temp song. The hook, riff, and melody changed so naturally. I equate it to 'Pull Me Under' back in the day where we'd just start playing, something would come out, and we'd be like, 'Whoa, that's cool'. There's a serendipitous moment where it happens. Lyrically, it's about how anxiety plagues people. It's like there's an invisible monster beating you. You don't see it, but it's haunting you all of the time," explains John Petrucci.
Dream Theater recently released an in-depth behind the scenes interview about the making of A View From The Top Of The World. The interview is a 3-part docuseries hosted by ProgReport Editor In Chief Roie Avin as he interviews the band about creating the new album. The interview takes place at the band's new headquarters DTHQ – the space where the band recorded their latest album. Part 2 of the interview will be released on September 29th and the final part will be out on October 10th. The first part of the interview is now live and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/vCoiAWQigP4. Also, an animated video for album opener "The Alien" (viewed over 1.4 million times) that clocks in at 9:32 was released last month and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/V462IsOV3js.
A View From The Top Of The World is now available for pre-order in various configurations including a limited Deluxe Box incl. Gatefold 2LP (180g bright gold vinyl) with exclusive alternate cover, limited deluxe 2CD+Blu-ray Artbook with exclusive alternate cover, Zoetrope Slipmat, Beanie, Enamel Keychain, 8 x Artcards, Poster, Hand-Numbered Certificate of Authenticity in a Lift-off Lid Box. The album is also available in a limited Deluxe 2CD+Blu-ray Artbook, Special Edition CD Digipak, Gatefold 180g 2LP+CD+LP-booklet. The Blu-ray contains a 5.1 surround sound mix with full album animations, plus 'Digging For A Spark – A View From Inside DTHQ', a specially filmed documentary that gives a glimpse behind the scenes of the band's new home-base and the making of the new album. The album is also available for pre-order digitally and fans that pre-order the digital version will receive an instant download of "The Alien." A View From The Top Of The World was produced by John Petrucci, engineered and additional production by James "Jimmy T" Meslin and mixed/mastered by Andy Sneap and available for pre-order here:
https://dream-theater.lnk.to/AViewFromTheTopOfTheWorld.
Dream Theater – comprised of James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, John Myung and Mike Mangini – was in the middle of a sold-out world tour in support of their last release Distance Over Time and the 20th anniversary of Scenes From A Memory when a Global Pandemic brought the world to a stop. The musicians found themselves at home with LaBrie in Canada and the rest of the group in the States. As fate would have it, they'd just finished construction on DTHQ (Dream Theater Headquarters) —a combination live recording studio, rehearsal space, control room, equipment storage, and creative hive. With LaBrie in Canada, he initially wrote with the band via ZOOM on a monitor in DTHQ. In March 2021, he flew down to New York, quarantined, and recorded his vocals face-to-face with Petrucci. The album ultimately threaded together lean and uncompromising hooks with tried-and-true technical proficiency.
The track listing for A View From The Top Of The World is:
1) The Alien (9:32)
2) Answering The Call (7:35)
3) Invisible Monster (6:31)
4) Sleeping Giant (10:05)
5) Transcending Time (6:25)
6) Awaken The Master (9:47)
7) A View From The Top Of The World (20:24)
L to R: John Petrucci, Mike Mangini, James LaBrie, John Myung, Jordan Rudess
Photo Credit: Rayon Richards
About Dream Theater:
Progressive metal pioneers Dream Theater— James LaBrie (Vocals), John Petrucci (Guitars), Jordan Rudess (Keyboards), John Myung (Bass), and Mike Mangini (Drums) — share a unique bond with one of the most passionate fan bases around the globe as evidenced by their two GRAMMY® Award nominations and 15 million records sold worldwide. The 1992 opus Images & Words received a gold certification and landed on Rolling Stone's coveted "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All-Time." Guitar World placed the follow-up Awake at #1 on "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994." 1996's A Change of Seasons notably soundtracked NBC's coverage of Downhill Skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Fans voted the 1999 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory the "Number One All-Time Progressive Rock Album" in a 2012 Rolling Stone poll. Not to mention, it ranked as the "15th Greatest Concept Album" by Classic Rock. 2009 saw Black Clouds & Silver Linings crash the Billboard Top 200 at #6 as A Dramatic Turn of Events [2011] and Dream Theater [2013] maintained a three-peat in the chart's Top 10. Consequence of Sounddubbed 2016's The Astonishing, "An absolutely unique experience." Beyond three platinum and two gold videos, the group was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2019, the band continued to expand its audience when they released Distance Over Time to critical and commercial acclaim. On their 15th full-length and second studio release for InsideOutMusic / Sony Music, A View From The Top Of The World the band continue to challenge themselves and push their musical envelope – something they have done for over 30-years performing together.
Find Dream Theater online:
www.dreamtheater.net
https://www.facebook.com/dreamtheater
http://twitter.com/dreamtheaternet
http://instagram.com/dtimages
InsideOutMusic is the leading label worldwide for progressive music and is part of the Century Media Label Group, a division of Sony Music.
InsideOutMusic online:
www.insideoutmusic.com
www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV
www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic
www.insideoutshop.de
NECROFIER Shares Official Music Video for New Song "Betrayal of the Queen"
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Brutal Planet Writers Speak: The Top Ten Albums of 2020
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I think we can all agree that 2020 has been one big dumpster fire, and it has definitely hit the live music industry pretty hard. Many people have lost their jobs, and those who depend […]
Dream Theater to Tour of North America, Kicks Off February 2nd
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Tickets and VIP Packages Now Available at www.dreamtheater.net (New York, NY) – Following the recent success of their 15th studio album A View From The Top Of The World, two-time GRAMMY-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater are announcing the […]
DREAM THEATER RELEASE SECOND TRACK "FALL INTO THE LIGHT" FROM THEIR 14th STUDIO ALBUM DISTANCE OVER TIME
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DREAM THEATER RELEASE SECOND TRACK "FALL INTO THE LIGHT" FROM THEIR 14th STUDIO ALBUM DISTANCE OVER TIME NEW ALBUM SCHEDULED FOR WORLDWIDE RELEASE ON FEBRUARY 22, 2019 NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT https://dream-theater.lnk.to/DistanceOverTime […]


Momentum is growing for the April 13 demonstration at the White House demanding "U.S. Drones Out of Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Everywhere!" Organizations and individuals will be holding a planning meeting in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, March 16.
With just a month left until the demonstration, we are asking all those looking to get more involved with building a movement to stop the killer drone program in Africa and around the world to join us at 1:00 p.m. at the Justice Center, located at 617 Florida Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., 20001. By Metro, take the Green/Yellow line to Shaw/Howard.
The meeting will include concrete discussions of how to make April 13 the strongest possible statement against the secret, deadly and neo-colonial drone warfare program!
Recognizing that the apartheid regime of Israel is one of the world's largest exporters of drones and drone technology, Temple Students for Justice in Palestine is calling for all groups in solidarity with the Palestinian people to mobilize for the April 13th demonstration as part of the "Free Palestine" contingent.
Please contact Temple University Students for Justice in Palestine at sjptempl@gmail.com if you or your organization is interested in joining this contingent.
If you can't come to Washington, D.C., but want to help subsidize a bus seat or transportation for a student or low-income individual, you can make a tax-deductible donation.


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Q: Oracle 11g DB Time One of our oracle DB (11g) installed server time stamp and DB time stamp both were Asia/Riyad, and I changed it to Asia/Colombo. But the devoppers who are using visual studio still need to change their workstation timezone to Asia/Riyad in order to successfully execute application debugging. In SQL developer also they mentioned the time stamp parameter as Asia/Riyad and we can't login using SQL developer if parameter removed.
Following are the changes done.
SQL> select CURRENT_TIMESTAMP from dual;

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
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SQL> select SYSTIMESTAMP from dual;

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Dog named George got really depressed for 2 years after his best friend of 12 years, a Labrador named Blackie, passed away. But then this duck has showed up out of nowhere and changed George's life.
The two have been inseparable ever since – the duck follows George everywhere!


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Asset freeze hard on Tenwow
Shares of mainland snack maker Tenwow International (1219) yesterday closed 6 percent lower after part of its assets were frozen by Shanghai authorities following the disappearance of its chairman and chief executive Lin Jianhua.
Lin has been absent from work since May 2 as he is assisting an investigation, according to a stock exchange filing. Details of the investigation were not given.
The Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau last month imposed temporary freezes with a duration of two to three years on the company's production facilities, offices and warehouses. Due to the frozen assets, the company failed to renew three loans, with a total amount of 46 million yuan (HK$56.2 million), which expired on June 4 and June 8, said Tenwow.
The frozen assets included several parcels of land and the equity interests of 11 subsidiaries. The company claimed it has not received a reply after submitting an inquiry to the bureau on the reasons for the asset freeze and an application for a release of the assets.
Meanwhile, Moody's downgraded juice producer China Huiyuan Juice (1886)'s rating from B1 to Caa1, over the suspension of its shares.
Trading of its shares was suspended on April 3 since the company made 4.3 billion yuan in short-term loans to Beijing Huiyuan Beverage, an associate of Huiyuan's chairman Zhu Xinli.


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Heartbreak usually gets one going, heartbreak for a love that didn't work out, for a homeland that has lost its way, for a generation that didn't quite make it. Give your protagonist that heartbreak along with the cruel hope that he or she can
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"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master."
So it turns out that advice I give writers about keeping a schedule--about making writing a habit, even when you don't feel like it--is totally spot on. I've spent the last year eyeball deep in yoga-land. I went through an intensive teacher-training program and started teaching. I still edit a lot, but between that work and all of the yoga, I let the blog/Facebook/communication side of things go...and man, when that habit falters, it falters.
But this morning I came across this quote. So many of my favorite writing quotes come from Papa, even though I don't suffer from HWS (Hemingway Worship Syndrome). This succinct little gem made me want to come back here. To talk to you about yoga AND words because it's such a perfect fusion of yoga wisdom and writerly wisdom.
In yoga, we learn (or try to learn) to approach things with a beginner's mind--to remember what it's like to first try, to be curious and unsure, to be always honing your practice--and this is so much like facing a blank page. Every time we return, every time we pick up our pencil again (or open a new file), we should approach things with a beginner's mind.
Are you ever going to be a master? Maybe in some things. Hopefully, we master the habit of writing (ahem)...of not dreading the solitary blinking cursor. But there's always ways to grow, new ways to see the world, different questions to ask.
So take a nice, deep, yogi breath and remember there's some good stuff here in apprentice land. Not being a master means we can try new things, we can remain curious. If we are not masters, we are not stuck in a perfect, unchanging box.
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I've spent the last week on an island, waking up to this view. There were no events. All deadlines and assignments were soundly ignored (hence my absence from here). If I overlook the presence of two crabby and bored teenagers, it was bliss.
Turns out bliss, sunshine, and Presidentes greatly diminish my intelligence and drive....I'm fairly certain I could be one of those strange souls who drop out and live in a permanent state of vacation. I have never uttered such bizarre sentiments as "I think I'd get island fever," or "I'd just miss the structure of work and normal life." Needless to say, my reentry into real life has been sluggish and frequently stalled.
Perhaps you could turn my hedonistic, drop out tendencies into a writing prompt...making them constructive and helpful? Write a scene in which a vacationer refuses to return to her real life. Why does she stay? What does she leave behind? Capture the rhythm of travel, the nuance of life in the surreal space of the tourist destination. What happens when that space becomes your permanent reality?
My scholarly darlings: there are so many actual examples of people jettisoning their lives in favor of permanent vacation...pick your favorite and do a mini research project. But for authenticity's sake, you should absolutely visit the far-flung new home of your subject.
There was yet more snow when I woke up this morning. And that flat, grey light that signals winter. I know I should not be surprised to find winter outside my door in February. I've lived on the plains long enough to know, damn groundhog or no, winter will consume most of March too. But we have cruel little pockets of warmth and sunshine that are so deceiving. Days that breed hope. Days I pull my sandals out of storage and take long walks, thinking spring is coming. And then there's snow when I wake up.
So for me, please, please write about somewhere warm today. A beach. The desert. Mars. Just make it downright hot. Poem, research project, romance---doesn't matter as long as the locale is steamy and has a starring role in the piece. Bonus points if you include a very cold editor from Nebraska.
You might have noticed I love Natalie Goldberg. I am a woman obsessed with words and yoga, which places the wise Ms. Goldberg at roughly the intersection of my obsessions.
Today's writing prompt comes from her new book, The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language, which you should all go buy. Using a passage from William Kennedy's novel Ironweed about kissing (in which he catalogs kisses and then zeroes in on a specific kiss), Goldberg offers this gem:
"Let's consider the structure Kennedy gave for the kiss. First examining the different types, then plunging into the real experience. Let's pick something we have a passion for--a football player, our last lover, a cup of coffee, a thick shake, snowboarding, peace, lips, knees.
Let's do it like he did. First categorize it. For instance, what different kinds of running shoes are there, how do the work--what can you say new about them? Then pause, let it rip--tell us about a specific pair, yours. Where have you been with them, why, what, who--throw in the whole universe, what it's like to run, walk, to have a foot, to be on pavement, grass, tennis court. Break down category, idea, boundary. Follow your own trail out into the rain."
*The Kennedy passage comes from page 155 of the paperback edition at Goldberg's library; the chapter, "Kiss," begins on page 95 of Goldberg's book and includes the Kennedy passage.
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Today's writing prompt is our 50th, which I decided justified a bit of a repeat. We've written before about the newspaper (yes, I'm that much of a luddite--I still like my news to be paper-y) as a source for inspiration, regardless of your writing style or genre. I was reminded of this yesterday as I read about intrigue and bad behavior in the world of chess that includes "a former world chess champion, now a Russian opposition leader; a former president of an obscure Russian republic who believes that he was abducted by extraterrestrials in yellow suits who invented the game of chess; and an ex-fashion photographer turned chess official." It just doesn't get better than that.
Here are five stories (in their non-paper format) to get your creative juices flowing, but I'm sure your morning paper has at least one more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/world/europe/as-rivals-vie-to-head-chess-federation-gambits-include-corruption-charges.html?_r=0
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_25085652/man-arrested-drunken-horseback-case-fails-appear-boulder
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-06/news/chi-stradivarius-theft-arrest-20140205_1_stolen-stradivarius-violin-antonio-stradivari-stun-gun
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487040/Serge-Llama-kidnapped-drunk-French-youths-Bordeaux-France.html
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/exposed-con-artists-brilliant-career-spent-swindling-solicitors-20140202-31uzh.html
Short and probably not sweet...today's writing prompt:
Write a letter from a forty-five-year-old Lolita to an elderly Humbert Humbert about the way he destroyed her childhood.
--from 642 Things to Write About (Chronicle, 2011) by the the San Francisco Writers' Grotto
This week's writing prompt is for all of my scholarly friends out there (though it wouldn't hurt you fiction folks to try your hand at it). Most of you are likely up to your eyeballs in a research project. Hopefully it's something with which you are obsessed, or it's going to be a long slog; regardless, there are always days we wish we chose differently. Today is your chance to dive into that fantasy.
Put your all-consuming and brilliant project off to the side. Make a list of five of your favorite unserious things that have absolutely nothing to do with your academic pursuits. Be specific; rather than music, list "All Her Favorite Fruit," for example. Choose one of these items and write a really great, fairly brief paper on this topic. Imagine a conference of awesomeness and this is your panel. 1500 words should do.
ps..should anyone actually choose "All Her Favorite Fruit," I'm going to need to read that.
Today's writing prompt seems appropriate as I lay bed with my fourth cold of the season...
Write a short sketch of a scene in which a character has an experience that causes her to recall a startingly similar past experience. Juxtapose the present scene and the past scene on top of each other, writing, for instance two or three sentences of the present moment, then alternating back and forth between present and past that way. You could show the reader the remembered scene by use of italics. Why would a character be haunted like this? Think of a convincing reason for the deja vu experience--don't tell it but make the reason a basis for the details. Or don't worry too much about convincing reasons--just let a strange set of events impinge on the present moment of your character. Be playful with the relationship. 500 words
--The 3 A.M. Epiphany: Uncommon Writing Exercises that Transform your Fiction, Brian Kiteley (Writer's Digest Books, 2005)
Tis this season to resolve. Since most of you are resolving to write more, we thought today's writing prompt could help. Craft a list of unusual resolutions, invented or real. Let them be a jumping off point--for a poem, a new short story, an essay--or perhaps the list is the story.
If you are working on a nonfiction or scholarly piece--did your subject make any resolutions? Could you imagine what their list may have included? Was there such a tradition in the time/country/culture in which your story takes place? Alternatively, make a list of resolutions for your project (I will use fewer adverbs. I will research 17th century weaponry. I will write every morning. I will avoid jargon).
If you need a bit of inspiration, check out this great list of unusual resolutions including my favorites from Woody Guthrie: "Don't get lonesome. Stay glad. Keep hoping machine running. Dream Good"
We are belly deep into the season of excess. Booze, fun, family, food...not much comes in small doses this time of the year. This cruel exercise from Ursula Le Guin is an antidote to glut. It won't help you make it through the last holiday hurrah, but it will keep your writing lean. Salut.
A Terrible Thing to Do
Take one of the longer narrative exercises you wrote...any one that went over 400 words--and cut it by half.
If none of the exercises is suitable, take any piece of narrative prose you have ever written, 400-1000 words, and do this terrible thing to it.
This doesn't mean cuttin a little bit here and there, snipping and pruning--though that's part of it. It means counting the words andreducing them to half that many, while keeping the narrative clear and the sensory impact vivid, not replacing specifics by generalities, and never using the word "somehow."
If there's dialogue in your piece, cut any long speech or long conversation in half just as implacably.
--Ursula K. Le Guin, Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (1998, Eight Mountain Press)
We had our first real snow yesterday. Despite the fact that it came with words you never want your weather person to say ("arctic" and "bitterly cold," for example), it was beautiful. Bare trees limned in white and holiday lights dusted with snow are always a bit magical. "Silent Night" becomes a perfect song. Everything seems new and possible, especially when you are hypothetically still in slippers and sipping warm beverages.
For this week's writing prompt, let's take that sense of possibility as our jumping off point. Write about a clean slate, a do-over, real or imagined that was like waking up to a new snow. What twist of fate freed your character from imminent doom, ruin, or sorrow? What does their clean slate look like? How do they greet it, cherish it, or abuse it?
It's been a long weekend. One filled with cream, butter, and far too much cheer. Our brains are fuzzy and our bellies still so very full. We need a straightforward assignment today. Maybe it will lead to writing, or maybe it's just some roughage for the brain:
Make two lists:
1. Everything you know about your subject
2. Everything you want to know about your subject
--from Monica Wood, The Pocket Muse: Ideas & Inspirations for Writing (Writers Digest, 2002)
I woke up in a complete state of panic today. It wasn't a looming deadline or forgotten meeting that sounded warning bells in my sleep. It was pie. Pie. I was momentarily overwhelmed by the pie-making, turkey-brining, grocery-shopping insanity that lay before me (alongside that looming deadline).
To make my pastry insanity more helpful, I offer it up as today's writing prompt. Imagine someone who goes just a teensy bit nuts preparing their feast of gratitude. What drives them? What does their day look like? Do they secretly know it's not worth it? (My pies, by the way, are totally worth it--not that this should sway your creative process). 600 words.
*this gorgeous pie picture comes from www.smittenkitchen.com, who also suffers from pastry insanity. If you are looking to develop a similar compulsion, I highly reccommend her Pie 101 & 102
A (mini) Research Project
Select an object you interact with daily--be it Moleskin, neti pot, toaster, or pencil sharpener--and uncover its history. Pretend I live in a cave and have never heard of this device you call the Q-tip. Who made it? Why? How? Has it changed over time? Keep it fairly brief, interesting, and include a human element. Try to avoid Wikipedia. 800 words maximum.
A Picture is Worth....
Let's start with a picture this morning. Any picture will do. For those of you enmeshed in a project, choose an image you've discovered in the course of your research, or one that has inspired you. Describe the image and how it came to exist. What is the story behind it? Who are these people? What brought them together? Use creative license here--the goal is not to exactly recreate the history of the photograph, but rather to bring it and its subjects to life. For those of you engaged in a serious research project, this recreation can help you dive into your subject's world, even if this flight of fancy has no place in your final project. Is it wrong to say 1000 words?
This week's writing prompt comes from Amy Peters who offers some perspective for those of you faced with shady characters. The issue of a character's likability has a vicious cycle, as the latest Claire Messud kerfuffle reveals. While it may impact a novel's reception, likability also becomes an issue for nonfiction writers. I've been told by several writers of serious nonfiction that they turned away from projects because they discovered they really didn't like their subject. Peters suggests here that often it's these unlikable characteristics that make your subject most interesting:
The most interesting person that I have ever met...
Often, the most interesting person you know may not be someone you like or even respect. No one knows this better than Robert Caro, award-winning biographer of both Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson. Caro was drawn to the stories of powerful men. In his words, he felt compelled to expose their less-than-ideal sides: "To show power truly you not only have to show how it is used but also its effect on those on whom it is used. You have to show the effect of power on the powerless."
For this prompt, see if you can discern the difference between someone you admire and someone truly interesting. You might find these two features overlap. Or, you might discover that the most interesting fact about the person you have a high regard for is his or her less less-than-admirable qualitites.
--Amy Peters, The Writer's Devotional: 365 Inspirational Exercises, Ideas, Tips, and Motivations On Writing (2012 Sterling)
Today seemed like a good day for a re-writing prompt. This one is drawn from William Zinsser's On Writing Well. All nonfiction writers should have a dog-eared copy of this classic guide. While his advice skews toward the journalistic, all writers can benefit from it. I often recommend it to academic writers, as much of his advice attacks unclear language--something in which scholars are often drowning.
On this Monday morning, let's set our sights on one of those clarity-destroying imps of language, which Zinsser calls:
Little Qualifiers.
Prune out the small words that qualify how you feel and how you think and what you saw: "a bit," "a little," "sort of," "kind of," "rather," "quite," "very," "too," "pretty much," "in a sense," and dozens more. They dilute your style and your persuasiveness.
Don't say you were a bit confused and sort of tired and a little depressed and somewhat annoyed. Be confused. Be tired. Be depressed. Be annoyed. Don't hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident....The large point is one of authority. Every little qualifier whittles away some fraction of the reader's trust. Readers want a writer who believes in himself and in what he is saying. Don't diminish that belief. Don't be kind of bold. Be bold.
Choose a chunk of your current writing project (some discrete portion, be it chapter, section, or article) and drive out these quiet destroyers of authority. To Zinsser's list, please add "perhaps," "maybe," "might," "possibly," and all of their kin. You'll be left with something leaner, tougher, and more direct--as if your chapter woke up and discovered it was Dirty Harry.
I entered a new world this weekend.
One of the hats I wear involves lots of beer. As part of my professional responsibilities, I had to spend the weekend at the Great American Beer Fest in Denver. Over three days, 49,000 peopled descend on the convention center to drink 2700 beers from 580 breweries. This is roughly like stumbling into the illegitimate offspring of Mardi Gras and a trade show. With lederhosen.
While I drink a lot of water and detox, you all should try this writing prompt:
Imagine a world within a world--something that could or does actually exist--and use it as the setting for your writing this morning. What are the rules, ethics, and rituals of this world? Are there costumes, outfits, or pretzel necklaces? Create this unique realm for your reader, allowing them to see the complexities at work, to smell and touch the weirdness of these little pockets within our big culture. 600 words should do just fine.
We have developed stratospheric tendencies towards hyperbole in contemporary language. Descriptions land squarely at the awesome or horrific ends of the experience scale, without ever visiting the just fine middle. This can give the impression that well and good are no longer acceptable. It also belies the truth that the average person is pretty darn lucky to dwell in the land of fine, even if it means they never touch the stratosphere.
Naturally this leaks into writing. There are few novels about the slow grind through teen boredom and angst, for example. Holden Caufiled would need to turn into a zombie to find a starring role in today's bestseller. Even in more serious-minded nonfiction, character profiles tend toward the hyperbolic ends of the spectrum; most are works of hagiography or condemnation, with few uncovering that complex middle ground.
So for this Monday writing prompt, we're staging a coup de fantastique. Whatever your genre, pick a very average person and describe their very average day, or their very average existence. Is there still something profound or beautiful in that quotidian existence? Can something powerful happen in a day or a life in which nothing powerful happens? This is not a license to be boring--just find a little quiet on this fall morning. Keep it to 300 words.
A participant in my workshop this weekend wisely pointed out that these weekly prompts and exercises skew heavily toward the creative. While I hope that writers will bust out of their disciplinary shells as much as possible, she was clearly right.
The reason for this is fairly simple--there is just way more out there for creative writers than for scholarly ones. I imagine this is largely because academic writers have long been considered oblivious to things like writing craft or style. I would like to leap onto a very sturdy soapbox and declare this a gross and misinformed prejudice, but it contains a kernel of truth. And that kernel is why I urge scholarly writers to adopt some tactics from their creative writing brethren.
So once again, my scholarly birds, focus on your writing and start by taking any exercise from our site and making it yours. Tweak it to fit your genre, but also try a few that take you into unfamiliar territory. Stretch and strain your writing muscles, and maybe it will help you find that elusive crossover audience.
But not today--today is all about you:
Go to your over-burdened book shelf, perhaps the one that your spouse asked you to move to your office for fear the children would die beneath a pile of tomes, and pull down the two books you think are the most well written. Why are they your favorite? What about them do you admire? Is it the writers' tone, language, or perhaps the way in which they convey information? What is the primary story being told? Can you identify an overarching narrative arc? Is there anything you'd cut? Add? Be specific, brief, and precise, but remember this is not a précis--focus on the story and the writing.
Are your answers about both books similar? Without focusing on specific content, how would you answer these questions about your own work? Can you glean anything from the style and flow of your favorite books that can help you shape and hone your own work?
--inspired by Susan Bell and her lovely book, The Artful Edit
Copyright © 2011 - 2020 Randolph Lundine


Dare to break into the Helium's First National Bank of Fun. Not an easy task. Sharpen your ninja skills as you twist, duck and crawl your way through an intricate web of lasers.
The Laser Maze is a Token Only Attraction.
Tokens can be purchased at the Front Desk Cashiers or at the Helium Café.


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Nicole Kubes (born August 22, 1986) is an American athlete and judoka currently living in Fort Worth, TX. Beginning her training in Judo at age 7 with her sister Bridgette, Nicole became one of the youngest members of the United States 2004 Summer Olympics Team  in 2004 at age 17. Brigette was later prevented from continuing her training due to a car accident, but Nicole progressed to 9th place in Athens, and also received several national awards including her bronze medal at the 2004 National Championships, a bronze medal at the 2004 Titan Games, a 5th-place finish at the Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires Argentina, and being named a 2003 and 2006 National Champion. She attended Texas Christian University in order to be continue training with her long-time coach Tommy Dyer; after graduation, she began to work as a police officer for Fort Worth.

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American female judoka
1986 births
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Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka of the United States
21st-century American women

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A Clear and Simple Call to Action | IMEDIA Inc.
We often think that choice is a good thing for customers. Yet behavioral studies show that more choice leads to less action. A single, simplified call-to-action not only spurs more action but grabs more attention.
Giving customers too many choices can start a psychological process known as "Overchoice". People become overwhelmed by calculating all the possible outcomes of their decision. Rather than making a decision, they will often end up leaving.
To avoid Overchoice, we need to take a careful look at what to trim or remove. Links, buttons, text and images should all be weighed against the primary CTA. Be ruthless. If they don't support the decision to take the next step, then off with their heads.
Color and shape. Is there enough contrast between the CTA and rest of the content? Is the potential decision clear to user? Does it look like something a user can interact with?
Position and spacing. Is the CTA in a prominent, clear from distracting text or background images?
Copy. Does the CTA's copy clarify the decision, (Start your free 30-day trial. No credit card required.) or is it too vague (Get started)?
Just as important as the design of the CTA, what happens after that click can be the difference between a dissatisfied or loyal customer.
The follow up strategy is vital in the legitimacy and trust a potential consumer will put in your brand. By clicking the CTA, they have officially initiated a relationship with you. Your team must have a follow up strategy integrated into your business plan that will provide the necessary next steps to move this lead through the funnel.
Here are some questions you should ask when designing that next product or landing page.
Are they brought to a confirmation page after clicking the CTA?
What next step instructions do we need to provide them?
How can they reach out for help or additional questions?
Will they receive a confirmation email or call from a sales representative?
For more tips on how to improve your landing page strategy, chat with our team today.


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Q: Can I use Firebase Dynamic Link as URL shortener? Can I use Firebase Dynamic Links as URL shortener for a web application? Will it work even if I have no iOS or Android app? If that is the case, what's the use of dynamicLinkDomain?

A: Yes, you can use Firebase Dynamic Links as URL Shortener.
When creating link specify your deep link. When user taps on the short dynamic link, navigation will happens to deep link. This enough to make link work.
dynamicLinkDomain is domain assigned to your Firebase project. All your Firebase Dynamic links will be hosted on this domain.


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Social sites used to discriminate
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE
By George Brown
A recently re-released study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University researchers' claims evidence that the information one shares in online social networks could be used to discriminate against them during the hiring process. The findings suggest that, while hiring discrimination via Internet searches and social media does not seem widespread, the impact of revealing certain traits online can have a significant effect on the behavior of employers who look online for candidates' personal information.
Alessandro Acquisti, associate professor of information technology and public policy at CMU's H. John Heinz III College, and Christina Fong, senior research scientist at CMU's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, tested the impact that information posted on a popular social networking site by job candidates can have on employers' hiring behavior.
"Our experiment focused on a novel tension: the tension between the law — which, in the United States, protects various types of information, making it risky for certain personal questions to be asked during interviews — and new information technologies, such as online social networks — which make that same information often available to strangers, including interviewers and employers," Acquisti said.
Many job seekers nowadays reveal personal information online that is not easily detectable in personal interviews, and which may even be illegal for employers to request or use in the hiring process. So much more can be gleaned about a prospective hire from her online presences. A tweet can reveal place of worship. A blog post can imply sexual orientation. A photo on LinkedIn can show race or age. A comment on Facebook or an image on a social media profile can suggest family status.
"While it appears that a relatively small portion of U.S. employers regularly searches for candidates online, we found robust evidence of discrimination among certain types of employers," Fong said.
The researchers first used a survey experiment involving more than 1,000 online participants to capture reactions to the candidates' resumes and online profiles, and to test whether or not the candidates' profiles appeared realistic.
Then, in the field experiment, Acquisti and Fong submitted applications on behalf of the candidates to real job openings at more than 4,000 U.S. employers. The researchers measured the number of interview opportunities a Christian candidate received relative to a Muslim candidate, and the number of interview opportunities a gay candidate received relative to a straight candidate. They also collected data on the states and counties in which jobs were located and on the firms that listed the openings. Some have raised concerns about how the research was done by violating the most social sites' prohibition against fake identities, but the university ethics review board approved the study.
"Our survey and field experiments show statistically significant evidence of hiring bias originating from information candidates shared on their online profiles," Fong said. "Both by itself and controlling for a host of demographic and firm variables, our Muslim candidate was less likely to receive an interview invitation compared to our Christian candidate in more politically conservative states and counties."
The researchers point out that, because the political leaning of states and counties in the field experiment cannot be randomly assigned, the results should be interpreted as correlational, not causal.
In both the survey and field experiments, Acquisti and Fong detected less bias based on the sexual orientation of the candidates. Interview rates for the gay candidates were similar to those for the straight candidates.
The findings suggest that, while hiring discrimination via Internet searches and social media does not seem widespread, the impact of revealing certain traits online can have a significant effect on the behavior of employers who look online for candidates' personal information.
"Employers' use of online social networking sites to research job candidates raises a variety of notable implications, since a vast number of job candidates reveal personal information on these sites that U.S. employers can't ask in an interview or infer from a resume," Acquisti said.
"I advise employers that it's not a good idea to use social media as a screening tool," said James McDonald, a partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP who specializes in employment law. "You need to control the information you receive so you're only getting information that is legal for you to take into account."