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TikTok is the most popular social media platform of the moment, full of creators who are competing for likes and followers. Since its creation in 2016, the app has gone through a meteoric rise in popularity and many users have become famous in their own right.
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I had two separate requests today asking me what my thoughts were on articles having to do with the social issues we deal with today. One of the articles had to do with racism, the other dealt with our patriarchal society.
I've read articles from conservative and liberal outlets and I won't begin to pretend to be anywhere close to the level of intelligence of those who work in these fields. At this stage, I'll let the intellectuals and pseudo-intellectuals and pundits argue at that level because…well, I guess they get paid a lot of money to do what they do and I won't begrudge them their chosen profession. As for me, I don't care about any of that. But there is something I do care about.
Just substitute the issue of the existence of God with racism or patriarchy or LGBTQ issues or whatever else people are fighting about these days in Don's statement, and you've pretty much landed on what I think about it all. It isn't that I don't care about those things. I just don't care about all the yelling back and forth by people trying to get an upper hand over the other side. It occurs to me that those exchanges don't do anything to solve the problem. So here's what I care about.
What I care about is how can I, Rey Lopez — a regular guy, divorced father of two, freelance writer, actor, ride share driver, Realtor-in-training, and nomad, who acknowledges his own inherent biases — show love to the people around me and advocate they be treated with the utmost respect in all of their endeavors, whether personal or professional? Also, how can I do that in a way that models for others to do the same?
I'm not trying to evade any issues or come across as above the fray. I've just grown incredibly weary of the endless debates that bring us back to the same place. My brain (and my heart) hurt over it all.
I've been doing a lot of meditating, reading, and listening to people like Richard Rohr, Vishnu Das, Hillary McBride, and others, and rediscovering a more Contemplative approach to my spirituality (which is what I grew up with in 70s era Catholicism). I'm learning it allows me to live out a pattern that speaks far more loudly than anything else I could say or write. I am venturing down a path where I will simply refuse to contribute to anything that does not advance a love for the people that cross my path; a reckless, inclusive, liberal, gracious, unconditional love.
That's what I think about all that.


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The "Crystal Cathedral Worship Choir and Worship Team Covenant," recently handed out to members, states that members should commit to being Christians by following the Bible in every way.
Former and current choir members say they are particularly offended by a statement in the document that refers to homosexuality. Long-time church members say this is the first time they have seen the cathedral take a firm stand against homosexuality and are disturbed by it.
"I found that to be terribly judgmental and couldn't accept it," Neuen said.
Crystal Cathedral founder Robert Schuller retired in 2006, placing his son, Robert A. Schuller at the helm. The younger Schuller was removed two years later due to a "lack of shared vision" — and amid controversy over salaries and housing allowances for family members. In 2009, the elder Schuller's daughter, Sheila Schuller Coleman, was named pastor. Last year, Schuller Coleman announced that the church was going into bankruptcy after donations fell by 29% in 2009. It's congregation has already shrunk in half over the past two years.
The first to do what????
Was the organist asked to sign the anti-gay statement?
Oops, that could cause some problems.
Or are you trying to put Christ into the Crystal Cathedral?
Rob, it's a CoCal thing. Here's a bit of their history.
Preaching from this unusual pulpit, Schuller faced ridicule – accused by many of conducting services in a "passion pit." But his services gained in popularity, and in 1957, when Dr. Norman Vincent Peale visited to deliver the morning message, the drive-in theater was filled to capacity. Schuller noted that morning that every word Peale spoke was one of encouragement and hope, just as Jesus Christ had spoken. It was a defining moment for Schuller; from then onward he would frame his messages positively to instill Christ-centered hope in the hearts of hurting persons, encouraging and equipping them to live at their God-given potential.
I guess the story is so well known in CoCal that it does not bear explaining.
Last year, Schuller Coleman announced that the church was going into bankruptcy after donations fell by 29% in 2009. It's congregation has already shrunk in half over the past two years.
I'm guessing there were few mega-church competitors at the time the Crystal Cathedral was built in 1977-80, and that there was little anti-gay preaching anywhere because homosexuality was still fairly unspeakable in those years.
And I'm guessing further that the former members did not switch to mainstream denominations, but migrated to the increasing number of mega-church options, or walked away from religion entirely.
Meanwhile, it seemed to become de rigueur for mega-churches to be anti-gay. And so now this church is in the midst of a desperate effort to keep up with the competition.
Or maybe the explanation for shrinking membership is as simple as Robert Schuller's son and daughter not being nearly as charismatic as their father.
It now appears that the Hour of Power has become the Hour of Sour.
If wonder if it bothers them that the Cristal Cathedral, was designed by a gay man, Phillip Johnson.
That is a cheap shot, specially since it is clear what she did from the original paragraph. Are you asking what she sang? And lastly, usually, if we are talking about a choir soloist, well, they sing; so even if the "and sing" was not in the paragraph, you could infer from the contet that she was the first one to sing a solo in the original church.
I will avoid the cheap shot of asking what they teach in reading comprehension in high school.
Good catch, Rob. Johnson was one of the major superstar architects of his time. If I ever get to California again (haven't been there since the late 70s) I would like to see that building.
It's clear enough what she did, even without your helpful editing. It's just not clear to me why the author of the article thought this rather bizarre fact about standing on a snack shop would help the reader put her comments into the context of the larger story. If the author wanted to express that she is a member of the choir of long standing, there are considerably clearer ways to do it.
Of course, Johnson was also famously a Nazi. That might give some people pause, too.
I took Rob's question to be referring not to the singing part but the "on top the snack shack" part of the sentence which, to those of us not au fait with CoCal things, seemed pretty odd!
Too much information, and a lot of the information in the sentence does not help put the rest of it into context. Her husband was killed after she found black boa feathers? Huh?
Any bets what side of the civil rights divide Schuller was on?
Sometimes a tiger really can't change his stripes, but he might try to hide the fact that he has them.
Wouldn't it be great if the entire choir quit rather than sign such a statement?
Following the Bible in every way? So they are going to give up mixed-fiber fabrics, eat kosher, sacrifice animals regularly, and go to the Levite every now and then for a leprosy check? They're going to follow all the purity laws of the Hebrew Scripture AND the women are all going to cover their heads because St. Paul said to? Oh, and they're going to stone adulterers and disobedient children?
You do realize George Wallace changed his position and apologized to blacks, don't you?
This lifelong Californian also would like to know what "CoCal" means?
Re: earlier comment. "CoCal" should have read "SoCal" as in Southern California. Sorry for the confusion.
This is an orange county newspaper writing an article about a local church to a local readership. Schuller's start with a church in a drive-in theater is part of the local lore.
That she sang atop the snack shack provides context that locals can understand. Not only is she of long standing, but she goes way back to the beginning. She's part of the legend.
It's the difference between saying someone has worked for Apple for many years, and saying they were there in Steve Job's garage.
And I'm guessing further that the former members did not switch to mainstream denominations, but migrated to the increasing number of mega-church options, or walked away from religion entirely.
Schuller is Reformed. And while the Reformed Church in America is not a large denomination, it is mainstream and has full communion with the more liberal mainline churches (UCC, ELCA, and PCUSA) though they had some rough moments when UCC endorsed gay marriage (they agree to disagree).
Since Schuller is from that background, it may help explain why he never joined in the Demonize The Homos crap that other preachers (like his daughter) found appealing.
Actually, they are mixed. On one hand you have folks like Ed Young or Bill Hybels who are nasty anti-gay out to cure the culture and change the laws. But then you have folks like Rick Warren (yeah, I know, boo hiss) and Joel Osteen who may have theology that sees homosexuality as "not the best" or "sin" but who don't go out of their way to try and impose their theology on their neighbors or mention that particular theology in their sermons. Ironically, it's the latter group that gets in trouble most because they are the ones that newscasters tend to ask about such positions and, as much as they try to say "oh but you're welcome in my church" the "sinner" part makes the headlines.
Or maybe the explanation for shrinking membership is as simple as Robert Schuller's son and daughter not being nearly as charismatic as their father.
Yes, Mark F…I know that. So did Falwell.
So did the Mormon Church.
Right about the time it was unpopular to hate blacks and these guys had to campaign to get money into their coffers to continue their work.
But that didn't help GAY people any, did it?
I have loved what Robert H. Schuller has done for years with his affirming messages and been one of the cathedrals strongest supporters. His message changed my life! But between the family fights, the lack of financial transparency, the attempt to make the cathedral into a family dynasty rather than its intended purpose (to serve the Lord), the improprieties that have emerged as a result of filing Chapter 11 and now this… it was the last straw for me. It goes beyond the gay issue which basically is an unnecessary attack on a minority segment of God's children – it illustrates a complete lack of judgment.
I have just come from my lawyer's office where I removed the Crystal Cathedral from my will. This would have been a very sizable donation… but I have reached the point where I think it's best that the ministry disappear…. and I think it will as a result of the family doing one bad thing after another.
Believe me when I say that for almost all of my life, I have loved and supported the ministry that always displayed open arms and hearts to all of God's children, but the recent actions of the Schuller family, and lack of action by the Consistory in preventing inappropriate and unethical practices, has changed everything. The campus would make a great community college. Bobby Schuller did the right thing by getting far away from this mess. Never again will I support the Crystal Cathedral and I don't think I'm alone in that statement.
I attended this church before it had the huge Crystal Cathedral. Nothing anti-gay was ever preached there. If there was an anti-gay policy back then, they wouldn't have had much of a music program, LOL.
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I'd studied music at Edinburgh University, followed by a year studying recorder at Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague (Holland) with ambitions to become a professional recorder player. But serious recorder playing is quite a specialist field associated mainly with renaissance, baroque and modern music, and I just wasn't finding enough work in Scotland. People said, 'go to London, you'll make it in London', but I just didn't want to spend my life in London, so started looking for alternative avenues. With other woodwind experience (flute to Grade 8+, quite a few oboe lessons and a borrowed clarinet) to back up my recorder, I wrote to all the regional school music advisers in Scotland looking for work as a woodwind instructor. Some replied to say they didn't need instructors and some didn't reply at all, but the most interesting response came from Alistair Salmond (AFAIK no relation of Alex!) of Borders Region, who said something along the lines of 'we don't currently need a woodwind instructor but if you'd like to come down for a chat, please do.' So I did!
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A meeting of some 200 worshipers to organize St. John's Baptist Church occurred March 26, 1922. This meeting was the culmination of a series of gatherings, prayer groups and conferences of Baptists concerned with the progress of their denomination in what was then eastern suburban Charlotte.
The church had begun primarily as an outreach of First Baptist Church, but in action that was perhaps to portend events to come, the small group of pioneers determined to accept full responsibility for establishing the new church without help from existing congregations. Just four years later, they dedicated the main sanctuary building in 1926.
Dr. Joseph A. Gaines and Dr. C. W. Durden served as the first two pastors, leading the church through financial crises and establishing it on sound footing. Dr. Claude U. Broach became senior minister in 1944, and under his leadership St. John's realized its most significant growth in missions and community ministry. Dr. Broach led the church to develop and nurture the "servant church" concept.
Dr. Julian Cave, senior minister from 1978 to 1986, broadened the church's social ministry and its impact on the community at large. St. John's completed numerous mission projects such as building a church in Pinch, West Virginia, and constructing homes in Charlotte through Habitat for Humanity.
Dr. Thomas H. Graves became the fifth pastor in October 1987. He helped initiate a revitalization of the St. John's spirit before leaving to become the first president of the new Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond.
Dr. Wm. Richard Kremer served as St. John's sixth pastor from November 1991 until June 2009. He came to St. John's after pastorates in Kentucky and South Carolina. He played a vital leadership role in the United Baptist Association, which is a multi-racial, non-geographical association. He worked diligently to expand its mission.
In October 2009, Dr. Layne Smith came to serve as Intentional Interim Pastor, leading the church through a self-study. He facilitated the work of the church in remembering and celebrating where it has been and in clarifying its future focus as well as its mission in the world.
Dr. Dennis W. Foust became the seventh pastor of St. John's in August, 2011. He is guiding the congregation in a journey of renewal by building upon its legacy as a creative and progressive ecumenical voice gathering in the revitalized center city of Charlotte and scattering to continue the ministry of Jesus throughout the metro region.
United in the faith that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, revealed in history, disclosed in the Scriptures, and experienced in human life, we do solemnly and joyfully make this Covenant together:
We will be faithful to the public worship of God, gathering with the family of the Church to celebrate his glory and remember his grace.
We will take seriously the responsibility and privilege of personal Christian growth, diligently seeking to establish and maintain a Christian atmosphere in our homes.
We will love and encourage each other in the family of the Church, and admonish each other as occasion may require. Our differences will not separate us but rather increase our understanding and strengthen the bonds of Christian love.
We will be faithful stewards, as God has prospered us, contributing our financial support for the Church and its ministries and offering ourselves for God's work in the world.
We will, with God's help, so live our lives that others, seeing the joy of Christian living, may seek to know Jesus Christ our Lord.
We will be a servant church, recognizing the infinite worth of every person and believing that Christ has called us to active involvement in behalf of human brotherhood.
In the spirit of this Covenant, we pray together:
Almighty God, Father of us all, witness this Covenant which we make with each other and with Thee. Guide us as we try to do that which pleases Thee, to the glory of Thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Adopted March 22,1922
Revised June 10,1973
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What you need to know about the death of the rare Sumatran rhinoceros.
In late March 2016, World Wildlife Fund researchers celebrated the reappearance of the incredibly rare Sumatran rhino.
Image from International Rhino Foundation/WIkimedia Commons.
On March 12, 2016, a female Sumatran rhino was captured in a pit trap in the East Kalimantan province of Indonesian Borneo. It was the first time in 40 years that one had been seen in the flesh.
The World Wildlife Fund called her story a "new hope."
Just one month later, the celebration ended abruptly when the captured Sumatran rhino, named Najaq, has died.
A leg infection seems to have been the cause of death, although a post-mortem is still being conducted as of this writing.
Though Najaq's death is sad, there is good news to share.
For a long time, it was thought there were no more Sumatran rhinos in Kalimantan. There were only a small population on the Malaysian side of the island (declared extinct in 2015), so many people thought these animals were just about gone forever.
But we were wrong. And that's very, very good.
Unlike its more sparsely coiffed cousins, the Sumatran rhino is covered in hair. Image from Ltshears/Wikimedia Commons.
Sumatran rhinos are one of the most endangered large animals on the planet. There are estimated to be fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos left in the wild.
In fact, up until 2013, when a World Wildlife Fund team found rhino footprints in the jungle (and managed to photograph a Sumatran rhino via an automatic camera trap), the species was considered extinct in Kalimantan.
We now know that at least 15 Sumatran rhinos still exist in Borneo.
15 is not a lot, but for an animal thought to be gone, it's a remarkable number.
Even better — we know how save them.
Sumatran rhinos, like many species in Borneo, are threatened by both poachers and habitat loss. They need the forests and jungles to survive, but many wild places are being destroyed to make room for mining, plantations, and logging operations.
This land was cleared for a palm oil plantation in Malaysian Borneo. Image from T. R. Shankar Raman/Wikimedia Commons.
By creating sanctuaries for these animals we can give them the homes they need to survive.
Sanctuaries like Way Kamblas National Park, for instance. Way Kamblas is a protected area in Sumatran Indonesia that is home to a number of Sumatran rhinos that are protected by their own anti-poaching squad.
A worker and Rosa the rhino, who was transported to Way Kamblas to help establish a breeding population. Image via Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images.
What's more, by supporting the use of sustainable palm oil (which is used in more products you every day than you can even imagine), which many companies are already doing, we can help protect the forests outside of these designated sanctuaries.
Najaq's death is sad, but we're being given an incredible opportunity to save a species once thought to be lost.
"We now have proof that a species once thought extinct in Kalimantan still roams the forests, and we will now strengthen our efforts to protect this extraordinary species," said Dr. Efransjah, CEO of WWF-Indonesia, when they found Najaq in the pit trap.
Rosa the rhino in the Way Kambas Sanctuary. Image from Willem v Strien/Flickr.
Najaq may have died, but her life truly did give a new hope to the preservation of her species.
We have the opportunity. We know what to do. We just need to act.
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Mystery solved - This is why a dead fox was found in a cage in Stanmer Park
This is why a dead fox was found in a cage in Stanmer Park
By Katharine Hay @katharine_hay Reporter
THE mystery surrounding a dead fox abandoned in a cage in a public park has now been explained.
An elderly reader has written to the editor to reveal the truth about the bizarre discovery.
The RSPCA launched an investigation after the dead fox was found locked in a cage in Brighton's Stanmer Park in November.
Now an Argus reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, says he took animal to the park after he found it dead in his garden.
He said the fox was one of a number that visited his garden where food was left out.
When he found the creature dead he sought advice from a friend, a naturist, who recommended that he put the carcass in a cage to protect its body.
The reader said he had arranged for his friend to pick up the fox's remains from Stanmer Park, which they both regularly visited.
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His friend wanted to then bury the fox in the ground, concealed in the cage to prevent it being dug up and eaten by badgers.
He said: "My friend is a man who loves nature and wanted to eventually recover the fox's skull, to display to other naturists.
"The fox was one the young ones which frequented my garden in Brighton where titbits are provided.
"Naturally I was upset to lose the fox and I had to consider ways to dispose of it so I sought the advice of my friend who loves nature."
He said: "I put the fox's body in an old animal cage, secured it with cable ties and thought this was over.
"However, he failed to pick up the fox that day and it had gone by the time he searched for it.
"Our plan had failed but the fox had not been caught in a trap.
"It was caged to prevent foxes and badgers digging it up in my friend's garden, which he himself intended to do in years to come, to retrieve the skeleton to display to other naturists."
The Argus reader said he thinks the fox was more likely to have been badly hit by a motorist and then dragged its body up to his house.
He and his friend are concerned that it was taken to landfill.
At the time when the fox was spotted in the cage, the RSPCA released a statement saying the fox was likely to be a victim of animal cruelty.
RSPCA deputy chief inspector Charlotte Baumann said at the time: "At this stage we don't know if he was put in there to die or if he was already dead when he was put into the cage.
"There is no obvious cause of death at this stage."


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Anu Mundkur, civil society liaison with ACFID, talks with Lisa Cornish about the Fifth Report of the Annual Civil Society Dialogue on Women, Peace and Security.
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A&M Records Celebrates Half-Century Mark with Three-Disc Compilation
July 23, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment
Ask the most voracious of music trivia buffs what "A&M Records" stood for and they'll tell you simply: Herb Alpert, noted jazz trumpeter and bandleader; and music promoter Jerry Moss, a duo who crafted the label from Alpert's garage in 1962.
50 years later, with the upcoming release of the three-disc A&M 50: The Anniversary Collection, it's clear that A&M stood for something else, too: one of the most intriguingly eclectic rosters in pop history, encompassing everything from jazz and modern R&B to New Wave and singer/songwriter pop. (There's been a great amount of activity surrounding the label's anniversary in Japan, like this compilation of Works by longtime A&M arranger Nick DeCaro.)
The three discs are rather cleverly themed: Disc 1, "From AM to FM," chronicles some of the label's earliest and most potent pop radio hits, from Alpert's "The Lonely Bull" with The Tijuana Brass to the Carpenters' beautiful "Close to You" all the way to Sheryl Crow's inescapable "All I Wanna Do." Things get great on Disc 2, "A Mission to Rock," which features some of the best rock and New Wave acts of the '70s and '80s, including The Police, Squeeze, Joe Jackson, Split Enz, Styx, Free, Joe Cocker and many more. Disc 3 loops around to "Soul, Jazz and More," showcasing the likes of Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, Gato Barbieri, Milton Nascimiento, The Brothers Johnson and Jeffrey Osborne. (All in all, the set covers roughly 30 years of works, with most of A&M's output after the sale to PolyGram and break-up throughout Universal Music Group - overlooked.)
While there's not a lot particularly rare on all three discs (save for some of the deep cuts on the '70s side of things, including tracks from Alpert and Hugh Masekela as well as Alpert's talented wife, Lani Hall), what does raise eyebrows are some song choices: "Roxanne," not "Every Breath You Take," is The Police's entry, as "Caught Up in You" by 38 Special is included over "Hold On Loosely." Minor quibbles aside, this looks to be a really fun keepsake of a deservedly-treasured label.
A&M 50 is out on August 28 and can be pre-ordered after the jump.
A&M 50: The Anniversary Collection (A&M/UMe, 2012)
Disc 1: From AM to FM
The Lonely Bull - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (from The Lonely Bull, 1962)
Mas Que Nada - Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 (from Herb Alpert Presents Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, 1966)
You Were on My Mind - We Five (from You Were on My Mind, 1965)
The More I See You - Chris Montez (from The More I See You, 1966)
(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher - Rita Coolidge (from Anytime...Anywhere, 1977)
A House is Not a Home - Burt Bacharach (from Reach Out, 1967)
(They Long to Be) Close to You - Carpenters (from Close to You, 1970)
Wild World - Cat Stevens (from Tea for the Tillerman, 1970)
Don't You Want Me - The Human League (from Dare, 1981)
Love Will Keep Us Together - The Captain & Tennille (from Love Will Keep Us Together, 1975)
Whatcha Gonna Do - Pablo Cruise (from A Place in the Sun, 1977)
Sun Down - Lani Hall (from Sun Down Lady, 1972)
Baby Baby - Amy Grant (from Heart in Motion, 1991)
I Just Wanna Stop - Gino Vanelli (from Brother to Brother, 1978)
Luka - Suzanne Vega (from Solitude Standing, 1987)
The Lady in Red - Chris de Burgh (from Into the Light, 1986)
Love and Affection - Joan Armatrading (from Joan Armatrading, 1976)
Red Red Wine - UB40 (from Labour of Love, 1983)
Diamonds & Rust - Joan Baez (from Diamonds & Rust, 1975)
Rise - Herb Alpert (from Rise, 1979)
All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow (from Tuesday Night Music Club, 1993)
Disc 2: A Mission to Rock
Roxanne - The Police (from Outlandos d'Amour, 1978)
The Letter (Live) - Joe Cocker (from Mad Dogs and Englishmen, 1970)
All Right Now - Free (from Fire and Water, 1970)
Jackie Blue - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (from It'll Shine When It Shines, 1974)
30 Days in the Hole - Humble Pie (from Smokin', 1972)
Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson (from Night & Day, 1982)
Hot Burrito #1 - The Flying Burrito Brothers (from The Gilded Palace of Sin, 1969)
Conquistador (Live) - Procol Harum (from Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, 1972)
Come Sail Away - Styx (from The Grand Illusion, 1977)
I Got You - Split Enz (from True Colours, 1980)
Tempted - Squeeze (from East Side Story, 1981)
Show Me the Way (Live) - Peter Frampton (from Frampton Comes Alive!, 1976)
Run to You - Bryan Adams (from Reckless, 1984)
Love Hurts - Nazareth (from Hair of the Dog, 1975)
The Logical Song - Supertramp (from Breakfast in America, 1979)
Caught Up in You - 38 Special (from Special Forces, 1982)
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (from The Breakfast Club: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1985)
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden (from Badmotorfinger, 1991)
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting (from The Dream of the Blue Turtles, 1985)
Disc 3: Soul, Jazz and More
(Everytime I Turn Around) Back in Love Again - L.T.D. (from Something to Love, 1977)
Black Pearl - Sonny Charles & The Checkmates Ltd. (from Love is All We Have to Give, 1969)
Europa - Gato Barbieri (from Caliente!, 1976)
I'll Be Good to You - The Brothers Johnson (from Look Out for #1, 1976)
Everybody Plays the Fool - Aaron Neville (from Warm Your Heart, 1991)
Will It Go Round in Circles - Billy Preston (from Music is My Life, 1972)
Bridges - Milton Nascimiento (from Courage, 1968)
Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione (from Feels So Good, 1977)
Livin' It Up (Friday Night) - Bell & James (from Bell & James, 1978)
Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim (from Wave, 1967)
On the Wings of Love - Jeffrey Osborne (from Jeffrey Osborne, 1982)
Summertime - Paul Desmond (from Summertime, 1968)
Stuff Like That - Quincy Jones feat. Ashford, Simpson & Khan (from Sounds...and Stuff Like That!, 1978)
Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr (from As the Band Turns, 1985)
Crazay - Jesse Johson feat. Sly Stone (from Shockadelica, 1986)
Amorous Cat - Stan Getz (from Apasionado, 1990)
Finally - CeCe Peniston (from Finally, 1992)
Practice What You Preach (from The Icon is Love, 1993)
Skokiaan - Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela (from Main Event - Live, 1978)
When I Think of You - Janet Jackson (from Control, 1986)
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Michael Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he discovered there was more than one version of John Williams' soundtrack to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, with bylines on catalog at Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Prince and credits on titles including the Grammy-winning 'Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic.' Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with an ever-expanding collection of music.
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ChrisdeB says
No Phil Spector?
Joe Marchese says
Phil's not entirely unrepresented! "Black Pearl" from Sonny Charles & The Checkmates Ltd. is on Disc 3.
zekedog says
I love the A&M label. With that said, it's easy to make a much better anthology on your own. Mine is six 80 minute CD-Rs.
No "Oh Lori" by Alessi? EPIC FAIL!
Zubb says
No Come Saturday Morning by The Sandpipers or Never Been Any Reason by Head East?????? A&M was such a great label before Universal gutted and cannibalized it. They could easily do at least 5 or 6 CD compilation.
David Jones aka Johnny Bacardi says
No Strawbs, Shawn Phillips, Tubes or Rick Wakeman. Tsk.
Snaporaz d'Uzine says
Guess we'll have to depend on Now Sounds for a cool compilation of A&M' sunshine pop etc. Meanwhile, Rev-Ola's Claudine Longet compilation still seems to be in print, but the Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends (equally De Caro) is out of print.
Looks like we'll have to depend on Now Sounds for a compilation of A&M's sunshine pop gems. A Lani Hall compilation would be nice too (her version of "Love song" is wonderful). Meanwhile Rev-Ola's Claudine Longet compilation still seems to be available, but their Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends (equally De Caro) is currently out of print.
A fine Lani Hall compilation would be lovely too - her version of "Love song" (Lesley Duncan, Elton John) is wonderful.
Finally, where's "Vertigo" by Rupert Hine? And "Rotation" by der Alpert?
Grant says
It's interesting that this compilation includes tracks by The Human League, UB40, and Simple Minds. These were bands that were on Virgin Records internationally, but A&M had licensed for US release before Virgin had a US presence.
Mylene says
Should have had God Save The Queen by the Sex Pistols and at least 1 Claudine Longet song.
This is a great starter collection for fans..But I truly believe their should be at least 6 cd's worth of material..A&M is a legandary label that deserves much better. I did the same thing Zekedog did and then some.. I did the 60'(4discs) 70's (4discs) 80's 3(discs) R&B 80's(2 Discs) 12"tracks (4 Discs). and I really think there should have been more TJB/Carpenters/Captain & Tennille/Police/Janet Jackson considering they were huge on A&M...IMO
Boyce & Hart were ignored as well. Shame!
Speaking of Tommy and Bobby, check out this incredibly groovy B&H compilation coming from Ace:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008L1H0LC/tag=thesecdis-20
I'll have a full report soon on this most exciting title!
That looks great! I will definitely be ordering the CD. Thanks for the heads up!
Wow! I just realized that the oldies/classic hits radio staple (if not overplayed) record "Stuck In The Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel was left off this compilation too. Who put this thing together????


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Q: How to require a local package that depends on other local package A have the following folders, each one containing a project:
PackageA
PackageB
PackageC

PackageA depends on PackageB witch also depends on PackageC, each one is a git repository.
This is the PackageA composer.json:
{
    "name": "packagea/packagea",
    "require": {
         "packageb/packageb": "dev-master"
    }
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "../PackageB"
        }
    ]
}

This is the PackageB composer.json:
{
    "name": "packageb/packageb",
    "require": {
         "packagec/packagec": "dev-master"
    }
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "../PackageC"
        }
    ]
}

And this is the PackageC composer.json:
{
    "name": "packagec/packagec"
}

This is what i get when i try composer update on PackageA folder:

Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of
  packages.
Problem 1
      - Installation request for packageb/packageb dev-master -> satisfiable by packageb/packageb[dev-master].
      - packageb/packageb dev-master requires packagec/packagec dev-master -> no matching package found.
Potential causes:
   - A typo in the package name
   - The package is not available in a stable-enough version according to your minimum-stability setting    see
  https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#minimum-stability for more details.

But, there's a PackageC dependency specified on PackageB
What i'm doing wrong?

A: The main trick with private dependencies is that entries composer finds in repositories are not shared across whole tree. So if you have your project, which requires package A from VCS, then your project needs to include proper entry in own composer.json's repositories section. This is pretty obvious, but now imagine said package A requires package B from different private repository. So you add what's needed to package B composer.json's repositories but while i.e. unit tests of that package works fine you still will be failing when trying to include that component in your project, same way you described. It's all because of these dependency sources. The not-so-obvious solution is to include all private repositories in your project's composer.json - even if it is not directly needed or used. In other words, your project's composer.json must include entries for VCS repositories as needed by all packages it includes, package A and package B (and so on). In your case you need to make it looke like that:
{
    "name": "packagea/packagea",
    "require": {
         "packageb/packageb": "dev-master"
    }
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "../PackageB"
        },
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "../PackageC"
        }
    ]
}

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In the second book of the very promising Frank Pavlicek detective series, A Killing Sky, set in the Charlottesville area, Frank is hired as an investigator by the daughter of a shady Virginia congressman. Her twin sister has vanished, and although everyone thinks she just ran off, Frank's client suspects something bad has happened to her. What really troubles her is that the girl had been investigating her own father, some of whose activities have been shady – to say nothing of his serial womanizing and a possible hit and run killing.
Frank starts looking into it all, and the congressman's "staff" – in classic hard-boiled fashion – immediately raise his suspicions by stonewalling him and threatening violence. But there's also the boyfriend the girl recently dumped, who doesn't look innocent either. Meanwhile, Frank is preparing himself emotionally for his daughter's departure for college, and trying to talk her out of joining him in the PI business. It's also time for him to release the falcon he's been training into the wild.
Good book. I still find Frank a little dull as a character, but the story is well told, and the writing is above average. Also, Christianity (represented by Frank's girlfriend) is treated with respect. I noted one obscenity in the book, which makes it pretty clean by contemporary standards. Recommended.


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Q: Vector layer properties won't load in function call Using Leaflet.VectorGrid I load vector tiles on a leaflet map. I am trying to style the tiles based on the received tile value but the function options.vectorTileLayerStyles doesn't load. Code example:
function getColor(val) {
    return val > 85 ? '#2172ff':
           val >= 75 ? '#42baff':
           val >= 50 ? '#a8e8ff':
           val >= 25 ? '#ffcea8':
           val >= 1 ? '#fc9803':
                        '#fc0303';
}

var options = {
    interactive: true,
    maxNativeZoom: 15,
    fetchOptions: {
        headers: { 'Authorization': 'Basic ' + key }
    }
};

//Doesn't get used, althought it should based on the layer's constructor definition
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    var val = properties.val;
    return {
        mountains: {
            radius: 1,
            weight: 1,
            fillOpacity: 1,
            fill: true,
            fillColor: getColor(val)
        }
    }
}

layer = L.vectorGrid.protobuf(url, options).addTo(leafletMap);

A: The vectorTileLayerStyles option must be an object, not a function:

vectorTileLayerStyles Object
A data structure holding initial symbolizer definitions for the vector features.

But individual layers in vectorTileLayerStyles can be styled by a function:

A layer style can be either:

*

*A set of L.Path options

*An array of sets of L.Path options

*A function that returns a set of L.Path options

*A function that returns an array of sets of L.Path options for point, line, and polygon styles respectively

Try passing an object defining a function for your mountains layer, something like
options.vectorTileLayerStyles = {
    mountains: function(properties) {
        var val = properties.val;
        return {
            radius: 1,
            weight: 1,
            fillOpacity: 1,
            fill: true,
            fillColor: getColor(val)
        };
    }
}


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Karen Young
US-American singer from Philadelphia, PA (March 23, 1951-January 26, 1991); best known for her hit "Hot Shot". Well-known for her ability to scat-sing and deliver vocals with ferocious energy, Young was also a gifted pianist and songwriter.
Karen Young grew up in a Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rowhouse. Before becoming an overnight international recording star with "Hot Shot," she recorded jingles and background vocals for Philadelphia-based production companies. She died unexpectedly of a bleeding ulcer.
The song "Hot Shot" peaked at #67 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 in 1978, after enjoying two weeks at #1 on that magazine's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, thus qualifying Young as a bona-fide one-hit wonder. "Hot Shot" was written, produced and arranged by Philadelphians Andy Kahn and Kurt Borusiewicz. Walter "Kandor" Kahn was executive producer. An LP also entitled "Hot Shot" followed the hit single, both released by West End Records of NYC. "Hot Shot" was featured in the 1990 movie "Reversal of Fortune." The song was later used as a sample in Daft Punk's song "Indo Silver Club" on their album Homework. "Hot Shot" re-mixes by Andy Kahn, MaxRoxx Music, DJ Ralphi Rosario, DJ Wayne G and DJ Paul Goodyear were released in 2007. That remix entitled "Hot Shot - The Karen Young Reheat" held the #7 position for two weeks on Billboard Magazine's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart achieving five weeks on that chart's Top Ten.
"Rendezvous With Me" a song written by Andy Kahn for Karen Young and recorded by the artist in 1979 was intended as the follow-up to "Hot Shot" but was never finished. Discovered in Kahn's tape vault, it was finally released in 2008 utilizing Karen's vocal performance and Kahn's original horn arrangement tracks in the form of new mixes by the MaxRoxx Team, DJ Paul Goodyear and DJ Zathan Radix.
In the early 1970s Young performed with the group Sandd, featuring Philadelphia musicians Frank Gilckin lead guitar, George Emertz rhythm guitar, Frank Ferraro bass and Dennis Westman drums.
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Karen Young Hot Shot (Album)
West End Records Venezuela 1978 Sell This Version
Karen Young Hot Shot (Single, Maxi)
West End Records US 1978 Sell This Version
Karen Young Bring On The Boys (Single)
West End Records Japan 1978 Sell This Version
KY-1 Karen Young Baby You Ain't Nothing Without Me (12", Single, Promo) West End Records KY-1 US 1978 Sell This Version
3778 9152 Karen Young Hot Shot - Donde Está Él (7", Single) MICSA 3778 9152 Argentina 1979 Sell This Version
SG 800 Karen Young God Bless America (7", Promo) Sunshine Recordings SG 800 US 1980 Sell This Version
SG 804 Karen Young One Sure Way (7", Promo) Sunshine Recordings SG 804 US 1980 Sell This Version
Karen Young Dynamite (Single)
Sunshine Recordings US 1981 Sell This Version
Karen Young Deetour
Black Sun Canada 1982 Sell This Version
Karen Young Expressway To Your Heart (Single)
Atlantic Netherlands 1982 Sell This Version
Karen Young You Don't Know What You Got (Single)
The Boardwalk Entertainment Co, The Sunshine Group Ltd. Europe 1983 Sell This Version
Karen Young Hot For You (Single)
Sunshine Recordings UK 1983 Sell This Version
Karen Young Come-A-Runnin'
TTW 87134 Karen Young Change In Me / Eye On You (12", Promo) Wide Angle TTW 87134 US 1987 Sell This Version
MRX00002 Karen Young Rendezvous With Me (10xFile, MP3, Maxi, 320) MaxRoxx Music MRX00002 US 2009
7475 Karen Young Hot Shot (Remixed With Love By Joey Negro) (7", Single, Ltd) High Fashion Music 7475 Netherlands 2019 Sell This Version
Karen Young The Best Of Karen Young: "Hot Shot" (Comp)
Hot Productions, Sunshine Entertainment US 1994 Sell This Version
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The lp of Karen Young with Michel Donato called : Contredanse is from another Karen Young. A woman that quitted the USA and still is alive inthe province of Quebec in Canada. The CD on Ursh her second on her own company have some other issues i don't have under hand. The only think i'm sure it's she is not the same that sang Hot Shot.
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I'm a 19 year old Electronic Dance Producer from Russellville, Indiana, United States and I love games, my favorite game genre is driving and my favorite driving game is VerkeersTalent Online.
R.I.P Tim Bergling 1989-2018, His music will never be forgotten. I'm at a loss at the fact that he's now dead.
Thinking about making an album called "The Seven Attractions of the United States".
So currently Times Square of New York City is in the works.
Ecstasy In The Atmosphere (2nd Edit) OUT NOW!!
ADIDAS (All Day I Dream About Something) OUT NOW!!
You've probably expected something from Overwatch. But it's a new song I've made.
Question: Why do some of us feel down when it's winter and cold?
I think I know the reason why I feel down sometimes right now. I think it's because of the weather right now. But what do you think?
I think I can actually make music again.
Yello you so & so's SP34K3R M4N here (My new online greeting.), and today I'm back from a 3 month hiatus of not making music... maybe.. uh.. It depends if the desktop won't show the blue screen of death. But I do think I'm back. Right now "ADIDAS (All Day I Dream About Something)" and "Ecstasy in the Atmosphere (2nd Edit)" are currently in the works. So if you like my music. Good news people, I'm back.
I'm thinking about making music again.
Maybe but hopefully this will work out.


A couple of months back, I visited and blogged about Laman Seni @ Seksyen 2 Shah Alam (click here to read), the 'first' street art project endorsed by Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA). At that point, I commented that it was quite nicely done, a good start and a noble effort in encouraging creativity but I was also a bit concerned about it being a one-off thing.
I am now glad that MBSA, KHZNH Studio and a group of talented local artists prove me wrong when they unveiled the 'part 2' or continuity of Laman Seni initiative yesterday.
Introducing Laman Seni 7 Street Art (LS7).
Organised by KHZNH Studio, Laman Seni 7 is bigger, grander and more exciting.
How to get there? Drive/ride/walk to any of these landmarks and Laman Seni 7 will be within walking distance: Tutti Fruitti Seksyen 7 Shah Alam, Islamic Steakhouse, Restoran Wong Solo Seksyen 7 Shah Alam.
Once you are at the above landmarks, just walk into a nearly #lorongBelakang and you will be able to spot the murals. If you can't find any street art and can only see tikus, air longkang or brader potong sayur then you are at a wrong lorong belakang.
This #LorongBelakang of Laman Seni 7 has been transformed into a clean, tolerable back alley that even VIPs like MB of Selangor are cool with it.
I had the opportunity to check out Laman Seni 7 a few times including during its "work-in-progress" stage and the opening ceremony yesterday, so here are some photos of this cool new attraction in Shah Alam. Photos are in random order.
Louise Low's "What Are You Doing?"3D installation.
"Melting" by #Cloackwork. A message on global warming. Good timing I would say.
Both of the above artworks during its creation stage.
"Suara Alam" by Mohd Amin Hadarih and "Di sebalik Hutan Konkrit" by Kamalpatio.
I love this beautiful "Owl" by CNVSSTORE. "2 & 1 seater" by Zakaria Sharif "The Vacuum" by Muhammad Iqbal Ridzuan. I can foresee lots of superman wannabe pose here. "Lompat kaki naik sebelah!" "Typo SC7" by Salmiah Aziz. No, the guy at the back would not be there all the time. Being an "aviation geek", I love this tribute for MH370 murale. "Still praying". If only it is this simple to bring the plane back. Up for a quick snake and ladder game? Make sure you go to the loo before coming here. Do not be tricked by the art. No toilet facilities available. "Lepas" by Mohd Ridzuan Abidin. KHZNH's. "Dasar Sungai" by Mohd Syazani Saleh "Legends" by Mohd Azizi Azhar brings the Super Mario game alive! MBSA in 2047? Hopefully by then Selangor would be able to achieve their Misi 33 in that Stadium 😛 "Kolong" by Rusyidi Alias "Single Mother" by KenjiChai Lots of people love to snap photos here at "Prac-niture" by Mohd Fazry A Rahman. Something about the colours and chairs and umbrella that just blend in well. "Idea" by KVRGO Design is quite unique. "Dimesi by Nuur Hafizah Ramdan "The Courtyard" by Bawang Studio features a "teng-teng". I love art that includes interactive feature like Dimensi and Courtyard.
Reality hurts. A friendly reminder on danger of smoking. A nice way of using the water dripping from the aircon compressor above the art piece.
These are just some of the street art on display at Laman Seni 7. Depends on how detail you are in appreciating art (or photography for that matter), you can easily spend one hour at this new Shah Alam attraction. Bring along your cameras, gopros, smartphones, selfie stick and have a fun and 'hipster' time here at Laman Seni 7.
Congratulations to all those involved with this project and let's hope that this along with the one in section 2 can be maintained for at least five years from now.
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Thanks for your write up. Went to check out this place just now.
Salam Ramadhan, saya blogwalking kat sini, jemput singgah ke blog saya http://ibu2ahmad.blogspot.com.
How about this #lorongbelakang before. Tapi tak sangka pulak this are the end products. Terlebih 'awesome' sangat ni. I guess, I've to drag my husband as well.
Assalamualaikum , boleh sy tau alamat dia dekat mana ??
berapa ukuran sebenar lorong belakang street art ni?
Hello , do we need to pay entrance fee for this place ? and is it open for 24 hours ?
Jadinya sekarang nie street art kat situ masih available for visit or was it already vandalized? I'm planning to come there.
Just wanna check with you, how many lane (Lorong seni) at Seksyen 2, Shah Alam. Also is all the artwork around the same area.
Wanna bring outstation friends there this Sat.
Hi Azuan Zahdi, I'm a design student from Taylor's University and I would like to ask for your permission to use some of your images for my assignment (It's a mobile app for street art in Shah Alam) for my submission. I will credit you for it. Is it okay?
Lama dah ingat nak pegi..
Tapi x de kesempatan lagi.
Boleh bagi details/anggaran kos utk buat 1 lukisan street art tersebut. Boleh emelkan kpd sy. Tq.
hi I'm looking for some artists to do a mural at my house. Appreciate if you could share me their contact details. Thanks.
is there any entrance fee to go there?
and how to go there by public transport ?
Boleh saya dapatkan nombor telefon atau emel beserta kos untuk membuat seni graviti. Terima kasih.
Hi, it is but some has been vandalised unfortunately.


Once the worry of minorities and leftists, the ease with which a white man with a badge can end the life of a black person is finally on America's mind. The realization that police practices can be brutish and unfair to black men has become a matter of serious concern for many whites, bourgeois liberals and some conservatives — apparently even George W. Bush. Law enforcement is undergoing a crisis of legitimacy.
The window of opportunity for the racially equalized institutional changes is wider than it's been in decades. The recent non-indictments for police killings in Ferguson, Missouri, and Staten Island, New York, have reignited awareness of the systemic nature of racial discrimination. Riot, protest and media pressure has made the White House anxious and piqued the interest of a generally useless Congress. Some modest reform is in the works.
But all of this is fragile. When there is a long enough pause in the rate at which black men are killed by the police, the cameras will point elsewhere. If there is any hope of reaping lasting change from this moment, it must take shape in the form of something more durable than rage.
"Black Lives Matter" is the closest thing to a unifying banner for the demonstrations in response to the absence of justice in Ferguson and Staten Island. It's a slogan, a website and a Twitter hashtag, which first surfaced in 2012 in response to vigilante George Zimmerman's acquittal after he killed unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin. At this point, the phrase has become shorthand for the various streams of resistance to police brutality across the country.
The Black Lives Matter movement resembles Occupy Wall Street in 2011, which is cause for both celebration and concern: Both establish a polarizing antagonist — police, bankers — who serves as an entry point for structural critique (systemic racism and politico-economic inequality, respectively). Both have given birth to and mobilized highly decentralized, politically diverse and fairly spontaneous protest movements. Both operate in the register of contentious politics and feed off friction — or the threat of it — with the state. And just as Occupy mostly dissolved during its first winter, so too could Black Lives Matter.
Public protest is a tactic, not a strategy: Protesting is vital, but it's not a substitute for the organization, discipline and grit needed for long-term change. Groups small and large need to organize locally and coordinate nationally on specific programs with short- and long-term goals. Resources for political, economic, legal and cultural advocacy need to be pooled and employed strategically. Campaigns for reform — whether assigning special prosecutors for police homicide trials, disarming the police or closing the white-black wealth gap — must be focused. Local community efforts should be paired with efforts engaging the federal political process.
Past efforts with similar agendas provide useful case studies. One example worth considering is the rise of the Black Panther Party in response to police brutality in the late 1960s through the early '70s. Typically depicted as armed separatists, the Black Panthers were antiracist and committed to building interracial coalitions. Their most divisive position, advocacy of armed self-defense, was only one relatively short-lived element of their complex political program. Soon after they developed a nationwide following, they focused on community programs providing free services to neighborhoods; their most popular nationwide initiative was the Free Breakfast for Children Program. The Panthers' other communitarian programs — which included free clothing, medical care, transportation, housing cooperatives and much more — highlighted the shortcomings of the state and economy, while empowering ordinary citizens to conceptualize and participate in an alternative political economy.
Successful political movements have always focused on liberation.
The Black Panthers began as a response to the police, but quickly evolved into a broader vision of how people of color can find dignity and autonomy in a congenitally racist country; they knew that oppression by the police was inextricable from oppression in economic and political life. While their practice of armed resistance was ineffective in the long-term, and is certainly not something that should be embraced today, their holistic view of change merits study. Their 10-point program connected their concern with self-defense to a broader agenda of wholesale social change, and it intended to capture political and economic gains that the Civil Rights movement had failed to target or secure.
While it's tragic that today's grievances bear such a strong resemblance to those of the '60s, it bodes well that today's conversation has been similarly panoramic in its discussion of racial injustice and the actions that will be needed to address it.
Use civil disobedience to generate attention: During the Civil Rights era, activists gained legitimacy not just by expressing discontent publicly, but also by actively defying unjust laws. Protests and die-ins are valuable, but they do not have the same ability to captivate as the sacrificial spectacle of nonviolent refusal. A willingness to endure arrest is a powerful asset, and it's something that white allies can bring to the table in a big way. Recall Occupy's explosive growth in popularity and media attention when police overreacted to occupations with mass arrests and pepper spray. Today, peaceful resistance to the institutions that are behind today's crisis can take many forms, but it will need to go beyond permitted marches.
Words matter: Lastly, it's worth contemplating the limitations of the slogan "Black Lives Matter." It's a defensive plea that affirms its own unreality in the criminal justice system. While its vagueness allows it to cast a wide net as a brand, it's also unambitious; "Black Lives Matter" sounds like a cry for general validation rather than a non-negotiable demand for freedom from discrimination. "Hands up, don't shoot" is another popular slogan at protests these days, and it also suffers from defensive posturing.
From Emerson and Douglass to Reagan and Goldwater, freedom has been the keyword of American politics. Every successful movement — abolition, feminism, civil rights, the New Deal — has claimed it. A freewheeling mix of elements — the willful assertion and reinvention of the self, the breaking of traditional bonds and constraints, the toppling of old orders and creation of new forms — freedom in the American vein combines what political theorists call negative liberty (the absence of external interference) and positive liberty (the ability to act). Where theorists dwell on these distinctions as incommensurable values, statesmen and activists unite them in a vision of emancipation that identifies freedom with the act of knocking down or hurtling past barriers.
There is no simple answer to this problem — one that afflicts the left as a whole — but the language of Black Power could provide a useful toolkit for Black Lives Matter.
As we enter 2015, let us resolve to stay the course in working toward more inclusive notions of freedom. The fire must keep burning, but it's also going to have to burn slowly.


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Public Program>By You, Me and the Light
By You, Me and the Light
By You, Me and the Light is an atmospheric short film illuminating the imaginations of young people.
The film was co-created in a series of performance and light art workshops with primary school-aged students with and without disability. Rawcus artists' Sarah Walker, Rachel Edward, Nilgun Guven and Tom Doman worked with the students to devise, perform and create this delightful and intriguing film. The original soundtrack has been composed by Jethro Woodward.
By You, Me and the Light had multiple screenings at Federation Square between 17-31 December 2015 as well as a series of place based school community showings.
By You, Me and the Light has been proudly supported by Creative Victoria, The City of Port Phillip, the Lord Mayors Charitable Fund, venue partners ArtPlay and Federation Square (City of Melbourne) and the generosity of our donors.
Photo by Sarah Walker


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GeoMesa-NiFi allows you to ingest data into GeoMesa using the NiFi dataflow framework. Currently, the following datastores are supported:

* Accumulo
* HBase
* Kafka
* FileSystem (HDFS, S3)

# Building from Source

To build, simply clone and build with maven:

```bash
git clone git@github.com:geomesa/geomesa-nifi.git
cd geomesa-nifi
mvn clean install
```

## Dependency Versions

The nar contains bundled dependencies. To change the dependency versions, modify the `<accumulo.version>`,
`<hbase.version>` and/or `<kafka.version>` properties in the `pom.xml` before building.

# Installation

To install the GeoMesa processors you will need to copy the appropriate nar file into the ``lib`` directory of your
NiFi installation. There is currently a single nar file:

Nar                                | Datastores
---                                | ---
geomesa-nifi-nar-$VERSION.nar      | Accumulo, HBase, Kafka

For example, to install the nar after building from source:

```bash
cp geomesa-nifi/geomesa-nifi-nar/target/geomesa-nifi-nar-$VERSION.nar $NIFI_HOME/lib/
````

## Upgrading

In order to upgrade, replace the `geomesa-nifi-nar` files with the latest version. For version-specific changes,
see [Upgrade Path](#upgrade-path).

# SFTs and Converters

GeoMesa NiFi nar files package a set of predefined SimpleFeatureType schema definitions and GeoMesa Converter definitions for popular data
sources including:

* Twitter
* GDelt
* OpenStreetMaps

The full list of converters can be found in the GeoMesa source:

https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/tree/master/geomesa-tools/conf/sfts

## Defining custom SFTs and Converters

There are two ways of providing custom SFTs and converters:

* Providing a ``reference.conf`` file via a jar in the ``lib`` dir
* Providing the config definitions via the Processor configuration

### SFTs and Converters on the Classpath

To bundle configuration in a jar file simply place your config in a file named ``reference.conf`` and place it in a jar file:

```bash
jar cvf data-formats.jar reference.conf
```

You can verify your jar was building properly:

```bash
$ jar tvf data-formats.jar
     0 Mon Mar 20 18:18:36 EDT 2017 META-INF/
    69 Mon Mar 20 18:18:36 EDT 2017 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
 28473 Mon Mar 20 14:49:54 EDT 2017 reference.conf
```

### Definining SFTs and Converters via the UI

The preferred way of providing SFTs and Converters is direction in the Processor configuration via the NiFi UI. Simply copy/paste your typesafe
configuration into the ``SftSpec`` and ``ConverterSpec`` property
fields.

# Processors

This project provides the following processors:

* ``PutGeoMesaAccumulo`` - Ingest data into GeoMesa Accumulo
* ``PutGeoMesaHBase`` - Ingest data into GeoMesa HBase
* ``PutGeoMesaKafka`` - Ingest data into GeoMesa Kafka
* ``PutGeoTools`` - Ingest data into an arbitrary GeoTools Datastore based on parameters using a GeoMesa converter or avro
* ``ConvertToGeoAvro`` - Use a GeoMesa converter to create geoavro

## PutGeoMesaAccumulo

The ``PutGeoMesaAccumulo`` processor is used for ingesting data into an Accumulo backed GeoMesa datastore. To use this processor
first add it to the workspace and open the properties tab of its configuration. Descriptions of the properties are
given below:

Property                      | Description
---                           | ---
Mode                          | Converter or Avro file ingest mode switch.
SftName                       | Name of the SFT on the classpath to use. This property overrides SftSpec.
ConverterName                 | Name of converter on the classpath to use. This property overrides ConverterSpec.
FeatureNameOverride           | Override the feature name on ingest.
SftSpec                       | SFT specification String. Overwritten by SftName if SftName is valid.
ConverterSpec                 | Converter specification string. Overwritten by ConverterName if ConverterName is valid.
accumulo.instance.id          | Accumulo instance ID
accumulo.zookeepers           | Comma separated list of zookeeper IPs or hostnames
accumulo.user                 | Accumulo username with create-table and write permissions
accumulo.password             | Accumulo password for given username
accumulo.visibilities         | Accumulo scan visibilities
accumulo.catalog              | Name of the table to write to. If using namespaces be sure to include that in the name.
accumulo.write.threads        | Number of threads to use when writing data to GeoMesa, has a linear effect on CPU and memory usage
geomesa.stats.enable          | Enable stats table generation
accumulo.mock                 | Use a mock instance of Accumulo
GeoMesa Configuration Service | Configuration service to use. More about this feature below.

### GeoMesa Configuration Service

The ``PutGeoMesa`` plugin supports [NiFi Controller Services](http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/tutorials/cql/cql_tutorial.html)
to manage common configurations. This allows the user to specify a single location to store the Accumulo connection parameters.
This allows you to add new PutGeoMesa processors without having to enter duplicate data.

To add the ``GeomesaConfigControllerService`` access the ``Contoller Settings`` from NiFi global menu and navigate to the
``ControllerServices`` tab and click the ``+`` to add a new service. Search for the ``GeomesaConfigControllerService``
and click add. Edit the new service and enter the appropriate values for the properties listed.

To use this feature, after configuring the service, select the appropriate Geomesa Config Controller Service from the drop down
of the ``GeoMesa Configuration Service`` property. When a controller service is selected the ``accumulo.zookeepers``,
``accumulo.instance.id``, ``accumulo.user``, ``accumulo.password`` and ``accumulo.catalog`` parameters are not required or used.

## PutGeoMesaHBase

The ``PutGeoMesaHBase`` processor is used for ingesting data into an HBase backed GeoMesa datastore. To use this processor
first add it to the workspace and open the properties tab of its configuration. Descriptions of the properties are
given below:

Property               | Description
---                    | ---
Mode                   | Converter or Avro file ingest mode switch.
SftName                | Name of the SFT on the classpath to use. This property overrides SftSpec.
ConverterName          | Name of converter on the classpath to use. This property overrides ConverterSpec.
FeatureNameOverride    | Override the feature name on ingest.
SftSpec                | SFT specification String. Overwritten by SftName if SftName is valid.
ConverterSpec          | Converter specification string. Overwritten by ConverterName if ConverterName is valid.
hbase.catalog          | The base Catalog table name for GeoMesa in HBase
hbase.coprocessor.url  | A path to a jar file (likely the HBase distributed runtime, likely in HDFS) containing the GeoMesa HBase coprocessors
hbase.security.enabled | Enable HBase Security (Visibilities)

## PutGeoMesaKafka

The ``PutGeoMesaKafka`` processor is used for ingesting data into a Kafka backed GeoMesa datastore. This processor only supports Kafka 0.9
and newer. To use this processor first add it to the workspace and open the properties tab of its configuration. Descriptions of the
properties are given below:

Property                    | Description
---                         | ---
Mode                        | Converter or Avro file ingest mode switch.
SftName                     | Name of the SFT on the classpath to use. This property overrides SftSpec.
ConverterName               | Name of converter on the classpath to use. This property overrides ConverterSpec.
FeatureNameOverride         | Override the feature name on ingest.
SftSpec                     | SFT specification String. Overwritten by SftName if SftName is valid.
ConverterSpec               | Converter specification string. Overwritten by ConverterName if ConverterName is valid.
kafka.brokers               | List of Kafka brokers
kafka.zookeepers            | Comma separated list of zookeeper IPs or hostnames
kafka.zk.path               | Zookeeper path to Kafka instance
kafka.topic.partitions      | Number of partitions to use in Kafka topics
kafka.topic.replication     | Replication factor to use in Kafka topics

## PutGeoTools

The ``PutGeoTools`` processor is used for ingesting data into a GeoTools compatible datastore. To use this processor
first add it to the workspace and open the properties tab of its configuration. Descriptions of the properties are
given below:

Property                    | Description
---                         | ---
Mode                        | Converter or Avro file ingest mode switch.
SftName                     | Name of the SFT on the classpath to use. This property overrides SftSpec.
ConverterName               | Name of converter on the classpath to use. This property overrides ConverterSpec.
FeatureNameOverride         | Override the feature name on ingest.
SftSpec                     | SFT specification String. Overwritten by SftName if SftName is valid.
ConverterSpec               | Converter specification string. Overwritten by ConverterName if ConverterName is valid.
DataStoreName               | Name of the datastore to ingest data into.

This processor also accepts dynamic parameters that may be needed for the specific datastore that you're trying to access.

## ConvertToGeoAvro

The ``ConvertToGeoAvro`` processor leverages GeoMesa's internal converter framework to convert features into Avro and pass them
along as a flow to be used by other processors in NiFi. To use this processor first add it to the workspace and open
the properties tab of its configuration. Descriptions of the properties are given below:

Property                    | Description
---                         | ---
Mode                        | Converter or Avro file ingest mode switch.
SftName                     | Name of the SFT on the classpath to use. This property override SftSpec.
ConverterName               | Name of converter on the classpath to use. This property overrides ConverterSpec.
FeatureNameOverride         | Override the feature name on ingest.
SftSpec                     | SFT specification String. Overwritten by SftName if SftName is valid.
ConverterSpec               | Converter specification string. Overwritten by ConverterName if ConverterName is valid.
OutputFormat                | Only Avro is supported at this time.

# Upgrade Path

## 1.3.x to 1.4.x

The `PutGeoMesaKafka_09` and `PutGeoMesaKafka_10` processors have been merged into a single `PutGeoMesaKafka`
processor that will work with both Kafka 09 and 10.

The configuration parameters for the following processors have changed:

* ``PutGeoMesaAccumulo``
* ``PutGeoMesaHBase``
* ``PutGeoMesaKafka``

See [Processors](#processors) for more details.

# NiFi User Notes

NiFi allows you to ingest data into GeoMesa from every source GeoMesa supports and more. Some of these sources can be tricky to setup and configure.
Here we detail some of the problems we've encountered and how to resolve them.

## GetHDFS Processor with Azure Integration

It is possible to use the [Hadoop Azure Support](https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/hadoop-azure/index.html) to access Azure Blob Storage using HDFS.
You can leverage this capability to have the GetHDFS processor pull data directly from the Azure Blob store. However, due to how the GetHDFS processor was
written, the ``fs.defaultFS`` configuration property is always used when accessing ``wasb://`` URIs. This means that the ``wasb://`` container you want the
GetHDFS processor to connect to must be hard coded in the HDFS ``core-site.xml`` config. This causes two problems. Firstly, it implies that we can only
connect to one container in one account on Azure. Secondly, it causes problems when using NiFi on a server that is also running GeoMesa-Accumulo as
the ``fs.defaultFS`` property needs to be set to the proper HDFS master NameNode.

There are two ways to circumvent this problem. You can maintain a ``core-site.xml`` file for each container you want to access but this is not easily scalable
or maintainable in the long run. The better option is to leave the default ``fs.defaultFS`` value in the HDFS ``core-site.xml`` file. We can then leverage
the ``Hadoop Configuration Resources`` property in the GetHDFS processor. Normally you would set the ``Hadoop Configuration Resources`` property
to the location of the ``core-site.xml`` and the ``hdfs-site.xml`` files. Instead we are going to create an additional file and include it last in the
path so that it overwrites the value of the ``fs.defaultFS`` when the configuration object is built. To do this simply create a new xml file with an appropriate
name (we suggest the name of the container). Insert the ``fs.defaultFS`` property into the file and set the value.

```xml
<configuration>
    <property>
        <name>fs.defaultFS</name>
        <value>wasb://container@accountName.blob.core.windows.net/</value>
    </property>
</configuration>
```

Reference
---------

For more information on setting up or using NiFi see the [Apache NiFi User Guide](https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/user-guide.html)

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Get ready to score some serious bargains on cribs, nursery gear, baby equipment, clothes, books, toys, and more at a massive consignment sale being held Coral Springs on Friday and Saturday.
The sale, put on by the traveling children's and maternity consignment franchise called Just Between Friends, allows you to sell your stuff or shop for stuff and save. Or both! It's too late to sell items at this event (darn!), but the organization will be back in the fall if you're interested in selling your goods. You can learn more about the concept and shop till you drop from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Coral Springs Gymnasium at 2501 Coral Springs Drive.
Here's how JBF events generally work: If you want to sell your stuff, bring new or gently-used kids and/or maternity wear to the selling venue set up by JBF. You set your own prices, tag your wares, drop them off at the sale site and Just Between Friends does the rest. You earn money (just like at a regular consigment store) on unwanted stuff you had lying around the house and/or you can shop for things you need for your family at super cheap prices. It's a fantastic idea that helps families make and save bucks in these tough times.
Has anyone out there ever heard of Just Between Friends sales? We'd love to hear what you thought (and bought)!


Traditional market theories explain how traders' behaviour affects supply and demand, which influences asset prices. One of the foundations for these theories is that investors trade rationally, according to certain assumptions.
The problem is that when more and more investors have access to the financial market there are also investors that do not behave according to these assumptions. Instead they behave according to their own rules or according to surrounding information, hence becoming so called irrational investors. One of the key characteristics of these irrational investors is that they are subject to emotions involving markets and transactions, while rational investors analyse and make decisions only according to fundamental theories.
Some theories consider investors to be irrational to everyone that does not make investment decisions based on "traditional" economical theories - not considering technical analysis as an economical theory.
The Bandwagon effect is actually very common behaviour, observable even on a daily basis. This effect relates to situations where individuals make decisions according to the majority of people surrounding them, and often not according to their own beliefs. As mentioned before, this is a common effect used, between others, in consumer economics trying to explain why people buy something because it is trendy, even though for the consumer it's costly and is not a necessary item, i.e. it is irrational. For markets, this effect may also have very serious consequences, due to unconfirmed information (gossip, speculation, or other types of information) which makes prices move very sharply.
The herd behaviour is very similar to the bandwagon effect, but rather describes the actions (behaviour) of individuals in a group. The main finding here is that individuals can act as a group without a planned direction, which is observable during market crashes or market bubbles when investors together increase the effect of a crash or a bubble.
This behaviour exists when investors have a tendency to sell assets when prices have increased, but will keep the portfolio assets that have decreased in value. What this means is that investors are less willing to recognise their losses than their profits, which leads to extended losses in the portfolio.
This effect occurs when investors tend to rely too much on one piece of information instead of the general situation. This may have different reasons, for example one situation is when investors are suffering losses, they want to believe that positive information (rather insignificant in reality) will change the price direction and they will start to profit.
This is the process when investors tend to be too optimistic about the result for planned actions. Usually this means that investors tend to overestimate the likelihood of positive events and underestimate the likelihood of events with negative consequences.
This is behaviour often seen in investors with little experience, and it is a simple denial of negative situations. In this situation, investors are so "goal-focused" that they do not accept (deny) the existence of current or future negative events.
In a way this effect is somewhat related to the optimism bias, but in the case of the overconfidence effect investors believe that their judgement of making decisions is high, compared with their actual accuracy. This effect is even more observable when confidence rises, which may result from obtaining some (higher than usual) profits.
The regret theory takes into consideration the reaction of individuals having realised they have made a mistake in judgment. For example, sometimes investors regret not having closed an open position at a certain price, that has turned out to be a market extreme In such a case, it is a typical reaction to postpone the decision of closing the transaction, in order to make up for lost "opportunity costs".
The typical consequence of such an approach is that the investor tends to miss the opportunities that he or she would take in other circumstances, and as a result, achieves a worse result than in normal circumstances.


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Cornelis de Houtman (2 April 1565 – 1 September 1599) was a Dutch merchant seaman who commanded the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies. Although the voyage was difficult and yielded only a modest profit, Houtman showed that the Portuguese monopoly on the spice trade was vulnerable. A flurry of Dutch trading voyages followed, eventually leading to the displacement of the Portuguese and the establishment of a Dutch monopoly on spice trading in the East Indies.

Early life
Cornelis de Houtman was born in 1565 in Gouda, South Holland. His father, Pieter de Houtman, was a brewer. Cornelis had a younger brother, Frederick de Houtman, born in 1571 and two sisters.

In 1592, Houtman's wealthy cousin, Reynier Pauw, and several other prosperous merchants in Amsterdam formed a company, Compagnie van Verre, to finance a Dutch trading expedition to the East Indies. Their initial inspiration had been the publication of a series of maps that appeared to show the route to the East Indies. These charts were provided by noted Dutch cartographer, Petrus Plancius, who indicated he had obtained them from Spain's royal cosmographer, Bartolomeo de Lasso.

That same year, Pauw sent Houtman to Lisbon along with his brother Frederick. It is unclear whether Houtman had legitimate business in Portugal or went primarily as a commercial spy to gather information about Portuguese spice trade in the East Indies. While they were gone, another Dutch merchant, Jan Huygen van Linschoten, returned to Amsterdam after spending almost nine years in Goa. He brought back extensive information about the region including crucial details on navigation and the spice trade.

The voyage
The merchants determined that Bantam provided the best opportunity to buy spices. On 2 April 1595, four ships left Amsterdam: the , , , and the .

The voyage was beset with trouble from the beginning. Scurvy broke out after only a few weeks, due to insufficient provisions. At Madagascar, where a brief stop was planned, seventy-one people had to be buried. The 71 of the 248 sailors had died, most of scurvy. The Madagascan bay where they were anchored is now known as the Dutch cemetery. After the death of one of the skippers, quarrels broke out among the captains and traders, one was imprisoned on board and locked up in his cabin. In June 1596, the ships finally arrived at Banten, a northwestern port at Java. Jan Huyghen van Linschoten had told them not to pass through the Malacca Strait, which was controlled by the Portuguese, but through Sunda Strait.

De Houtman was introduced to the Sultan of Banten, who promptly entered into an optimistic treaty with the Dutch, writing "We are well content to have a permanent league of alliance and friendship with His Highness the Prince Maurice of Nassau, of the Netherlands and with you, gentlemen." The local Portuguese traders became very suspicious when De Houtman did not buy any black pepper, and wanted to wait on the next harvest. Unfortunately, De Houtman was undiplomatic and insulting to the sultan, and was turned away for "rude behaviour", without being able to buy spices at all.

The ships then sailed east to Madura, but were attacked by pirates on the way. In Madura, they were received peacefully, but De Houtman ordered his men to brutally attack and rape the civilian population in revenge for the unrelated earlier piracy.

The ships then sailed for Bali, and met with the island's king. They managed to obtain a few pots of peppercorns on 26 February 1597. Two of the crewmembers stayed on the island. At Bawean one of the ships, the Amsterdam was purposely set on fire, and the crew divided over the other three ships. When the sailors had enough of the exhausting voyage, it was decided not to go to the Moluccas and return to Holland. That evening another one of the skippers died. De Houtman was accused of poisoning him.

Portuguese ships prevented them from taking on water and supplies at Saint Helena. Out of the 249 men crew, only 87 returned, too weak to moor their ships themselves.

Death
Though the trip was a humanitarian disaster and financially probably just broke even, it was a symbolic victory. It may be regarded as the start of the Dutch colonisation of Indonesia. Within five years, 65 more Dutch ships had sailed east to trade. Soon, the Dutch would fully take over the spice trade in and around the Indian Ocean.

On his second trip to the East in 1599, for a different company, De Houtman and his troops arrived in Aceh. The Sultan accepted him peacefully until de Houtman insulted him. He had already clashed with the Banten Sultanate in northwest Java before his arrival in Aceh, and, feeling arrogant, escalated the situation by challenging the Sultan. This led to his defeat at the hands of the Sultan's daughter, Admiral Keumalahayati, and her Inong Balee Army.

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Dutch

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16th-century Dutch explorers
1565 births
1599 deaths
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People from Gouda, South Holland
People of the Habsburg Netherlands

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Kuala Pling is een bestuurslaag in het regentschap Aceh Barat van de provincie Atjeh, Indonesië. Kuala Pling telt 381 inwoners (volkstelling 2010).

Plaats in Atjeh