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Thomas Quasthoff Sings Sacred Cantatas by Bach
*MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE*
by Jürgen Otten
It would be easy to describe or appraise the art of bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff by evoking the title of an exquisite lied by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn: "On Wings of Song". For a number of decades now, Quasthoff has soared on those wings through the musical world in continual search of new discoveries, of new shores. And just as he did most recently with his highly acclaimed CD A Romantic Songbook (together with the outstanding pianist Justus Zeyen), Quasthoff has once again entered seemingly familiar territory and – through the incomparable quality of his interpretation – made it entirely his own. That territory, in short, is J. S. Bach and the three cantatas for baritone or bass.
Three classics of the Baroque repertoire. And in at least two cases, Thomas Quasthoff had already enjoyed an early involvement with them. Something that many music lovers could hardly know is that, as a schoolboy in his native city of Hildesheim, Quasthoff sang in the choir of St. Michael's, one of Germany's most beautiful churches – not only art historians have sung the praises of its ceiling frescoes painted on wood. He was 13 when the choir's director invited him to join. Today when he looks back on that time, Quasthoff's thoughts are invariably drawn to the works of Bach. He grew up with them – he internalized them, so to speak, as part of a singers' collective well before beginning his international career.
The collective idea forms an essential component of the 2003 Grammy winner's newest recording. Accompanying Quasthoff, along with members of the RIAS Kammerchor (Berlin Radio Chamber Choir, under the direction of Daniel Reuss), are the Berlin Barock Solisten (Berlin Baroque Soloists), led by Rainer Kussmaul. The singer has already given a number of concerts with this ensemble – and discovered that the musical ideas of these Berlin Philharmonic players are very closely related to his own. The results of this collaboration based on friendship are superb readings of the Thomaskantor's three popular sacred cantatas, performances which in their blend of transparency and transcendence represent a milestone in the history of these works.
The secret of this successful collaboration – aside from purely human aspects – can most plainly be found in the manner in which Quasthoff and the Berlin Baroque Soloists recreate Bach's musical language for a new audience. The strings play on modern instruments but use Baroque bows, which serves to make the sound homogeneous and plastic but not too thin. And Quasthoff's bass-baritone voice, with its natural vibrato, blends perfectly into this ensemble. A further and enormous attraction of Quasthoff's Bach interpretation stems from the fact that he approaches the works using his full expressive powers. In other words, here is an artist who does more than illustrate the emotional states in Bach's music – he breathes into them something entirely his own. When, to give just one example, the moment he begins the aria "Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen" from Cantata BWV 82, Ich habe genug (which he numbers among "the most beautiful things in all of Baroque music"), one can positively feel the religious charge contained in this music – its profound drama, its profound meaning, and, not least, its humanity and universality, which can scarcely be described in words.
Thomas Quasthoff has no intention of revolutionizing the Bach performance tradition with this recording. For that the charismatic singer is far too modest. "I would never go so far as to say: What we've done here is to make the Bach interpretation." And yet Quasthoff readily admits that the heightened emotional factor here in comparison with previous recordings is what distinguishes his view of Bach. "My approach to Bach," he says, "is marked by a highly personal experience of this music. And this personal experience is what I'm trying to convey to the listener."
Without risk of overstatement one can say that with the present recording Thomas Quasthoff has again succeeded in realizing that subtle difference between conventional and individualized interpretation. In this connection, moreover, and referring specifically to the Passion-like character of these cantatas, he has no hesitation in articulating an unusually personal point of view: "When someone has enjoyed a life of fulfilment and is plagued in old age by pain and suffering, then he or she may well look forward hopefully to death. I can identify with that. There have been situations in my life in which I had the feeling: Death would be the better alternative to what you're going through now." Who knows, perhaps it is precisely in the unvarnished, even mercilessly blunt honesty of this attitude to life and music that the secret of Quasthoff's singing lies. His recording of these three sacred cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach certainly provides eloquent support for that notion.
[Source: Deutsche Grammophon]
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Saving this auditor was merely a startling side effect of the Legislature's new focus on actually paying attention to what's going on in the state agencies that it traditionally has created, funded and then ignored until a crisis erupted.
Perhaps this will be the only such dramatic benefit of the new process, but I rather doubt it.
That is, I rather doubt it as long as the committee stays focused on its work.
Which it voted last week not to do.
Last week, the committee voted to distract itself from the intensive reviews it has pledged to complete this year of the huge Transportation Department and nine other state agencies, adding an investigation into the relationship between Planned Parenthood and four state agencies.
House panel to investigate relationship between SC agencies, abortion clinics
Now, there are circumstances under which it might be a good use of the panel's time (or at least not a bad use) to jump into the political firestorm that has been raging nationally since the release of secretly recorded videos showing Planned Parenthood officials talking cavalierly about harvesting and selling aborted fetal tissue to medical researchers.
It certainly would make sense, for instance, to add that line of questioning if the panel already were reviewing the agencies it plans to call in for questioning: the Medical University of South Carolina and the departments of Health and Environmental Control, Health and Human Services and Social Services. But it's not.
It might even be a worthwhile question for the panel to pursue if no one else was examining whether any fetal tissue was being harvested in South Carolina, and whether any state funds were supporting that. And if there were anything to suggest that what we know has happened in California and Oregon might be happening here. And if the committee weren't already overloaded.
But none of that is the case.
The attorney general is investigating Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood clinics. Gov. Nikki Haley has asked DHEC to investigate those clinics. And I think it's safe to say that her Cabinet directors at DSS and Health and Human Services would let her know if there were any hint of problems in their agencies, and that Mr. Wilson will expand his investigation if he gets any remotely credible suggestions that there's anything amiss.
Separately, more than 35 legislators have asked the Legislative Audit Council to pin down how much tax money goes to Planned Parenthood. Frankly, that's a task that's beneath the LAC's expertise, and could easily be performed by the House and Senate budget committees. If budget writers don't already have that information, it's only because they've had no interest in having it, not because it would be difficult to get.
Even more important than the lack of a need for this foray is that question of capacity. And focus.
The House committee was created to comply with a 2014 law that also turned control of most central administrative functions of government over to the governor; the twin components of that law were designed to give the governor the tools and authority to act like a governor and to give the Legislature the tools and mandate to act like a legislature. The Legislature gave itself the new oversight mandate in hopes of pulling our state out of its crisis-to-crisis pattern by helping lawmakers spot potential problems before they become crises, by conducting regular audits of state agencies, on a seven-year rotating basis.
The Oversight Committee's mission. Plus, How the committee describes its mission
Rather than creating a single new committee to become an expert at examining agencies, the Senate tasked its standing committees with investigating the agencies already assigned to them, with the assistance of a central staff of investigators.
This was the approach envisioned by the authors of the law, who also wanted to get more legislators familiar with what happens in state agencies. That should help them understand how laws need to be changed to accomplish our goals.
House Speaker Jay Lucas convinced me, and his colleagues in the House, that his approach was worth trying, in spite of its shortcomings and drawbacks. But I still had my doubts as to whether the panel was up to its extremely important and challenging and time-consuming task.
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My doubts grew when the panel's wisely modest first-year list of four agencies to review morphed into a list of 10.
And now this.
Let's be nice and assume that the House members who voted to divert their attention from their actual mission weren't just looking for an opportunity to score political points by taking on what is rapidly becoming one of the least popular entities in the country, at least among Republican primary voters.
Let's just stick with what we know: Their investigation is duplicative. Their investigation will distract them from their mission. Our state desperately needs them to succeed in their mission.
Ms. Scoppe writes editorials and columns for The State. Reach her at cscoppe@thestate.com or (803) 771-8571 or follow her on Twitter @CindiScoppe.
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2. An introductory lecture delivered to the class of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, September 13th, 1852, by William M. Cornell, M. D.
3. An introductory lecture, delivered before the class, at the opening of the Female Medical College, of Pennsylvania, by J. S. Longshore, M. D., professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children, October 12th., 1850.
5. Announcement of the sixteenth annual session of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, together with the introductory address [abridged] delivered at the opening of the session, October 12, 1864 by Edwin Fussell, M. D.
6. Introductory lecture on behalf of the faculty to the class of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, for the session of 1858-59.
7. Introductory lecture to the class of the Female Medical College, of Pennsylvania: Delivered at the opening of the eleventh annual session, Oct. 17, 1860.
8. Introductory lecture to the class of the Female Medical College, of Pennsylvania: Delivered at the opening of the tenth annual session, Oct. 19, 1859, by Ann Preston, M. D.
9. Introductory lecture to the class of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania: Delivered at the opening of the nineteenth annual session, Oct. 15, 1868, by Rachel L. Bodley, M.L.A.
10. Introductory lecture to the course of instruction in the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, for the session 1855-56, by Ann Preston, M. D.


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How Well Do You Know the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy?
by Marmaduke Karlston
Test your knowledge of the Back to the Future trilogy with this quiz featuring easy, obscure, and mind-boggling questions!
#1. What makes time travel possible?
1.21 gigawatts
#2. There are two Huey Lewis songs in 'Back to the Future'. "The Power of Love" and...
"Do You Believe in Love"
"Back in Time"
"Don't Look Back"
"Finally Found a Home"
#3. What is the name of Old Man Peabody's son?
#4. What time does Marty reach Lone Pine Mall after returning from 1955?
#5. What was the name of Courtney Gains' character who 'cuts in' on George and Lorraine at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance?
error decoding
#6. Who plays Marty's girlfriend Jennifer in 'Back to the Future'?
Tracy Pollan
#7. What movie is advertised in the future of 2015?
#8. What date was George McFly murdered in the alternate 1985?
#9. Grays Sports Almanac gives the complete sports statistics for which time frame?
#10. Which band makes an appearance in 'Back to the Future Part III'?
How many did you get right?
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Canada's Jenner suspended three games by IIHF
By Mike HalfordDec 24, 2012, 3:09 PM EST
The International Ice Hockey Federation has suspended Team Canada forward Boone Jenner three games for a hit on Swedish defenseman Jesper Pettersson.
As a result, Jenner will miss Canada's opening three matches of the 2013 World Junior tourney against Germany, Slovakia and the U.S.
The incident occurred during Saturday's exhibition in Helsinki. Jenner caught the Swedish defenseman with a heavy hit in the second period and received a five-minute charging major and game misconduct.
Pettersson left the ice on a stretcher and was later diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder and fractured wrist. The injuries knocked him out of the tournament.
Here's the explanation for Jenner's suspension, courtesy IIHF.com:
The video material indicated that the hit was late and delivered with no intention to play the puck and with Pettersson being in a vulnerable position. The five-man IIHF Disciplinary Panel is of the opinion that the application of playing rule 552b (Charging) is correct and that it was Jenner's intention to deliver the forceful check in spite of having the opportunity to at least make an attempt to avoid contact on Petterson.
The hit was delivered far too late. This resulted in an injury to Sweden's Petterson and for this Jenner is to be held accountable.
And here's the video of the hit:
This isn't the first time Jenner's received supplementary discipline from the IIHF.
At last year's WJC Tournament, he was suspended from Canada's bronze medal game after spearing Russian captain Evgeni Kuznetsov in the semifinals.
Related: Jackets GM Howson defends Jenner's controversial hit


This policy is based on the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and associated Health and Safety and other Legislation. It should be read in conjunction with the Lancashire County Council's Health and Safety Management System which is held on the School's Portal.
As a Community or Voluntary Controlled School the County Council is the employer. The Governing Body is responsible for the use of the premises. The Head Teacher is responsible for the day-to-day implementation and management of health, safety and welfare within the school. The County Council, the Governing Body and the Head Teacher should work in partnership to meet these responsibilities.


Life is stressful – no doubt about it. From listening to morning news to frantically planning for the next day as soon as you get home from work, it's easy to let stress engulf you. But as the holidays approach – and even more stress accumulates – remember to share some peace with yourself (as well as peace on earth) with these meditation techniques for beginners. After covering alternative meditation techniques in a recent post, we have created this quick guide to get you confidently meditating and seeking daily solace.
Sit Comfortably – One thing that puts beginners off meditation is thinking they need to sit a certain way or follow a certain ritual. Honestly, meditation is all about just following your breath and not attaching yourself to your thoughts. How you sit is not nearly as important as how you practice watching the breath. Full lotus, cross-legged, kneeling on a zafu, or sitting in a comfortable chair: whatever makes you comfortable is the position you should choose.
Pick a Place and Time – Although a formal ritual is not needed, meditation works best if you choose a regular place and time designated for this special time in your day. Make it part of your morning routine. For example, after you wake and brush your teeth, meditate for five or ten minutes. Wake up, brush teeth, meditate. It becomes as natural as, well, breathing. Maybe you always sit in your studio or outside on your patio after enjoying a cup of tea. Make this time sacred to keep you craving this quietude every day.
Starting Out – When you first begin to meditate, try sitting for just five or ten minutes. You can increase the time as you get more comfortable.
As you begin, only focus on your breath, breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth. It helps to either keep a soft focus with your eyes open and slightly downcast (typical of Soto Zen meditation) or to close your eyes while focusing on the sensations of your body. As you breathe in, pay attention to how the breath feels and where the air expands. Let out the air slowly, noticing where your body softens and relaxes on the exhale. Sometimes counting the breath helps to keep focused on the sensations of breathing and being.
Allow Thoughts without Chasing Them – Inevitably, thoughts will pop up and try to derail your attempts to stay in the moment. The best thing you can do is to not attach emotion or judgement to your thoughts or try to hold onto them. To stay present, it helps to think of each thought as a cloud passing over you as you gaze up at an otherwise clear, blue sky. As each cloud or thought passes, you simply acknowledge its presence but don't need to follow it.
Meditation could change your life. Just as in yoga, following your breath and practicing mindfulness leads to a more relaxed body and mind, allowing you stay positive and ready to handle life's stressors. For more information on meditation techniques for beginners and yoga classes, visit our website today.


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The Golden Jubilee National Hospital (GJNH) is celebrating the gift of life, as a recent heart transplant patient, Brian Keeley, 51, goes home for Christmas with his family.
Last summer, Brian and his, now wife, Bibo were getting ready to come home from a holiday touring the Scottish Islands, finishing with Islay, when he began to have severe chest pains. He was taken to Islay Hospital, where he was transferred by air ambulance to the Golden Jubilee.
Brian was diagnosed with a major blockage in his main heart artery, requiring a series of emergency operations.
Dr Mark Petrie, Director of the SNAHFS commented on Brian's condition, saying: "This is an extremely serious condition; in fact it is usually fatal. During the operation, Brian went in to cardiac arrest and had to be fitted with a resuscitation device called an Autopulse (a non-invasive cardiac support pump which keeps circulation going through the body) and a stent inserted a into the blocked main heart artery."
In spite of this emergency treatment, Brian's condition continued to deteriorate, resulting in him being placed on a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) which acts as a mechanical heart.
Discussing the heart attack and his treatment at the GJNH, Brian said: "It came completely out of the blue. I've always been very fit and active; there was nothing in my lifestyle which flagged it up. I was put on a VAD, I've been told that the recommendation is that you aren't on one of these for more than 30 days, I was on it for three months."
Brian's only option was an emergency heart transplant. Over the course of the next three months, Brian had to be given a tracheostomy which he was kept on for two months, undergo dialysis to restore kidney function and several other treatments in an attempt to improve his condition enough to be placed on the transplant list.
During this time, however, something changed in Brian's life: "We didn't really know what the outcome was going to be, so Bibo and I decided to get married. It was organised in 24 hours, we did it in the Intensive Care Unit, which was literally where I lay with a couple of pillows to prop me up. Several of our relatives came, and there were loads of nurses there, sitting outside crying.
"In some ways that was a turning point, I certainly felt more of a determination to come out of this. I couldn't stay in the position I was in forever. From that point I started getting better and eventually the medical team agreed I was ready for a transplant."
Just two weeks after being added to the emergency transplant list, a donor was found and Brian underwent a successful heart transplant.
He said: "The heart is doing fine; it's beating away and now it's just all about the physiotherapy. Because I had been lying on my back for three months, I have no strength in my body so it's pretty intense daily.
The biggest thing for me is that I feel normal again. The Golden Jubilee is just absolutely fantastic; the staff, the surgeons, everyone is just absolutely amazing."
Dr Mark Petrie, commenting on Brian's recovery, stated: "As a cardiologist this is incredibly rare. When people present with these conditions it is generally highly unlikely they will survive. As little as three or five years ago, Brian wouldn't have pulled through.
"The advances in modern technology in recent years, for example the Autopulse and VADs, have been absolutely fantastic and we are delighted to be able to help people like Brian not only survive such serious heart attacks and enjoy a high quality of life, but in this case, get home in time to spend Christmas with his new bride and his family."
"I've been working on an art project while I've been here, I've been taking photographs of some of the staff in ICU and I'm looking to make a series of portrait paintings from these, kind of as a tribute to the staff here. I'm also considering writing a book about my experiences to let people know what all of this is like from the patient's perspective. These are all things that could get me back into something more creative, which is what I really want to do.
"The dedication of the staff, and the kind of things that they do here, is absolutely breathtaking... truly astonishing.
"I can't stress enough the importance of organ donation and letting your family and loved ones know your wishes, should the worst happen. If someone hadn't done this, I wouldn't be alive today."
Minister for Public Health, Michael Matheson MSP, commented on Brian's case, saying: "I am delighted that Brian and Bibo are now preparing for a happy Christmas together following Brian's heart transplant.
"Organ transplants save lives and stories like Brian's are an important reminder of the generosity and thoughtfulness of those who donated their organs for the purposes of transplantation. The reality is that around 600 people in Scotland are waiting for a life-saving transplant, and, across the UK three people die every day because they don't get the transplant that they need in time.
"It's therefore really important that people let their loved ones know what their organ donation wishes are so that those wishes can be respected in the event of their death."
The Scottish Organ Donation Campaign and the Golden Jubilee National Hospital encourage everyone to have a conversation with their family, friends and loved ones to let them know they want to be an organ donor. For more information, and to join the Organ Donor Register, head over to www.organdonationscotland.org.


1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 124 TFEU and Articles 10, 11 and 13 of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ 1995 L 281, p.31).
2 The request has been made in proceedings between, on the one hand, Smaranda Bara and others, the applicants in the main proceedings, and, on the other hand, the Președintele Casei Naționale de Asigurări de Sănătate (Director of the National Health Insurance Fund), the Casa Naționale de Asigurări de Sănătate (the National Health Insurance Fund, 'the CNAS'), and the Agenția Națională de Administrare Fiscală (National Tax Administration Agency, 'the ANAF') concerning the processing of certain data.
'(1) the requirement to pay health insurance contributions is incumbent on any natural or legal person who engages persons under an individual contract of employment or by virtue of special rules provided for by statute and, as the case may be, on natural persons.
(2) The natural or legal persons for whom the insured persons carry out their activities shall be required to submit on a monthly basis to the health insurance fund freely chosen by the insured person statements, identifying the insured persons by name, as to the natural or legal person's obligations to the fund and proof that contributions have been paid.
14 The applicants in the main proceedings earn income from self-employment. The ANAF transferred data relating to their declared income to the CNAS. On the basis of that data, the CNAS required the payment of arrears of contributions to the health insurance regime.
15 The applicants in the main proceedings brought an appeal before the Curtea de Apel Cluj (Court of Appeal, Cluj), in which they challenged the lawfulness of the transfer of tax data relating to their income in the light of Directive 95/46. They submit that the personal data were, on the basis of a single internal protocol, transferred and used for purposes other than those for which it had initially been communicated to the ANAF, without their prior explicit consent and without their having previously been informed.
16 According to the order for reference, public bodies are empowered, under Law No 95/2006, to transfer personal data to the health insurance funds so that the latter may determine whether an individual qualifies as an insured person. The data concern the identification of persons (surname, first name, personal identity card number, address) but does not include data relating to income received.
17 The referring court wishes to determine whether the processing of the data by the CNAS required prior information to be given to the data subjects as to the identity of the data controller and the purpose for which the data was transferred. That court is also asked to determine whether the transfer of the data on the basis of the 2007 Protocol is contrary to Directive 95/46 which requires that all restrictions on the rights of data subjects are laid down by law and accompanied by safeguards, in particular when the data is used against those persons.
'(1) Is a national tax authority, as the body representing the competent ministry of a Member State, a financial institution within the meaning of Article 124 TFEU?
(2) Is it possible to make provision, by means of a measure akin to an administrative measure, namely a protocol concluded between the national tax authority and another State institution, for the transfer of the database relating to the income earned by the citizens of a Member State from the national tax authority to another institution of the Member State, without giving rise to a measure establishing privileged access, as defined in Article 124 TFEU?
(3) Is the transfer of the database, the purpose of which is to impose an obligation on the citizens of the Member State to pay social security contributions to the Member State institution for whose benefit the transfer is made, covered by the concept of prudential considerations within the meaning of Article 124 TFEU?
19 According to settled case-law, the Court may refuse to rule on a question referred for a preliminary ruling by a national court where it is quite obvious that the interpretation of EU law that is sought bears no relation to the actual facts of the main action or its object, where the problem is hypothetical, or where the Court does not have before it the factual or legal material necessary to give a useful answer to the questions submitted to it (see judgment in PreussenElektra, C‑379/98, EU:C:2001:160, paragraph 39 and the case-law cited).
20 All of the observations presented to the Court submit that the first to third questions referred concerning the interpretation of Article 124 TFEU are inadmissible on the ground that they bear no relation to the object of the dispute in the main proceedings.
21 In that regard, it must be recalled that Article 124 TFEU falls within Part Three of the TFEU, under Title VIII on economic and monetary policy. That article prohibits any measure, not based on prudential considerations, establishing privileged access by Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, central governments, regional, local or other public authorities, other bodies governed by public law, or public undertakings of Member States to financial institutions.
22 The origin of that prohibition is to be found in Article 104 A of the EC Treaty (which became Article 102 EC), which was inserted in the EC Treaty by the Treaty of Maastricht. It was one of the provisions of the TFEU relating to the economic policy that intended to encourage the Member States to follow a sound budgetary policy, not allowing monetary financing of public deficits or privileged access by public authorities to the financial markets to lead to excessively high levels of debt or excessive Member State deficits (see, to that effect, judgment in Gauweiler and Others, C‑62/14, EU:C:2015:400, paragraph 100).
23 It is, therefore, quite obvious that the interpretation of Article 124 TFEU requested bears no relation to the actual facts or object of the dispute in the main proceedings, which concerns the protection of personal data.
24 It follows that it is not necessary to reply to the first to third questions.
25 The CNAS and the Romanian Government submit that the fourth question is inadmissible. That government submits that there is no link between the damage relied on by the applicants in the main proceedings and the annulment of the administrative acts contested within those proceedings.
26 In that regard, it must be borne in mind that, according to the settled case-law of the Court, questions on the interpretation of EU law referred by a national court in the factual and legislative context which that court is responsible for defining, the accuracy of which is not a matter for the Court to determine, enjoy a presumption of relevance. The Court may refuse to rule on a question referred for a preliminary ruling by a national court only where it is quite obvious that the interpretation of EU law that is sought bears no relation to the actual facts of the main action or its purpose, where the problem is hypothetical, or where the Court does not have before it the factual or legal material necessary to give a useful answer to the questions submitted to it (judgment in Fish Legal and Shirley, C‑279/12, EU:C:2013:853, paragraph 30 and the case-law cited).
27 It must be observed that the main proceedings concern the lawfulness of processing of tax data collected by the ANAF. The referring court is uncertain as to the interpretation of Directive 95/46, in the context of reviewing the lawfulness of the transfer of those data to the CNAS and their subsequent processing. The fourth question referred is therefore relevant and sufficiently precise to enable the Court to give a useful answer. Accordingly, the request for a preliminary ruling must be held to be admissible as regards the fourth question.
28 By its fourth question, the referring court asks, in essence, whether Articles 10, 11 and 13 of Directive 95/46 must be interpreted as precluding national measures, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, which allow a public administrative body in a Member State to transfer personal data to another public administrative body and their subsequent processing, without the data subjects being informed of that transfer and processing.
29 In that regard, it must be held, on the basis of the information provided by the referring court, that the tax data transferred to the CNAS by the ANAF are personal data within the meaning of Article 2(a) of the directive, since they are 'information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person' (judgment in Satakunnan Markkinapörssi and Satamedia, C‑73/07, EU:C:2008:727, paragraph 35). Both the transfer of the data by the ANAF, the body responsible for the management of the database in which they are held, and their subsequent processing by the CNAS therefore constitute 'processing of personal data' within the meaning of Article 2(b) of the directive (see, to that effect, inter alia, judgments in Österreichischer Rundfunk and Others, C‑465/00, C‑138/01 and C‑139/01, EU:C:2003:294, paragraph 64, and Huber, C‑524/06, EU:C:2008:724, paragraph 43).
30 In accordance with the provisions of Chapter II of Directive 95/46, entitled 'General rules on the lawfulness of the processing of personal data', subject to the exceptions permitted under Article 13 of that directive, all processing of personal data must comply, first, with the principles relating to data quality set out in Article 6 of the directive and, secondly, with one of the criteria for making data processing legitimate listed in Article 7 of the directive (judgments in Österreichischer Rundfunk and Others, C‑465/00, C‑138/01 and C‑139/01, EU:C:2003:294, paragraph 65; Huber, C‑524/06, EU:C:2008:724, paragraph 48; and ASNEF and FECEMD, C‑468/10 and C‑469/10, EU:C:2011:777, paragraph 26).
31 Furthermore, the data controller or his representative is obliged to provide information in accordance with the requirements laid down in Articles 10 and 11 of Directive 95/46, which vary depending on what data are, or are not, collected from the data subject, and subject to the exceptions permitted under Article 13 of the directive.
32 As regards, first, Article 10 of the directive, that article provides that the data controller must provide a data subject, from whom data relating to himself are collected, with the information listed in subparagraphs (a) to (c), except where he already has that information. That information concerns the identity of the data controller, the purposes of the processing and any further information necessary to guarantee fair processing of the data. Amongst the additional information necessary to guarantee fair processing of the data, Article 10(c) of the directive expressly refers to 'recipients or categories of recipients of the data' and 'the existence of a right of access to and the right to rectify the data concerning [that person]'.
33 As the Advocate General observed in point 74 of his Opinion, the requirement to inform the data subjects about the processing of their personal data is all the more important since it affects the exercise by the data subjects of their right of access to, and right to rectify, the data being processed, set out in Article 12 of Directive 95/46, and their right to object to the processing of those data, set out in Article 14 of that directive.
34 It follows that the requirement of fair processing of personal data laid down in Article 6 of Directive 95/46 requires a public administrative body to inform the data subjects of the transfer of those data to another public administrative body for the purpose of their processing by the latter in its capacity as recipient of those data.
35 It is clear from the information provided by the referring court that the applicants in the main proceedings were not informed by the ANAF of the transfer to the CNAS of personal data relating to them.
36 The Romanian Government submits, however, that the ANAF is required, in particular under Article 315 of Law No 95/2006, to transfer to the regional health insurance funds the information necessary for the determination by the CNAS as to whether persons earning income through self-employment qualify as insured persons.
37 It is true that Article 315 of Law No 95/2006 expressly provides that 'the data necessary to certify that the person concerned qualifies as an insured person are to be communicated free of charge to the health insurance funds by the authorities, public institutions or other institutions in accordance with a protocol'. However, it is clear from the explanations provided by the referring court that the data necessary for determining whether a person qualifies as an insured person, within the meaning of the abovementioned provision, do not include those relating to income, since the law also recognises persons without a taxable income as qualifying as insured.
38 In those circumstances, Article 315 of Law No 95/2006 cannot constitute, within the meaning of Article 10 of Directive 95/46, prior information enabling the data controller to dispense with his obligation to inform the persons from whom data relating to their income are collected as to the recipients of those data. Therefore, it cannot be held that the transfer at issue was carried out in compliance with Article 10 of Directive 95/46.
39 It is necessary to examine whether Article 13 of the directive applies to that failure to inform the data subjects. It is apparent from Article 13(1)(e) and (f) that Member States may restrict the scope of the obligations and rights provided for in Article 10 of the same directive when such a restriction constitutes a necessary measure to safeguard 'an important economic or financial interest of a Member State […], including monetary, budgetary and taxation matters' or 'a monitoring, inspection or regulatory function connected, even occasionally, with the exercise of official authority in cases referred to in (c), (d) and (e)'. Nevertheless, Article 13 expressly requires that such restrictions are imposed by legislative measures.
40 Apart from the fact, noted by the referring court, that data relating to income are not part of the personal data necessary for the determination of whether a person is insured, it must be observed that Article 315 of Law No 95/2006 merely envisages the principle of the transfer of personal data relating to income held by authorities, public institutions and other institutions. It is also apparent from the order for reference that the definition of transferable information and the detailed arrangements for transferring that information were laid down not in a legislative measure but in the 2007 Protocol agreed between the ANAF and the CNAS, which was not the subject of an official publication.
41 In those circumstances, it cannot be concluded that the conditions laid down in Article 13 of Directive 95/46 permitting a Member State to derogate from the rights and obligations flowing from Article 10 of the directive are complied with.
42 As regards, in the second place, Article 11 of the directive, paragraph 1 of that article provides that a controller of data which were not obtained from the data subject must provide the latter with the information listed in subparagraphs (a) to (c). That information concerns the identity of the data controller, the purposes of the processing, and any further information necessary to ensure the fair processing of the data. Amongst that further information, Article 11(1)(c) of the directive refers expressly to 'the categories of data concerned' and 'the existence of the right of access to and the right to rectify the data concerning him'.
43 It follows that, in accordance with Article 11(1)(b) and (c) of Directive 95/46, in the circumstances of the case in the main proceedings, the processing by the CNAS of the data transferred by the ANAF required that the subjects of the data be informed of the purposes of that processing and the categories of data concerned.
44 It is apparent from the information given by the referring court, however, that the CNAS did not provide the applicants in the main proceedings with the information listed in Article 11(1)(a) to (c) of the directive.
45 It is appropriate to add that, in accordance with Article 11(2) of Directive 95/46, the provisions of Article 11(1) of the directive do not apply when, in particular, the registration or communication of the data are laid down by law, Member States being required to provide appropriate safeguards in those cases. For the reasons set out in paragraphs 40 and 41 of this judgment, the provisions of Law No 95/2006 relied on by the Romanian Government and the 2007 Protocol do not establish a basis for applying either the derogation under Article 11(2) or that provided for under Article 13 of the directive.
46 Having regard to all the foregoing considerations, the answer to the question referred is that Articles 10, 11 and 13 of Directive 95/46 must be interpreted as precluding national measures, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, which allow a public administrative body of a Member State to transfer personal data to another public administrative body and their subsequent processing, without the data subjects having been informed of that transfer or processing.


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Q: How to repeat a pattern using cairomm? I have a pattern image that I need to repeat in my Gtk::DrawingArea using cairomm.
I tried using Cairo::ImageSource without luck.

A: It's easy using Cairo::Pattern class:
bool MyDrawingArea::on_draw(const Cairo::RefPtr<Cairo::Context> &cr) {
    Cairo::RefPtr<Cairo::Pattern> image = Cairo::SurfacePattern::create(Cairo::ImageSurface::create_from_png("my_bg_pattern.png"));
    image_->set_extend(Cairo::EXTEND_REPEAT); // THIS IS THE IMPORTANT BIT!
    cr->set_source(image);
    cr->paint();
}

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"""
Usage:
    gen_test <dir>
    gen_test -h | --help

Options:
    -h, --help      Show help
"""

from __future__ import print_function
import multiprocessing
import minibelt
import docopt
import utils
import h5py

def main():
    args = docopt.docopt(__doc__)

    paths = list(utils.iter_paths(args['<dir>']))

    if len(paths) == 0:
        return

    extractor = utils.load_classifier('feature_extractor.pkl')

    print("# Read images")
    images = map(utils.load_image, paths)
    print("# Extract features")
    features = extractor.fit_transform(images)

    # Determine number of samples and features
    n_sample = len(paths)
    n_features = features.shape[1]

    # Create dataset
    with h5py.File('test_set.hdf5', 'w', driver='core') as f:
        f.create_dataset(
            'X',
            (n_sample, n_features),
            dtype='f',
            data=features)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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Sales brochure for the 1976 Triumph TR7 for America. Under the hood is a 122ci 4-cylinder engine. Exterior color options are listed as Maple, Carmine, Topaz, Pimento, Mimosa White, French Blue, Delft, British Racing Green, and Java. We think this is the sales brochure for the 1976 model line. The printed code for this brochure is TR753.
Brochures are presented for research use only. Company marks, emblems, and designs are trademarks and/or service marks of Triumph.


[09:54] Master Dubrovna: new couch?
[09:55] Master Dubrovna: Is that one vacant storefront here available?
[09:56] Richardus Raymaker: hous emore clean ?
[10:00] Master Dubrovna: You using the weekly Imprudence version rich?
[10:01] Master Dubrovna: Hows voice coming?
[10:05] Nebadon Izumi: is it not caching that data?
[10:05] Nebadon Izumi: is it checking the user server everytime?
[10:05] Nebadon Izumi: what if the user doesnt exist?
[10:06] Nebadon Izumi: is that cached?
[10:07] Nebadon Izumi: ok, she has worked on IAR?
[10:09] Justin Clark-Casey: how are things looking with 0.6.9-post-fixes generally?
[10:19] Justin Clark-Casey: nebadon: how are things on osgrid?
[10:21] Master Dubrovna: How are the funds doing? Donations still coming in?
[10:21] Richardus Raymaker: what where wrong with old raid ?
[10:24] Richardus Raymaker: are the raid adapters still common available ?
[10:26] Richardus Raymaker: oh cool sas adapter. are the hdd's sas or sata ?
[10:27] Richardus Raymaker: sas drive must be very good.
[10:31] Region Showcase Kiosk: Received 31 regions from database.
[10:34] Dahlia Trimble: is deathrace still up?
[10:36] Dahlia Trimble: how big is the megaregion?
[10:37] Richardus Raymaker: thats other good news nebadon.
[10:39] Richardus Raymaker: and phpmyadmin dont need any change ?
[10:39] sonyeke Lane: one questions .. i need help..
[10:44] Justin Clark-Casey: still working on his indian vw?
[10:47] Justin Clark-Casey: when is osg3b?
[10:47] Dahlia Trimble: on news?
[10:48] Penny Lane: Group chat seems to be broken for the AW Groupies channel here, not even getting an echo back. And the bridge to IRC+SL is only working downstream, can't write from here.
[10:49] Richardus Raymaker: is group not running its own thread ?
[10:49] Misterblue Waves: my testing has 0.6.8 topping out around 50.
[10:51] Aramis Soren: plazas are now on mariaDB you said nebadon?
[10:52] Dahlia Trimble: regular mysql connection strings work with mariadb?
[10:52] Richardus Raymaker: how's memory usage with mariadb ?
[10:53] Dahlia Trimble: is it the same code?
[10:53] Master Dubrovna: and it will automatically import regular MySQL databases?
[10:56] Master Dubrovna: Are you using the 5.1.47 version?
[10:57] Dahlia Trimble: so if I have mysql databases now could I just use them with mariadb or would I need to reload them or something?
[10:58] Richardus Raymaker: something else. not sure if its opensim or viewer side. with voice it tryes to connect every n second (chat spam) if you enter a non voice region. does opensim not signal the client or ?
[10:59] Justin Clark-Casey: in the viewer log?
[11:00] Master Dubrovna: Any issues with the windows version that you know of?
[11:01] Richardus Raymaker: the php part i need to look at.
[11:06] Penny Lane: Is the SQL code localized in just one DB interface module, or spread throughout the back-end storage code?
[11:07] Richardus Raymaker: preparing for the bigger hits..
[11:08] Nebadon Izumi: anyone else have anything they want to say before we go?
[11:09] Richardus Raymaker: aha. so its a bug in opensim ?
[11:11] Richardus Raymaker: maby its with older region versions.


Conversations and Connections. Saturday, March 16, 10am to 12pm. Forbes Hall.
Our next meetings will be on the following Saturdays: April 20, May 18, June 15. All meetings will be from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in Forbes Hall.
Repeats every month on the third Saturday until Sat Jun 15 2019 except Sat Oct 20 2018, Sat Nov 17 2018, Sat Dec 15 2018.


GALINA AZGUR "SPRING LANDSCAPE" 1950S oil on canvas 60x40cm.
Galina Azgur was born in Moscow region in 1921 . She finished Moscow Art College of 1905 (1942) was taught by V. Baksheev and Gavriil Gorelov her father. Since 1947 she takes part in art exhibitions. The works are kept in National Art Museum of Belarus. She is Member of Artist Union.


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Drama Film Reviews Romance
W.E. – Review
January 23, 2012 November 25, 2013 May Sollawn Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, Evita, James D'Arcy, Katie McGrath, King Edward VIII, Laurence Fox, Madonna, Merlin, Meryl Streep, Oscar Issac, Richard Coyle, the hours, The King's Speech, W.E., wallis simpson
Madonna's second directorial effort W.E., although brave, sadly doesn't live up to expectations.
Oscars – the awards that got ignored
February 28, 2011 February 28, 2011 Fiona Aystran 127 Hours, 3D films, Aaron Sorkin., Academy Awards, actor colin firth, Albert Duke of York, algeria, alice in wonderland, Annette Bening, AR Rahman, atticus ross, Audrey Marrs, Banksy, best actor oscar, best actress oscar, best adapted screenplay oscar, Best Animated Film, Best Animated Shorts, best director oscar, Best Documentary, best documentary feature oscar, Best Documentary Short, Best Foreign Language Film, best foreign language film oscar, Best Live-Action Short, Best Makeup, best original score oscar, best original screenplay oscar, best picture oscar, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, best supporting actor oscar, best supporting actress oscar, best visual effects oscar, Biutiful, Black Swan, Charles Ferguson, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Colin Firth, colin firth films, colin firth movies, Danny Boyle, David Fincher, Day & Night, derren aronofsky, Dogtooth, eric johnson, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Gasland, Geoffrey Rush, God of Love, hailee stienfeld, hans zimmer, Helena Bonham Carter, Helena Bonham carter films, in a better world, Incendies, Inception, inception soundtrack, Inside Job, Javier Bardem, jesse eisenberg, keith dorrington, Lionel Logue, mellissa leo, mexico, Natalie Portman, Oscars, oscars 2011, oscars discussion, oscars predictions, oscars roundtable, Outside the Law, outside the law hors la loi, paul tamasy, Restrepo, scott silver, Simon Beaufoy, social network soundtrack, Strangers No More, the figher, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, The King's Speech (film), The King's Speech (movie), The King's Speech review, The Lost Thing, the social network, The Wolfman, tim burton, Tim Burton Movies, Tim Minchin, timothy spall, Tom Hooper, Toy Story 3, trent reznor, True Grit, wallis simpson, waste land, winter's bone
The awards season finally came to a close last night at the 83rd Oscars. After weeks of speculation, there were
The BAFTAs – who won what
February 14, 2011 Fiona Aystran A Single Man, Aaron Sorkin., actor colin firth, Albert Duke of York, alice in wonderland, andrew garfield, Armie Hammer, atticus ross, awards for the social network, BAFTA, bafta awards, BAFTAS 2011, batman, batman begins, batman year one, Black Swan, Brenda Song, Bronson, Cate Blanchett, Chris Morris, Christopher Lee, Colin Firth, colin firth films, colin firth movies, Dakota Johnson, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, Denise Grayson, Dominic Cooper, facebook, film awards, Four Lions, frank miller, Geoffrey Rush, Harry Potter, Helena Bonham Carter, Helena Bonham carter films, hubert selby jr, Hugh Jackman, Inception, jesse eisenberg, Jessie Eisenberg, John Getz, Jonathan Ross, Joseph Mazzello, Josh Pence, Justin Timberlake, Lionel Logue, Mark Zuckerberg, Max Minghella, mickey rourke, Natalie Portman, Pi, Rachel Weisz, Rashida Jones, Requiem for a Dream, requiem for a dream novel, Rooney Mara, Rosamund Pike, Rosamund Pike bafta, The Fountain, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The King's Speech, The King's Speech, The King's Speech (film), The King's Speech (movie), The King's Speech review, the social network, The Wrestler, tim burton, Tim Burton Movies, timothy spall, Tom Ford, Tom Hardy, Tom Hooper, Toy Story 3, trent reznor, True Grit, wallis simpson
Awards season is now really in full swing but we have to say it's all rather predictable isn't it?
The King's Speech – review
January 10, 2011 December 12, 2011 Fiona Aystran actor colin firth, Albert Duke of York, Colin Firth, colin firth films, colin firth movies, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Helena Bonham carter films, Lionel Logue, The King's Speech, The King's Speech (film), The King's Speech (movie), The King's Speech review, tim burton, Tim Burton Movies, timothy spall, Tom Hooper, wallis simpson
Before The King's Speech was released in the UK, it had already won awards, been nominated for more and had


Vintage metal coat stand. Space for hanging and to prop umbrellas.
The condition is good with some wear to the finish mostly at the base.
This stand can be dismantled into 3 piece so can be posted easily.
Measures: 163cm high, the top is 22cm wide and the base is 50cm across.


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Ichiyanagi
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Né: 4 février 1933
Pays d'origine: Japon
Toshi Ichiyanagi was born in Kobe, Japan, on 4 February 1933. He studied composition under Kishio Hirao, Tomojiro Ikenouchi, and John Cage. He studied piano under Chieko Hara and Beveridge Webster.
He took first place in the composition division of the 18th (1949) and 20th (1951) Mainichi Music Competition (presently the Music Competition of Japan). While studying at the Julliard School of Music in New York from 1954 to 1957, he was awarded the Elizabeth A. Coolidge Prize (1955), the Serge Koussevitzky Prize (1956), and the Alexander Gretchaninov Prize (1957).
Invited by the Festival of Institute of Twentieth Century Music he returned to Japan in 1961 and held concerts and introductions both to his own music and the new music of Japan, Europe and the United States, stimulating activitity in a variety of fields. From 1966 to 67, engaged by the Rockefeller Foundation, he returned to the U. S. and held recitals of his works all over the country.
In 1976 he was engaged by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) as Composer-in-Residence for the city of Berlin, where he resided for six months. At music festivals all over Europe he held concerts to introduce his own works or the works of other Japanese composers. He visited Europe repeatedly after that, receiving commissions from the European Pro Musica Nova Festival (1976), Metamusik Festival (1978), Cologne Festival of Contemporary Music (1978, 1981), Holland Festival (1979), Berliner Festwochen (1981), etc.
In 1981 he received the 30th Otaka Prize for Piano Concerto No. 1 "Reminiscence of Spaces". In 1984 he was awarded Grand Prix of the Nakajima Prize for his activities as a composer, performer and producer, and his second Otaka Prize, this time for Violin Concerto Circulating Scenery. This violin concerto was given its American premiere at Carnegie Hall in New York in February of the same year. In June 1984, his numerous works were performed at Seibu Theatre as Theme Composer for the contemporary music festival "Music Today." Also in June as part of the Japan France Culture Summit, with Toru Takemitsu he held a concert of orchestral works at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris at the request of L'orchestre National de France.
In 2002 he received the 33rd Suntory Music Prize. In 2004 he assumed the post of Composer-in-Residence at the Pacific Music Festival (PMF). In 2006 he premiered his third opera White Nights.
In 1999 he was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon, and again in 2005 the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, by the Japanese Government. He has been selected as one of the Persons in Cultural Merit since 2008.
Currently, he serves as Artistic Director of TIME, Artistic Director of Ensemble Origin― A Millennium of Resonance, as Adviser of the Japan Music Competition, Board Member of Saison Foundation, Councilor of Suntory Foundation for Arts and General Artistic Director of the Kanagawa Arts Foudation.
photo Toshi Ichiyanagi: Koh Okabe
Position	Titre	Réf.	Prix N° Réf.	Date de parution
Scenes III
Compositeur : Ichiyanagi, Toshi
Instrumentation : violon
Édition : Noten
N° Réf. : ZO 1000768
Before Darkness Appears
Instrumentation : accordion and piano
Édition : partition
N° Réf. : SJ 9005
Piano Space
Instrumentation : piano
Piano Poem
Ballade and Green Rhythms
Instrumentation : marimba
Instrumentation : 4 bassoons
Édition : Partition et parties
N° Réf. : SJ 10017
Inexhaustible Fountain
Music for Art Kites
Paganini Personal
for marimba and orchestra
Instrumentation : Marimba and orchestra
Édition : matériel d'exécution
N° Réf. : LSJ 2426-01
Interspace
Instrumentation : string orchestra
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Music Performance with Faustus at Stones Barn
1–4 Nov 2018 / Cumbria
Details: 12-1pm arrival on Thursday and 2:30pm departure on Sunday
Location: Stones Barn, Bewcastle, Carlisle CA6 6PW
Website: http://www.stonesbarn.co.uk/courses-and-booking
Email: info@stonesbarn.co.uk
Run by: Maddy Prior
For people who want work on performance and band-working skills in preparation for a small village hall concert at the end.
Three brilliant musicians and harmony writers will encourage and direct your endeavours to craft a performance. An inspiring four days.
Requirements for all those who want to sing, or play and sing: Those new to the tradition through to seasoned professionals all welcome. A thirst for knowledge and improvement, openness to group work, and a sense of humour essential!
Nominated in the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Faustus are three of the leading lights of their generation: Benji Kirkpatrick (Seth Lakeman Band, Bellowhead), Saul Rose (Waterson:Carthy, Whapweazel) and Paul Sartin (Bellowhead, Belshazzar's Feast). Rooted deeply in the English tradition, in 2007 they received a 75th Anniversary Award from the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
During 2016 the band were Artists in Residence at Halsway Manor, National Centre for the Folk Arts, in the Quantock Hills of Somerset, where they had unlimited access to the Manor's extensive library, and where Death and Other Animals was recorded, including four newly-unearther songs unique to Halsway's little-known Ruth Tongue archive. Death and Other Animals received the 2017 German Critics Award (Schallplatenkritik Bestenliste) in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter/World Music category.
They are currently touring with The Tranports, 'the folk event of 2017', a revival and reworking of Peter Bellamy's ballad opera, which has received stunning reviews and five stars from the Guardian.


The following is excerpted, with permission of the author, from Deep Down Things—The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics.
Picture a schoolyard on a crisp December morning, with a delicate layer of frost adorning the otherwise brown grass. Add to the picture several hundred barefoot teenage boys, each one confronted by a choice between one of four pairs of jogging shoes produced by four different manufacturers. Frankly, even in the best of conditions, it doesn't really matter which pair one chooses; they are all comfortable and well constructed. And for the situation at hand, a schoolyard full of young men shuffling around barefoot in the cold, it should matter even less. Any of the four pairs will separate the soles of their feet from the numbing cold.
The situation is symmetric with respect to the choice of shoes; the desired effect (saving one's toes from frostbite) is independent of which company's shoes each student chooses. But each student does have to make a choice.
Teenage mentality being as it is, none of the boys dares to put on a pair of shoes, for fear of picking the pair that exposes their lack of awareness of fashion. Eventually, some student decides he can't take the cold any longer, and he grabs one of the pairs of shoes and puts them on as quickly as his numbed fingers permit. His neighbors, accepting his cue, quickly follow suit, and in relatively short order, the entire field of adolescents stands in a state of relax, uniformly clad in the same brand of shoe.
At this point, a department store employee on his way to work happens to glance over to the schoolyard and sees the multitude of young men standing there, all wearing the same brand of shoe, surrounded by discarded pairs from the three other manufacturers. His gut reaction is to rush into work to tell the manager to order a large number of the selected brand's shoes, but on further reflection, he thinks better of it. Why?
The reason is that the symmetry, the intrinsic underlying equality of all four brands, still pertains. A student from another school who hadn't been at this particular schoolyard at the time of the arbitrary selection of the chosen brand would be no more likely to purchase that brand than any of the other three. In our schoolyard on that frigid December morning, the symmetry was not broken by the capricious selection of one of the brands over the others, but it was masked, or hidden, by the choice. A careful study, in this case, appropriate interviews by a person well schooled in adolescent psychology, would reveal that the symmetry is still there. Eventually, the school counselor would get the students to admit they couldn't have cared less which of the pairs of shoes ended up on their feet.
This is the essence of the notion of hidden symmetry. One can be presented with a physical system whose appearance is one of broken symmetry (the selection of the same pair of shoes by all the students seems to suggest that pair is somehow preferable) that belies the true underlying symmetry of the system (the fact that there really is no difference whatsoever in the quality of the four choices of shoes, and the choice of a particular pair was completely arbitrary). Some additional external factor, in our example, the discomfort of standing around barefoot, required that some choice, no matter how arbitrary, be made by the system. Once the choice was made, some internal property of the system—the psychological interdependence of the students—required that the entire system adopt the same arbitrary choice, leading to the masking, or hiding, of the true underlying symmetry. But the symmetry is still there. No one really could give a damn about which pair of shoes are on his feet.


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The story of Nuru
By Kelsey // Giving Back
Jake was a soldier.
Jake fought terrorists.
Jake had a moment that changed his life.
Jake delivered fish.
One morning, before surfing, Jake got a call from Stanford saying he had been accepted to their business school.
Jake had an idea.
Jake went to Africa.
Jake was struck by lightning. (That's a good one.)
Jake grew corn.
Lots of corn.
Jake changed lives.
This is Jake's story.
But the thing about Jake's story – the thing that Jake really doesn't like about it – is that it gets in the way of the amazing thing that's taking place in Kuria, Kenya.
Josephat, a father and a farmer, went from living in a mud hut worrying about how he was going to feed his family, to a man who produced five years of corn in a single crop.
Lucas went from giving his children water that gave them Typhoid, to a man who taught his community about microorganisms in the water that were killing loved ones.
Times Josephat's and Lucas's story by 5,000. This is the story of NURU.
It's much bigger than one man's story. It's about how one man's story became 5,000 people's story and about 5,000 people's story becoming…well, we don't know that part yet. Nuru has only been on the ground for 1 ½ years. They will be expanding to communities in other needy places soon.
I was honored to visit their program this past week. And it will be even more of an honor to watch their story grow from here.
Thanks to the amazing Nuru team for showing me around.
Gail Searfoss says:
I love a story told in such a simple and direct way! thanks…I think I'll post this link to my facebook page. Keep up the good work!
Nicole Scott, Nuru says:
We loved having you over to the project and sharing stories, especially the one about you guys pushing a car uphill. I'm grateful for your perspective and your voice on injustice!


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Home News World News FRANCE: A nation at war, views from around the world
FRANCE: A nation at war, views from around the world
FRENCH President François Hollande has today said that his country is "at war" and added "our democracy has triumphed before over adversaries that were much more formidable than these cowards".
He told parliamentarians "we're not engaged in a war of civilisations, because these assassins do not represent any." It was the first time in more than six years that a French president addressed both houses of parliament, the Senate and the National Assembly, convened in a Congress at Versailles.
A procedure reserved for constitutional revisions and major presidential speeches.
He confirmed that the attacks were planned in Syria and organised in Belgium with the help of accomplices in France. He also requested to prolong the State of Emergency for three months. The death toll of the attacks of last Friday in France has mounted to 132, and there are more than 350 injured, almost 100 of them critically.
So far, 23 people have been arrested in relation with the attacks, 104 are under house arrest and 31 firearms have been seized, following 168 property searches.
The Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said that the risk of more attacks is high. At one house near Lyon, a rocket launcher and a Kalashnikov rifle were seized.
Searches were carried out in Paris, Lyon, Lille, Toulouse and Marseille amongst other areas, and the Minister said that this is "just the beginning".
Maria Angeles Arroyo Vazquez, a Spanish teacher from Malaga who has been living near Lyon for several years told EWN, "people are obviously sad and upset about what has happened, and there has been a request to put candles in the windows to remember the victims. However, I am surprised that despite the state of emergency, there are not more police on the streets, a least not that I have seen. Most people are getting on with their lives as if nothing had happened, but when you talk to them, they are actually quite afraid."
Georges Malmon, retired, from Trebes, near Carcassonne, told us that everything appears to be calm and he feels safe, as he is in an area where there is nothing of importance which he thinks terrorists may want to target. He says that tears and flowers, minutes of silence and speeches unfortunately won't do the victims any good and that the law seems not be able to protect the innocent. However, he believes that politicians try to do their job but that many amongst them are corrupt, and no-one does anything to remove them from power. He also says that there are plenty of surveillance measures in place, but that not all leads can be followed and there will always be ways for terrorists to avoid being spotted.
"Everyone is angry, everyone criticises" he says, "but no-one does anything, and as long as it doesn't affect them, they will howl about their grief, until a few days later they forget all about it and go back to their fishing, hunting and petanque games." He says that in the old days people were willing to die for France, but now no-one cares.
A regiment of soldiers from his area has been sent to Paris to reassure the population and intimidate terrorists, but, he says "it is yet to be seen how much good it will do and for how long". He believes that the problem needs to be dealt with at its source and those who are in training to replace the people being arrested are those who need to be got rid of, and is in favour of stricter measures, instead of prison terms following which the terrorists are back on the streets to start all over again. "France" he says, "must show its strengths, target strategic areas the same as the terrorists have, and even if some innocent lives are lost along the way, such is war, this is how it has been for centuries, but this is the only way of regaining control over our own nations."
Hakim El Kachifi, 39, a Muslim Moroccan resident of Malaga since 2009, says "I am proud to say I am a Muslim, but these barbaric acts, committed by radical terrorists, do not represent my religion. These are disturbed people who have chosen to manifest their way of thinking by taking innocent lives. They have no respect for the right to life of others and they have also hurt Muslims like me who believe in the true values of Islam, based on values such as peace, fraternity and solidarity. We need to stand united to defend these values."
Emmanuelle Sigiscar, 34, from Issoire in France, but a resident of London for more than a decade, says: "I am speechless, cannot believe what happened, my heart is in pieces thinking that we can do this to each other. Politics aside, we are all human and no one deserves to die this way. I think it is way too easy to hide behind religion, when this has nothing to do with it, it is just pure madness, gratuitous violence executed by cowards.
Michel Wahba, 24, an Egyptian Catholic resident of Sydney, Australia, says "I still don't understand how they could have so much hate towards humanity as a whole. From hitting a plane of holidaymakers carrying Russian families and young children to bombing an overwhelmingly Muslim suburb in Beirut, home to thousands of refugees and now attacking bars, concerts and football matches in Paris…. Their hate doesn't discriminate, which is the reason the rest of the world is now living in fear, the same fear those in Syria and Iraq have been experiencing for years. I suppose that's their motive, but the global response of solidarity and strength will easily diffuse this fear. No one is going to stop attending concerts and matches, and conform to their ideals, they will never win this."
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Film star's death sets India's sights on eye donations
Tuesday, 23 Nov 2021 10:03 AM MYT
Fans pour milk on a poster featuring images of Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar as they gather outside Sree Kanteerava Studios where his body was buried, in Bengaluru, India October 31, 2021. — Reuters pic
BANGALORE, Nov 23 — Mourning fans of beloved Indian film star Puneeth Rajkumar are pledging to give up their eyes after the actor's untimely death brought his post-mortem organ donation into focus.
The Powerstar — so named for his boisterous action roles — died of a heart attack in Bangalore last month at 46, with thousands of grief-stricken admirers thronging the city's streets to hug, cry and commiserate.
News reports in the days following revealed that Rajkumar had willed the donation of his eyes, with enough ocular tissue salvaged to restore sight for four people.
The tradition runs in the actor's family — both his parents made the same pledge before their deaths — and doctors say the example has now been taken up in earnest around Bangalore.
"He sort of reminded people that you should donate eyes... instead of burning or burying them," Rekha Gyanchand, medical director at the Lions International Eye Bank, told AFP.
"We see a lot of people coming forward to donate," she added. "The awareness has really increased."
At the nearby Narayana Nethralaya hospital, vinyl posters and pamphlets showed Rajkumar's smiling visage, along with a message urging prospective donors to give the gift of sight.
A queue of young men waited in front of a trestle to speak to staff and fill in pledge forms.
More than 7,000 members of the public have committed themselves to post-mortem eye donations since Rajkumar's death, said the clinic's managing director K. Bhujang Shetty.
"In the days after Puneeth passed away, we have had 112 eyes collected" from the recently deceased after relatives agreed to transplants, he added.
'Somebody will benefit'
Among those donating was Subramani, a driver who lost work after his vision deteriorated but received a transplant just two weeks ago. He was offering the eyes of his recently deceased brother.
"We didn't want to waste his eyes, and would like to donate them to someone like the person who donated eyes to me," he told AFP.
Rajkumar first made a name for himself as a child actor and went on to star in around 30 films, with his debut action-comedy flick Appu being one of the biggest hits.
He had established himself as one of the most recognisable stars of the Kannada-language film industry centred on Bangalore, better known to the world as India's main tech hub.
News of his death sent the city into shock, with a crowd chasing the ambulance carrying his body from the hospital, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing the loss as a "cruel twist of fate".
Rajkumar is survived by his wife Ashwini Revanth and two children, along with the fanatical devotion of his fans.
Among them was Bangalore housewife Uma Aravind Kumar, who resolved to donate her own eyes.
"After the (example) of Puneeth, our son pledged his eyes without our knowledge," she told AFP.
"I liked it and I wanted to donate too. Somebody will benefit from this." — AFP
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Kill Hannah (Mat) - Interview 2008
Rock N Roll Experience: Is Kill Hannah still signed to Atlantic Records?
Mat: I think, technically, we are, well, you know what..we are not..we are on Roadrunner Records.
Rock N Roll Experience: So when does the new Kill Hannah studio record come out?
Mat: There's no official release date, but they are saying Spring of 2009
Rock N Roll Experience: Do you have all the new material already written?
Mat: Yeah...we have a bunch of new things...we are playing one new song tonight called "Acid Rain" which is really cool
Rock N Roll Experience: What's the new song sound like?
Mat: To me it's like the quintessential Kill Hannah song, it's got all of the elements, it's dancable, but it's got depth too
Rock N Roll Experience: So tell me about "Hope for the Hopeless".
Mat: This is, we're taking advantage of a really weird legal loophole that we have between contracts with Atlantic & Roadrunner where we had this chance to self release something & it's kinda like how we had always done it before we were really in the game & so we put together alot of unreleased tracks, some b-sides & some demo's of new songs & just packaged it & it's just become one of my favorite records, I feel like it's a perfect...it's the perfect disc for any true old school kinda Kill Hannah fan that maybe felt that we had lost our way in the major label rat race
Rock N Roll Experience: How come "Welcome to Chicago" didn't make the new record?
Mat: I think we are waiting for the world to be ready for that one ha ha, I don't know..we need authorization from the president for that song..that's kinda...I think we kinda like the fact that that song, when we tour, even around the world, that's the song that kinda is the best gauge of how many genuine fanatics there are in the audience..I like it because it's a cult classic right now, once it gets released, who knows?
Rock N Roll Experience: How was the Velvet Revolver/Alice in Chains tour?
Mat: It was good, those guys are really cool...the catering was awesome, their wives & their kids were super nice, it was nice playing arena's, in Jones Beach, New York, we actually...you can go fishing off the back of the arena, because it's right on the bay, so wild things like that, & pretending your Bon Jovi for a month or 2, it's fun! Unfortunately our fans got kinda raped on the ticket price, that's one of the main reasons for this tour here, we're definitely more of a value for Kill Hannah fans
Rock N Roll Experience: So after this tour is over, what's next for Kill Hannah?
Mat: This is just the first 1/2 of the tour, we are going to be off for a month, write new material, then we are going to go to Europe for a month & 1/2, then as soon as we et back we are going right into the studio to finish the new record


Luther Blissett, a former England football player, came in to Highlees School to tell us about 'Give Racism the red card'. He gave an inspirational talk to the whole school in an assembly.
He worked with the children in key stage 2 and helped them to develop their team building skills as well as their football skills. The children realised they could do more than they thought they could, when football activities were broken down and learnt bit by bit.


In this biography, the arts patron Florence Gould is revealed to be not only a ruthless socialite but a Nazi collaborator who profiteered during World War II by collecting looted and other suspiciously acquired artworks.
A Dangerous Woman may fall short in exploring the complexities of a clearly captivating woman, but Ronald's group portrait of people of great wealth — their expensive squabbles over inheritances and divorce settlements, their disinclination to pay taxes (Frank skipped out on paying federal income taxes for more than 30 years), their ability to manipulate people in power, all in the service of adding even more zeros to their bank accounts — is breathtaking and quite modern.
The best part of Ms. Ronald's book is her account of Florence Gould's war ... Ms. Ronald takes the opportunity to create scenes full of intrigue, as when the exiled Italian antifascist Carlo Rosselli and his brother were assassinated in Normandy while staying at Gould's hotel ... But this speculation, like other instances in the book, is just that: speculative ... One of the problems with writing about compulsive liars and mythomanes is how to find out and be sure of the truth. Though Ms. Ronald is forced to fall back repeatedly on conjecture, she paints a lively picture of the world in which Florence moved, with all its intricate financial shenanigans, rivalrous investors and glittering social occasions. But there are small errors ... But if the author breezes over certain details, her narrative certainly moves at a brisk pace, even if her main characters besides Florence often remain shadowy.
Dangerous is probably not the first adjective that comes to mind when perusing Susan Ronald's minutely detailed biography of Florence Gould, A Dangerous Woman. "Determined" and "devious" would be more apt descriptors ... The one element missing here is the sound of Florence's own voice. That's because her estate denied the author access to its archives, including Florence's letters. So while we're told virtually everything she did and everyone she slept with (a long list), we know precious little of how she felt as she moved full sail through her momentous life.
What did you think of A Dangerous Woman: American Beauty, Noted Philanthropist, Nazi Collaborator--The Life of Florence Gould?


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BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CRAVINGS?
Blame it on the hormones! Studies have shown that your appetite changes quite a bit before the start of your period. This has to do with a sudden drop in progesterone and serotonin. Your metabolism is also working a little faster around this time, so you'll be feeling more hungry than usual, and those food cravings will start to kick in.
As for your morning coffee – too much caffeine has been linked to breast tenderness, painful periods, difficulty sleeping and irritability/anxiety. So, if you experience any of these issues around your period, coffee, coke and chocolate might not be your friend. Otherwise, go for it!
That being said, it's okay to indulge in a few cravings. Sugary or salty treats are yummy and, when eaten in moderation, they are fine – but be smart and don't overdo it.


We are thrilled to collaborate with Justin Aglio and Norton Gusky from the Remake Learning Network to support the community of pioneers at the leading edge of the ISTE Standards for Students!
We have started building an interactive map for the standards on Expii, which empowers everyone to contribute their wisdom on various aspects of the standards, and best practices in implementation. That part of the platform focuses on curation through topical organization (in the interactive map), and community voting.
To supplement that structure, we're happy to open this forum area for more free-flowing discussion, interaction, and community building. Please feel free to start discussions here, and to communicate with other pioneers through real-time chat, as we all work together to organize resources and best practices to help others as they adopt the standards worldwide.
I'm excited to be a PIoneer in the Expii universe. I'd like to hear from other educators about ways the ISTE Standards could help improve the quality of teaching and learning. For those who haven't seen the new ISTE Standards for Students, take a look at the link. Right now ISTE professionals are developing new standards for teachers.


I so appreciate and value Dr. Young for his caring, his professionalism, skills and expertise. Dr. Young is amazing! I feel very secure in his care.
A Board-Certified Dermatologist, Dr. Young was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana and earned his bachelor's degree at Louisiana State University, where he was valedictorian of 2000 graduates. He earned his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas on a US Air Force scholarship, became a flight surgeon for the Air Force and was deployed to the United Arab Emirates. He was the youngest officer in twenty years to be accepted into the dermatology residency program in San Antonio, Texas.
Following his residency, Dr. Young served as a staff dermatologist in Biloxi, Mississippi. He moved his family to Oregon in 2006 following Hurricane Katrina, and is the founder of Silver Falls Dermatology.