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Federico Laredo Brú (* 23. April 1875 in San Juán de los Remedios; † 7. Juli 1946 in Havanna) war ein kubanischer Jurist, Oberst der kubanischen Unabhängigkeitsbewegung gegen Spanien (1897/98) und Präsident der Republik Kuba (1936–1940).

Federico Laredo promovierte 1895 zum Doktor der Rechte. 1897/98 nahm er als Oberst der kubanischen Befreiungsarmee am Guerillakrieg gegen die spanische Kolonialmacht teil.

1900 wurde er Sekretär und 1907 Präsident des Provinzialgerichtes von Santa Clara. 1910 wurde er Staatsanwalt in Havanna.

Seine politische Karriere begann Laredo als Staatssekretär unter der Präsidentschaft von General José Miguel Gómez. Nach dem Ausscheiden aus diesem Amt eröffnete er eine Anwaltskanzlei in Cienfuegos (1913–1930). Er führte die Bewegung der "Veteranen und Patrioten", die sich gegen die Präsidentschaft von Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso gebildet hatte. 1933, nach dem Sturz des Diktators Gerardo Machado, wurde er Staatssekretär im Kabinett des Präsidenten Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada, später Vizepräsident unter Miguel Mariano Gómez.

Am 24. Dezember 1936 löste er den vom Parlament abgesetzten Gómez als neuer Präsident ab. Als Präsident stand er im Schatten des eigentlichen Machthabers, des Armeechefs und späteren Diktators Fulgencio Batista.

Er war an der Irrfahrt der St. Louis beteiligt, als er dem Schiff mit über 900 vor dem NS-Staat fliehenden deutschen Juden an Bord Ende Mai 1939 das Anlegen in Havanna untersagte, obwohl diese bereits durch Bestechungszahlungen an Kuba Einreisegenehmigungen erhalten hatten. Brú schob als Begründung die hohe Arbeitslosigkeit in Kuba vor, und dass durch die Flüchtlinge eine wirtschaftliche Erholung gefährdet werde. Zeitgleich demonstrierten in der Hauptstadt 40.000 Bürger gegen die Aufnahme der Flüchtlinge; dieser Protest wurde von Joseph Goebbels finanziert. Nachdem Brú den Passagieren erfolglos noch mehr Geld abpressen wollte, zwang er die St. Louis zum Verlassen der kubanischen Gewässer und eignete sich die bereits eingezahlten Rücklagen der Passagiere an.

Er wurde einer der Gründer der Partido Unión Nacionalista (Partei der Nationalen Einheit) und der Legión de Hierro del Nacionalismo (Eiserne Nationalistische Legion).

Laredo Brú war entscheidend an der Verfassung des kubanischen Strafrechtes beteiligt.

Er ist auf dem Cementerio Cristóbal Colón in Havanna bestattet.

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Sri Lanka's Buddhist trail
by Deepika SHETTY, Asian Pacific Post, July 17, 2008
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Seven out of 10 people in Sri Lanka are Sinhalese and predominantly Buddhist. Buddha statues are to Sri Lankan tourism what castles are to Scotland - you just can't get enough of them.
Sri Maha Bodhi
The country's famous Buddhist trail, which dates back to 247 BC, starts in Mihintale and Anuradhapura in the northwestern part of the country, extends to Dambulla and Kandy in central Sri Lanka and ends in Colombo.
The trail is relatively unspoiled by tourism - there are no tourist traps such as trinket vendors - get there before the world discovers the remote beauty of the Buddhist sites.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has declared some of the places as World Heritage sites.
There is more to see than just ancient Buddha statues, frescoes and carvings on the Buddhist trail.
The journey also takes you through forests, past lakes filled with lotuses in full bloom, paddy fields and lush green hill country.
Ideally, this circuit should be done over a week. If you have just a day to spare, then head straight to Kandy to see the famous Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.
I skipped the climb to Sri Pada, a 2,234-metre-high mountain which has a large footprint of the Buddha embedded at the top. The Buddha is said to have visited here during His second trip to Sri Lanka in 523BC.
Apart from Sri Pada, I did manage to cover almost everything else on Sri Lanka's sacred Buddhist trail. Here's how:
Day 1: Mihintale:
A four-hour drive from Colombo, the city of Mihintale is also known as the cradle of Buddhism.
Buddhism was first introduced to Sri Lanka in 247BC. This was the year when King Devanampiyatissa was converted by Mahinda, the son of Emperor Ashoka, to Buddhism.
Get ready to climb 1,840 steps of an ancient stairway to reach the top of the hill where the conversion took place. A temple was built to mark the conversion. It is the oldest temple in Sri Lanka. Around it you see carvings, guard stones and the remains of 68 caves built for Buddhist monks.
Anuradhapura:
From Mihintale, it is a 30-minute drive to Anuradhapura, one of Sri Lanka's seven UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Founded in the 4th century BC, it was the country's capital for 600 years and is considered one of the great centres of Buddhism. More than 30 kilometres of land in this city is dotted with Buddhist monuments and stupas.
Make sure you visit the sacred Bo Tree. It is said that Arahat Mahinda Thera was given a branch of the Bo tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment. This was planted in Anuradhapura.
Day 2: Polonnaruwa:
My third stop was in Polonnaruwa, an hour's drive from Anuradhapura. This city is full of old buildings, ruins and Buddha statues. And there aren't too many steps to climb.
To make sense of this city, which is also a World Heritage site, head to the Archaeological Museum and Information Centre.
After seeing how the city is laid out and what the main sites are, drive to see the Vatadage. This is a circular relic house which consists of a small central pagoda. Here, four Buddha statues are encircled by rows of beautifully carved columns.
A long walk in the sun takes you to one of the most striking sites in Polonnaruwa. Gal Vihara, or the Rock Temple, is famous for its colossal Buddha statues carved out of rock. One statue is 14 metres tall. Another is seven metres and in a rare pose with crossed arms, while a third is in deep meditation.
Day 3: Sigiriya:
Make sure you rest well and start early to take on the 5th-century rock fortress of Sigiriya.
Climbing the 1,200 steps is no easy feat, but you are rewarded with a breathtaking view.
Dambulla Cave Temple
At the top is the palace of the famous Sri Lankan King Kasyapa. Not much of the palace remains, but if you do an early morning walk, you can see the sun rise over mountains and large Buddha statues nestled among lush green trees.
Dambulla:
From Sigiriya it takes about an hour to reach Dambulla. Don't panic when you see more steps.
You need to get past just 240 to get to the largest and best preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka.
Built under an overhanging rock ledge on top of a hill, this complex of five shrines is home to 153 Buddha statues, including a 15m reclining Buddha.
Sri Dalada Maligawa
Day 4: Kandy:
Kandy was the last stronghold of the Sri Lankan kings against a series of colonial invaders. The main attraction is the Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.
Constructed during the 17th and 18th centuries, a tooth of the Buddha is enshrined in this temple. Tourists can attend the three religious services that are held daily at dawn, noon and in the evening.
Day 5: Colombo:
Once back in the capital, visit the Gangarama temple. It has donations of Buddhist monuments from all over the world.
Also visit the Kelaniya suburb in Colombo. In 520 BC, the Buddha was invited to preach by the King of Kelaniya. Today, the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara is in a park-like setting, just nine kilometres from Colombo.
The main courtyard has a vihara or shrine house, a stupa and a sacred Bo Tree. The vihara has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. Its walls and ceilings are decorated with frescoes.

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Visborggård er en herregård, der ligger ½ km nordøst for Visborg nær Hadsund i Mariagerfjord Kommune. Gården hed oprindeligt Visborg, men da landsbyen Visborg opstod, blev navnet efterhånden ændret til Visborggård.

Den nuværende hovedbygning er opført af Jakob Enevoldsen Seefeld i 1575-76 og ombygget i 1748-1796, men gården nævnes allerede fra midt i 1300-tallet.

Visborggaard Gods er på 10 hektar park, som der er offentlig adgang til fra solopgang til solnedgang, og 6 hektar gartneri. Visborggard var fra 1932 til 2017 et bosted for mennesker med sindslidelser. Der var plads til 46 beboere, fordelt på 5 grupper. I september 2017, flyttede beboerne ind til det nye bosted i Molhøj i Hadsund.

Ejere af Visborggaard
 (1345-1351) Palne Jonsen Munk
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 (1370-1401) Anders Nielsen Munk
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Den Hvide Hest
Da Christian 10. efter Genforeningen i 1920 red ind i Sønderjylland på den berømte hvide hest, var det Visborggårds daværende ejer, grev Knud Danneskiold-Samsøe, der havde stillet hesten til rådighed for kongen. Hesten døde af sygdom i 1924 og er begravet i en høj med en mindesten over for Gl. Visborgvej 178 mellem Visborg og Visborggård.

Forlydender om, at hesten reelt ikke var hvid, hænger sammen med, at oppasseren havde børstet den med pibeler for at skjule snavs og urin. Leret har smittet af og givet anledning til at omtale hesten som "kalket".

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In RE:adymade, going on display at Extra Extra in Philadelphia on August 6th, Constant Dullaart and Artie Vierkant have compiled and created a suite of works that address the dichotomy of material and ephemeral existence that occurs within digital and networked society.
Although the two makers have never met in person, the similarity of their work speaks volumes about contemporary concerns of working online. For this exhibition, Dullaart and Vierkant have decided to embrace what some would consider a more "traditional" aesthetic, opting not to use many multi-media objects or display methods for this joint undertaking. As a result, one begs to question whether or not both artists have become disillusioned – or otherwise embittered – by their digital personas and the work it engenders. Each artists seems to approach this decision differently, but both arrive at rooting their work within a greater dialog of art history.
Vierkant, for example, has pulled from his Dutch heritage as a resource for inspiration. Taking a page from Mondrian – who famously delved into abstraction partially as a rebellion against classical Dutch figurative painting – Vierkant (which conveniently translates in English to 'square') has created several works in this show that seek a meditative state within abstraction. In a piece called, Why netart should be taken seriously, Vierkant creates a convincing family tree that traces his lineage back to Hans Bollongier. This wall piece is arranged in such a way that one is hard pressed to deny how this work contains an uncanny resemblance to Bollongier's floral paintings. As you walk around the corner, Vierkant's introspectiveness becomes most notable in a new piece entitled White Light, where the artist has projected white light through a broken prism in order to create a fractured full spectrum of color that illuminates the gallery floor, which then has been painted to add saturation. Also on view is (what I consider) a continuation of Vierkant's ongoing Crops project. This new series, entitled Zwart-wit, has taken monochrome sections of masterpieces by 17th century Dutch painters and isolated them into a series of prints. One can also view subtle tinges of his Dutch ancestry by looking at Vierkant's recreation of Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man (the piece shares the same title) where he methodically, frame by frame, replaces Kevin Bacon's character with Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill.
Dullaart and Vierkant's work manifests in this show as a type of liminal state between virtual reenactments of art history and fictional personifications of contemporary cultural icons. Going to this show, and knowing of each artist's work online, one arrives on the cusp of escaping the screen, but eventually feels the desire to return back to – or a failed will to abstain from – it's warm glow.
Both artists will be on-site for the duration of the exhibit to give guided tours and almost daily artists talks with Q+A sessions.
*Video documentation of this performance will be posted to the extra-extra blog once it has been compiled.


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New Video Shows What The iPhone 11 Could Look Like
Vincent Lanaria, Tech Times 17 July 2019, 10:07 pm
Apple is set to roll out three iPhone 11 models in 2019, and while there's no official unveiling just yet, a new video is giving an early close look at what to expect from the upcoming smartphones.
Take note that nothing's set in stone just yet, though, not until the Cupertino brand makes things official.
iPhone 11 Design
The video (as posted below) comes courtesy of popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee, who managed to get a hold of dummy units of the iPhone 11, iPhone 11R, and iPhone 11 Max, all of which are still unconfirmed names.
To be clear, these aren't functional handsets at all. They're the dummies that iPhone case makers use to ensure their accessories can fit the next smartphones.
The most notable change is the camera bump on the back. For the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max, it holds three sensors and a flash. On the other hand, the iPhone 11R only has two sensors and a flash.
Also, there doesn't seem to be much of a difference between the new models and the iPhone X. Case in point, they don't have a USB-C port. Instead, they're retaining the Lightning port.
As Brownlee sums it up, it's a "pretty underwhelming update."
The rumor mill has been churning out a ton of details about the iPhone 11, some of which don't align with what's seen in the video Brownlee uploaded.
For starters, the new iPhone models are said to sport a new rounded mute switch design similar to the ones in older-generation iPads. The dummies in the clip apparently have the old mute switch.
In addition, leaks have pointed to the square camera bump matching the color of the iPhone, but in the video, it's all black. Brownlee shows a comparison for this at the 2:26 mark.
Apple is expected to announce the new iPhone 11 lineup sometime in September and release them between September and October. In other words, it won't be long until they go official.
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In the short history of dry needling, the focus of the vast majority of "dry needlers" has been on orthopedics and sports medicine. Recently, dry needling is increasingly used in the treatment of patients with spasticity, a common finding in patients with multiple sclerosis (65%), spinal cord injury (65%), and stroke (40-60%). Spasticity, according to Burridge et al (2005), features "disordered sensory-motor control, resulting from an upper motor neuron lesion and presenting as intermittent or sustained involuntary activation of muscles" (Burridge et al 2005). In our textbook "Trigger Point Dry Needling" (Dommerholt and Fernández De Las Peñas 2018), Jaime Salom Moreno and César Fernández de las Peñas describe that muscle contractures secondary to spasticity are commonly due to an increase in the number of cross-bridges, increased muscle stiffness and collagen tissue, and a decrease in muscle fiber length. It is known that dry needling damages the neuromuscular junction, which may at least partially explain the positive effects of dry needling on spasticity (Domingo et al 2013).
Whereas dry needling for orthopedic problems is usually performed with the muscle in a relaxed position, with spasticity, it may be more beneficial to place the muscle in a slightly pre-stretched position. Twitch responses in spastic muscles often engage the entire muscle and are characterized as "global twitch responses (GTR)." Sometimes, GTRs occur in antagonistic muscles. Once the muscle tone is decreased, the muscle is stretched as much as feasible and the dry needling is repeated in the new position.
The evidence for the effects of dry needling is slowly growing. Already in 2007, Gallego and Mayoral described dry needling for quadriparesis of a 4-year old child (Gallego and Mayoral 2007). This was one of the earliest case reports on dry needling to reduce spasticity. Around that same time, a few acupuncture studies described promising results (Mukherjee et al 2007, Zhao et al 2009), but others failed to detect significant improvements (Wayne et al 2005, Fink et al 2004). A more recent meta-analysis showed that acupuncture or electro-acupuncture could potentially reduce spasticity after stroke (Lim et al 2015, Lim et al 2017).
Looking at dry needling studies, a Spanish study of 34 patients showed significant improvements in spasticity after a single session of dry needling into the medial and lateral gastrocnemius and anterior tibialis muscles. The outcome measures included the Modified Modified Ashworth Scale (MMAS), mechanical pain sensitivity with a pressure algometer to the second metacarpals, deltoid and anterior tibialis muscles bilaterally, and several baropodometric factors (Salom-Moreno et al 2014). Several Iranian case reports and studies have also shown encouraging results. Ansari and colleagues published a case report in 2015 demonstrating reduced spasticity after dry needling the pronator teres, flexor carpi radialis, and flexor carpi ulnaris muscles (Ansari et al 2015). In another study, 29 patients with a stroke received one session of dry needling to the flexor carpi radialis and flexor carpi ulnaris muscles, and again, dry needling contributed to a temporary reduction in spasticity and alpha motor neuron excitability (Fakhari et al 2017).
After several visits to Iran in 2017 and 2018, Myopain Seminars' President Dr. Jan Dommerholt has collaborated multiple times with Dr.
Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari and his team, resulting in the publication of several case reports and studies. Most recently, we shared the first neuroimaging study of the effect of dry needling on brain activity of a stroke patient with spasticity (Mohammadpour et al 2020). Dry needling increased the activity in the affected primary motor cortex with motor improvement in a patient with post-stroke spastic hemiparesis. Functional magnetic resonance imaging revealed significant brain changes after dry needling indicating beneficial effects of dry needling for stroke patients with spasticity. In another study, we explored the effect of dry needling on lower limb
dysfunction in 24 subjects (Ghannadi et al 2020). While there were no changes in active range of motion, dry needling decreased muscle spasticity and improved lower limb function and gait speed. In a similar but still unpublished study, dry needling improved upper limb spasticity as measured by the Modified Modified Ashworth score, and increased passive wrist range of motion compared to controls.
In another Spanish study, patients with post-stroke spasticity received three sessions of dry needling in the shoulder girdle muscles combined with a multimodal rehabilitation program and showed significant improvements in shoulder range of motion, pressure pain thresholds and spasticity in the external rotator muscles, such as the infraspinatus muscle (Mendigutia-Gomez et al 2016). Calvo and colleagues reported in a case report that dry needling decreased local muscle stiffness assessed by tensiomyography in a patient with chronic post-stroke spasticity (Calvo et al 2016). The same research group also published a case report of two post-stroke patients with specific electroencephalographic changes following dry needling. The first subject was treated with dry needling of the pronator teres, medial and lateral gastrocnemius, soleus, and fibularis longus muscles. The second patient received dry needling of the pectoralis major, biceps brachii, brachialis, latissimus dorsi, teres major, pronator teres, flexor digitorum superficialis and profundus, adductor pollicis, medial and lateral gastrocnemius, soleus, semitendinosus, semimembranosus, and the long head of biceps femoris muscles. The researchers documented differences in alpha waves and changes in the cordance of the frontal and prefrontal regions, using quantitative electroencephalographic activity and electroencephalographic cordance (Calvo et al 2017). One of the authors of this paper, Dr. Pablo Herroro, has presented his work at a conference hosted by Myopain Seminars. Have a look at his lectures (part 1; part 2).
Comparing more traditional Bobath treatments with ultrasound-guided dry needling of the tibialis posterior muscle, researchers found a significantly greater decrease in spasticity in the subjects in the dry needling group along with improved balance, range of motion, and accuracy of maintaining stability (Sanchez-Mila et al 2018). An Iranian-Spanish study of the effect of dry needling on spasticity, gait and muscle architecture showed significant improvements 30 minutes after dry needling, but the study did not include a control group and was not blinded. A recent study of 10 sessions of dry needling to decrease spasticity in a patient with a spinal cord injury revealed once again that dry needling resulted in immediate and short-term (10 weeks) improvements of spasticity in the upper and lower limbs as measured by the Modified Ashworth Scale (Cruz-Montecinos et al 2020). Similarly, a case report of a patient with a brain tumor showed that dry needling improved spasticity, passive and active ankle dorsiflexion and wrist extension, and several functional tests, such as the Box and Block Test, the Timed Up and Go test (TUG), 10- minute walk, and single-leg stance (Tavakol et al 2019).
There is now emerging evidence that dry needling can positively influence muscle tone and spasticity in patients with spasticity. Unfortunately, many studies feature small sample sizes and they rarely include long-term outcomes and adequate blinding (Braithwaite et al 2019).
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Ansari, NN, Naghdi, S, Fakhari, Z, Radinmehr, H & Hasson, S, 2015. Dry needling for the treatment of poststroke muscle spasticity: a prospective case report. NeuroRehabilitation, 36, 61-65.
Braithwaite, FA, Walters, JL, Li, LSK, Moseley, GL, Williams, MT & Mcevoy, MP, 2019. Blinding Strategies in Dry Needling Trials: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Physical Therapy, 99, 1461-1480.
Burridge, JH, Wood, DE, Hermens, HJ, Voerman, GE, Johnson, GR, Van Wijck, F, Platz, T, Gregoric, M, Hitchcock, R & Pandyan, AD, 2005. Theoretical and methodological considerations in the measurement of spasticity. Disability and Rehabilitation, 27, 69-80.
Calvo, S, Navarro, J, Herrero, P, Del Moral, R, De Diego, C & Marijuán, PC, 2017. Electroencephalographic changes after application of dry needling [DNHS[1] Technique] in two patients with chronic stroke. MYOPAIN, online 1-6.
Calvo, S, Quintero, I & Herrero, P, 2016. Effects of dry needling (DNHS technique) on the contractile properties of spastic muscles in a patient with stroke: a case report. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 39, 372-376.
Cruz-Montecinos, C, Nunez-Cortes, R, Bruna-Melo, T, Tapia, C, Becerra, P, Pavez, N & Perez-Alenda, S, 2020. Dry needling technique decreases spasticity and improves general functioning in incomplete spinal cord injury: A case report. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 43, 414-418.
Domingo, A, Mayoral, O, Monterde, S & Santafe, MM, 2013. Neuromuscular damage and repair after dry needling in mice. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2013, 260806.
Dommerholt, J & Fernández De Las Peñas, C 2018 Trigger point dry needling; an evidenced and clinical-based approach. Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone.
Fakhari, Z, Ansari, NN, Naghdi, S, Mansouri, K & Radinmehr, H, 2017. A single group, pretest-posttest clinical trial for the effects of dry needling on wrist flexors spasticity after stroke. NeuroRehabilitation, 40, 325-336.
Fink, M, Rollnik, JD, Bijak, M, Borstadt, C, Dauper, J, Guergueltcheva, V, Dengler, R & Karst, M, 2004. Needle acupuncture in chronic poststroke leg spasticity. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85, 667-672.
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Holy Temple Church of God In Christ Choral Ensemble, of Toms River, performed at the Stafford branch Saturday February 19
Five Press releases from Manchester branch
Tags: Ageless You, Bad Day to Go Fishing, Better Balance for Seniors Workshop, bi-monthly book café, Cindy Brown, Ron Hyland, Shalom Book and Film Discussion Club
CONTACT: Jolene Smith, 732.657.7600
jsmith@theoceancountylibrary.org
Manchester Branch Library to Host "Better Balance for Seniors" Workshop
MANCHESTER, NJ – Seniors, visit the Manchester Library on Tuesday, March 15 at 2:00 pm to learn how you can overcome balance problems associated with conditions such as arthritis and ear disease that affect many older people. Ron Hyland, the Fitness Director for Keswick Pines in Whiting will show you simple exercises and techniques that you can use both at home and when you're out and about, to help you maintain and strengthen your equilibrium. Mr. Hyland claims that many people are able to rely less on canes and walkers because of these methods.
Please register in advance for this free program by calling (732)657-7600 or by going online to http://www.theoceancountylibrary.org.
The Manchester Branch of the Ocean County Library is located at 21 Colonial Drive in Manchester Twp.
CONTACT: Joanne Lefand, (732) 657-7600 ext. 4522
jlefand@theoceancountylibrary.org
MANCHESTER BRANCH LIBRARY TO SHOW,
"BAD DAY TO GO FISHING"
MANCHESTER – The Manchester Library will screen, "Bad Day to Go Fishing" on Wednesday, March 16, at 2:00 p.m. and again at 6:00 pm. See this popular foreign film on a large screen without paying the admission fee of a movie theater!
Washed-up wrestling champion Jacob van Oppen and his conniving manager, Orsini, make a living staging fake wrestling matches in small South American Towns. Orsini never has trouble finding the right opponent to throw the fight but when they arrive in the village of Santa Maria where they promise $1000 to anyone who can stay in the ring with the champ for three minutes, they get more than they bargained for.
The dialogue is in Spanish and English with English subtitles. It is part of the library's monthly Independent Film Series. Registration is not required. This program is open all ages although it is geared toward adults.
The Manchester Branch of the Ocean County Library is located at 21 Colonial Drive in Manchester Twp. Call 732.657.7600 for more information.
MANCHESTER BRANCH LIBRARY TO HOST BOOK CHAT
MANCHESTER – On Thursday, March 17 the Manchester Branch Library will be holding its bi-monthly book café from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Join us as we discuss what we've been reading. Share with others about good books that you've recently read and pick up suggestions of what to read next.
There is no registration for this free adult program. For more information call 732.657.7600 or go online to http://www.theoceancountylibrary.org.
The Manchester Branch of the Ocean County Library is located at 21 Colonial Drive in Manchester Township.
CONTACT: Wendi Smolowitz, 732.657.7600 ext. 4113
wsmolowitz@theoceancountylibrary.org
Manchester Branch Library's Jewish Book and Film
Discussion Club to Hold Meeting
MANCHESTER, NJ – The Manchester Branch Library's Shalom Book and Film Discussion Club that focuses on Jewish themed literature and movies, will meet on Friday, March 18 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Dr. Ali Botein-Furrevig is the group leader. She is an English professor at Ocean County College and lecturer on all aspects of Yiddish culture throughout Ocean and Monmouth counties.
The subject of March's discussion is a book by Sandy Tolan: The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew and the Heart of the Middle East. The title refers to a tree in the backyard of a home in Ramla, Israel. The home is currently owned by Dalia, a Jewish woman whose family of Holocaust survivors emigrated from Bulgaria. But before Israel gained its independence in 1948, the house was owned by the Palestinian family of Bashir, who meets Dalia when he returns to see his family home after the Six-Day War of 1967. Tolan traces the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the parallel personal histories of Dalia and Bashir and their families—all refugees seeking a home. As the story progresses, Dalia struggles with her Israeli identity, and Bashir struggles with decades in Israeli prisons for suspected terrorist activities.
This program is open to the adult public, free of charge. However, space is very limited so it is necessary to register in advance by calling 732.657.7600 or by going online to http://www.theoceancountylibrary.org.
MANCHESTER BRANCH LIBRARY TO HOST
WORKSHOP ON MAINTAINING YOUTH
MANCHESTER, NJ – On Saturday, March 19 at 2:00 pm, at the Manchester Branch Library, Cindy Brown will present "Ageless You." She will show you how to maintain or regain energy and vitality at any age. Cindy Brown is a certified health and wellness coach with M.O.V.E. Health & Wellness in Toms River, NJ.
This program is open to the adult public, free of charge. Please go online to http://www.theoceancountylibrary.org or call 732.657.7600 to register.
Sparks joins Mr. Scott the Music Man for I love the library program in Beachwood.
Tags: Beechwood branch, Mr. Scott, Sparks
The Beachwood branch sponsered a fun-filled "I love My Library" program with Mr. Scott The Music Man at the Beachwood Community Center Saturday February 19.
Sparks & Mr. Scott both wore matching tie dyed shirts.
Ned Hector: part 2
Tags: "Ocean County Library Toms River", Ned Hector, Noah Lewis
History and the Black American Revolutionary War experience came alive Saturday (Feb. 19) when Noah Lewis portrayed Ned Hector, a Pennsylvania hero.
Hector was "a man of color," a freeman and one of many black men and women, primarily from the North, who fought for freedom in the American Revolution. He was a member of Captain Hercules Courtney's Company of Colonel Proctor's 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery Regiment.
Hector served Washington in the disastrous Battle of Brandywine Sept. 11, 1777 at Chadd's Ford as a teamster and bombardier. The Continental Army was almost destroyed that day by British General Howe's flanking movement in the afternoon.
As they were being surrounded by British and Hessian troops, Hector's commander ordered everyone to abandon their equipment and positions then reform in Chester. While others abandoned the field, Hector refused to let his team fall into British hands.
At great danger to himself, he gathered up the weapons that littered the area, loaded them onto his wagon, and dashed through the enemy's lines.
"The enemy shall not have my team! I will save the horses or perish myself!" he shouted.
Lewis told the audience that was likely due to the fact that the team and wagon were his personal property. To lose them would have meant a loss of his livelihood.
Little is known of Hector's later war experiences and his life in the Philadelphia area. While not awarded a pension like other Revolutionary War veterans, he was granted a one-time donation of $40 from a "grateful" Pennsylvania Legislature. He died in 1834 at the age of 90.
Noah Lewis mixed the biography of Hector in with issues that confronted black and white Americans during the War. At times humorous, like discussing the bathing – or lack thereof – of the colonists, he also engaged the audience by having them participate in artillery practice. He heightened the experience by attacking the bombardiers with a bayonet affixed to his rifle.
"African American history is American history," Lewis said. "No matter what your heritage, you all share in African American history. These people are part of your history."
"I'm telling these stories not just for people of color," Lewis said in a published interview. "Most white people have never heard of these black heroes. So maybe by telling these stories, I'm breaking some stereotypes, building some bridges, and creating some ties among people."
A lot of other people and groups have been omitted from history, he added
"This is not a problem of race," he said, "It's a problem of the human condition, of economics."
His teachable moment lasted more than an hour and about 100 people participated in both Lewis's presentation and other parts of the program, including a performance by Toms River High School North's "nStep" and a Soul Food Tasting that was cosponsored by the Toms River NAACP and the library's Good for the Soul Committee.
An 8-photo slideshow of the event can be found on our Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceancountylibrary/sets/72157626003479319/show/
Revolutionary War hero, Ned Hector: A great program-part 1
The Good for the Soul committee and the Toms River NAACP hosted a great program Saturday in Mancini Hall about Revolutionary War hero Ned Hector. Presented by reenactor Noah Lewis, he told about colonial-era customs that were followed by all people, including the difficulties blacks and the Irish faced.
Hector engaged the audience in his program, involving them in a simulated cannon demonstration. The following photo was taken as he instructed newly (but not willingly) recruited bombadier, oh let's call her Judy.
Saturday's program also included a soul food tasting by the NAACP and a performance by TRHS North's 'nStep.
An old saying goes: Nobody is useless. Everyone has a purpose, even if it's to serve as a bad example. Here "Judy" served to demonstrate the role of women during the colonial period. Good, bad or indifferent? You decide.
Press Release from Point Pleasant Bourogh branch Lady, Bird, Pat & Betty: Tea for Three
Tags: Bird, Elaine Bromka, Lady, Pat & Betty: Tea for Three, Point Pleasant Bourogh branch
CONTACT: Nicole DeMatteo, Branch Manager	Karen Monahan, PR Liaison
ndematteo@theoceancountylibrary.org kmonahan@theoceancountylibrary.org
Lady Bird, Pat & Betty: Tea for Three
The Point Pleasant Borough Branch of the Ocean County Library will present the program
"Lady, Bird, Pat & Betty: Tea for Three on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at 6:30 p.m.
Three former First Ladies will be sharing secrets in this unforgettably vivid one-woman show.
Starring the Emmy Award-winning Elaine Bromka, the play is a witty and intimate re-imagining of three women who suddenly found themselves celebrities – a behind-the-scenes look at Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Betty Ford, revealing the personal cost of what Mrs. Nixon called the "hardest unpaid job in the world."
This program is free and open to the public. Please register online at http://www.theoceancountylibrary.org or call 732-295-1555. The Point Pleasant Borough Branch library is located at 834 Beaver Dam Road, Point Pleasant, NJ.
Tags: "Ocean County Library", American Heart Association, Keith Marks Trio, Lakewood, New Sensational 4 by Faith
The Lakewood branch celebrated Soul Food Saturday Feb. 12. The Keith Marks Trio and the New Se nsational 4 by Faith performed. Margaret Cammarieri from the American Heart Association spoke abouthealthy eating and proper nutrition.
Loretta Long also spoke at the event.
Photos from the event can be found on Flickr @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceancountylibrary/sets/72157626123121242/show/


MPC Properties, one of the largest investors in Southeast Europe, is investing 250 million euros in new development projects, all located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
With more than 30 projects that have been established since the company foundation, MPC Properties believes that this is an ideal moment to add further 51,000 sq m of GLA to its office portfolio.
Belgrade's market is hungry for modern office space and the overall market vacancy of 5% speaks for itself. Total stock of office space in the city is still significantly lower than in other capitals within the region.
Primarily dedicated to investing and managing real estate with the crucial aim to increase value through active initiatives, MPC Properties' development strategy defines new standards. When it comes to design and construction technologies and complying with green building standards, it delivers an efficient and sustainable portfolio.
The MPC portfolio primarily consists of office and retail assets, including the UŠĆE Shopping Center (the most visited and best preforming shopping center in the region), Ušće Tower One (the business symbol of Belgrade), Navigator Business Center (a modern, A-class office complex of with LEED certification), the Shoppi Retail parks (a modern retail chain in Serbia), and many others.
MPC Properties has started developing two new strategic office projects this year – Ušće Tower Two and Navigator Business Center II whose openings are planned for Q1 2020.
Ušće Tower Two is a modern, luxury office building, offering A+ class business space on 22 floors, with 23,200 sq m of GLA. Along with the new tower, MPC Properties is developing a two-level underground garage with 750 parking lots aiming to cover parking needs of both towers.
Built next to the existing Ušće Tower One, Tower Two will redefine the concept of premium business space in Belgrade and set completely new standards. Located in the most prestigious part of the city, in the heart of the New Belgrade's business district right at the confluence of Sava and Danube rivers, it offers easy access for all kinds of the traffic.
The building is designed in accordance with green building standards and will apply for a BREEAM excellent certification. Ušće Tower Two will be "the breathing building" with decentralized natural ventilation integrated in the façade and streaming fresh air at the touch of the button.
Aside from the highest quality work space with flexible rental areas on each floor, Tower Two offers additional facilities and amazing surroundings, perfectly complementing the existing buildings, Ušće Tower One and the UŠĆE Shopping Center.
Navigator Business Center II is located in New Belgrade's prime business zone, easily accessible from the city center, the airport and other parts of the city by all types of traffic.
It will add 27,000 sq m of GLA on 8 floors along with 500 parking lots on three underground garage levels. With its floor spaces exceeding 3,000 sq m it will be unique on the Belgrade's office market. With the opening of Navigator II, the total "Navigator" complex will accommodate 45,000 sq m of modern office space.
The building is meets the highest standards of modern business and will be constructed in accordance with LEED Gold standards.
Navigator Business Center II guarantees will fulfill any business demands due to its tailor-made space options, top-quality work environment with perfect microclimate, abundant natural light, and all necessary amenities for productive workdays.
With a stable political environment, legislation constantly improving through the EU accession process, and the highest volume of foreign direct investments in the region, Serbia is the biggest contributor to the development of the entire region. Its strategic location, great infrastructure, as well as great human potential speaks for this market and its potential as a market of the future.


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Picking the right sling pack is important when you have to move gear as quickly and efficiently as possible. Thankfully, the Hazard 4 Plan B 17 Sling Pack has left nothing to chance. Its multiple pockets and MOLLE webbing allow you to store and organize with tactical precision. The padded back and shoulder strap make for a comfortable fit, keeping pain and fatigue at bay. Its ultra-durable Cordura nylon construction is tough enough take on anything you can throw at it. Plus, the slim design means it's easily stowed away when not in use. When things get tight, don't get caught without your gear.


Sometimes weather forecasters have tough decisions to make about hurricane evacuations. The scientists can get help from brave pilots called hurricane hunters.
Using planes filled with weather instruments, these pilots follow hurricanes. Their job is to fly into the eye and measure the force of the hurricane. Then they send back valuable information. It's a bumpy ride: they pass through dark, swirling clouds where winds whirl at 90 or 100 mph.


The LeeU ALERT system is designed to enhance and improve communication so that all members of the Lee University campus community can stay informed in the event of an emergency.
Lee University has partnered with Nixle to allow students, faculty and staff as well as parents and university friends to "opt in" for text or email notifications in the event of an emergency. To opt-in, text LEEUALERTS to 888777.
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The D-Strut describes a proprietary vibration isolation and damping technology. The first application of the D-Strut was isolating low-level vibration disturbances generated by the attitude control reaction wheels from the fine pointing requirements in the Hubble Telescope. Later, very rigid systems were developed, which were used to replace elements of a truss. These systems provided the same static stiffness as the elements they replaced, but drastically increased the dynamic stiffness while adding as much as 50% damping. This has been followed with multiple Space applications ranging from protecting satellites and equipment during launch to isolating delicate instruments from vibration during operation.


NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The world's biggest consulting firm, Accenture Ltd., will attempt to launch its long-awaited initial public offering this week.
So far, the IPO market has floated only one new issue this quarter that garnered strong results. Wright Medical Group (WMGI: Research, Estimates), a orthopedic company, shot up 25 percent last Friday, after it raised nearly $94 million.
The offering was the first in two weeks, and its success provides evidence that new issues are not dead, said David Menlow, president of IPOfinancial.com.
"Wright Medical served to reinforce the fact that IPOs are still a viable platform," he said.
But the quarter's first big test will come from Accenture, which provides management and technology consulting to customers such as Allianz AG (AG: Research, Estimates), J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM: Research, Estimates), Ford Motor Co. (F: Research, Estimates), and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ: Research, Estimates) .
First filed in April, the Accenture IPO could potentially raise $1.7 billion, ranking it among the biggest new issues this year, behind the $8.7 billion offering from Kraft Foods Inc. and the $3.6 billion IPO from Agere Systems Inc.
The firm, formerly known as Andersen Consulting, won its freedom from parent firm Andersen Worldwide last August. The firm had been involved in a bitter dispute over being forced to share its profit with sister firm Arthur Andersen, the global accounting firm, which is part of the Big Five. Other Big Five members include Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and KPMG.
Andersen Consulting changed its name to Accenture on Jan. 1 as a result of its split with Andersen Worldwide.
Accenture is the latest former unit of the Big Five to go public. KPMG Consulting, a former division of KPMG, went public in February. PricewaterhouseCoopers has also said it is eyeing either a sale or IPO spinoff of its consulting unit.
Accenture, with headquarters in both Bermuda and Palo Alto, Calif., has more than 75,000 employees and hired 17,000 new employees in 2000. However, the consulting firm cut about 1,400 jobs, or 2 percent of its work force, in June.
Accenture partners are not selling shares in the IPO and will hold 82 percent of the company's voting power once the offering is completed.
Accenture is immensely profitable, posting $1.5 billion in operating income on $10.1 billion in revenue for the nine-month period ending May 31.
But the former Andersen Consulting is showing signs of weakness in a declining information technology sector. Accenture warned and said it was seeing evidence of an economic downturn in some markets "including a reduction in capital expenditures and technology and associated discretionary spending by our clients, particularly in the U.S.," the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The downturn has caused Accenture's third-quarter growth rate to drop in the Americas, communications and high-tech, financial services and the global products markets, the company said. Accenture also expects to record a one-time charge of about $960 million for the quarter ended Aug. 30, due to the grant of restricted share units relating to the IPO.
Technology and management consultants are not faring well this year, analysts said. Competitors such as Computer Sciences Corp., Internet consultant Razorfish Inc., and Scient Corp. have all suffered in the economic downturn.
Shares for CSC (CSC: up $0.17 to $36.28, Research, Estimates) �have dropped 55 percent from their 52-week high of $81.43, Razorfish (RAZF: up $0.03 to $0.54, Research, Estimates) �has plummeted nearly 98 percent, and Scient (SCNT: unchanged at $0.63, Research, Estimates) �has fallen 99 percent.
"Accenture is the world's biggest consulting firm in a lousy industry," said analyst George Nichols of Morningstar.com.
Accenture will not benefit from the fact that it is going public in the midst of earnings season, Nichols said. Second-quarter revenue for the consulting sector is also expected to be flat, added analyst Moshe Katri of SG Cowen Securities Inc.
"We are hitting the bottom in this industry," Katri said. "But it's not as bad as it was two quarters ago."
� The Accenture IPO is also coming after the offering from KPMG Consulting (KCIN: up $0.75 to $14.45, Research, Estimates), which surged 30 percent in its first day but then dropped below its $18 IPO price and has yet to rebound.
But some believe that Accenture and EDS Corp., the world's No.2 computer services company, will weather the market downturn better than smaller shops such as KPMG and CSC.
"The market for consulting and systems integration weakened further in second quarter and shows no signs of life," said one analyst who declined to be identified. "But the market for information technology outsourcing contracts remains strong across the globe."
Accenture receives 18 percent of its revenue stream from outsourcing while KPMG receives none, the analyst said. Accenture, along with EDS, also has a huge backlog of contracts to help it withstand the downturn.
KPMG is also suffering because of the slowdown in government work. The former Big Five consulting unit receives 29 percent of its revenue from public sector work, the analyst said.
Accenture plans to sell 115 million shares at $13-to-$15 each via lead underwriters Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. The company plans to price Wednesday and trade Thursday under the New York Stock Exchange symbol "ACN."
The Accenture IPO will be Goldman Sach's first IPO this quarter and eighth this year. The success of the offering will largely depend on where it is priced, said IPOfinancial.com's Menlow.
The Accenture offering received a three star rating from John Fitzgibbon, of IPO Desktop, and he expects the issue to receive a $2 premium. Menlow expects a 5 percent bump in the first day, but said the issue is best as a long-term play.
"Accenture is potentially the right kind of deal [in this market] but the pricing is going to be critical," Menlow said. "I personally like to see a lower pricing."
Natus Medical Inc., a medical device company, will also attempt to float an IPO this week. San Carlos, Calif.-based Natus develops tests to identify medical disorders in children from conception to their fist year.
Natus' ALGO products screens hearing in newborns and is sold in the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Natus believes the ALGO system has been installed in nearly 2,000 birthing and children's hospitals in the U.S.
The company also began marketing its CO-Stat analyzer last January which is used to evaluate the likelihood of serious jaundice in newborns. Natus has sold the CO-State product only for clinical research.
Natus plans to sell 4.5 million share at $10-to-$12 each via lead underwriter Dain Rauscher Wessels. The company plans to trade under the Nasdaq symbol "BABY."


"This song is a chance for me to get some closure and say some things I never had the chance to say. The new sound and imagery symbolizes taking a step forward, leaving the past and old ways behind," explains drummer Luke McKenzie.
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The best writers create characters that you instantly feel that you'd recognize on the street if they came to life. So what kinds of things make us different? Everyone doesn't like the same food and some are allergic to certain things. People are sometimes described as dog people or cat people but some might be neither or be allergic to dogs, cats, or both, affecting their choice of pets. We all have different likes and dislikes, or specific hopes and fears, things that help to determine our personality.
People's voices are often distinctive, stereotypical male villains might stroke a beard thoughtfully, some people hug when they meet, others shy away from such close personal contact, some people have firm handshakes and some very weak. These things, and countless others, make up our personalities, differentiate us from others, and make us who we are.
However don't be tempted to make a character too different. Assuming that you're not creating a wacky cartoon character, don't invent someone with bright orange spiky hair, an eye patch, two facial scars in unusual shapes, a hooked hand, a wooden leg, and an unintelligible dialect, since this will not only seem ridiculous to the reader but also risk detracting from the telling of the story.
Any yet you also can't go too far in the opposite direction and make people too perfect, no matter how tempting that may be. After all, now many of us know any perfect people? Characters need problems, flaws, phobias, whether it's about spiders, heights, crowds, closed spaces, or indeed anything that makes them more believable.


Plateau a wireless, internet, and telephone provider, has a long established relationship with Premier Media Group working with their design agency and staff. When a series of new Plateau stores opened in the West Texas / New Mexico region, Plateau contracted Premier Media Group to convert the new stores to the Plateau brand through custom digital wallpaper and point-of-purchase monthly poster prints.
This process began with a careful survey of the retail location. Things like door trim, wall features, and other unusual details were measured out exactly so the PMG designers could incorporate them into the final design. Unique features for each location mean that each wall layout would be slightly different while still conforming to the brand identity and original art provided by Plateau. Premier Media Group's design team worked carefully with Plateau Marketing Department to place art where it would have the maximum Point-of-Sales impact.
Our print techs took special care to guarantee exact color match according to the PMS colors given to PMG and printing on Custom Digital Wallpaper. During installation, the sinuous lines included in the design meant that the panels had to line up exactly to produce seamless art across an entire wall. Installation technicians took special care to ensure all walls of the store appeared as a single, continuous image. Each store's installation gave Premier Media Group the opportunity to produce unique work within the Plateau Brand and which has given Plateau an inviting storefront with top-quality art on every wall.


We consider the problem of restoring astronomical images acquired with charge coupled device cameras. The astronomical object is first blurred by the point spread function of the instrument-atmosphere set. The resulting convolved image is corrupted by a Poissonian noise due to low light intensity, then, a Gaussian white noise is added during the electronic read-out operation. We show first that the split gradient method (SGM) previously proposed can be used to obtain maximum likelihood (ML) iterative algorithms adapted in such noise combinations. However, when ML algorithms are used for image restoration, whatever the noise process is, instabilities due to noise amplification appear when the iteration number increases. To avoid this drawback and to obtain physically meaningful solutions, we introduce various classical penalization-regularization terms to impose a smoothness property on the solution. We show that the SGM can be extended to such penalized ML objective functions, allowing us to obtain new algorithms leading to maximum a posteriori stable solutions. The proposed algorithms are checked on typical astronomical images and the choice of the penalty function is discussed following the kind of object.


In a world where consumers are saturated with brand messages we need to create campaigns that emotionally resonate. But, how can we do that when brands are afraid to have opinions?
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Shupiyan (en hindi; शोपियां ज़िला) es un distrito de la India en el estado de Jammu y Cachemira. Código ISO: IN.JK.SH.

Comprende una superficie de 801 km².

El centro administrativo es la ciudad de Shupiyan.

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Según censo 2011 contaba con una población total de 265 960 habitantes, de los cuales 129 658 eran mujeres y 136 302 varones.

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Making Erasure: The Circus
By Classic Pop | July 1, 2021
Lauded for bringing fun and flamboyance back to synthpop, Erasure: The Circus masked deeply political statements as well as heartbreaking despair with gloriously uplifting harmonies
Vince Clarke had built up a track record as being something of a musical maverick in the early 80s, scoring hits as part of Depeche Mode, Yazoo and The Assembly.
Yet the fact that Wonderland, the 1986 debut album from his latest project, Erasure, had been a commercial disaster and failed to score a hit single (their chart peak had been No. 55 with debut single Who Needs Love Like That) led many to speculate whether the group were about to live up to their name before they had even got off the ground.
If Erasure were to stand a chance at succeeding, it really was a case of starting from scratch. With radio stations refusing to play their sparse synthpop, Erasure's only realistic option had been to hit the road, driving themselves to gigs in a van and playing, in Vince Clarke's words, "really shitty little clubs and universities".
The decision paid off as the live graft helped them build a fan following which played a large part in securing them a second album.
"We'd stalled in the UK, and I was really thankful to Vince that he'd stuck by me. I was only really employed as a singer, so he could have got rid of me. I was a complete novice!" says Andy Bell.
Having recruited Andy via an ad in Melody Maker, Wonderland had been something of a learning curve for the pair. As the album was being recorded, Vince and Andy were still getting to know each other, and their partnership at that point had been very much one of a pop star and his protégé.
"I was a huge fan of Vince's work, so it was very daunting working with him in the first place," Andy told The Quietus. "I had really lost my confidence in the studio and reverted back to being a choirboy in school. I was running out of breath at the end of lines, and he had me lying on the floor, all kinds of things, trying to get me comfortable. I just came up with the words 'Oh l'amour' for Oh L'Amour and he gave me 50 per cent of the writing… he was very generous. I thought I'd get sacked after the first album, but he stuck by me."
By the time work began on The Circus, Vince and Andy had been living in each other's pockets on their no-frills (Andy's stage outfits excepted) tour for the best part of a year, and had formed a strong friendship.
"I'd written most of the songs for the first album already when I met Andy," Vince recalls. "On the second album, he just got more involved in the writing and to be honest, it was a fantastic relief for me. It's quite tough writing songs on your own – you start repeating yourself. When we started writing together, Andy was pushing the boundaries more. I had been writing songs for a while and there are rules that you follow, and Andy didn't have any of those. It was really refreshing having someone come in from a completely different perspective."
Andy recalled the making of the album to the BBC. "When we started recording The Circus it was complete 50/50 – sitting down with guitars and the piano. I'd sing the top lines; it started out that we'd think up lines together, but eventually I took over.
"I remember on that album we had two subjects for songs, which was what was going on at the time politically, people losing their jobs, and the other one was somebody coming out to their parents. I love how Vince almost handed the reins over… all the time he was watching me blossom, he was a mentor. When I'd finished a lyric or a melody I'd show it to Vince, and it was almost like having a schoolmaster, he'd say 'No, I don't like this bit', so I'd go back and rewrite those lines. That happened less and less as time went on. He was just wanting to see me develop as a singer and a songwriter, so he was really encouraging with whatever I wanted to do.
"It began with me singing basslines for Victim Of Love and then the guitar riffs for Sometimes. He enjoyed seeing someone a bit younger just having the time of his life. He was very encouraging."
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With a newfound confidence in the studio and with Erasure by now a fully functioning partnership, they were compelled to cover a gamut of themes including social commentary (The Circus, It Doesn't Have To Be), heartbreak (Leave Me To Bleed, Victim Of Love) and self-acceptance and individuality (Don't Dance, Hideaway).
Once again helmed by producer Flood, they expanded their sonic palette, maintaining a strong synth-based foundation but incorporating more guitar, an accordion and even a trumpet to create a more substantial sound – one that not only separated them from their peers but also from Vince's previous musical endeavours.
The general public's first taster of Erasure's new album came with the release of Sometimes in October 1986. An upbeat dance track with an impossibly catchy chorus, it was an instant radio hit, earned them a slot on Top Of The Pops, and the single reached No. 2 in the UK, becoming their chart breakthrough. A bona fide hit, Sometimes' chart run lasted 17 weeks, only ending when The Circus album hit the shops in March 1987.
Despite the connotations of the album's title and the vibrant, brightly coloured artwork, all is not as it appears on The Circus.
The album was lauded by critics, who praised the huge progression Erasure had made from Wonderland, their synergy as a musical partnership and their ability for crafting songs which were, on the surface, upbeat joyous pop songs – only to find on deeper analysis a vivid portrait of Britain's economic downfall, the complexities of relationships and the difficulties of growing up gay, an issue close to Andy's heart as one of the few openly gay pop stars of the time.
While Hideaway took its cues from Bronski Beat's seminal Smalltown Boy and unflinchingly detailed a boy's coming-out story and the agony of rejection by his loved ones, it was Erasure's increasingly camp live shows which marked them out as one of the foremost gay-friendly pop acts, at a time when it was not deemed acceptable to be so.
With being out a political statement in itself, Andy reinforced his message of self acceptance by holding court at Erasure's concerts as The Circus' flamboyant ringmaster, resplendent in a succession of outrageous stage costumes – often lycra bodysuits, sequined shorts and a pair of ruby slippers in homage to his idol Judy Garland, with covers of Somewhere Over The Rainbow and Abba's Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) as staples.
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Though seemingly at home camping it up onstage, Andy's performing persona had originally been an instinctive reaction to a technological glitch at an early concert which saw their programmed music and lights fail, requiring Andy to entertain the crowd until the problem was fixed. He did this by singing a cappella versions of songs by The Beatles and Alison Moyet (a tongue-in-cheek joke aimed at critics who said he sounded too much like Alison) until the show could proceed.
"It scared me so much, I thought that I really must create this alter-ego, which became part of all the dressing up," he said. "I was learning from drag queens I'd seen, how they dealt with the audience, to make this larger-than-life character. But I don't think that shyness ever leaves you, you're still the same person underneath. It's only in my Erasure job that I switch into that persona."
As word spread about Erasure's captivating live show and they established a reputation as one of pop's premier live draws, the group were amused when the TV producers who had initially asked them to tone down their more theatrical side were forced to rethink their stance as Erasure's star ascended.
"I remember having conversations with the TV plugger saying 'No, no please, you must wear jeans and a T-shirt in the Sometimes video to make it more accessible," Andy says. "But once they saw a clip on Top Of The Pops where I was wearing this black rubber leotard and a rubberised circus ringmaster's jacket, the single jumped up 40 places, just because of that outfit. After that, they'd say, 'Oh, can't you put a dress on?'"
Throughout 1987, The Circus LP was a mainstay in the album chart, rising every time a new single was released from it, producing a further three Top 20 hits in It Doesn't Have To Be, Victim Of Love and The Circus.
In July, with Victim Of Love riding high in the charts, they were invited to be the first act to perform on The Roxy, ITV's short-lived, Newcastle-based rival to Top Of The Pops.
As the year drew to a close, Erasure built on the reputation of The Circus and their reputation in clubs by releasing a remixed version of the album. Entitled The Two Ring Circus, it was packaged as two 12" singles and featured radical reworkings of the album's songs.
The CD and cassette versions were expanded further to celebrate Erasure's live show by including The Touring Circus – a seven-track live EP.
Having begun 1987 facing great uncertainty as to whether Erasure even had a future (Andy later said that people asked him if he would be "getting a proper job" after Wonderland's disappointing performance), the creation of The Circus and the journey it subsequently took them on proved to be a fundamental period which solidified the musical partnership of Vince and Andy, with the apprentice rising to the challenge and affirming himself as a more-than-capable counterpart to his mentor.
Vince Clarke, meanwhile, having migrated from band to band in search of his musical soulmate, appeared to have finally found exactly that in Andy Bell, marking the beginning of one of pop's most successful and enduring acts.
Three decades on from The Circus, Erasure remain the ringmasters of their unique brand of emotionally-charged electropop.
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"You are on one side/ And I am on the other/ Are we divided?/ Why can't we live together?" is the empowering message of It Doesn't Have To Be, a rallying call-to-arms against homophobia as well as a denouncement of racism, exemplified by the inclusion of a middle-eight sung in Swahili and a tribal instrumental that highlights the song's anti-apartheid sentiment. A hard-hitting, multilayered production from Flood underlined the aggression of the song's message. Released as the second single from The Circus, It Doesn't Have To Be peaked at No. 12 in the UK.
As socio-politics held a dominance in mid-Eighties pop, Erasure put a personal spin on the subject of homosexuality and the difficulties of coming out on Hideaway. Andy Bell drew on his own experience as a teenager in Peterborough and the terror he felt about revealing his sexuality and his need for acceptance from his parents, with heart-wrenching lyrics such as, "Oh my father/ Why don't you talk to me now?/ Oh my mother/ Do you still cry yourself to sleep?/ Are you still proud of your little boy?" before ultimately building up to an uplifting message of hope with "Don't be afraid/ Love will mend your broken wing/ Time will slip away/ Learn to be brave". The strongest non-single on the album, Hideaway remains one of Erasure's hidden gems.
Don't Dance
Carrying on the theme of independence and being unafraid to be yourself, Don't Dance combines a slick, sparse electro track with Andy Bell's confident affirmation, "You can step on out/ You can do without/ You don't have to be like every other," delivering a strong message of confidence. Coupled with "You don't have to go/ All you say is no/ There's no rhythm that you have to follow," continued the theme of empowerment and going against the norm in favour of individuality. When Andy and Vince compiled individual discs for their From Moscow To Mars: An Erasure Anthology boxset last year, Vince included Don't Dance in his selection as one of his favourite Erasure songs.
While the album is a combination of the political and private, If I Could falls into the latter category. A sombre ballad in which Andy Bell laments the breakup of a relationship, he implores what he can do to salvage it while berating his former lover. "I don't believe you know about the hearts you've broken/ I don't believe you show what your intentions really are/ Can you hear?/ What have you done?/ There's not enough for everyone/ Not enough for anyone," he sings.
With the panic surrounding HIV/AIDS dominating the headlines at the time, anything alluding to sex was taboo, with bans on TV and radio and a backlash in the tabloid press a serious threat to anyone seen to be promoting an unhealthy lifestyle. Releasing a track called Sexuality with a provocative lyric seemingly celebrating casual sex was a defiant move on Erasure's part. The stripped back, sleazy electro track, however, is one of the album's weakest moments.
Victim Of Love
With an acoustic guitar adding texture and warmth to the synthesised Erasure sound, Victim Of Love takes its cues from the classic Motown formula of creating a gloriously uplifting pop song which belies the subject matter – in this case, a feeling of great vulnerability and a reluctance to embark on a new relationship having been so damaged by a previous love affair. "I'm gonna lock up what I'm feeling inside" and "I'm building a wall/ Every day it's getting higher/ This time I won't end up another victim of love" perfectly encapsulate the feelings of post-breakup fragility and hesitation in moving on into a new relationship. The third single from the album, Victim Of Love reached No. 7 in the UK singles chart and topped the US Dance chart, their biggest transatlantic success to date.
Leave Me To Bleed
Who knew that beneath it all, The Circus was such a pain-filled breakup album? The by-now familiar territory of love gone wrong once again takes precedence in the sinister Leave Me To Bleed, with the visceral imagery of the title lending itself perfectly to the sinister-sounding synthpop. In the song Andy portrays a man so fatally wounded by the end of a relationship that he detaches himself from it as a coping mechanism, prefacing everything that went wrong with, "It wasn't me that saw/ heard you…" before repeating the refrain of "Leave me to bleed/ Your love can be fatal."
Perhaps the most politically charged song on the album, eloquently lamenting Britain's vanishing industrial landscape, The Circus laments the decline of the country's rich industrial heritage – particularly the mining industry. The dour mood of the song is accentuated by the marching rhythm of an accordion, over which a bleak outlook for Britain is despairingly portrayed in a poignant lyric. "Father worked in industry/ Now the work has moved on/ And the factory's gone/ See them sell your history/ Where once you were strong/ And you used to belong" and "There was once a future for a working man/ There was once a lifetime for a skilful hand… Yesterday" are completely at odds with the greed and 'loadsamoney' sentiment of 80s Britain. The song held resonance with a lot of people and scored the duo their third Top 10 single, reaching No. 6.
After three flop singles, Erasure discovered their winning formula with Sometimes – an upbeat, hook-laden dance track about the joy and pain which one endures for the sake of making love work. With an uplifting, impossibly catchy chorus, often risqué lyric ("Climb in bed beside me, we can lock the world outside/ Touch me, satisfy me, warm your body next to mine") and even a trumpet solo, Sometimes is euphoric synth-driven dance pop at its very best and it gave Erasure their well-deserved first major hit. The song reached No. 2 and has remained one of their signature numbers.
Spiralling
Closing the album in downcast style is Spiralling, a sublime, lilting ballad on which Andy mourns the loss of the love of his life. Repeating the refrain of "It's just a matter of time" mantra-like in search of comfort, the song descends into the dark accordion refrain of a fairground waltz in Safety In Numbers, in which Andy summons "the courage to die", underscoring the pain and heartbreak interwoven throughout the album.
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Bricks laid at Chelmsford's Goldlay Gardens as part of Essex County Council £42 million homes pledge
Building work has already begun on the homes on the site of the council's former library storage warehouse
Richard DugganActing News Editor
Newly released photos have revealed the progress of a £42 million project that aims to tackle Essex's housing shortage.
Building work has already begun on 32 new homes at Goldlay Gardens, in Chelmsford, situated on land that used to be home to the city's former library storage warehouse.
The abandoned warehouse, which was demolished in February, had made way for three blocks of one and two-bedroom apartments, all with balconies or terraces, roof-mounted solar panels and car parking around a courtyard garden.
It is the first site to be developed by Essex Housing, an in-house team working with public sector partners to identify surplus taxpayer-owned land for development.
A major milestone for the project was celebrated yesterday (July 27), as councillor Sue Lissimore, the cabinet member responsible for housing, cemented landmark bricks into place.
Speaking at the ceremony, councillor Lissimore said: "I'm delighted to lay these bricks at Goldlay Gardens because it represents a real landmark in our drive to build the homes which the people of Essex need and deserve.
"Speeding up housing growth is vital to driving economic growth, but more importantly to ensure Essex is a great place to live, work and grow up, and so future generations can get a foot on the property ladder."
Essex Housing has planning permission to build 156 properties countywide and has submitted applications for another 179 homes.
Feasibility studies are also underway at another 22 sites to see if they are suitable for housing.
Essex County Council has pledged to spend £42 million by 2020 on building more homes.
This commitment came ahead government's latest housing strategy which has put pressure on both councils and developers to build more homes to meet growing demand.
Goldlay Gardens will comprise of one and two-bedroom apartments.
Within the council's boundaries, 136,000 new properties are needed over the next 20 years, which totals 6,800 per year.
When the unitary authorities of Southend and Thurrock are included, that figure rises to 180,000 homes.
Rose Builders Ltd are the developers currently working on the Goldlay Gardens site, the first of several projects in the pipeline.
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Steven Rose, the firm's managing director, said: "We're delighted to be working with Essex County Council to redevelop this redundant library warehouse site to deliver some great homes for Essex people.
"We're a local contractor that has been working in the county for more than 100 years so not only is this project good for the housing market, but it's also fantastic for the Essex economy too."
Councillor Sue Lissimore led the ceremony.
There are also approved plans to build 60 Independent Living properties at a vacant site in Hillhouse, Waltham Abbey, which will include a new swimming pool, leisure centre and GP surgery.
Plans are also in place to build 60 homes at a former NHS site in Coppins Court, Tendring, which closed eight years ago.
Essex Housing also awaits decisions on planning applications for projects in Chelmsford, Rochford and Maldon.
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Councillor Lissimore said: "Public sector-owned buildings or land is ultimately owned by taxpayers.
"Therefore we must make the most of these sites when they become surplus to build the homes our county so desperately needs."


If you haven't already added social buttons to your website, now's a good time to do it. And looking into some of the best social share plugins is a great start!
Social media continues to show explosive growth, with 2.46 billion users in 2017. That figure is expected to reach 2.9 billion in 2020.
When it comes to boosting traffic to your website, nothing quite does the trick better than social media shares and likes. If you're using WordPress, there are themes that include a social sharing feature. But if that's not the case with your theme, you'll need to pick from some of the social share plugins. These plugins make it a great deal easier for readers to share your content.
You're truly spoiled for choice when it comes to picking from the best social share plugins for your WordPress website. These plugins not only add share buttons and follower counts, they also encourage and monitor social shares on your website. But before you get excited with the tons of features these plugins offer, you need to evaluate them against the specific requirements of your own website. You'll need to check if the plugin supports the social networks you want, as well as the placement locations. Sure, feature rich social share plugins are a fantastic option. But if all that your website needs is a few basic buttons, there are many simple, lightweight plugins too.
Sumo is actually a clutch of tools that goes all out to increase your site's traffic, shares or signups. The majority of the tools are free, including the Sumo Share.
Though you'll need to install the entire suite, you can activate only the modules that you need. The official WordPress plugin for Sumo makes setup easy, and configuration takes only a few minutes using drag and drop. The interface for choosing display positions can't get simpler.
Sumo gives you total control over the counts and display buttons across 65+ networks on a per-page basis. You can hide individual counts or display counts only over a certain number. The one feature that stands out in this plugin is the automatic reordering of the mobile friendly buttons by those that receive the most clicks.
To remove Sumo's own branding, you'll need to purchase the premium version. That one also sets you up with analytics, so you know how and when your content gets shared. You can have different share preferences for mobiles and desktops. While Sumo is a top of the shelf product, it's not a standalone plugin. It may be a fine option if you intend to combine it with the other tools in the suite to automate your site's growth.
Orbit Fox Companion is a free plugin that bundles a number of modules into one compact plugin. However, there's no bloat, as you can activate just the modules you need. The sharing and reporting modules are available to all WordPress users, with support for up to 20+ networks. The remaining modules (custom menu-icons and free stock featured images) extend the features of Zerif and Hestia themes. They add widgets and front page sections to your themes.
Setting up the plugin is easy. From your WordPress dashboard, you can toggle the sharing options and position of the buttons. You can choose different options for mobiles and desktops, and draw on custom menu icons or stock featured images.
The plugin is developer friendly, and you'll receive automatic updates on your dashboard. The advantage with this plugin is that it will load only if it's compatible with your existing themes and plugins. Orbit Fox Companion is an easy-to-use plugin that allows perfect control over the appearance and location of your social share buttons.
Another one on our list of the best social share plugins for WordPress, AddtoAny comes with a slew of features, including a universal share button. This button allows users to hover over and get the option to share across multiple platforms, including WordPress. It connects with a 100+ social sites and apps, and includes a WordPress plugin.
This plugin places simple floating social bars on either side, as well as at the top or bottom of your posts. Besides, users can take advantage of many aids such as email templates, Twitter templates, URL shortener, and more.
Without any signup, login or creation of account on your part, AddToAny can display social share count. You'll be able to change several settings with this plugin. You can adjust the sizes for social media icons, dictate the position, and decide whether or not to include social share counts and more.
Another plugin that ticks all the boxes is Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress (paid). It allows you to enable sharing on 45+ social networks and choose from 52 templates.
It's possible to go crazy with customization with this plugin. It offers 27+ automatic display positions and 30+ eye-catching animations. With a single license at $19, it's a fair bargain. It bundles a host of premium features including sharable quotes, metrics and analytics. Besides, there's A/B split testing, Facebook Comments, social profile links and more.
The plugin also includes functional buttons such as buttons to like, print and email. What makes this plugin a standout is the vast range of options that it offers, all without having to use code. Many features help you set up the plugin in a way that's optimal for your website. These include different plugin modes, automatic setup for mobiles, automated optimization options and the Undo Changes option.
Not everyone wants a fully featured plugin for social sharing. WP Social Sharing can commendably serve the needs of websites that like to go with a straightforward plugin, offering a few basic networks. It's lightweight, and uses CSS3 to create large, responsive social sharing buttons. If the device width is less than 480px, the buttons automatically convert into their respective icons. Further, the plugin integrates easily with any theme.
The WP Social Sharing allows you to display buttons on any post, page, custom post type and media. The social icons can be reordered anyway you like.
Which plugin is right for me?
While all the best social share plugins on this list make the cut, much depends on the specific requirements of your website.
Sumo Share offers significant functionality for a free plugin. Moreover, it orders icons by number of clicks. The flip side of Sumo Share is their branding on the free version – which goes away with the most basic pro licence priced at $29 per month. If you want all the features with great control Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress also gets the nod.
But if a wide range of seemingly unrelated features isn't your thing and all you need is basic social share buttons, you can nail it with WP Social Sharing or Orbit Fox Companion – particularly good if you need an efficient and straightforward plugin that's mobile friendly.
Ideally, social share plugins should form a part of your overall social media strategy. We'd love to hear from you about your experience with social sharing on your website.