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The State Hermitage hosts first-ever Max Ernst's solo show in Russia
11:53 25.06.2019 • Elena Rubinova
"Max Ernst. Paris Years" at the New Hermitage
The spectacular first-ever solo show of Max Ernst's paintings in Russia opened in the Twelve-Column Hall of the New Hermitage and will be running throughout the summer granting visitors the opportunity to admire works of Ernst from his so called "first French period". At the core of the exhibition are approximately 20 paintings and works on paper - collages, drawings, and prints - from the 1920s on, marking Ernst's passage from avant-garde experimentation to proto-Surrealism. This period was brief - a little over a decade - but played a decisive role in Ernst's artistic output. The early 1920s marked the transition from Dada to Surrealism not only for Ernst but European art as a whole. The show is meant to uncover this stage of Ernst's long and prolific career and to honour his seminal contribution to 20th century art and beyond.
Many exhibits come from a private collection that has its roots in that of the noted Paris dealer Aram Mouradian who organised Ernst's exhibitions in France and was closely connected with the artist throughout his career. After Mouradian's death the artworks stayed in the family and were not exhibited for a long time until José Maria Jimenez-Alfaro Mouradian, the grandson of Aram Mouradian, gave a new lease on life to the collection by opening it to the public. Some works have participated in various exhibitions before, but the whole collection is demonstrated in the Hermitage for the first time, so it is the Russian and international premiere. Other private collectors also contributed to the exhibition.
Mikhail Piotrovsky, the collectors and A. Chaladze at the opening
"This exhibition is a constellation of wonderful collections … We do not have works of Surrealists in the Russian museums, but it makes the exhibitions that we are opening today here, at the New Hermitage, and at the General Staff building even more valuable and important. It's also a clear example of our productive cooperation with private collectors and museum work with their collections…", – Mikhail Piotrovsky, the Director of the State Hermitage said at the opening ceremony.
The show is, indeed, the first monographic exhibition of the outstanding European artist in Russia, although in the 1990s graphic works from the Lufthansa collection were previously shown at the Hermitage and Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Later on, three other key paintings by Ernst from the North Rhine-Westphalia art collectionwere brought to Saint Petersburg, so Mikhail Piotrovsky had all reasons to say that the Hermitage had established the relationship with the multifaceted œuvre of Max Ernst. This time the relationship grew even stronger: the exhibition traces the many sources which inspired Ernst's enigmatic, often disturbing imagery, including Freudian psychology, Christian iconography, and appropriated imagery from popular sources. "Today we are happy to present the show of a wonderful artist, probably the most intelligent and deep Surrealist of them all, who was able to keep fresh and innovative Dadaist approach throughout his career […] One will see a number of small-size, sometimes intimate but very powerful works, in which the artist exploits his favourite motifs and themes such as birds, cages…", Mikhail Piotrovsky added, speaking at the opening.
Shell Flowers, 1928
As many other international projects of the museum, the exhibition was conceived at the initiative of Geraldine Norman, the Director of the Hermitage Foundation UK, and took about two years to develop and put up. Anastasia Chaladze, junior researcher in the State Hermitage Department of Contemporary Art and the exhibition curator shared her thoughts and considerations on what she and the Hermitage 20/21 team faced while working on the project:"It was very gratifying to work on such a project, but our super task was to show not only Max Ernst, the artist, but to emphasize his extravagant and creative personality who never stopped searching and experimenting. Many called him an alchemist and not without reason. We also wanted to recreate the magic of the epoch he belonged to and the atmosphere of the days when these paintings were conceived and born".The curator also added in our conversation that in the course of her work on the catalogue and show, she had to tap into psychoanalysis and even make some major personal discoveries. Which comes to no surprise at all: the artist was deeply engrossed in Freud's ideas in the years of his studies at the university and continued to work on the collage technique in Paris, incorporating collage principles into painting.
Hands on Birds, 1925.
Some critics and art historians tend to believe that it was Max Ernst who came to Paris in 1922 and told his colleagues and friends, the future Surrealists, about Freud and psychoanalysis. In many ways it had a profound impact on the development of Surrealism as a style, and Ernst was called not only an alchemist, but a grey cardinal of Surrealism. The concept of automatism as a method of art-making was seen by the future Surrealists through the prism of Freud's theory of the unconscious. Max Ernst could justly be described as the greatest investigator of human consciousness, who created fantasy worlds that seem almost real.
The Desert Flower (The Desert Rose), 1925.
The show emphasizes the period of Ernst's great innovations in collage and related techniques. He invented frottage and later grattage, adapting frottage to works on canvas. The artist continued his experiments with the painting technique throughout his long career, and it was his inventiveness that played a key role in Surrealist painting. Many of Ernst's works evoke the phrase that inspired Surrealists to believe that things are "as beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table." A genius of collage, Ernst was persistently searching for the method of automatic painting when images emerge from a combination of occasional lines and colours. He created fantastic images that tap into our inner world and childhood memories that feed the subconscious. His imagery during this period — animated landscapes, anthropomorphized animals and plants, and humans with animal features—became increasingly intriguing and dreamlike.
Fishbone forest, 1927.
Ernst reproduced many of his experiments in graphic works and paintings, treating Surrealist painting as "a hand-made collage". Book illustration and graphic art were no less important to him than painting and he worked in this genre till the very late years.
"The Alchemy of the Image: Max Ernst's Books from the Collection of Mark Bashmakov", conceived as a parallel to the show in the New Hermitage, opened on 14 June in the General Staff building. The display is no less exquisite and elegant than the main painting show. The exhibition presents around 30 publications, including early collage illustrations for the poems of Paul Éluard, "novels in collage", sheets from the famous Natural History series of 1926, engravings and lithographs on texts by Antonin Artaud, Lewis Carroll and other authors.
Illustrations by M. Ernst on display at the General Staff building
A prominent art collector, mathematician and Academic of the Russian Academy of Education Mark Bashmakov is a permanent partner of the museum who has been collecting livre d'artiste for decades (Bashmakov's collection, one of the largest in Russia, numbers a way over 1 000 books and includes works by all the leading 20th-century artists). For him it is the eleventh exhibition of books in the Hermitage. When asked what aspect of Ernst attracted him most, he explained, "He is a brilliant inventor. That manifests itself particularly in the new means of artistically creating the image – in the books. The book was one of the main platforms where his ideas were realised. He is not simply an exponent of Surrealism: he is the one that created the tendency".
Both shows are not only an attempt to show a multifaceted talent of one of the most prominent artists of the 20th century, but a logical continuation of the exhibition programme of Surrealist Year announced by the Hermitage. It started in March with Roberto Matta's show followed by Andre Masson and now Max Ernst. Opening the exhibition, Mikhail Piotrovsky said, "Our Surrealist Year in the Hermitage is painting and a series of books. It is a unique form of our museum activity when the museum and a collector combine state and private partnership and develop a programme for such a rare thing as the livre d'artiste. We are proud of the fact that unique book collections are being used with us on a European scale."
Pages from Dent Prompte by Rene Char, 1969.
An illustrated catalogue "Max Ernst: The Paris Years" accompanies the show. Designed more like an art book, it contains insightful contributions from the leading international experts in English and Russian. The exhibition is open from 15 June to 18 August 2019.
Images: courtesy of the State Hermitage Press Department and by Elena Rubinova
Keywords: art , exhibition , museum , painting
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Ryder Cup 1957 var den 12:e upplagan av matchspelstävlingen i golf som spelades mellan USA och Storbritannien. 1957 års match spelades den 4–5 oktober på Lindrick Golf Club i Yorkshire, England. USA var titelförsvarare efter att år 1955 ha vunnit på Thunderbird Country Club i USA, men det blev Storbritannien som tog sin första seger sedan 1933 (och för övrigt också den sista någonsin – när nästa seger kom 1985, hade resten av Europa förstärkt det brittiska laget). Amerikanen Tommy Bolt hävdade att förlusten delvis berott på den osportsliga publiken.

Storbritannien låg "som vanligt" under med 1-3 efter första dagens matcher, men den andra dagens spel, som Storbritannien vann med , har beskrivits som den bästa insatsen någonsin av ett brittiskt lag, innan det blev förstärkt av Europa.

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Tävlingen bestod av 12 matcher, fördelade på två dagar (fredag - lördag) och spelades enligt följande:
Dag 1 Fyra foursome-matcher
Dag 2 Åtta singel-matcher
Samtliga matcher spelades över 36 hål. En vunnen match ger 1 poäng, medan en oavgjord match ger ½ poäng. Laget som först når 6½ poäng har vunnit. Vid oavgjort 6-6 skulle de regerande mästarna (USA) ha behållit trofén.

Lagen

Resultat

Dag 1

Efter första sessionen:

Dag 2

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Källor
 1957 Ryder Cup
 Ryder Cup History: 1957

Externa länkar
 Ryder Cup officiell hemsida

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1957 i Storbritannien
1957
Sportåret 1957

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Ill Will
By: Dan Chaon
My Rating: 4 Stars Two sensational unsolved crimes—one in the past, another in the present—are linked by one man's memory and self-deception in this chilling novel of literary suspense from National Book Award finalist Dan Chaon. "We are always telling a story to ourselves, about ourselves," Dustin Tillman likes to say. It's one of the little mantras he shares with his patients, and it's meant to be reassuring. But what if that story is a lie?
A psychologist in suburban Cleveland, Dustin is drifting through his forties when he hears the news: His adopted brother, Rusty, is being released from prison. Thirty years ago, Rusty received a life sentence for the massacre of Dustin's parents, aunt, and uncle. The trial came to symbolize the 1980s hysteria over Satanic cults; despite the lack of physical evidence, the jury believed the outlandish accusations Dustin and his cousin made against Rusty. Now, after DNA analysis has overturned the conviction, Dustin braces for a reckoning.
Meanwhile, one of Dustin's patients gets him deeply engaged in a string of drowning deaths involving drunk college boys. At first Dustin dismisses talk of a serial killer as paranoid thinking, but as he gets wrapped up in their amateur investigation, Dustin starts to believe that there's more to the deaths than coincidence. Soon he becomes obsessed, crossing all professional boundaries—and putting his own family in harm's way.
From one of today's most renowned practitioners of literary suspense, Ill Will is an intimate thriller about the failures of memory and the perils of self-deception. In Dan Chaon's nimble, chilling prose, the past looms over the present, turning each into a haunted place.
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Psychologically complex Dan Chaon's ILL WILL is a dark, haunting, and twisty suspense thriller full of madness, tragedy, murder, grief, and despair. Cancer, drugs, addictions, and satanic evil. "We meet our destiny on the road we take to avoid it." —Jean De La Fontaine. Dustin Tillman is a suburban Cleveland psychiatrist. Father of two teenage boys, Aaron and Dennis. His wife, Jill dying of cancer, and one of his patients is now recruiting him to help investigate the drownings of young men that seem to match a pattern. He is struggling with his own past. He is the survivor. In 1983, when he was thirteen years old, his mother, father, aunt, and uncle were murdered. Dustin accused his adopted older brother, Rusty (attracted to Satanism) of the crime. Rusty was incarcerated. What really happened with the violent murder during a summer holiday in 1983? Two unsolved crimes. Past and Present. "In the end it is the mystery that lasts and not the explanation."—Sacheverell Sitwell, For Want of the Golden City. Now he has been exonerated and released. Thirty some years after Dustin's testimony put him away for murdering their parents, aunt, and uncle. Now DNA evidence clears him of the crime. From dark family secrets and deceit, this is one creepy grisly disturbing book. Unnerving, moody and atmospheric. Emotionally wrenching and complex. Plot-driven, the author uses impressive skill and control, as he crosses multiple narratives with different perspectives— for a mind-bending saga which will leave your head spinning. An exploration of memories, delusion, and self-deception. ". . . Every memory he thinks of now is discolored and ugly. The past suddenly has vanished from underneath him, distorted, memories turned into something he doesn't recognize, something malevolent." The author keeps the evil, despair, terror and suspense high. Exploring humanity's darker side. If you are looking for a relaxing read, move on. However, you if like crossing over to the darker side, and enjoy well-written complex literary/pulp fiction thrillers, you may enjoy this scary intense ride. A special thank you to Random House, LibraryThing Early Reviewers, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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"Dan Chaon's new novel is subtly, steadily unnerving—like a scalpel slipping under your skin and prying it, ever so slowly, from the muscle beneath. Ill Will is a dark Möbius strip of a thriller that will leave you questioning what's perceived and what's imagined, and whether the reverberations of tragedy ever truly come to an end."—Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You "Ill Will not only confirms Chaon as among our country's finest writers but makes clear that he is one of our bravest and most inventive. He embraces risks that would have most novelists turning pale and making the sign of the cross. It's stunning. Read it right now."—Peter Straub, author of The Throat "Dan Chaon's darkly stunning Ill Will ensnares you from its very first pages. It's both a bone-chilling literary thriller and a complicated tale of family secrets and the strange and dangerous paths grief and guilt can take us on—and it is not to be missed."—Megan Abbott, author of You Will Know Me "'I believe in bad places,' one narrator of Ill Will confesses, and he's right. Dan Chaon's damaged characters stalk the elusive truth and what may be a serial killer through a nightmarish Cleveland populated by drug addicts and sexual predators. Intimate and unsparing, this is one of the creepiest books I've ever read."—Stewart O'Nan, author of Songs for the Missing "Ill Will is a literary masterwork, and that rare, true psychological thriller that comes along once in a decade. This novel may be the most honest exploration of deceit ever written."—Alissa Nutting, author of Tampa "This novel is brilliant, beautiful, and terrifying. Dan Chaon has written a tender, masterful family story and injected it with a cardiac arrest of a plot. Ill Will keeps you up late into the night, swelling your heart and turning your blood to ice."—Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Euphoria
"Exceptional and emotionally wrenching . . . With impressive skill, across multiple narratives that twine, fracture, and reset, Chaon expertly realizes his singular vision of American dread."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A dark genre-bending thriller . . . Chaon has mastered multiple psychologically complex and often fearsome characters. A shadowy narrative that's carried well by the author's command and insight."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Dan Chaon is the acclaimed author of Among the Missing, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and You Remind Me of Me, which was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications. Chaon's fiction has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction, and he was the recipient of the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Chaon lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and teaches at Oberlin College, where he is the Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing. Read More

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Home / KYW Newsradio / News / Local / Philly City Council approves bill to get guns out of dangerous hands, another to give renters lawyer in eviction court
Philly City Council approves bill to get guns out of dangerous hands, another to give renters lawyer in eviction court
November 14, 2019 11/14/2019 9:40 pm
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police would be able to seize a gun from someone that has been judged an imminent threat under a bill that passed City Council Thursday. It was one of two major bills passed as Council works to wrap up legislation by the end of its current term.
Councilmember Curtis Jones sponsored the "red flag" bill that creates a judicial process to temporarily remove guns from people identified as an imminent threat because they've made a credible threat to harm themselves or others with the weapon.
"It could be in a school setting, where I got bullied and I say 'I'm coming back to shoot you and I'm going to take the rest of the class.' Well, we should believe them, that they've declared a threat and we should remove those firearms temporarily until they can have a hearing," he said.
Jones says he believes it would stand up to a legal challenge.
"We have gotten reassurance from the Law Department that we do have legs to stand on so we're going to go with that and if we save one or 100 people with this law in the meantime so be it," he added.
Council also approved a bill granting a right to free legal counsel, subsidized by the city, for tenants in eviction proceedings to put them on equal footing with landlords who almost always have lawyers. It formalizes a pilot project Council approved two years ago, which sponsor Helen Gym says has been a success.
"You've kept a roof over a woman's head, you've kept children more stable in school and you've helped landlords get paid," she said.
Tenants rights advocates turned out in force to see the passage of Gym's bill.
"We have expanded this idea of civil rights, we have expanded our concept of what's just and right," she said.
Council also got a couple dozen new bills to consider, including eight rezoning bills from soon-to-depart Councilmember Jannie Blackwell.
The current council has just three more sessions.
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Mother Nature did her very best to keep faculty, staff, and families from reaching Cincinnati. There was rain; there was ice; there was snow and wind; then there was ice again. Flights were delayed and canceled and rescheduled. Roads and runways were treacherous. When all was said and done, though, as registration opened at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, over 200 attendees, all of our sponsors and exhibitors, and every one of the CWD faculty and staff had made it to the Cincinnati Marriott North for CWD's Focus on Technology conference, December 7-8, 2013.
Many of the families and adults with type 1 were 'first-timers' to CWD conferences — and it was great to meet the new folks as well as re-connect with old friends during breakfast on Saturday morning. A big thank you to Julia and Ed Mattingly, Harold Sanco, Scott Kyllo, Jane Hunsche, and Kim Kaar for the very smooth registration process. Although it was quite early in the morning, everyone had name badges and a hot breakfast by the time the keynote began.
Endocrinology Fellow Jeremy Pettus opened the conference with a very poignant keynote: "Type 1 Technology: My Life with Type 1 Diabetes." Jeremy, diagnosed as an adult with type 1, was the perfect speaker to open a conference devoted to diabetes technology. He shared his personal experiences, including a very funny video about hypoglycemia and the importance of continuous glucose sensing technology.
Saturday was filled with excellent and varied presentations. Psychologist Korey Hood's "Hope in a Diabetes World" and the following session with Psychologist Jill Weissberg-Benchell, "Dealing with Diabetes Burnout," were engaging and emotional. Dr. Weissberg-Benchell noted after the sessions that "It is so important for people to be able to voice their pain and frustration with managing diabetes." Both presenters noted that the Cincinnati participants were a wonderfully interactive group and that there were a lot of very positive comments shared as well.
Gary Scheiner presented two sessions at this conference, "Advanced Pumping Concepts" and "Making Sense of Sensor Data." Gary is known for his straightforward and understandable way of explaining the most difficult of concepts, and these two sessions were good examples of that. Roughly half of the audience indicated that they had some familiarity with continuous glucose monitoring, while the others were there to begin learning about CGM. Within the scope of both of these sessions, Gary stressed that the critical information in day to day management of diabetes involves blood glucose trends vs individual numbers. Representatives from Tandem Diabetes, Dexcom, and Animas were on hand as well to answer questions about insulin pumps and CGM.
Following afternoon break, Dr. Henry Anhalt and Dr. Weissberg-Benchell led a presentation and discussion about "Puberty and Adolescence: Mind and Body." This session explored the physical and psychological changes that happen during adolescence, some of which can be very challenging when managing type 1 diabetes. It was a candid discussion interspersed with some humorous moments. Jeremy Pettus rounded out the afternoon's sessions with a discussion group for adults with type 1. Lots of spontaneous and interesting sharing in both sessions!
Many thanks to Natalie Bellini, Marissa Town, and Jill Weissberg-Benchell for leading an 'after hours' discussion group for parents of teens. The room was filled with both parents of teens and parents of soon-to-be-teens who wanted an inkling of what to expect in the teen years. Jill, Marissa, and Natalie have a real talent of making some of the most challenging topics much easier to talk about.
Sunday morning, bright and early, the group gathered for breakfast and Ed Damiano's closing keynote, "Making Diabetes Management Disappear: A Bionic Pancreas for One and All." Dr. Damiano, the dad of a son with type 1, briefly shared a timeline of his research over the past decade, including a review of the most accurate CGM and insulin pump technology on the market as the studies progressed. He spoke about development of the algorithms used with the bionic pancreas, developed by Firas El-Khatib, and the last year's worth of research which brought his team to the Beacon Hill and Summer Camp studies this past summer and fall. He shared his team's plans for the next 44 months, which — if all goes well — will result in a bionic pancreas being available by the time his son leaves for college. The goal, according to Dr. Damiano, is that "people with type 1 diabetes won't have to think about their diabetes management. It will just happen." Following a standing ovation from the audience, Dr. Damiano continued to answer questions for over an hour.
CWD kids always have their own special programming at our conferences ... and this weekend was no exception! The children grouped with others of the same age: Elementary for the 5-9 year olds, Tweens for the 10-12 year olds, and Teens for the 13-17 year olds.
Under the leadership and guidance of leaders Lauren Lanning, Michelle Rago, Sunshine Abel, Kara Hunsche, and Tim Hitchcock, the elementary kids had a fabulous day, including activities such as a Scavenger Hunt, Fitness Time with Harold, crafts and 'serious' discussion time! It was a fun group with lots of great energy! Hannah Mattingly and Mary Babin watched over the very youngest conference attendee, with lots of help from staff who wanted a chance to hold the newest CWD family member!
The tween program, led by Adam Town, Kelsey Martin, Justin Abel, Grace Grande-Cassell, was equally fun. The tweens had exercise time with Harold, Type 1 and Sibs chat time, and some fun and creative sessions around food and carb-counting.
The teen program, led by Natalie Bellini, Jim Vail, Marissa Town, and Sam Billetdeaux was a great mix of discussion and presentation! The teens explored new technology with Jeff Hitchcock and Jim Vail, and had very engaged conversation time — Boy Talk and Girl Talk. The teens also had a lot of fun with "Carb Counting in the Real World" — an eye-opener of a session!
Special thanks to the Siblings staff, including Carolyn Billetdeaux and Sierra Abel. This is a growing component of CWD conferences, and their continued work on this program for all age groups is so very important.
CWD dietitian Mike Schurig once again spent months pulling together some great, healthy menus (and portion sizes and carb counts) for all of our meals. He created a delicious gluten free buffet at each meal for those who needed them. It always amazes the hotel management and dietary staff that we spend so much time and effort on this particular facet of our conferences ... but it is probably the most important thing that makes families feel safe about spending the weekend at a CWD event. Kudos to Mike for another job well done. Additional thanks to Scott Kyllo for managing the IT/AV side of the conference ... it made the entire weekend flow ever so smoothly!
CWD would not be able to hold conferences at all if not for the continued and consistent generosity of our sponsors. Many thanks once again to our sponsors including JDRF, OneTouch®, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi Diabetes, Animas Corporation, and Dexcom, and additional thanks to the folks at Perrigo and GlucoLift for supplying all of the glucose products to head off low blood sugars. The generosity of these companies in supporting CWD events and families, as well as their passion for helping our kids and everyone with diabetes to lead a full and healthy life, is extraordinary.
In addition, many thanks to the exhibitors who braved the ice and snow on Saturday to share their products and information with the Focus on Technology attendees. These exhibitors included the University of Cincinnati/TrialNet, MyBlueLoop, Tandem Diabetes, AdvaMed, and GlucoLift.


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History of Medicine in Southeast Asia
HOMSEA 7, Vientiane, Laos
Report on History of Medicine Southeast Asia (HOMSEA) 7th Conference
Appeared in the newsletter of the American Association of the History of Medicine, Issue 116 (Feb 2018), 18-19.
Access to medicine, as an expert on women's health in Laos noted, remains one of the most challenging roadblocks in the Lao People's Democratic Republic's pursuit of its 2025 Sustainable Development Goals. And history, lamented a Lao college student, is one of the most interesting subjects, but with a scarcity of academic interest in her country. Regrettably, the history of medicine in Southeast Asia can seem almost as understudied in the region as it is neglected in the Euro-American academy.
It was an encouraging sign, then, to see Lao scholars beginning to write their own history of medicine at the seventh meeting of the History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA) conference, which took place in Vientiane over three days this January, in "Visit Laos" year, according to official sources. Organized by Laurence Monnais and others, HOMSEA offered an impressive diversity of subjects and approaches: historians and anthropologists from Indonesia, the Philippines, and elsewhere explored the development of "leper" colonies and pandemic responses; officials and medical practitioners from Lao PDR connected historical issues to contemporary concerns about hospital care; and scholars from British, American, and Australian universities brought their own perspectives and concerns.
Africanists and medical anthropologists joined the fray, generating wonderful moments of transdisciplinarity in action: Nancy Rose Hunt explored the possibility of anthropologically studying disease through the colonial archive with an emphasis on the "vernacular," while Celia Lowe's ethnography of the H5N1 pandemic brought a critical eye to an Indonesian Minister of Health's comments on viral sovereignty. Céline Corderey and Elizabeth Elliott drew on fieldwork in Southeast Asia to look at different cosmologies of health and religion in Myanmar and rural Laos, respectively.
The significance of animals for medicine (veterinary and otherwise) was on clear display: Arleigh Ross Dela Cruz explored the unique challenges of veterinary vaccinations campaigns in the presence of the lovable Philippines Carabao, while C. Michele Thompson showed the challenges of vaccination in the absence of cows.
Many papers also dealt with one of the seeming constants of history in Southeast Asia: immigration and movement. Por Heong Hong argued that so-called "decrepit houses" in Colonial Malaya were often ways of controlling aged immigrant workers, while Ravando Lie explored the paradoxical ways that Chinese minority populations in Java used independent hospitals to build a space for themselves inside an often hostile society.
The cross-pollination of topic, style, and focus, as well as a warm and collegial environment that encouraged early career scholars to connect with more established professors, generated a great deal of provocative discussion among the nearly seventy conference participants. Brad Bolman's exploration of "salvage biochemistry" in Metformin's mixed Filipino-Moroccan origins was taken up in a discussion of colonial medical travel boxes by Nandina Bhattacharya to think critically about "salvage biomedicine" on the Indian subcontinent.
We hope that eagerly anticipated future meetings—the next likely in 2020, though an interim HOMSEA meeting will be held together with the Asian Society of the History of Medicine (ASHM), in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 27-29, 2018—will fill some of the gaps at HOMSEA 7. Although Jialin Christina Wu's paper on "koro," the shrinking-penis syndrome which struck Singapore in epidemic form in 1967 before televised pork-eating by medical professionals calmed the public, and Robert Aldrich's analysis of the "madness" of Vietnamese emperor Thanh Thai offered tantalizing glimpses, much work remains to be done on mental health issues in Southeast Asia. Missing, too, were detailed analyses of the history of surgery and hospital care throughout the region, although Jenna Grant's ethnographic report from Cambodia on the development of friendship hospitals and orphan machines revealed a sense of the riches.
The participation of more scholars from less affluent parts of Southeast Asia in writing the region's history of medicine is profoundly encouraging. We believe the emergence of Southeast Asia in the history of medicine (and in the history of science as well) will continue to be intellectually vibrant, as new scholars with unique perspectives and methods study this fascinating area and the multitude of historical dilemmas it has faced and remains to overcome in the coming years.
Brad Bolman (Harvard University)
Por Heong Hong (University of Malaya)
Attendees Vientiane meeting. Photo: Syefri Lewis.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 42-year-old Kansas City man now faces a charge of 2nd degree murder for the death of a 5-month-old baby.
Keith Nelson, 42, had already been charged with Assault 1st Degree and Endangering the Welfare of Child in the death of five-month-old Za'Vion Dunmore. Those charges were also upgraded to 1st Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Abuse of a Child.
In March, the baby was taken to the hospital and a CAT scan revealed injuries consistent with head trauma.
Prosecutors say that Nelson told Kansas City Police different stories about what happened while he was caring for the baby. Nelson said the baby slipped from his grasp and struck its head on a vanity.
According to court records, Nelson was previously convicted in Jackson County of endangering the welfare of a child in 2002, and was sentenced to four years in prison.


My family spend a lot of time at the cabin at Savalen, and I've shot some of my most memorable images there. The area is a true Winter Wonderland, however with spring approaching I want to focus on another perk of the area. It also offers great year around opportunities for easy hikes, relaxation and amazing moments in nature. In this post I give you the complete guide for exploring Savalen on your own.
Lake Savalen is beautifully situated in Fjellregionen ("The Mountain Region") in Hedmark county. The area surrounding the lake is an important recreational area for both locals and tourists enjoying what nature has to offer. The winters here are cold and snowfall is reliable, while summers tend to be a bit less summery. Nonetheless summer days can be amazing at Savalen, and when the temperatures are right there's no place like the white sandy beach by the lake.
I've enjoyed many photo shoots in the area around Lake Savalen as it has a lot to offer. You'll be able to shoot everything from macro of beautiful small flowers only to be found in the mountains to wide landscape panoramas.
If you're staying anywhere close to Savalen fjellhotell, I recommend taking a short walk to the dirtroad "bridge" crossing the lake only a few hundred meters from the hotel. Sunrise offers great light here, with possibilities of magic mist over the lake. Bring your long lense to shoot some intimate landscapes, or go wide and try to capture everything.
A short hike up to Savalkletten will give you more of a birds view of the lake. A nice location for sunset on the day you arrive.
Being a recreational area where people are doing different outdoorsy activities, there are loads of opportunities for different lifestyle shots. If you're into horses you could go to Savalbetet and photograph Icelandic horses in a beautiful environment. Savalbetet also offers opportunities for shooting some picturesque traditional buildings.
A favorite of mine is to explore the many smaller lakes and becks that surround Lake Savalen. I have gotten great sunset images at both Lake Fjelltjønna and Mosjøvatn. Since the area is a paradise of easy hikes, I'd encourage photographers to explore and find their own take on it. Just make sure to bring a map and compass, and check the ephemeris before you go out!
Savalkletten is an easy and short hike from the hotel. You'll spend about 45 minutes to reach the top and from there you can enjoy a magnificent view of the lake. Enjoy lunch on the top and you'll be able to choose to either hike the same way back down or continue further into the mountains.
Bangardsvola is another favorite of mine. If you park your car at Nordatilvangen it's an easy 30-40 minutes hike to the top along marked trails. The hotel also is a possible starting point for this hike, making the hike a bit longer as you'll have to walk along the dirt road as well. Follow the hotels description, use a map and a compass and you should be good. It's worth to mention that the trail is a bit steep here and there, so walk carefully and pay attention to the kids. If you're up for a bit longer hike, continue to Håmmårhøa. My wife always starts to hum The Lord Of The Rings soundtrack when we're on the hike from Bangardsvorda to Håmmårhøa.
Gråvola is also a nice hike from the hotel. I'd say you'll spend a couple of hours one way walking at normal pace. The trail is not well marked, but easy to see in the terrain. From the top you'll have a great view of the lake and also all the way to Sølnkletten if it's clear.
These are just a few of the hikes to explore in the area, so make sure to schedule enough hiking days when you visit.
Savalen is a family friendly area, and Savalen Fjellhotell continues to develop new activities that are perfect for kids at all ages.
Santas house is open all year around, the hotel has a swimming pool, during winter the slopes are kid friendly and during summer going for a swim in Lake Savalen is amazing.
Since there are so many easy hikes around (way easier than the ones mentioned above as well), this is the perfect area to fuel your little hikers with a feeling of mastering hiking. Seeing them reach a goal, exploring nature, catching a fish or spotting an eagle for the first time is amazing.
If you just need to charge your batteries, Savalen also is a great place to do so. Stay at the hotel, eat great food, relax in the pool and spa and take some relaxing walks.
Savalen Fjellhotell offers both hotel rooms and apartments for hire. You can also rent a cabin or stay at the camping. If you travel by car, bring your tent. Or just bring a sleeping bag and spend the night under the stars during summer.
Train to Tynset and bus to Savalen is a possibility. But let's be honest, the easiest way is to drive there. From Tynset it's about 25 minutes drive to Savalen Fjellhotell.
Lake Savalen is a mountain lake, and the weather in the mountains can change quickly. You'll need proper clothes even in summer. A jacket that is both wind- and waterproof is necessary. Also a fleece or woolen jumper to keep you warm. Hiking boots needs to have a good sole and to support your ankles.
Bring a water bottle and fill it up with tap water before you leave. Do not drink lake water or water from streams or becks as it may be polluted from grazing animals.
Photography wise I'd say that landscapes are inevitably going to be shot. So a tripod and a polarization filter is nice to bring. Also make sure your backpack has room for other stuff than just photography gear. Personally I use the MindShift Gear Horizon 180, and I love it. Has room for all my gear as well as some clothes and food for the hike. I also know that other manufacturers have camera backpacks that are meant for hiking, so there should be a backpack for every photographers preference.
I hope you enjoyed this post, and that it inspired you to pay Savalen a visit. Make sure you subscribe to my newsletter so you don't miss out out posts to come. Also follow me on Instagram and Twitter to see images from my many local explorations. I wish you the very best of days!


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Q: Symfony 2 FOSUserBundle with different db connection than other bundles I want to build a site where users can log in register and that stuff. For the User management i use FOSUserbundle. Now i want to use a different db connection for FOSUserBundle than for the other bundles. My config.yml file looks like:
doctrine:
    dbal:
        default_connection:   default
        connections:
            default:
                driver:   "%database1_driver%"
                host:     "%database1_host%"
                port:     "%database1_port%"
                dbname:   "§database1_name%"
                user:     "%database1_user%"
                password: "%database1_password%"
                charset:  UTF8

            user:
                driver:   "%database2_driver%"
                host:     "%database2_host%"
                port:     "%database2_port%"
                dbname:   "%database2_name%"
                user:     "%database2_user%"
                password: "%database2_password%"
                charset:  UTF8

orm:
    default_entity_manager:   default
    entity_managers:
        default:
            connection:       default
            mappings:
                MyProjectMainBundle: ~
        user:
            connection:       user
            mappings:
                MyProjectUserBundle: ~

When i try to load the page i get the error MappingException: The class 'MyProject\UserBundle\Entity\User' was not found in the chain configured namespaces MyProject\MainBundle\Entity, FOS\UserBundle\Model.
I followed the documentation for FOSUserBundle exactly and it is working if i use
auto_generate_proxy_classes: %kernel.debug%
auto_mapping: true

in config.yml.
The only thing with this is, it only generates the table like defined in the new entity from the documentation. Only an id field is generated, and not the whole fos_user table like it should.
I know some similar questions have been asked before, but I tried using all the solutions from there and it didn't work. So how can I fix this? Is it even possible? I really need to use seperate databases because my project will use a lot of tables and i don't want it to get too messy.

A:     user:
        connection:       user
        mappings:
            FOSUserBundle: ~
            MyProjectUserBundle: ~

Need to add the FOSUserBundle to your mappings to get rid of the entity error
And make sure you have the model_manager_name set in config.ym;
fos_user:
    db_driver:     orm
    firewall_name: main
    user_class:    Cerad\Bundle\AccountBundle\Entity\AccountUser
    model_manager_name: user

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Google's New "YouTube TV" Is a Gift to Donald Trump
As if it wasn't bad enough that so many high-ranking Google search results were hijacked by criminals monetizing false news stories toward getting Donald Trump elected, it appears that (for the moment at least), Google's new "YouTube TV" offering is a gift package for serial lying sociopath Donald Trump and his vile supporters.
YouTube Live is Google's newly announced attempt to push cable "cord cutting" — that is, encouraging people to drop their conventional cable or satellite TV subscriptions, and switch to viewing Internet-delivered streams.
The YouTube Live offering seems fairly conventional at first glance and Google has tossed in useful stuff like multiple users and free time-shifting/DVR capabilities.
But a glaring omission from their channel lineup makes YouTube Live a massive prize package for Donald Trump and his fascist agenda — FOX "News" is included in the lineup, but CNN is nowhere to be found. Go ahead, try and find it. I sure can't.
It appears that Google is hoping that viewers will accept MSNBC as a substitute for CNN — but that's ridiculous in the extreme. Not including CNN is giving FOX "News" an enormous boost, and those right-wing News Corp. bastards have already done enough damage to this country without Google giving FOX and Trump this additional big wet kiss squarely on their rotting lips.
No doubt Google will say that they couldn't reach a licensing agreement with CNN/Time Warner and golly gee we hope to add them onto the lineup soon.
To hell with that. How long will it be before FOX and Trump are ranting claims that Google chose FOX "News" because Google doesn't trust CNN? Launching this service including FOX "News" but not including CNN is the height of irresponsibility, especially in today's political environment.
Shame on you Google. Shame on you.
Author LaurenPosted on 28 Feb 2017 28 Feb 2017 Leave a comment on Google's New "YouTube TV" Is a Gift to Donald Trump
Meet the Guys: The Jerks of Computer Science
UPDATE (August 9, 2017): Here's My Own Damned "Google Manifesto"
UPDATE (August 7, 2017): Audio from My Radio Discussion About the Leaked Google "Diversity" Manifesto Controversy
Originally posted July 16, 2013.
A perennial question in Computer Science has nothing directly to do with code or algorithms, and everything to do with people. To wit: Why don't more women choose CS as a career path?
As a guy who has spent his entire professional career in CS and related policy arenas, this skewing has been obvious to me pretty much since day one.
It's not restricted to educational institutions and the workplace, it's also on display at trade shows, technical conferences, and even on social networking sites of all stripes.
And despite the efforts of major firms to draw more women into this field with some relatively limited successes, the overall problem still persists.
All sorts of theories have been postulated for why women tend to avoid CS and the related computer technology fields, ranging from "different nurturing patterns" to inept school guidance counselors.
But I suspect there's an even more basic reason, that women tend to detect quickly and decisively.
The men of computer science and the computer industry are misogynous jerks.
Not all of them of course. Likely not even the majority.
But enough to thoroughly poison the well.
This goes far beyond guys crudely hitting on women at conferences, or the continuing presence of humiliating "booth babes" at trade shows.
The depth to which this pervades has been especially on painful display on the Web over the last couple of days, relating to a very important operating system technical discussion list.
Since I don't want this to be about individuals, we'll call the person at the focus of this list by the label "Q" — after the supercilious, intelligent, arrogant, omnipotent character from the "Star Trek" universe. Not evil per se — in fact capable of great constructive work — but most folks who come in contact with him are unwilling to risk the wrath of such a powerful entity. Indeed, an interesting character this Q.
Back here in what we assume is the real world, the current controversy was triggered when a female member of that technical discussion list publicly criticized "Q" and what we'll politely call his "boorish" statements on the list — causing at least one observer to note that it was the first time they'd seen anyone stand up to Q that way in 20 years. This woman — by the way — is the formal representative to the list in question from an extremely important and major firm whose technology is at the heart of most personal computers in use today.
The particular examples she cited were by no means the most illustrative available — aficionados of the list in question realize she was showing admirable diplomatic tact.
But while reactions to her statements in the associated list thread itself can certainly be described as interesting, many of the reactions that have appeared externally in social media can only be described as vomit inducing.
I can't even repeat many of them here, but just a sampling I've seen and/or directly received:
– "Nobody told her she had to work with Linux, get off the list!"
– "What is she, a slave? She doesn't have to be there!"
– "Q is a god! He's done so much good he can say or do anything else he wants, he can walk across your burned corpses!"
– "People should be able to say anything they want any way they want. If you can't take it, go somewhere else."
– "Bring her over to my house and I'll show her what bad behavior is really about!"
– "Somebody is always going to be offended by everything, so there's no point to even trying to be polite."
– "She's just having PMS and snapped!"
– "Hey, it's not so bad on the list, it's just good ol' boys playing South Park! We don't want political correctness here. Tell her to go – – – – herself, or ask me over and I'll do it for her!"
And a wide variety of other specifically crude, sexist, and toilet humor remarks of all sorts, plus much worse.
It was getting so bad that I had to shut down comments on two discussion threads last night before going to bed to avoid their turning into rancid cesspools in my absence — and I wasn't the only one who had to take that action.
One might argue that all this isn't unique to computer science and the broader computer industry, and you'd be correct. This kind of "boys will be boys" sexism pervades our culture and in fact has driven many women into refusing to even identify as female in social media or discussion lists at all.
But the "it's not really important, and everybody's doing it anyway!" excuse is utterly bogus.
While we may not be able to change these attitudes in the culture at large, we can at least take steps to clean up our own house, to try bring a basic level of civility to our own work in these regards.
But first we need to admit that the status quo is indeed unacceptable, and many in our community's "good ol' boys club" are currently refusing even to go that far.
The technical and policy issues we're dealing with are far too crucial to permit them to be distorted by juvenile, sexist, and loutish behavior that discourages maximum practicable inclusion and participation.
And rather than acting as tacit examples of bullying that help feed even worse abuses, leaders in our technical community should be taking the responsibility to be examples in public — if not of exemplary behavior — at least of basic politeness.
If people want to be jerks in their private lives, that's up to them. But keep your bad behavior and sexist crap out of our work.
And that goes for you, me, Q, and everyone else as well.
Author LaurenPosted on 27 Feb 2017 20 Oct 2017 Leave a comment on Meet the Guys: The Jerks of Computer Science
Please Tell Me Your Google Experiences For "Google 2017" Report
Executive Summary: Please tell me your Google Experiences for my upcoming "Google 2017″ report, via email to:
google@vortex.com
I believe that it's obvious to pretty much everyone that we've now entered a new era of major Internet-related companies directly and indirectly impacting political processes and other aspects of our lives in ways that — frankly, to say the least — were not widely anticipated by most observers. So understanding where things stand these days with these firms is paramount, in terms of their own operations, and their impacts on their users and the world in general.
For many years the most common category of questions and comments that I receive relate one way or another to Google (while I have consulted to Google in the past, I am not currently doing so). So I've now begun work on what I'm tentatively calling "Google 2017" — a report (or "white paper" if you prefer) discussing the perceived overall state of Google (and its parent corporation Alphabet, Inc.) in relation to the sorts of issues that I noted above and other relevant related topics.
As part of this effort, I'd very much appreciate your emailing me your own noteworthy experiences with Google (and Alphabet). Good — bad — exemplary — abysmal — confused — resolved — pending — fantastic — or otherwise rising to the level that you feel could usefully contribute to a better understanding of Google and Alphabet overall.
Whether involving specific Google services (including everything from Search to Gmail to YouTube and beyond), accounts, privacy, security, interactions, legal or copyright issues — essentially anything positive, negative, or neutral that you are free to impart to me, that you believe might be of interest.
I would like to keep this report focused on relatively recent experiences and observations, so events that took place years ago that aren't any longer particularly relevant are frankly of lesser use to me right now.
Your identity will be considered confidential, and any information that you send to me will also be considered confidential in the details — unless you specifically indicate otherwise. That is, I will use your information toward the effort's reported aggregate analysis, and any of your specific examples or other data that you provide — that I might include in the report as illustrative examples — will be carefully anonymized, unless you give me permission to do otherwise. If you don't want me to use your examples at all even anonymized, please let me know and that will be respected of course.
Please send anything meeting the criteria above that you feel comfortable sharing with me to:
I'll keep you informed of my progress. Thanks very much!
Author LaurenPosted on 25 Feb 2017 26 Feb 2017 1 Comment on Please Tell Me Your Google Experiences For "Google 2017" Report
Don't (For Now) Use Google's New "Perspective" Comment Filtering Tool
I must be brief today, so I'll keep this relatively short and get into details in another post. Google has announced (with considerable fanfare) public access to their new "Perspective" comment filtering system API, which uses Google's machine learning/AI system to determine which comments on a site shouldn't be displayed due to perceived high spam/toxicity scores. It's a fascinating effort. And if you run a website that supports comments, I urge you not to put this Google service into production, at least for now.
The bottom line is that I view Google's spam detection systems as currently too prone to false positives — thereby enabling a form of algorithm-driven "censorship" (for lack of a better word in this specific context) — especially by "lazy" sites that might accept Google's determinations of comment scoring as gospel.
In fact, Google's track record in this context remains problematic.
You can see this even from the examples that Google provides, where it's obvious that any given human might easily disagree with Google's machine-driven comment ranking decisions.
And as someone who deals with significant numbers of comments filtered by Google every day — I have nearly 400K followers on Google+ — I can tell you with considerable confidence that the problem isn't "spam" comments that are being missed, it's completely legitimate non-spam, nontoxic comments that are inappropriately marked as spam and hidden by Google.
Every day, I plow through lots of these (Google makes them relatively difficult to find and see), so that I can "resurface" completely reasonable comments from good people who have been marked as toxic spammers by Google spam detection false positives.
This is a bad situation, and widespread use of "Perspective" at this stage of its development would likely spread this problem around the world.
For in fact, much worse than letting a spam or toxic comment through, is the AI-based muzzling of a comment and commenter who was completely innocent and falsely condemned by the machine, where a human would not have done so.
"Vanishing" of innocent, legit comments through overaggressive algorithms can lead to misunderstandings, confusion, and a general lack of trust in AI systems — and this kind of trust failure can be dangerous for users and the industry, since AI's potential for greatness toward improving our world is indeed very real.
I'll have more to say about this later, but for now, while you should of course feel free to experiment with the Google Perspective API, I urge you not to deploy it to any running production systems at this time.
Author LaurenPosted on 23 Feb 2017 23 Feb 2017 Leave a comment on Don't (For Now) Use Google's New "Perspective" Comment Filtering Tool
Does Google Hate Old People?
Originally posted February 11, 2016. Reposted today after a weekend of struggling to support a variety of older and not-so-old users via Chrome Remote Desktop.
No. Google doesn't hate old people. I know Google well enough to be pretty damned sure about that.
Is Google "indifferent" to old people? Does Google simply not appreciate, or somehow devalue, the needs of older users?
Those are much tougher calls.
I've written a lot in the past about accessibility and user interfaces. And today I'm feeling pretty frustrated about these topics. So if some sort of noxious green fluid starts to bubble out from your screen, I apologize in advance.
What is old, anyway? Or we can use the currently more popular term "elderly" if you prefer — six of one and half a dozen of another, really.
There are a bunch of references to "not wanting to get old" in the lyrics of famous rock stars who are now themselves of rather advanced ages. And we hear all the time that "50 is the new 30" or "70 is the new 50" or … whatever.
The bottom line is that we either age or die.
And the popular view of "elderly" people sitting around staring at the walls — and so rather easily ignored — is increasingly a false one. More and more we find active users of computers and Internet services well into their 80s and 90s. In email and social media, many of them are clearly far more intelligent and coherent than large swaths of users a third their age.
That's not to say these older users don't have issues to deal with that younger persons don't. Vision and motor skill problems are common. So is the specter of memory loss (that actually begins by the time we reach age 20, then increases from that point onward for most of us).
Yet an irony is that computers and Internet services can serve as aids in all these areas. I've written in the past of mobile phones being saviors as we age, for example by providing an instantly available form of extended memory.
But we also are forced to acknowledge that most Internet services still only serve older persons' needs seemingly begrudgingly, failing to fully comprehend how changing demographics are pushing an ever larger proportion of their total users into that category — both here in the U.S. and in many other countries.
So it's painful to see Google dropping the ball in some of these areas (and to be clear, while I have the most experience with the Google aspects of these problems, these are actually industry-wide issues, by no means restricted to Google).
This is difficult to put succinctly. Over time these concerns have intertwined and combined in ways increasingly cumbersome to tease apart with precision. But if you've every tried to provide computer/Internet technical support to an older friend or relative, you'll probably recognize this picture pretty quickly.
I'm no spring chicken myself. But I remotely provide tech support to a number of persons significantly older — some in their 80s, and more than one well into their 90s.
And while I bitch about poor font contrast and wasted screen real estate, the technical problems of those older users are typically of a far more complex nature.
They have even more trouble with those fonts. They have motor skill issues making the use of common user interfaces difficult or in some cases impossible. Desktop interfaces that seem to be an afterthought of popular "mobile first" interface designs can be especially cumbersome for them. They can forget their passwords and be unable to follow recovery procedures successfully, often creating enormous frustration and even more complications when they try to solve the problems by themselves. The level of technical lingo thrown at them in many such instances — that services seem to assume everyone just knows — only frustrates them more. And so on.
But access to the Net is absolutely crucial for so many of these older users. It's not just accessing financial and utility sites that pretty much everyone now depends upon, it's staying active and in touch with friends and relatives and others, especially if they're not physically nearby and their own mobility is limited.
Keeping that connectivity going for these users can involve a number of compromises that we can all agree are not keeping with ideal or "pure" security practices, but are realistic necessities in some cases nonetheless.
So it's often a fact of life that elderly users will use their "trusted support" person as the custodian of their recovery and two-factor addresses, and of their primary login credentials as well.
And to those readers who scream, "No! You must never, ever share your login credentials with anyone!" — I wish you luck supporting a 93-year-old user across the country without those credentials. Perhaps you're a god with such skills. I'm not.
Because I've written about this kind of stuff so frequently, you may by now be suspecting that a particular incident has fired me off today.
You'd be correct. I've been arguing publicly with a Google program manager and some others on a Chrome bug thread, regarding the lack of persistent connection capability for Chromebooks and Chromeboxes in the otherwise excellent Chrome Remote Desktop system — a feature that the Windows version of CRD has long possessed.
Painfully, from my perspective the conversation has rapidly degenerated into my arguing against the notion that "it's better to flush some users down the toilet than violate principles of security purity."
I prefer to assume that the arrogance suggested by the "security purity" view is one based on ignorance and lack of experience with users in need, rather than any inherent hatred of the elderly.
In fact, getting back to the title of this posting, I'm sure hatred isn't in play.
But of course whether it's hatred or ignorance — or something else entirely — doesn't help these users.
The Chrome OS situation is particularly ironic for me, since these are older users whom I specifically urged to move to Chrome when their Windows systems were failing, while assuring them that Chrome would be a more convenient and stable experience for them.
Unfortunately, these apparently intentional limitations in the Chrome version of CRD — vis-a-vis the Windows version — have been a source of unending frustration for these users, as they often struggle to find, enable, and execute the Chrome version manually every time they need help from me, and then are understandably upset that they have to sit there and refresh the connection manually every 10 minutes to keep it going. They keep asking me why I told them to leave Windows and why I can't fix these access problems that are so confusing to them. It's personally embarrassing to me.
Here's arguably the saddest part of all. If I were the average user who didn't have a clue of how Google's internal culture works and of what great people Googlers are, it would be easy to just mumble something like, "What do you expect? All those big companies are the same, they just don't care."
But that isn't the Google I know, and so it's even more frustrating to me to see these unnecessary problems continuing to persist and fester in the Google ecosystem, when I know for a certainty that Google has the capability and resources to do so much better in these areas.
And that's the truth.
Author LaurenPosted on 6 Feb 2017 2 Mar 2018 6 Comments on Does Google Hate Old People?


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Qingdao Travel Guide
Apr 7, 2013 Annie Chen Attractions and Travel Icons, China Travel Guide, Cities and Towns, Events and Festivals, Food and Drink, Places to Go, Provinces and Territories, Things to Do 5 comments
Qingdao, a picturesque coastal city featuring "red tiled buildings and green trees, azure sea and blue sky", is located at the southern tip of the Shandong Peninsula and borders on the Yellow Sea in the southeast.
Adjacent to the ocean with three sides, the city has a pleasant climate: humid air, plenty of rain, mild temperature and clear- cut seasons. It is neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter, makes Qingdao a well-known summer resort in China. The highest temperature appears in August, an average of 25.1 ℃, and the lowest in January, an average of -1.2℃.
I feel fantastic when walking along the Seashore boardwalk, which is just located in the city. The Seashore boardwalk is approximate 36.9 kilometers with an open scenery. It connects major tourist attractions such as Zhanqiao Pier, the Xiaoqingdao (Little Qingdao) Islet, the Xiaoyushan Park, the Underwater World, the No. 1 Bathing Beach, the Badaguan Scenic Area, the May Fourth Movement Square, the Olympic Sailing Center, the Polar Ocean World, and the Stone Old Man Bathing Beach, etc., forming a unique seaside gallery.
Among all these scenic spots, Zhanqiao Pier is the symbol of Qingdao. Located in the Qingdao Bay, it is the extension of Zhongshan Road, the busiest commercial street in Qingdao. It is acclaimed as "a long rainbow on the sea". Walking on it towards the southern end, you feel as if you were entering the sea.
Qingdao is also a famous historical and cultural city. By the end of the 19th century, foreign colonialists built a large group of buildings of different architectural styles in Qingdao, which have turned the city into a metropolis with European-style architectures and added a special exotic touch. Badaguan (Eight Great Passes) area, one of the representatives, is full of European buildings and is known as the "World Architecture Museum". The scenic spots in the old urban area such as the former German Governor's Office and German Style Street are frequently visited by tourists.
It would be regret if you do not visit Mount Laoshan in your trip to Qingdao, which is the highlight of the city with magnificent peaks, fantastic cliffs and clear streams and waterfalls. Located in the eastern part of Qingdao, Mount Laoshan is known as the "First Mountain on the Sea" with a summit 1,133 m above sea level. Meanwhile it is a famous Taoism sanctuary with 9 palaces, 8 temples and 72 nunneries. Mount Laoshan also provides water resource for the world's famous Tsingtao Beer.
Qingdao is the hometown of Tsingtao beer, which has a history as long as the city's. People like Tsingtao beer for its good quality and taste. Every year, "Qingdao International Beer Festival" will be held, which opens on the second Saturday in August and lasts for 16 days. There are many performances and recreational activities during the festival. Maybe the most exciting thing, I think, is that you can taste various kinds of beer.
In the city, there are more than 200 bars in different styles, including the European Bar and South Korean Bar, artistic bar, movie bar, music bar and disco bar, etc. In December each year, a festival will be held to demonstrate the bar culture. There are also many other famous local festivals, such as: "Qingdao Ocean Festival" from late June to mid July every year, and "Qingdao Cherry Festival" from the beginning of April to the first half of May in Zhongshan Park every year.
Qingdao, leading other cities on the Shandong Peninsula, is also known as the Capital of Sails. It is a copartner city of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, hosting the sailing events. Mr. Henderson, Chairman of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), commented that: "Qingdao is one of the most beautiful cities in Asia, qualified enough to host the Olympic sailing competition. I believe Qingdao can be the best sea venue for sport event in Asia".
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Bush blocks strike by United Airlines mechanics
What Happened to The Right to Strike ?
12-25-01 -- Source: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/dec2001/ual-d21.shtml
Note From The Webmaster: Will Bush ever do anything for the workers before he is booted out of office in 2004 ?
President Bush intervened on Thursday to block a strike by United Airlines' 15,000 mechanics who have gone without a pay raise for seven years. Bush signed an executive order establishing a presidential emergency board and barring the workers from striking for at least another two months.
The mechanics, who are members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), were preparing to strike on Friday after a federally mandated cooling-off period imposed last month expired. A week ago the workers voted by a 99 percent margin to walk out. At the time, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said President George Bush would "look very unkindly" on strike action, claiming it would endanger the US airlines industry.
Given the anger of rank-and-file mechanics, Bush's preemptive strike-breaking even provoked protest from IAM officials who have a long record of close relations with the airline companies and government. "Airline employees everywhere are bitter," said IAM President Tom Buffenbarger. "The administration that wouldn't lift a finger to help their laid off co-workers is now leading the way to prevent the remaining workers from helping themselves. This abuse has gone far enough."
With the president publicly committed to block all strikes in the airline industry, management at the country's second largest airline has had little reason to come to terms on pay raises. IAM representatives have been negotiating over wages for two years with no result.
The Presidential Emergency Board has 30 days to come up with a suggested settlement, then the airline and union have 30 days to consider the proposal before they can resort to taking their own action. If an impasse still exists after 60 days, Congress will have the legal authority to pass legislation imposing a contract.
Announcing Bush's decision to block a strike, Fleischer said, "The president is concerned about the economy, particularly after September 11, and the effect that airline strikes would have on the economy, on the ability of the public to travel at this time."
Bush has repeatedly intervened to block airline-related strikes this year. He prevented a strike by Northwest Airline mechanics last March and his threat to intervene helped management push through settlements for Delta Air Lines pilots and flight attendants at AMR Corp.'s American Airlines.
These interventions have been aimed a bolstering the plans of airline executives to carry out a massive restructuring of the industry. The airlines are seeking to restore profitability through the destruction of tens of thousands of airline employees' jobs and an assault on their living standards and working conditions. This process is not only taking place in the US but internationally, with carriers such as Sabena, Ansett and Swissair going bankrupt and flagship carriers Qantas, British Airways and others freezing wages and slashing tens of thousands of jobs.
Most workers in the US airline industry have never recovered from the concessions their unions granted in the early 1990s-during the last recession-although the carriers made record profits and paid out huge amounts to their corporate executives and wealthy stockholders as the economy expanded later in the decade.
Even before September 11, Wall Street analysts were complaining of costly labor contracts and demanding that the airlines cut costs. The airlines then seized on the events of September 11 to implement downsizing and cost-cutting plans prepared well in advance and demand a multibillion-dollar bailout at taxpayer expense. United eliminated the jobs of 20,000 pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and ground crew workers as part of the nearly 150,000 airline workers laid off throughout the industry.
The Bush administration's $5 billion federal bailout for the industry-which included $802 million for United alone-did nothing for the tens of thousands of airline workers losing their jobs. Laid-off workers who were anticipating at least a temporary extension of unemployment payments or health care benefits did not receive a penny.
Two months ago, in an effort to press for employee concessions, United's chief executive James Goodwin warned the airline may "perish sometime next year" because of falling air travel after September 11. Goodwin resigned shortly thereafter, taking a severance package of more than $3.2 million in addition to his almost $1 million salary.
On Thursday the company issued a statement saying it was opening its financial records to the unions in order to put together a "turnaround" plan. In a thinly veiled threat that more jobs would go unless the mechanics and other workers accepted concessions, the statement read: "Our hope is that a common understanding of the facts will lead to some common measures to preserve good jobs and return the company to profitability soon."
Earlier this week the pilots union at Delta accepted a plan that would allow the company to furlough hundreds of pilots while others would "volunteer" to fly at a 26 percent salary reduction.
The efforts of the union bureaucracy to accommodate itself to the demands of big business and collaborate with management are epitomized by the situation at United, a so-called "employee-owned" company where officials from the machinists' and pilots' unions sit on the company board of directors.
Bush's action against the United mechanics follows shortly after the arrest of more than 200 teachers in New Jersey and the breaking of their strike. It further underscores the fact that at the same time the US government is waging war on behalf of corporate America in Central Asia it is not letting up on the class war against working people at home.


The most famous consumer show in Holland happened last week…. The Libelle Show is the biggest event in The Netherlands for women to get to know the hottest new products available at shopping malls and large cosmetic stores.
Although there was lots of rain the number of people attended was almost 10,000 at the first day only! This show lasted no less than 7 days from early morning till evening! So thousands of women have noticed the re-introduction of our products in the Netherlands…. It was great fun watching all women with shopping bags and goody bags passing by the Paul Penders booth… and to fill-up their bags with Paul Penders goodies as well!
The Libelle Show is famous in Europe to kick off a new brand; selling natural cosmetics with certified organic ingredients and a specific style and essential oil… and that are Paul Penders products of course!
Women we talked to where very interested in the story of the herbs, the certification for organic ingredients and the non animal testing.
We are very happy to see the interest of high quality. Lots of questions about the organic aspects, and the store locations. Considering that there was quite some competition of local Dutch cosmetic brands, with this in mind, our contacts were excellent.
At the show we sold the new Mini Sizes of Aloe & Lavender A.M. Moisturizer and Rosemary & Calendula Cleansing Milk as a special trial promotion pack. One lady even returned buying more products after she tested the Aloe & Lavender A.M. Moisturizer without having an allergic reaction, what she experiences with other brands. She was so happy to find out a new brand that suited her skin so very well. And of course, we were very happy too, to be able to provide her with our Paul Penders solution!!
Again, the fair lasted for 7 days with great and spontaneous interactions with the Dutch female consumers. It was a lot of fun, talking to these ladies and selling Paul Penders products!!!
… one of the best and most efficient ways to protect your hair in rough weather conditions is to wash your hair with Paul Penders Time-Release Jasmine Shampoo followed by Paul Penders Herbal Lemon Conditioner? The hair should be treated both before and after the exposure to e.g. salt water and heavy sun.
As a follow-up treatment of the hair, Paul Penders Holy Basil Conditioning Scalp Toner should be used for a period of time.
If you followed our Iron Man articles, you will know this was how we protected the hair of our sponsored Iron Man. And, it worked to perfection.
Time-Release Jasmine Shampoo is a unique approach to washing the hair based on organic olive oil as cleansing agent.
The shampoo foams only minimally when applied to the scalp. After some water is added, it "breaks open" and releases gentle foam that cleanses the hair and keeps it shiny. It also ensures a clean, healthy scalp.
For those, who like the feel of foam, a second wash can be done, this time with only a minimal amount of shampoo – and the foam will appear.
Contrary to mass-produced chemical shampoos, Paul Penders Time-Release Jasmine Shampoos produce only a small amount of foam. It leaves the hair shiny, soft and free of flyaway strands.
Herbal Lemon Conditioner is an all-natural conditioner that untangles the hair and leaves it shiny, silky and never weighed down.
The lemon essential oil imparts an exquisite fragrance, while added organic apple cider leaves the hair and scalp feeling fresh and clean by eliminating buildup, as well as restoring a proper pH level.
Holy Basil Conditioning Scalp Toner is a topical scalp & hair solution that promotes healthy hair growth by improving the condition of the scalp. A combination of herbs and essential oils work to ensure nutrient intake, stimulate circulation and balance sebum production.
This results in optimal scalp and hair health. It restores luster and gives shine to dull or damaged hair. Anti-bacterial plant extracts help calm scalp irritation and prevents dandruff.
Holy Basil Conditioning Scalp Toner should be used because beautiful hair starts with a healthy scalp.
Are you looking for a refreshing daycare for your skin this summer? Based on only natural ingredients?
Why don't you try the Aloe &Lavender A.M. Moisturizer form Paul Penders Cosmetics?
Paul Penders Aloe &Lavender A.M. Moisturizer is refreshing like a light summers breath, feels airy not greasy and contains for example Aloe Vera, Calendula and Vitamin E for natural sun protection.
The moisturizer has a slightly herbal scent as if you were walking on the Lavender fields in the Provence of France, but also has a very moisturizing effect and therefore prevents dehydration.
Aloe &Lavender A.M. Moisturizer is based on coconut water and thus feels very soft and fresh on your skin. Furthermore; it makes your face glance, lithe and resilient.
It's made of organic cultivated herbs and keeps your skin tenable against external influences. It's especially suitable for dry and sensitive skin.
Paul Penders Aloe &Lavender A.M. Moisturizer is available at 30 ml tube packaging: not only for a hygienic point of view, but also very useful to carry with you in your bag.
After we have tested this product, we say… please.. DO try Paul Penders Hydrating Control Serum (HCS) at home, will you? Because it is a real savior when your face is in trouble!
The tube contains a creamy serum with a surprising effect! Your skin will feel soft and smooth, and it seems like your face is being 'tight up' a little. You're now ready to face the outside world all bright and shiny!
Hydrating Control Serum provides your skin with her need for hydration and attends her natural resilience, softness and radiant complexion.
The purely natural ingredients of this serum richly provide your skin with the right vitamins, ceramides, liposomes and powerful anti-oxidants to prevent the early signs of aging and simultaneously encourage the production of healthy chloroplasts.
Hydrating Control Serum is preferably used underneath your day moisturizer as it increases the activity of the moisturizer in that way.
The special LevensESSENTIE Gold® certified organic herbs, as well as plants extracts are for women who believe that nature provides the best ingredients to keep their skin healthy.
But also to people who believe that their choice for honest natural products give a fair chance to nature, because these specific choices defines the future of our earth's children as well.
One of the very proud moments in my life with the incredible Jane Goodall during the launch of her film at IMAX…. A brief background on myself… Hi : -) I am Nicole Groch. I have been a professional freelance hair & makeup artist based in Melbourne, Australia for over 19 years. I have been working in the fashion, advertising and music industry both in Australia and overseas. Quite some year's back now, I took it upon myself to rethink my attitude towards the makeup & hair products I used in my kit.
I had been a vegetarian for many years for ethical reasons, and only used 'cruelty free' products in my work, but I was also very interested in all the natural and organic products that were becoming more readily available.
I did research into the common ingredients used in the majority of cosmetic brands and was astounded at how many toxic ingredients they contained and how they can adversely affect our health. I then converted my kit, so I now use on my clients only the safest, cruelty free and natural products that I can source. This is how I came to love the Paul Penders range as they stood for everything I believed in, vegan, natural and safe. Over the years I got to know Paul and he is an incredible inspirational person.
Because I didn't believe it was ethical to use or promote any products that were tested on animals I was constantly turning down work for companies that either used such products, or had real fur in their ranges, including their TV commercials, fashion parades, fashion shows and product editorials. Particularly I wanted to do something positive with my makeup skills to help animals!
So I got in contact with the Australian www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au/makeup.html (they accredit cruelty free companies) and offered to start "The Cruelty Free Makeup Tips". I arranged a huge celebrity launch for the "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" poster campaign I had put together and did all hair and makeup for it as well.
I was able to use my connections to get celebrity support for the front covers of our magazines and for campaigns. After a few years I was asked to become a Director of Choose Cruelty Free and as their PR Director I found Paul Penders products. Our Preferred Product List www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au/list.html lead me to do PR work for other natural and cruelty free companies.
The aim of Living Safe is to give individuals easy tools and accurate knowledge to help them create a safe and healthy environment for their children, pets and …ultimately themselves! Since we have launched the site several months ago we have been getting fantastic positive feedback, especially from parents thanking us for creating this much needed site. It has made them more aware and informed about these very important issues. We hope our site will help to create a better world for the all of us. We also have a directory of "Safe & Non-Toxic" companies and of course, Paul's products are on it as well as they fit the Living Safe ethos perfectly!


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Chicago Booth Campaign: Inquiry & Impact
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Alumni Amy and Richard Wallman have committed $75 million to support the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumna Amy Wallman, '75, and alumnus Richard Wallman, '74, have made a $75 million gift to the University, building upon their legacy of philanthropic support of students and faculty.
In recognition of this gift, Chicago Booth will name its academic high honors distinction after the Wallmans. This group of top students will be known as the Amy and Richard F. Wallman Scholars at Chicago Booth. The designation will be permanently bestowed upon graduating MBA students who earn high honors at Booth, as well as all alumni who have already achieved this distinction.
"WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WALLMANS' GIFT, WHICH WILL SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND HONOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS."
—University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer
"The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is a destination for the world's most promising business students and scholars," said President Robert J. Zimmer. "We are deeply grateful for the Wallmans' gift, which will support our students and honor their accomplishments."
The school plans to use the gift to support a number of initiatives, including scholarships for students in the Full-Time, Evening, Weekend, and Executive MBA programs. This will allow Booth to recruit from a broader and more diverse set of students and offer expanded financial assistance.
"We have great affection for the University of Chicago – the Booth School of Business is world class, and we hope our gift makes it even better," Amy Wallman said. "The Booth School is very special to us not only because we met there," Richard Wallman added, "but also because we have sponsored 26 scholarship recipients over the years and are delighted to have had a modest impact on these students' lives."
After earning her MBA from Chicago Booth in 1975, Amy Wallman began her career at EY and retired as an audit partner in 2001; most recently, she was director at Omnicare from 2004 to 2015. Richard Wallman graduated from Booth in 1974 and began his career with the Ford Motor Company. He served as the chief financial officer and senior vice president of Honeywell International Inc., a diversified industrial technology and manufacturing company, and its predecessor AlliedSignal, from 1995 to 2003. Richard Wallman also served in senior financial positions with IBM and Chrysler Corporation.
"MAINTAINING AND EXTENDING BOOTH'S PROMINENCE IN RESEARCH AND ENHANCING THE IMPACT OF OUR IDEAS ON THE WORLD BY TRAINING TOMORROW'S LEADERS IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CONTINUED SUCCESS."
—Madhav Rajan, Dean of Chicago Booth
"The transformative gift from Amy and Richard is a testament to their generosity and the endorsement of Chicago Booth's enduring strengths, in our programs and our extraordinary faculty," said Booth Dean Madhav Rajan. "Maintaining and extending Booth's prominence in research and enhancing the impact of our ideas on the world by training tomorrow's leaders is essential for our continued success. The Wallman Scholars will be recognized as preeminent in this cadre of future leaders, modeling the potential and the spirit of their benefactors. I look forward to working with the Wallmans in using their gift to make the greatest impact."
Funds from the gift also will be used to enhance Booth's co-curricular programming, faculty research, and emerging priorities at the discretion of the dean.
"Amy and I were so impressed with Dean Rajan's vision for the school; we hope our gift will help advance that vision," said Richard Wallman.
"This is a unique opportunity to make a difference in the careers of Chicago Booth students for generations to come and express our gratitude to those who have helped us," Amy Wallman said. "Our parents were great role models to both of us; they gave us the confidence that we could accomplish anything."
"THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CAREERS OF CHICAGO BOOTH STUDENTS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED US."
—Amy Wallman, '75
Richard Wallman also gave credit to Larry Bossidy, former chairman and CEO of Honeywell International Inc.
"Working for Larry Bossidy is the best thing that happened in my career – he's affected my life in so many positive ways," Richard Wallman added. "We also wish to express our deep appreciation to our dear friends at Centerbridge Partners and Merrill Lynch, as they were key enablers of this gift."
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Type species: Porosia bigibbosa (Penard) Jung, 1942.
Ecology: herbivorous and carnivorous? Habitat: sphagnum mosses, litter, soil, rare genus. Rare.
Porosia paracarinata – presence of a lateral keel.
This genus is closely related to Certesella but lacks the punctuated neck.
References: Bobrov, A. and Kosakyan, A., 2015. A New Species from Mountain Forest Soils in Japan: Porosia paracarinata sp. nov., and Taxonomic Concept of the Genus Porosia Jung, 1942. Acta Protozool. 54: 289–294.


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The First Generation of Country Music Stars
Biographies of 50 Artists Born Before 1940
The First Generation of Country Music Stars quantity
SKU: 9780786430215 Categories: Country, Music, Popular Culture & Performing Arts
This book focuses on 50 of the most important entertainers in the history of country music, from its beginnings in the folk music of early America through the 1970s. Divided into five distinct categories, it discusses the pioneers who brought mountain music to mass audiences; cowboys and radio stars who spread country music countrywide; honky-tonk and bluegrass musicians who differentiated country music during the 1940s; the major contributions that female artists made to the genre; and the modern country sound which dominated the genre from the late 1950s to the mid–1980s. Each entry includes a brief biography of the chosen artist with special emphasis on experiences which influenced their musical careers. Covered musicians include Fiddlin' John Carson, Riley Puckett, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Bob Wills, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Sr., Dale Evans, June Carter Cash, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard.
David Dicaire is the author of numerous works about music history. He lives in Leamington, Ontario, Canada.
David Dicaire
Bibliographic Info: discographies, bibliography, index
PART ONE: THE PIONEERS 9
Fiddlin' John Carson (1868–1949): The Virginia Reeler 11
Uncle Dave Macon (1870–1952): King of the Hillbillies 14
Dr. Humphrey Bate (1875–1936): The Possum Hunter 17
Vernon Dalhart (1883–1948): A Country Star 20
Gid Tanner (1885–1960): The Skillet Licker 23
A.P. Carter (1891–1960): Family Patriarch 28
Charlie Poole (1892–1931): North Carolina Rambler 32
E.V. "Pop" Stoneman (1893–1968): Country Patriarch 35
Riley Puckett (1894–1946): Blind Ambition 39
Jimmie Rodgers (1897–1933): The Singing Brakeman 42
PART TWO: COWBOYS AND RADIO STARS 49
Ken Maynard (1895–1973): Wagon Master 51
Roy Acuff (1903–1992): Wabash Cannonball 54
Wilf Carter (1904–1996): Montana Slim 60
Tex Ritter (1907–1974): Lone Star Cowboy 63
Gene Autry (1907–1998): The Singing Cowboy 67
Red Foley (1910–1968): The Mainstream Voice 72
Roy Rogers (1911–1998): Happy Trails Forever 76
Hank Snow (1914–1999): The Travelin' Canadian 79
Merle Travis (1917–1983): The Individualist 84
Eddy Arnold (1918–): The Tennessee Plowboy 88
PART THREE: WESTERN SWING/BLUEGRASS/HONKY TONK 95
Bob Wills (1905–1975): The Western Swing King 97
Bill Monroe (1911–1996): The Bluegrass Rambler 104
Ernest Tubb (1914–1984): The Texas Troubadour 112
Lester Flatt (1914–1979): Flat Pickin' 118
Hank Williams, Sr. (1923–1953): Life to Legend 123
Earl Scruggs (1924–): Dueling Banjoist 132
Hank Thompson (1925–): Texas Swing 137
Ray Price (1926–): Cherokee Cowboy 141
George Jones (1931–): Honky Tonk Texan 146
PART FOUR: WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC 157
Sara Carter (1899–1979): Wildwood Flower 159
Maybelle Carter (1909–1978): Country Matriarch 163
Dale Evans (1912–2001): Queen of the Cowgirls 167
Kitty Wells (1918–): Queen of Country Music 170
Molly O'Day (1923–1987): A Defining Role 174
June Carter Cash (1929–2003): A Song in Her Heart 177
Patsy Cline (1932–1963): A Country Music Treasure 180
Loretta Lynn (1934–): Coal Miner Heartbreak 187
Wanda Jackson (1937–): Country Music Heart 192
PART FIVE: OUTLAWS, REBELS AND SUPERSTARS 197
Chet Atkins (1924–2001): The Superpicker 199
Marty Robbins (1925–1982): The Country Chameleon 205
Buck Owens (1929–2006): Baron of Bakersfield 212
Johnny Cash (1932–2003): The Man in Black 218
Charlie Rich (1932–1995): The Silver Fox 229
Glen Campbell (1936–): Rhinestone Cowboy 234
Roy Clark (1933–): Lightning Fingers 240
Willie Nelson (1933–): Austin Outlaw 245
Conway Twitty (1933–1993): Uncrowned King 255
Waylon Jennings (1937–2002): Ladies Love Outlaws 262
Merle Haggard (1937–): Lonesome Fugitive 269
Kenny Rogers (1938–): The Gambler 277
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