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Inconvenient facts about Covid media
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Inconvenient facts about Covid - media review
Fresh news about another insane round of covid schizophrenia.
1) In Vienna, the Fun Palast brothel has opened a vaccination
station and gives visitors a voucher for 30 free minutes in a sauna
in the company of a sex worker they like in exchange for a covid
vaccination. Sky News writes about this (https://bit.ly/3wIWrmP).
2) In Italy, minors can only be vaccinated against covid with
parental consent. A sixteen-year-old girl from Palermo received
permission from her mother, but her father was categorically against
he is an anti-vaccine. The teenager had to go to court, writes
Italy24 (https://bit.ly/3oBN0lJ). The girl's parents are divorced,
the father passed on his refusal to the child through relatives. The
lawyer sent the man an official letter, but he ignored it. Because
of this, the judge took the side of the girl, she will soon receive
the first dose of the vaccine.
3) Because of the direct threat that influenza poses - and the
increased pressure it will put on sanitary services, which are
likely to still have difficulty fighting Covid - it is doubly
important that the public agree to flu shots and Covid boosters
if offered this fall, State reported (https://bit.ly/30bP3V0). Media
calls for double vaccinations. The publication warns that when
the flu returns, it could affect more people and cause more serious
illnesses than during the normal season. The same is likely to be
true for other respiratory viruses as well. In fact, this is already
the case: recently in the UK there have been numerous reports of
particularly severe colds.
4) As the conspiracy theorists warned, problems began in the
vaccinated countries at the end of October. Despite vaccinations
going on around the world, Europe has again become the "epicenter"
of the coronavirus pandemic, despite the fact that by February on
the continent 500,000 people could die from COVID-19, reports
CBS News (https://bit.ly/3C4gb5p) with reference to the statement
WHO. At the same time, the countries of Eastern Europe, including
Russia and Ukraine, have the hardest time.
5) The Ministry of Health of Ukraine disposed of 500,000 doses of
the dangerous vaccine AstraZeneca, which causes thrombosis due
to its expiration date. As reported by the First Independent Channel
(https://bit.ly/3qtEOqe). The department added that information
on the exact number of overdue doses will be known after the
recalculation of drugs in the regions.
6) Observations of patients who have undergone a coronavirus
infection show that many organs and systems of the body are affected
by the disease. Therefore, rehabilitation and recovery from covid are
necessary, which will help return health to its previous level.
Detailed instructions on the problems of rehabilitation after
Covid-19 here (https://bit.ly/3n5tiiD).
7) Police in Khabarovsk, Russia have detained six local residents
who were suspected of buying fake coronavirus vaccination
certificates. According to Interfax (https://bit.ly/3c1VDjn) with
reference to the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, the detainees
paid money to get a certificate of vaccination, but not to do the
injection itself.


Yes poor parents they are such a bunch of victims. Not. If these parents were such innocent petals, why are they letting their kids run around at night at 3.30am in the morning?
They are not going to be selling anything in the dead of night there is nobody around.
I think it is time for a more balanced view on these supposedly poor petal innocent parents - it is clear they are abusing their children by forcing them to sell. If these parents had any care, then THEY would come and sell instead of forcing their children to sell.
No, I have no sympathy for most of these parents who do this to their children. How much money do these children make a day?
I bet you they barely make $10 on most days. That's a paltry $50 or $60 a week. These parents would make more if they went and sold produce at the market.


In resource planning we take demand and supply resource to deliver on that demand within agreed parameters.
Over the past 12 months or so there has been an imbalance in supply and demand within the Resource Planning world as there is a greater level of demand for candidates than there is supply. In recruitment terms we refer to this as a "candidate lead market"and this is unusual in the contact centre industry.
So where is todays Resource Planning talent?
Internal competition for talent – 10 years ago contact centre advisors, particularly those with a head for numbers, would see opportunities in resource planning as a stepping stone away from the phones. These days the reputation of the contact centre as a breeding ground for talent means other areas of the business are offering opportunities to these talented individuals. Marketing, Customer Insight, Customer Experience amongst other departments are all competing for talent that would have fed the resource planning teams.
The recession – with the crash in 2007 and the effects that were and are still being felt today, in general, large contact centre businesses reduced the investment that they made in recruiting graduates and their management development programmes. If we roll forward the timelines to today it is those that were leaving university in the years that followed the crash that were hit by this reduced investment and whilst this is a generalisation there is a talent challenge for those first and second management positions.
Automation & Outsourcing – this is delivering great benefits to businesses in delivering cost savings however the tasks that are now automated or outsourced would have previously been the first step into the resource planning teams. With these roles less prevalent it has stifled the number of individuals progressing through these teams resulting in a further talent challenge.
So to answer the initial question where is today's resource planning talent?
Make sure you WOW your candidates. With the imbalance in supply and demand it is likely that they could have more than one offer on the table at any time. Offers will be similar and it is the impact that you and the business have on the candidate that will make the difference.
Map your recruitment process and have defined timelines to the hire. Managing expectations is a sure fire way of setting a great experience.
The so called war for talent is on – make sure you take the steps you need to be successful.


what a refreshing, lovely shade of blue that coach calls "sea mist". I had already fallen for the color – it's like pure, calm water – before I even read the name, but that's just the cherry on top.
this baby just shot up to the very top of my wishlist.


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Les allégories des cinq sens désignent une série de tableaux peints au début du  par le peintre espagnol José de Ribera. Seuls quatre d'entre eux sont encore identifiés, le cinquième (L'Ouïe) n'étant plus connu que par des copies.

Leur commanditaire est sans doute espagnol, d'après l'historien de l'art Giulio Mancini qui est contemporain de Ribera, même si la réalisation date probablement de l'époque où Ribera séjourne à Rome : Alfonso Pérez Sánchez estime qu'elle doit se situer entre 1611 et 1615.

La série
Les quatre tableaux conservés décrivent les sens de l'odorat, du toucher, de la vue et du goût ; un cinquième décrit le sens de l'ouïe et n'est désormais connu que par des copies.

Références

Bibliographie
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Voir aussi

Lien externe
La Vue, musée Franz Mayer.

Tableau des années 1610
Tableau de José de Ribera
Peinture allégorique
Série de peintures

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People love to listen to music while they run. Upbeat songs are chosen, attempting to parallel the pace of a jog. When Music and run align however, something special happens. Individual steps appear to create the very sounds you're hearing and the music exists as a response to your actions. For this brief moment, fatigue is forgotten and a sense of deep motivation takes over. Cadence takes these moments and extends them over the course of the entire run, creating a responsive and innovative musical experience.


After many years and a few thousand posts, it is time for a renaissance. So today's post is the last here on The Gypsy's Guide. You'll find me from now on at: www.piningforrome.com.
Join me there! And did I mention I have two upcoming trips to Italy? Come along! All the details are on Pining for Rome!
Thanks to all of my faithful readers! Ciao!


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Q: CollectionViewCell Push Segue In Storyboard Not Working (other push segue from same VC does) Disclaimer: I know this is really messy, and I will refactor this into a viewcontainer later on, but I am curious about what the exact problem is here
I have a viewcontroller with a tableview and a collectionview. I have set up the cell in the tableview to push a detailsviewcontroller upon selection. That works, but when I add a collectionview on the same viewcontroller, it does not work.
However, if I add the function at didSelectItemAtIndexPath, the function does get triggered, so I am pretty sure it is not a view issue but a storyboard one.

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The NewMe Accelerator first took eight African-American entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley to immerse them in the world of technology startups. But since CNN followed the tech incubator for "Black in America: The New Promised Land – Silicon Valley", its founders have gone bigger, creating a NewMe Community online. It now has about 465 members in 65 cities.
On Thursday night, nearly 300 minority entrepreneurs met in 10 cities around the country, coming together for the first time and keeping NewMe's momentum going.
"@newmecommunity put together a great event last night. #newmecommunity is going to be HUGE!!!" Joshua Samuel posted on Twitter after the event.
NewMe was the first technology startup accelerator for minority-owned businesses. Founders Angela Benton and Wayne Sutton said they felt compelled to expand the NewMe brand to other cities because of the large response from people who watched CNN's documentary.
"NewMe is a brilliant idea! And I would totally love to be a part of the community…" Victor Harrison posted on the NewMe Facebook page November 21.
"We saw the energy, we saw the conversations and we got tons of e-mails asking how can we get involved," Sutton said.
All jokes aside, Silicon Valley makes a LOT of money, there is no reason why minorities shouldn't be able to carve out a piece of the pie.


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Surprise: Americans Kind Of Like Trade
If you knew nothing about American politics and were seeing the 2016 campaign for the first time, you might reasonably assume that American voters really dislike trade deals.
The Republican front-runner, after all, can't stop talking about the dangers of trade with China and all the problems existing trade deals have caused. And on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders has constantly lambasted front-runner Hillary Clinton for her past support of trade pacts. Both get big applause when they campaign about the evils of trade deals — and notably, there's no candidate with a similarly energetic stump speech (that gets a similarly raucous reaction) for trade pacts.
And yet. Americans are feeling pretty positive about foreign trade these days. In addition, most mainstream economists think trade is (on balance) a good thing. But criticizing trade deals remains an effective stump topic. Here's what's going on behind the messy politics of trade:
Americans are pretty positive about trade
In the recent primary elections, Republicans and Democrats alike have been skeptical of free trade, at least from the standpoint of job creation. In both Ohio and Michigan — both of which are known for their manufacturing, an industry that many argue has been hit hard by trade deals — Republicans and Democrats had remarkably similar views on trade. A little more than half of people in both parties in both states said trade "takes away jobs." Meanwhile, only around one-third of people across the board said it creates jobs.
But as it turns out, Americans as a whole seem to feel pretty good about foreign trade. Gallup found in February (hat-tip to the Upshot's Justin Wolfers) that 58 percent of Americans see trade as more of an opportunity than a threat.
Interestingly, polls also show that Democrats right now are slightly more in favor of free trade than Republicans. In the early 2000s, Republicans were more likely to see trade as an opportunity than a threat, according to Gallup. But around 2011, Democrats surpassed them. Around 61 percent of Democrats saw trade as an opportunity as of 2015, compared to 51 percent of Republicans.
This bucks conventional wisdom that Republicans are more the party of free trade. (After all, big business interest groups, like the Chamber of Commerce, who support trade pacts, tend to support Republican politicians, while unions — major Democratic supporters — oppose many trade pacts). Indeed, both parties appear to be (moderately) the parties of free trade.
The bottom line, according to one public-opinion expert, is that Americans' views on trade may shift back and forth, but they never really get that extreme.
"Trade is never wildly popular, but sometimes it's less unpopular," said Karlyn Bowman, a senior fellow and public opinion analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank in Washington, DC.
Economists are pretty well decided: trade is good
Many mainstream economists, meanwhile, are decided that free trade is (on the whole) a good thing.
In a 2012 survey of top economists, 85 percent agreed that the benefits of free trade are "much larger than any effects on employment." Only 5 percent were uncertain.
They also overwhelmingly agreed that Americans are far better off with NAFTA than if the pact hadn't been passed. Likewise, in a 2014 survey, more than 80 percent of economists agreed that past trade deals "have benefited most Americans."
The basic arguments economists often make for freer trade are simple: the ideas are that trade opens up more markets to U.S. exports, gives Americans more goods to choose from, and exchanges lower-paying jobs for higher-paying ones, as the Peterson Institute for International Economics' Gary Hufbauer recently explained to NPR.
But to paraphrase Harry Truman, there are no one-handed economists. In those surveys, the economists expressed plenty of reservations about trade: some stressed that these gains only come about in the long term, and moreover that it's important to recognize that there are losers from trade deals (like people whose jobs end up moving overseas).
Indeed, some recent studies have raised concerns that opening up trade with China has hurt American manufacturing.
It's true that a huge share of Americans will enjoy lower prices and more choice at the store — and that a smaller number might get new jobs because of a trade deal. But there are also people who will be much, much worse off if their factory job moves to another country. That effect won't hit many people, but it's still devastating for them.
What it all means: jobs and avocados
And that's where we get back to the campaign trail, where populist anti-trade-pact views and Americans' moderately-maybe-supportive opinions on trade meet.
There are a few big potential reasons why trade resonates on the campaign trail. One is that primary voters are different from general election voters; it's possible that the people coming out to vote in the nominating contests feel much more strongly about trade than the general population.
Another is that people like trade in theory but not when it comes down to specific deals. Pew found evidence of this in 2010: Americans liked the idea of trading with an array of foreign countries, but specific trade deals like NAFTA were really unpopular.
But there's a third, compelling possibility: it's easier to get fired up about the problems with trade deals than it is about their benefits.
"It's one of those many issues where people are pulled back and forth, where people who have lost jobs feel very strongly" — and understandably so, Bowman said. She added, "Even when you do see it — when you're getting a pair of shoes for a pretty good price — you don't necessarily link that to free trade."
One way of summing it up is that for most Americans, the benefits of a trade pact are subtle — lower prices and, say, greater avocado availability. But for the rarer people who, for example, see a factory close because of trade, the effects run much deeper and can even be life-altering.
And this works to the advantage of politicians who sincerely oppose these trade deals.
It's not just voters who have a complicated relationship with trade. Among Washington politicians, there also aren't a lot of neat partisan lines on trade. In pushing his Trans-Pacific Partnership, President Obama has met opposition from Democrats and Republicans alike.
Similarly, many politicians will often support one pact and then lambast another. Just eight years ago, Obama was hitting Clinton from the left on her past support of NAFTA. Now, he's promoting a trade deal amid bipartisan opposition. Likewise, Hillary Clinton was an advocate for TPP before she was against it.
Both Obama and Clinton say it's about the content of the TPP. The administration says the pact is a big improvement upon NAFTA. Clinton, meanwhile, says that TPP doesn't clear the "high bar" she has set for it.
But basic politics also can explain why politicians might support or oppose trade deals — some Republicans on the Hill simply might not want to hand the president a win on TPP, for example.
And politics can also explain why a politician from either party could be expected to like free trade a bit more once he or she gets into the Oval Office.
"[W]hen politicians become presidents, not everything is so simple or populist, and they become more amenable to rational arguments," said Barry Bosworth, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, in an email. "Republican presidents are strongly influenced by business leaders and Democrats more by academic economists, but both groups are strong supporters of open trade in an increasingly globalized economy."

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Development and Testing of the Berkeley Darfur Stove
Susan Amrose, G. Theodore Kisch, Charles Kirubi, Jesse Woo, Ashok J Gadgil
LBNL Report Number
LBNL-116E
Darfur, one of the poorest regions in Sudan, has been in the midst of a complicated and bloody conflict since 2003 that has resulted in the displacement of 2.2 million citizens. The displaced, known as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), are crowded into refugee camps scattered across the region with low fuelwood productivity and no alternative means of fuel. Unsustainable harvesting has led to increasing zones of total denudation around the camps, now extending several kilometers in all directions from the camp boundaries. Women who leave the camp to fetch fuelwood are subject to rape and mutilation due to the continuing conflict.In November of 2005, a team of scientists from LBNL visited Darfur to assess the potential of fuel-efficient stoves ("FES") as a means to mitigate the fuelwood shortage. In addition to conducting a systematic informal survey, the team found that a metal FES, known as the Tara, required 50% less fuelwood to cook an IDP meal than the inefficient three-stone-fire used by 90% of the IDPs. The LBNL team emerged from the triprecommending a metal FES based on the Tara, but with two specific design modifications to make it suitable for conditions in Darfur. These included improving the mechanical stability of the stove during vigorous stirring, and maintaining or improving performance during a breeze. In Spring 2006, an interdisciplinary team of four Berkeley students (3 graduate and 1 senior undergraduate) took on the project of designing, fabricating, and testing the recommended modifications as part of a UC-Berkeley course entitled Design forSustainable Communities. Under the guidance of Prof. Ashok Gadgil, the students designed several modifications to improve stove performance in windy weather, including a wind-shield around the upper stove body, and the addition of a metal ring to prevent direct air flow through the stove body. Stakes were also added to the stove body to improve stability during vigorous stirring. The students fabricated a prototype fortesting, known as the "Berkeley Darfur Stove," or BDS. Since no existing stove test was relevant to the conditions of Darfur, a new protocol, known as the Darfur Cooking Test (DCT), was developed by the students to compare the fuel efficiency of two stoves. This protocol is specific to the conditions in Darfur, incorporating both windy and non-windy conditions, along with the cooking pots, food preparation methods, and meals employed by IDPs. The complete DCT protocol is presented in Appendices 1 and 2. The BDS prototype was tested against the original Tara stove using the newly developed DCT along with a simple tipping test (to compare stability). Fuelwood usage by the BDS was found to be consistently less than that of the Tara stove under all tested conditions. Compared to the Tara, the BDS was found to save 56% (with wind) and 40% (without wind) of the fuelwood required to cook sauce-like mulah (one of two staple IDP foods)and to save 74% (with wind) and 8% (without wind) of the fuelwood required to cook the dough-like assida (the other staple food). Using these numbers, the BDS was found to have a net annual fuelwood savings of 72% over the three-stone-fire in Darfur. The 4 stability of the BDS during stirring was also found to be much better than the Tara, requiring > 117 N of lateral force to tip compared to just 22 N. Implications of full adoption of the BDS throughout Darfur include saving 370 million kg of fuelwood per year, along with a monetary savings of US $222 per family per year for IDPs who buy fuelwood or a savings of 18 hours of labor effort per week for IDPs who currently collect fuelwood. Annual avoided CO2 emissions would come to 6 million tonnes per year worth $12 million annually assuming the lowest market price of $3 per tonne1 of CO2. Most significantly, the risk of rape and mutilation for those who collect fuelwood would be reduced by three-quarters. Additional expected benefits include substantial reduction in the inhalation of harmful wood-smoke by IDP women and girls, and significant reduction in the risk of fire to the IDP shelters because the BDS fully encloses the open flames.
Indoor Environment Group, Sustainable Energy Department, Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division
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Whether it be after the powerful strike of an unsettling truth or the deafening ricochet of a gunshot, CSUF's production of "Punk Rock" speaks its highest volumes within its quiet, intense moments.
Directed by Luke Yankee, the 2009 play is written by British playwright Simon Stephens, and it's a disheartening look into the minds of teenagers. Seven students have the expected everyday high school melodramas, such as worrying about exam grades or an unrequited crush, though discussions of the effect of emotional abuse, self-harm and identity suppression take center stage.
The minimalistic set is only furnished by the plain black walls of Arena Theatre and the red wood desks and chairs of an English prep school. William Carlisle (Patrick Curley) nervously welcomes new student Lilly Cahill (Natalie Giannosa) in an awkward yet witty introduction to the show as the rest of the cast gradually fills in.
In William and Lilly's second interaction, they playfully discuss their common irritations and dive into their deepest fears. Lilly observes William having "shy hair" but as the production continues, William pulls and tugs at his hair in a transformation that is the most compelling aspect of the show.
"Punk Rock" can often feel like an after-school special. Each character reveals their own imperfections as a tool to raise awareness of their prevalence and encourage discussion. It follows common storylines of teen dramas with high school stereotypes, love triangles and over-the-top outbursts. It seems to take influence from "Skins" and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" in tone. The show treats its characters with maturity and throws cute and glossy teen portrayals away, but it doesn't feel revolutionary to its predecessors.
Spencer Cassling commands the stage as Bennett Francis for a majority of the show, as the bully shamelessly gets under the other teens' skin and creates havoc with each tormenting and offensive word he says. His performance is so effective that it often becomes sickening to watch. Bennett works to expose fears and insecurities for all to confront, a stinging open wound that aggravates with every poke and jab.
Bennett's main object of scrutiny is Chadwick Meade (Seth Kleber) who fulfills the nerd role. Chadwick delivers the most chilling lines in the production, as he brings his oppressor and the theater to a startling silence by sharing aspects of society's violent nature. His educated side commentary throughout the show is especially gloomy, mostly because of its accuracy.
The cleverness of the play lies in how successfully unpredictable many of the characters are and how intricately the entire cast performs their roles. The audience may form opinions in the beginning about how each student will work into the storyline based on preconceived notions of high school narratives. However, they may instead find themselves witnessing a completely different conclusion than they were expecting as the show closes.
"Punk Rock" is a small and humble production that requires a bit of imagination from the audience. It may take patience at some points to sit through the many scenes portraying abuse and injustice for many of its characters, and it doesn't offer very much optimism to walk away with. It does, however, offer a simulation of teenage confinement – of being stuck in fear, dependence and in possibility, with the itch to find the chosen door out.
The production will run in the Arena Theatre until Oct. 28.


Department store chain JCPenney said it will close 130 to 140 stores and sever distribution operations at two facilities to better align its store and online operations and better compete with online players.
In a news release, the company says it delivered a net profit in 2016 for the first time since 2010.
Following the news, shares fell by around 4 percent as investors hedged their bets on a slim recovery by the once-iconic Main Street retailer.
On Thursday, fellow retailers Macy's and Kohl's Corp. reported lower revenue and comparable-store sales, a key retail metric that removes the sales impact of recently opened or closed stores.
Penney spokeswoman Sarah Holland said Friday that the locations of the stores marked for closure won't be released until mid-March. It's offering early retirement to approximately 6,000 workers who are eligible to retire.
In a Fortune profile a year ago, Ellison said that nearly all Penney stores generated more cash than they consumed. Penney added those capabilities to its stores a year ago.
J.C. Penney Co. Inc. has rejoined the trend of big-box department stores reducing their brick-and-mortar footprint. Last year, 75 percent of Penney's online orders "touched a physical store", he said.
JCPenney closed its Huntsville store in late January at Madison Square Mall and has not announced plans to reopen elsewhere.
The company will also close a distribution center in Lakeland, Florida and sell a supply chain facility in Buena Park, California to "monetize a lucrative real estate asset".
Ellison said the Plano, Texas-based company decided that coordinating a voluntary early retirement program with the store closures could lessen the effect on employees. "Is-the-department-store-era-ending-video" class="local_link" target="_blank">Macy's, Sears, and Kohl's, also announced store closings. Almost all of the closures are expected to occur in the second quarter of 2017.
Analysts say many shoppers are also looking for bargains, with stores like TJMaxx, Ross and Burlington also doing well.
Huffington Post's co-founder Arianna Huffington , who is on Uber's board of directors, will join Holder in the probe. She says she later discovered this was untrue: Other women had reported the same manager to HR for similar offenses.


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Sacramento's Element Brass Band will make you MOVE! Element are one of the premier bands on the West Coast for New Orleans Second Line. They bring the spirit, love, and energy of Mardi Gras every time they play. Element's music attracts people of all ages and walks of life. The band recently released a new album called, "Cali Got A Brass Band," comprised of all original music. Element Brass Band has toured New Orleans, New York City and Atlanta. Element has performed at festivals like High Sierra, Guitarfish, & For The Funk Of It. Element Brass Band has also played at many venues in the bay area including the Fillmore, the New Parish, the Independent, the Elbo Room, Club Amnesia, Starline Social Club, Mr. Tipples, and they have become regulars at the Boom Boom Room over the years. Element has shared stages and shows with artists like GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan, The California Honeydrops, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Blackalicious, Andy Frasco, Turkuaz, A Tribe Called Red, Angelo Moore of Fishbone, New Kingston, DJ Logic, Katdelic, Wil Blades, and many, many others.
When Sacramento trumpeter Ryan Robertson traveled to New Orleans in 2010 he knew he had found a new home and calling. Robertson immersed himself in New Orleans' rich culture and became fascinated with the the music he discovered. He quickly began finding work with local brass bands and began going deep into Second Line music. When Robertson returned to his hometown of Sacramento in 2011, he brought the music of New Orleans with him. Upon his return, he rallied some of Sacramento's top aspiring musicians, and the Element Brass Band was born. Robertson could not get New Orleans out of his blood and soon returned to the Crescent City to further his musical career, and passed the band-leading responsibilites to Byron Colborn.
Second line is a long standing tradition with brass band parades, born out of New Orleans. The tradition is rooted in post-Civil War America with musical ties and lineage dating back to early West African culture. The main line, also known as the first line, is the first section in a brass band parade. The first line is led by members of the respective club who hold a parading permit. In the first line of the parade you will also find the brass band. Those who follow behind the parade to dance and enjoy the music are known as the second line; this means YOU! Second line parades generally lack the slower hymns and solemn music of "jazz funerals," also a common tradition in New Orleans. The second line style of traditional dance, known as "second lining," includes exaggerated movements, loose coordination, and a freedom of interpretation. Brightly colored parasols and handkerchiefs being held high are common to brass band parades. Second line music represents freedom, history and celebration of life itself!
The Hip Hop side of Element:
Element Brass Band has been performing live hop in addition to second line since the band began. The band even has their own resident emcee, Doolow (aka Dan The Man). West Coast hip hop is one of the many styles that Element's band members grew up on, and it is only natural for it to come out when they are on stage! Element Brass Band has worked with some of the best emcees that Sacramento has to offer through events like "FLOW" and "The Most Open Mic in the City." Element has a unique and spontaneous platform at these events where the emcees that join the band are not told what will be played behind them prior to the beat being dropped. The challenge of freestyling with a live brass band keeps emcees on their toes and makes for some amazing music in the moment. In addition to supporting emcees Element also enjoys fusing hip hop with New Orleans second line. When an audience member listens closely they will often hear west coast hip hop being played as a background to a horn players' solo, or snuck in the music in other ways.
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The World Soundtrack Awards will present Ryuichi Sakamoto with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th edition of the event on the 19th of October in Ghent, Belgium. The award ties in with a spotlight on Japanese cinema.
Sakamoto will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the WSAwards Gala for his outstanding career in film music. A selection of his work will be performed by the renowned Brussels Philharmonic conducted by music director Dirk Brossé.
Ryuichi Sakamoto was already a noted rock-pop composer/pianist/singer in Japan when he wrote the 1983 score for Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, in which he also starred alongside David Bowie. He has since worked for leading Japanese (Oshima again for Gohatto) and international directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, in which he also played a part and for which he won an Academy Award for best Original Score, The Sheltering Sky and Little Buddha; Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes and Femme Fatale; Pedro Almodovar's High Heels; Volker Schlöndorff's The Handmaid's Tale; Oliver Stone's produced television miniseries Wild Palms. "He is one of the most inventive film composers of our time," according to Duynslaegher.
The second part of the WSAwards Gala will be dedicated to the 'new Golden Age of TV'. In addition to live performances of David Arnold and Michael Price's score for the British-American drama TV series Sherlock and Max Richter's mysterious soundtrack from cult-drama series The Leftovers by Brussels Philharmonic and the Flemish Radio Choir, several composers will make their way to the stage for what is often the debut of their scores played live in front of an audience. American composer and arranger Jeff Russo will play drums during the live performance of his Emmy-nominated music from Fargo. Sean Callery, best known from his suspense-driven scores on TV-series 24 and Homeland will perform piano on the latter. For the performance of his score and theme for Netflix drama House of Cards, composer Jeff Beal will take the stage.
Fans of Sakamoto can support the recording of Film Fest Gent's album which focuses on the annual guest of honour of the WSAwards, by funding the crowdfunding campaign 'Bringing film music to your ears'. Participants will receive a signed album by Sakamoto himself, theirname in the booklet, VIP tickets to the WSAwards and other perks.
The crowdfunding campaign will be launched on Wednesday, 4th of May on the online platform Indiegogo. A budget of €10,000 is required to finance a share of the recording of the album. You can discover everything about the campaign through Indiegogo.