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Kanye West Still Doesn't Seem to Understand He's Not Actually Beating Joe Biden or Donald Trump
The rapper is taking a fake Kentucky poll that shows him with 19% of the vote and running with it.
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Kanye West's presidential campaign continues to be on shaky footing at best, but the rapper is flying high after the discovery of Kentucky voting results that appear to show him coming in third place, ahead of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The only problem is those results are totally fictional—not that that fact has deterred West or his supporters in the slightest.
On Tuesday night, West took to Twitter for a hasty victory lap for someone only listed on 12 states' presidential ballots, sharing a screenshot of what looks like Kentucky's early election results which show him with 19% of the vote. Those supposed results put him behind independent candidate and Mighty Ducks child star, Brock Pierce, with 29% of the vote, and Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen with 36%. Meanwhile, Biden received only 14% and Trump a paltry 2%. West followed up that tweet with a video of himself yelling "Get the West Wing ready" while enthusiastically showing off the fake numbers to the camera, writing, "this is how I felt when I saw that Kentucky pole [sic] result." Both tweets were later labeled as "manipulated media" by Twitter. A third tweet proclaimed, "PEOLE [sic] TRIED TO TALK ME OUT OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT... NEVER LET WEAK CONTROLLING PEOPLE KILL YOUR SPIRIT."
Unfortunately for the Grammy winner, those supposed results don't actually have any basis in reality. Shortly after West's initial tweet, the source of those figures, LEX 18 News, confirmed there had been some sort of mistake. "Someone discovered a cached web link that we used during June's primary election to post Associated Press election results," the outlet tweeted. "The old link was still populating current AP data and showed test results, which is part of the preparation the AP does in advance of elections." They added in a follow-up tweet, "The results shown were not valid. They were simply part of a test. We regret the discovery of the cached web link and have removed the data from that page. We apologize for any confusion." Early voting in Kentucky also isn't counted until November 3 so there would be no way to even gather this type of data.
But it doesn't seem that West has let that piece of information deter him as he continues to retweet his fans sharing screenshots of the poll and even released a new freestyle track set to footage of a UFC knockout fight because "THE WHOLE TEAM IS SO ENERGIZED THAT I HAD TO RELEASE THEME MUSIC." So while he definitely won't be winning the presidency this fall, even in Kentucky, at least he'll still have some new tunes to show for it.
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School district changes policy after boy denied lunch on birthday over $9
Posted 10:06 AM, September 10, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire
SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio – An Ohio school district is changing its meal policy after a boy was denied lunch on his birthday over an outstanding balance that was less than $10.
Jefferson Sharpmack's usually playful, happy personality changed in an instant during lunch hour inside Green Primary School back on August 30, WJW reports.
"He gets off the bus and he says, Grandma! Worst birthday ever! And I asked him what happened and he proceeded to tell me he wasn't allowed to pass out a snack, which is a new policy, I understand that," said Jefferson's grandmother, Diane Bailey. "Then he says they took his lunch from his tray and gave him a piece of cheese and bread."
Diane Bailey has temporary custody of her grandson and his siblings and enrolled them in the free and reduced lunch program.
Bailey said she was told she could write a check for any unpaid balance until the paperwork was processed, but said her grandson was denied the lunch he wanted – because of a $9 unpaid balance.
"He was bullied. He was bullied by the school officials. He had his lunch removed from his tray at the age of 9," his grandmother said.
Bailey said Green Local Schools took notice after she made several complaints and decided to make district-wide changes, effective immediately.
In a statement released to WJW, Superintendent Jeff Miller said students K-12 will now receive the standard lunch for the day, regardless of their account balance.
He went on to say, "We are sensitive to the financial hardship families incur and challenges presented due to the cost of school breakfast and lunches. Our staff, in coordination with Family Support Specialists, will continue to work with families to ensure they have access to all available resources to assist with purchasing school meals."
"This was the perfect solution, I thank Green schools for responding so quickly."
And while Jefferson's 9th birthday may have started on a bad note, grandma said it ended with dinner at his favorite restaurant and cupcakes.
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I'm currently planning my next vacation which is coming up in April. This year, we're going back to California to visit my family but also spending a week in New York City. I can't wait! But I thought it would be fun to reflect on my big trip last year when I spent a month in Malaysia and Vietnam. It was a pretty crazy trip.
I kept a diary and here is an excerpt from my second day in KL.
We're up at 6AM or 11AM NZ time. We shower and get dressed. I'm famished and I want some food and more importantly, I want some coffee. The guard at the hotel tells us to go down an alleyway to get some "Malay" food. There is a small number of street food restaurants open but it's not really Malay food. We keep walking but soon realize that it's just too early and nothing else is open.
We head back to the street food restaurant. The lady has short spiky hair and eagerly takes our order. D orders a black coffee and I order an iced coffee. She shouts "Kopi-O" and "Ice Kopi" loudly to the kitchen. I have a simple breakfast of steamed bread and a boiled egg. D goes all out and orders Mi Goreng which is a noodle dish. The lady also talks us into a Malay dish which is rice wrapped in banana leaves. The coffee is surprisingly good and really strong. But it's sickly sweet. I don't know how D can stomach noodles so early in the morning. But I do taste the Malay rice dish which is delicious.
After breakfast, we keep walking. Our goal is to walk to the twin towers as it's a good way to see the city. We get to the twin towers only to realize that they are shut on Mondays. We walk back and catch the mono rail back to Bukit Bintang.
We find another street cafe and order an iced coffee and juice. Free Wi-Fi is good. I quickly check my e-mail and facebook updates. I look up to see a guy sweeping the street. I love people watching. I can't get over the fact that everyone manually sweeps the leaves off the street using an old school broom.
Lunch is at an Indian restaurant with a selection of meat and vegetable dishes. This is the best Indian food that I have ever tasted. The roti is flaky and warm. I peer over and see the locals eating next to us using their hands. No cutlery required. They scoop up the curry and rice with their hands and skillfully into their mouth.
After checking out a few more shops, we head to Chinatown for dinner. The markets are crazy and bustling. I buy a cheap knock-off wallet to use for the trip. Dinner is a steamboat with meat and veggies.
We find our way back on the monorail to the hotel. I'm exhausted. It's been a long day.
Sounds pretty cool. I recently spent a while in India. It was a learning adventure.
Congrats on your vacation. I've actually never been to California. Sadly it's still on my travel to-do list. Bon Voyage!


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Sir Paul Stephenson has proposed charging for FOI requests as part of 25% cuts at the Met. Charging for FOI is always controversial. Currently authorities can charge for 'disbursements' such as photocopying (though most tend to waive these charges), and for the cost of fulfilling requests costing more than £450 in most authorities or £600 in central government bodies. In practice, this means that charges are very rarely levied for FOI requests.
When charges were introduced in Ireland in 2005, this led to a huge drop in FOI requests. FOI has clearly become a highly charged political issue in the UK and the Government would have to be very careful about how it introduced such a change. It would fall to the Ministry of Justice, under Ken Clarke, to do this.
I have mixed feelings about charging for requests. The last time the Labour Government made such a proposal, I was firmly against it. My reasoning was that FOI had not at that time bedded in properly – it had only been in place for two years; and it felt like part of a general assault on the Act (David McLean's FOI Amendment Bill was also going through Parliament at the time).
I'm not so sure this time. As indicated in earlier posts, I'm uneasy about an ever expanding FOI caseload at a time when resources are being cut. I've seen large volumes of requests being pushed at hospitals, police forces and universities, all of which have important work to do and are being told to prioritise. I do wonder if a nominal (and discretionary) £10 charge might be a good way to manage the impact of FOI, particularly on those bodies lower down the pecking order. It might put off some of the more trivial requests that critics of FOI are able to roll out to attack it – the notorious toilet roll requests, for instance.
Then again, I do see that this would be a move away from openness, or at least could be interpreted that way. It will be interesting to see whether the Government decides to pursue such a move as part of its proposed reforms of FOI. I'd be interested to hear your views on charging – is it necessary, do you think and why? What form should any new fees regulations take?
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Read an argument against a £10 fee the other day which I found quite persuasive. Maurice Frankel, of the Campaign for FOI, argued that this would stop people being able to make the same request to several authorities, so building up a picture of a particular issue. I can see this point. It's never simple with FOI is it? Could there be a way to make the same request to several authorities but only charge once – say, through WhatDoTheyKnow or some other portal? Or is it better just not to charge, as now? Still not sure on this and happy to hear suggestions from others…
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I've always felt that the lack of identification as a FoI request and the lack of any fee make FoI difficult to administer. A £10 fee would certainly get rid of trivial requests from members of the public, eg the sort of requests that are generated automatically from web sites. It wouldn't stop the special interest groups and journalists, however. Would it stop legitimate requests from the public? Probably not in all cases, I would guess, although it would likely stop some legitimate requests that would otherwise have been made.
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October 11, 2010 at 4:11 pm	9 years ago
Can certainly see the argument for a fee as you suggest Chris. I'd be prepared to accept £10 – less happy if it was more like the Irish model (which from memory has fees much higher than this). Similarly, agree that citing FOI would help in administering requests – it would certainly have prevented some of the time-wasting battles I've had with colleagues over whether or not correspondence should be handled as an FOI request.
Bill Gates once said that he could stop spam in an instant. Just charge 1p for 1,000 emails (or 10,000, or possibly even 100,000).
The point was that for most of us, we could buy all the emails we would ever need for the price of a bar of chocolate.
But the spammers would go out of business.
I would cheerfully put a totally nominal charge on this (£1). That would be unlikely to cover the administration costs. But that would be missing the point. The purpose of the charge is to deter spurious requests, not to generate revenue.
But in the end, I like the £10 limit. The counterpoint you mention is standard: you can always find a case that would be harmed by a change (see Child Benefit for an example).
But FoI, while good for transparency, is a huge and often unnecessary drain on public organisations.
Start the £10 fee now, I say.
Nicholas Lovell
October 18, 2010 at 9:36 am	9 years ago
Thanks for the comment, Nicholas. Interesting comparison with the spam email issue.
There's definitely a case for a charge. But I think the counter argument to it being a huge drain on public organisations would be that it also, arguably, saves a lot of money – and in ways that are largely unseen.
Public officials and politicians now know that their decisions are subject to FOI. Any expenditure of public funds is likely to become public so decisions are scrutinised more carefully in the first instance.
MPs, to take a well known example, are now much less likely to claim expenses beyond the bare minimum after the furore last year. One reason for publishing public sector salaries I suspect is an attempt to drive down demand for higher salaries.
If you start charging for FOI, yes, you may well cut out trivial requests, but you might also limit that safeguard on spending. I'm not saying we shouldn't charge, but I think in considering it we need to look at not just the immediate cost demands, but also the wider benefit to government and society.
It's safe to say that I've yet to make my mind up on this!
October 18, 2010 at 12:37 pm	9 years ago
I understand the intentions of filtering out seemingly frivilous request by charging £10.
Although what is frivilous? I once got asked for the height of tower cranes onsite which may seemingly be nonsense to some people but very useful to the applicant.
However I suppose you could always hold the charge in reserve and waiver payment…..
For DPA subject access requests I remember we once calculated how much it would actually cost to process and administer payment and for cheques it cost more than the £10 itself you receive! Obviously card payments and efficiencies since probably mean that it is more cost effective now.
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A human body was seen floating in the Thompson River by two canoeists on Saturday morning, Kamloops RCMP said.
The witnesses said they observed the body floating just before 10 a.m. near Rabbit Island, south of McArthur Island Park.
They had to paddle to shore to call 9-1-1, and lost sight of the body by then.
Police said they did an extensive search of the area by boat and plane but couldn't locate the reported body.
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UK retailers suffer worst Christmas in a decade
Retailers have just suffered their worst Christmas in a decade as weak consumer confidence dented demand, according to a report by the British Retail Consortium and KPMG. It said sales showed 0% growth in December compared to a rise of 1.4% in December 2017, making it the poorest performance since 2008. On a like-for-like basis, sales decreased by 0.7% from a year earlier. Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the BRC, said: "Squeezed consumers chose not to splash out this Christmas with retail sales growth stalling for the first time in 28 months. (Retailers) are having to wrestle with mounting costs from a succession of government policies - from the Apprenticeship Levy, to higher wage costs, to rising business rates." Samuel Tombs at Pantheon Macroeconomics said: "Sluggish retail sales appear to be symptomatic of wider weakness; Barclaycard also reported that nominal growth in consumers' overall spending slowed to just 1.8% in December from 3.3% in November."
UK house prices surprisingly rose at the fastest monthly rate in almost two years in December, according to the latest Halifax house price index. The rise came despite warnings over the potential impact of Brexit for the year ahead.
It said the average cost of a home rose by 2.2% compared with November. On an annual basis, prices rose by 1.3% in the three months to December, making it the weakest year since 2012. The survey contradicts a report by rival lender Nationwide, which suggested house price growth was 0.5% in December – the slowest annual rate since February 2013.
The pace of UK economic growth slowed in the three months to November to its weakest pace in six months.
GDP data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the economy grew by 0.3% during the period, less than the 0.4% in the quarter to October. The ONS said manufacturers suffered their longest period of monthly falls in output since the financial crisis, being hit by weaker overseas demand.
Global economic growth is forecast to slow to 2.9% this year compared to 3% last year, according to the World Bank. It said that trade disputes and tightening monetary policy would act as a drag on growth. In its Global Economic Prospects report for January, it said that an especially worrying aspect was the rise in government debt-to-GDP levels in low-income countries from 30% to 50% in the past four years. "Under these circumstances, were financing conditions to tighten abruptly, countries could experience sudden capital outflows and struggle to refinance debts," it said.
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LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT TO REMOVE CARS AND HOUSES IN ABUJA AND LAGOS AS PENSIONS FOR EX-GOVERNORS.
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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who submitted a bill to the Lagos State House of Assembly says he wants the law that makes ex-governors of the state entitled to some cars and houses as pensions be repealed.
The Special Assistance to the Lagos State Governor on media tweeted this of the repealing of the Payment of Pension Law 2007.
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The salary of former Governors will be the same as the salary of the incumbent Governors.
That the former governors of the state will be collecting the same salary with the current governor's basic salary but they won't be collecting allowances.
The ex-governors of Lagos State will be entitled to three cars that will be renewed every (3) three years while the ex-deputy governors will be entitled to two (2) cars.
The ex-governor and his or her deputy will be given allowances this includes medical treatment free with their family members.
The housing and furniture allowances that are from 10% to 300% of their basic salary. Car maintenances, entertainment and utilities are also included.
The State government will also pay for their cook, steward, gardener and all other workers that work in the ex-governors houses. The pension law also gave the right to hire as many persons they need to work in their houses.
Their Personal Assistance will also be entitled to 25% of the ex-governors basic salary. Their driver will also be paid by the state governor, and they have the right to employ as many as they want to employ.
They are also entitled to two (2) SSS officers and eight (8) policemen.
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Who can know the depth and intensity of the heart of God? No one could measure His sorrow over an unrepentant sinner or His joy over a spiritual rebel who relinquishes everything to Him. We can begin to understand what is on the heart of Go…d only when He shares His heart with us (Amos 3:7).
Are you aware of the fervent emotions in the soul of your Lord, as He carries the weight of the world? The disciples were unaware of the deep anguish in the heart of Jesus. Yet, He willingly shared His heart with them. The disciples often seemed disoriented to what Jesus was feeling. When He took delight in young children, His disciples attempted to chase them away (Luke 18:15-16). When Jesus had compassion for a woman living in sin, they acted confused (John 4:27). While Jesus wept at the hopelessness of those facing death, His closest friends grieved as if Jesus had no power to raise the dead (John 11:1-44).
You can choose to be alert to the heart of God. As you seek to understand what God is feeling, He may share with you the intensity of His heart. When you are around other people, God may sensitize you to the love He feels for them. When you see others suffering, you may feel the compassion Jesus feels. When sinners return to God in repentance, you may share the Father's joy. You will react to evil the way Jesus reacts. If you will remain alert in prayer, Jesus will share His heart with you.


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I have been absent for two months now. A lot has happened.
The good news first: I have a beautiful daughter named Savannah. She was born August 26 at 6:25pm. She is the most beautiful little thing I've ever seen!
On August 25 I went in for my regular NST and the nurse was having a hard time separating out the girls heartbeats, I told her that had never happened before and she probably wasn't getting A's because she always difficult to find, but she insisted it was normal for twins to have very similar heart rates. After being there for over an hour and having the beats be the exact same she said she thought it looked okay but would have the doctor look at the graph to make sure he saw what he needed in A's heart rate changes. When my doctor came he said that the monitors were picking up the same heart beat and that he would do an ultrasound to see where baby A was so they could correctly place the monitor and start again. When he did the ultrasound he could not see A's heartbeat on the machine. After continuing to look for a few minutes he called two other doctors who were more educated on the machine for second opinions. Both doctors saw the same thing. We don't know why or how but our twin A had passed away. We had just seen both the girls on the ultrasound the previous Thursday and they were both perfect.
Since our twins were in separate sacks and didn't share a placenta the doctor said I could still carry twin b for as long as I wanted without risk to her, or I could deliver her early. The choice was mine.
I didn't have to think about it at all, I did not want to be pregnant and longer knowing what I had just found out. So my c-section was scheduled for the next day.
August 26th was both the happiest and saddest day of my life. I delivered my girls via c-section at 33 weeks and 2 days gestation. If I had thought about it at all I would have requested to go under for the surgery rather than stay awake. First of all it was actually a lot more painful than I was led to believe. I also had a panic attack during the surgery and was lucky my husband is amazing and got me to calm down. I fell asleep after he talked me out of it, but I do remember still hearing what was happening. At one one point the Anesthetist kept telling me to wake up. Apparently when I went to sleep my breathing slowed down too much, so they had to keep waking me up. There was a lot of buzz in the room while they were working but it all went silent when they pulled twin A out, that's how I knew she was out. We decided not to see her body but requested pictures to be taken of her so that we could see her when we decided we could handle it. I still haven't looked. A minute later twin B came out and I heard a tiny little cry, more like an unhappy grunt, and they tried to show her to me over the curtain but all I could see was a tiny foot. After a time they brought Savannah back over to me and put her head next to mine so I could kiss her and then they whisked her to the NICU. I was pretty out of it at this point but I do remember how warm her cheek was next to my lips.
The hospital gave us a "memory box" of the pictures and other mementos of twin A for us to take home, which I assume includes her birth info but I haven't been able to open it yet. So I only know her birth date.
Savannah spent 18 days in the NICU and was a rockstar. She tackled everything and improved so quickly. The only "problems" she had were jaundice and choking on her food and forgetting to resume breathing afterward. She was under the Bili lights for 2 days and never had to go back. Thank God! It was really sad to see her under them.
Once they started her on bottle feeding she really took off! The nurses and doctors said they had never seen a baby do so well so fast. The first time she ate without a feeding tube she downed the whole bottle in 10 minutes. They standardly give each baby a half hour to eat as much as they can and normally they babies use that full time and only eat a portion of the food. I was quite proud of my little piglet.
She has been home 11 days now and has been doing great. She gained weight and is nearly 5lbs now! I love her very much and am so happy to have her around.
I still think about Scarlett everyday. It's a strange feeling to miss someone you've never met, but I really do miss her and I probably always will.
I am thankful to have Savannah around and I will love her until the end of time!
I may or may not continue blogging, but I will be checking in on my blogger friends to see how they're doing. I'll leave you with some photos.
She was 1 day old and already smiling!
This was after her first doctor visit. All tuckered out.
Oh Sausha! I'm so sorry you weren't able to bring both of your girls home with you. But I am so happy you have Savannah. She's beautiful.
This is the happiest and saddest post... Congrats on your beautiful little girl, she is adorable. And saying lots of prayers for sweet Scarlett, she is in heaven with Jesus and you will see her again one day. Hope you continue to blog and keep in touch!


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Q: OpenGL nvoglv64.dll access violation I am doing a 4 stage rendering pipeline using OpenGL. After I changed a few things (and updated the drivers) the code stopped working. The error is caused by stage 4 in the following function:
    // STAGE 1 (Solid Render) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        if (subSceneDebugFlag) { std::cout << "         Stage 1..." << std::endl; }

        glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, this->subSceneFBO1);
        glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
        glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

        glUseProgram(this->subSceneShaderArray[0]);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->textureAsset->colorMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage1ColorMapLocation, 0);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE1);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->textureAsset->normalMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage1NormalMapLocation, 1);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE2);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->textureAsset->specularMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage1SpecularMapLocation, 2);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE3);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->textureAsset->lightMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage1LightMapLocation, 3);

        glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
        glDepthMask(GL_TRUE);
        glDisable(GL_BLEND);

        glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(3);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(4);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(5);

        // Binding SSBO
            glBindBuffer(GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER, this->objectSSBO);
            glBindBufferBase(GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER, 1, this->objectSSBO);

        // Binding VBO
                glUnmapBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER); // Make sure the buffer is unmapped

            glBindVertexArray(this->objectVAO);
            glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this->objectVBO);
            glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, vertexIndex);

        glDisableVertexAttribArray(5);
        glDisableVertexAttribArray(4);
        glDisableVertexAttribArray(3);
        glDisableVertexAttribArray(2);

    // STAGE 2 (Solid Shading) ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        if (subSceneDebugFlag) { std::cout << "         Stage 2..." << std::endl; }

        glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, this->subSceneFBO2);
        glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
        glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

        glUseProgram(this->subSceneShaderArray[1]);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->stage1ColorMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage2ColorMapLocation, 0);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE1);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->stage1NormalMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage2NormalMapLocation, 1);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE2);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->stage1SpecularMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage2SpecularMapLocation, 2);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE3);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->stage1LightMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage2LightMapLocation, 3);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE4);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->stage1DepthMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage2DepthMapLocation, 4);

        glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);

        glBindVertexArray(this->subSceneVAO);
        glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this->subSceneVBO);
        glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);

    // STAGE 3 (Alpha Shading) ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        if (subSceneDebugFlag) { std::cout << "         Stage 3..." << std::endl; }

        glUseProgram(this->subSceneShaderArray[2]);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->textureAsset->colorMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage3ColorMapLocation, 0);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE1);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->textureAsset->normalMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage3NormalMapLocation, 1);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE2);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->textureAsset->specularMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage3SpecularMapLocation, 2);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE3);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->textureAsset->lightMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage3LightMapLocation, 3);

        glDepthMask(GL_FALSE);
        glEnable(GL_BLEND);

        glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(3);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(4);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(5);

        // Binding SSBO
            glBindBuffer(GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER, this->objectSSBO);
            glBindBufferBase(GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER, 1, this->objectSSBO);

        // Binding VBO
            glBindVertexArray(this->objectVAO);
            glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this->objectVBO);
            glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, vertexIndex);

        glDepthMask(GL_TRUE);

        glDisableVertexAttribArray(5);
        glDisableVertexAttribArray(4);
        glDisableVertexAttribArray(3);
        glDisableVertexAttribArray(2);

// STAGE 4 (Draw To Buffer) ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    if (subSceneDebugFlag) { std::cout << "         Stage 4..." << std::endl; }

        glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, this->subSceneFBO4);

        glUseProgram(this->subSceneShaderArray[3]);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->stage2ColorMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage4ColorMapLocation, 0);

            glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE1);
            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this->stage1ControlMapID);
            glUniform1i(this->stage4ControlMapLocation, 1);

        glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
        glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);

        glBindVertexArray(this->subSceneVAO);
        glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, this->subSceneVBO);
        glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);

If I comment out stage 4, there is no error. If I comment out stage 2, stage 4 works properly. In fact, I believe something in FBO2 and FBO4 causes the issue, the only thing shared between them is the VAO/VBO.
Google search did not provide any results. The problems in all cases were caused by either drivers, or bad pointers. As I mentioned, they both stages work when used separated so my object initialization is out of question.
Other reasons include wrong or missing attributes, which I don't think is the case here.
I would like to know what I'm missing.
Can using same VAO/VBO in two frame buffer objects be the issue?
EDIT: The latest drivers still have the issue.

A: glEnableVertexAttribArray() is only meant to be called when creating the VAO. After that you should not touch that at all, binding the proper VAO will do that.
By enabling/disabling things I was altering the currently attached VAO, which caused issues down the line.

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Are you an adult who has never learned how to swim? If so, you're not alone. Whether they never had the opportunity, or they just weren't interested, there are a surprising number of adults who never learned. But now you are ready to take the plunge, so to speak, and you're wondering if its possible. The good news is that there are ways that you can learn to swim as an adult, and below are some tips to get you started.
Doing this is going to be fun. You want to go and buy a bathing suit. You may have one already, just for show at the beach. But now you are looking for function. Wearing a dry bathing suit on the beach is a lot different than getting in the water with one.
You also will want to buy a swim cap and some goggles. Pools often have a lot of chlorine in them, and this can irritate your eyes making them itchy and red.
Many community centers offer swimming classes for adults. This way you know that you aren't alone. If there aren't any swimming classes available for adults, talk to a friend or family member about helping you out. Chances are that they will be happy to do it and they'll be there for you.
The first time you get in the water, chances are that you are going to be scared and worried. You may have trouble letting go of the pool's ladder. But you have a big advantage over children when they are learning. You don't have to worry about your feet not touching the bottom in the shallow end.
One thing you want to make sure is that you're not hurrying to the pool's deep end. Start out at the shallowest end of the pool and make sure you're comfortable. Practice breathing to the side and learning a few strokes and kicks.
This is going to take some time for you to get used to buoyance and weightlessness. You're going to get frustrated once in a while. You'll also breathe in or drink in water. You'll panic and choke. You'll cough. Never give up and keep on trying.
Whether you are watching them live in the pool or you're watching them on YouTube, watching other people swimming will help. Study the movements of their feet and hands and the technique that they're using. YouTube is a great option since you can watch more than once and refer back to it.
Once you learn how to swim, you'll find out how much fun it can be. You can swim just about anywhere, from lakes to pools to the ocean. You'll also be a lot safer around water, and you can have fun with your friends and family. Learning to swim will make the summers a lot more enjoyable and bearable!
What to Do If a Child Starts Crying Before Swimming Lessons?
The first step you can take to ensure that your child will remain calm in an unknown environment is to make them familiar or used to that place. Not only that, you need to make sure that the impression you create is a positive one and not the type that would escalate the problem more. You would need to spend some time together with your child and play around in the water before they can be ready for taking swimming lessons on their own. If you are taking them to a swim school, then let them observe how other children are behaving and how the instructors are telling them what to do, chances are that your child will become more interested in seeing all of the new activities instead of being hesitant or afraid.
This might seem like an unusual thing to say because of how overprotective some parents can become but it is a good idea to let the swimming instructor handle your child in the pool. This is because children can become really agitated when they see their parents nearby as the parents are the one to go to when the child senses trouble or fear. So what you need to do is keep the interaction to a minimum and if you are having a hard time doing so because your child is creating lots of trouble, then you can try distracting them in a way that can calm them down and get rid of their fear of the swimming school. Many schools have either song sheets or training guides for the swim skill language that you can utilize outside of the school. When you show or sing these things to your child at any place other than the school, they will establish a positive association with the swimming lessons and will find little reason to fear.
Even if you are not interacting with your child, it is common for them to get upset when they see you around and burst into tears because of the anxiety created by being separate. Another factor that contributes to their fears is how you behave when you are in their proximity; meaning that if you yourself show signs of worry, fear or hesitation then your child will recognize that and will panic even more. So if you are present there, try to control your worries and instead do things that would encourage them, like wave, smile or congratulate them when they complete their lesson. If it is getting worse then it is good practice to go out of sight and find a place where you can monitor your child from afar if you want.
Why Is Swimming Important for Adults?
One of the most important skills that you can learn in life is swimming because of the physical advantages associated with it and the fact that it can be a lifesaving tool when faced with a crisis involving water. Other than those two situations, you can use swimming to pass the time when you are staying at a hotel that has a pool or even get a certification to be a lifeguard. The benefits of swimming can't be emphasized enough, regardless of your age, if you are able to learn how to swim, you should get to it immediately. For adults, these benefits apply and even have more effect since they usually not that active most of the time and are overwhelmed with work stress, below we discuss the advantages in more detail.
Taking a break or getting time off from your daily life can help you with getting rid of stress and fixing your mood from that hectic routine. Though, you have to make sure that you are actually enjoying during your vacations and that means taking full advantage of the location or other assets presented in front of you. Most of the places you will be visiting will either have a swimming pool or a beach nearby; this is where your swimming skills will come in handy. Because swimming itself is an exercise that has a low impact on the muscles, you actually feel relaxed and have full concentration in contrast to other exercises like jogging or walking, where the impact on your muscles or joints is a bit higher.
Being a lifeguard is a daunting and difficult task since you would be saving people in an environment that is not designed for humans, i.e. deep water. So for a lifeguard certification, the agencies that give them out require the candidates to be really adept at swimming; they have to make sure that the person is physically capable enough to tackle the challenges. These training courses involve swimming at least 300 yards without rest, diving deep to recover 10 pounds of weight and swimming back up or using different strokes. All of these feats can only be accomplished if you are a good swimmer.
The instructions given us when it comes to practicing water safety includes knowing how to swim and giving CPR. These things can be the saving grace if you encounter an emergency where a person has drowned or where you yourself can be at risk. If your job is at a place where deep water is present, then it is important you know how to swim to implement water safety to the fullest. Incidents of drowning can happen very quickly and they are not easily detected because there is little to no sound of splashing or any cries for help when you are underwater.
If you are looking for a way to target all of the muscles in your body in a single workout, then swimming is the way to go. Not only does it improve the strength and cardiovascular aspects of the body but it increases your resistance to diseases as well. Swimming on a frequent base can give you a well-defined and toned body, it stabilizes your weight gain, improves the functionality of your heart or lungs and it develops a straight and proper posture without putting too much strain on your back.
For adults, life can be pretty hectic and chaotic because you have to manage so many things on a daily basis. Exercise can help you with the stress and one of the best exercises is swimming. This is because when you are in the water, you feel relaxed and good if it's a hot day when you swim against the water, it does not have a heavy physical impact on your body and the muscles are getting a workout in the process. It is also good therapy and sometimes a fix for some contractions or flexibility issues.
What strokes do you teach during swim lessons at Brooklyn Swim Center?
We teach four competitive strokes: ftont crowl, backstroke, breastroke, and butterfly.


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Bridging Scales in Modelling and Simulation of Non-Reacting and Reacting Flows. Part II
Bridging Scales in Modelling and Simulation of Non-Reacting and Reacting Flows. Part II, Volume 53
Serial Volume Editors: Alessandro Parente Juray De Wilde
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Northwest African Coastline
Bertram hissed in pain as his salt-stiffened shirt sawed across the raw meat of his neck. He looked heavenward. Four days almost without wind, baking in the sun. Even the crew was starting to grumble. Seeking distraction, he glanced at Rodney, who was bent over the port side rail, the dirty white line of the coast of Africa inching slowly by beyond him.
This devil's own sunburn was still better than Rodney's endless puking. The poor man hadn't been right since they boarded. Everyone was a touch miserable when they sailed right into that rough weather getting round Ireland, but Rodney had been a class apart the entire time.
A snort from the poop deck above drew him from thought. "This sun will make you look a redneck, that's for sure."
Bertram turned, craning his sizzling neck, and saw it was John Ennis speaking. The oldest of the up-timers with the mission for their technical expertise, Ennis had a set of the telescopic contrivances up-timers called "binoculars" hanging from his neck.
Bertram returned the smile. "In appearance only, I'm told. Randy and Ricky say there's more to being a proper redneck than a sunburn."
"A 'proper' redneck? Now there's a contradiction in terms." John beckoned Bertram to join him, stepping back from the ladder to make room.
Bertram scrambled up the ladder, finding Captain Strand, the First Mate, and Gervais keeping company round the tiller. He gave the knot of men a nod and turned to John. "Could you explain that?"
"Yes, please do." Gervais said, stepping over to join them, leaning against the rail. He didn't seem the least bit uncomfortable in the heat, and his neck was already nut-brown.
John pursed his lips slightly. "Well, the term's much more popular among southerners in…the nation we came from, than it was among West Virginians. We generally prefer the slang term 'hillbilly.' "
"Yes, I have noticed that is a title all you up-timers seem to bear with pride."
A broad smile, full of teeth. "Not all of us, but," a slow nod, "yeah, most of us who came from Grantville do take being called hillbilly with a degree of pride. It was, my father told me, originally an attempt by some city flatlanders to describe ignorant mountain folk, just like 'rednecks' was a sneer at dumb farmers whose necks were burned red by the sun.
"Over time, things change, and the two terms had mixed meanings when I was growing up — which partly depended on where you grew up. The term 'redneck,' especially, got mixed in with attitudes during the civil rights movement."
"Which was…?"
John waved his hand. "I don't want to go into that right now. Hillbilly, though, more-or-less kept its original meaning. Sometimes people would try and insult me with it, but I always took it as something to be a bit proud of: Most hillbillies I knew were more willing to help their neighbors than most city-folk, were clever with their hands, and not above bending their back to work for a living." He shrugged. "So it wasn't a bad thing, for me, being called a hillbilly."
"Me neither," Rodney gasped, between retching sessions at the rail below. "Except I was born in Georgia so I'd go with 'redneck.' But for the love of God" — he managed to fight down another retch — "don't ever call my West Virginia-born wife a 'redneck' or you just restarted the civil war. 'We seceded from you damn secessionists!' is the first thing she'll say, and it'll go downhill from there."
Bertram was looking a bit confused again. John chuckled and said: "I'm afraid that's another up-time history lesson we'll gave to postpone for the moment."
"But, with all the wonders you have brought to us, it's hard to imagine someone…" Bertram trailed off, trying to find the correct phrase.
"Looking down on us?"
"Exactly so."
"Well, there were a lot who did. Small towns had a reputation for being backward, just like today…and we Americans didn't have the best reputation overseas, either." Another shrug. "Hell, Grantville still ain't anyone's idea of a cultural center."
"Plebeians, then?" Gervais offered.
"Huh?" John asked.
Finding it endlessly interesting how these up-timers, so highly educated in matters technical, could be so ignorant of terms common to every modern down-timer's education, Bertram explained: "The Roman Republic had patricians and plebeians. The former looking down on and fearing the latter, who were the majority. The patricians would do whatever possible to keep the plebeians from capitalizing on their numbers and seizing power, including bribing them with food and putting on entertainments like gladiatorial combats and circuses."
"Oh, so that's where that bread and circuses thing comes from?"
Bertram smiled. "Exactly so."
John looked thoughtful a moment, then shrugged again. "Seems people have always been looking for ways to make themselves special, even at the expense of others."
"True…" Gervais murmured.
A sailor in the rigging shouted something that, between the accent and the nautical term, Bertram missed.
But he couldn't help but hear Strand cursing as the captain pulled out a telescope and stood to the rail along the port side next to Gervais.
There was another shout from above.
"Where away?" the captain bellowed.
"Port, three points."
Strand adjusted the telescope, muttered, then said clearly: "Damnation."
John appeared on the deck. "What is it, Captain?" he asked, bringing his binoculars up in the direction the captain was looking.
"Not good," Strand muttered, chewing one end of his mustache.
Bertram squinted, but could not see anything. "What?"
"One of those ships with both sail and oars –" John said.
"Pirates," Strand said.
"How can you tell that at this distance?" John asked.
Strand snorted. "Xebec with her oars out, pulling hard for us."
"And?" John said.
"Damnation," Bertram breathed.
Strand ignored them both, stomping over to his first mate. "Open the arms locker and man the guns. We're in for a visit from the slaver scum."
"I still don't understand what he saw," John said, peering at the horizon again through his binoculars.
"Would you want to row in this heat?" Bertram asked.
John let the binoculars hang from his neck and looked at him. "Hell, no."
Bertram saw understanding dawn in the up-timer's eyes.
"Shit." John scrambled down the ladder and disappeared below decks.
Bertram heard a mechanical click, followed by a gentle whirring from just below. Bertram looked over to see a blue-steel pistol had appeared in Rodney's hand, the cylinder opened to reveal shining brass.
Satisfied with the state of his loads, Rodney snapped the revolver closed with a practiced motion. "I'll make sure the boys are ready." He staggered off.
"And I'll see to the women," Gervais muttered.
First Mate Loke shouted from the rail, "Malte, Short Leif, Ulf, Lukas with me to the weapons locker! The rest of you, to your guns or stations!"
Bertram watched as the mast of the pirate slowly grew to reveal a ship as men leapt to their posts all over the Lønsom Vind.
"Knew we should have stood further out to sea," Strand grumbled.
"Not much choice; what with the weather, the English, the Dutch, and the Spanish," Bertram said, fear squeezing the words through a suddenly tight throat. He had no wish to be killed or, worse yet, watch Monique and the others gang-raped and sold into slavery.
John kissed his wife and pulled the Winchester free of its case. There was barely enough room in their cramped quarters for the two of them, and the barrel of the gun bumped the low ceiling as he slung it over one shoulder.
"What's going on, John?" Ilsa had been lying down, suffering from seasickness nearly as bad as Rodney.
He grabbed the small ammo box his father had left lying around, the one labelled M25. "Pirates. Captain says they're all slavers, too."
Ilsa blanched. "Oh, no, John."
He kissed her again. "Got to go." Holding her at arms length, he added: "Keep your head down."
"I'll join the others."
"Sounds good." He left, squeezing past Gervais in the narrow gangway outside. The Frenchman was readying a coach-gun, sweat dripping from his round face. "On my life, they'll not pass, Monsieur Ennis."
Not sure what to say to that, John just nodded and climbed out on deck.
The sun beat on him as he considered his options. Setting up in the rigging would give him height and better viewing aspect on the targets, much like a deer stand in a tree, but the ropes and spars were swaying far more than the deck.
Ricky and the rest of the boys boiled out behind him while he thought it through, all shotguns and pent-up aggression.
He spat over the side and decided on the poop deck. "Ricky, do me a favor, get me…five or six of those winter blankets."
"Will do, J.D."
John climbed up, Rodney right behind him, and rejoined the Captain and Bertram. Strand was still peering through his telescope.
"Captain Strand, what range do their guns have?" he asked, trying to keep his mind off of what he was preparing to do.
"Their cannon?"
"They'll probably give us a warning shot at about a hundred paces, reload, and if we don't just give up, they'll get to the business of trying to break us at around fifty."
Doug Lampert	on January 23, 2017 at 3:00 PM
The term pace is ambiguous historically. Modern it's one step, most of a yard or meter, probably what's meant here (no reason to try shooting at long range given the inaccuracy of the guns and the motion of the platforms). But the Latin root meant left heel to left heel (i.e. two steps), and was about 5′. The modern mile is from the "mille" in "mille passus" for a thousand paces, and even light cannon could be dangerous at far more than 500′.
I have no idea what common usage in 1636 or so in whatever language is being spoken here would be.
jeff bybee	on January 23, 2017 at 10:38 PM
shooting from a rolling ship 100 yards most shots from a broad side would miss so at 166 yards while dangerious even light cannon could on land at sea the statement the pirates would wait to 50 yards to criple their pray is logical to me
Stewart	on January 23, 2017 at 11:09 PM
(1) Is this Winchester a 30-30, .38/.357 or .45 Colt ? many calibers made.
(2) Me thinks we might find out what happens when a pirate captain or a gunner is struck at 100 to 150 yards — practical range for a 30-30
— Stewart


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How Silence Festival is putting Nepal's metal scene on the map
By Dave Everley ( Metal Hammer ) published 9 January 18
Overcoming natural disasters and corrupt cops, Silence festival aims to put Nepal's metal scene on the map and become a destination for international bands. We flew out to raise our horns
(Image credit: Derek Bremner)
There are many things to love about Kathmandu. Its history, for one. Though the capital of Nepal only officially came into being in the 18th century, its roots can be traced back 2,000 years. The weight of the years hangs in the air, almost as thick as the dust kicked up by the heavy traffic that jams its streets.
And there are its inhabitants. The people of Nepal are uniformly friendly and welcoming, an approach that permeates the whole of the country. Compared to its bigger neighbours – chaotically crazed India to the south and stern, stentorian China to the north – it's laidback and relaxed. You can see why hippies have been flocking to this country since the late 60s.
But there are a tiny handful of things not to love about the city, too. Chief among these are the police. The local enforcement officers have a reputation for being impatient, brutal and quick to crack down on rebellion, real and imagined, meting out justice with the big wooden sticks they carry. If you're a white westerner, you're unlikely to experience this side of things. It's a different matter if you're a local metal fan or musician.
"I've seen kids being beaten up just for being at a metal show," says Avishek K.C., singer with Underside, who can lay genuine claim to being Nepal's biggest rock band. "A few years ago, if you were walking down the street with long hair, they'd take you to a barber and shave your head: 'We are going to clean the streets by cutting people's hair.'"
Things have quietened down a little since then, but it's still a tricky line to walk – especially for Underside. Since 2010, the band's guitarist, Bikrant Shrestha, has been the prime mover behind the Silence Festival, Nepal's sole metal festival. Each year, the authorities make him jump through hoops to get the necessary permits. Luckily for the festival, and for his country's metal scene, Bikrant is persistent. "I've kind of got used to it," he says. "I know how to work with them. You have to smile a lot and just go with it."
But heavy-handed cops aren't the greatest existential threat the Silence Festival has faced. That came in 2015, when Nepal was devastated by a massive earthquake that killed more than 9,000 people and caused more than $10 billion damage across the country. For the next two years, the festival was put on ice while the country struggled to recover. This year's event is the first since that terrible tragedy. This is a festival literally rebuilding itself from the rubble.
Twelve Foot Ninja are out to make friends and influence people (Image credit: Derek Bremner)
Bikrant Shrestha is the classic local boy made good. An elegant, courteous, hyper-friendly 30-something in an embroidered cowboy shirt and expensive-looking boots, he's every inch the jet-setting rock star. It's just after noon and we're sitting between two tents in the festival's backstage area. Outside, the first few fans are beginning to trickle into the site, set up in the grounds of an exhibition centre in the heart of the city.
Bikrant and his co-organisers have pulled together a great line-up for this sixth edition of the festival. It mixes overseas bands – Australian sludge outfit Chillaum, Swiss melodic death metallers Voice Of Ruin and their avant-garde metal countrymen Enigmatik, plus Aussie post-nu metal lunatics Twelve Foot Ninja – with homegrown grindcore bruisers Nude Terror, extreme metal provocateurs Kaal and self-proclaimed purveyors of 'Ramailo' (translation: 'fun') death metal Binaash. Then there's Bikrant and Avishek's own band, Underside, who could easily headline the festival themselves if the size of the crowd they pull is any measure, but have graciously allowed Voice Of Ruin, Enigmatik and Twelve Foot Ninja to go on after them.
Bikrant was born here in Nepal, but studied hotel management and graphic design in Switzerland. He's a musician, but he's a businessman, too: as well as Underside and the Silence Festival, he has his own recording studio and a luxury apartment building. It was his time in Europe that inspired him to set up Silence back in 2010.
"You go to the festival and see all these things happening," he says. "But there was nothing like that here in Nepal, no heavy metal festivals. I wanted to bring something different, like the things I had experience of."
What there was was a vibrant metal scene, particularly in Kathmandu and the country's second city, Pokhara. Bands such as long-running local heroes Cobweb could pull a few hundred people to their club shows. Bikrant himself played in various rock and metal bands, while his future bandmate Avishek had his own group, groove-infused thrashers E.Quals. The latter actually headlined the first Silence festival.
"It was something completely new," says Avishek, a man whose own rock star charisma is matched by his laidback demeanour. "Maybe 500 or 700 people turned up, but Bikrant had got a proper stage and backline. He took it seriously."
As well as E.Quals, the inaugural festival line-up showcased an array of Nepalese bands, including Monkey Temple (featuring Bikrant on drums), 72hrs and Binaash. Bikrant called in favours from a couple of outfits he knew from Switzerland, flying over the Motherockers Gang and Enigmatik. The latter have returned for this year's instalment.
"This is one of the best festivals to play," says Enigmatik vocalist Ben Plüss. "The crowds are dedicated to metal. Maybe it's because they're not spoiled in a way some Western audiences are."
Between 2011 and 2014, the event steadily grew. They pulled in a range of big-name overseas bands: Vader, Behemoth, Sikth. But then, suddenly, everything stopped in its tracks.
The earthquake that hit Nepal occurred just before noon on April 25, 2015. Its epicentre was roughly 50 miles northwest of Kathmandu. The city suffered some damage, though the greatest impact – and death toll – occurred in rural areas. Almost 9,000 people lost their lives. Over three million people were left homeless.
Bikrant cancelled that year's festival. "It didn't feel right to spend money and do the festival after that kind of massive destruction," he says. "You can't think about anything other than trying to help."
He co-founded a charity, No Silence For Nepal, with his friends in Enigmatik. They raised 150,000 Swiss Francs (£114,500), which went towards rebuilding a village in one of the hardest-hit rural regions.
Bikrant considered relaunching the festival the next year, but people didn't want to pay for the tickets. "It wasn't even [the equivalent of] $7, but they'd say, 'Oh, it's too expensive.' So I thought, 'I'm not gonna do it.' Then I did a Facebook survey asking, 'How much would you pay? Do you want the festival?' And people were hungry for it."
Hopefully the authorities will soon support Silence Festival (Image credit: Derek Bremner)
As we talk, a man in an official-looking uniform hovers nearby. He's from the local police station, and he wants a word with Bikrant. The pair have a discussion in Nepalese then the guitarist comes and sits back down.
"The district police called to tell him we could only have the festival until six o'clock," he says with exasperation in his voice. "We were told we had permission until 8.30. Every year, it's the same problem."
At least the police have calmed down a little in recent years. Back in 2012, Dutch tech-metal band Textures' headlining set was curtailed mid-song when the cops pulled the plug onstage. Avishek remembers trying to hold off the authorities as they attempted to take control of the sound desk while up onstage Textures had their instruments taken from them mid-song. In the past, kids have been beaten up simply for the crime of moshing.
"There's a power trip, definitely," says the singer. "But they're abused in a way by the system – they don't earn a lot of money, so they take their frustration out elsewhere. Plus, older people in Nepal don't really understand metal and they're probably irritated by the noise."
Silence seems mercifully free of overt police brutality this year. There are other bureaucratic dramas to contend with, though. Early in the afternoon, Avishek leaves the site to pick up Twelve Foot Ninja from the airport. As Underside's late afternoon stage time draws closer, he's still not back. Swiss metallers Voice Of Ruin – old friends of Bikrant's – agree to swap spots.
Eventually, Avishek returns with Twelve Foot Ninja in tow. There was a serious hold-up at customs. Apparently, immigration officers had caught someone trying to smuggle rare birds out of the country.
"They went into asshole mode," says Avishek, still looking stressed. "They said Twelve Foot Ninja's equipment would be in there until Monday, and we could come and get it then."
That was way too late for the festival. Panicked, Avishek explained his predicament, but the chief customs officer was having none of it. "The guy was screaming, 'Why do you keep talking to me?' I pretty much begged him to let us have it. I think he started to feel sorry for me."
At a Western festival, this would have been a major, if surmountable problem. Here, with Silence effectively flying the flag for the Nepalese metal scene, having no headliner would have been a disaster, with undoubted ramifications going forward. But Avishek's persistence paid off. The mixture of charm and desperation eventually wore the obstinate official down, and catastrophe was averted.
The growing masses outside remain blissfully unaware of the drama backstage. Inevitably, the majority of the audience members are locals, though the crowd is peppered with Westerners. Most incongruous of all are two 20-something blonde women in flowery jumpsuits. They turn out to be Swedish students, here to study social work.
"We saw a flyer at a club last night," says one of them, as Binaash's rumbling noise erupts behind them. "We didn't know what it would be like."
And are you enjoying it?
"It's not the sort of thing we'd normally listen to," says the other, "but it's cool it's happening. There's not a lot of things like this in Nepal."
Silence would give any Western festival a run for its money, in terms of presentation and musical quality. The sound is near-perfect, the giant demon wings that envelop the stage light up the area when the sun goes down, and there's nothing approaching a late-afternoon cider slump from the crowd. The only issue, inevitably, comes from the cops, who insist Twelve Foot Ninja's set end four songs early. Thankfully, there is no violence, just a kind of resigned frustration on Bikrant's part. The look on his face says it all: you have to pick your battles carefully.
Kathmandu's Nude Terror deliver our daily grind (Image credit: Derek Bremner)
It's 48 hours after the festival has finished, and spirits are high. In a local bar, the members of Underside, Voice Of Ruin and the festival organisers are downing beer and knocking back shots of Raksi, a potent local libation that tastes like sake with twice the kick.
They've earned tomorrow's hangovers. For the first time in its history, Silence has made a profit. Not a huge profit – the equivalent of a few thousand US dollars – but a profit nonetheless. Much of this is down to sponsorship deals with Tuborg lager and local vodka brand Ruslan and others, though the 1,500-plus attendance didn't hurt. Still, profit isn't the point.
"I don't do this to make money," says Bikrant. "Seriously, I just want this thing to happen. We've always had to fight to make people here realise this is for real. It seems like they're finally coming to the realisation it is."
Does it feel like the authorities are starting to listen to you? He smiles determinedly. "They will."
The process for putting together Silence VII is a while off yet, but they're already thinking about who they'd love to headline. Lamb Of God and Cannibal Corpse top their list. "And Slipknot would be mindblowing," says Avishek.
Next to the giant European festivals, Silence is tiny. But it's far from being inconsequential. Here in Nepal, where obstacles come in both natural and human form, it's a triumph over adversity. Hopefully, one day, the bureaucrats and lawmakers will realise that, too.
Find out more about Silence, visit www.facebook.com/SilenceFestival
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Lee Shallat Chemel
(1943-06-15) June 15, 1943 (age 77)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Lee Shallat
Film director, television director, television producer
Lee Shallat Chemel (born June 15, 1943 in Los Angeles, California), sometimes credited as Lee Shallat, is an American film and television director and television producer.
She began her professional directorial career at the South Coast Repertory theatre in Costa Mesa, California, while working at the same time as the head of the theatre's conservatory program. She also directed at the Shakespeare|Summerfest Orange County (originally the Grove Shakespeare Festival in Garden Grove, California and the Matrix Theatre in Hollywood. After a meeting with producer Gary David Goldberg, she made her television directorial debut in 1984 on the NBC television show Family Ties. Her career has included directing a multitude of shows including: Diff'rent Strokes, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Suddenly Susan, Becker, Sydney, George Lopez, That's So Raven, Arrested Development, and The Middle, among other series. She has been nominated for three Emmy Awards, in 1992, 1994 and 1995.[1] From 1996 to 1997, she directed twenty-three out of the first twenty-four episodes of Spin City.[2]
She became a producer in 1993, producing 30 episodes in the first two seasons of The Nanny, as well as 22 episodes of Gilmore Girls. In 2005, she directed the film Greener Mountains with a cast that included Kimberly McCullough and Curtis Armstrong.[3] She has also directed a few television films.
^ "Primetime Emmy Awards and Nominations for Lee Shallat". Primetime Emmy Award Database. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
^ Lee Shallat Chemel Biography ((?)-), Film Reference
^ Greener Mountains, Rotten Tomatoes
Lee Shallat Chemel on IMDb
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'Highfell Grimoires' has has me on tenterhooks from the first page. I have to say I don't usually read steampunk but it has intrigued me and this book did not disappoint it was incredible from start to finish. I am reluctant to put it on my 'best of the best' shelf, only because although it completely deserves 5 stars I wouldn't read it agin. However this book kept me hooked from the first page till the last.
This novel starts with our protagonist Neil Franklin who is a Lord but loses his fortune after the death of his parents and must work at a charity school up in the clouds called Highfell to repay his debts of his family. We see instantly that the school is cruel and more like a victorian workhouse rather than a place of learning. I love to use my imagination when reading and this book was full of wonders that aloud my mind to explore. I love how Hyde includes a map at the beginning of her novel so that the reader gets a feel of the layout of the school. This picture gave me a constant almost claustrophobic ache at the cramped rooms that Neil, Leofa and the boys must live in.
The characters were all well thought out, even the few boys that came into the narrative and I wanted to know how they saw the narrative, especially Stanley, he was my favourite boy under Leofa's and Neil's care. Neil and Leofa were perfect but the story is definitely more an adventure thriller that a Romance and I really enjoyed that about the book. And yet the love between Neil and Leofa held the narrative together and I was constantly aware of the danger they were both in.
Overall this novel was incredible and I cannot wait to read more of Hyde's work. I must praise Blind Eye Books, the publisher who I know that I will always enjoy the novels that they publish and cannot wait to read more of their new releases.


A study by medical researchers in France found that cardio exercise can actually help people with rheumatoid arthritis. In fact, exercise can actually lessen joint pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Researchers from the University of Grenoble Medical School in France determined that cardio-respiratory aerobic exercise is safe for patients with stable rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The team found that RA patients who exercised regularly had improved function, less joint pain and greater quality of life. The study supporting exercise and rheumatoid arthritis is published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by swollen joints, pain, stiffness, fatigue and general malaise. It affects up to 1 percent of the global population, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) citing health-related quality of life (HRQL) studies found that RA patients were 40 percent more likely to report fair or poor general health. Additionally, they were twice as likely to have a health-related activity limitation compared to those without arthritis.
In a study published in Arthritis Care and Research, Athan Baillet, M.D., analyzed 510 patients in the intervention group and 530 in the control group. Participants in these studies had a mean age of 44-68 years, and their RA disease duration was 1-16 years.
The American College of Rheumatology states that exercise is beneficial for everyone, including those with RA, and currently recommends 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity each week. Safe forms of aerobic exercise, such as walking, aerobic dance and aquatic exercise, are excellent choices. These low impact activities help arthritis patients to control weight, and improve sleep, mood and overall health.
"While past studies have indicated that RA patients are quite physically inactive, our study shows aerobic exercise to be a safe and beneficial intervention for this group. Further trials are needed to clearly determine the clinical impact of cardio-respiratory conditioning in the management of RA," concluded Dr. Baillet.
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