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USA Songwriting Competition Partners with Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp
Posted by Jessica Brandon on Tue, May 19, 2015 @06:46 PM
GINGER BAKER and DAVID CROSBY COMING TO ROCK AND ROLL FANTASY CAMP
Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp returns to Los Angeles, Nov. 5-8, 2015
Campers to perform at WHISKY A GO GO
ATTN ALL SINGER-SONGWRITERS AND MUSICIANS:
THIS FANTASY CAMP IS FOR YOU!
Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp is proud and excited to announce our November 2015 camp featuring two world-renowned artists that shaped and influenced the world of rock and roll as we know it: GINGER BAKER of CREAM and DAVID CROSBY of CROSBY STILLS AND NASH!
"I'm looking forward to seeing you all in November folks! Don't forget; it's not how you play, but what you say!" says Ginger.
How close have you come to your Rock and Roll Fantasy? Maybe you stood in line to get a record album signed or maybe you were close enough to the stage to reach out and just touch an artist's fingers as he or she ran by.
But your REAL Rock and Roll Fantasy is jamming onstage, learning songwriting tips, etc with true legends in the world of rock music, isn't it? Or sitting in the same room with a rock pioneer and asking the questions you've always wanted answered. Actually spending time with genuine rock stars that have inspired countless musicians for decades.
Our Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp in Los Angeles November 5-8, 2015, offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to jam and learn from with these two legendary artists. This is face-to-face and standing on stage with music pioneers that have been part of some of rocks' most incredible lineups and iconic concert events in history.
"Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp offers a non-competitive environment that is open to all levels of musician and music enthusiasts" says producer David Fishof.
Legendary singer-songwriter and social justice activist David Crosby is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, inducted as a member of both the widely innovative folk-rock band The Byrds — with whom he first rose to stardom — and the Woodstock era-defining group Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Crosby played at some of rock's most culturally significant concerts, including the Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock and the Altamont Free Concert. He is also one of rock's most prolific collaborators, recording and playing with Bob Dylan, members of the Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Jackson Browne and others.
An immense talent and a true rock and roll survivor, Crosby has lived through more music history than most people even know.
Cream, Blind Faith, Airforce, Masters of Reality are just some of the influential bands put together by superstar percussionist, Ginger Baker.
During his musical beginnings on the London Jazz scene of the late 1950s, Peter 'Ginger' Baker forged a name for himself for his unconventional drum setup and flamboyant style. In 1966, after seeing Eric Clapton play in London, he formed the power trio Cream with Clapton and bassist Jack Bruce. The rest is rock and roll history!
The recent documentary "Beware of Mr. Baker" paints a colorful picture of Ginger Baker, but this 1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee known as "Rock's first superstar drummer" is definitely excited to be part of November's camp.
Alongside these musical pioneers, will be our rock star counselors hailing from some of the greatest rock bands of all time… Danny Seraphine (Chicago), Bruce Kulick (KISS), Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Whitesnake), Ty Dennis (Krieger-Manzarek Band), Kane Roberts (Alice Cooper), Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot) plus many more…
This amazing opportunity to spend time with two of rock's most prolific and successful artists puts you amongst the best there has ever been! Whether you're a seasoned musician, a beginner, or have long held on to the dream of being in a rock band, Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp will bring your rock and roll dreams to reality…no experience necessary….
ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL FANTASY CAMP
For our campers, this is a life changing experience. Some of the campers play well and even gave up careers as musicians to become CEOs and lawyers. Some campers can't play at all. What they all have in common is passion for rock music. At Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp they all get to pursue their passion – and meet, and play with the artists who became the soundtrack of their lives. It has been a fantastic experience for all of us who have been able to witness it for the past nineteen years.
David Fishof is the founder and creator of the famed Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp where rock dreams become reality. The idea came to him after years of producing rock tours throughout the word. He's been honored to work with veteran rockers, Roger Daltrey, Ringo Starr, Levon Helm, Joe Walsh, Roger Hodgson, Todd Rundgren, Jack Bruce, Dr. John, Joe Perry, and so many more. He feels fortunate to have seen their talent first hand. David's desire to share this experience with you, gave him the inspiration to produce the one-of- a-kind, Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp.
Past rock star camp headliners have included Jeff Beck, Brian Wilson (Beach Boys), Roger Daltrey (The Who), Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar, Gene Simmons (KISS), Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule), Dave Davies (The Kinks), Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones), Slash, Bret Michaels (Poison), Cheap Trick, Dr. John, George Thorogood, Jack Bruce (Cream), Joe Satriani, Joe Walsh, Meatloaf, Vince Neil (Motley Crue), Duff McKagan , (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver), Michael Anthony (Van Halen), among others. Go to www.rockcamp.com or call 888-762-BAND to sign up or for more information.
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Radio Podcast, featuring USA Songwriting Competition 2014 Winners
Radio Podcast, featuring USA Songwriting Competition Winners such as: Justine & Kerris Dorsey, Luz Rios, Lawson Rollins and a few surprises... Click below to listen to the Radio Podcast...
**For more information on the 20th Annual USA Songwriting Competition, go: http://www.songwriting.net/enter
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Songwriting Tip : Where's The Chorus
Posted by Jessica Brandon on Mon, May 11, 2015 @05:41 PM
WHERE'S THE CHORUS?
by Harriet Schock
As a panelist at a songwriting conference recently, I wandered into a nearby panel after mine was over. I heard an absolutely gorgeous song with the hook at the end of each verse. The panelist interrogated the writer harshly, "Where's the chorus?!" I desperately wanted to scream at her that not all songs have choruses and despite our culture's wide-spread short term memory loss, some stories are better told without them. Even though we're dealing with a society whose art is often dictated by Nielsen ratings and whose attention span is a nanosecond, sometimes a repeated chorus is not only undesirable—it's unnecessary.
Let's review a little history, even though there are conflicting stories about how choruses emerged. Back in the day of the "standards," "The American Songbook," these songs were ALL pretty much AABA. Verse, verse, bridge, verse with the title in the first line of each verse or the last line. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," for instance, would not have been improved by a repeating chorus starting with the title. Think about it for a minute. And even into the time of the Beatles, would "Yesterday" have been a better song if McCartney and Lennon and created a big sing-along chorus with the same words each time that started with "Yesterday"?
So historically the title was frequently in the last line of the verse. I believe it sort of grew into a two-line refrain and split off like a pseudopod into a chorus around the late fifties or early sixties. This is actually conjecture but it makes sense to me that it could have happened this way. I mean the central idea of the song was contained in the one line, then in the refrain, then it grew into too many lines to be a refrain at the end of a section so it split off and became a chorus. And for most chorus songs, this works well. But some songs are much better with the title coming in by itself at the end of each verse. Country radio is full of these songs even today. And Billy Joel's "I Love You Just the Way You Are" would not have been better, in fact it would have been made weaker by a repeating chorus. In many story songs—songs that follow one story all the way through—a repeating chorus is simply "wasted real estate" as I call it…wasting space in the song, that could have given us more story, for the sake of lyric repetition. Of course, it's becoming more conventional than it used to be to change some of the lyrics in the chorus to advance the story a bit or give the listener some variation, while keeping part of the chorus lyrics the same, usually the first and last line at least. But when we're following a story as we are in Bill Berry's "Piano Tuner with the Lazy Eye" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ixrOEXezXw), the last thing we want is to be interrupted by a repeating chorus.
I realize that the "hit formula" is to have a chorus that drives the title home and the beats the melodic hook into the listener's brain so that by the second time he hears it, it "sounds" like a hit because it's so incredibly familiar to him. And far be it from me to kick an ear worm out of bed. I've made a living off of them for over 30 years. But there have been plenty of hits without choruses. Once we realize that we can write a big melodic hook chorus song whenever we want, then we move on to what is best for the song we're writing. And sometimes the song just cries out to be AABA. Yes, even in 2015.
Harriet Schock wrote the words and music to the Grammy-nominated #1 hit, "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" plus many songs for other artists, TV shows and films. She co-wrote the theme for "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks," currently showing in 30 countries. She and her band were featured in Henry Jaglom's film "Irene In Time" performing 4 of Harriet's songs. She also scored three other Jaglom films and starred in "Just 45 Minutes from Broadway." Jaglom's most recent film, "The M Word," features Harriet's song "Bein' a Girl," performed on camera at the end of the film. Karen Black wrote the play, "Missouri Waltz," around five of Harriet's songs, which ran for 6 weeks at the Blank Theatre in Hollywood as well as in Macon, Georgia. In 2007, Los Angeles Women In Music honored Harriet with their Career Achievement and Industry Contribution award. Harriet teaches songwriting privately, in classes and a popular online course by private email. For her performance schedule, list of credits and samples of her work or information on her book (Becoming Remarkable, for Songwriters and Those Who Love Songs), her songwriting classes, online courses and consultation, go to: www.harrietschock.com
For more information on the 20th Annual USA Songwriting Competition, go: http://www.songwriting.net
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is nearly stereotypical as a bully, so much so that if he weren't in a position of power, he would be a walking satire of himself.
Some think this misogyny is part of Christie's "Jersey-style" charm. Let me tell you something: I was born in New Jersey. And I, like millions of other men from this state, was raised to never disrespect women in this way. This isn't being "frank" or "speaking your mind"- it's sexism, straight up.
No one has to put up with this. No matter what happens tomorrow, it's time to stand up and say this crap is simply unacceptable.
So when American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten demands that Christie apologize, it is easy to raise a fist and cheer—until you consider the whole picture.
Weingarten is practicing the fine art of union leadership as political sleight of hand.
While she wags her genuinely indignant finger at Christie, drawing all cameras and eyes to that chastising, she is calmly extending her other hand, joining forces with the Common Core machine that is selling out teacher autonomy, feeding the textbook and testing industries, condemning the highest-needs students to test-prep hell, and generating a tremendous amount of financial and political profits for CC advocates.
Today I urge AFT and NEA leaders to change course, back away from the standards and help expose their harmful characteristics.
It is, in fact, quite easy to call out a political bully like Christie—especially when you recognize that the fight is between two members of the same side, the ruling elite.
Teachers as great American workers need political courage from their leaders, not political sleight of hand.
Do not forget that Randi Weingarten was getting merit pay in the current contract with the Newark teachers.
Over the past few years, the NJEA has accomplished 2 major goals: 1) to act as a punching bag for our governor, and 2) more recently, to support CCSS implementation. I'm sure the NJEA's rationale behind #2 was to try to put to rest the meme that "teachers do not care about standards". But that decision clearly has not helped improve our standing in either the governor's nor the public's eyes. A little meaningful political courage would have been more helpful.


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By Inside Columbia	 Last updated May 31, 2018
Dr Donald and Debbie Gerhardt and Jane and John Abel
Columbia's long history has many unique and long-standing traditions, but would you believe ballroom dancing is one of them?
In the fall of 1936, three University of Missouri faculty wives (Novella Calvin, Margery McKinney and Ruth Bennitt) decided to start an organization of young couples interested in dancing.
On Dec. 8, 1936, The Dance Group held its first dance with 24 couples enjoying great music and a time of fun.
Those original couples had some familiar Columbia names — Bennitt, Bell, LeFler, Vaile, Atkinson, Wallis, Hudson, Calvin, McKinney, Beausang, Bowman, Moon, Funk, Wolf, Taylor, Sheldon, Gifford, Reid, Westveldt, Faurot and Hindman.
John and Millie McGowan, members for more than 15 years
That original dance cost $24.13 with the band charging $5. The dance was such a success that three more dances were held the next year.
Gus Reid was the first president for the 1937-'38 dance season. The dues were $5 per couple. Most of the original dances were held at the Old Episcopal church's student center but some were held at the Bain apple shed, Sinclair Pennant and Lela Rainey Wood Hall.
The evening began with everyone bringing a covered dish. At those first dances there were many mixer moments as the couples played musical chairs and danced with new partners to get to know each other.
The spring dance would typically be at someone's home. One of the fun ideas was to have a theme party. The Dietrich's "Gay '90s" bash was one of the big hits. Of course, one of the couples thought it was a "gay nighties" party and showed up in their pajamas. Hmmm!
When World War II started, 12 of the couples left for war service. The "War Widows" remaining in town were invited to attend unaccompanied. There was a great moment in 1946 when the Columbia war group was demobilized and all came to a winter dance. Even World War II wouldn't stop this group from dancing.
Over the years, the original dances turned more to "record dances" due to cost, with only two dances a year using an orchestra. However, starting in the 1950s and '60s, the dances once again had orchestras at every dance. Club records show some of the exciting bands hired starting in the '70s were the Northrup Rhythm Makers, Johnny Howard Combo, Dixie Dukes, Rhythm Kings, Country Nites, Night Train and RC Homes. Today's bands include Kapital Kicks, Swinging Axes and Norm Ruebling.
The locations of the dances were also unique in that they were held all over Columbia — the Tiger Hotel, MU Alumni Center, VFW Hall, Columbia Inn, Best Western, Columbia Country Club and the list goes on and on.
Today the dances are held at Lela Rainey Woods Hall Kimball Ballroom and the Country Club of Missouri.
The theme dances in the early days could get a little on the strange side.
In 1953, there was a "Veiled Profit" ball in honor of the new members. Around the hall were signs like "Love Thy Neighbor" and "Beware of Pickpockets". One annual theme was "Around The World in Eight Dances," where each dance had a style devoted to a particular country.
There were no by-laws or other guidelines. The club always has been run by volunteer officers; it's a testament to the club through the years that it has been a great group that has enjoyed fun, food, fellowship and dancing.
Today the group is made up of 64 member couples. New members are always welcome. Each dance begins with cocktails at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and dancing from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
If you are interested in receiving additional information on The Dance Group, please contact Tim Vicente at timmyv@earthlink.net or (314)422-8029.
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2012 Juvenile Sale graduates win on both coasts
Trainer Rick Violette had Klaravich Stables Inc. and William H. Lawrence's Spurious Precision ready to roll in his debut on Saturday at Saratoga, and the High Cotton colt, bred in Florida by Michael Chamberlain, overcame a sluggish start to draw away from his $80,000 maiden special weight field and win by 3-1/2 lengths in a snappy 1:03 2/5 for the 5-1/2 furlongs. Klaravich and Lawrence are hoping for a repeat of 2011, when their OBS graduate High Cotton colt Currency Swap (March '11, October '09) parlayed his winning Saratoga debut into a victory in the Hopeful Stakes (G1) later in the meet. Spurious Precision was purchased for $105,000 out of the de Meric Sales consignment at this year's OBS April Sale; Currency Swap was sold by the same consignor a year ago. watch his under tack video
Out west, Sam Britt and Michael House's 2012 OBS April graduate Gabriel Charles had a tougher time in his debut at Del Mar, but came running late and scored by a nose in a 5-1/2 furlong $71,050 maiden special weight test. The Street Hero colt, trained by Jeff Mullins, was sold for $160,000 by Price Thoroughbreds, Agent. watch his under tack video
In the wake of a record shattering two-year-old sale season, these other graduates of 2012 OBS juvenile auctions are already making an impact at the races:
Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith's Drum Roll overcame a poor break in his debut in a maiden special weight test at Monmouth on July 8th, but drove to the lead on the inside around the turn then drew out to a 2-3/4 length victory. The colt by Majestic Warrior was sold for $300,000 by All In Sales (Tony Bowling), Agent, at this year's OBS March Sale. watch his under tack video
Altimira Racing Stable, Michael Bloom and Lisa Kruse's Heir Kitty was much the best in a maiden special weight test on the turf course at Betfair Hollywood Park on July 8th, romping to a 4-1/2 length win in her racing debut. The Florida-bred daughter of Wildcat Heir is a two time OBS graduate, consigned first to the 2010 Fall Mixed Sale before being purchased for $32,000 out of the Southern Cypress Stable consignment at this year's April Sale. watch her under tack video
On June 28th, a pair of 2012 OBS juvenile graduates scored convincingly at first asking on both coasts. At Hollywood, Karl Watson, Mike Pegram & Paul Weitman's April sale topper Executiveprivilege overcame a slow start to win a 5-1/2 furlong maiden special weight race going way by 4-1/2 lengths. Purchased for $650,000 from Eddie Woods, Agent, the filly by First Samurai earned $30,000 for her efforts. watch her under tack video
Earlier that afternoon back east at Belmont, Repole Stable's Onetwentyeight, a $150,000 March purchase, took the lead at the start of a 5-1/2 furlong maiden special weight dash and never looked back en route to a five length victory. Consigned by breeder Ocala Stud, the colt by Discreet Cat's first payday was worth $42,000. He returned with a third place finish in Saratoga's $300,000 Sanford Stakes in July. watch his under tack video
Mike McCarty's Special Jo took the first step toward justifying his $230,000 price tag in her debut at Churchill Downs on May 25th. The colt by Johannesburg made short work of a maiden special weight field, romping to a six length victory in his only trip to the post to date. Sold in March by Old South Farm, Agent, he has earned $31,800. watch his under tack video
After breaking his maiden at first asking at Betfair Hollywood Park on April 26th, Jerry Durant's Amarish opened up in the stretch and drew away to a 4-1/2 length victory in the $100,000 Willard L. Proctor Memorial Stakes over the same surface on June 16th. Sold for $200,000 by Crupi's New Castle Farm, Agent, at the OBS March Sale, the 2-year-old gelding by Scat Daddy has earned $91,200 to date. watch his under tack video
That same afternoon at Hollywood, Gary & Cecil Barber and Kevin Tsujihara's Miss Empire, who settled for fourth in her debut last month, made the most of the education and rallied from off the pace to an impressive 4-3/4 length victory in the $100,000 Cinderella Stakes. One for two with earnings of $63,120, the 2-year-old Empire Maker filly was sold for $165,000 by Eddie Woods, Agent, at the same sale. watch her under tack video
Next at OBS is the Selected Sale of Yearlings on Tuesday, August 21st, followed by the Open Sale of Yearlings on Wednesday and Thursday, August 22nd and 23rd.


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7 of Rome's most unusual museums
Rome is noted worldwide for its breathtaking museums, from Galleria Borghese to the Vatican Museums. However the Eternal City is also home to a range of offbeat and quirky museum destinations. Here are seven of Rome's most unusual museums.
Museum of the Souls of Purgatory, Lungotevere Prati 18.
For a truly out-of-this-world experience, visit this museum at the neo-gothic Church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage. Its walls contain the likeness of a human face which dates to a fire during the church's construction on 15 September 1897. The priest at the time, Fr Vittore Jouet, was convinced that the smudgy image was a soul in Purgatory trying to get in touch with the living. Fr Jouet began collecting relics and artefacts relating to Puragatory and the afterlife, assembling clothing, books and photographs that were allegedly "branded" by the souls of the dead. website.
Casina delle Civette, Via Nomentana 70.
Hidden away in the grounds of Villa Torlonia is a building that seems to have fallen out of a fairytale. Known as the little house of the owls, this curious complex was designed originally as a "Swiss cabin" in 1840. However it was later transformed into a glorious homage to art nouveau, embellished with stained glass, mosaics, coloured ceramic tiles, mullioned windows and turrets. Expect to marvel at the romantic motifs of owls, swans and peacocks while the building's nooks and crannies are a delight to explore, particularly for kids. Tues-Sun 09.00-19.00. website.
Museo delle auto della polizia, Via dell'Arcadia 20, tel. 065141861.
This museum of police cars is centred around a black Ferrari 250 GTE which officer Armando Spatafora drove in the 1960s in hot pursuit of criminals around the city. The officer, who was trained specially by Ferrari test drivers, became synonymous with the car which could reach speeds of 240 km per hour. According to legend the car was even driven down the Spanish Steps. The museum also includes numerous other historic vehicles ranging from cars and motorcycles and even a snowcat. Visit by appointment. Mon-Sat 09.00-13.30. August closed. website.
Museum of Cribs, Chiesa di SS. Quirico e Giulitta, Via Tor de' Conti 31, tel. 066796146.
This display of mangers and nativity scenes from around the world is housed in the basement of a church in Rome's Monti quarter. The private museum, whose official title is Museo tipologico internazionale del presepio, is based around the collection of Angelo Stefanucci (1905-1990) who began assembling cribs in the 1950s. In addition to mangers, the museum contains crib-related books, medals, posters and stamps. The museum can only be visited on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 17.00-19.30. website.
Video Game Museum, Via Sabotino 4.
ViGaMuS, the Video Game Museum of Rome, is located in the Prati district of the capital and is the first Italian museum dedicated entirely to interactive games. Visitors have access to 36 different stations, whose playable games are updated on a weekly basis. There are arcade-style games, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, such as Space Invader and Street Fighter II. There are areas devoted to Sega Mega Drive and first-person shooter classics such as Doom. The museum hosts regular virtual-reality events and video game-themed exhibitions. Open daily 10.00-20.00 except Monday. website.
Centrale Montemartini, Via Ostiense 106.
One of Rome's quirkiest but least-visited museums, Centrale Montemartini is a former industrial power plant housing over 400 pieces of ancient sculpture from the collection of the Capitoline Museums. This odd juxtaposition of classical goddesses with bygone boilers, engines and turbines makes for a unique visit, and chances are you will have the museum more or less to yourself. It also lends itself to eye-catching shots for Instagram. Visit by booking in advance. Tues-Sun 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. website.
Museo delle Cere, Piazza SS. Apostoli 68/A.
Normally a wax museum wouldn't make a list of offbeat destinations. However Rome's wax museum is no ordinary wax museum. Due to the questionable quality of the wax models, visitors tend to leave the museum either scared, baffled or amused. Some complain of the positioning of Hitler in the world leaders section, others enjoy trying to guess who the waxwork figures are supposed to be. The museum is small and its residents range from Napoleon and Churchill to Leonardo da Vinci and Picasso. Look out too for Pope Francis, Francesco Totti and Brad Pitt. website.
Cover image: Casina delle Civette. Photo by Danilo Strino / Shutterstock.com.
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How "Dumbing Down The Courts" Can Affect Your 2nd Amendment Rights
"But being brilliant and accomplished is not the number one criteria for elevation to the Supreme Court. There are many who would use their considerable talents and legal acumen to set America back." — Senator Charles Schumer, 2005
Few in the national 2nd Amendment community would nDr. John R. Lott, Jr. As a world-renowned economist who has studied the sociological effects of legal gun ownership across the world, Lott holds an almost singular respect among those who have shaken their heads at the subjectively-biased, emotion-based conjecture that characterizes the international debate on the issue to seek and find the light that legitimate, peer-reviewed social science has shone on this often controversial topic.
With these credentials in hand, Lott starts a new national conversation with his latest work, Dumbing Down The Courts, a thought-provoking examination of the declining standards by which our nation's federal judges are confirmed at all levels of an increasingly powerful judiciary.
It is fortunate that Lott has publicly identified this disturbing trend as the hyper-partisan bickering that has come to dominate American politics has been negatively affecting the quality of our nation's federal courts at all levels for quite some time. Just as attorneys arguing opposite sides of a case would be tempted to eliminate the most articulate, charismatic, and intelligent candidates who might be inclined to convincingly sway multiple members of the jury towards one side during jury selection, nowadays, U.S. Senators often look towards less qualified judges to fill vacant seats on the federal bench during official confirmation proceedings so as to minimize his or her impact on future citations or panel decisions should any particular ruling from the federal bench in question not represent the political viewpoints of those U.S. Senators who would stand politically and/or ideologically opposed to any judge being nominated by the sitting President of the United States.
This modern practice now stands in stark contrast to historical traditions that protected the quality of our federal judiciary, where competence, propriety, and temperament were the key characteristics that a judge needed in order to enjoy a smooth, swift, and speedy Senate judicial confirmation process.
Instead, smooth, swift, and speedy is anything but for the most qualified judges who eventually fill the vacant seats on the federal bench through a long, drawn-out, and painful Senate confirmation process. For instance, Lott found that if a justice being nominated attended a Top Ten law school and graduated at the top ten percent of his or her class, then that judge's Senate confirmation process took approximately 70% longer than a candidate who possessed only an average academic record.
Furthermore, Lott examines this Senate prejudice against the most qualified presidential nominees by expounding upon the phenomenon of judicial citations, where other judges reference the work of the candidate being considered as being influential in their own rulings. If a particular contender had twenty percent more judicial citations than average, then it took approximately 60% longer for that candidate to make it through the Senate confirmation process, if they were confirmed at all.
These realities faced today by the most qualified federal judicial candidates have extended the average time required between nomination to confirmation from an average of 11 days for the 87 justices nominated between 1789 and 1950 to 51 days for candidates between 1951 to 1976, and has now been protracted to reflect an astounding 72 days between 1976 to the present.
If one breaks down this phenomenon even further and takes a closer look at the last few Administrations, the Senate confirmation process for President Clinton's nominees actually slowed down to the tune of 230 days. However, it was President George W. Bush's time in office that took the cake, requiring an average of 362 days for his judicial candidates to take their seats on the federal bench.
In addition to the ever-increasing amount of time required between nomination to confirmation, federal judicial nominees are now finding that, not only do they have to place their lives on hold for an indeterminate amount of time while they wait for their Senate hearings, but that their names and professional reputations were also being dragged through the mud during the process and, bound by the rules associated with the proceedings, they are unable to speak out publicly in defense of themselves.
These conditions have solidified to create a hostile environment in which many highly qualified candidates will not accept or will withdraw themselves from the nominations process altogether should they hear about the experience from a colleague who has been run through that gauntlet already. Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman emeritus of Focus on the Family, summarized this phenomenon best in 2005 when he stated,
"Well, what [Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove] told me is that some of those [potential nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court] took themselves off that list and they would not allow their names to be considered, because the process has become so vicious and so vitriolic and so bitter that they didn't want to subject themselves or the members of their families to it."
Combined, all of these factors contribute to a less effective, intellectual vacuum of an institution that defines the third (and arguably, most critical) branch of our federal government, which was designed to keep both the executive and legislative powers in check. Controversial issues such as abortion, gay marriage, and, yes, gun control, are dependent on qualified judges to make determinations that necessitate careful and studied rumination. The ability to master dense historical and legal precedent, combined with a comprehensive understanding of current realities that are constantly evolving in an ever-more complex society, are required in order to issue sound rulings from the bench. Consistently having an average or less-than-stellar bench of federal judges tackling this ever-growing set of complex legal problems can easily lead to a whole host of poor legal precedents being set for future generations, which will almost inevitably lead to the piecemeal and widespread stripping away of the most basic and fundamental American civil liberties.
These days, those basic and fundamental American civil liberties are under greater attack than ever before, especially with regard to the 2nd Amendment. With rabid, anti-gun opportunism very thinly disguised as concern for public safety, political ideologues at every level of government, including the President of the United States himself, have seized upon one human tragedy after another in an attempt to force more draconian gun control measures down the throats of tens of millions of law-abiding American gun owners who have done absolutely nothing wrong.
The American people are told by their elected civil servants that gun control is good for them, despite the overwhelming, government-backed evidence to the contrary that clearly demonstrates that an armed citizenry can be critical to saving lives, especially during mass shootings. When the facts don't go their way, anti-gun political ideologues simply ignore the published government and peer-reviewed studies on the subject to try and impose additional and completely ineffective gun control measures anyway, despite the widespread opposition of their constituents nationwide.
Frustrated by the feeble support for gun control at home, this anti-gun President and his Administration have gone so far as to try and impose their will through international treaty by having Secretary of State John Kerry sign onto the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty on Wednesday, September 25, 2013. This action will spur a ratification process in the U.S. Senate, which will then become a hotly-contested battleground for the 2nd Amendment Right to keep and bear arms that will affect the entire country.
It is with these stark realities in mind that we face the declining quality of our federal judiciary. When faced with the real, multiple, and ever-pressing threats against the birthright that is every law-abiding American's fundamental civil right to keep (own) and bear (carry) arms (firearms), an intellectually-weakened federal court system will be less competent in their designated mission to keep runaway executive and legislative powers in check. Although the appointment of federal judges might be a small but significant factor in the back of every critical-thinking American citizen's mind as they head to the ballot box, Lott demonstrates in Dumbing Down The Courts that this consideration should move closer to the front and more towards the center of every voter's mindset.


2753 S Lawndale Ave is located in Lawndale, a neighborhood in Chicago.
2753 S Lawndale Ave is a building in Chicago's Lawndale.
As for the demographics around 2753 S Lawndale Ave, the median age is 28, 50% of residents are married, and 55% of residents have at least one child. The median individual full-time income is about $25,088 and about 13% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher.
This address is zoned for City Of Chicago School District 299, which is rated below average overall. You can see individual ratings and program information on nearby schools like Little Village Elementary School, Little Village Elementary School, and David G Farragut Career Academy High School in the report below.


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import * as Rx from "rx";
import { DOM_SINK } from "@rxcc/utils"
import {
  ACTIVITIES, activityFactory, LOG_NEW_ACTIVITY, TASKS, UPDATE_TASK_COMPLETION_STATUS,
  UPDATE_TASK_DESCRIPTION
} from "../../../../src/domain"
import { merge } from "ramda"
import Moment from 'moment'

const $ = Rx.Observable;

/**
 *
 * @param {Array} tasks
 * @param {String} taskFilter
 * @returns {Array}
 */
export function filterTasks(tasks, taskFilter) {
  return tasks
    ? tasks.reduce((acc, task, index) => {
      if (taskFilter === 'all') {
        acc.push(merge(task, { index }));
        return acc
      }
      if ((taskFilter === 'open') && !task.done) {
        acc.push(merge(task, { index }));
        return acc
      }
      if ((taskFilter === 'done') && task.done) {
        acc.push(merge(task, { index }));
        return acc
      }

      return acc
    }, [])
    : []
}

export function isButtonActive(taskFilter, label) {
  return label === taskFilter
}

export function makeButtonGroupSelector({ label, index, namespace }) {
  return `.${namespace}.${[label, index].join('-')}`
}

export function computeTaskFilterTabClasses(taskFilter, label) {
  const staticClasses = ['button', 'button--toggle'];
  const buttonClasses = isButtonActive(taskFilter, label)
    ? staticClasses.concat(['button--active'])
    : staticClasses;

  return buttonClasses
}

export function ComputeCheckBoxActions(sources, settings) {
  // NOTE : I now have DOM, save$, focus sources from Editor sinks, thanks to Pipe
  const { isChecked$, projectFb$ } = sources;
  const { filteredTask } = settings;

  // NOTE : common mistake is to forget to pass the sinks from the previous component in the pipe
  return {
    [DOM_SINK]: sources[DOM_SINK],
    domainAction$: isChecked$.withLatestFrom(projectFb$, (isChecked, projectFb) => {
      const { fbIndex, project } = projectFb;

      return {
        context: TASKS,
        command: UPDATE_TASK_COMPLETION_STATUS,
        payload: { isChecked, project, projectFbIndex: fbIndex, filteredTask }
      }
    })
  }
}

export function ComputeEditorActions(sources, settings) {
  // NOTE : I now have DOM, save$, focus sources from Editor sinks, thanks to Pipe
  const { save$, focus, projectFb$, user$ } = sources;
  const { filteredTask } = settings;

  // NOTE : common mistake is to forget to pass the sinks from the previous component in the pipe
  return {
    [DOM_SINK]: sources[DOM_SINK],
    focus,
    domainAction$: save$
      .withLatestFrom(projectFb$, user$, (save, projectFb, user) => {
        const { fbIndex, project: { _id: projectId } } = projectFb;
        const { editMode, textContent } = save;
        // NOTE : the index of the child correspond to the index of the item in the list

        return $.from([
          {
            context: TASKS,
            command: UPDATE_TASK_DESCRIPTION,
            payload: { newTitle: textContent, projectFbIndex: fbIndex, filteredTask }
          },
          {
            context: ACTIVITIES,
            command: LOG_NEW_ACTIVITY,
            payload: activityFactory({
              user,
              time: +Date.now(),
              subject: projectId,
              category: 'tasks',
              title: 'A task was updated',
              message: `The task "'A task was added'" was updated on #${projectId}.`
            })
          }
        ])
      })
      .switch()
  }
}

export const UNITS = [{
  short: 'w',
  milliseconds: 5 * 8 * 60 * 60 * 1000
}, {
  short: 'd',
  milliseconds: 8 * 60 * 60 * 1000
}, {
  short: 'h',
  milliseconds: 60 * 60 * 1000
}, {
  short: 'm',
  milliseconds: 60 * 1000
}];

export function formatDuration(timeSpan) {
  return UNITS.reduce((str, unit) => {
    const amount = timeSpan / unit.milliseconds;
    if (amount >= 1) {
      const fullUnits = Math.floor(amount);
      const formatted = `${str} ${fullUnits}${unit.short}`;
      timeSpan -= fullUnits * unit.milliseconds;
      return formatted;
    } else {
      return str;
    }
  }, '').trim();
}

export function calendarTime(value) {
  if (value && (value instanceof Date || typeof value === 'number')) {
    return new Moment(value).calendar();
  }
}

export function formatEfforts(value) {
  if (value == null || typeof value !== 'object') {
    return value;
  }

  return `${formatDuration(value.effective) || 'none'} of ${formatDuration(value.estimated) || 'un-estimated'}`;
}

export function findScrollableParent(element) {
  while ( element != document.documentElement ) {
    if (getComputedStyle(element).overflowY !== 'visible') {
      break;
    }
    element = element.parentElement;
  }

  return element;
}

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Stuart Lucas Saunders (born 27 June 1960 in Hobart, Tasmania) was an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He was a Right-handed batsman and right arm leg break bowler who represented Tasmania from 1979 until 1989.

See also
 List of Tasmanian representative cricketers

External links
Cricinfo Profile

1960 births
Living people
Australian cricketers
Tasmania cricketers
Cricketers from Hobart

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Defense of Avoidance Actions including Preference Litigation and Fraudulent Conveyances and Creditors' RightsIf you are in business long enough, you will encounter customers who file for bankruptcy protection under the United States Bankruptcy Code. You may also receive a demand letter and/or be served with a suit seeking recovery of an allegedly preferential payment to your business under 11 U.S.C. §547. Although you are owed money, you cannot collect it and must cease collection efforts.
The Law Office of James Tobia, LLC represents parties in varying stages of litigation in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, most frequently representing defendants, both small and large, in bankruptcy preference litigation and related avoidable transfer claims.
If your customer files for bankruptcy protection while owing you money, there are several important things you must know. Upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition, an automatic stay immediately goes into effect and generally prevents creditors and other parties from taking most actions against the bankruptcy estate, the debtor and the debtor's property. 11 U.S.C. §362. This "blanket injunction" continues until a Bankruptcy Court order lifting stay has been entered or the stay has been expired. The Law Office of James Tobia can represent you in seeking relief from the automatic stay.
In addition, you may file a proof of claim, alleging what the Debtor owes you, so that you may share in the distribution of assets that the Debtor may have available to distribute to creditors. It is important that your filing is complete and accurate and made within the required time period. Often, the Debtor or its representative will object to claims, for such reasons as disputing the amount of the claim, or the classification of such claim, and other reasons. Upon such an objection, the creditor will have the right to prove the validity of the claim. The Law Office of James Tobia, LLC can help you protect your rights and make a bad situation easier by representing you in the fling of the claim and claims litigation.
The Law Office of James Tobia, LLC has extensive experience representing business defendants in Avoidance and Preference actions brought in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. We can help protect your business and management from the strain of such events, by helping your business navigate through this complicated process so as to limit the potential, direct financial impact of the complaint and the immediate, less direct impact of draining time and focus from management. We endeavor to free our clients from the legal claims as quickly as possible and at the lowest total cost by aggressively presenting defenses to the opposing party as early as possible.
Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §547, empowers a trustee to avoid certain transfers of debtor's interest in property made during the 90 days (or 1 year for insiders) prior to filing for bankruptcy on the presumption that you may prefer certain creditors to the detriment of other creditors. For example, it is assumed that an individual would pay debts owed to friends and family before an enemy. Or a business may pay debts from vendors who are exerting undue pressure upon the company as it struggles to avoid filing for bankruptcy protection.
Thus, a trustee, acting on behalf of the Debtor, may file suit against you or your company, attempting to recover or "claw back" all payments that you received from the Debtor during those 90 days (or 1 year for insiders) prior to the bankruptcy filing, with the intent of dividing those assets more fairly among all creditors. The rationale for such suits and the underlying avoidance powers is that similarly situated creditors should be treated the same and collecting such avoidable preferences allows the debtors' property to be redistributed equally among similarly situated creditors.
Your customer has not paid you, and your finances are suffering because of non-payment. Then, the customer filed for bankruptcy protection and you had to face the prospect of non-payment. Now, you are being sued by the customer or someone on their behalf. That's right, they owe you money and now they are suing you! Is that some sort of joke? There is nothing funny about it.
That's right -- your business already may be suffering from the financial stresses which result from your customer's bankruptcy filing and now your business is faced with a claim that you owe money. We understand that if you have recently received a demand letter or complaint, you are probably struggling to understand how it can be possible, let alone knowing how to respond.
If you have received a demand letter or complaint, contact us here, email us at info@tobialaw.com or call the firm's Wilmington offices directly at (302) 655-5303 to schedule a free initial consultation. We can discuss the circumstances and share with you our initial observations at no charge.
We cannot emphasize enough the importance of having a lawyer experienced in these types of cases. There is a unique formula to this dance that may not be appreciated by lawyers who do not regularly participate in these cases. We frequently encounter clients who are ready to settle cases for an amount far in excess of what we believe their liability should be. We welcome the opportunity to discuss your case with you. If you received a demand for payment and are considering accepting it in order to avoid litigation, contact us first so that we can help you evaluate whether you really should pay that settlement. We also are willing to discuss alternate billing arrangements with you, including reverse contingency fee arrangements. Call us at (302) 655-5303 or contact us today at info@tobialaw.com.


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Searching for Baidu's Weak Spots Online
By Tom Orlik
Aug. 31, 2012 11:32 am ET
Baidu isn't quite China's Google .
China's Internet giant has managed to replicate Google's dominance of Internet search, with 85% of the market by traffic in the first quarter, according to web analysis firm iResearch. But with rivals vying for control of the gateway to search in web browsers and smartphones, that dominance can't be taken for granted.
The clear and present danger comes from online upstart Qihoo 360 Technology . Earlier this month, Qihoo launched its own search function and made it the default option on its popular browser. The most obvious loser is Google, which until now was Qihoo's default search provider. But Baidu also stands to lose market share.
With more than a decade of experience in search, Baidu has quality on its side. In 2011, it outspent Qihoo on research and development by more than three to one. It's difficult to believe that the new kid on the block will be able to compete on performance.
But with more than 20% of China's browser market, Qihoo has a powerful distribution network. That doesn't guarantee success. Tencent Holdings ' hundreds of millions of instant messenger users haven't translated into market share for its search function. But assuming at least some users are too lazy to change the default, Qihoo should gain some search-market traction.


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The first Rudolf Steiner's Goetheanum in Dornach, not far from Basel. I've never been there, while it's only 40 kilometers from my hometown. Florence, when she was a student in the art school of Basel, went to see how the inhabitants made colour pigments with minerals. Because Rudolf Steiner was also an artist.
In 1982, during holidays in Uzès where my parents had a house, I recall having had the visit of two men, who were adult students at the Goetheanum II. They were both followers of the macrobiotic diet. One was introvert and his arm was stiff. The other one was extravert, he was like a solar playboy; also an actor, giving acting courses. Every morning, they both went to see the dawn and probably, made some antroposophical prayers to the sun.
One night, the stiff armed man, who I really appreciated, told me that he made a journey in Amazonia for some antroposophical reasons. He told me about the hidden treasure of the Incas, that he tried to find in some Andean caves, on the Amazonian side of the mountains. We spoke all the night about the destiny of man in the universe. Later, I started to read books about Amazonia and became kind of frenetic about it.
He made a strong impression on my very young soul. For the first time, I heared someone talking about a cosmic movement in which the man is included, as a fragment of nature. There were some religious elements in his discours. I was a little bit scary about it. His beliefs seemed to have swallowed him, body & soul, like Jonas in the whale. He was illuminated, like his friend. For me, he also seemed kind of stuck in the cosmos, in an enormous and much too big jail. And the sun dawn wasn't offering any solution. I was feeling that this antroposophical response leads to an incurable pain. If you look at Rudolf Steiner's faces carved in his wooden sculptures, you can see this pain, the face of abandonment and délaissement.
What the two visitors were offered through Rudolf Steiner's teaching was a positive understanding of the universe, completed by an aporia. Almost a faith, which helps you to live a better and healthier life. But one life that also leaves you alone in a labyrinth of contradictory energies, bio corridors filled with an endless void, where nobody calls your name. This 1982 conversation probably was the first step to my conversion in 1986. I was in search for someone. Someone who would call me by my name. After a time of wandering, I eventually found it in the person of Christ. A divine person who has become a friend.
« I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. » (John 15:15).
samedi, juin 26, 2010
This was my shortest "Villette Sonique". I went to see King Midas Sound and left after 5 minutes, didn't like it. But it was nice to see the crowd on the grass. For me, the real stars of the festival were these remarquable cyclists.
vendredi, juin 18, 2010
Carlo Rambaldi, who did the special effects on the Mario Bava film "Reazione a catena" (1971) talks about himself as a "sculptor" who became an element of the cinema industry only by chance (not in this program but in « L'Ospitte delle due » - RAI, 1975). Rambaldi made for himself, an animated & hyperealistic sculpture that drew attention toward his work. In the seventies, his studio is separated in two distinct spaces: one for his artistic work, the other one for the special effects. The distinction seems to be very important for him, but the journalist says that his cinema work can also be called "art". Born in 1925, Carlo Rambaldi, still alive, made King Kong, Alien, Dune, E.T. and other Spielberg-eries; but what I like the most is his incredible spiders.
lundi, juin 14, 2010
Yesterday, I was reading in "Malle on Malle" by Philip French, the chapter relating to the film "Alamo Bay" (1985). After having spent weeks with the rural community of Glencoe, Minnesota, where he made a beautiful documentary by chance (he wanted to make a film about the Minneapolis mall (!) but the neverstopping music was a problem - he started to wander with his crew), Louis Malle decided to make a film about the "war" between American and Vietnamese fishermen, also refugees, on the Gulf of Mexico. A shrimp war. Surprisingly, I read today in the French news, an article about the Vietnamese fishermen community of Louisiana; they cannot work anymore.
If you live in Berlin, or if you have friends in Berlin, please come or tell them to come and see me at Bar 25 on friday evening (18th). At 10 PM there is my documentary film "Prelude to sleep" about Jean-Jacques Perrey. At 11 PM I will be on stage, reading, singing, trying new things (I can't say more). Thanks for passing the kutchie!
I'm working on my first feature film. It's a remake of David Lynch's Blue Velvet. Here is the plot: Jeffrey Beaumont returns to his logging home town after his father suffers a near fatal stroke. While walking home from the hospital, he cuts through a vacant lot and discovers a severed elephant ear, instead of a human ear.
mardi, juin 08, 2010
This photographic work ("L.A. Herzog" by RJ Shaughnessy) is very relevant.
Where are you Werner Herzog? It looks like he's tempted by the Hollywood entertainment system; maybe I'm wrong. Entertainment means more money & fame, but less freedom & spirit. For me, it's very important to see that an artist respects the coherence of his entire work, from the beginning. He can balance from culture to entertainment, if he keeps les mains libres, like Louis Malle did.
I respect immensely Herzog, after having watched so many of his movies. If "No one can serve two masters, culture & entertainment. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money", I personally need the Werner Herzog from God.
"Bells from the Deep: Faith & Superstition in Russia"
"The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner"
"Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen"
"Fata Morgana"
"Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes"
"Herz aus Glas"
"Cobra Verde"
"Fitzcarraldo"
"Stroszek"
"Lebenszeichen"
"Lektionen in Finsternis"
"Little Dieter Needs to Fly"
"Mein Liebster Feind"
"The White Diamond"
"Grizzly Man"
"How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck"
"Die Fliegenden Arzte von Ostafrika"
"The Wild Blue Yonder"
"Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit"
"Echos aus einem düsteren Reich"
"Encounters at the End of the World"
My wife is such a good photographer. This picture was taken yesterday, a sunny & hot day. I was part of the first edition of a secret Festival, called "Solo Mio" in Paris (Montreuil). The organizer, Philippe, who I proposed to call his project "Qui va Solo", made a mistake when he tried to recall my proposal. But "Solo Mio" sounds better than "Qui va Solo". Thanks to the friends who came, David & Caroline and a long long life to this excellent idea.
jeudi, juin 03, 2010
It's very sad that Dennis Hopper died. We had a chance here in Paris to have a big exhibition at the cinematheque with a lot of art, photos, huge paintings by him, plus a film retrospective. That was 18 months ago. I love his films as a director and saw many of them. "Out of the Blue", "Colours", "The Hot Spot", "The Last movie", "Homeless" impressed me a lot. Surprisingly, I didn't like "Easy Rider" that much. As an actor, my absolute favorite one is "Tracks" by Henry Jaglom (1977). Who will take over from Hopper the actor, the director, the artist? Vincent Gallo?


06731908 is referenced by 60 patents and cites 2 patents.
A system, apparatus, and method for determining the distance between two objects using an indirect propagation delay measurement is disclosed. A frequency hopping scheme (such as the Bluetooth™ technology) is used to measure the relative phase offset of the received signal between the various frequencies. For a given distance between the objects, the phase offset vs. frequency curve is a straight line with the slope dependent upon the measured distance. After the phase of the received signals is detected, the data is plotted on a curve and the slope is calculated.
A wireless slave device remains phase locked with another device in a half-duplex communication mode by employing a low-drift phase locked loop employing a voltage controlled crystal oscillator. The phase locked loop further employs a mechanism that provides immunity from transitory phase slip at a time when the loop is opened.


The doco is helmed by Last Cab to Darwin's Jeremy Sims, who wrote the screen treatment alongside producer Matthew Metcalfe (Dead Lands) of the General Film Corporation.
"I love the feature doc format, and I am excited to be bringing the thrilling and complex story of Wayne Gardner's incredible journey to cinema goers," said Sims.
Metcalfe will once again team with Fraser Brown of NZ's FB Pictures to produce, having recently worked together on Roger Donaldson's McLaren, due for release later this year.
Wayne has received investment from Screen Australia, as well as the New Zealand Film Commission in association with Henla Investments and White Comet Films.
Transmission Films will distribute the film across Australasia, with Paris-based Upside Distribution handling worldwide sales.


Use this model to carry out ANOVA (ANalysis Of VAriance) of one or more balanced or unbalanced factors. Available in Excel with the XLSTAT software.
where yi is the value observed for the dependent variable for observation i, k(i,j) is the index of the category (or level) of factor j for observation i and εi is the error of the model.
The chart below shows data that could be analyzed using a 1-factor ANOVA. The factor has three categories. Data are orange points. The dashed green line is the grand mean and the short green lines are category averages. Note that we use arbitrarily the sum(ai)=0 constraint, which means that β0 corresponds to the grand mean.
XLSTAT allows to correct for heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation that can arise using several methods such as the estimator suggested by Newey and West (1987).
XLSTAT enables you to perform one and multiple way ANOVA. Interactions up to order 4 can be included in the model as well as nested and random effects.
XLSTAT has an automatic device to find nested factors and one nested factor can be included in the model.
Random factors can be included in an ANOVA. When some factors are supposed to be random, XLSTAT displays the expected mean squares table.
Test assumptions: a Shapiro-Wilk test is performed on the residuals. A Levene's test is available to run a test on the homogeneity of variances. The test is run to compare for each factor, the variance of the different categories.
Moreover, influence diagnostics are displayed for each observation including the residual, the standardized residual (divided by the RMSE), the studentized residual, the deleted residual, the studentized deleted residual, thee leverage, the Mahalanobis distance, the Cook's D, the CovRatio, the DFFit, the standardized DFFit, the DFBetas (one per model coefficient) and the standardized DFBetas.
Standardized coefficients chart: The barchart displays the values and confidence intervals of the standardized coefficients.
Regression chart: The chart shows the observed values, the regression line and both types of confidence interval around the predictions.
Standardized residuals as a function of model predictions: In principle, the residuals should be distributed randomly around the X-axis. If there is a trend or a shape, this shows a problem with the model.
The distance between the predictions and the observations: For an ideal model, the points would all be on the bisector.
The standardized residuals on a bar chart: The last chart quickly shows if an abnormal number of values are outside the interval]-2, 2[ given that the latter, assuming that the sample is normally distributed, should contain about 95% of the data.
Summary charts: If several dependent variables have been selected and if the multiple comparisons option has been activated, a chart allows to visualize estimated means with multiple comparisons grouping letters.


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People seem to have this idea that IT is far too complicated for them to understand. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you asked the average Jo on the street what would they rather have a go at, setting up a firewall or a round of brain surgery, then they'd be inclined to opt for the former.
Now, I'm not saying for an instant that IT is by any means a doddle – it's not. It is in fact a huge discipline that is evolving and expanding all the time. However, to grasp a few basics, which I think is where many people get put off, would actually help a lot of people with their computing confidence.
All disciplines come with their very own wonderfully named tools and jargon. For instance, if I were writing poetry then I would be dealing with trochaic hexameter, enjambement, caesuras and Spenserian stanzas. If it were the online game of SEO, then you're dealing with backlinks, SERPs, 301 redirects and alt text.
And so it is in the world of network communication.
If you get past all the jargon, the confusing terms and the geeky eggheads in round spectacles (it's not imperative that IT technicians dress like this, but a lot certainly seem to think it helps), then you can start to build up an understanding of how network communications work, and, I can almost guarantee you that as soon as you've got to grips with the basics, you'd be happier picking up the Ethernet cable than the scalpel any day of the week – if only us IT technicians got paid as much as those fancy folks in white with stethoscopes, ay?
So, below we've put together a quick reference guide to some of the most common terms that you will hear in reference to network communications, so you can move forward with a little more confidence the next time the tech guys start trying to confuse you with the fancy words and numbers.
Most of the computers on your building will be linked together over the internet on a local area network, or LAN for short. This enables all of the devices on the LAN to send data to one another – be they messages, emails, photos, what have you. LANs can extend beyond a single building, however, but usually when we talk about LANs, we're referring to a network that is contained within a 1km radius.
So far, so simple. But what happens when we want to send and receive data to and from our computers which reside in other LANs? Not all LANs are connected to the same technologies, right? Right – any amount of technology can be hooked up to any amount of LANs.
So, since we can't control what technologies are connected to which LANs, what we have to control instead is the standard that is used for communicating. This requirement is what led to the development of IP addressing (don't worry, we'll clarify shortly), which is needed to communicate over the internet (which, incidentally, is simply a world wide system of interconnected networks).
Ok, so let's now delve a little deeper – draw breath – here we go.
Your very own internet protocol address (IP address) is a modern product of computer technology, which allows one computer device to communicate with another one over the internet.
They work much like postal addresses. Your IP address allows your device to be pinpointed amongst the billions and trillions of other devices that are out there which are also connected to the internet. So, just like the mailman wouldn't be able to deliver your letters to you without your postal address, neither would you be able to receive emails on your computer without an IP address. It really is as simple as that.
What About Routers – What Are Those And How Do They Work?
Well, as discussed in the introduction, lots of computers mean lots of LANs. In order for data packages to be sent from one LAN to another, a piece of networking equipment is needed, and this piece of equipment is called a network router.
Network routers route packages of data from one network to another based on IP addresses. Only network packages that are to be sent to other networks are forwarded, importantly. It connects a local network to the larger internet.
Firewalls are important to understand too when it comes to network communications. What these do is analyse all of the data packages that attempt to enter or leave a network. If these data packages meet the security criteria that is specified, then they are allowed through. If not, then they are blocked.
So those are the very basic terms that everyone needs to know when it comes to understanding network communications. You may need to chew over it all for a moment, but that's ok, even us eggheads had to start somewhere.
To find out how V&C Solutions can be of service to your network communications then please get in touch.


wow, thts cool......im glad, u got the book.
Sebastian Junger is the writer of the original book that the movie is based on. You're so lucky ... and there's pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know. Only 50 cents 2 pay 4 it. Yes, there are pictures from the motion movie. Mark looks so fine in those pics. Im starting 2 read this book..I started this pass weekend.
'The Perfect Storm' the book is $3.50 here.. At the moment. It's on one those bargain shelves - the ones where they just want to get rid of those books haha.
I thought about buying it, but it looks like the type of book I'm going to get bored with. I read like a page... I don't think I'm going to like it so I decided to let it pass. But I think this book of it also had the pictures. I didn't look in it but I know previously when I saw it there for a larger price - I THINK it had the pictures. So.
I am..Its totally, different from the movie..Tells u more. Like Mark's character had a twin, but his twin died, when he was a baby. Is on the boring side, but it's also good. Im just taking my time, of reading it. No rush.


OREANDA-NEWS American manufacturer of electric vehicles Tesla withdrew from the Chinese market 14 123 cars due to problems with airbags. This is reported by Channel New Asia with reference to the state administration for market surveillance of China.
According to the channel, Tesla announced the recall of model S cars sold in the period from February 4, 2014 to December 9, 2016. The pillows of these machines contain gas generators produced by the Japanese company Takata, which went bankrupt in 2017.
So, according to management, details were created on the basis of ammonium nitrate without dryer, because of what there is a high risk that they will break into pieces and cause injury to passengers and the driver of the car. Takata went bankrupt after it became aware of a number of deaths due to defects in the airbags of their production.
Tesla intends to replace all the airbags of their cars, the company said.
In addition, the manufacturer of electric vehicles Tesla has decided to reduce 7%, or approximately 3,400 permanent employees, said today CEO Elon Musk in a letter to employees. This is part of the company's strategy to reduce costs during the deployment of large-scale production of mass electric Tesla Model 3.
In the letter, Musk called 2018, "the most difficult but also the most successful" in the history of Tesla, but acknowledged that the company was left with no choice but to cuts to be able to sell the Model 3 in the middle of a complete set for $35 000. "Despite the great progress, our products are still not available to most people," he said. However, the founder of the company reminded that in 2018 Tesla increased its workforce by 30%.


Have you ever watched the show Urban Suburban on HGTV? It's a show where 2 hosts try to find a family their dream home. The "Urban" host tries to find them a downtown home that won't break the bank and still meet their space needs. The "Suburban" host tries to find the family a unique home in the suburbs. I've caught a few episodes and most recently, we've been living our own version of Urban-Suburban.
Since moving to Calgary, we've been looking for our "perfect home". It's neither urban nor suburban. It's something in-between. The suburb detached homes are nice and big but have long commutes and high maintenance requirements. The urban condos are too small for four but have the lure of low maintenance and easy commute. So we settle for the in-between: a decent-sized, semi-inner city townhouse.
AND we found it. And made an offer. And it was accepted. And had an inspection. And it was good. And come September, we'll be the proud owners of a 4 bedroom townhouse (with enough space to grow and no lawn to mow).
You know what that means in terms of blogging right? I'm going to have so many questions to ask, you just may hate me by the time September rolls in. But for now, please share our excitement. We found a house y'all!!!
Weekend of July 28: Mommy Brain Again?


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import React from 'react';
import { mount } from 'enzyme';
import DataGrid from './DataGrid';
import { AutoSizer } from 'react-virtualized';

// data for the grid
const items = [
  { col1: '(1,1)', col2: '(2,1)', col3: '(3,1)' },
  { col1: '(1,2)', col2: '(2,2)', col3: '(3,2)' },
  { col1: '(1,3)', col2: '(2,3)', col3: '(3,3)' },
  { col1: '(1,4)', col2: '(2,4)', col3: '(3,4)' }
];

// column definition for grid
const columns = [
  { name: 'Col 1', key: 'col1', type: 'string', isPrimary: true },
  { name: 'Col 2', key: 'col2', type: 'string', isPrimary: true },
  { name: 'Col 3', key: 'col3', type: 'string', isPrimary: true }
];

let autoSizerStub;
beforeEach(() => {
  autoSizerStub = jest
    .spyOn(AutoSizer.prototype, 'render')
    .mockImplementation(function() {
      return (
        <div ref={this._setRef} style={{ overflow: 'visible' }}>
          {this.props.children({ height: 500, width: 500 })}
        </div>
      );
    });
});

afterEach(() => {
  autoSizerStub.mockReset();
  autoSizerStub.mockRestore();
});

it('should call onUpdateDataNeeded when filter is changed', () => {
  const stub = jest.fn();

  const wrapper = mount(
    <DataGrid items={items} columns={columns} paged onUpdateDataNeeded={stub} />
  );

  // manually call onFilterChanged to simlate the user typing
  wrapper.instance().onFilterChanged({
    key: 'col1',
    value: '1'
  });

  expect(stub).toHaveBeenCalled();
});

it('should have the proper number of rows once new items are set', () => {
  const stub = jest.fn();

  const wrapper = mount(
    <DataGrid items={items} columns={columns} paged onUpdateDataNeeded={stub} />
  );

  // manually call onFilterChanged to simlate the user typing
  wrapper.instance().onFilterChanged({
    key: 'col1',
    value: '2'
  });

  wrapper.setProps({
    items: items.filter(item => item.col1.includes('2'))
  });

  const cols = wrapper.instance().getRowCount();
  expect(cols).toBe(2);
});

it('should call renderMultiGrid when the length of items change', () => {
  const stub = jest.spyOn(DataGrid.prototype, 'renderMultiGrid');

  const wrapper = mount(<DataGrid items={items} columns={columns} paged />);

  // manually call onFilterChanged to simlate the user typing
  wrapper.instance().onFilterChanged({
    key: 'col1',
    value: '2'
  });

  // updates here
  expect(stub).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
  stub.mockReset();

  const filteredItems = items.filter(item => item.col1.includes('2'));
  wrapper.setProps({
    items: filteredItems,
    totalItemCount: filteredItems.length,
    currentPage: 1
  });

  expect(stub).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
  stub.mockReset();
  stub.mockRestore();
});


Special to the Reading Eagle: Sandi Yanisko | Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chairwoman of Montgomery County Board of Commissioners.
Special to the Reading Eagle: Sandi Yanisko | Montgomery County Commissioner Kenneth E. Lawrence Jr.
Matt Carey is a former Tri-County reporter for the Reading Eagle.
It's the first year without a tax hike since 2015; officials credit past fiscal responsibility for stabilizing costs.
Montgomery County taxpayers will not see a county property tax increase for the first time since 2015 as a result of the county commissioners' adoption of a 2018 budget Thursday.
The $696 million spending plan keeps the tax rate at 3.849 mills, which equates to a $385 tax on properties assessed at $100,000. The budget includes a $403.4 million general fund, six nongeneral fund budgets and a $103.2 million capital improvement plan budget.
The commissioners voted unanimously to adopt all aspects of the budget.
The budget comes after two years of tax hikes that saw a 22.1 percent increase over two years. In past years, commissioners blamed years of financial mismanagement by prior administrations for tax increases. On Thursday, Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chairwoman of the county commissioners, said the county's finances have been stabilized.
"Our county is on sound financial footing, due to years of adhering to fiscal priorities, investing in long-term capital planning, improving our aging infrastructure, and maintaining an appropriate fund balance," Arkoosh said.
The 2018 budget includes funding for 20 new full-time positions across several county departments, and also includes a 2 percent wage increase for non-contracted county employees, part of a multiyear plan to bring county salaries more in line with comparable positions elsewhere.
"This was a process and a program we made a commitment to when we adopted last year's budget, and I'm very happy to see that has continued on schedule," Arkoosh said.
Those increases, Arkoosh said, do not apply to elected officials, and elected officials will not be receiving any salary increase as part of the adopted budget.
Commissioner Kenneth E. Lawrence Jr. said he was happy that the budget funds infrastructure improvements as well as county services that help residents in need of support, and Commissioner Joseph C. Gale, who opposed last year's budget, said the budget was the result of hard work by staff to make smart fiscal decisions for taxpayers.
Contact Matt Carey: 610-371-5038 or mcarey@readingeagle.com.


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The Year Before Zero: Dean's Controlled Solution - The Death of Throes of Diplomacy
Brian Calvert
A Cambodian woman with five children apprehensively looks upwards from the shallow bunker as shells from the insurgent forces start falling in the area in the encircled capital of Phnom Penh, in March 1975.
Part Five: The Death of Throes of Diplomacy
In 2007, John Gunther Dean, the last US ambassador to Cambodia before it fell to the Khmer communists, turned over thousands of documents to the Jimmy Carter Library in Atlanta, Georgia, part of the US National Archives. The documents show an increasingly desperate ambassador calling for negotiations that were likely too late, despite terse reprimands from his bosses in Washington and in the face of a collapsing Khmer Republic. This is the fifth in a series of reports on the Dean documents, being reissued for the 40th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh, in April 1975.
With Phnom Penh gasping for supplies and troops, in early 1975, New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg interviewed several refugee families snatched from their besieged town, Neak Loeung, by Khmer Republican forces. They had been rescued by boat on the condition the men fight for the national army. Wearing olive green uniform shirts, their wives and families in tow, the men were uneasy about their new prospects, Schanberg wrote.
"The Government took special steps to prevent the men from deserting," Schanberg wrote. "When the boats pulled up to the river landing at 11 am, the trucks and officers that were to take them to the training center had not yet arrived, so the boats were kept from unloading for two hours. In the meantime, the military police brought some bread and threw it to the refugee conscripts."
Such were the defense efforts of Phnom Penh, surrounded by communist insurgents and cut off from supplies by all but airlifts. As the weeks passed, the US chief of mission, Ambassador John Gunther Dean, began to feel the intense heat of his unenviable position. He cabled Washington a status report.
"Being in the kitchen and sitting in the frying pan right on top of the burner, I would like to take a few minutes to give you my assessment of the present situation and how we should proceed as perceived from Phnom Penh," he wrote.
Dean then sketched for his boss, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the portrait of a ruined city: an undersupplied army led by morale-weakened officers, a collapsing economy plagued by corruption, refugee settlements "wiped out," prices likely to "spiral upward dramatically," and anti-government demonstrations imminent. Dean was unhappy that weak attempts by Washington to find a controlled solution had led to nothing in his nearly one year in Cambodia.
"The kind of picture I paint in this message was projected in the Mission's assessment sent to the Department in four parts last June," he wrote. "We concluded at that time that a political solution must be found to the Cambodian dilemma as soon as possible. The obvious conclusion remains that, while we will try to do our best here to maintain some form of stability in the military-political-economic-social field, we are heading towards a debacle unless a political solution can be found rapidly."
The Americans were failing the Cambodians, Dean wrote in another cable.
"I must state very frankly that the Khmers of this side are waiting, and waiting desperately, for us to get involved…. What they must be wondering is what is holding us back?" he wrote. "They certainly are not holding us back, and if they are not, who or what is? I must say I do not have the answers to these questions."
Dean's argument still centered on reaching Prince Norodom Sihanouk, in exile in Beijing and the theoretical head of a government in exile for the Khmer communists and monarchists. Dean's continuous cables were not well received. Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger finally warned Dean to stop.
"As a friend, I want to give you my very personal reactions to your latest messages on how to proceed with negotiations," Eagleburger wrote. "In utterly frank terms, these messages are seen here as confirmation that your interest in negotiations has now become an obsession. I must tell you that such cables are increasingly counterproductive."
Eagleburger cautioned Dean that Washington had tried every channel to reach Sihanouk. He reminded the ambassador that the strong military position of the communists, who saw themselves "on the verge of victory," meant they would not negotiate, and that Sihanouk "will not or cannot assert himself in this matter."
"I therefore strongly suggest that you recognize that no useful purpose can be served by continued harping on the question of negotiations," Eagleburger wrote. "Your cables cannot by themselves bring Sihanouk back, nor do they suggest any line that has not already been pursued. What they do suggest…is an attempt to build a record of your own perspicacity. I know this is not the case, nor would it be necessary in any event, since no one has any intention of leaving you holding the bag."
His bosses were concerned Dean's obsession was distracting him from his primary mission: "to bend every effort to keep the [Republic] together." They also worried his repeated calls for negotiation could "rattle" the Cambodians "and increase their despair."
Dean's relationship with policymakers in Washington, including Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, was deteriorating. Several weeks before Eagleburger's reprimand, a disgruntled Dean wrote Washington to say that the US had a moral obligation to find a solution for Cambodia. Washington's refusal to do so, he said, would be enough for his resignation, if things weren't so bad in the war-ravaged country.
"When an ambassador is at odds with the policy pursued by the Department, it is customary under normal circumstances for him to submit his resignation," Dean wrote. "These are not normal circumstances and such an act might be misinterpreted as a desire on my part to get out. As a disciplined foreign service officer, I will therefore desist from such action at this time."
Dean's letter would serve as a registry of his "profound disagreement" with the State Department's reasoning: "that developments will have occurred [later] in the US or in Cambodia which will shed a kind light on our five-year effort in Cambodia."
By the time he wrote these words, the chance for a controlled solution was evaporating. Sihanouk no longer had any power to broker, even if Washington could reach him, which, for whatever reason, it had not done. The communists were sure of victory and would never negotiate. By April 10, they'd broken the capital's defenses, and the following day Dean led his people away by helicopter, famously draping the US flag over his arm, to prevent anyone burning it.
On April 11, at 9:07 am in Washington, the men who Dean worried had not worked hard enough for a solution, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and his subordinate, Philip Habib, spoke by phone of the US evacuation, codenamed Eagle Pull. Habib told Kissinger Eagle Pull could not be delayed.
"[The insurgents are] very, very close in," he said. "And the final thing is that if the Cambodians still want to do what we've opened the door for them to do with Sihanouk, they can do it without our presence now, because we've passed all the messages that we need to pass."
"OK," Kissinger replied. "It's not a proud day, but we did the best we could."
Dean left Cambodia for Bangkok feeling "terrible sadness," convinced that Americans "didn't live up to our responsibilities and our promises." No negotiations ever took place. A dark curtain fell over the small Buddhist country, and even 30 years later Dean would insist that more could have been done. The last Phnom Penh heard of the ambassador and his hopes for a controlled solution were the dull thuds of helicopter rotors, as America left Cambodia to its fate.
The Year Before Zero: Dean's Controlled Solution - Failure of Control
The Year Before Zero: Dean's Controlled Solution - Assessment on Arrival
The Year Before Zero: Dean's Controlled Solution - 'Internationalization'
The Year Before Zero: Dean's Controlled Solution - Mekong Convoy
The Year Before Zero: Dean's Controlled Solution - Reflections on the Future


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Kimberley B.C., to truck deer out of town rather than cull the animals
Oct 02, 2017 • October 2, 2017 • 1 minute read
KIMBERLEY, B.C. — The mayor of Kimberley says killing urban deer is no longer an option in the southeastern British Columbia city and councillors will instead consider relocating the animals.
Don McCormick says officials in Kimberley have done an outstanding job of exploring all deer management options, but the numbers are climbing again.
Kimberley B.C., to truck deer out of town rather than cull the animals Back to video
Deer can damage infrastructure and be aggressive to people and pets.
A cull was conducted in Kimberley in 2012 but McCormick says because the city relies on tourism, it can't afford the negative publicity that accompanies the practice.
He says relocation is not approved for the management of urban deer in B.C. but he hopes the province will agree to a broader use of the practice, which sees the animals fitted with a radio collar and moved far away from urban areas.
McCormick says council voted earlier this year to set aside $100,000 to pursue such an initiative. (CHBZ)


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Q: Does passing address to a pointer results in type promotion While initializing the pointer p in the given statement
int a[10], *p;
p = &a[0];

I am in doubt that whether the type of &a[0] is pointer to int or is it int?
I came to this confusion after reading this:

Using a as a pointer to the first element in the array, we can modify a[0]: *a = 7;.

NOTE: I am interested to know the type of &a[0].

A: &a[0] is a pointer to int. Here are the interpretation steps for that:

*

*&a[0] is parsed as &(a[0]) because the subscript operator [] binds more tightly than the address operator &.

*a is an array, but it is automatically converted to a pointer to its first element in this case. (It would not be converted if it were the operand of sizeof, _Alignof, or & or were a string literal used to initialize an array.)

*a[0] takes the pointer and becomes an lvalue for the first element (element 0).

*&(a[0]) is a pointer to a[0]. Since we know a[0] is an int, a pointer to a[0] is a pointer to an int.

Then p is assigned the value of &a[0]. Thus, p is a pointer to the first element of a.
Since p is a pointer to the first element of a, *p is an lvalue for that element. An lvalue can be used on the left side of an assignment to assign to the object it refers to.

A: & is the address  operator so, &a[0] is taking the address of the first element of the array a, so it is an int *. Since [] has higher precedence than * you can read it as follows:
&(a[0])

which may be more clear. The case where you have:
p = a ;

works do to the array decaying to a pointer.

A: for historical reasons
 p = a;

and
p = &a[0]

are equivalent.   Beware that
auto q = &a;

is also legal but the type of q will NOT be int* but rather int[10] *.  This is probably not what you wanted.

A: The address of a[0] is of type pointer to an integer.
You can modify the first element of the array because *a is equivalent to *(a + 0) which is nothing but a[0].

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