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I have often noticed longing eyes watching the pan of boiling sugar at the corner of some thoroughfare, or under the porch of some well-frequented temple in China ; and as the desired consistency was attained, the sugar-stick drawn out to the proper thickness, the elegant spiral twist given by a dexterous movement of the hand, and as the long scissors snipped the transparent and fast-hardening stick into convenient inches, You notice that the figure in our sketch has two baskets, or rather tubs, the one containing his goods in the form of sweetmeats of various devices, the other the fire-pans and implements necessary for their manufac-ture. When he moves from place to place, that short pole which is resting by his side is laid upon his shoulder, and a tub hangs on a hook at either end. Listen ! He is striking with a flat piece of brass his little sounding gong, which, with its clang, clang, clang, invites customers. Each trade has its own particular cry or call, some vocal, some, as in this case, instrumental. See ! an urchin, whose fingers are evidently so burnt with the money that they can hold it no longer, is running forward to make a purchase. You may tell he is very young, for his tail is not yet grown, his head is entirely shaved, save two little tufts of hair, which are twisted and bound up into a soft horn, and orna-mented with a piece of crimson silk. Though so young, yet he has his own mind about his money, and very likely will prefer giving that funny-look-ing wheel in front of the sweetmeats a turn, to know whether he is to have double the worth of his money in sugar, or none at all. The gambling spirit is even strong in infancy, and though the chances are that the sweetmeat-seller will gain, yet he cannot resist the temptation ; only think, if he should get two pieces of sugar instead of one ! If he loses, he will stand there watching while others take their turn ; if he wins, he will run home delighted with his success. Children are children all the world over, they will have their fun and frolic, the sweet tooth can never be pulled out; if it could, what would become of the poor lollipop-makers ! 76 visits
Between Times, Leicester Square 308 visits
In the early part of the day the parks are occupied by very young people; the visitors become older with the day. The nurses and their charges leave, and evening finds an old lady leaning on her husband's arm, walking slowly along their favorite path, while their carriage follows at a little distance. And as night comes on they roll back into the great city among the never-ceasing tread of feet, past the side-walk artist sitting by his pictures on the pavement, looking anxiously at the passers-by—and the park's day is done—a curtain of darkness falls on the great stage 308 visits
The Street stall 251 visits
Huckster trying to sell something to a man 226 visits
A Turkish cigarette girl 304 visits
Roumanian Peasants Selling Flowers and Fruit 736 visits
Even the hissing of frying fat in the numerous cook-shops seemed hushed for the time; the vender of kukurutz (green corn on the ear) slept in a shadow; and the Bulgarian bozaji, selling slightly fermented maize beer, alone broke the drowsy silence with his mournful cries. 516 visits
One of the features of the streets at that time was the "buy a broom girl," so called from her cry. Her costume was picturesque, and she was rather an ornament to the extremely prosaic street. "From Deutschland I come, with my light wares all laden, To dear, happy England, in summer's gay bloom; Then listen, fair ladies, and young pretty maidens, And buy of a wand'ring Bavarian, a broom. Buy a broom? Buy a broom?" 291 visits
As we came to the monastery this morning, I was very much amused at seeing, close by the gates of the monastery, barbers plying their trade al fresco. Two men were being operated upon; one was being shaved, the other having his tail plaited. It is a common sight in the streets of the city to see barbers shaving their customers in the open air. 452 visits
We ordered mountain chairs, and at eleven o'clock we started. These chairs are very light, and as we had four coolies each, we went at a very good pace. We passed quickly through the city, and on reaching the I-ling-16u, which is in the northern suburb, our chair-coolies stopped at a street restaurant to regale themselves before going into the open country. Henry and I got out of our chairs and sat under a wide-spreading banyan tree. We were much amused by watching many wayfarers, who were passing from or into the city, refreshing themselves at the street restaurant, either with tea and cakes, or boiled rice and fried fish, or with soups, fruits, etc. 497 visits
Blacksmiths Working in the Open Air 453 visits
These itinerant barbers are quite an institution in China, going, as they do, from village to village and from monastery to monastery, in pursuit of their calling. They look so picturesque, as one meets them about the country, wearing, as they do, broad-brimmed straw hats, loose jackets, and long flowing trousers. These men carry a miniature chest of drawers, in which they keep their razors, brushes, combs, and earnings, suspended from one end of a thin bamboo pole which rests on their shoulders. From the other end a wooden washstand and basin are suspended. I have not mentioned soap, as none is used in Chinese shaving. The tiny chest of drawers serves as a seat for the customers. 377 visits
An Itinerant Barber waiting for a customer 424 visits
I have observed a great number if open-air stalls, which are placed either under mat coverings, or simply under large umbrellas made of dried palm-leaves. I have seen most picturesque groups standing around these stalls drinking soup, or eating boiled rice with chopsticks, or perhaps taking cakes or other light refreshment. 574 visits
Many a six pence is picked up in New-York, by the sale of this delicious fruit. They are brought to market in small baskets, which hold nearly a pint, and sell from 4 to 15 cents a basket. You may see men, women, and children, some with long poles, one in each hand, strung full of these little baskets of strawberries, travelling up and down the streets of New-York, crying as above. 4906 visits
From midsummer, till late in the autumn, our ears during the evenings are saluted with this cry. The corn is plucked while green, and brought to our markets fro mthe surrounding country, in great quantities. It is boiled in the husk, and carried about the streets in pails and large bowls, with a little salt, and sold from a penny to two pence an ear. 5204 visits
In the summer time, you may see persons in carts, and others with hand-barrows, having a load of the above articles, that they cry along the streets, and sell to those families who live a distance from the markets. What a vast garden it would ake to raise vegetables enough for all the inhabitants of New-York! Long Island can be considered the garden of New-York: the produce brought to this city daily is very great. 5226 visits
This Sand is brought from the sea shore in vessels, principally from Rockaway Beach, Long-Island. It is loaded into carts, and carried about the streets of New-York, and sold for about 12 1/2 cents per bushel. Almost every little girl or boy, knows that it is put on newly scrubbed floors, to preserve them clean and pleasant. 5450 visits
In the sprint, we have the above cry along our streets, by children and women, who buy them of the gardeners, and for one cent a bunch profit, will trudge along the streets of New-York, with a large long basket hanging on their arm, full of radishes. They sell six radishes to a bunch, and sixpence will buy one to six of these bunches. They are esteemed en excellent relish at tea, and afford business for children most of the summer season. 5312 visits
Great quantities of Potatoes of different kinds, are carried about the streets of New-York, for sale. None make so much noise as those people who cry the Sweet Carolinas. These are held in high esteem by most persons, and one can buy them ready boiled and roasted at the cook-shops. They are of an oblong form, of many sizes, and when boiled,taste much like a roast chestnut. The sell from 75 cents to 1 dollar per bushel. 5347 visits
At the corners of our principal streets, and at the ferries, we may see men, with long baskets on their arms, full of fine yellow oranges, offering them for sale to the passengers fro from 3 to 6 cents a piece. Many a one find their way to the girls and boys in the country, who always esteem them a fine present. They grow in the West-Indies, and the Floridas, and may be had in New-York at all seasons. 5362 visits
This wholesome beverage, is carried all round the city by men in carts, wagons and very large tin kettles. The cows are pastured on the Island of New-York,some along the New-Jersey shore, and large droves on Long-Island. Milk sells from 4 to 6 cents per quart, delivered at our doors every morning in the winter season and twice a day in summer. 5147 visits
To sell matches, is the employment of women and children, who make a few pence honestly, by splitting pine or cedar sticks, or procuring a long thin shaving, the ends of which they dip in brimstone, which when touched by a spark, will blaze directly. Though a small matter, it is a great convenience to house-keepers. This is a very humble business, but it is not to be despised on that account. 5139 visits
This man may be seen with a iron ring, on which are strung a great many old keys, of various sizes, going about the streets of New-York, soliciting cusom in the way we observe in the picture. He has with him different tools, and is ready to repair Locks, or fit Keys where they may be broken or lost - What a pity is is, people are not all honest, then we should have no occasion either for locks, keys, bars or bolts. 4721 visits
In the summer months, when it is not lawful to sell Oysters in New-York, we have clams in abundance, brought to our doors, by people, in carts. THe price is from 25 to 62 1/2 cents per hundred. They catch them principally on the shores of Long-Island, and Shrewbury River. 4978 visits
"Many ways to get a living!" some might think, when the broom-dealers are seen going about the streets, with a load of Brooms and Brushes, crying aloud. These useful articles, so much prized by the nice house-wife, are made of Broom-corn whisk, chiefly; and sell from 12 1/2 to 18 3/4 cents each. Those made by the people called Shakers, are much the neatest and best, and will command from 6 to 10 cents more. 4816 visits
Basket Seller 4161 visits
There are several men in New-York, who go about with a wheel-barrow, on which is a grind-stone, rigged in such a way as to be easily turned with the foo while the hands apply scissors or a knife to the stone. Another may be seen with his machine slung on his back, and when a customer hails, he will quickly set his grindstone in motion. They strike a bell, as they walk along,as a sign to those who may wish any knives or scissors ground. 3327 visits
Bread Seller in the streets of Cairo 543 visits
Shoe peddler in the Bazaar 435 visits
In so arbitrary a government as that of China, it would scarcely be supposed that the press should be free; that is to say, that every one who chooses it may follow the profession of a printer or a bookseller without any previous licence, or without submitting the works he may print or expose for sale to any censor appointed by government; but then he must take his chance to suffer in his person all the consequences that may result from the impression that may be made on the minds of the civil officers as to the tendency of the work. A libel against the government, an immoral or indecent book, would subject both printer and publisher to certain punishment both in his person and purse. 747 visits
There is little more to be observed of the present engraving than this: that whatever wares, goods, or merchandize are exposed to sale in the open air, which in the open plains, as well in the broad streets of cities, is very much the case, the vender and the articles themselves are, during the summer months, protected from the rays of the sun by a large umbrella, which is generally square, like that in the print. Some hundreds of similar stands and umbrellas were displayed on a plain near the spot where the embassy disembarked, within the mouth of the Pei-ho; the little booths, if they may be so termed, being generally well stored with sweet-meats and sliced water-melons laid upon ice. The poorest peasant in China carries an umbrella, either to defend him against the rays of the sun, or heavy rains. 613 visits
The Chinese merchants and tradesmen are most expert and ready reckoners; but they perform all arithmetical operations mechanically, by means of a table divided into two compartments, through which pass iron wires; and on these wires are strung in one compartment five, and in the other two, moveable balls. The principle is something of the same kind as that of the abacus of the Romans, and is with some little variation still made use of in Russia. It has been observed, that in weighing several thousand chests of tea, or bales of goods, at Canton, the Chinese accountant can invariably name the sum total long before the European can cast up his account. 728 visits
Almost every necessary of life, and many articles that are not of that description, are carried about the streets for sale, and the invariable mode of bearing burthens of this kind is in baskets or boxes suspended from the two extremities of a bamboo lath, swung across the back part of the shoulder. If a Chinese should only have one basket to carry, he is sure to get a log of wood, or a large stone to counterpoise it at the opposite end, thus preferring to carry a double weight rather than place it on the head, or the shoulder, or across the arm. The Chinese are in appearance far from exhibiting any signs of great muscular powers, but in lifting, or carrying a load, they are probably not excelled by the porters even of Ireland. 718 visits
The very general use of tobacco throughout the whole extensive empire of China, and the still more extensive regions of Tartary, would seem to contradict the commonly received opinion, that this herb is indigenous only in America. One can hardly suppose that the Chinese, who are so remarkably averse from the introduction of any thing novel, would, in the course of three centuries, have brought the custom of smoking into universal use; yet so it is; men of all ranks and all ages; women, whatever their condition in life may be, and children even of both sexes of eight or ten years of age, are furnished with the necessary apparatus for smoking tobacco. In walking the streets, in almost all the occupations of life, the tobacco pipe is seldom out of the mouth. 731 visits
The practice of smoking tobacco is not more common, at least in the southern provinces of China, than that of chewing the areca nut, mixed with chunam, or lime made of shells, and wrapped up in a leaf of the betel pepper. Indeed this compound masticatory is in universal use throughout all India, the Oriental Islands, Cochin-china, and Tonquin. In addition to the little purse which every Chinese wears suspended from his belt as an appendage to his tobacco pipe and to hold the ingredients for smoking, whether tobacco, or opium, or both, he generally carries another to contain areca nuts broken into small fragments: the other materials, the betel leaf, and chunam are to be met with in every little eating shop, and on almost every stall in the bazar, or market, and are among the most common articles carried about the streets for sale. 642 visits
A view of Petticoat Lane Immediately connected with the trade of the central mart for old clothes are the adjoining streets of Petticoat-lane, and those of the not very distant Rosemary-lane. In these localities is a second-hand garment-seller at almost every step, but the whole stock of these traders, decent, frowsy, half-rotten, or smart and good habiliments, has first passed through the channel of the Exchange. The men who sell these goods have all bought them at the Exchange—the exceptions being insignificant—so that this street-sale is but an extension of the trade of the central mart, with the addition that the wares have been made ready for use. 223 visits
A view in Rosemary Lane This lane partakes of some of the characteristics of Petticoat-lane, but without its so strongly marked peculiarities. Rosemary-lane is wider and airier, the houses on each side are loftier (in several parts), and there is an approach to a gin palace, a thing unknown in Petticoat-lane: there is no room for such a structure there. 1397 visits
The Crippled Street Bird Seller 1510 visits
Street Seller of Birds Nests "I am a seller of birds'-nesties, snakes, slow-worms, adders, 'effets'—lizards is their common name—hedgehogs (for killing black beetles); frogs (for the French—they eats 'em); snails (for birds); that's all I sell in the summer-time. 1428 visits
The Street Dog Seller The live animals sold in the streets include beasts, birds, fish, and reptiles, all sold in the streets of London. 1404 visits
The Groundsel Man "Chick-weed and Grun-sell!" Fourteen or fifteen years ago, although seeds, generally, were fifteen to twenty per cent. dearer than they are now, there was twice the demand for them. An average price of good mignonette seed, he said, was now 1s. the quarter of a pound, and it was then 1s. 2d. to 1s. 6d. The shilling's worth, is made, by the street-seller, into twenty or twenty-four pennyworths. An average price of parsley, and of the cheaper seeds, is less than half that of mignonette. Other seeds, again, are not sold to the street-people by the weight, but are made up in sixpenny and shilling packages. Their extreme lightness prevents their being weighed to a customer. Of this class are, the African marigold, the senecios (groundsel), and the china-aster; but of these compound flowers, the street-traders sell very few. 955 visits
The Coster-girl The life of the coster-girls is as severe as that of the boys. Between four and five in the morning they have to leave home for the markets, and sell in the streets until about nine. Those that have more kindly parents, return then to breakfast, but many are obliged to earn the morning's meal for themselves. After breakfast, they generally remain in the streets until about ten o'clock at night; many having nothing during all that time but one meal of bread and butter and coffee, to enable them to support the fatigue of walking from street to street with the heavy basket on their heads. In the course of a day, some girls eat as much as a pound of bread, and very seldom get any meat, unless it be on a Sunday. 943 visits
The Coster Boy and Girl Tossing the pieman The itinerant trade in pies is one of the most ancient of the street callings of London. The meat pies are made of beef or mutton; the fish pies of eels; the fruit of apples, currants, gooseberries, plums, damsons, cherries, raspberries, or rhubarb, according to the season—and occasionally of mince-meat. A few years ago the street pie-trade was very profitable, but it has been almost destroyed by the "pie-shops," and further, the few remaining street-dealers say "the people now haven't the pennies to spare." Summer fairs and races are the best places for the piemen. To "toss the pieman" is a favourite pastime with costermongers boys and all that class; some of whom aspire to the repute of being gourmands, and are critical on the quality of the comestible. If the pieman win the toss, he receives 1d. without giving a pie; if he lose, he hands it over for nothing. 915 visits
The Blind Boot-Lace Seller 889 visits
The Baked Potato Man "Baked 'taturs! All 'ot, all 'ot!" The baked potato trade, in the way it is at present carried on, has not been known more than fifteen years in the streets. Before that, potatoes were sometimes roasted as chestnuts are now, but only on a small scale. The trade is more profitable than that in fruit, but continues for but six months of the year. 938 visits
The Wallflower Girl For the flowers of commoner or easier culture, the root-seller receives from 1d. to 3d. These are primroses, polyanthuses, cowslips (but in small quantities comparatively), daisies (single and double,—and single or wild, daisies were coming to be more asked for, each 1d.), small early wallflowers, candy-tufts, southernwood (called "lad's love" or "old man" by some), and daffodils, (but daffodils were sometimes dearer than 3d.). 891 visits
The Street Stationer These street-sellers are a numerous body, and the majority of them show a greater degree of industry and energy than is common to many classes of street-folk. They have been for the most part connected with the paper, newspaper, or publishing trade, and some of them have "known better days." 960 visits
The Street Seller of Walking sticks The trade is a summer and a Sunday trade. The best localities are the several parks, and the approaches to them, 1006 visits
The Street Seller of Nutmeg Graters Many of those who have lost an arm, or a leg, or a hand, turn showmen, or become sellers of small metal articles, as knives or nutmeg-graters; and many who have been born cripples may be seen in the streets struggling for self-support. But all who are driven to the streets have not been physically disabled for labour. Some have been reduced from their position as tradesmen or shopmen; others, again, have been gentlemen's servants and clerks; all, dragged down by a series of misfortunes, sometimes beyond their control, and sometimes brought about by their own imprudence or sluggishness 1052 visits
The Street Seller of Grease Removing composition The persons engaged in this trade carry it on with a regular patter. One man's street announcement is in the following words: "Here you have a composition to remove stains from silks, muslins, bombazeens, cords, or tabarets of any kind or colour. It will never injure nor fade the finest silk or satin, but restore it to its original colour. For grease on silks, &c., only rub the composition on dry, let it remain five minutes, then take a clothes' brush and brush it off, and it will be found to have removed the stains. For grease in woollen cloths spread the composition on the place with a piece of woollen cloth and cold water; when dry rub it off, and it will remove the grease or stain. For pitch or tar use hot water instead of cold, as that prevents the nap coming off the cloth. Here it is. Squares of grease-removing composition, never known to fail, only 1d. each." 1090 visits
The Street Seller of Dogs Collars Two of the most profitable pitches for the sale of these articles are in the neighbourhood of the Old Swan Pier, off Thames-street, and at a corner of the Bank. Neither of these two traders confines his stock to dog-collars, though they constitute the most valuable portion of it. The one sells, in addition to his collars, key-rings, keys and chains, dog-whistles, stamps with letters engraved upon them, printer's type, in which any name or initials may be set up, shaving-brushes, trowser-straps, razors, and a few other light articles. 1091 visits
The Street Seller of Crockery Ware The goods are carried in baskets on the head, the men having pads on the cloth caps which they wear—or sometimes a padding of hay or wool inside the cap—while the women's pads are worn outside their bonnets or caps, the bonnet being occasionally placed on the basket. The goods, though carried in baskets on the head to the locality of the traffic, are, whilst the traffic is going on, usually borne from house to house, or street to street, on the arm, or when in large baskets carried before them by the two hands. 1119 visits
The Street Rhubarb and Spice Seller 1165 visits
The Oyster StallThe trade in oysters is unquestionably one of the oldest with which the London—or rather the English—markets are connected; for oysters from Britain were a luxury in ancient Rome. Oysters are now sold out of the smacks at Billingsgate, and a few at Hungerford. The more expensive kind such as the real Milton, are never bought by the costermongers, but they buy oysters of a "good middling quality." At the commencement of the season these oysters are 14s. a "bushel," but the measure contains from a bushel and a half to two bushels, as it is more or less heaped up. The general price, however, is 9s. or 10s., but they have been 16s. and 18s. 1073 visits
The Lucifer Match Girl The lucifer-match boxes, the most frequent in the street-trade, are bought by the poor persons selling them in the streets, at the manufacturers, or at oil-shops, for a number of oilmen buy largely of the manufacturers, and can "supply the trade" at the same rate as the manufacturer. The price is 2¼d. the dozen boxes, each box containing 150 matches. Some of the boxes (German made) are round, and many used to be of tin, but these are rarely seen now. The prices are proportionate. The common price of a lucifer box in the streets is ½d., but many buyers, I am told, insist upon and obtain three a penny, which they do generally of some one who supplies them regularly. The trade is chiefly itinerant. 1060 visits
The London CostermongerThe number of costermongers,—that it is to say, of those street-sellers attending the London "green" and "fish markets,"—appears to be, from the best data at my command, now 30,000 men, women, and children. 1067 visits
The London Coffee Stall The coffee-stall keepers generally stand at the corner of a street. In the fruit and meat markets there are usually two or three coffee-stalls, and one or two in the streets leading to them; in Covent-garden there are no less than four coffee-stalls. Indeed, the stalls abound in all the great thoroughfares, and the most in those not accounted "fashionable" and great "business" routes, but such as are frequented by working people, on their way to their day's labour. 1035 visits
The Irish Street-seller The fruit-sellers, meaning thereby those who deal principally in fruit in the season, are the more intelligent costermongers. The calculation as to what a bushel of apples, for instance, will make in half or quarter pecks, puzzles the more ignorant, and they buy "second-hand," or of a middle-man, and consequently dearer. The Irish street-sellers do not meddle much with fruit, excepting a few of the very best class of them, and they "do well in it," I was told, "they have such tongue." 1009 visits
Long Song Seller "Long songs" first appeared between nine and ten years ago. The long-song sellers did not depend upon patter—though some of them pattered a little—to attract customers, but on the veritable cheapness and novel form in which they vended popular songs, printed on paper rather wider than this page, "three songs abreast," and the paper was about a yard long, which constituted the "three" yards of song. Sometimes three slips were pasted together. The vendors paraded the streets with their "three yards of new and popular songs" for a penny. 151 visits
Dr Bokanky The Street Herbalist "Now then for the Kalibonca Root, that was brought from Madras in the East Indies. It'll cure the toothache, head-ache, giddiness in the head, dimness of sight, rheumatics in the head, and is highly recommended for the ague; never known to fail; and I've sold it for this six and twenty year. From one penny to sixpence the packet. The best article in England." 149 visits
Arab Merchant under sun umbrella selling their wares 177 visits


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April 28, 1899 - P. 2, Col. 2
FIVE CHILDREN DIE
Sorrowful Affliction in the Family of Thomas LYNCH
In a country cemetery eight miles west of Edmond are five newly made graves, and there sleep five children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lynch, all of them having died in the space of three weeks-Charlie, aged 16; Nellie, aged 12; Alice, aged 3; Lucy, aged 4, and an infant aged 10 months. They all had measles, followed by pneumonia, and in addition to the great sorrow following death after death, there are four other children sick and their lives almost despaired of. Charles was the last of the five to die; and he retained his faculties, while life lingered. He made an oral will, be queathing to his brothers and sisters his pony, saddle, hog, dog and a small sum of money he had saved up. The calmness and deliberation with which the boy made his bequest rendered it all the more pathetic. The bereft parents have the heartfelt sympathy of all who know them.
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CRITCHFIELD: Born 1852, Died 1916
Joshua Critchfield born in Livingston County, Missouri, April 4, 1852. Married to Angeline O'Keef September 11, 1876.
Thirteen children were born to the union and all were present at the funeral except one. There were six boys and seven girls, all living, and all residing at Edmond but three.
Deceased moved from Kansas to Oklahoma in 1901, lived at Wellston, until about two years ago, when he moved to Edmond. He always had good health, and worked hard all his life to maintain his family and educate them. Last August he took sick and after a few days of sickness, got up and was about for a few days, and then relapsed, from which he was never able to recover.
He peacefully passed away Nov. 16th at his home at 8:45. During his long seize of illness (sickness) he never complained, he was pleasant with everything the family did for him, and said, "I AM READY AND WILLING TO GO ONLY ONE REGRET I DO NOT LIKE TO LEAVE MY FAMILY."
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Funeral was held at the deceased's home Nov. 18th and buried at Grace Lawn Cemetery, quite a large crowd was in attendance at the funeral. Mrs. Ogleene lead the singing, Evangelist Henry L. Wellston, conducted the funeral.
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5/5/99 by Laura Darlene Critchfield Dutra. Original would not copy clearly.
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If you do a cardio workout and resistance training during the same session, it doesn't matter which you do first in terms of long-term benefits, suggests a small Finnish study recently in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. It involved physically active men, ages 18 to 40, who performed either a cardio workout followed immediately by strength training or vice versa, for 90 to 120 minutes, two or three times a week, for 24 weeks. Though muscle gains were initially less in the cardio-first group (presumably because the muscles were more tired by the time weights were lifted), by the end of the study the two groups had similar improvements in aerobic capacity, muscle mass, time to exhaustion, blood cholesterol, and other biological adaptations to exercise. Results may vary, however, depending on what kind of workouts you do and your personal preferences. See what works best for you.


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/ Ethereum rally dies even though merger arrives
Ethereum rally dies even though merger arrives
Claire Silva August 20, 2022
Key facts:
ETH fell more than 10% for the second week in a row, although it starts this one in the green.
Among the highlights of the week was the TON cryptocurrency, created by Telegram.
Altcoins Radar is a weekly crypto News newsletter, where we collect the most important facts in the cryptocurrency market. In this material we address outstanding news and the price behavior of currencies other than bitcoin, with a list curated by the newspaper.
Is it over? Was that it? The latest price movements indicate that yes, that the recent bullish strength in the cryptocurrency market was lost. Not even Ethereum and its ether (ETH) cryptocurrency, which had been rising and, for many, driving the rest of the market, are saved.
The closeness of the Ethereum 2.0 merger has not mattered, the main reason that seemed to be driving ETH: now, the cryptocurrency has fallen back to $1,400/$1,500 levels over the past few days, after having momentarily touched USD 2,000 not so long ago.
At the time of writing this newsletter, ETH is trading at $1,521 on the exchanges, according to data from CoinMarketCap. This after a rebound of up to 6% so far on Monday, although it comes from chaining red weeks of 16% and 11% respectively, at the close of this Sunday.
The truth is that, given the latest movements, the most sensible thing would be not to get carried away by this sign of recovery as something sustainable over time. Will this be the beginning of the expected recovery for all these months? Only time will tell, but analysts are not too optimistic.
ETH has started this week recovering a bit, but it is coming off a sharp drop. Source: CoinMarketCap.
Proximity of the Merge and migrating miners
That said, let's review the latest Ethereum movements that, despite having had a high expectation, failed to have an impact on its price in the markets: on the one hand, the merger has already been officially scheduled on the Ethereum main network. And in about 16 days it would be activating.
Also the main client for Ethereum nodes was recently updated. And its update already includes the protocol for fusion, also known as The Merge. Meanwhile, forked tokens have already emerged from the Ethereum network and there are exchanges that support them. This, as part of what was expected in the face of the merger: the new network will put aside ETH mining. And miners had been aiming at creating a new network that would maintain mining with new tokens born from that fork.
Speaking of miners: it seems that Ethereum Classic continues to benefit from the proximity of the Merge, with its accumulated processing power on the network reaching all-time highs. As we had already reported in Criptonews, Ethereum Classic is one of the networks to which current Ethereum miners could migrate to keep their operations running.
Altcoins and events of the week
In a macro scheme, there is not much else to highlight about the past week: the markets fell, cryptocurrencies suffered (bitcoin in the lead) and almost no one came out of the new red week unscathed.
With one interesting exception. As we reviewed in the newspaper, TON, the cryptocurrency created by Telegram and then abandoned in the hands of the community, it soared even though the rest of the market was in a tailspin.
The reason seems to be that the CEO of Telegram, despite the company's current lack of relationship with the project, outlined the possibility of the social network's usernames and groups being sold as a kind of NFT that guarantees ownership to its users. Little more to say about it.
In other news of the week: despite the drop in popularity and the bear market itself, NFT scams are still active; reports continue to emerge of how transactions with the Tornado Cash mixer do not represent a large percentage in the cryptocurrency ecosystem; and Tether would be blocking Ethereum addresses, despite having denied it.
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This was a special week. Five reviews, all by strong, experienced reviewers. Along with mainstays Joe, Gary and Rob, two old pros make a return: every-now-and-then juggernaut mariner, and the legendary 'you might see me once annually jerec.'
mariner's review of Blaster Master 2 is very good: he manages to compare this sequel with the title which came before it in a fashion that tells you about both games and shows not simply why this game is better, but why it's a great game -- the latter point being something that is often missed in compare and contrast writings.
Rob's Mafia II is right on the money. Sharp analysis and good flow are evident in a rundown of a third person shooter that's fun but looks like it's going to be so much more and then... isn't. He's even-handed in how he deals with a title that appeared to promise him more, and didn't deliver on that promise, but falling short, still provided a good time.
And then jerec reviewed a visual novel. For whatever reason, I wasn't expecting this. I expected even less that he'd like it as much as he did. He walks the VN review tightrope quite well, of giving us enough information to interest us in the game, without giving the story away. It's tough to do the 'no spoiler' thing with a game that's all story without seemingly saying nothing, and jerec nails it. That said, we've got a tough field this time out and a VN on most weeks isn't enough meat to work with.
Joe covered an extremely dark and disturbing horror title, Bad Dream: Coma, with an awesome, unique aesthetic and did well to make the reader want to play -- or stay away -- depending on his or her sensibilities. The review read smoothly and Joe's knack for picking the right examples to show rather than tell about the game and what he thinks of it was on full display here. We know puzzles start to get obtuse and that the game is only scary when you play it mean but it's still worth a play.
Finally, Gary reviews The Quiet Man, which seems weird and... bad. We can relate with Gary's exasperation given how random and senseless the game is as he breaks things down in clever fashion and invites us to both laugh and shake our heads with him. The only trouble is, because the game doesn't make sense, sometimes his presentation of the randomness is hard to follow.
In the end, this could have been a podium chosen nearly at random. Five good reviews by five good reviewers with little between them. I'd say mariner was neck-and-neck with Gary, and jerec was a step or two behind only due to his subject matter. All of that being said, here's what I went with:
The Quiet Man by Gary
Bad Dream: Coma by Joe
Mafia II by Rob
That's it for now.
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Author: jerec
Thanks Masters! Glad to know my approach is working. I remember seeing the other reviews posted that week, and I knew I wasn't making the top 3. Not that I'm writing these for recognition or prestige or anything. Usually just to get my thoughts out.
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Posted: January 03, 2021 (05:50 AM)
One of the worst games I've ever played, that Quiet Man. I'm just glad I never have to think about it ever again.
You've put a hell of a shift in there, Marc. Thanks for getting through the backlog - 2020 is finally clear for you. Really strong week, so props to Rob on rehashing the Mafia II review I wrote years ago making a strong case on a game that should have been better. I know giving it the win will sting for Marc, because he loves that game.
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EU Allowed Belgium To Keep Its Fries
While we were enjoying our life on vacation, Belgium was boiling (or you could say frying), in real trouble. The European Union wanted to ban traditional Pommes Frites for serving in Belgium, Food and Wine Reports.
According to Reuters, the national government of Belgium reported that the EU agreed to compromise by its food safety regulations, allowed Belgian restaurants to continue to prepare Belgian fries traditionally.
Why did the European Union want to change the standards for the preparation of French fries there? The thing is to make this appetizer more crispy, the Belgians cook it twice, which on the one hand makes them more delicious, and on the other, as a result of frying in oil, more acrylamide is released, which is a carcinogen and can cause cancer.
It is unclear what influenced the decision of the EU, but according to the Belgians, French fries (or Pommes Frites) have always been considered their traditional appetizer and that they invented it much earlier than the French. One of the historical documents prooves that the Belgians began to fry potatoes this way back in 1680.
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US Deepwater Horizon explosion & oil spill lawsuits
On 20 April 2010, the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded and caught fire in US waters of the Gulf of Mexico. 11 workers were killed in the explosion and 17 injured. The rig was owned by Transocean on lease to BP, which was the main operator and developer of the site, with Anadarko Petroleum and MOEX Offshore (part of Mitsui Oil Exploration) as minority co-owners. Work on the well had been performed just before the explosion by Halliburton. The "blowout preventer" was built by Cameron International. On 22 April, the rig sank. Oil leaked from the ruptured well head until 15 July when it was temporarily stopped; approximately 4.9 million barrels of oil had leaked into the Gulf. On 19 September 2010, the US government declared the well "effectively dead". Oil directly affected coastal areas in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas. People dependent on fishing and tourism have been severely affected, along with those in other industries, including some farther from the Gulf Coast. Concerns have also been raised in relation to health hazards for clean-up workers and coastal residents, including harms allegedly caused by chemicals used to disperse the oil (made by Nalco). Coverage of the human rights impacts of the disaster is available here.
The explosion and spill have given rise to many lawsuits. By early December 2010, hundreds of lawsuits had been filed against the companies involved; this number is likely to increase further. Lawsuits have been brought in both federal and state courts (for a selection see below). People claiming to have suffered economic harm from the spill can also seek compensation through the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. There are two possible claims through the Claims Facility; emergency payments and long-term settlement. Emergency payments do not prevent the claimants from suing for additional or future losses; however, if a long-term settlement offer is accepted and received, the claimant forgoes the right to sue BP. More information on the Claims Facility is available here.
Several U.S. Government investigations have been launched into the oil spill including civil and criminal probes conducted by the Justice Department. The criminal investigation looks into whether improper relations between corporate officials and federal regulators contributed to the accident and breaches of environmental laws. On 15 December 2010, the US Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against BP, Transocean, Anadarko, MOEX (part of Mitsui Oil Exploration) and the insurer of the rig QBE Underwriting/Lloyd's Syndicate 1036 (part of Lloyds of London). The lawsuit will be included in the consolidated proceedings and includes claims under the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act. BP says that it will answer the allegations in a timely manner and will continue to cooperate with government investigations. BP's partners in the well, Anadarko and MOEX, as well as Transocean, say BP is to blame for the spill and should be held liable. On 15 November 2012 BP announced it had reached a $4.5 billion settlement with the US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission. BP agreed to plead guilty to 14 criminal charges and to pay a $1.26 billion fine to the Department of Justice. The company will also pay $2.4 billion to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and $350 million to the National Academy of Sciences. BP will also pay $525 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
BP has a general policy not to comment on pending litigation, but information about their response to the explosion and spill is accessible on this part of BP's website. The site includes a section on claims and links to BP's internal investigation of the accident. On 18 October 2010, BP filed a statement with Court saying they will pay all legitimate claims, regardless of the Oil Pollution Act's limits on liability. The filing specifically states that "by making this statement, BP and its affiliates are not admitting anything about their conduct", and expressly denies gross negligence. On 13 May 2010, Transocean filed a federal court petition (full text here) seeking to limit its liability arguing it did not cause the disaster and should not be responsible for injuries and damages. On 24 August 2010, the petition was transferred to the federal Multidistrict Litigation consolidated proceedings until further notice. According to Bloomberg, Transocean commented in September 2010 that it is awaiting clarity on the "complex litigation landscape" and will then "defend its position vigorously". Further information on Transocean's position is available on a section of its site. In an October 2010 press release, Halliburton argued that the responsibility for the disaster lies with BP, which failed to perform a key test on the cementing. In May 2010 testimony to Congress, Cameron's President and CEO outlined Cameron's general position. When contacted by Bloomberg in May 2010, a Cameron spokesperson referred to company policy not to comment on litigation. In a June 2010 statement, Anadarko claimed that the accident was a "direct result of BP's reckless decisions and actions". On 4 September 2014, the judge in the federal Multidistrict Litigation proceedings issued a ruling finding BP grossly negligent and guilty of wilful misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The judge also found Halliburton and Transocean guilty of negligence.
Below are profiles of a representative selection of lawsuits against companies raising human rights concerns that arise out of the explosion and spill. This is not a comprehensive listing of lawsuits bringing human rights claims.
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BP loses bid to suspend Gulf of Mexico compensation payouts [USA]
Author: Katherine Rushton, Telegraph (UK)
The British oil giant struck a deal to pay damages to victims of the oil spill after the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded in 2010…However, the deal opened the floodgates to 10,000 compensation claims a month, costing BP far more than the $7.8bn (£5.2bn) it had expected and leaving the oil major with a battle on its hands to try to limit the number of purported victims coming forward…The oil company argues that…two of the lawyers working for the fund appeared to be taking kickbacks from at least one of the law-firms filing requests for compensation…BP had asked for all compensation payouts to be suspended while the matter was investigated…However, on Friday it had its request refused…
Related stories: US Deepwater Horizon explosion & oil spill lawsuits
Related companies: BP
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Health: General (including workplace health & safety)
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Anadarko to face sharply narrowed Gulf spill lawsuit -judge [USA]
Author: Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
A federal judge ordered Anadarko Petroleum Corp, which owned part of the blown out well at the center of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, to face a lawsuit accusing it of defrauding shareholders, but significantly narrowed the plaintiffs' case. U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison…said that while shareholders had highlighted 28 allegedly misleading statements attributable to Anadarko, they were entitled to sue over only a single "isolated" statement concerning the Macondo well, the majority of which was owned by BP Plc…Shareholders had accused Anadarko of mismanaging its 25 percent stake in the Macondo well, and understating its ability to manage risk and handle liabilities…Anadarko spokesman…said the company was reviewing the decision. It had sought to dismiss the lawsuit…
Related companies: Anadarko BP
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BP, buyer's remorse and the future of mass tort settlements [USA]
Author: Alison Frankel, Reuters
The oil giant BP has recently done a very good job of casting itself as the victim of greedy plaintiffs lawyers looking to get rich by submitting unwarranted claims for businesses that weren't actually harmed by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill…BP went to the appeals court after U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier approved the class action administrator's interpretation of how business economic losses should be calculated under the settlement. In the oil company's view, Barbier and the administrator, Patrick Juneau, have essentially rewritten settlement terms to invite claims by businesses that suffered no losses attributable to the oil spill…Future defendants will learn from BP's experience that proof of causation should be a tougher obstacle, or that definitions for even basic accounting terms must be negotiated and spelled out. [Also refers to Halliburton]
Related stories: Analysis of BP's settlement in US Deepwater Horizon oil disaster & its potential impact on future mass tort settlements US Deepwater Horizon explosion & oil spill lawsuits
Related companies: BP Halliburton
Thousands join oil spill lawsuit [USA]
Author: Sarah Moore, Beaumont Enterprise (USA)
Lawsuits representing thousands of plaintiffs claiming damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill are stacking up in the Eastern District as filing deadlines in many cases loom. The petitions, naming BP Oil, Halliburton and its subsidiary Sperry Drilling Services, and Transocean as defendants, represent a range of plaintiffs from shrimpers and fishermen to hotels and restaurants as well as those claiming medical damage from the catastrophic explosion and subsequent spill lasting about five months in 2010…According to one petition representing more than 900 hotel owners, the BP oil spill created "a widespread array of negative consequences" damaging individuals and businesses…
Related companies: BP Halliburton Transocean
Deepwater Nightmare Not Over, BP Launches Attack
Author: Gillian Rich, Investor's Business Daily (USA)
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have been stopped years ago but the drama continues. BP is no longer on the defensive, paying for positive Gulf Coast ads to help boost tourism to the region, but has turned to an aggressive ad campaign to recover settlement money from local businesses affected by the spill. On Wednesday the company took out ads in three major papers claiming that "trial lawyers and some politicians" encouraged businesses to submit claims for inflated or nonexistent losses…BP also sent out hundreds of letters to lawyers of businesses that received settlement payments that BP views as too large…But…two of plaintiffs' lawyers who negotiated the settlement with BP, told [BP's lawyer] that his letter "misstates the law and violates BP's obligations under the Settlement Agreement."…
Lawyer accused of misconduct resigns from BP case [USA]
A lawyer working for the administrator overseeing a multibillion-dollar settlement from the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf resigned Friday after being accused of misconduct…Sutton has been accused of collecting portions of settlement payments from a New Orleans law firm to which he had once referred claims…Before the allegations even surfaced, BP had sued to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses over the spill. The company has accused Juneau of trying to rewrite the terms of the deal and asserts that he has made decisions that expose the company to fictitious losses that were never contemplated in the settlement…BP set up a compensation fund for individuals and businesses affected by the spill and committed $20 billion…
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Exploitation offshore : la réglementation européenne se durcit
Author: Thibault Lescuyer, Novethic (France) (copyright: www.novethic.fr)
Une nouvelle directive européenne va renforcer les exigences de sécurité sur les plateformes de gaz et pétrole offshore. Mais c'est surtout en Afrique que les questions de réglementation, notamment en cas de sinistre transfrontalier, se posent avec le plus d'acuité. [lire la suite: http://www.novethic.fr/novethic/rse_responsabilite_sociale_des_entrepris...
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BP moves to stop 'irreparable harm' of oil spill payouts
Author: Ed Crooks, Financial Times
BP has stepped up its efforts to challenge what it believes are unjustified compensation payments under the multibillion-dollar settlement it agreed with victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The British oil group has doubled the rate at which it appeals against compensation awards to thousands of US businesses and individuals by Patrick Juneau, the independent administrator for claims under the settlement…BP said in a court filing that it had been "ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars – soon likely to be billions – for fictitious and inflated losses". It has launched a legal challenge against the method used by Mr Juneau to calculate compensation…
First Class Action Lawsuit Against BP in Mexico
Author: Inter Press Service
A group of Mexican citizens are preparing the first civil lawsuit in the Mexican courts against British oil company BP for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill...The civil lawsuit encompasses "damages to people living in the area or who own residential and commercial property along the coast, and people indirectly affected"…"Without a doubt, this will set an important precedent. Class action lawsuits have been brought, but in questions relating to consumer, rather than environmental, rights," said the lawyer, whose firm is representing the plaintiffs…The spill poses a long-term threat to flora, fauna and fishing resources in the Gulf of Mexico, which bathes the coasts of the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Quintana Roo, and to tourist sites, although the final extent of the damage is unknown, experts say…[Also refers to Pemex, Transocean]
Related companies: BP Pemex Transocean
Chemical: General
Consumers: General
Asian Americans Accuse BP of Discrimination [USA]
Author: Sabrina Canfield, Courthouse News Service
Half of the commercial fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico are Vietnamese and Cambodian Americans, but BP discriminated against them during the oil spill cleanup by hiring only 7 percent of boats in its Vessels of Opportunity program from them, 55 fishermen claim…[F]or some of [the]…contractors hired, BP ... breached their contractual obligations to pay these individuals their respective daily fixed rate. ..In addition, BP sprayed more than 1.8 million gallons of hazardous chemical dispersants...Many vessel operators and crewmen were directly within the spray zone of the chemical dispersants without prior warning… They claim that "BP sent out email messages…specifically demanding…not [to] hire vessels owned by Vietnamese and Cambodian Americans."… [also refers to Danos & Curloe Marine Contractors, DRC Emergency Services, Halliburton, Nalco, Transocean]
Related companies: BP Halliburton Nalco Holding Transocean
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Mutants must die: X3 retcon
I've written before in this space about how disappointing the third X-Men movie was after the epic brilliance of the first two. Recently X2 screenwriter Michael Dougherty, who did not work on X3, explained what he would have done differently. His vision is certainly preferable to the horrible mess that was X3. However, I have my own take on how the movie franchise should have progressed...
First of all, I don't think the Phoenix should have been the subject of X3 at all. The movie should have included some teasers that ultimately set up her return in X4. Meanwhile, X3 could have been about everyone coping with Jean Gray's loss and trying to make sense of it all. That kind of human drama worked well in the first two movies, and this would have been a nice twist to the basic formula for X3.
I like the idea of Cyclops' grief driving his obsession to make the team stronger, and watching him become the hard-ass perfectionist that he is in the comics. I also think Wolverine could have gone to a very dark place, questioning his place with the team and his respect for life. Despite squabbling and inner torment, the team emerges stronger at the end to overcome a new, more direct and deadly threat. Let Magneto take a rest, incapacitate Professor X for a while, and let the X-Men open up some real firepower at the end. Also, resist the urge to incorporate too many new mutants: there are enough aspects still to explore in the ones we've already met.
All of that sets them up for the even bigger threat of the Phoenix in X4. In that movie, the X-Men are at the top of their game but still unable to defeat Jean Gray, who has returned mysteriously from her apparent death at the end of X2. Now she exhibits almost god-like powers, but also a dark side to her personality that is spiraling out of control. The whole movie is about her struggle to maintain her humanity in the face of unlimited power. At the end of X4, the gentler side of Jean's personality has almost completely been lost and the "Dark Phoenix" side is in control. Finally, in a moment of clarity she realizes what she has become and has a glimpse of what the unbridled power and rage inside of her will cause her to do (basically, kill all non-mutants). She then destroys herself to save mankind.
And she stays dead. (At least until X10!)
X5 has the entire world mad at mutants and the X-Men, blaming them for the things Phoenix did. The government is considering legislation to aggressively go after mutants, while the evil mutant brotherhood returns - now led by Mystique - with a crazy plan to attack the Pentagon or something. Hello, Terminator-esque "Days of Future Past" saga - and a major role for Kitty Pride.
P.S. - I also would have killed the "X-Men Origins" Wolverine movie and instead based a solo Wolverine movie on the original Chris Claremont / Frank Miller miniseries. It had ninjas.
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To many Musical.ly supporters, a crown is the Holy Grail. Musical.ly only awards them to the best of the best. Holders of Musical.ly crowns are the real influencers of Musical.ly.
But how you get a crown on Musical.ly is not at all clear. They appear shrouded in secrecy and rarely referred in the official sections of the site.
Indeed, the only mention of crowns in the FAQ section of Muscial.ly is when they tell you to ignore any sites that offer you easy ways to earn a crown. Musical.ly advises their followers not to be fooled by any of the sites providing hints and tricks of easy ways to pick up a crown. They warn that these sites are traps designed to pry your personal details from you.
It is true that the bulk of the search results for "How do you get a crown on Musical.ly" do indeed lead to similar-sounding websites and apps, offering easy ways to scam yourself a crown on Musical.ly. You can't claim you haven't been warned, though.
What is a Crown on Musical.ly?
When Will I Gain My Muscial.ly Crown?
From this, we can gather that Musical.ly awards crowns to their best users. They use a range of criteria that vary depending on the situation. In simple terms, they award crowns to people they consider to be influential.
Certainly, most of the Musical.ly superstars we profiled in Top 20 Musical.ly Influencers Who Have Built Small Media Empires for Themselves proudly display crowns at the top of their profile portraits.
Forget all about those scam web pages offering easy ways to get a crown. The only genuine way to earn a crown on Musical.ly is to be good – very good. There may not be exact numerical criteria you have to meet, but Musciall.ly clear rewards quality.
So what can you do to improve the quality of your Muscial.ly account?
Only the superstars earn crowns. So you need to build your account up to superstar status.
For a start, you can't just interact randomly on Musical.ly. You will never win great support by randomly posting a video whenever you feel like it.
Musical.ly fandom operates in much the same way as YouTube followers and popular blog supporters. People navigate their way to content that entertains or interests them. They take little interest in mundane, dull, everyday material.
If you are like the average Musical.ly teen (called a muser) you will probably be happy to upload a few videos where you lip-sync to your favorite artist. A few of your friends will take an interest, but that is as much notice that your lip synch videos are likely to get. Even you probably spend more time watching videos uploaded by better-known musers, because you find them fun.
If you want to have a crown, you have to be one of those better-known musers with the fun, quality videos.
There has been one significant change in Musical.ly over the last couple of years. It no longer just relies on people uploading music videos. People upload a full range of video types now – much the same as YouTube.
This means that you can still become a Muscial.ly star even if you can't sing a note or dance a step. You merely need to build a reputation for some other type of video – something which you are skillful or knowledgeable about.
The better your videos, and the more you interact with your fans, the more popular your videos will become.
The average muser takes a quick video using his or her smartphone and uploads it. She doesn't really think about video quality. She merely films and uploads.
But if you want to stand out you should work on improving your video values. Alright, you might not be the next Steven Spielberg or Peter Jackson, but it would help if you researched some of the technologies they use.
You won't, of course, have a Hollywood budget, but you need to get the basics right.
Perhaps the most important thing to note on Musical.ly is that your videos should be presented in a vertical format – the opposite to how we see movies on television or at the cinema.
It doesn't matter if you can't afford professional cameras, your smartphone will usually do. But if you do have access to a better camera, use it.
Probably the best two items you could invest in are a tripod to keep your camera steady and some form of external microphone.
If you choose to make, music (or dancing) videos make sure that you learn the rhythm and lyrics. Muscial.ly followers are not too critical of musical failure (they often feel they couldn't perform better), but you are not going to rise to the top with them.
Similarly, it is probably worth testing out your comedy routines with friends first, to check that they find them funny, before you try them on a live audience, during a Live.ly performance.
Research other people who make videos of your type – particularly those who perform well. What kinds of video are most loved? Which types of videos regularly pop up on the Featured List?
Of course, you may discover that none do. Musical.ly's 11-23-year-old userbase may not be as keen on your video genre as you are. If that is the case, and you are determined to win a Musical.ly crown, you may need to rethink your video-production strategy.
Assuming you find similar videos on the Featured list, take note of the types of things these filmmakers do. Are the videos of a certain length? Do they cover the topic in a particular way? Do the filmmakers use certain camera tricks or filming techniques? Do they use professional gear, or do the videos apparently look like they were shot using a smartphone?
Once you've analyzed the videos yourself. You will want to look at the musers who create them. Do they do anything special to promote their videos? Do they tie in their videos with their other channels, possibly cross-promoting? Do they use tags cleverly?
One point that people have noticed is that bright, cheerful videos perform better on Muscial.ly than dark, brooding ones. Maybe this is because Muscial.ly is a youthful network, that prefers optimism and happiness over brooding drama or art-school photography.
Some of the most popular videos show teens dancing happily in everyday locations. Twin brothers, Lucas and Marcus (@dobretwins) gained their highest views for a video where they dance to a song in the middle of a supermarket.
In some ways, this could be considered gaming the system, but really it is just doing your homework to keep up with the latest trends.
Take a close look at what hashtags are popular at the moment, both on Muscial.ly and the other visual networks like YouTube and Instagram. You could produce videos that relate to current, popular hashtags, and use them in your captions.
This is an excellent way of pushing you videos before a broader audience. If they are of sufficient quality is is a superior method of increasing your following.
Sometimes people make viral challenges using hashtags. This is the ideal opportunity for you to make a video which you can place in front of many people.
Many believe that the most significant reason for Musical.ly's recent success has been its introduction of its live video streaming platform – Live.ly. It certainly brought a whole new way to become a Musical.ly superstar.
Alright, Lively.ly is probably an introvert's worst nightmare. But it is also a means for fans to feel closer to their heroes. Imagine if Live.ly was invented a decade earlier and if Justin Bieber had become established there. All of the Beliebers would really think that they were part of Justin's life.
If you want to be a Musical.ly star, and earn that coveted crown, you need to set up a regular Lively.schedule.
This is another case where you should undertake market research first. What is it that your fans would like to see you do during a Livel.ly performance?
Also, it will be easier to demonstrate your expertise on Lively.ly in some niche topics than in others. If you are a competent musician, you can perform live. Likewise, if it is superb for anybody who is confident telling jokes or performing stand-up comedy. It may be more difficult if you are a sports star – you may have to be creative in what you can show. Similarly, if you make your name making prank videos, you take a terrible risk trying to do these live.
In those more awkward fields, you could consider using your Livel.ly slots to get to know your fans better. You could perhaps do live Q and A sessions, or make callouts to selected fans.
I may have left this until the last point, but it is not something you would delay until the end. To be a famous muser, you need to be social. Musical.ly is a social network. It is not just a passive repository in which you can store your videos. You need to continually be meeting, commenting on, and reacting to your fellow musers.
In fact, you should be focusing on this from your first day on the network. You should try to be yourself and make friends along the way. Musical.ly's current followers love it because it does not seem to encourage the negative trolls who often ruin things on some other channels.
From your first day on the site, you should be looking at other people's videos and following their channels. At the same time, you should, of course, encourage them to take a look at what you have to offer.
This is a question with an unknown answer? Musical.ly is very vague about the requirements for earning a crown. At some point, if you perform well enough, generate enough fans, and are share enough times, Musical.ly might choose to give you a crown. Only Musical.ly knows how much "enough" is, however.
All you need to do is to keep trying until you reach that magical, intangible, unknown stage.


Just days away from the June 26 primary, Governor Phil Bryant has endorsed Republican candidate Michael Guest.
Guest won in the primary against 5 other Republican opponents, however he did not receive the required percentage to avoid a runoff. He now faces the June 26 runoff against Whit Hughes.


When were you raised to Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah?
About two or three years ago...no idea on actual dates. Not even months.
I chose Yellow because I liked them in the series and found that I fit in best with the Yellows here.
No. I don't know a Yellow here that has the book Yellow arrogance, and although some of us are in medicine we do not focus strictly on medical healing.
Yes, but the way I do that is by talking to people and helping them solve problems. More emotional healing than anything else.
I really enjoyed each of the different levels because you get to experience different things. I had an easy time as a citizen getting to know people just by going around to different Ajah threads, and I continued this as a novice. Then as an Accepted I was able to go back into the city and socialize there as well as within my future Ajah.
I don't have any sort of official position. I tend to focus the time that I spend here on Ajah projects more than general site things.
I was introduced to it by a high school friend.
Cursor Wrathwind is my Warder and we've been bonded for a little over a year.
Sorcha al'Verdan is my mentee, and she's Accepted.
I actually like Elayne..everyone else seems to hate her, but I don't. I don't have a preference for a nation.
I've never gone to an official function, but I think people should go if they want to and have the money because it's a really good way to meet a lot of different site members.
I tend to like comedies, but none in particular.
I am trained to be a preschool teacher and that's what I want, but the search for the actual position teaching is still in progress.
I have two cats that belong to my family and we live with a third who's my aunt's.
English only, and maybe a little French if I really try, which I normally don't.
Aviendha..Min really bores me for some reason.
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»Kansas Profile – Now That's Rural: Richard Pitts, living history
What if you could meet Harriet Tubman in person? What if you could see John Brown in the flesh? What if you could hear Frederick Douglass or Clarina Nichols first-hand? The closest this will happen without a time machine is to participate in a living history experience where these characters are depicted, live and in person. Such a living history experience is now being planned for rural Kansas.
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Richard Pitts is director of the Wonder Workshop, a children's museum which carries out exhibits and programs to teach about the arts, sciences, and humanities. Richard is originally from New Jersey. He came to Manhattan, Kansas to study history at K-State. "I fell in love and it was the best thing that ever happened to me," Richard said. He met and married Cindy and they stayed in Manhattan to raise their family.
In 1989, Richard began developing the concept of a children's educational program in the arts, sciences and humanities. The concept was tested with displays and programs at the Manhattan Arts Center. Interest was evident so Wonder Workshop opened downtown in 1995. For a time, the program operated in a building owned by the school district.
In 2000, Wonder Workshop acquired land near Tuttle Creek Lake where nature-based programs and leadership camps are offered to groups and businesses. Opportunities include hiking, treehouses, ziplines, fossil-finding, science exploration, a climbing wall, and more.
"In 2013, we also acquired a house on 4th Street where we offer exhibits and programs," Richard said. "Thanks to Bethel AME Church, it is rent-free for 20 years." The house had fallen into major disrepair. "I could look up through the roof and see the sky," Richard said. The house was refurbished with a grant from the Caroline Peine Foundation and became the primary location for Wonder Workshop.
Today, Wonder Workshop offers a variety of opportunities such as after-school programs for students from kindergarten to sixth grade, parents night out, discovery days when school is out of session, birthday parties, field trips, and much more in addition to the summer camps. "We operate with volunteers from the community and K-State," Richard said.
"Our goal is to develop self-reliant children, families, and community members," according to the website. "Our hands-on activities and exhibits instill a desire for lifelong learning, recognizing our cultural diversity, and fostering creative potential."
Richard Pitts has always had a strong interest in African history, including the Underground Railroad through which men and women escaped from slavery prior to the Civil War. He started leading tours of historic free-state-related sites southeast of Manhattan. Those sites included the Underground Railroad route along the Kansas River Valley and the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church in the rural community of Wabaunsee with a township population of 456 people. Now, that's rural.
Richard knew of locations in the eastern U.S. where living history presentations were staged using the Underground Railroad as a theme. He had the idea of implementing such a program in the Manhattan area.
In April and May 2019, Wonder Workshop is conducting the living history experience near Manhattan. Full disclosure: This event will be held on land my family owns south of town, which we volunteered for this purpose.
The program is called "Our Continuing Journey: From Bondage to Freedom." From 4:00 to 6:30 p.m., participants will be placed in the role of slaves. They will experience an auction, an escape, and personal encounters with the costumed characters of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and Kansas abolitionist Clarina Nichols. This will be followed by a meal and time for discussion and reflection. The event ends at 7:30 p.m.
Advance registration is required. The event is targeted at adults and children, 10 years of age or older. For more information, go to www.wonderworkshop.org.
Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Clarina Nichols, Frederick Douglass. How interesting it would be to meet them first hand. We commend Richard Pitts and all those involved with Wonder Workshop for making a difference by providing growth opportunities for children, in addition to this special opportunity for people to join in this participatory theater experience. I hope it will help our understanding of these issues to come alive.
Wonder Workshop, an interactive children's museum in Manhattan, Kansas, is now offering a living history experience to teach about slavery in the U.S. This experience will use the Underground Railroad as a theme to expose participants to the living characters of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and Kansas abolitionist Clarina Nichols.


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Q: Do Optaplanner Joiners work on LocalDateTime? I'm a little confused with Optaplanner Joiners and data types. Can someone clarify what data types Joiners work on?
Specifically - will they work on LocalDateTime:
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   Joiners.lessThanOrEqual( (lesson) -> lesson.getTimeslot().getStartTime() )
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where getStartTime() will return a LocalDateTime
of is this a case where a filter is required?

A: OptaPlanner Joiners supports LocalDateTime.
LocalDateTime implements equals() and hashcode(), so Joiners.equal() works even if they are not the same instance but represent the same datetime.
LocalDateTime implements Comparable, so Joiners.lessThanOrEqual() works as expected.
There's even Joiners.overlapping() to efficiently detect entities that overlap fully or partially in time. Because your model has getStartTime() and you're trying to use lessThan*, you'll need overlapping() semantics.
Note that the Collectors have some java.time specific methods like sumDuration(). But for Joiners, the general purpose ones are enough.

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We get it; things are a little more challenging in the "new normal." Consumers aren't lined up at the door like they were leading up to the 2016 election. The demand isn't what it use to be, or is it? Maybe retailers in the shooting sports industry just need to step their game up. But how? Marketing in this industry can be a challenge in itself. The media isn't always our friend and the population seems very divided. So what can retailers do to take their marketing to the next level? Here are a few marketing ideas to keep your audience engaged in the new normal.
Knowing who to communicate with can be half the battle in marketing. Luckily, the internet is your friend, especially social media. Platforms like Facebook and Instagram provide great outlets to target, grow and engage your audience. Utilizing advertising tools like Facebook Ads Manager will allow you to develop campaigns and target audiences that are most likely to be interested in what you have to sell. Users can be targeted by age, location, and interest allow you to dial in the people you want to reach and eliminating those who aren't interested. By using Facebook Ads Manager, you can leverage both Facebook and Instagram to promote and share your content.
When it comes to digital marketing, content is king! Those who are creating high quality, relevant content, are driving traffic, improving social engagement, and helping to expand their brand. If you want to engage your audience, write blogs and creative short videos. Utilize your staff's knowledge of products and the industry to share out there on your social platforms and search engines. Product reviews, tips, and tricks, product comparisons, anything that your audience will find helpful can go a long way. Not only does this content build engagement and drive traffic, but it also helps build trust. If your audience continually sees new videos with your top sales guy sharing his insight and opinions on products, they will be more likely to walk through your door looking for that expertise when they are ready to buy. However, content creation cannot be a one and done strategy. It needs to be consistent and regular. Once a week or twice a month is a great place to start.
If you have people in your area searching the internet for product information, wouldn't you like to get in front of them? Search Engine Marketing (SEM) or as many refer to it Pay-Per-Click (PPC) is a great way to target keywords that people commonly search to drive more traffic to your website. If you have a great selection of Glock pistols, then use PPC to target anyone searching for Glocks in your town. Make sure they find your website as the answer to their query. The majority of consumers are spending time researching purchases online before walking through the door of a retail location, so reach them before they even leave their house. Search Engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing each have PPC advertising platforms to manage your campaigns and budgets don't have to be extensive to see results. Give it a try.
Now let's be clear, we aren't suggesting that you have to sell firearms online, that obviously has significant challenges, but your website can be an excellent resource for people to find information about the products you sell. Previously we mentioned creating content, and that content needs a place to live, that location is your website. Your website should be the central hub that all marketing leads to. Videos, blogs, product reviews, product descriptions should all be hosted on your website, in a well organized, easy to find structure. Not only should your website be well organized, but it should also look great. In life, you only get one shot at first impressions, and the internet is no different. In fact, attention spans on the internet are very short and if users can't find what they are looking for or the site isn't visually impressive, you will lose them in a matter of seconds. So take the time and do it right, this may, after all, be the very first impression anyone has of your business.
As the industry has changed over the years, so has the strategy to engage potential customers. Digital marketing is more important than ever, especially with the rise of online retail. If you want to compete for that top of mind awareness, you need to reach your audience at all levels. We hope these tips help you change the way you think about marketing in what the industry is calling the "New Normal." For more marketing tips and ideas, contact your NASGW Wholesale partners.


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, de nom complet Timothy Donald Cook, és el director general (CEO) d'Apple, societat en la qual va entrar a treballar el març de 1998. Amb la dimissió de Steve Jobs el 24 d'agost de 2011, va ocupar la direcció general d'Apple.

Biografia

Infantesa
Timothy Cook va créixer a Robertsdale, Alabama. El seu pare era obrer de la drassana local i la seva mare era mestressa de casa. Timothy Cook es diplomà amb el BSc industrial de la universitat d'Auburn el 1982, així com amb un MBA de la Fuqua School of Business de la Universitat Duke el 1988.

Carrera
Durant prop de 12 anys Cook va treballar per a IBM i després per a Compaq durant sis mesos com a vicepresident encarregat de la producció i de logística. Tim Cook va arribar a Apple el 1998, just després de la tornada de Steve Jobs. La seva missió principal va ser posar ordre en el sistema de producció, de lliurament i de vendes de la companyia de la poma. Aquest canvi de treball de Compaq a Apple pot semblar arriscada, ja que Compaq era en aquell temps el primer fabricant mundial d'ordinadors personals, mentre que Apple no era més que una petita empresa a la vora del precipici.

El 2005 es converteix en director general delegat d'Apple, després director d'assumptes operacionals.

Per raons de salut Steve Jobs li confia les seves funcions de director general entre gener i juny del 2009. El gener de 2011, el consell d'administració d'Apple concedeix a Jobs un tercer permís per malaltia. Durant aquest temps, Cook és responsable de la majoria de les operacions quotidianes de la companyia mentre que Jobs pren les principals decisions. Des de la dimissió de Jobs, el 24 d'agost de 2011, Cook es converteix llavors el nou director general (CEO) d'Apple: va ser aquell any el CEO americà més ben pagat, amb un sou de 378 milions de dòlars.

Vida personal
Tim Cook és homosexual, apassionat de fitness i li agraden les excursions, la bici i fer gimnàstica. Comença generalment a enviar correus als seus col·laboradors a dos quarts de cinc del matí. El 2010, a la Universitat de Caoba, Tim va subratllar la importància de la intuïció per guiar les grans tries de la seva vida, i llavors declara que la preparació i el treball són igualment necessaris per a l'execució d'aquesta intuïció.

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Enllaços externs

 Biografia de Tim Cook al lloc d'Apple
 Retrat de la direcció d'Apple

Persones d'Apple
Alumnes de la Universitat Duke
Alumnes de la Universitat d'Auburn
Persones de Mobile
Time 100 de 2022

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Q: how to call a public function inside child form in vb.net i am having a toolstrip in the mdi form which contains save, update delete and clear buttons.
the child form is having save , update , delete and clear as public sub routines , and client form will not have any standard buttons,  i will click the respective button in the parent tool window which should call the child forms function.

A: You can use delegates and events to do so. Define a delegate and an event in child form, define their handlers in parent form and call these handlers on click of the menus in parent form.


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"Hot Stuff" er en sang fra det engelske rock 'n' roll band The Rolling Stones, og var første gang at finde på deres 1976 album Black and Blue.

"Hot Stuff" blev skrevet af Mick Jagger og Keith Richards. Den blev indspillet i marts 1975 under tilblivelsen af Black and Blue albummet, og den blev stærkt påvirket af disco/funk lyden fra den periode.

Charlie Watts spillede tromme akkompagneret af Ollie Brown på perkussion, Bill Wyman tilføjede en bass, og et omfattende brug af MXR Phase 100 pedal guitar fra både Keith Richards og Wah-wah pedal fra gæst guitaristen Harvey Mandel, tidligere fra Canned Heat, udgjorde sangen. Mandel spillede sangen hoved guitar, og var en af de guitarister der kom i betragtning som erstatning, da Mick Taylor tog sin afgang som The Stones guitarist, en position der til sidst blev taget af Ron Wood . Billy Preston spillede klaver på dette nummer.

Den anden og sidste single fra Black and Blue (efterfølgeren til det verden omspændte hit "Fool to Cry") blev "Hot Stuff" ikke så succesfuld som sin forgænger, den nåede kun en plads 49. i USA. Til trods for den relative lave succes ville bandet imidlertid forsætte med at spillede den disco/funk lyd, der kunne høres her på de efterfølgende albummer og singler – deres næste single blev den disco inspireret "Miss You", der fik en høj placering i USA to år senere.

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Mumbai: In another blow to a medical insurer hell-bent on rejecting a policy holder's claims, a district consumer forum has decreed that a cardiac patient cannot be denied his insurance even if he has not mentioned hypertension and diabetes as pre-existing ailments.
''We have taken the view that, in a large number of cases, diseases like hypertension and diabetes are so common and are always controllable... (so) unless a patient undergoes a long treatment, including hospitalization and undergoes operation in the near proximity of taking the policy (sic), (s/he) cannot be accused of concealment of facts,'' the forum said, while asking the insurer to honour the policy holder's insurance claims and also pay him Rs 5,000 as compensation for mental agony.
In 2003, Mulund-based Karunakar Shetty underwent a ''coronary artery bypass grafting'' surgery and ran up a bill of Rs 2,53,553. On July 17, 2003, he intimated Oriental Insurance Company Ltd Co and Raksha TPA. Shetty had taken a policy in 2000 for Rs 3 lakh but, while renewing it in 2002 and 2003, the amount was reduced to Rs 1.5 lakh.In November 2003, Raksha TPA informed him that his claim was rejected as he was suffering from hypertension even before he took the policy and hid this from the insurance company. Shetty, however, contended that he did not suffer from hypertension before he took the policy and even sent a statement from his family doctor to the insurance company. But they did not reconsider their decision, prompting him to file a complaint in the forum citing deficiency in service.


Each month, CTD Backpack students lead an online student conference, based on areas of interest voted on in the community. This month, CTD Backpack for Students members have an opportunity to video chat with Dr. Ryan Platte, Associate Professor of Instruction in Classics and Director of Greek Instruction at Northwestern University. Dr. Platte will be on to answer all your student's questions about Greek mythology and literature. It is an ideal opportunity for anyone with a love for Greek mythology or eager to pursue a career in the literature field.
Mark your calendars. This month's video conference will take place on Wednesday, December 7 from 5:15-6:15 pm CST.
Following the question and answer portion with Dr. Platte, students will have an opportunity to lead a discussion about Minecraft. This is a great way for students to collaborate on an area of interest with like-minded peers in a safe environment.
To get a glimpse of how the conference is facilitated, our last conference included a conversation with Dr. Michael Peshkin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University, on robotics and the future of his field.
Note: CTD Backpack comes complimentary to families participating in a CTD program or assessment. Login information can be found in the completed registration e-mail provided during the acceptance to the CTD course or assessment.