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INTERVIEW: Jamaica
31/03/2014 Adrienne Law Interviews 0
Their name may conjure up images of sun-glazed beachgoers and ice-cold rum, but it's fair to say that Parisian indie-rock duo Jamaica share few musical similarities with their Caribbean counterpart. Fortunately (the odd legal difficulty aside), the band haven't had to worry too much about people confusing the two. In fact, with Ventura (the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut No Problem) the pair deftly combine a wealth of 80s musical influences with their latent obsession with American culture, to produce an album that isn't so much dancehall as 'Dancing on the Ceiling'.
We sat down to talk to the pair (Antoine Hilaire and Flo Lyonnet) as they made their final preparations before the album's release, and it's fair to say that they were pretty excited about the whole thing. "It's the little brother. It's probably better at school, taller, and will probably make more friends than the eldest. It dresses better as well. It took all the advantages of its big brother, but enhanced them. It's spoiled. We put more money into it than the first one!" It's a pretty good metaphor; while No Problem was undoubtedly a great album, it feels like, this time around, the band have been able to explore their sound more coherently, resulting in an album that feels like a solid, indie-rock unit, and yet which possesses just the right amount of diversity to ensure that every track has something new to recommend it.
Lead single 'Two On Two', one of the first songs previewed from the album, is typically energetic, and kicks the album off nicely. "It seemed like a really enthusiastic opener for the record. The other songs are rockier, or bigger in an emotional sense, so it seemed like a good entrance into the record. And it talks about believing an album as well, so we thought it was clever." Many tracks follow in a similar vein, but that wasn't all that the pair wanted to achieve with Ventura. In fact, in 'Turbo' the album includes their first instrumental release. "We wanted a pure instrumental song for once, just to give it a try. When it comes to making an instrumental you have a different way of envisioning them. The brutal one, the really heavy track, seemed like a good route to us, because Flo is really into heavy metal, and I like the genre as well. It's not like paying homage, because it's more than that; it's more like surf music as well. But there's more to it than tongue-in-cheek-lyrics or riffs. It's a bit more sophisticated than that. We wanted to show this aspect of our work." It's a unique inclusion on the album, and while it's frustrating that there's not a vocal melody to sing along with, it's an exciting, almost shocking listen in comparison to the relatively gentler indie rock that sits either side.
Of course, when it comes to lyrics, the pair are already having to deal with the challenge of writing in their second language. So do they tend to write in French first, and then translate, or do they go straight in with the English version? "Straight to English, stealing sentences from movies and TV series and books. They're good starting points. Like 'Ferris Willer' for example; "you've got problems now girl, do you want trouble to?" I don't remember where it comes from, but it definitely comes from a movie. We just figured out the whole song from that. We got help from Peter Franco as well; he's American, so he helped us to find the more common words that you don't use if it's your second language."
Peter Franco, whose previous credits include Daft Punk's Random Access Memories and Jamaica's early single 'I Think I Like U 2', worked with the band during their recent stint in the US, where they holed themselves away deep in the San Fernando valley. "We were in a house, we were in a mobile studio in the living room, with a room to do the master control. It was really, really different because every time we would wake up and go to the gear and play and people couldn't hear us. A normal day meant getting up, playing guitar and bass and thinking about the lyrics all day. It was really natural." First working out of a house on Ventura Boulevard (hence the album title), the pair then returned to Paris to finalise the mix on the album, a move that wasn't without its difficulties. "We tried to find the same rhythm when we went back to Paris to Tranquille Le Chat, the studio where we finished the record. From the song-writing to finishing the album, we tried to have office hours, and that was pretty interesting to work like that, because the first album was made during night time, most of the time. It was more chaotic." Fortunately, under the watchful eye of Laurent D'Herbécourt ("Any band should have a try with him. He's a bit grumpy, but he's pretty cool"), they got it done, and done very, very well.
With the band putting the finishing touches to the EPK, the conversation rounds onto the cover art for the new album. While No Problem's typographic design undoubtedly was stylish in its simplicity, the new cover's combination of wide open desert, private jets and masses of equipment makes a very different statement. Why did they choose to take things in that direction? "There were two photos that were the inspiration for that shot, which are the picture taken by the Eagles when they had just launched their tour agency, where they had a photo in front of a plane with amps and trucks and everything. The other is the Ummagumma cover by Pink Floyd. It sums up the album pretty accurately. You know, the jet and the guitars and the American landscape. It's sophisticated, in a way."
The experience of writing in America has obviously allowed the band to grow and develop in a way that remaining in Paris wouldn't have. The vast expanses of the American landscape, and the cultural tropes and cliché that come along with it, have added a rougher, rockier edge to their sound. Whether or not it's a trip they'll repeat for the next album, however, remains to be seen. "We'll go to Mongolia! Travelling to work helps to get away from your daily influences and daily routines you can have at home in Paris, when you already have someone to meet, or someone to have dinner with, or family to see. That's a pretty interesting experience, to be cut off from all that, and just to make me music all day long. So we could do it anywhere else. Obviously we are pretty influenced by the place that we make music, so yeah, Mongolia would be interesting!"
While the Mongolian Steppes may seem a bit of a leap from the Californian desert, you probably wouldn't put it past this lively pair. If you want to hear them before they lock themselves away in Khan country, then you can catch their only confirmed UK show on May 16th at the Oslo, London.
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BREAKING NEWS | Saudi Crown Prince at G20 Summit: 'Our Strength Lies In Our Unity'
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said Sunday that in the light of the coronavirus outbreak, cooperation among G20 countries has been important more than ever.
'In light of the outbreak of Covid-19 and its health, economic, and social repercurssion, our cooperation has been important more than ever. Together we have addressed this challenge with seriousness necessitated by the responsibility to preserve human life, protect livelihoods, mitigate the ensuing damage of this pandemic, and raise readiness to face any future crises, the Crown Prince said in a speech at the end of the G20 Leaders Summit.
'This pandemic knows no borders. It has reached all countries and affected, directly and indirectly, every person living on this planet, which has necessitated the activation of the pivotal role played by the G20. To this end, the G20's leaders met twice during one presidency, a precedent since the foundation of the G20', he added.
The G20's priorities this year included addressing the healthcare, economic, and social impacts of the pandemic, he said in his speech. 'We also took all necessary measures to protect lives and livelihoods and support the most vulnerable groups'.
This was done by immediately providing the necessary resources to those at the frontline of the battle against the COVID-19 disease and taking extraordinary measures to support the economics of the G20 and their peoples, as part of this year's G20 Action Plan.
Other measures included providing emergency support to the most vulnerable countries, in the world, where the coronavirus risks jeopardizing development, said the Crown Prince.
'Our strength lies in our unity. This is exactly what the G20 was created for – to bring countries from every continent together to address collectively the greatest challenges of the day and implement joint and effective solutions'.
'We must draw lessons from this crisis. To ensure, the Saudi G20 Presidency proposed an initiative to enhance access to pandemic tools. This initiative works to achieve 3 goals: Promote R&D, and distribution of diagnostic tools, therapeutics, and vaccines for all infectious diseases; encourage and facilitate international funding for global pandemic preparedness; and support the training of epidemiologists from all over the world.'
He said that the G20 members agreed on a number of the Future of the WTO to provide necessary support for WTO reforms, under WTO's own umbrella', he stated.
They also continued their efforts to empower women and youth through quality education and financial inclusion.
'The Saudi G20 Presidency greatly emphasized safeguarding the planet. Therefore, we, at the G20 endorsed the Circular Carbon Economy platform to better manage carbon emissions across all economy sectors and ensure access to cleaner, more sustainable, and affordable energy', he said.
The Crown Prince also mentioned the G20 Initiative to reduce land degradation and preserve coral reefs, and collective efforts to ensure that everyone on earth has access to safely managed freshwater while addressing the key challenge of ensuring food security for everyone.
He said Saudi Arabia will continue to support the international efforts related to providing equitable and affordable COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines for all, once they become available.
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AlphaBetty Saga level 317 is a Cheese Falls level. To complete successfully this level you should fall down 12 cheeses. Do words at the bottom of the board to remove tiles and make fall the cheeses.
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If you've gone through Robotics with the BOE Shield-Bot, there's lots you can do with what you've already learned! For example, in Chapter 7, you used infrared parts from a TV remote and TV for object detection. Well, gee, since you've already got the IR receiver that's designed to detect TV remote button presses, why not set your BOE Shield-Bot up for TV remote control?
Better still, make it so that you can configure your robot for different behaviors by just pressing a few buttons. Press Power and then 3, and it follows objects, just like in Chapter 8, Activity 2. Press Power than 2, and it will roam and avoid objects. Press Power and then 1, and you're back to controlling it with the TV remote's buttons.
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CEBU, Philippines — Leading by example is a belief that newly crowned Mrs. Universe 2018 Julia Gershun firmly stands for.
Besting 74 other candidates from all over the world, the representative of Monaco was ultimately crowned victor during the coronation night held Monday at the Pacific Grand Ballroom of Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino.
The 28-year-old TV presenter, professional model and host is full of gratitude for winning the Mrs. Universe crown, something that she considers a childhood dream.
"A very big thank you [to Mrs. Universe] for the opportunity to be a better person, good mother and good wife," Gershun says in an interview after the coronation.
Having won titles like Miss International 2012 in Japan, Miss Dnipropetrovsk 2012, Miss Donbass Open 2013, Princess of Ukraine 2015, Miss Ukraine Universe 2016 first runner-up, and Top Model of the World 2017, Gershun is an experienced beauty queen and supermodel of sorts.
She earned her Faculty of Physics and Mathematics degree at the Ukrainian University of Taras Shevchenko and has a diploma from the Kyiv Institute of International Relations.
"Mrs. Universe is my biggest childhood dream. I prepared for one year… [I feel an] unbelievable emotion. I really don't believe that it happened. Maybe tomorrow, I still will not believe it," Gershun chuckled.
She said it helped that she's been dancing since she was a child, which has kept her fit apart from regular workouts and careful diets. Aside from ballet, Gershun is a chess, gymnastics, tennis and golf enthusiast.
She also keeps busy as the founder and president of a charitable foundation called Talented Children Evolution. It is her wish for children to realize their dreams just as she had.
Since the Mrs. Universe competition format does not include a question and answer segment but instead focuses on a forum where candidates deliver a presentation on their advocacy, Gershun stressed the topic of being an example to children.
"It's a very important, serious program against domestic violence. We have many charity and social projects. I hope my new job, my new title will help me give more kindness, tenderness and love in the world," says Gershun.
She suggests that if children are not exposed to domestic violence, they will be less likely to practice it.
Making up the rest of the Mrs. Universe 2018 court are Nicole Zwiercan from the United States of America as first runner-up, Nadezda Chevlytko of Chita as second runner-up, Junching Liu of China as third runner-up, and Khushboo Karva of Arab Asia as fourth runner-up.
Philippine bet Beau Singson ended her Mrs. Universe 2018 journey as part of the Top 25 candidates alongside delegates from Vietnam, Brazil, Australia, India, UK, Korea, Siberia, Ecuador, Peru, Botswana, New Zealand, Poland, England, Lithuania, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and South Central Asia.
The Top 25 candidates were judged according to their national costume and evening gown appearances, as well as their advocacies and performance during the Mrs. Universe 2018 forum held Dec. 6 at Bai Hotel where they presented solutions to problems and issues they would like to address. From the 25, only five were chosen through beauty of face and physique, and their advocacy on the coronation night.
Mrs. Universe Ltd. searches for the most honorable married woman and between 25 to 45 years old. The competition and organization continues to highlight the role of a woman in the home and the community, with a mature, accomplished woman leading the way.


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Vaya Campamento, Parte Dos
August 30, 2010 by Cat Gaa · Leave a Comment
When in Coruña, I met two other Forenex vets, Lais and Bryan. Both had met the summer before at the grandaddy of all FNX camps: Uclés, a real summer camp. The kind with friendship bracelets and roughing it. Not like Coruña camps, with their sailing classes and shopping trips. I decided I wanted to give Uclés a try in order to pay homage to my camp days as a kid.
I got that experience and much more.
Some may think me crazy for moving into a supposedly haunted monastery for two weeks, one where a priest hung himself in the third floor bedroom, one which served as a torture facttory for Republicanos during the Spanish Civil War. I didn't even teach – I was made the Jefa de Estudios, the Director of Studies, in charge of the well-being of 173 students from elementary school up to university and 15 very tired teachers.
What transpired was ten hectic academic days where I was also to check in on classes, coordinate with the kitchen staff and camp director, coordinate competitions and a talent show and plan social events. It's kind of amazing how these things whip you into shape. I don't think I have ever been more organized or diligent in my life, and it showed when my teachers could sincerely thank me for following up with them.
Going along with that, working with people in such close quarters will really make you branch out. Even being the boss, I met and forged friendships with a lot of people and was amazed at how fast we could come together as a team, teachers and monitors alike. Yes, I had a ton to do, but my teachers really needed little supervision and could fend for themselves.
Among the craziest things that happened was trying to find a lost student in an enormous monastery (he snuck back to bed), punishing bullies and snotty teenagers, invading the only bar in the entire town and a gigantic botellón known as the fiesta municipal. Then there was making a few kids cry just by being the boss, a teacher missing the train back from Madrid and me scrambling to figure out how to cover her classes, asthma attacks, bedbugs and the occasional creepy occurrence and bat infestation.
This summer has certainly been a bit crazy, but nothing like my two weeks in Uclés!
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Santandisappointed
August 13, 2010 by Cat Gaa · 2 Comments
Camp ended and I had two choices: go to Sevilla and be bored and hot, or travel a bit through Northern Spain. I chose the latter, obviously, and based my trip around two events: an overnight camping trip to Las Islas Ciés and a trip to Santander. I really just did it for Santander, since I´ve always loved Northern Spain, and the rest of the surprises and experiences were thrown in. I wanted to relax on the Sardinero and eat seafood and see why the region´s tourism board calls it, "Cantabria Infinita."
Should have called it Santandisappointed.
There was so much build-up to my trip, so many brilliant things I´d read about the home of one of the world´s most foremost bank groups, with its Primera División football team and no shortage of velvety sand beaches. I was just….expecting much, much more.
First snag: I had nowhere to stay. The Islas put me in that famous "mañana, mañana" mode, so that by the time I bothered checking to see if anyone had responded to my couchsurfing requests or if I could find a bed at a hostel, everything was booked. Oh, yeah. It´s August and ALL of Spain goes on vacation. A single bed was going at 50€ a night and I was just about to cross the city off of my list when Juan from Zamora responded: You have a bed here. But we have cats.
Nevermind my cat allergy (famous last words), I was going to stay for free!
I ended up staying the night in León, but the 20€ was worth it to have a comfortable bed to sleep in and a nice, hot shower. The following morning, I took a bus through Oviedo to Santander, a town that echoes of San Sebastián in terms of its stately harbor, luxurious buildings and plush "green lungs." I stored my luggage and set off looking for seafood. What I found was just beer and a bocadillo.
Juan had agreed to meet at 3pm, but, like a true Spaniard, came at 4:25. More or less on time, I´d say. I expressed my interest in seeing the city that day so I could do some tourism around the region. We drank beers instead, then ate dinner at his piso while the two cats stalked around me and made me waste an entire roll of toilet paper just to blow my nose. We finally left at 1am to go out, and I have to say, the disco we went to, the only place with people in it!, was the night´s saving grace.
The following morning, unable to make the first bus, I went to Comillas, a modernist playground. Gaudí constructed what´s known as "El Capricho" (the Whim), but an outdoor look at the grounds ran 5€. Paso. Then, there was the Chapel and Palace of Sobrellano. Closed. As was the university. As a last-ditch result, I hiked to the top of the city to the cemetary. Gosh, was it worth it: see views, city views, built-in a gutted church and crowned with a creepy angel. I. Am. A. Freak.
Apart from that, the food was expensive, and what could have been a quaint old village was overridden with the weekly market. There was nowhere to move or breathe, so I grabbed two apples from a stand and sat with my book in the park below the Sobrellano Palace until the bus came.
As a matter of fact, the best part of the entire trip to Cantabria was the landscape. Teeny towns were scattered amongst rolling green hills. The Cantabrian Sea kept peeking out between them, and the hills were home to sheep and cows being tended to by ruddy-faced cantábricos.
Back in the capital, I spent the rest of the afternoon on the Península de la Magdalena and the famous Sardinero beaches. After a seafood dinner alone (which threw the maitre´d off a bit), I took the 700m tunnel to the central part of town to watch fireworks before going back to kittylandia, excited for the following day with my Spanish family in Valladolid.
Sunset over the port of Santander
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Choque de Cultura
August 13, 2010 by Cat Gaa · 1 Comment
"We´re going to baptize her with a bottle of Cruzcampo beer!" Alfonso said, mimicking the action over his three-month old baby, Luna. I tried to keep quiet, letting out on of those awkward, "I feel reaaaaallly uncomfortable and the language barrier is ever-present" giggles.
Alfonso has not married his girlfriend, Susana. Both are good friends of Kike, and that's why he's been asked to be the padrino, or godfather.
In Spain, religion is taking seriously. Ceramic virgins grace every mantle, kids are given Catholic names and every bar is named Saint This or Saint That. Religion brings pilgrims to Sevilla to see the field where the Divine Pastor appeared to Saint Isidore, religion relegates that shops be closed Sundays (one of my biggest complaints about Spain) and this Catholic religion fills the streets of penitent worshippers during Holy Week, garnering money and providing scenes such as this one:
When I first started dating Kike, everyone at his base was abuzz with the sheer fact that I was NOT Spanish. The priest of the base's chapel even asked, "Is she at least Catholic?" And recently, I had an interview with an Opus Dei kindergarten where the only question that followed, "Did you find the school alright?, was "Are you a practicing Catholic?" Religion unites Spaniards in the same way that language and love of paella does.
I am Catholic, so seeing the crying virgins and bloody Christs is normal. Religious I am not – I haven´t been to mass in well over two years, mostly because I was overwhelmed and felt stupid for not knowing the prayers and hymns in Spanish, but I would dare not say I didn´t believe.
That's why Alfonso´s comment rubbed me the wrong way. You don't want to get married? It's your life. You don't want to formally baptize your daughter? Who am I to say anything?
I put the question to Kike, he with the opinion about everything. Turns out, Susana and Alfonso wanted to baptize Luna in a beautiful chapel in the Triana neighborhood, Santa Ana. The priest asked if they were married. They said no. He then asked if the godparents, Kike and Susana´s cousin, Ana, were confirmed. They responded that the godfather was, and the godmother not. Exit new parents.
On the contrary, religion is sometimes laughed at. It´s common to say, "Me cago en Díos," which literally means, "I shit on God." Tell me how something so sacred to 45 million people (ok, I´m generalizing), can be relinquished to such a vulgar way to say, oh, shit. It´s laughable, really.
Tradition is deep-rooted in Spain, and as a foreigner, I feel like I´ve had to navigate these subtle differences with a lot of grace and precaution. I have the luck of being of the same denomination, but imagine the darling Turkish girl who worked with me last year. She flat-out refused to try ham on her toast, garnering lots of heckles from our coworkers. But it´s her religion that doesn´t allow it! If Sevilla were to build a mosque within the city limits, Sevillanos would have a field day picketing, swearing and doing everything in their power to prevent the groundbreaking. It would be an abomination, they´d say.
And since Alfonso and Susana can't baptize their baby as they wish, well, they´re just going to have lunch at the pool.
And it's not just those big, heavy issues – it's everyday little things that I feel are off-limits. Eating lentejas or cereal for dinner – no can do. Leaving the air on at night? Don't tell me your Spanish abuelita never told you that doing so will give you a cold. And leave it to my friend Stacy to point out all the intricacy of having a baby as an American woman in Spain.
The Spanish culture, with all of its caveats and contrasts, amazes and amuses me. But don't let me tell you I never thought it was weird.
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Tapeo por León: Eating in León, Spain
August 5, 2010 by Cat Gaa · 1 Comment
In life, we all find ourselves at crossroads. I'll be honest: mine wasn't life-changing or even that important, but it had to be made: Spend a day in the cheese and blood sausage capital of Spain, or one in a town with a big cathedral. Those of you who know me know I would have probably chosen the first, but bus communication really decided my route.
I said goodbye to Julie and José and boarded a bus to León. The valleys of Galicia flattened out to the stark plains of Castilla y León, the ancient old kingdom of the Spanish Empire. It was here that The Catholic Kings married and began their reconquest of the peninsula, here that Saint Teresa the mystic had her illusions and here that I fell in love with the country I now call home.
León was a city I never visited in that summer abroad. I had just hours in the city, but it was enough to make me swoon for Castilla all over again.
There's a famous cathedral, the last upon the Camino de Santiago before reaching the end itself, with gorgeous naves and stained glass. There's a Gaudí-designed house that remains the only Modernist monument in all of Old Castille. Then there's the Barrio Húmedo, literally the Wet Neighborhood, for its abundance of bars and cafes.
I saved up my appetite until dinnertime, when the sun struck Santa María Cathedral into dripping golden hues. I never even think about eating before 11pm, but a friend's suggestions were looming in my brain. The email was something to the effect of: "You can see the cathedral, walk, blah, blah, blah…and here are a bunch of suggestions for eating. So I followed my belly towards the bar.
What surprised me the most was that most tapas came for free with a drink. I ate like a king for less than I'd pay for a normal meal in Sevilla.
Bar Bambara, C/Matasiete
Consumed: One Mahou bottelín, one tapa of patatas al cabrales (fries with pungent cheese from Asturias)
Total Cost: 1,60
This place was completely unassuming, and I came because I had seen the poster advertising free tapas earlier in the day. I wouldn't say the bar was anything special, but who can argue with free food?
TOTAL: 1,60
Bar Rebote
Consumed: Two large beers, three croquetas (morcilla, pizza and cheese)
I am a croqueta aficionado. If it's on the menu, I almost always order it, because fried potato and cheese delicacies are nothing short of typical Spanish and really delicious. But the croquetas at Rebote, a small tavern on Plaza San Martín that serves nothing else, are really special. Even at 9pm, the place was packed and the service speedy and friendly. And the croquetas. I tried cheese, pizza and morcilla, a blood sausage typical in Northern Castilla, and coul have easily stayed all night.
Bar In Situ. C/Matasiete
Consumed: Two cortos con limón, sopa de ajo (garlic soup), bollo preñao (literally, impregnated bun, but really just chorizo in a bun).
I don't know what I was expecting from this crowded locale. The crowd was young and lively, especially for a Wednesday, and the food was great. While the lemon soda in my drink didn't mix well with the sopa de ajo, a typical broth served with chunks of bread, I left feeling fuller than usual at dinner and needed a walk around the vivacious neighborhood before going to bed early.
Castilla isn't known for its cuisine necessarily, aside from roast suckling pig and morcilla, in the same way that other regions are. But, madre mía, I'm happy as long as my belly is full of good food!
Filed Under: gastronomy, León, the north · Tagged: Castilla y León, food
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Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' is Bigger than Black Woodstock
The revolution that once could not be televised is finally coming to screens July 2.
Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2021 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved
By Veronica Wells	· Updated July 1, 2021
A moment in Black music history might have been lost forever, had the musician, historian and now documentarian Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson not stepped in.
Footage from 1969's Harlem Cultural Festival had been collecting dust in a widow's basement for nearly 50 years—but in 2016, an opportunity fell into Thompson's lap when David Dinerstein and Robert Fyvolent asked for five minutes of his time.
As the two men told him details of the festival, which had featured musical greats like Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, Mahalia Jackson and Nina Simone, Thompson figured there was no way he wouldn't have known about such a monumental event.
"Instantly I called BS," Thompson recalls. "I'm like, 'I was YouTube before YouTube existed. There are no concert factoids that I don't know about first.' I thought that these two dudes were trying to flex on me."
They weren't. The festival took place over the course of six weeks, in Mount Morris Park, during the last summer of the '60s; it was attended by nearly 300,000 people. Recognizing the importance of the moment, a man named Hal Tulchin filmed it, hoping to sell the footage. But he couldn't, and Tulchin died with all that film still in his basement. And before Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, most people had never heard of the event.
Though Thompson was "enraged" that this piece of entertainment history had been kept from the world, he still didn't know how involved he wanted to be in the project. He thought Dinerstein and Fyvolent were asking him to produce, as he had with the Broadway musicals Fela! and Hamilton. But they actually wanted him to direct.
"Besides a video for Common, I've never directed anything in my life," Thompson says. "Why me? This is too historically important for you to give it to a first-time driver behind an 18-wheeler to go cross-country."
So Thompson dodged Dinerstein and Fyvolent for seven months as he dealt with his Impostor syndrome. Eventually, he signed on to direct—before Tulchin's widow disposed of the footage.
When Thompson finally committed to the project, he and his producing partners had every intention of calling the film Black Woodstock. Though the Harlem Cultural Festival began weeks before Woodstock, one festival became a household name, while the other faded into obscurity. "Black Woodstock" was how Tulchin referred to the historic footage 50 years ago, as he struggled to find a buyer. But the deeper Thompson and his team dug into the material, the more they recognized the title didn't fully serve the story.
"This was bigger than Black Woodstock," Thompson explains. "It was disrespectful to call it that. For me, the subtitle (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is the stronger statement—because that's the proverbial middle finger that says, Yes, this magic moment happened, and it was not allowed to be amplified."
Now, more than five decades later, the Harlem Cultural Festival is getting just a fraction of the recognition it always deserved. Thanks to a fateful series of events, Summer of Soul streams on Hulu beginning July 2.
"Because of what we've been going through with the protests this year, and the killings of unarmed men and dealing with poverty, it's so important that the story resonates with everyone," Thompson says. "Whether you were there and you know these people or you weren't there, this is for everybody."
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HomeIndiaTN girl who fought against NEET commits suicide, leaders condemn state, Centre
TN girl who fought against NEET commits suicide, leaders condemn state, Centre
September 2, 2017 The TMC Desk India, Politics, Tamil Nadu 8
PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss
Chennai, Sep 1 With her dreams of becoming a doctor dashed owing to a low score in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), S. Anitha, who fought against the common entry test for medical colleges, committed suicide on Friday, said police citing her family.
Her death united Tamil Nadu's opposition parties in condemning the Chief Minister K.Palaniswami government and also the BJP-led central government.
Anitha, who had scored 1,176 marks out of 1,200 in the plus two exams under the Tamil Nadu state board, was however not able to score high marks in the NEET to secure a medical seat, and committed suicide, her relatives said.
Hailing from a village in Ariyalur district, around 300 km from here, she was the daughter of a daily labourer.
In her petition in the apex court against NEET, Anitha had said that rural students will not be able to compete against the students from the city if a common entrance exam is held for medical college seats.
With a cut-off mark of 196.5, Anitha would have surely got admission into a medical college in the Tamil Nadu under the old system – that is admission based on the marks scored in plus two exams.
In a statement issued here, former Union Minister and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss blamed the central and the state governments for the tragedy.
Expressing his condolences to Anitha's parents, he said the state government headed by Palaniswami and the central government should accept responsibility for her death as they had initially assured that Tamil Nadu will get one year exemption from NEET.
The PMK leader said he was not able to understand as to why Anitha who took up the cause of rural students against NEET would commit suicide.
Some student organisations held a protest here. Police took the agitators into custody and later released them.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar, who was seen on television screens constantly assuring the students that they would get exemption from NEET, on Friday urged the students not to resort such an extreme step.
He promised help from the state government to Anitha's family.
DMK Working President M.K.Stalin also urged the students not to take extreme steps.
Expressing shock over Anitha's suicide, Stalin said the central and the state government should own moral responsibility for her death.
Recalling the letter written in blood by Anitha seeking his support against NEET, Stalin said she is dead even before that letter got dried.
Speaking to reporters here, actor Kamal Haasan said: "We have lost a good doctor."
He said those who should fight against NEET were indulging in horse trading, in a veiled reference to the divide in the ruling AIADMK.
The actor also said those who were praising NEET have now vanished.
Actor Rajinikanth in a tweet said: "What happened to Anitha is extremely unfortunate. My heart goes out to all the pain and agony she would have undergone before taking this drastic step. My condolences to her family."
He did not comment on NEET.
Leaders of several other political parties also condemned the state and the central government for Anitha's suicide, criticising the latter for backing out at the last moment from supporting the ordinance drafted by Tamil Nadu government despite an earlier promise of support.
In a late night statement, Chief Minister Palaniswami expressing his grief and condolences announced a solatium of Rs 700,000 to the family of Anitha.
He also promised a government job to a family member of Anitha in line with their educational qualification.
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Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 1 Acclaimed film actor Kamal Haasan on Friday hinted that he may form a political party but made it clear he won't ally with "saffron" — the Hindu Right. The 62-year-old superstar, who has […]
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–TMC Desk Chennai, Nov 27 : In a further set back to the faction led by jailed AIADMK leader V.K.Sasikala and her nephew T.T.V.Dinakaran, three of their supporting Members of Parliament on Monday switched loyalties to […]
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Q: How can I adjust the R code to get data for 2019 and 2020 I have the R code below that gets me financial data for a company for 2018 from the following table:

  # Extract all data tables

data1_2 <- webpage2 %>% html_nodes(xpath = '//*[@class="tabElemNoBor overfH fvtDiv"]')
# Getting data from annual income statement
  error_list_2 <- c()
  for (j in 1:length(data1_2)){
tryCatch({
  data2_2 <- data1_2[[j]] %>% html_table(fill = TRUE)
  if (grepl("Annual Income Statement", data2_2[1,1])){

    data2_2 <- data2_2[4:nrow(data2_2),]

    units <- data2_2[1,4]
    units <- substr(units, regexpr("Actuals in ", units) + 11, nchar(units))

    year <- data2_2[2,4]
    fiscal <- data2_2[2,1]

    sales_pos <- grep("Sales", data2_2[,1])
    ebitda_pos <- grep("EBITDA", data2_2[,1])
    ebit_pos <- grep("Operating profit", data2_2[,1])
    ebt_pos <- grep("Pre-Tax Profit", data2_2[,1])
    net_income_pos <- grep("Net income", data2_2[,1])
    pe_ratio_pos <- grep("P/E ratio", data2_2[,1])
    eps_pos <- grep("EPS", data2_2[,1])

    sales <- as.numeric(gsub(" ", "", data2_2[sales_pos,4]))
    ebitda <- as.numeric(gsub(" ", "", data2_2[ebitda_pos,4]))
    ebit <- as.numeric(gsub(" ", "", data2_2[ebit_pos,4]))
    ebt <- as.numeric(gsub(" ", "", data2_2[ebt_pos,4]))
    net_income <- as.numeric(gsub(" ", "", data2_2[net_income_pos,4]))
    pe_ratio <- as.numeric(gsub(",", ".", data2_2[pe_ratio_pos,4]))
    eps <- (gsub(",", ".", data2_2[eps_pos,4]))
    eps <- as.numeric(gsub(" ", "", eps))

  }
}, error = function(e) {e; error_list_2 <<- c(error_list_2, j)})

}
Can you please tell me how I can modify the code so I can get data for 2019 and 2020 years ?
Can I please have a full answer as I know almost nothing about R and please no newbie bashing :-)

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Activation of the sympathetic nervous system is a hallmark of heart failure (HF) and is positively correlated with disease progression. Catecholaminergic (C1) neurons located in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) are known to modulate sympathetic outflow and are hyperactivated in volume overload HF. However, there is no conclusive evidence showing a contribution of RVLM-C1 neurons to the development of cardiac dysfunction in the setting of HF. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the role of RVLM-C1 neurons in cardiac autonomic control and deterioration of cardiac function in HF rats. A surgical arteriovenous shunt was created in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats to induce HF. RVLM-C1 neurons were selectively ablated using cell-specific immunotoxin (dopamine-β hydroxylase saporin [DβH-SAP]) and measures of cardiac autonomic tone, function, and arrhythmia incidence were evaluated. Cardiac autonomic imbalance, arrhythmogenesis and cardiac dysfunction were present in HF rats and improved after DβH-SAP toxin treatment. Most importantly, the progressive decline in fractional shortening observed in HF rats was reduced by DβH-SAP toxin. Our results unveil a pivotal role played by RVLM-C1 neurons in cardiac autonomic imbalance, arrhythmogenesis and cardiac dysfunction in volume overload-induced HF.


If you're serious about being financially secure, it might be time to start budgeting. Creating a basic budget spreadsheet where you map out how much you plan to spend is one of the best ways to save money.
Here are three downloadable budget spreadsheet templates for whatever stage of budgeting you're at.
If your credit card statement is showing more minuses than you'd like but you're not sure what you're spending your money on, this spreadsheet is for you. It gives you a basic overview of your income and expenses, and shows you in which categories you're spending too much.
Want to pay back your bond in the next 10 years? Saving up for that big holiday? If you're serious about budgeting in order to reach a specific financial goal, this budget spreadsheet will get you started.
Financing a family or household can sometimes feel overwhelming. Planning your budget for the next 12 months will help you bring your family's finances under control, making sure you can stretch your income and perhaps have money left over for that family break at the end of the year.
If you're using a combination of cash and cards to pay for transactions, it's worth keeping receipts to make accurately recording your spending easier. Review and add all these transactions to your budget spreadsheet every day or week, depending on what works for you.
Budgets allow you to set your financial goals, while recording what you actually spend.
Opt for a budget spreadsheet that shows you the difference between what you aimed to spend and what you actually spent for each budget category. If you're always in the red in a certain category, you may have to relook and adjust your budget.
Make sure your budget also includes a grand total. Aim for a positive balance at the end of the month.
Give yourself a safe margin of error by overestimating necessary expenses such as food, electricity, transportation and insurance by 10%. What's left over at the end of the month can go into your savings account.
If you're not interested in keeping track of your budget manually, have a look at our list of free budget apps to help manage finances. They sync with your bank accounts and automatically update your record of income and expenditure.


This time as the celebrity guest, we invited the talented rock singer Dibya Subba. The winner of the celebrity dating this time was Bhawana Gurung, a 12th grade student from Siddhartha Banasthali.
Do you think she is as sweet as her message? The true admirer of beauty, Dibya replies… "Well, we are strangers until now, and we are yet to see each other and know each other…. so that's what counts. It's always great to see people who adore you for what you do. So, obviously that's so sweet of her to write that message and take the trouble just to see me."!!!
You people surely want to see the video clips..!!! Go check out Dibya's Date…!!


The highlight of a recent trip to West Cornwall was Tremenheere Garden, near Penzance. It announces itself as a sculpture garden as soon you arrive; a slate monolith from a former Chelsea garden by Darren Evans rises up (above)and on the hill behind, a what appear to be a series of ancient stone pillars sway in the wind. (This is actually Penny Saunders' Restless Temple, and the pillars are made of jointed wood).
But this is so much more than a conventional sculpture garden. It was carved into a sheltered valley in the 1990s, from land originally owned by the monks of St Michael's Mount, then cultivated by the Tremeneere family. There's no great house and sweeping driveway to restrict the layout. Instead, the gardens are structured around a series of winding paths that follow the natural camber of the valley and experimental planting which frames and punctuates the sculptures.
Mature broadleaf trees provide both shelter from prevailing winds and shade, and a stream winds through the valley floor, opening out into a series of natural ponds. The soil varies from neutral to acid, and the combination of habitats means that all sorts of plants flourish here, from boggy, sub-tropical, to rocky alpines.
Follow the paths along the hills and views to St Michael's Mount open up across the sea; turn a corner and the planting becomes exotic, with the biggest gunneras I've ever seen, unusual bamboos and exotic palms, then grasses studded with dark sempervivens (below, left)and huge banks of agapanthus. In the wooded valley, tender wild Arisaema gingers flourish among the huge-fingered leaves of Tetrapanax papyrifer and tree ferns (Dicksonia antartica). And there's a collection of palms, bamboos and unusual plants from south Africa and Mexico.
The sculpture is of varying quality; there's a wonderful camera obscura, but my favourite is Tewlwolow Kernow, by James Turrrell, an elliptical white chamber, with a disc cut out of its top to frame the sky. You reach it via a tunnel cut into a mound, and there you sit, perfectly reclined and gaze up at the sky and the clouds. At night the whole garden is floodlit, so if you're lucky enough to go then, you can meditate under the stars.


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I was able to go to the brand new Coyote Drive-In near downtown Fort Worth last night. I went with my husband and our two small girls ages 2 and 4. We met our friends there who actually called us up early on Saturday to invite us with their 4 year old daughter. They had went last weekend and actually only knew about it due to Brian seeing it from his pharmacy tech school located in downtown Fort Worth.
It was perfect. All of us had been looking into going to a drive-in for a while now but the drive to Grandbury, Texas, to the Brazos Drive-In or others were all over an hour away. That was just not going to happen without having to rent a hotel room to stay the night after attending the movies.
Drive-Ins seem to be making a come back. Maybe its because our generation remembers going to them regularly as children. I remember going to one in Oklahoma City as a teenager occasionally.
I forgot how much fun going to a Drive-In was! This one has three screens. All three were showing different double features. The Coyote Drive-In was founded in 2011. They charge only per person in the car and not per carload. This does add up. The pricing last night was $8 for adults and $6 for children 3-6. They have no military, student nor senior discounts yet so that cost our family $22. We were told that they were working on the discounts and they will be coming soon. They do take cash or credit/debit cards for entrance fees and concessions. They open the gates during the summertime at 6pm. No outside food or drinks are allowed.
We arrived at 5:50pm and were in a line waiting to get in. We were in one of three lines on different streets merging to the one entrance. We were probably over the 30th car through the entrance gate. They had traffic directors with hand cones to direct us into one of four gate lanes once through the main entrance gate. I was impressed with the fact that they had two employees working each lane. They were actually leap frogging the cars for the entrance fees so the line was moving pretty quick. Once in we found the Murphy's at Screen 3. We were going to see the double feature of Monster U and Now You See Me. All 6 Movies playing were new movies at the regular indoor theaters. I was quite impressed. I would advise getting there early like we did. It seemed like all three screens filled up pretty fast.
We parked the car and walked over to the large outdoor partially covered Canteen. We had a blast. The shows weren't starting until around 8:30pm and we had almost 2 1/2 hours to kill. Not a problem to do that here. Their Canteen had several picnic tables and benches under the Canteen and out and around the grassy sections of the fenced in area. It was quite nice. The Coyote Canteen had another fenced off Playground area in it, made out of boulders from the local area. The bathrooms were located in the Canteen area and they had many stalls. The bathroom sinks were outdoor metal sinks located outside of the stall areas. They were VERY Clean.
The concessions consisted of a large concessions area built into the Canteen with several options and checkout lines. They do serve beer ($3) and wines too. The wine is purchased by the bottle.
Fun Social Environment before and during the shows.
I was also impressed with the fact that they had a mini-stage set-up with live music playing. It was a nice environment to be in for everyone and we had a blast. Again, I suggest you get to the Drive-In early, lock up your vehicle and head over to the Canteen. Not only did all three screen areas fill up fast but so did the Canteen area. There is no movie ticket required to enter the Canteen from 6pm-Close and there is free parking outside of the entrance area for those that choose to simply be patrons of the Canteen.
Overall, I was very impressed and can't wait to do it again! I would recommend going to the Coyote Drive-In. We had a great time! The large moon rising over the screen while it was playing, seeing shooting stars and the beautiful Fort Worth lit up skyline so close while watching the movies on a wonderful Texas summer night was priceless! We along with several people actually got to see fireworks in the distance from the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra's 1812 Overture and Russian Sparklers concert playing at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. This is from their Concerts in the Garden Summer concert series. What a night!
The Coyote Drive-In is located at 223 NE 4th Street, Fort Worth, TX 76164. Their contact number is 817-717-7767. Click here for their website. Click here for their Facebook page.
Coyote Drive-In sent our blog photos for approved publishing. They also authorized usage of their logo on our blog. Thank you Coyote Drive-In!
Additional notation by author: Although the Coyote Drive-In was founded in 2011, it has only recently opened its doors on May 10, 2013.


You'll appreciate the feature in the iPad's Maps app that allows you to zoom in and out to see more or less detailed maps and to move around a displayed map.
If you've used an online mapping program, you know that you frequently have to move to more or less detailed views of the map to find what you're looking for: The street detail doesn't show the nearest highway, and the region level doesn't let you see that all-important next turn.
Double-tap with a single finger to zoom in and reveal more detail.
Double-tap with two fingers to zoom out and reveal less detail.
Place two fingers together on the screen and move them apart to zoom in.
Place two fingers apart on the screen and pinch them together to zoom out.
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Okay, it is a daunting and maybe even impossible task to pick one Deep Purple album that says it all. Not only because the band has had various incarnations and corresponding sound, but also because a lot of their work is just so darn good.
Opening with that famous lick of Burn, it is clear that Blackmore is on fire here. But also new boys David Coverdale with his smooth blues infused voice and bass player and vocalist Glenn Hughes, who displays a lot of soul in his vocals, are not fooling around. The band is completed with the keyboards of Jon Lord, and the expert drumming of the vastly underrated Ian Paice.
After the heavenly rocker that is Burn (that chorus will always stay with ya) comes the more mid paced Might Just Take Your Life. Again a great vocal delivery and a catchy chorus. And Lord gets to abuse his Hammond a little more here, nice! Lay Down Stay Down is a high energy riffing workout that is trade mark Purple. But with a lot of soul added because of the vocals. The 2 vocalist share and trade, creating a new dimension in the Purple song book. Sail Away opens with a riff that is played throughout the song. But it never gets old, especially because the melodies hold your attention with ease. The keyboard solo is not something we heard Purple do much. But as the guitar takes over soon with a great melody, we still know who´s at play here.


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The McCormick Place Lakeside Center was built in 1971 and designed by Gene Summers. Summers served as project architect for Mies van der Rohe on iconic projects including the Seagram Building in New York City and the National Gallery in Berlin. At the Lakeside Center, Summers used Miesian elements but created a dramatic roof which cantilevers 75 feet beyond its columns and contains a whopping 19 acres of surface area. Although the building's lakefront location is widely acknowledged to have been a mistake, the Lakeside Center remains what Chicago Tribune architectural critic Blair Kamin called "a bravura exercise in architectural modernism".
The Lakeside Center's size and location have posed problems as McCormick Place expanded west with larger exhibition halls and better accessibility. As reported by Crain's in April 2017, the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority's current strategic plan calls for renovating or replacing Lakeside Center. Another plan calls for demolishing the building and converting the site to parkland. As of early 2018, no plans have been announced for the building, but rising maintenance costs could hasten a decision. Docomomo Chicago remains committed to the preservation and adaptive reuse of the Lakeside Center.
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The former Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, located along the Midway Plaisance in Woodlawn, was built in 1966 by I.W. Colburn, known for idiosyncratic Modernist-style buildings including the Cummings and Hinds laboratories at the University of Chicago. The Shankman School was built as an addition between two 1920s Georgian Revival-style buildings. Colburn's design uses the proportions, composition, and architectural elements of the older buildings to create a building which is contextual yet undeniably Modernist. The building is owned by the University of Chicago and has been unoccupied since 2014.
As reported in Crain's and Curbed in May 2017, a new 15-story hotel is proposed for the site. As proposed, the 180-room hotel would require demolition of the existing buildings on the site, including Colburn's 1966 addition. Docomomo Chicago has been in contact with the University of Chicago to voice its opposition to the possible demolition, and, in light of the university's commendable stewardship of other Modernist buildings on its campus, to encourage other alternatives for adaptive reuse of the former Shankman School.
Top banner: McCormick Place Lakeside Center, Gene Summers and Helmut Jahn, C.F. Murphy Associates, 1968-1971


I was giving a talk in a school one day, to a group of Transition Years. They were considering studying economics.
I told them it was the only subject on the Leaving Cert curriculum that you can study by listening to the radio.
Let's take the example of somebody who doesn't know anything about business but is thinking of starting their own enterprise.
Let's say you open the paper to the Business section, and you learn about an entrepreneur that has had to overcome some kind of obstacle. Perhaps they can't find investors and decided to resort to "crowdfunding". Perhaps they're going to export but they're not sure how to do it. Perhaps they're a start-up and are still in the market research phase.
What can you do with that piece of news? Is there anything in there for you to learn?
why not use the news?
I have always been inspired by reading about successful entrepreneurs, or about big changes in an organization.
If you use economy news to kickstart your thinking, you change the focus from passive hopelessness to active problem-solving. This goes a long way towards improving not only your mood, but your general situation, at home or in the office.
You could use news stories as business case studies.
Harvard Business School is famous for training its students to put themselves in the shoes of entrepreneurs and seeing how they would act if they were in the same situation. This is achieved by studying in detail past cases of businesses that had to make a tough choice, or faced a daunting change, etc.
Even if you are not attending Harvard Business School, you can create your own, extremely useful case studies.
Even if you don't know the first thing about business, reading business news will attune you to a different way of thinking. You will see what is possible, what is not, how to build a sustainable business and what pitfalls to avoid.
I have been interviewed several times about how I started to export – you might have read about it! But I've often been on the other side as well, reading about a successful entrepreneur in the paper.
I often contact newspapers to get in touch with an entrepreneur or business that was covered in an article, to learn more about how they did something. I frequently look up websites after hearing about them in the news, to follow up on some actionable way to improve my business.
Visualizing is a very helpful tool as well. You don't need to know it all before you start to imagine scenarios. Imagine all you want, and then you can follow a certain news story to see whether the scenario you imagined came true, or if other factors influenced the outcome.
Say you dream of starting your own business, but you're not sure that you want to go all-in and take the risk right now. By targeting news that cover business and entrepreneurship, you can just ease into it and dip your toes, familiarizing yourself with the idea of leading a business.
What would you do if you were the business leader featured in the news story? If you were faced with the same challenges? If you hear that an organisation is taking a certain step, can you retrace their motives? Can you think why exactly they are taking this step?
For example you might have heard of corporate bonds. Before you started to read the news with a critical eye, you didn't know the difference between a share and a corporate bond.
But now you've done some research, and you realise that if a certain company is issuing bonds instead of selling shares, it might be because they want to raise capital without increasing the number of shareholders (de facto owners) of the company.
Now why would they want to avoid taking on more shareholders? That's for you to imagine.
This strategic daydreaming can take you quite far and is a very easy, cost-free way to try the business lifestyle. You could try a whole lot of variations on the topic: say you read about an entrepreneur who had to work 90-hour weeks over three years to pull it off. You could try to imagine what those hours were filled with. What actions took up so much of their time? Could you imagine that person's schedule? It doesn't matter how accurate your imaginings are, it's just a theoretical exercise to try the idea on for size.
Then see if this is for you. Perhaps you're a mother of two with a full-time job and you couldn't just put everything else on hold while you're building your business. How much longer would it take you to get to their level? What are you prepared to do or not do to speed up the process? Could you tweak their business model until it fits your tastes and your lifestyle?
You might reject this as pie-in-the-sky daydreaming, but this kind of serious visualization is hard work and takes a lot of concentration. And it's a very valuable exercise because it makes you aware of everything that goes on behind the scenes in a business: what the obstacles are, how to look out for them and how to overcome them.
As a result, you won't look at the businesses around you in the same way! And you might just find your own business idea in there: after all, perhaps you find that an obstacle that stymies other business owners is very easy to solve – and you are just the person for that! Why not get in touch with the business and tell them how you could solve their problem? You've found a gap in the market and filled a need – you're in business!
Imagine how wonderful that is for your prospect – they simply stated their problem to a journalist, and then the problem solver just comes to them, thanks to that article! They didn't even have to lift a finger! So if you feel confident you can solve their problem, go ahead and get in touch!
And all it took was the willingness to use the news, instead of being used by them.
So there you have it: go get today's paper, but be very picky about what you choose to read.
Select one interesting story in the business section and give it a good think. You might also want to create a Google Alert for that person or company, so that you know about further developments!


Here's my birthday cake from the postponed party on Saturday night. The Krtek theme comes curtesy of the missus, who, whenever I'm in the garden turning the sod in her vegetable patch says: "Krtek reje zahradku". My brothers up from the Dunedin wondered how a krtek can have such big eyes though. The cake was made by Michal and Jana from the local Czech community, but they must have radiated the stuff they made the grass from; it got trampled into the living room carpet and has consequently turned it a slightly different colour.


Villa Santo is a spectacular 4 bedroom villa in the prestigious resort of Vila Sol. The setting of this villa is second to none as it backs onto the golf course which provides both superb views and a tranquil ambience which can be enjoyed from one of the many undercover terraces by the large swimming pool and built in BBQ area. The luxurious interior has been well finished and first class materials have been used throughout making this an exceptional property.
TV lounge located between the 2 Master Suites with balcony to the front.
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You can watch the World Cup 2010 Live Streaming match between Uruguay and Netherlands at the link provided below at game time.
Netherlands pushed Uruguay aside with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday to reach their third World Cup final and set up an all-European clash with Spain or Germany.
Two goals in three minutes midway through the second half from Wesley Sneijder, his fifth of the tournament, and Arjen Robben gave Netherlands a 3-1 lead but Maximiliano Pereira gave them some nervous moments with a late goal in time added on.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst had given the Dutch an early lead with a long-range drive before Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan equalised just before halftime, also with a superb strike.
European champions Spain play Germany in Durban in the other semi-final on Wednesday with the winners playing Netherlands in Sunday's World Cup final at Soccer City in Johannesburg.
It will be Europe's 10th World Cup win in 19 finals but the first by a European side outside their own continent. The Dutch lost both their previous finals in 1974 and 1978 to West Germany and Argentina respectively.


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Burna D. Murphy/Missouri/United States.
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IQB # IQB-081
Title Burna D. Murphy/Missouri/United States.
Honoree Murphy, Burna D., 1909-1979
Type of Honoree Individual
Location of Honoree United States
St. Louis (Mo.)
Contributor Murphy, Martha Lynn
Location of Contributor United States
Biography of Contributor The artist is the subject's daughter, Martha Lynn Murphy, of St. Louis, Missouri. She is an ex-actress, works as a secretary, and creates fabric art -- not only through traditional quilting and embroidery but through collage, soft sculpture, puppetry, and some other rather unorthodox techniques. She is proud to be the person she is and owes a great deal of thanks to the woman responsible for most of her better qualities, her mother.
Contributor's History / Reason for Honor Burna D. Murphy / June 12, 1909 -- December 19, 1979 / St. Louis, Missouri -- U.S.A. / Like millions before her, this woman's life does not appear noteworthy. She was not a history-maker, but lives such as hers are the basis of all history. Worker, wife, mother, widow, mother-in-law, grandmother, neighbor, friend, Christian, sport, citizen, thinker, human being. From the South Dakota sod house of her birth to the Missouri suburbs of her final years, she lived a life of courage and determination. She reared four children: Mary Marie, Joseph Francis, Jr., Paul Edward, and Martha Lynn, by her example teaching them to survive in a difficult world and inspiring them to best use their talents to make it a better place to live. She was the hard-boiled cynic who could melt before the innocence of a puppy or a little child; the efficient pragmatist who took time to notice the color of an autumn leaf or watch the shapes of the clouds on a summer morning. In public she did crossword puzzles to strengthen her mind; in private she read poetry to strengthen her soul. She was a complex-completely-human mixture of the good and bad, the joyful and sad.
Contributor's Description The tree was chosen as the central image of the Honor Quilt for several reasons. It symbolizes strength and permanence. It also stands for a family tree - the long line of women, Clark, Lynn, Richardson, Murphy, who stepped out of the harsh frontier and into the 20th century, gifting each new generation with a legacy of self-determination and pride. Finally, trees are a rarity in the Badlands and it was her dislike of the barren prairies of South Dakota which led Burna D. to Missouri where she began her family. The fluctuating bands of color in the background are the essence of the emotional being, always riding just beneath the surface, strong and powerful, yet contained within the framework of discipline and strength. The border fabric was specifically chosen as it most closely reflects her most outstanding feature -- the glorious head of silver-grey hair which was her trademark.
Measurements D - 51 cm x 60 cm x 60 cm x 59 cm
Data Sources File card; documentation information; cataloguer's report, 1994; quilt.
Cataloguing Notes [AEF 2015]: The following fields contain information directly quoted from the original documentation: Biography of Contributor; Contributor's History/Reason for Honor; Contributor's Description; Data Sources. / Time Period provided in original documentation: June 12, 1909 --December 19, 1979. [KL 2015]: ~2 inch taupe acetate border, heavily hand quilted in parallel lines perpendicular to the edge, "BURNA D. MURPHY/MISSOURI/UNITED STATES" hand embroidered in black satin stitch stencil-type letters. The interior triangle has a background of hand appliqued horizontal shapes in rainbow colors shading from yellow at the bottom to green at the top, overlaid by a hand appliqued, padded black velveteen tree. Border fabric is turned to the back and hand appliqued on two sides; hand stitched knife edge finish on the third side. Reverse = taupe acetate; "Martha L. Murphy" in black ink at center.
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Photos: SpaceX booster lands for second time on drone ship
SpaceX's reused Falcon 9 first stage booster returned to a landing on an ocean-going platform a few minutes after launching March 30 with the SES 10 communications satellite, then returned to Port Canaveral early Tuesday.
Photos: SpaceX's photos from Thursday's reflight of Falcon 9 booster
Remote sound-triggered cameras around launch pad 39A captured stunning views of Thursday evening's launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the first reflight of a commercial orbital-class booster.
SpaceX flies rocket for second time in historic test of cost-cutting technology
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sporting a fresh cleaning and several refurbishments took off Thursday from a seaside launch pad in Florida to send an SES communications satellite into space, then landed on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean to repeat a feat the same booster achieved nearly one year ago.
Photos: Press site views of SpaceX's rocket relaunch
These photos of Thursday evening's successful relaunch of a Falcon 9 rocket booster, which returned to Earth after a maiden mission last year, were taken at the Kennedy Space Center press site about 3.1 miles from launch pad 39A.
Falcon 9 launch to landing replay
Video from the SpaceX webcast, featuring the launch of the SES 10 satellite atop a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket, followed by a successful barge landing by the first stage.
Watch replay of Falcon 9 launch as seen from the press site
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, powered by a previously-flown booster, lifts off from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:27 p.m. EDT (2227 GMT) on March 30, 2017, carrying the SES 10 communications satellite. The launch marked the first time SpaceX has reused the first stage of one of its Falcon 9 rockets.
Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ready for second launch
A Falcon 9 rocket is standing on launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for liftoff Thursday to carry the SES 10 communications satellite into orbit on the first mission SpaceX has attempted to re-fly one of its used boosters.
Previously flown Falcon 9 rocket lifted upright in readiness for launch
Watch a time-lapse video of the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket being lifted into place on pad 39A in readiness for the launch of the SES 10 communications satellite. This will be a major milestone for SpaceX as it will mark the first time a flown Falcon 9 first stage has been reused.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with SES 10
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday evening, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the SES 10 communications satellite into orbit 32 minutes later.
Live coverage: SpaceX launches previously-flown rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, powered by a previously-flown booster, lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:27 p.m. EDT (2227 GMT) Thursday. The mission, which lofted the SES 10 communications satellite, marks the first time SpaceX has reused the first stage of one of its Falcon 9 launchers.


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Poker is a popular card game with a variety of variants. It is played by any number of people and is usually a competitive event. Players compete to form the best hand using cards and betting. Traditionally, a deck of 52 cards is used, but some variants include jokers. The game has become a worldwide pastime and is most common in North America and Europe. There are many forms of poker and the rules vary according to the region and location.
A good rule of thumb is to play for a number of players that is between six and eight. For more players, two separate games can be set up. Usually, the best hand is awarded the pot. If there is a tie, the winner will split the pot equally.
Poker is a very popular game in countries around the world, including the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It can be played online, in casinos, and in private homes. To win at the game, players must make a wager. They can also win by bluffing.
Cards are usually dealt face down or face up. Some variants of the game deal cards in a series of prearranged rounds. Each round begins with a bet by one of the players. Next, the dealer takes the cards and shuffles them. He or she then distributes them to the remaining players. After each round, each player has the option of discarding a few cards or choosing to take a new card from the top of the deck.
One of the most interesting aspects of the game is the bluffing element. A player may bluff by betting that he or she has the best hand. When a player bluffs, he or she will not be shown their hand. In this case, the other players will be forced to call the bet. Alternatively, a player can bluff by putting the most expensive chips in the pot.
This is often referred to as the "showdown." In a showdown, the player with the highest hand wins the pot. However, if there are several players with identical hands, ties are broken by the highest unmatched cards. Another important part of the game is the kitty. All players have a shared fund known as a kitty, which is used to buy cards and pay for food. Occasionally, a player may choose to leave the game and not receive their share of the kitty.
Although there are various types of poker, the main types are Draw Poker and Stud Poker. Both require a minimum of five cards, and players must match the bet or raise it before the round ends. Depending on the type of Poker, there may be a few rounds of betting. Other special rules may exist, such as the dealer's choice session. These sessions allow the dealer to designate a number of wild cards.
The game of Poker is considered a national pastime of the United States. During the turn of the millennium, it was popularized by television and televised poker tournaments. During that period, the popularity of the game increased dramatically.
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DAY: the sun shines on a cube at the origin
NIGHT: the moon shines on a cylinder at the origin
All the aforementioned objects (sun, moon, cube, cylinder) are static; the day/night transition consists solely of selectively enabling and disabling them. Is it possible to bake lightmaps for the cube and cylinder separately, so they'd look as they would if day and night were two separate scenes? If so, how?


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Oh boy, was I ever excited last week when I remembered that I had this piece of silk from my Advanced Natural Dyeing class. This pattern from Mannish Style is exactly what I had hoped to find to make a dress from this shibori fabric that I dyed in logwood. I love the drapey folds.
This pattern was also very easy! There are just 2 pieces (front & back), with the front being cut on the bias to give it that nice drape. The neck and arms are finished with bias trim. The pattern was intended for a knit fabric which you can see would have even more drape. Because of that, the dress is a bit snug around the hips and I would adjust the pattern next time to be a bit looser. I would also love to make this in a fun knit fabric.
This silk is my most favourite piece of fabric that I have dyed myself. The super dark, inky purple colour we got from this logwood bath is so amazing and so much deeper than any other colour I've done in the past. There is still some of this silk leftover and I want to try to use every bit of it. I'm trying to figure out what else I can make with it, perhaps a tank top or camisole?
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Oh wow – I love this and would wear it in an instant!
that piece of silk is amazing! love the casual but stylish cut of the dress too – seems a match made in heaven with that fabric.
Impressive Karyn! I remember well that bundle being dyed. Looks great.
That is beautiful! I'm totally in love with how the dye pattern looks feather-y!
Absolutely gorgeous!! Its stunning. Can't wait to see it in person.
I love everything about this! That fabric is gorgeous.
That is beautiful! The fabric is gorgeous and the cut of the dress looks wonderful.
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Ok, you've convinced me to sew some clothes for myself. This is gorgeous!
I adore the shape and I LOVE the dye!!! You look hot karyn!
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Karyn, this is easily my most favorite thing you've ever made. Simply gorgeous!
Woweee Karyn! That dress is amazing! I love it love it love it!
the logwood sure loved the silk–the pattern they created is amazing and complex.
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love this! perfect style and gorgeous dye job for this piece of silk.