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Consistent Fan Favorites: Dartmouth High School
By Mai Tran
The Fan Favorite award has become a beloved part of WGI finals, allowing both spectators and performers to cast votes for their favorite ensembles via text message. Procuring votes through social media and sharing group numbers are all part of the fun, involving viewers even if they can't make the trip out to Dayton. The tradition started in 2010, and since then two ensembles have become recurring fan favorites—Dartmouth High School's Indoor Percussion and Winter Guard.
Based in Massachusetts, the percussion ensemble competes in Scholastic World and is directed by Thomas Aungst, with shows designed by Darcie Aungst. They have received Fan Favorite every year since 2014, with productions featuring Marie Antoinette, the Beatles, clowns, and dolls come to life. The Winter Guard, directed by Addison Kaeterle and designed by Anthony Cabral, is similar in its productions, with a strong basis in characters and storytelling. The guard has been a fan favorite every year since 2016, with the shows "#Gossip," "Bioluminescence," and "Lilith of Eden." They competed in the Scholastic A division until 2018, when they were moved to Scholastic Open.
It is quite a feat to have consistently appealing shows, and even more so when they come from the same school. To learn more about what makes the Dartmouth program so special, we talked to directors Thomas and Addison about their production processes.
In the beginning of the Aungsts' involvement with the Dartmouth School Music Association (DSMA) in the 90's, they would start with musical selections and build concepts, costumes, props, and visual themes based on the style of music. Over the years they have reversed the process, beginning by choosing a theme, storyline, or historical event that will resonate with the performers and audience. Once the concept is brainstormed and finalized with the design staff—drill writer Jeff Sacktig, visual technician Mike Rayner, and pit book writers Jason Medeiros and Brandon Carrita—Thomas will begin searching for music to fit the story. The right pieces of music are sometimes found instantly, and sometimes the search can last for years.
Their aim is to create a show with many layers, while also being universal enough that a spectator with no knowledge of WGI will still be entertained. "Usually our shows have an in-your-face, obvious, overall theme that everybody 'gets' or understands," Thomas says. "We then layer in double, triple, quadruple entendre. For example, this year's show was 'Out of the Box.' Many people who watched the show connected their childhood experiences with Ken and Barbie Dolls or other Mattel toys. There were visual elements that connected you to those things…The deeper meaning behind the show was to think outside the box, be yourself, don't let people define you and your role in this world—do the unexpected, come to life, be you!"
Thomas attributes Dartmouth Percussion's individuality to their coordination between the music, themes, costuming, choreography, and character play. Much of their success is also due to the members' families and the DSMA, who build the famously elaborate props and costumes. Everything from the wigs, bearskin hats, face makeup, and light-up backdrops is hand made or designed.
Even with so many repetitive wins, the staff doesn't consider placements or titles when designing, but aim to give their students a show they can "max out" and perform with pride. More like a cherry on top, "winning Fan Favorite has been extremely rewarding because it means that we reached our goal of connecting our show to the audience."
On the other side of Dartmouth's program is the color guard, the ensemble steadily growing since Addison's involvement in 2012, the first year they traveled to Dayton. The design process has remained the same throughout the years, with two main considerations: the students' interest in the program and whether or not the audience will be able to relate to it.
Their 2016 show succeeded in both these aspects, exploring the consequences of gossip on social media. Complete with glittering uniforms, death drops, phone ringtones, and shifts in character, the first Fan Favorite win still came as a shock, adding some pressure to the design process.
In thinking of ways to be even more creative, the 2017 show "Bioluminescence" featured costumes that lit up with the push of a secret button. A parent sewed the wires, batteries, and lights into each costume, allowing the transition from dark silks and tones at the beginning of the show, to the performers glowing at the finale.
Each show has a clear narrative arc and attempts to go beyond a surface level meaning. Addison elaborates: "We teach out students that they are storytellers. We make sure they know that this show could mean more than just what we think to someone. We want the audience to be on the ride with us and bring it back to their own life."
The Dartmouth program's staff and students are a testament to all the dedication that goes into performing and storytelling. As they continue to entrance the crowd with their shows, we look forward to what they come up with next.
About the Author: Mai Tran is a student at New York University, studying English with minors in dance and American Sign Language. She writes for several on-campus publications and is a volunteer editor at October Hill Magazine. Originally from southern California, she has performed with the Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps and Alter Ego Winter Guard.
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"In his first address to Congress as president, late in November 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson called for "the earliest possible passage" of the Kennedy civil rights bill. The new chief executive soon made it clear that he was totally committed to the enactment of this broad civil rights measure.
In steering the bill through the lower house, Emanuel Celler, the floor manager, was assisted not only by liberal party members identified with the Democratic Study Committee but also by Republican leaders as William H. McCulloch, the ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee.
Prospects were less encouraging in the Senate, given the strategic positions of Southern leaders in that body and the difficulty of overcoming filibusters. The senators from Southern States, led by Richard B. Russell, condemned the bill, particularly the provisions banning discrimination in public places. They regarded the measure as unconstitutional because it restricted personal freedom and the right to control one's private property.
The central issue, according to Russell, was the unrestrained power the bill gave to the executive branch of the federal government, which would permit political persecution of citizens by an ambitious and ruthless attorney general and other bureaucrats. The Georgia senator argued that the proposal originated in politics, was punitive in nature, and would be sectional in its application. It was aimed primarily at the South, like the Reconstruction laws of the 1860s.
Indeed, Russell declared, "the white people of the Southern States" were "the most despised and mistreated minority in the country." In this case the Southern congressmen reflected the feeling of the preponderance of their white constituents.
Hubert H. Humphrey, who managed the bill in the Senate, and other supporters created a sturdy coalition…The Southerners' last hope was to attract enough conservative Republican backing to prevent the adoption of cloture, which would make it possible to end a filibuster.
As Eric F. Goldman wrote a few years later: "Senator Russell had a band of eighteen Southern senators [who] talked on and on – [and] sometimes about the bill itself, calling it, to use the phrase of Senator Russell Long, "a mixed breed of unconstitutionality and the NAACP."
The pivotal figure in negotiations [with Republicans] was minority leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois, with who the White House held painstaking conferences. Dirksen moved slowly toward a compromise…On June 10 the Senate adopted a cloture resolution by a vote of 71 to 29…The power of the Southern bloc had been broken. Twenty-one of the twenty-six senators from the South voted against cloture and final passage of the bill.
In its origins the Second Reconstruction was clearly the result of outside forces impinging on the South. Television news, in fact, developed into a national medium partly through its experience in the South, and many reporters and photographers first achieved recognition when they came South to cover the civil rights story. According to Robert MacNeil [of NBC], "the tone of network programming has been emphatically liberal…." Senator Russell spoke for many [Southerners] when he accused outside journalists of fostering "bitterness and hatred against Southern whites" to such an extent that it had become "a national disease."
In his analysis of congressional reaction to the violence [in the South], David J. Garrow stresses the importance of newspaper coverage, especially stories in the New York Times and the Washington Post. In short, the news media became the primary instrument in shaping the image of the South in the nation and the world."


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//  SDLStreamingMediaConfiguration.h
//  SmartDeviceLink-iOS
//
//  Created by Joel Fischer on 8/2/17.
//  Copyright © 2017 smartdevicelink. All rights reserved.
//

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

#import "SDLStreamingMediaManagerConstants.h"

@protocol SDLSecurityType;
@protocol SDLStreamingMediaManagerDataSource;
@protocol SDLStreamingVideoDelegate;
@class SDLVideoStreamingRange;

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN

/**
 The type of rendering that CarWindow will perform. Depending on your app, you may need to try different ones for best performance
 */
typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, SDLCarWindowRenderingType) {
    /// Instead of rendering your UIViewController's view, this will render the layer using renderInContext
    SDLCarWindowRenderingTypeLayer,

    /// Renders your UIViewController's view using drawViewHierarchyInRect:bounds afterScreenUpdates:YES
    SDLCarWindowRenderingTypeViewAfterScreenUpdates,

    /// Renders your UIViewController's view using drawViewHierarchyInRect:bounds afterScreenUpdates:NO
    SDLCarWindowRenderingTypeViewBeforeScreenUpdates
};

/// The streaming media configuration. Use this class to configure streaming media information.
@interface SDLStreamingMediaConfiguration : NSObject <NSCopying>

/**
 *  What encryption level video/audio streaming should be. The default is SDLStreamingEncryptionFlagAuthenticateAndEncrypt.
 */
@property (assign, nonatomic) SDLStreamingEncryptionFlag maximumDesiredEncryption;

/**
 *  Properties to use for applications that utilize the video encoder for streaming. See VTCompressionProperties.h for more details. For example, you can set kVTCompressionPropertyKey_ExpectedFrameRate to set your framerate. Setting the framerate this way will also set the framerate if you use CarWindow automatic streaming.
 *
 *  Other properties you may want to try adjusting include kVTCompressionPropertyKey_AverageBitRate and kVTCompressionPropertyKey_DataRateLimits.
 */
@property (copy, nonatomic, nullable) NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *customVideoEncoderSettings;

/**
 Usable to change run time video stream setup behavior. Only use this and modify the results if you *really* know what you're doing. The head unit defaults are generally good.
 */
@property (weak, nonatomic, nullable) id<SDLStreamingMediaManagerDataSource> dataSource;

/**
 Set the initial view controller your video streaming content is within.

 Activates the haptic view parser and CarWindow systems when set. This library will also use that information to attempt to return the touched view to you in `SDLTouchManagerDelegate`.

 @note If you wish to alter this `rootViewController` while streaming via CarWindow, you must set a new `rootViewController` on `SDLStreamingMediaManager` and this will update both the haptic view parser and CarWindow.

 @warning Apps using views outside of the `UIView` hierarchy (such as OpenGL) are currently unsupported. If you app uses partial views in the hierarchy, only those views will be discovered. Your OpenGL views will not be discoverable to a haptic interface head unit and you will have to manually make these views discoverable via the `SDLSendHapticData` RPC request.

 @warning If the `rootViewController` is app UI and is set from the `UIViewController` class, it should only be set after viewDidAppear:animated is called. Setting the `rootViewController` in `viewDidLoad` or `viewWillAppear:animated` can cause weird behavior when setting the new frame.

 @warning If setting the `rootViewController` when the app returns to the foreground, the app should register for the `UIApplicationDidBecomeActive` notification and not the `UIApplicationWillEnterForeground` notification. Setting the frame after a notification from the latter can also cause weird behavior when setting the new frame.

 @warning While `viewDidLoad` will fire, appearance methods will not.
 */
@property (strong, nonatomic, nullable) UIViewController *rootViewController;

/**
 Declares if CarWindow will use layer rendering or view rendering. Defaults to layer rendering.
 */
@property (assign, nonatomic) SDLCarWindowRenderingType carWindowRenderingType;

/**
 When YES, the StreamingMediaManager will run a CADisplayLink with the framerate set to the video encoder settings kVTCompressionPropertyKey_ExpectedFrameRate. This then forces TouchManager (and CarWindow, if used) to sync their callbacks to the framerate. If using CarWindow, this *must* be YES. If NO, `enableSyncedPanning` on SDLTouchManager will be set to NO. Defaults to YES.
 */
@property (assign, nonatomic) BOOL enableForcedFramerateSync;

/**
 When YES, the StreamingMediaManager will disable its internal checks that the `rootViewController` only has one `supportedOrientation`. Having multiple orientations can cause streaming issues. If you wish to disable this check, set it to YES. Defaults to NO.
 */
@property (assign, nonatomic) BOOL allowMultipleViewControllerOrientations;

/**
 Set a landscape image dimension range and/or aspect ratio range that your rootViewController supports. If the module's screen size for your app changes during streaming (i.e. to a collapsed view, split screen, preview mode or picture-in-picture), your rootViewController will be resized to the new screen size. If left unset or set to `nil`, the default is to support all landscape streaming ranges. If you wish to disable support for streaming in landscape mode, set a `disabled` video streaming range.
 If desired, you can subscribe to screen size updates via the SDLStreamingVideoDelegate.
 @warning If you disable both the supportedLandscapeStreamingRange and supportedPortraitStreamingRange, video will not stream
 */
@property (strong, nonatomic, nullable) SDLVideoStreamingRange *supportedLandscapeStreamingRange;

/**
 Set a portrait image dimension range and/or aspect ratio range that your rootViewController supports. If the module's screen size for your app changes during streaming (i.e. to a collapsed view, split screen, preview mode or picture-in-picture), your rootViewController will be resized to the new screen size. If left unset or set to `nil`, the default is to support all portrait streaming ranges. If you wish to disable support for streaming in portrait mode, set a `disabled` video streaming range.
 If desired, you can subscribe to screen size updates via the SDLStreamingVideoDelegate.
 @warning If you disable both the supportedLandscapeStreamingRange and supportedPortraitStreamingRange, video will not stream
 */
@property (strong, nonatomic, nullable) SDLVideoStreamingRange *supportedPortraitStreamingRange;

/**
 The configuration delegate, this is an object conforming to the SDLStreamingVideoDelegate protocol. If video streaming parameters change then this object will be called on.
 */
@property (weak, nonatomic, nullable) id<SDLStreamingVideoDelegate> delegate;

/**
 Create an insecure video streaming configuration. No security managers will be provided and the encryption flag will be set to None. If you'd like custom video encoder settings, you can set the property manually.

 @return The configuration
 */
- (instancetype)init;

/**
 Create a secure video streaming configuration. Security managers will be provided from SDLEncryptionConfiguration and the encryption flag will be set to SDLStreamingEncryptionFlagAuthenticateAndEncrypt. If you'd like custom video encoder settings, you can set the property manually.

 @return The configuration
 */
+ (instancetype)secureConfiguration;

/**
 Manually set all the properties to the streaming media configuration

 @param encryptionFlag The maximum encryption supported. If the connected head unit supports less than set here, it will still connect, but if it supports more than set here, it will not connect.
 @param videoSettings Custom video encoder settings to be used in video streaming.
 @param rootViewController The UIViewController with the content that is being streamed on, to use for haptics if needed and possible (only works for UIViews)
 @return The configuration
 */
- (instancetype)initWithEncryptionFlag:(SDLStreamingEncryptionFlag)encryptionFlag videoSettings:(nullable NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)videoSettings dataSource:(nullable id<SDLStreamingMediaManagerDataSource>)dataSource rootViewController:(nullable UIViewController *)rootViewController __deprecated_msg("Use initWithEncryptionFlag:videoSettings:supportedLandscapeRange:supportedPortraitRange:dataSource:delegate:rootViewController:");

/// Manually set all the properties to the streaming media configuration
/// @param encryptionFlag The maximum encryption supported. If the connected head unit supports less than set here, it will still connect, but if it supports more than set here, it will not connect
/// @param videoSettings Custom video encoder settings to be used in video streaming
/// @param landscapeRange Set a landscape image dimension range and/or aspect ratio range that your app supports
/// @param portraitRange Set a portrait image dimension range and/or aspect ratio range that your rootViewController supports
/// @param dataSource Allows you to respond with preferred resolutions and/or formats
/// @param delegate Provides a delegate with notifications about changes to the audio stream
/// @param rootViewController A view controller that should be automatically streamed
- (instancetype)initWithEncryptionFlag:(SDLStreamingEncryptionFlag)encryptionFlag videoSettings:(nullable NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)videoSettings supportedLandscapeRange:(nullable SDLVideoStreamingRange *)landscapeRange supportedPortraitRange:(nullable SDLVideoStreamingRange *)portraitRange dataSource:(nullable id<SDLStreamingMediaManagerDataSource>)dataSource delegate:(nullable id<SDLStreamingVideoDelegate>)delegate rootViewController:(nullable UIViewController *)rootViewController;

/**
 Create an insecure video streaming configuration. No security managers will be provided and the encryption flag will be set to None. If you'd like custom video encoder settings, you can set the property manually. This is equivalent to `init`.

 @return The configuration
 */
+ (instancetype)insecureConfiguration NS_SWIFT_UNAVAILABLE("Use the standard initializer instead");

/**
 Create a CarWindow insecure configuration with a view controller

 @param initialViewController The initial view controller that will be streamed
 @return The configuration
 */
+ (instancetype)autostreamingInsecureConfigurationWithInitialViewController:(UIViewController *)initialViewController;

/**
 Create a CarWindow secure configuration with a view controller.

 @param initialViewController The initial view controller that will be streamed, this can be a basic `UIViewController` if you need to set your actual streaming view controller at a later time on `SDLManager.streamingManager.rootViewController`.
 @return The configuration
 */
+ (instancetype)autostreamingSecureConfigurationWithInitialViewController:(UIViewController *)initialViewController;

@end

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END

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[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/5n9e7sruxpo0mw79/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Inumedia/slackapi/branch/master)

# SlackAPI

This is a third party implementation of Slack's API written in C#. This supports their WebAPI aswell as their Real Time Messaging API.

# Examples

Some examples can be found on the Wiki: https://github.com/Inumedia/SlackAPI/wiki/Examples

# Issues and Bugs

Please log an issue if you find any bugs or think something isn't correct.

# Getting in touch

I have a Slack setup for personal projects with a few friends, this includes this Github and a few others as public channels. If you want access, shoot me a quick email inumedia@inumedia.net.

# Committer access

Want committer access? Feel like I'm too lazy to keep up with Slack's ever changing API? Want a bug fixed but don't want to log an issue for it?

Create some pull requests, give me a reason to give you access.

# Howto build the solution
###### (aka where is the config.json file?)
The project **SlackAPI.Tests** requires a valid `config.json` file for tests. You have two options to build the solution:
- Unload SlackAPI.Tests project and you're able to build SlackAPI solution.
- Create your own config.json file to be able to run tests and validate your changes.
  - Copy/paste `config.default.json` to `config.json`
  - Update `config.json` file with your settings
    - *userAuthToken* : Visit https://api.slack.com/docs/oauth-test-tokens to generate a token for your user
    - *botAuthToken* : Visit https://my.slack.com/services/new/bot to create a bot for your Slack team and retrieve associated token
    - *testChannel* : A channel ID (user associated to *userAuthToken* must be member of the channel)
    - *directMessageUser* : A Slack member username
    - *clientId*/*clientSecret*/*authCode* : Not used

# Creating NuGet package

Example:

```nuget pack SlackAPI.nuspec -version 1.2.3```


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Ronald Lee Hornaday Jr. (born June 20, 1958) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He is the father of former NASCAR driver Ronnie Hornaday and son of the late Ron Hornaday Sr., a two-time Winston West Champion. Hornaday is a four-time champion in the NASCAR Truck Series, his most recent coming in 2009. He was a long-time driver in NASCAR's Winston West Series and is a Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion. He was noticed by Dale Earnhardt while participating in the NASCAR Winter Heat on TNN.

Racing career

Beginnings
Hornaday was born in Palmdale, California, and began racing in go-karts and motorcycles early in his career. Eventually, he moved up to race stock cars at Saugus Speedway. In 1992, he won his first championship in the Southwest Series as well as winning the Most Popular Driver award. He won the Southwest championship the next year as well, becoming the only driver to do so in series history until Jim Pettit won back-to-back titles in 2004–2005. Pettit won the title again in 2011 in the SRL Southwest Tour Series.

He made his Winston Cup debut in 1992 at the Save Mart 300K, where he started 17th but finished 32nd in Bob Fisher's No. 92 Chevrolet. He made another start later that year at Phoenix International Raceway, where he finished 25th. He ran at Phoenix the next year as well, finishing 22nd in the No. 76 Spears Motorsports car.

1995–1999

Hornaday signed to drive the No. 16 RCCA Products/Papa John's Pizza-sponsored Chevrolet C/K owned by Dale Earnhardt, Inc. for the then-start-up Super Truck Series. In the first season of competition, Hornaday won six races and four poles on his way to a third-place points finish. The next year, with sponsorship from NAPA Auto Parts, Hornaday won four races and the series championship.

In 1997, despite seven wins, two of which came by leading every lap in the race, he finished fifth in points. He was able to reclaim his title in 1998 by garnering six wins and 16 top fives out of 27 races. At Memphis 200 he celebrated with a burnout, which was unusual at the time, and made team owner Dale Earnhardt angry for risking damaging the powertrain.

Also in 1998, Hornaday made his Busch Series debut, driving four races for ST Motorsports, his best finish an eighth at Pikes Peak International Raceway. He also debuted a Winston Cup car for Tim Beverly at Sonoma, finishing fourteenth in the No. 17 NAPA-sponsored Chevy. Hornaday came close to a truck victory at Watkins Glen in the 1998 Parts America 150 in which he led all but 12 laps, only to lose the race due to a final-lap penalty for jumping the restart; Hornaday would pull into victory lane post-race only to be told that he had in fact finished fourth.

In 1999, he won the 100th race ran in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series history at the Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington. He was one of four drivers entered in the race that competed in every truck race since its inception at the time for an extra $100,000 if he won, which he did. However, he was unable to capitalize on it and win the championship, finishing seventh in the final standings after an up and down year. Fortunately, he was given an opportunity late in the year to replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. in driving the No. 3 NAPA-sponsored Chevy for DEI's Busch program with Earnhardt moving up to the cup series, and he announced that he would do so the following year.

2000–2004
Hornaday began racing full-time in the Busch Series in 2000. He picked up wins at Nazareth Speedway and Indianapolis Raceway Park and finished fifth in points, runner-up to Kevin Harvick for Rookie of the Year honors. He was also voted Most Popular Driver. However, Earnhardt elected to move Hornaday's team up to the Cup series in 2001 and hire Michael Waltrip to drive the car, and Hornaday was released.

Hornaday signed with A.J. Foyt Racing in the Cup series, driving the No. 14 Conseco-sponsored Pontiac Grand Prix. Despite posting a ninth-place finish at Las Vegas, Hornaday struggled throughout the year and finished 38th in points with just two Top 20 finishes and four DNQ's in the second half of the season. Hornaday later criticized Foyt for dismissing him so late in the season, although Foyt unsuccessfully offered Hornaday a Cup Series return in mid-2002. During the 2001 season, Hornaday returned to the Busch Series on a part-time basis, running the No. 11 for HighLine Performance Group before finishing out the year with The Curb Agajanian Performance Group, posting three Top 10's.

In 2002, he drove for Hendrick Motorsports' truck team at the season-opening Florida Dodge Dealers 250, where he finished 12th. After Hendrick closed the doors to its truck team, Hornaday moved to their Busch program, filling in for an injured Ricky Hendrick in the No. 5 GMAC-sponsored Chevy, his best finish 15th at Darlington Raceway. A few races later, he replaced Lyndon Amick in the No. 26 Dr Pepper-sponsored car for Carroll Racing. He had eight Top 10s and a pole, finishing 18th in points despite only running 30 of the 36 races. He also capped the season off with a win in the truck series at Homestead-Miami Speedway, driving for Xpress Motorsports.

In 2003, Hornaday signed to drive the No. 2 ACDelco-sponsored Chevy for Richard Childress Racing. He won at Nazareth and posted 17 Top 10s, finishing third in points. Hornaday was noted for his consistency in 2003, as he finished all 34 races and completed all but 30 laps run over the entire season. In 2004, he followed up with a win at The Milwaukee Mile and 16 more Top 10 finishes. Hornaday again finished all the races he started and finished fourth in points.

2005–2011

At the end of 2004, Hornaday was released in favor of Clint Bowyer, and he returned to the Truck Series. He reunited with a long-time best friend of his, Kevin Harvick, and signed to drive the No. 6 GM Goodwrench-sponsored Chevy for Kevin Harvick Incorporated. Hornaday soon picked up a win at Atlanta Motor Speedway and finished fifth in points. In 2006, the team lost its Goodwrench sponsorship and switched to the No. 33 to yield the No. 6 to Mark Martin's Roush Racing effort. Running unsponsored for most of the year, Hornaday picked up two victories this year at Mansfield and Kentucky. He also had two Top 10s in five Busch Series starts that year.

With sponsorship backing from Camping World, he continued his dominance in the Truck Series in 2007, winning races at two tracks for the first time in his career.  He took the checkers at Lowe's in the Quaker Steak & Lube 200.  Two weeks later, after a what-should-have-been-a-win-weekend at Mansfield, Hornaday outlasted Kyle Busch to win the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover.  He continued his chase for a third title with a victory at O'Reilly Raceway Park in the Power Stroke Diesel 200, his 17th win on a short track.

On November 16, 2007, Hornaday won his third NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship by overcoming a 29-point deficit on Mike Skinner.

On September 10, 2008, ESPN's Shaun Assael reported Hornaday admitted to using testosterone cream. He used it to treat Graves' disease. On December 21, 2008, Hornaday's father Ron Hornaday Sr., died due to cancer.

On June 20, 2009, Hornaday won the Copart 200 at the Milwaukee Mile on his 51st birthday. He is one of the few racing drivers to win a race on his birthday. On July 24, 2009, Hornaday became the first Camping World Truck Series driver to win four races in a row by winning at O'Reilly Raceway Park. On August 1, 2009, he won the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway, tying Richard Petty and Bobby Allison as the only drivers to win five consecutive races in their NASCAR careers.

On November 13, 2009, he won his fourth Camping World Truck Series championship, joining Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, and Jimmie Johnson as the only drivers to win 4 or more titles in the three major series of NASCAR. He also became the first driver since Greg Biffle in 2000 to clinch the title before the last race of the season.

For the final three races of the 2010 Sprint Cup season, Stewart-Haas Racing hired Hornaday as a standby driver should expectant father Ryan Newman have to leave the track. Newman became a father on November 18, 2010, three days before the season finale.

In 2011, Hornaday won four races. However, in the later stages of the season, he struggled with consistency, compared to his other seasons. As a result, Hornaday drove three races in the #2 KHI truck, to help the team catch up in the standings. By the time he was back in the #33 truck, Hornaday was second in the series being 15 points behind Austin Dillon when he reached the penultimate race of the year at Texas. There Hornaday raced behind rival Kyle Busch and reached second place. When Hornaday passed by Busch on lap 13, he made contact with Busch to avoid a slowing truck of Johnny Chapman and in the next turn under a caution, Busch intentionally slammed into Hornaday pushing him head-on into the wall. Hornaday was mathematically eliminated from contention for the Truck title. Busch received suspension from the NNS and NSCS race that weekend as a result. Hornaday later said that after hearing Busch's arrogance after the incident, he was going to settle matters with Busch at the end of the race, but was restrained and instead had a phone call with Busch a couple days after that sizzled the feud.

2012–2014

During the 2011 season, it was announced that Hornaday would drive for Joe Denette Motorsports for the 2012 season in the No. 9 Anderson's Maple Syrup Chevrolet.

Before the 2013 season, Hornaday returned to JDM, now NTS Motorsports, to drive the No. 9 truck. Hornaday started off on a high note in his finishes with a few top tens in the first few races. In the third race of the season at Rockingham Speedway, Hornaday intentionally wrecked rookie Darrell Wallace Jr. under caution to retaliate for prior contact. He was penalized during the race to restart in 37th spot. For his actions, Hornaday was fined $25,000, lost 25 points and was placed on probation by NASCAR until June 12. The penalty dropped him from 4th to 15th in the Truck Series standings. Although many called for Hornaday to be suspended the same way Kyle Busch was in 2011, NASCAR did not implement a suspension, ruling that although Hornaday's actions were similar, the circumstances between both cases were different.

With one race remaining in the season, Hornaday was released from the No. 9 truck by NTS Motorsports; in the season finale he drove a sixth truck for Turner Scott Motorsports, finishing fifth. He started the 2014 season once again driving for TSM in the No. 30 truck at Daytona International Speedway, with former KHI sponsor Rheem backing the team. Due to an internal dispute within TSM, Hornaday did not race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, after it was initially reported that all three truck teams would shut down.

Two days later on September 2, Hornaday was released and Turner Scott Motorsports dissolved the 30 team, with owners Steve Turner and Harry Scott Jr. in the process of filing lawsuits against each other. Hornaday was 4th in points prior to the Canada race, and still 6th in points when he was released. On September 13, it was announced that Rheem would partner again with Hornaday at Las Vegas and Texas later that year with NTS Motorsports, the team that had released him in 2013. He missed 6 races late in the season and was 14th in points at the season's end.

Brief Cup Series return
On January 21, 2015, Curtis Key's The Motorsports Group announced that Hornaday would be their primary driver for 2015, running the No. 30 Chevy in the Sprint Cup Series. It marked Hornaday's first return to the Cup Series since 2003. The primary sponsor was announced as Hornaday's Truck sponsor, Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff.

In his first attempt, Hornaday failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 after posting the slowest time in qualifying and then lacking the necessary speed to stay in the draft in his Budweiser Duel race. In his second attempt, Hornaday qualified and made his first race in 12 years. Hornaday finished 42nd due to his rear gear breaking. His team skipped the next three races in the West Coast swing to prepare for Martinsville. He did not qualify after wrecking his car during qualifying. After Hornaday once again failed to qualify at Bristol, he and the team parted ways.

On his brief return to Sprint Cup competition and his sudden retirement, Hornaday said in a 2016 interview, "That was helping a team get started and all that stuff. It didn't seem to work out. I was always the guy, I told my wife that I'm not going to go out there and ride around just for a paycheck. If I wasn't competitive I wasn't going to do it. That (opportunity) didn't work out. But I've got a lot of opportunities. People call me and say, 'Hey, do you want to drive Martinsville?' I said 'Yeah, I'd love to.' And they'd say, 'Well, how much money can you bring?' That ain't racing to me anymore so…it's back to dirt racing and having fun."

Hornaday has not raced in NASCAR since. He is currently a dirt modified chassis builder, owning Hornaday Race Cars.

Recognition
April 8, 2010 was declared Ron Hornaday Jr. Day in Palmdale, Hornaday's hometown. A roundabout in the Palmdale Auto Mall was also named after Hornaday on April 8. On May 24, 2017, Hornaday was named in the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2018, becoming the first Truck Series driver to earn this honor.

Personal life
Before his racing career took off, Hornaday worked at a couple transmission shops and his father's car dealership. He got married at age 20. During his time racing for Kevin Harvick Inc. in the Truck Series, Hornaday lost a significant amount of weight in a short period of time, and was taken by Kevin Harvick to a local doctor where he was diagnosed with Graves' disease.

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Some musicians are at the peak of their abilities while they're in their most natural element: onstage, before a roaring crowd, playing into the spotlight. Others find their creative impulses best met in a recording booth or in the quiet corner of a tour bus, where they can sort out lyrics and melodies with fewer distractions. It's hard to say which environment Walter Trout prefers – after decades of performing and recording on his own and with bands like Canned Heat and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, he seems perfectly at home on both his 2015 studio album Battle Scars and his new live record ALIVE in Amsterdam, the latter of which was recorded in late November 2015 and released last month by Mascot Label Group/Provogue Records.
In the five decades since Trout began his musical career, he has come to represent determination, honesty and survival: everything that a true bluesman is. On ALIVE, his solos are scorching and his vocals are powerful – Trout is in his element, playing better than ever. Between these flashes of talent come the praises of a humble parent, proudly gesturing to his son's guest appearance on guitar as though he has no idea where John Trout learned his skill. ("That's my boy right there," Trout declares, the smile evident in the tone of his voice.) John's playing is nearly as masterful as his father's: the two trade solos on "Rock Me Baby," triggering loud cheers and applause from the Amsterdam crowd.
There's a theme of continuation on this album, of the way the blues dissolves boundaries between the past and the future. As the future of the blues thrives in Trout's son, so too does the past live in the memories Trout brings to the stage. His performance of his song "Say Goodbye to the Blues," which the Netherlands voted the best blues song for five years after its 1991 release, exists as a dual tribute to Amsterdam and the late B.B. King, who inspired a new verse ("Play on, B.B. / Play your guitar right through the darkest night / Play on, B.B. / Play Lucille right through the night"). At the center of it all is Trout, a man who doesn't forget his past's victories (like his happy marriage to Marie Trout, the inspiration behind the fan requested "Marie's Mood") or recent struggles (most notably his liver transplant two years ago, documented in "Omaha"). He sounds happy to be alive and stronger than he's been in years – and judging by the intensity of his playing and the playful way he coaxes fans to sing along, he isn't taking anything for granted.
The blues community embraced Trout when he was ill, rooted for his quick recovery and organized tribute concerts to show support. When he took the stage last fall in Amsterdam and performed "I'm Back," his performance was more than just a Luther Allison cover: it was a declaration and a promise, and boy were his fans glad to hear it.
The Review: 7.5/10
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Michigan fire deaths are climbing. One factor: non-working smoke alarms
Fire departments have witnessed more fires and fire deaths this year than the average number during the last five years. (Shutterstock)
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Three people in Detroit and another in Monroe County have all died in residential fires since Sunday, part of a 18 percent uptick in fire deaths so far this year compared to a five-year average of the first six months of the year between 2017 and 2021.
Contributing factors to many of those deaths: non-working smoke alarms and a lack of planned escape routes.
That's frustrating to fire officials, who say some of those deaths could have been prevented with simple steps like assuring that smoke alarms are working.
Related: After downtown Holly fire, community stands vigil in their historic city
"One fire fatality is too many," State Fire Marshal Kevin Sehlmeyer told Bridge Michigan. "Michigan is one of the top ten for population in the United States. I don't think it would surprise anybody that we're the top ten [in] fire fatalities also."
According to 2019 data, Michiganders had a higher chance of dying by fire than the U.S. average. The relative risk for those in Michigan was 10 percent higher than the general population.
Since the beginning of 2022, there have been 61 residential fires in Michigan that led to at least one fatality; 75 people have died through June 22. Smoking has been the top cause of those fires, and most fires have started in the living room of a house.
Most of the fires have been concentrated in Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties and the Upper Peninsula, according to data from the fire marshal's office.
Kyle Svoboda, district chief at Plainfield Fire Department and immediate past president of the Michigan Fire Inspectors Society, said the MI Prevention program, established in 2017, has improved data collection and tracking in real-time about where and how many fires are occurring around the state.
"We know that we're collecting 100 percent of the information," Svoboda said. "We're seeing it in real-time to get those trends. And that's something that's unique to the state of Michigan."
That quick-turn data collection has helped fire officials identify contributing factors to fire deaths that can in turn lead to educational efforts to improve safety.
Kymberly Pashkowsky, the MI Prevention Program coordinator, said the two main issues the program is focused on tackling are people not having working smoke alarms and people not being aware of the escape routes in their homes.
One demographic the program has targeted, specifically regarding planning escape routes, has been the elderly, who tend to have more disability and mobility concerns according to Pashkowsky. About 27 percent of victims of deadly fires in the state this year have been those with some form of disability.
Sehlmeyer also noted that about two-thirds of Michigan homes where there have been fires this year did not have working smoke alarms.
He said that along with education campaigns, the MI Prevention program has allowed fire departments to go out in the community and replace and install smoke alarms in homes.
"We're trying to reduce fire fatalities statewide by understanding that each community has different needs," Sehlmeyer said. "[In] each community these fires are occurring in potentially different ways. So what we're really trying to do is we're trying to work with them, so that they can take care of their own communities."
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Kaiser participates in AFJROTC summer event
Posted byIngus Stegis October 1, 2019 September 14, 2020 Posted inNews
Over the summer, the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) participated in a week-long excursion at the Marine Corps Base Hawai'i (MCBH) in Kaneohe. Nine students from Kaiser attended, accompanied by Senior Master Sergeant Mike Paquin and Lieutenant Colonel John Sykes. The MCBH hosted a Cadet Leadership Course (CLC) for one Navy school and four Air Force schools from across the island. In addition, the University of Hawai'i's ROTC took the leadership role in mentoring the 64 cadets who attended the event.
"The week was full of hands-on activities with some classroom time where [students] got to practice leadership abilities," said Sykes. The event took place at various sites and featured many career insight experiences, such as observing a specialized bomb squadron procedure, utilizing real fire hoses, and entering into a V-22 Osprey helicopter simulation. The cadets also viewed a military dog in action, observed flight operations from a control tower, visited the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor, and watched drone launches.
According to Kaiser students, one of the more interesting demonstrations was watching the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squadron diffuse a bomb using a programmed device. Senior Teia Chutaro, who is First Lieutenant, Alpha Squadron Commander, and Armed Exhibition Drill Commander of the AFJROTC program said, "My favorite [activity] would be the flight simulations because they're actually pretty realistic and have similar controls to that of an actual helicopter cockpit. It was so life-like that one student started experiencing motion sickness symptoms. It feels like you're actually ascending from the ground and flying; you physically feel like you are in an aircraft."
Along with these activities, the students spent much time practicing basic but integral leadership skills. They worked through hypothetical scenarios and were lectured on how to conduct others effectively, and then put those leadership skills to the test during drills. "We all learned to work as a team. Even when one person was put into position, all of us were leaders and were all there for the same purpose, said Chutaro. Junior Ross Tucker, the program's Technical Sergeant, said, "The event had a good mix of training, touring military jobs, drills, and fun."
With all the different forms of training, students were able to gain extensive knowledge of careers in the military. Ashton Ashimine (11), the squad's Technical Sergeant and Saber Commander, said, "Each morning, students were woken up before dawn and had to stand at parade rest while the cadre inspected our barracks and made sure they were squared away." These exercises gave the cadets-in-training the full experience. "We saw what they do every day around the base, how they live and where they eat," Tucker said.
Despite all the hard work, not everything was back-to-back learning and toil. Cadets set aside time to honor those who have protected the country by serving in the military. They showed this appreciation through a "Taps" ceremony, during which participants stood in front of their barracks to salute those in service every night at 10 p.m. while trumpets played. "During the designated time, we thought about what the military has done for our country," Chutaro said, "If you think about the meaning of Taps, it's for all the fallen soldiers. It shows respect to those who have served and that's why you have to stand in position. You are sacrificing that little time to stand there. You are reflecting on what our fallen comrades have done for the country and it's just a moment of respect. It's truly a beautiful scene."
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Prof. Richard Gregory, University of Bristol, U.K.
The natural blind spot (scotoma) is due to lack of receptors (rods or cones) where the optic nerve and blood vessels leave the eye. There can also be artificial blind spots when something blocks light from reaching the photoreceptors, or when there is local adaptation of the retina as just after seeing a bright light. Blindness is absence of seeing. It may be experienced as blackness, or very differently it may be nothing. The sudden blindness of switching off the light is blackness (and black is a colour); nothingness is lack of visual sensation, as for the world behind one's head.
The natural blind spot occurs where axons passing over the front of the retina converge to form the head of the optic nerve, and where retinal blood vessels enter and exit the eyeball, resulting in a hole in the photoreceptor mosaic. Natural blind spots are present only in the eyes of vertebrates; cephalopods, such as octopus, more rationally have retinal axons that pass over the back of the retina, so the optic nerve does not have to pass through the photoreceptor layer to exit the eye. These differences reflect the different origins of vertebrate and cephalopod eyes: invertebrate eyes develop from the skin whereas vertebrate eyes, including human eyes, are outgrowths from the brain and apparently reversal was embryologically impossible. Human eyes are irrational as the light has to go through the blood vessels and nerve fibres before reaching the retina. The blood vessels especially can be seen by looking through a pinhole in a card and moving it back and forth. The shadows cast by the vessels appear (by motion parallax and selective adaptation) like a spider's web, but only while the card is being moved and for a very short time afterwards.
Lengthy fixation of a small light (or stimulating the eye with a bright flash), can produce a few seconds of local blindness or temporary general loss of vision. This is known as the Troxler Effect, which is not fully understood but seems to originate in the retina.
Each eye has a surprisingly large blind region, about 4° of visual angle, the width across your four fingers held at arm's length. Luckily, they are in different locations in each eye, the one in the left eye is about 10° (two hand widths at arm's length) to the left of central vision, and the one in the right eye, equally far out on the other side. Surprisingly, we are normally unaware of these natural blind spots. They are either filled in perceptually (a remarkable phenomenon) or they are ignored and so not seen. These are very different possibilities for explaining why the eyes' blind spots are not generally seen or noticed, even when one eye is covered. The blind spot can be demonstrated very simply on paper with a fixation point and for example a letter such as an X, separated horizontally.
Fixate the O with only the right eye open, and move your head slowly nearer and further until at a certain distance (about 25 cm) the X will disappear, when it falls on the blind spot of the open right eye.
As we have said, there are two hypotheses concerning the invisibility of scotomas. Either they may be filled in by brain activity, or simply ignored. There is evidence for both, under various conditions, giving scotomata and 'filling in' surprising importance for understanding the physiology and psychology of vision. These two ideas have very different implications: creating implies active brain processes of memory and imagination affecting vision, ignoring is simply rejecting what is there or what is signalled. The American philosopher Daniel C. Dennett (Dennett, 1991) has suggested passive ignoring as important, including for thinking about consciousness. However there is physiological evidence (Komatsu et al, 2000) for active creation of perceptual phenomena in the absence of stimuli, suggesting there is more than ignoring.
The creative hypothesis is the active filling-in of blind regions by surrounding objects or patterns, including their colours, which are seen though there are no signals from this region of the eye. Filling-in is more easily seen over small areas. In the above experiment the filled-in region is seen as white, as it is surrounded by white; but filling-in works for any colour and even for complex patterns. Surprisingly, filling-in of blind spots or blank regions occurs with dynamic random visual noise such as the 'snow' on a television screen when not tuned to a station, looking like the wild dancing of hundreds of frenetic ants (Ramachandran and Gregory, 1991). This is very strong evidence for active creation by the brain as there is no such stimulation at that time from the eyes and this is very different from the familiar static afterimages.
This article was written by Richard Gregory shortly before his death on 17 May 2010. In order to continue with the editorial process of approving the article, I asked Patrick Cavanagh to become a co-author and, ultimately, the article's curator.
Robert P. O'Shea, Editor, Vision.
Dennett, D.C. (1992) 'Filling in" versus finding out: a ubiquitous confusion in cognitive science. In Cognition: Conceptual and Methodological Issues, eds. H.L. Pick, jr., P. van den Broek, & D.C. Knill. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Komatsu, H., M. Kinoshita, et al. (2000). "Neural responses in the retinotopic representation of the blind spot in the macaque V1 to stimuli for perceptual filling-in." J Neurosci 20(24): 9310-9.
Kaniza, G. (1979) Organisation in Vision: Essays in Gestalt Perception. New York: Praeger Press.
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Печа́ківська Салма́ () — протока в Білому морі, у Соловецькій затоці, відокремлює острови Сінні Луди, Парусний, Великий Заєцький та Малий Заєцький від Соловецького острова.

Глибини в протоці незначні, при максимальній глибині 30 м, середні коливаються в межах 13-15 м. Дно піщане в перемішку з дрібним камінням. Через протоку проходить морська течія з північної частини Соловецької затоки на південь до Онезької затоки.

Льодостав спостерігається з листопада до травня у вигляді дрейфуючого льоду під час припливів та дії західних вітрів. Під час відпливу і при східних вітрах протока повністю звільняється від льоду. Суворими зимами протока вкривається суцільним льодом, який може триматись з кінця грудня до початку квітня.

Посилання
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[SUSPENDED] PRISM Quartet with Tony Arnold and Arturo O'Farrill: Mending Wall
Monday, March 23, 20208:00 pm
Out of concern for the safety and health of our audiences, artists, staff, and community, Roulette is suspending its programs for the rest of March. Read more: roulette.org/covid-19
Mending Wall is a fully staged concert exploring the meaning of walls in our world by giving musical form to questions about identity, community, division, and freedom. Soprano Tony Arnold and pianist Arturo O'Farrill join the PRISM Quartet in world premiere performances of works by four visionary composers—Martin Bresnick, George Lewis, Juri Seo, and O'Farrill—who take inspiration from poetry by Robert Frost, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Waly Salomão, and Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Directed by Jorinde Keesmaat with lighting design by Aaron Copp.
"Walls are a foundational part of our world: they have mythical and poetic resonance, but also material consequences. The project began as a response to the idea of a wall as a dehumanizing force. Although America's current zeal for wall-building has counterparts throughout history and across the globe, it represents a specific failure of imagination. As artists, we're called to build another kind of structure: a collaborative experiment that restores mystery, complexity, and generosity to our encounters with one another. Mending Wall amplifies a range of musical and poetic voices; Our hope is that the project will illuminate and help us to confront and mend fractures in our human community."
—Matthew Levy, executive and co-artistic director of the PRISM Quartet.
PRISM Quartet:
Timothy McAllister, soprano saxophone
Zachary Shemon, alto saxophone
Matthew Levy, tenor saxophone
Taimur Sullivan, baritone saxophone
Tony Arnold, soprano
Arturo O'Farrill, piano
Jorinde Keesmaat, stage direction and set design
Aaron Copp, lighting design
Intriguing programs of great beauty and breadth have distinguished the PRISM Quartet as one of America's foremost chamber ensembles. "A bold ensemble that set the standard for contemporary-classical saxophone quartets" (The New York Times), PRISM has performed in Carnegie Hall on the Making Music Series, in Alice Tully Hall with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and throughout Latin America, China, and Russia under the auspices of the United States Information Agency and USArtists International. PRISM has also been presented to critical acclaim as soloists with the Detroit Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra, and conducted residencies at the nation's leading conservatories, including the Curtis Institute of Music and the Oberlin Conservatory. Two-time recipients of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, PRISM has commissioned nearly 300 works, many by internationally celebrated composers, including Pulitzer Prize-winners Julia Wolfe, William Bolcom, Jennifer Higdon, Zhou Long, and Bernard Rands; MacArthur "Genius" Award recipients Tyshawn Sorey, Bright Sheng, and Miguel Zenón; and United States Artists Fellow Susie Ibarra. PRISM's discography includes releases on Albany, BMOP/Sound, ECM, innova, Koch, Naxos, New Dynamic, New Focus, and its own label, XAS Records. The Fifth Century, PRISM's ECM recording with The Crossing under Donald Nally, was awarded a 2018 Grammy for Best Choral Performance. In 2016, PRISM was named by its alma mater, the University of Michigan, as the first recipient of the Christopher Kendall Award in recognition of its work in "collaboration, entrepreneurship, and community engagement." The PRISM Quartet performs exclusively on Selmer saxophones. PRISM Quartet members are Timothy McAllister (soprano), Zachary Shemon (alto), Matthew Levy (tenor), and Taimur Sullivan (baritone).
"Soprano Tony Arnold is a luminary in the world of chamber music and art song. Today's classical composers are inspired by her inherently beautiful voice, consummate musicianship, and embracing spirit" (Huffington Post). Hailed by The New York Times as "a bold, powerful interpreter," she is internationally acclaimed as a leading proponent of contemporary music in concert and recording, having premiered hundreds of works by established and emerging composers. Since becoming the first-prize laureate of both the 2001 Gaudeamus International Competition (NL) and the 2001 Louise D. McMahon Competition (USA), Tony Arnold has collaborated with the most cutting-edge composers and instrumentalists on the world stage, and shares with audiences her "broader gift for conveying the poetry and nuance behind outwardly daunting contemporary scores" (Boston Globe). Her unique blend of vocal virtuosity and communicative warmth, combined with wide-ranging skills in education and leadership were recognized with the 2015 Brandeis Creative Arts Award, given in appreciation of "excellence in the arts and the lives and works of distinguished, active American artists."
GRAMMY-award winning pianist, composer and educator Arturo O'Farrill — leader of the "first family of Afro-Cuban Jazz" (The New York Times)—was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Son of the late, great composer Chico O'Farrill, Mr. O'Farrill was educated at the Manhattan School of Music, Brooklyn College Conservatory and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. He played piano in Carla Bley's Big Band from 1979 through 1983 and earned a reputation as a soloist in groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Freddy Cole, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis and Harry Belafonte. In 2002, he established the GRAMMY-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) in order to bring the vital musical traditions of Afro Latin jazz to a wider audience, and to expand the contemporary Latin jazz big band repertoire through commissions to artists across a wide stylistic and geographic range. Mr. O'Farrill is Professor of Global Jazz Studies and Music at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Mending Wall is a co-presentation between PRISM Quartet and Roulette. Major support for Mending Wall, including composer commissions, has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from The Presser Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, New Music USA, Conn-Selmer, Inc., and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
George E. Lewis' commission has been made possible with principal support from the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew V. Mellon Foundation.
Martin Bresnick's commission has been made possible with principal support from a consortium of ensembles including the PRISM Quartet, Assembly Quartet, Barkada Quartet, Capitol Quartet, Coalescent Quartet, Donald Sinta Quartet, East End Quartet, Fuego Quartet, H2 Quartet, Hartt Saxophone Quartet for The Hartt School Centennial Celebration, Hinotori Quartet, Iridium Quartet, Kenari Quartet, Mirasol Quartet, New Thread Quartet, Pharos Quartet, Project Fusion, Quartetto Obrigado, Red Clay Quartet, and Zzyzx Quartet.
PRISM is a member of New Music USA's New Music Impact Fund, made possible with funding from The Scherman Foundation's Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund. Visit PRISM's New Music USA profile.
https://mendingwall.prismquartet.com/
Genres: Jazz, Multimedia, New Music


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/**
 * A service for defining the SortOrder class.
 */
angular.module('list').factory('SortOrder', [
    function defineSortOrder() {

    /**
     * Maintains a sorting predicate as required by the Angular orderBy filter.
     * The order of properties sorted by the predicate can be altered while
     * otherwise maintaining the sort order.
     *
     * @constructor
     * @param {String[]} predicate
     *     The properties to sort by, in order of precidence.
     */
    var SortOrder = function SortOrder(predicate) {

        /**
         * Reference to this instance.
         *
         * @type SortOrder
         */
        var sortOrder = this;

        /**
         * The current sorting predicate.
         *
         * @type String[]
         */
        this.predicate = predicate;

        /**
         * The name of the highest-precedence sorting property.
         *
         * @type String
         */
        this.primary = predicate[0];

        /**
         * Whether the highest-precedence sorting property is sorted in
         * descending order.
         *
         * @type Boolean
         */
        this.descending = false;

        // Handle initially-descending primary properties
        if (this.primary.charAt(0) === '-') {
            this.primary = this.primary.substring(1);
            this.descending = true;
        }

        /**
         * Reorders the currently-defined predicate such that the named
         * property takes precidence over all others. The property will be
         * sorted in ascending order unless otherwise specified.
         *
         * @param {String} name
         *     The name of the property to reorder by.
         *
         * @param {Boolean} [descending=false]
         *     Whether the property should be sorted in descending order. By
         *     default, all properties are sorted in ascending order.
         */
        this.reorder = function reorder(name, descending) {

            // Build ascending and descending predicate components
            var ascendingName  = name;
            var descendingName = '-' + name;

            // Remove requested property from current predicate
            sortOrder.predicate = sortOrder.predicate.filter(function notRequestedProperty(current) {
                return current !== ascendingName
                    && current !== descendingName;
            });

            // Add property to beginning of predicate
            if (descending)
                sortOrder.predicate.unshift(descendingName);
            else
                sortOrder.predicate.unshift(ascendingName);

            // Update sorted state
            sortOrder.primary    = name;
            sortOrder.descending = !!descending;

        };

        /**
         * Returns whether the sort order is primarily determined by the given
         * property.
         *
         * @param {String} property
         *     The name of the property to check.
         *
         * @returns {Boolean}
         *     true if the sort order is primarily determined by the given
         *     property, false otherwise.
         */
        this.isSortedBy = function isSortedBy(property) {
            return sortOrder.primary === property;
        };

        /**
         * Sets the primary sorting property to the given property, if not already
         * set. If already set, the ascending/descending sort order is toggled.
         *
         * @param {String} property
         *     The name of the property to assign as the primary sorting property.
         */
        this.togglePrimary = function togglePrimary(property) {

            // Sort in ascending order by new property, if different
            if (!sortOrder.isSortedBy(property))
                sortOrder.reorder(property, false);

            // Otherwise, toggle sort order
            else
                sortOrder.reorder(property, !sortOrder.descending);

        };

    };

    return SortOrder;

}]);


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Outrageous, Cowardly Stunt Stops U.N. Resolution Condemning Hamas Terrorists
Outrageous, Cowardly Stunt at U.N.
By Jordan Sekulow15441402747771544140274777
The U.N. was poised to do something it has never done, condemn the terrorist group Hamas for firing rockets at Israeli civilians.
Yet at the last minute the enemies of freedom pulled an outrageous stunt requiring a 2/3 vote to pass the resolution, instead of the normal 50% majority.
While the resolution did in fact get a majority (87 in favor of condemning Hamas, 57 opposing condemning Hamas, and 33 nations abstaining), it fell far short of the newly required 2/3 majority in the U.N. General Assembly. Were it not for the absurd 2/3 requirement – a poison pill proposed at the last minute by Kuwait – this vote would have passed.
This is an outrageous betrayal of Israel and all those innocent civilians who have been the victims of Hamas terror. It was a cowardly stunt to prop up a terrorist entity.
The Palestinian Authority, Arab nations, and other nations that despise Israel have repeatedly turned a blind eye to the terror inflicted by Hamas on Israel. We have detailed how Hamas – a recognized terrorist group who's charter actually states "the time [Judgment Day] will not come until Muslims fight the Jews and kill them" – has fired rockets near schools, residential areas, churches, and other civilian areas as a human shield to inflict terror on Israel. Hamas rockets have even targeted an Israeli kindergarten just hours before little children would have been present.
Yet the world has remained silent. It is despicable.
According to a draft that was circulated, the resolution would have:
Condemns Hamas for repeatedly firing rockets into Israel and for inciting violence, thereby putting civilians at risk;
Demands that Hamas and other militant actors including Palestinian Islamic Jihad cease all provocative actions and violent activity, including by using airborne incendiary devices;
Further condemns the use of resources by Hamas in Gaza to construct military infrastructure, including tunnels to infiltrate Israel and equipment to launch rockets into civilian areas, when such resources could be used to address the critical needs of the civilian population. . . .
The Trump Administration worked vigorously on this resolution, including obtaining the support of the entire European Union. Yet the last-minute Kuwaiti stunt supported by nations like Iran doomed the resolution.
This vote will be remembered. The Trump Administration has previously made clear that it is taking a different approach to the U.N. Gone are the days where the U.S. will continue to freely give aid to nations who do not support U.S. prerogatives.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley made the Trump Administration's point very clear when she called out Arab nations for standing with terror:
Today we spoke some hard truths. We can't talk about peace in the Middle East until we can agree on a basic condemnation of Hamas and its terrorism. The UN had a chance to do that today, and it failed. pic.twitter.com/MF7DEtu2Ml
— US Mission to the UN (@USUN) December 6, 2018
We believe this vote should – and will – have consequences. Hamas should never be allowed indiscriminately terrorize Israeli men, women, and children with impunity. And the enemies of freedom who pulled this stunt should not only be ashamed of publicly supporting terror, but they should face serious consequences from the U.S. and other nations, including reduction and loss of financial aid packages.
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Pres. Trump to UN: The Future Doesn't Belong to Globalists
By Jay Sekulow1569354300000
The President has made a strong statement at the U.N. regarding globalism. Today on the broadcast we discussed President Trump speaking before an international audience at the U.N. General Assembly this morning, where he sent a firm, clear message regarding that we have no intention of giving up...
ACLJ Takes Case for Persecuted Christians to the U.N.
This week, we deployed a team of five government affairs professionals and attorneys to the United Nations to advocate on behalf of persecuted Christians and religious minorities around the world. Because of the special consultative status we have through our international affiliate, the European...
Which Countries Stand with the U.S. at the U.N.?
By Nathanael Bennett1545238516938
As we previously reported , on December 6, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was poised to approve an historic resolution condemning the violent acts Hamas continues to perpetrate against Israel. This resolution was drafted by the United States and represented a long-overdue...
The U.S. Withdraws from U.N. Human Rights Council
By ACLJ.org1529681001070
The U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has long been a body that seems not nearly as interested in defending human rights as defiantly bullying Israel, and the United States has taken a stand to say, "no more." Joined by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,


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Peace of mind - Mental Health Awareness Week is your happy place
Peaceful in mind and body - Important time to surround yourself with people and things that give you joy
12th May 2022, 12:35pm - 3 min read
Make people happy during Mental Health Awareness Week (photo: Unsplash)
Having good mental health is so important for our physical and psychological well-being, contentment and happiness.
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence and through adulthood.
We need good mental health again after lockdown
After two years of social isolation and with World Mental Health Day later this year, it's never been more important to be surrounded by the people who make us happy. For Brits, it appears that their partner trumps the rest, even their children!
According to a recent survey a total of 53 per cent said their partner makes them happier than anyone else, while 49 per cent said it was their children.
With World Mental Health Awareness Week continuing until May 15, it's an important time for people to surround themselves with what makes them really happy and, according to new research, it is romantic partners who make Brits happier than anyone else in their lives.
A survey of 2,010 UK adults carried out by One4all Gift Cards, the UK's leading multi-store gift card, quizzed respondents on which people in their lives make them happiest.
What are the mental health stats?
More than half (53 per cent) reported that it was their wife, husband or life partner who took the number one spot – trumping even their children (49 per cent).
Men and women were more or less agreed on this subject, with only a slight (two per cent) majority of women confessing this to be the case.
Children (49 per cent), friends (34 per cent), parents (26 per cent) and siblings (19 per cent) followed in the top five people who made them happiest – showing for many, fun and laughter with your pals is more special than time with your immediate family.
In addition, while 32 per cent said people being affectionate pleases them, 77 per cent do not feel that they needed to be in a long-term or romantic relationship to feel happy – suggesting that despite this, many Brits are holding onto their independence until they find the right person.
A word from those behind the survey
One4all Gift Cards marketing director Lou Hickey said: "It's interesting to see that overall, the nation's life partner relationships make them happier than anyone else – even more than their children.
"This could in part be down to the fact that their relationships with their partners are much more equal than those between parents and kids.
"Whether it's your children, partner, or even your friends, who make you happy, World Mental Health Awareness Week is an important time to check in on your loved ones and surround yourself with the people and things that give you the most joy."
Nottingham residents valued their partners more than any other UK city (63 per cent) but were closely followed by those in Plymouth (61 per cent) and Glasgow (60 per cent).
Brummies (59 per cent) and Leeds locals (57 per cent) followed in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
The One4all Gift Card be spent in more than 55,000 stores across the UK and can be loaded with anything from £10 to £120. It is easy to buy from your local Post Office, Tesco, selected Morrisons, Co-op, Sainsburys, Waitrose and Iceland supermarkets nationwide, as well as online at one4all.com website.
For more information visit one4all.com website.
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Decide what button type best suits your needs.
Most people choose button symbols for their flexibility. Button symbols contain a specialized internal timeline for button states. You can easily create visually different Up, Down, and Over states. Button symbols also change their state automatically as they react to user actions.
You can use a movie clip symbol to create sophisticated button effects. Movie clip symbols can contain almost any type of content, including animation. However, movie clip symbols do not have built-in Up, Down, and Over states. You create those states yourself, using ActionScript. A disadvantage is that movie clip files are larger than button files.
Use a button component if you require only a standard button or a toggle, and you don't want to customize it extensively. Both ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0 button components come with built-in code that enables state changes. So, you don't have to define the look and behavior of button states. Simply drag the component onto the Stage.
ActionScript 3.0 button components allow for some customization. You can bind the button to other components, and share and display application data. They have built-in features, such as accessibility support. Button, RadioButton, and CheckBox components are available.
ActionScript 2.0 button components are not customizable. The component enables state changes.
The appearance of the button when the user is not interacting with it.
The appearance of the button as the user is about to select it.
The appearance of the button as the user selects it.
The area that is responsive to clicks by the user. Defining this Hit frame is optional. If your button is small, or if its graphic area is not contiguous, defining this frame can be useful.
The contents of the Hit frame are not visible on the Stage during playback.
The graphic for the Hit frame is a solid area large enough to encompass all graphic elements of the Up, Down, and Over frames.
If you don't specify a Hit frame, the image for the Up state is used.
You can make a button that responds when a different area of the stage is clicked or rolled over (also called a disjoint rollover). Place the Hit frame graphic in a different location than the other button frame graphics.
Associate an action with the button.
To make something happen when the user selects a button, you add ActionScript code to the Timeline. Place the ActionScript code in the same frames as the buttons. The Code Snippets panel has pre-written ActionScript 3.0 code for many common button uses. See Add interactivity with code snippets.
ActionScript 2.0 is not compatible with ActionScript 3.0. If your version of Animate uses ActionScript 3.0, you can't paste ActionScript 2.0 code into your button (and vice versa). Before you paste ActionScript from another source into your buttons, verify that the version is compatible.
To make a button interactive, you place an instance of the button symbol on the Stage and assign actions to the instance. You assign the actions to the root timeline of the FLA file. Do not add actions to the timeline of the button symbol. To add actions to the button timeline, use a movie clip button instead.
Choose Edit > Deselect All, or click an empty area of the Stage to ensure that nothing is selected on the Stage.
In the Create New Symbol dialog box, enter a name. For the symbol Type, select Button.
Animate switches to symbol-editing mode. The Timeline changes to display four consecutive frames labeled Up, Over, Down, and Hit. The first frame, Up, is a blank keyframe.
To create the Up state button image, select the Up frame in the Timeline. Then use the drawing tools, import a graphic, or place an instance of another symbol on the Stage.
You can use graphic symbols or movie clip symbols inside a button, but you cannot use another button symbol.
In the Timeline, click the Over frame, and then choose Insert > Timeline > Keyframe.
Animate inserts a keyframe that duplicates the contents of the preceding Up frame.
With the Over frame still selected, change or edit the button image on the Stage to create the appearance you want for the Over state.
Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the Down frame and the optional Hit frame.
To assign a sound to a state of the button, select that state's frame in the Timeline and choose Window > Properties. Then select a sound from the Sound menu in the Property inspector. Only sounds you have already imported appear in the Sound menu.
When you finish, choose Edit > Edit Document. Animate returns you to the main timeline of your FLA file. To create an instance of the button you created on the Stage, drag the button symbol from the Library panel to the Stage.
To test a button's functionality, use the Control > Test command. You can also preview the states of a button symbol on the Stage by choosing Control > Enable Simple Buttons. This command allows you to see the up, over, and down states of a button symbol without using Control > Test.
By default, Animate keeps button symbols disabled as you create them. Select and then enable a button to see it respond to mouse events. Best practice is to disable buttons as you work and enable them to quickly test their behavior.
To select a button, use the Selection tool to drag a selection rectangle around the button.
To enable or disable buttons on the Stage, choose Control > Enable Simple buttons. This command acts as a toggle between the two states.
To move a button, use the arrow keys.
To edit a button, use the Property inspector. If it isn't visible, choose Windows > Properties.
To test the button in the authoring environment, choose Control > Enable Simple Buttons.
To test the button in Flash Player, choose Control > Test Movie [or Test Scene] > Test. This method is the only way to test movie clip buttons.
To test the button in the Library Preview panel, select the button in the Library and click Play.


Liesl Finkler Lashbrook has been involved in the cannabis industry for over 10 years from cultivation to dispensary operations. She most recently worked as the Dispensary Director for The Heart of Humboldt (The Humboldt CA Association) in Humboldt County, for over 6 years. Liesl has made elevated concern for patient services, community engagement, and quality medicine her focal point in the industry. Liesl has served as an elected board member to the California Cannabis Industry Association, California Growers Association, and the California Association of Sustainable Cannabis Industries.
She is also the Founding Chair of the Women Grow Humboldt County chapter, leading the women of Humboldt into the legal cannabis industry. Liesl's passion for the industry and the desire for continuing her education has led her to travel extensively across the country to attend drug policy conferences, medical symposiums, lobby days and other forums. Liesl has worked at the local, state and federal level to bring about cannabis policy reform with not only the California Cannabis Industry Association, but also with the National Cannabis Industry Association, and Women Grow. Known and respected for her knowledge, ethics, compassion and experience in the medical cannabis industry, Liesl has been asked to write articles for, and has been featured in publications for her work in the cannabis industry. She has also spoken on panels at industry events.


Located in Jacksonville, Bolles operates four campuses. We offer a challenging curriculum, including 21 Advanced Placement courses and extensive offerings in performing arts and technology. Our nationally-recognized college placement program serves a diverse student population. We have a state award-winning athletic program, an internationally recognized swimming program, and an activities program centered on community service.
The Class of 2018 is attending the following colleges, universities and military prep schools.
Summary: The Upper School curriculum is designed to prepare each student for college and beyond. All classes are taught in a demanding but exciting environment that refines the skills of each student. Honors classes and the Advanced Placement Program encourage students to reach for the highest level of their abilities while allowing students to receive advanced placement and/or college credits.
Summary: For our boarding students, Bolles is a second home. With boarders in grades 9-12 from more than 26 countries, the program offers diversity and a sense of family that enhances the Bolles experience.
Summary: Arts - Bolles offers a dynamic and comprehensive program in the fine and performing arts as part of a complete education for students in every grade level. Disciplines include dance, drama, instrumental music, vocal music, and visual arts through academic classes and extracurricular activities. Bolles students are given the opportunity to not only express themselves, but also discover all things possible through the arts.
Athletics - The internationally recognized athletic program at Bolles provides students in middle and upper school the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop into well-rounded individuals. Participation and camaraderie are as important as competition and success in the overall educational aspect of the athletic program. While Bolles teams and athletes are often recognized for outstanding achievements and results on the field, the important lessons of leadership, self-discipline, and teamwork are the lasting rewards possible through athletic involvement at the School.
Notable Achievements: Bolles swimmers won gold in 5 Rio Olympic events., Winner of Florida All-Sports Award for 36 years., 85% students active in 100+ performances yearly.
1. The college choice is a process which requires well-honed research and decision-making skills.
2. The college choice should be geared to the individual, and student and college should be appropriately matched.


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Q: Is GParted very reliable? Is it as good as Partition Magic? In the old days, I used Partition Magic which can support up to 80GB hard drives.
But now it seems needing to buy a copy that will support 1TB drive or 2TB drive and pay $60 or $70 for it... (the newest version on Amazon.com is a 2003/2004 version)
Is the free GParted very reliable?
It seems that the Vista or Win 7 Disk Management Tool can shrink a partition but if there is data already on a 200GB partition but the data is everything in a 160GB region, even though the data is only 70GB, then the tool can only shrink down 40GB to create a new partition.  It cannot shrink down 100GB and create 4 more 25GB partitions.

A: Some discussion here on GParted and Partition Magic.
I have been happily using GParted without reading these comparisons.
You may want to take a look at Parted Magic too (it is nicely packaged).

A: I've used GParted for ages and have never had a problem, using the LiveCD edition to be specific. As for comparing it to Partition Magic, I'd say GParted has the upper hand. There is a huge community behind it for support since it's open source, and it supports a multitude of filesystems. Partition Magic is also kind of old, it's last release was 5 years ago, about when GParted had it's first release, so it's safe to say GParted is more up to date. It has handled my 1TB drives with ease, performing more than 20 operations in a single reboot sometimes.
For partitioning NTFS I'd strongly recommend reading their guides. Since you're using Vista, The How-To Geek's guide is also essential reading.
GParted is a great tool ever multi-booter should have in their toolbox.

A: Common problem in Windows Vista / 7 Disk Management is enabled hibernation. This file can limit the resize range as you desribed. Try to disable hibernation

powercfg -h off

Also from my experience the disk management never allowed me to shrink partition by more than 50% of overall disk space.

A: Your problem is not the partition manager : you won't find one that can reduce the system partition better than the Vista/Win7 built-in one.
The reason you're having this kind of problems, is because some files are placed in such a way as to block the reducing of the partition. The usual criminal in this case is Windows, that has the annoying habit of placing unmovable system files at the end of the disk partition. The partition can't then be reduced in size to less than a certain amount.
You can try to defragment the system partition using a defragmenter that moves all files to the beginning of the disk, in the hope that this will improve the situation. But don't hope for too much :
most defragmenters won't touch these system files, and when I tried one that could it ended by destroying my hard disk.
If you really need to shrink the system partition, you'll most probably need to re-reinstall windows.
And one last warning: Resizing the C drive may cause Windows to become unbootable.

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at a frightfully fast pace for such heavy objects. The paste was being applied to the fiscoli then loaded onto the large vertical press which takes about 1 hour to extract all the oil. At the end of the pressing the desiccated residue was knocked off the mats and the cycle repeated. You can call ahead to find out if the mill will be running while you enjoy your Tuscan style dinner.


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Roy Keane reveals Erik ten Hag's major Cristiano Ronaldo mistake
Posted by Boss on Nov 24, 2022 - 01:52AM
Roy Keane was not impressed by Erik ten Hag's handling of Cristiano Ronaldo (Picture: ITV)
Manchester United legend Roy Keane has criticised Erik ten Hag's handling of and says the Dutchman had no intention of making the forward part of his plans at Old Trafford.
United parted ways with Ronaldo on Tuesday night, with the club releasing a statement to confirm that the 37-year-old had left Old Traford with immediate effect.
It came after Ronaldo's decision to give a controversial interview to , in which he said he had 'no respect' for Ten Hag and that the Glazer family do not care about the sporting side of the club.
While many have praised Ten Hag's management of the situation, Keane has been one of the few to defend Ronaldo.
And, speaking for the first time since Ronaldo's exit was confirmed, Keane says the Dutchman was wrong to block the Portuguese's exit last summer and accused Ten Hag of having no intention of playing the striker.
United parted company with Ronaldo on Tuesday (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
'I think it was on the cards for the last few months. Obviously the interview was the tipping point for him,' Keane told ITV.
'Life goes on. are a great club, Cristiano is a great player. It's a like a divorce or the end of a relationship – we all know how that feels – you go your separate ways. Life goes on.
'Great, great player for Manchester United. He should have left in the summer, whether that's the player's fault or the club's.
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'It was never going to happen. The new manager was never going to play him. You cannot have Ronaldo as a sub or a fringe player. it's just not right. it's sad but these things happen.
'I don't think it's been great management. It's been a difficult situation but I don't think the manager comes out of it well. People always praise the manager down sating that he "put a marker down" but part of management is looking after the top players.
'You have to treat top world class players differently. This idea that you have to treat everyone the same, you don't.
'I'll go back to it, a guy that scores goals for fun that can't be a problem. I don't want to go down the road again of pressing. I go back to the issue at the summer the manager was never going to play him.
'Whatever about the system he was going to play, Ronaldo was never going to do that. He came back to the club because he was a great player and he would score you goals, get on the end of things. In the summer when the manager came in everyone knew you know he wouldn't play him so let him go in the summer before it all got really messy.'
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Cristiano Ronaldo disagreeing with Erik ten Hag's tactics in Manchester United training