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ALICE COOPER, KIP WINGER, DESMOND CHILD And Others Rock Athens for The Parthenon Marbles (Video)
On Monday, June 27, songwriter Desmond Child held a special concert at the legendary Odeon of Herodes Atticus, a Roman theater which was built in 161 A.D., in Athens, Greece. The event featured guest appearances by some of the artists Desmond has worked with over the years, including Alice Cooper, Bonnie Tyler and Kip Winger.
The concert was organized by famous Greek songwriter Phoebus in collaboration with the Greek ministry of culture with a noble cause to support and bring awareness to the global cry for the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece.
Child played some of his greatest hits accompanied by some of the artists he wrote them for. Cooper stole the show with "Poison" and "Bed Of Nails" that he performed with Desmond on piano and Winger on bass. Cooper's wife, Sheryl, contributed backing vocals with the other singers. Tyler, for whom Desmond co-wrote "Hide Your Heart", appeared to sing the song, as well as "If You Were A Woman And I Was A Man".
At the show's finale, Cooper, Tyler, Winger and all the other guests, including famous Greek pop star Sakis Rouvas, Rita Wilson (Tom Hanks's wife, who is of Greek descent),THE RASMUS, Justin Benlolo, Tabitha Fair, Chris Willis, Andreas Carlsson and George Lembesis, all dressed in white (except Cooper) to sing one of Child's most popular songs, "Livin' On A Prayer", to the audience's delight.
Greece's minister of culture Lina Mendoni and alternate minister of foreign affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis were among the spectators at the sold-out event.
Prior to the concert, the organizers said: "This unique, unrepeatable concert will not only draw the attention of the international community to Greece, its people and Greek culture, but, most importantly, will pay tribute and declare its support for the ongoing global campaign for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles."
Child said: "This special concert is held in support of the reunification of the Parthenon sculptures in Greece, to raise awareness of the world public and to raise funds for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to their homes.
"I have been coming to Greece with my family for decades and I love this country with all my heart! I really feel like my second home."
A review of the concert from RockPages.gr, including high-quality pictures of the show, can be found at this location.
George Osborne, the chairman of the British Museum, recently expressed his optimism that the museum in London and Greece could agree on an arrangement where they both share the Parthenon Marbles. The fifth-century-B.C. works have been housed at the British Museum since the early 19th century.
In an interview on the LBC radio station earlier in the month, Osborne said that a "deal is to be done where we can tell both stories in Athens and in London if we both approach this without a load of preconditions, without a load of red lines… Sensible people could arrange something that makes the most of the Parthenon marbles but if either side says there's no give at all, then there won't be a deal."
When asked if some of the marbles could "be moved to Greece at least for a while and then they would come back to London", Osborne said that "this kind of arrangement" might be suitable though he cannot "talk for all of the trustees of the British Museum."
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Obama warns of a 'decade of unfair, partisan gerrymandering' in call to look at down-ballot races
By Zack Budryk - 09/24/20 02:55 PM EDT
Former President Obama urged voters to pay attention to down-ballot races in the November election in a video for NowThis News released Thursday.
The former president highlighted the role state lawmakers elected in 2020 will play in redistricting, saying, "In this election, the state leaders we elect will help redraw electoral districts all across the country."
Obama went on to highlight the maps redrawn following state-level GOP victories in 2010 and their effect on his priorities as president, such as gun and immigration reforms.
The maps drawn after 2020, he says, "will stand for 10 years … that could mean a decade of fairly drawn districts where folks have an equal voice in their government, or it could mean a decade of unfair, partisan gerrymandering."
The stakes in 2020 are even higher than you thought — @BarackObama explains why this is a 'last chance' election with down-ballot races that will reshape America's election maps for a decade in this NowThis exclusive pic.twitter.com/cVd0ncQiHe
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 24, 2020
"President Obama has said this is an all-hands-on-deck moment, and one of the main drivers is redistricting that will happen based on November's results," adviser Eric Schultz told CNN. "Now more than ever, we need to elect Democrats up and down the ballot. The presidential campaign generally gets most of the attention, but President Obama believes these other races are mission-critical."
Democratic groups are spending millions on state legislative races in places including Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Arizona.
While President Trump Donald TrumpClinton, Bush, Obama reflect on peaceful transition of power on Biden's Inauguration Day Arizona Republican's brothers say he is 'at least partially to blame' for Capitol violence Biden reverses Trump's freeze on .4 billion in funds MORE won all four of those states in 2016, polling has indicated a tight race or a lead for Democratic nominee Joe Biden Joe BidenKaty Perry and her 'Firework' close out inauguration TV special Arizona Republican's brothers say he is 'at least partially to blame' for Capitol violence Tom Hanks: After years of 'troubling rancor,' Inauguration Day 'is about witnessing the permanence of our American ideal' MORE in all of them. If a potential Trump loss affects down-ballot races as well, Democratic advocacy groups told the network those state houses could be within reach.
"Without having a seat at the table next year, we will likely see an unprecedented level of gerrymandering," Forward Majority co-founder Vicky Hausman told CNN.
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using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using Zu.TypeScript;
using Zu.TypeScript.Change;
using Zu.TypeScript.TsTypes;

namespace TypeScriptAstExample
{
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        private readonly ObservableCollection<NodeChangeItem> _nodeChangeItems =
            new ObservableCollection<NodeChangeItem>();

        private TypeScriptAST _currentAst;
        private ChangeAST _currentChangeAst;
        private string _currentSource;
        private string _currentSourceFileName;

        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            lbChanges.ItemsSource = _nodeChangeItems;
        }

        private void Button_Click_7(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            _nodeChangeItems.Clear();
            _currentChangeAst = null;
            _currentAst = new TypeScriptAST();
            _currentSource = tbSource.Text;
            _currentSourceFileName = tbFileName.Text;
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_currentSourceFileName)) _currentAst.MakeAST(_currentSource);
            else _currentAst.MakeAST(_currentSource, _currentSourceFileName);

            tbTreeString.Text = _currentAst.GetTreeString();
            lbNodes.ItemsSource = _currentAst.GetDescendants();
        }

        private void lbNodes_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            var node = lbNodes.SelectedItem as Node;
            if (node != null)
            {
                tbNodeText.Text = node.GetTextWithComments();
                tbTreeString.Text = node.GetTreeString();
            }
        }

        private void Button_Click_5(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            tbNewSource.Text = _currentChangeAst.GetChangedSource(_currentAst.SourceStr);
        }

        private void Button_Click_4(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var node = lbNodes.SelectedItem as Node;
            if (node != null)
                try
                {
                    if (_currentChangeAst == null) _currentChangeAst = new ChangeAST(_nodeChangeItems);
                    _currentChangeAst.ChangeNode(node, tbNodeText.Text);
                }
                catch (Exception exception)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(exception.ToString());
                }
        }

        private void Button_Click_2(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var node = lbNodes.SelectedItem as Node;
            if (node != null)
                try
                {
                    if (_currentChangeAst == null) _currentChangeAst = new ChangeAST(_nodeChangeItems);
                    _currentChangeAst.InsertBefore(node, tbNodeText.Text);
                }
                catch (Exception exception)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(exception.ToString());
                }
        }

        private void Button_Click_3(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var node = lbNodes.SelectedItem as Node;
            if (node != null)
                try
                {
                    if (_currentChangeAst == null) _currentChangeAst = new ChangeAST(_nodeChangeItems);
                    _currentChangeAst.InsertAfter(node, tbNodeText.Text);
                }
                catch (Exception exception)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(exception.ToString());
                }
        }

        private void Button_Click_6(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var node = lbNodes.SelectedItem as Node;
            if (node != null)
                try
                {
                    if (_currentChangeAst == null) _currentChangeAst = new ChangeAST(_nodeChangeItems);
                    _currentChangeAst.Delete(node);
                }
                catch (Exception exception)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(exception.ToString());
                }
        }

        private void Button_Click_16(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var searchStr = tbSearchStr.Text.ToLower();
            var ind = lbNodes.SelectedIndex + 1;
            while (ind < lbNodes.Items.Count &&
                   (lbNodes.Items[ind] as Node)?.ToString().ToLower().Contains(searchStr) != true) ind++;
            if (ind < lbNodes.Items.Count) lbNodes.SelectedIndex = ind;
            if (lbNodes.SelectedItem != null)
                lbNodes.ScrollIntoView(lbNodes.SelectedItem);
        }

        private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            _nodeChangeItems.Clear();
        }

        private void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
            if (openFileDialog.ShowDialog() == true)
            {
                var fileName = openFileDialog.FileName;
                tbSource.Text = File.ReadAllText(fileName);
                tbFileName.Text = Path.GetFileName(fileName);
            }
        }

        private void lbChanges_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            var ch = lbChanges.SelectedItem as NodeChangeItem;
            if (ch == null) return;
            for (var i = 0; i < lbNodes.Items.Count; i++)
                if (lbNodes.Items[i] as Node == ch.Node)
                {
                    lbNodes.SelectedIndex = i;
                    break;
                }
            if (ch.NewValue != null)
                tbNodeText.Text = ch.NewValue;
        }

        private void Button_Click_8(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var fileName = "parser.ts";
            if (!File.Exists(fileName))
            {
                var openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
                if (openFileDialog.ShowDialog() == true)
                    fileName = openFileDialog.FileName;
                else
                    return;
            }

            var source = File.ReadAllText(fileName);

            var ast = new TypeScriptAST(source, fileName);

            var change = new ChangeAST();

            foreach (var module in ast.GetDescendants().OfType<ModuleDeclaration>())
            {
                var funcs = module.Body.Children.OfType<FunctionDeclaration>().ToList();
                var enums = module.Body.Children.OfType<EnumDeclaration>();
                var moduleInfoFunc = $@"
    export function getModuleInfo() {{
        return ""Module {module.IdentifierStr} contains {funcs.Count()} functions ({
                        funcs.Count(v => v.IdentifierStr.StartsWith("parse"))
                    } starts with parse), {enums.Count()} enums ..."";
    }}
";
                change.InsertBefore(module.Body.Children.First(), moduleInfoFunc);
            }
            var newSource = change.GetChangedSource(ast.SourceStr);
            tbExample2Res.Text = newSource;
            File.WriteAllText("parser2.ts", newSource);
        }
    }
}

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Tag Archives: manchester va
VA Gives Lessons on Defying Mikey Weinstein. Again.
15 July 2019 JD	One comment
As has been noted here several times before, Michael "Mikey" Weinstein has made a routine event of having acolytes scour the country for POW/MIA displays, including those in VA medical facilities. Weinstein then complains loudly about the inevitable Bible on those displays in the hopes the organization would remove it. The world is made up of many people, including some who aim for peace at any price — and others who actually agree with Weinstein. As a result, Weinstein had some successes in having facilities ban the Bible, which Weinstein has loudly celebrated. While those "victories" undoubtedly inflated his ego, Weinstein has been unusually quiet about those facilities that ignored him and left the Bible there — even if he apparently abandoned Read more
Mikey Weinstein, Fearing Lawsuit Failure, Stages Book Stunt
20 May 2019 JD	2 comments
Michael "Mikey" Weinstein announced that his MRFF — which is currently suing to have a Bible removed from a POW/MIA display at the Manchester VA — had staged a stunt in which a "client" placed a stack of texts on the POW/MIA table of varying faith traditions.
The VA said it would not "tolerate" organizations messing with the displays and would remove the other books, which mirrored their other forceful statement protecting the display.
Importantly, having other faith texts placed on the display is not the "relief sought" in the current lawsuit. The suit seeks only the removal of the Bible.
James L. Chamberlain, the token plaintiff and Read more
VA Statement on Mikey Weinstein's MRFF
9 May 2019 JD	One comment
VA spokesman Curtis Cashour's statement was quoted in the last article, but it turns out it had been slightly edited. This was the full sentence that spoke to the VA's feelings on the lawsuit — and Mikey Weinstein [emphasis added]:
"This lawsuit – backed by a group known for questionable practices and unsuccessful lawsuits – is nothing more than an attempt to force VA into censoring a show of respect for America's POW/MIA community."
or, as paraphrased at Read more
Manchester VA Sued over Bible on POW/MIA Table
8 May 2019 JD	2 comments
As previously noted, both the Freedom From Religion Foundation and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation claimed they contacted the VA Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, to demand a Bible be removed from the POW/MIA display in the foyer. The Bible was removed "out of an abundance of caution," but the backlash — and a subsequent legal review — led the VA to apologize and return the Bible, which was donated by World War II POW and Army Air Corps TSgt Herman "Herk" Streitburger [emphasis added]:
"Manchester VAMC officials temporarily removed the Bible from the display out of an abundance of caution," VA spokeswoman Kristin Pressly said in a statement provided to USA TODAY. "Following that removal, Manchester VAMC received an outpouring of complaints from Veterans and other stakeholders – many of whom dropped off Bibles at the facility – in protest of this action."
Pressly said that after consulting with lawyers, the facility determined the Bible will stay and "remain indefinitely as part of the missing man display, a secular tribute to America's POW/MIA community."
"We apologize to the Veterans, families and other stakeholders who were offended by our incorrect removal of this Bible," she said.
Note that this apology came from Kristin Pressly, speaking for the VA, not the Manchester medical facility.
Now, James Chamberlain, described as a "devout Christian" and "Air Force veteran," has filed a lawsuit (PDF) to force the Manchester VA to remove Read more


Last week in London a bunch of legal tech entrepreneurs got together to discuss the latest innovations in areas like legal services marketplaces, online directories, case management software, and online content.
The session started with a short pitch from CLAWS, a computational case law research start-up.
There was agreement that a wave of US legal tech start-ups is likely to hit the UK soon, with many watching Avvo closely.
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Q: p:poll on database always returns the same value although DB gets updated I have a database where I keep uploading GPS information that I want to show in a JSF page. In order to do that periodically, I am using the poll element from PrimeFaces, however, the queries keeps returning the same values, even though they are being updated on the database. I've already tried that with @SessionScope and @RequestScope but it seems that this is not where the problem is. Any help would be very appreciated! Bellow are the codes I am using for the tasks:
View:
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    </h:form>

Backing bean:
public void traceRoute() {
    //....................................................................//
    id = "123456";
    EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("TrackMePU");
    EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
    UserDAO usrDAO = new UserDAO(em);
    //....................................................................//
    Polyline polyline = new Polyline();
    polylineModel = new DefaultMapModel();
    //....................................................................//
    UserModel usr;
    try {
        usr = usrDAO.fetchUser(id);
        System.out.println("retrieved usr.getCoordinate() = " + usr.getCoordinate());
        String rawdata[] = usr.getCoordinate().split("\\]");
        //................................................................//
        for (String geolocation : rawdata) {
            String parts[] = geolocation.split("\\,");
            //............................................................//
            double lat = Double.parseDouble(parts[0]);
            double lng = Double.parseDouble(parts[1]);
            LatLng coo = new LatLng (lat, lng);
            System.out.println("coo = " + coo);
            //............................................................//
            polyline.getPaths().add(coo);
            center = coo.getLat()+","+coo.getLng();
            //polylineModel.addOverlay(new Marker(coo));
            //............................................................//
        }//end for
        polyline.setStrokeWeight(7);
        polyline.setStrokeColor("#FF9900");
        polyline.setStrokeOpacity(0.7);
        //................................................................//
        polylineModel.addOverlay(polyline);
        //center = usr.getCoordinate();
        //................................................................//
    } catch (NoResultException e) {
        System.out.println("could not find user = "+id);
    }//end catch
    //....................................................................//
}//end traceRoute method

Update: I solved it. My fault since the begining, I forgot to close the Entity Manager Factory and the Entity Manger objects, which caused to keep retrieving the same query always. Closing both objects mentioned resolved my problem, that had nothing to do with Primefaces or JSF - I am sorry for that. Funny fact is that when I did the Stand Alone Test Unit I forgot to close the refered objects as well and even though it was capable to retrieve the updated data. Thank you everyone who tryed to help me :)

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April 20, 2020 May 5, 2020 / Jenny Ruth	/ Leave a comment
It's another Columbine anniversary, and as my kid makes his way through public schools it's hard to avoid one of the massacre's biggest legacies; the anti-bullying movement. My district uses Rachel's Challenge literally founded to honor one of the victims by naming a school-based behavior modification program after her. And while I can't say there's anything wrong with teaching kids not to bully, I feel it's a disservice to think of Columbine in this way.
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were not victims of bullying, and it's dangerous to keep alive a narrative that tells kids shooting a bunch of classmates is an established redress for the perceived wrongs done to them.
Harris was a psychopath. His parents were too proud to use mental health treatment, and they took advantage of their frequent moves around the country to hide his history of disturbing and dangerous behavior. Klebold was experiencing major depression and journaled his suicidal ideation. Together they were an especially dangerous combo who had easy access to guns and also made their own explosives.I feel like we owe it to everyone involved to remember the story correctly.
They weren't the first school shooters, but they did spark a fire that's still burning. We'll never learn how to put it out if we lie to ourselves about what happened.
Welcome to the Movement to End Gun Violence
May 19, 2018 May 5, 2020 / Jenny Ruth	/ Leave a comment
"If Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were alive today, they'd be my age," is what I say because using terms like "gun violence prevention" and "activist" just elicit drawn out ohhhhhs and wows from people stumbling through some awkward variation of "thank you for working on that really important issue." But wow isn't in reference to importance; it's in recognition of danger. Then there's a turn, a distinct switch to gossipy whispers as they ask why I became an activist for gun violence prevention. What happened to me? I see a series of images in mind, each a reason why, each either too private to tell or not mine to tell. So I pick a story that makes me seem like the vapid white suburban lady who knows nothing of gun violence aside from what she sees on the news. I pick a story that belongs to us all.
A year before Columbine, there was Jonesboro. Two boys attacked their middle school, one pulling the fire alarm, the other a sniper on the perimeter picking off kids as they filed outside. I was in 10th grade. The next time the fire alarm was pulled at my school, I walked outside with two friends. One led us to the center of the crowd. "Better get in the middle in case one of us turned psycho overnight and is across the street with a deer rifle," my friend said. We laughed. I added, "It's funny 'cause it's true," and we laughed even harder.
The day after Columbine, things changed. The mood, most of all, changed in our school. Our spring-time tradition of Color Week, filled with pranks and intra-class water gun warfare, was suddenly not so innocent. We lost freedoms we didn't even know we enjoyed. We were locked up, but in no less danger.
Have I mentioned I went to high school in Amish country, where a man would massacre a school full of girls a few short years later? Or that I was on the college campus where I worked, listening to the eerie tests of a new emergency
broadcast system blaring from campus-wide speakers, when news of Virginia Tech broke? Or that I was 8 months pregnant with my first child when Sandy Hook happened? Or that my son came home from daycare the Monday after the Pulse nightclub shooting, told me how safe his school was, and I couldn't agree with him?
It wasn't any one of those that made me finally join the movement. It was all of them, and more.
Can I tell you about the unfathomable shame I felt the first time I attended a memorial for gun violence victims in a black neighborhood? The first speaker looked at my friends and I and said, "Oh good, white people care. Maybe now something will happen." It was a punch in the gut, and I deserved it.
Communities of color have long endured an epidemic fueled by illegal guns, obtained through shitty laws and loopholes kept in place because there's profit in their death. I feel the awesome weight of responsibilities white people have shirked for so long, in so many ways, on this subject and others. But we also applied this violent indifference to our own communities, endangering ourselves too. In our wake, no one is immune.
I am not solely responsible for this, but neither am I innocent. I have long felt an internal rage for being so foolish for so long. I feel this rage for others too, for the people desperate to get involved after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. I welcome them, joyously, at meetings and rallies and online forums, because we need them. But I'm still pissed. Do they think Parkland's teens are the first ones to feel this way? I hear that the outspokenness of high schoolers has woken people up, headlines read "now there's no more excuses." I wonder what were the excuses when I was afraid of being shot in my high school? These aren't the first students to live with this fear. If I give voice to this resentment, will it turn people's anger inward when it should stay focused on the gun lobby?
If Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were alive today they would be 36.
When my son enters kindergarten in the fall he'll practice ALICE drills, hide in the closet of his classroom and be scolded silent because everyone's pretending an active shooter is on campus. He's sure to come home and talk about it. He's sure to notice that once again his mother can't assure him he's safe. He'll be the second generation of his family to live with this fear. The second generation to go to school with the understanding that evil can walk in, armed with military-style weaponry, and massacre him along with his friends. The second generation to know that the leaders of his country can't be bothered to value his life.
Is this the time to tell you I'm a gun owner? That's really why I joined the movement. As a white, suburban mom I know the gun lobby pretends they speak for me, and most people assume they do. But the gun lobby speaks for gun manufacturers, so I bear the responsibility to make it known otherwise.
When I tell people I work on gun violence prevention because I'm a gun owner, they are always surprised. I want to look at them and say, "I grew up in rural Pennsylvania. My family hunted to fill our freezer each winter. Of course I own guns." So many Americans do own guns. Pretending this is a "gun owner vs. anti-gun" argument is to prolong it, to play into the hands of those who profit from our fear and our deaths. We are part of the problem when we are unable to imagine anything other than this typical "us vs. them" debate that turns Americans into extremists. So sometimes I short-hand it and say, "I'm a gun owner, not a monster."
My activism is comfortably occupying all my conflicting identities while educating and organizing people to lobby their elected officials for effective and sustainable legislation. I wield the privileges my race, income, and zip code afford me. I recognize I'm armed with this power by an oppressive and unjust system, so I must use it for the good of those in more danger than I am.
There is evil in this world. While we're squabbling among ourselves, unable to imagine a society with more than a dichotomy of parameters, that evil has access to high-powered firearms. When I want to know about evil, I turn to my church. When I want to keep evil from obtaining lethal weapons, I turn to my government. I hound my government. I badger my government. I nag, pester, and bother. It's not glamorous or sexy. It's often tedious. It never feels like enough, but it works. Slowly than it needs to, but it does work.
Let this be our call to action. All of us. Disarm our rhetoric, our keyboards, our agreements to disagree. Disarm our violent resentment towards communities that look different from our own. Demand our government, our elected officials, our leaders protect us from evil. Show up, again and again. Evil will always be among us, but our government can keep it from waging war so efficiently, so effortlessly, for so long. Believe it. Commit to it. Now.
No one's coming to save us.
February 20, 2018 May 5, 2020 / Jenny Ruth	/ 1 Comment
No one's coming to save us. Not a heroic politician. Not a celebrity activist. Not a nation-wide march. Not the outrage caused by a string of increasingly gruesome mass shootings of historic proportions. Not even the fact that we're averaging a school shooting every 60 hours this year will be enough to spur our leaders to make change. We are all there is.
But we are enough. We, each and every one of us, must make the decision that we're going to change this. And then we have to commit ourselves to the tedious work of lobbying our elected officials. Not just flailing our arms in despair and yelling "do something," but the unglamorous work of showing up, calling up, and consistently confronting our officials on the votes they cast for specific legislation to make our communities safer.
It's not quick, easy, or sexy, but it's successful. In the past 5 years, NRA-backed bills have been defeated in 30 states. It takes a coalition of different groups and approaches to do this work, so go find one and let's share the load.


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Doug was raised in California, graduated from UC Berkeley in civil engineering, and obtained a master's degree in environmental engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. He and his wife worked in Thailand for 22 years as missionaries of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Doug teaches science and technology at Amity Middle School. Doug chairs the Law Enforcement Relations Team (aLERT) of Unidos.
Janet was raised in Indiana and received her undergraduate degree in Music and Elementary Education from Taylor University and a master's degree in Early Childhood Education from Western Michigan University. She taught for 15 years in Indiana, Michigan, and New Jersey.
She uses her teaching skills and passion for justice with Unidos to prepare immigrants for their citizenship test.
Ines grew up in Newberg, Oregon in a family with Mexican traditions rooted in Jalisco, Mexico. A graduate of Linfield College, she works as the Fund Development Coordinator for CAPACES Leadership Institute in Woodburn. Because her parents are undocumented immigrants, Ines is committed to being their voice in the public sector as an advocate for human rights and immigration reform.
April is a junior at Linfield College in McMinnville where she is a campus leader and president of Linfield's chapter of Voto Latino. She grew up in The Dalles, OR in an immigrant family from Mexico. Bilingual/Bicultural.
Sally is a co-founder of Unidos Bridging Community and served as Executive Director from 2012-2018. A graduate of Willamette University and Oregon Health and Science University, she has had a 33-year career in clinical and administrative psychiatry. In 2010, Sally completed a seminary degree. As an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, she focuses her ministry on issues of justice and advocacy.
Kathleen is a former teacher and state manager who created policies, guidance, and web pages for environmental justice. She has a master's degree in administration and has volunteered for many years on social justice issues in California, Washington, and Oregon. Kathleen is the current Unidos board chair as well as chair of a statewide social justice organization, Oregon Unitarian Universalist Voices for Justice.
Valentin is a Community Educator at Oregon Law Center, a non-profit organization that provides free legal help for low-income Oregonians. Valentin was born in San Juan Cahuayaxi, Oaxaca, Mexico and immigrated to the United States at age 13 with his parents. He attended Tongue Point Job Corps and Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon. He is a former farmworker and speaks Mixteco, Spanish and English. During his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and four children. Trilingual/Tricultural.
Oliver and his wife have raised two children in McMinnville. He is employed as the Community Partner Program Manager at Oregon Health Authority, providing leadership for the statewide health access campaigns of Soy Sano/I'm Healthy and Cover All Kids. He has a master's degree in Business Administration from George Fox University. Oliver in an immigrant from Mexico City and is Bilingual/Bicultural.
Miriam, who has a 2014 BA from Linfield College in Political Science, has 5 years' professional leadership experience with local and state-wide organizations as a Latinx community organizer and family engagement specialist. She was Vice-President of the Unidos Board for four years and is bilingual/bicultural.
Jules is a 2017 graduate of the University of Oregon in International Studies and Spanish, Jules is bilingual and a member of an immigrant family. She has over 5 years' experience in leadership positions in community outreach programs, event planning, and youth mentoring.
Jordan was raised in Canby, OR and is a 2018 graduate of Linfield College in International Relations and Spanish. Prior to joining Unidos in July 2018, she volunteered with Unidos' Citizenship Classes as an assistant and teacher. She is bilingual with 4 years of varied administrative experience.


Rama continues its work with the Perinatal Center in Tomsk. Four specialsts have landed in Tomsk to help Perinatal Center continue their education and professional development. The RAMA group includes: Donna Hathorn RN, PhD, Associate Professor of Nursing at the Southeastern Louisiana University;Nicole Andrea Thompson-Bowie, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, from Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami FlNNP-BC, PNP. She NRP and STABLE lead instructor and is responsible for management of critical neonates in a level 4 NICU, attending all high risk deliveries. Shelley Drummond, MD, a Neonatologist from the Kidz Medical Services, Miami, Florida.


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The vast majority of reports to Cybertip.ca pertain to online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), which is illegal to access, possess, produce, distribute and make available in Canada. The Canadian Centre does not know the identities of the individuals depicted in CSAM, and also does not know the country within which such individual(s) may reside. The Canadian Centre does not offer services to residents of Europe, either through the Cybertip.ca program or otherwise, but acknowledges that a European may be depicted in CSAM assessed by Cybertip.ca, that Europeans may from time to time visit the websites of the Canadian Centre, and that European hotlines and law enforcement may receive information from the operation of Cybertip.ca. Accordingly, to the extent any information processed through the Cybertip.ca program may be considered personal information about an individual in Europe:
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Plaster bust of President Hayes; dressed in shirt, bow tie, lapel vest and jacket; has a beard and longer hair; on pedestal "HAYES"; on back "COPYRIGHT-1876 by OL WARNER"; discolored;small chips on edges, particularly on underside of pedestal corners.
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Kontrolna struktura u računarstvu odnosi se red u koji se pojedinačne izjave, naredbe, skup naredbi (eng. instruction set) ili pozivi na funkcije u nekom imperativnom ili deklarativnom programu se provode ili se ocjenjuju. Postoje nekoliko vrsta kontrolnih struktura, i broj i složenost ovisi o svakom pojedinačnom programskom jeziku. Kontrolne strukture se mogu podijeliti po njihovom utjecaju na tok programa na sljedeći način:

 bezuvjetni skok
 izvršavanje skupa naredba samo ako je zadovoljen uvjet (npr. uvjetni skok)
 izvršavanje skupa naredba nula ili više puta, dok neki uvjet nije zadovoljen (npr. programska petlja )
 izvršavanje skupa distantnih naredba koje se nalaze u nekom drugom dijelu programa, i gdje nakon završetka vraća kontrolu naredbu poslije poziva iz glavnog dijela programa
 zaustavljanje programa - onemogućavanje daljnjeg izvršavanje naredbi (bezuvjetno zaustavljanje)

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Sam Jefferson
Steeped in Folk storytelling tradition, Sam Jefferson draws equally from his family's Jazz and Blues background to create songs that '…bring a story to life' (BBC Radio Sheffield).
Since moving to Manchester in September, Sam has laid out his unique fusion of Folk and Blues with concerts that include supporting Ralph McTell at his RNCM concert, earning Ralph's praise of 'Outstanding musicianship' and opening the 2018 Manchester Jazz Festival; an appearance that lead to a monthly residency at Matt & Phreds Jazz Club.
'Sing Beneath The Sun', Sam's latest album, has earned him concert performances at Imperial War Museum North in July to launch their new WWI exhibition, in Ypres with the Royal British Legion, and on the main stage at Broadstairs Folk Week.
The album is comprised of 10 original songs, inspired by the lives of his great-grandparents, Jim and Edith-Maude Marshall, who worked at Gawber Colliery and Staincross Cotton Mill respectively. Many songs on the album also tell the stories behind photographs Jim sent back during the War. Each song is an insight into harsh, austere, yet inspiring lives.
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"It was a pleasure to work with a young musician of such maturity humility and ability" ~ Ralph McTell
"...Really fine picking, voice, and songwriting. Sam is carrying the Blues on in his own way." ~ Toby Walker
"…A truly personal approach to the rich blues and folk traditions." ~ Brighton Unsigned
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I see the busiest badge in football history has appeared on our club website in the 'Our History' section at the very bottom.
Also if you go to https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ and search using the keyword 'Gloucester City' you can see that the badge has been put in for a trademark under AP's name.
Got a migraine just looking at it.
Interesting and surely quite unusual that it should have been registered in an individuals name and not the name of the club?
To pick an example at random, the Soldi logo is registered in the name of the business, not the individual who owns it.
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I'm in two minds about this badge. A logo should be instantly recognisable, just like our old logo was, and capture someone's attention. I like the new badge, I just think it's a little busy. Don't like the font at all, but a huge fan of the the ship/quays/cathedral on the logo, that is a brilliant idea. It'll probably grow on me mind.
Thought for a few years we should design a kit with the city landmarks on, and with the logo I reckon it would like very tidy (maybe a yellow outline on the away kit?).
The only disappointing thing is this was the perfect opportunity for the club to make a big song and a dance out of the re-brand, and not hide it away on some random page on the website. Again, compare our re-brand to that of Gloucester Rugby... such a missed opportunity.
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Hmm not a fan of the silhouettes - think the quays bit of it looks a bit odd and rushed.
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Elisha O. Stevens
Elisha O. Stevens was born on March 23, 1828, in Vermont, the son of Truman and Lucy (Bryant).
In 1840 Truman was living in Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, and by 1850 Lucy was recorded as living in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont (it is unclear what became of Truman). In 1850 there was a farmer by the name of Elisha Stevens, age 23, born in Vermont, living in Montgomery, Franklin County Vermont, and living with him were two small children, Sarah, 2 years old (and born in New Hampshire), and Alva, 5 months old.
Elisha was married to New York native Joanna L. (1825-1887), possibly in New York, but by 1855 he had settled in Grand Rapids, where he was employed as a carpenter. In 1859-60 he was working as a carpenter and living on the southwest corner of Fourth and Scribner Streets in Grand Rapids. By the spring of 1860 Elisha was working as a carpenter living with his wife in Grand Rapids' Fourth Ward and had established his own sash-and-blind business. Next door lived the family of James D.Bennett who would also join the Third Michigan.
On the morning of May 3, 1860, Elisha was seriously injured in an accident in his shop. According to the Grand Rapids Enquirer, "A serious accident happened this morning to E. O. Stevens, proprietor of the sash and blind factory hitherto known as Harrington's, by which his left hand, thumb and two fingers were shockingly cut and mangled. When the casualty occurred Mr. S. was at work with a sticking machine, arranging stuff for the knives, his fingers slipped and his hand being caught by them was terribly cut to pieces. He was taken to the Bronson House and Drs. Saunders and Ellis called to dress the wounds. Several pieces of bone were taken out of the hand and one finger being deemed beyond surgical aid, was amputated."
In addition to his work as a carpenter in Grand Rapids, Stevens also became actively involved with the growing militia movement in western Michigan during the mid-1850s. He joined the Grand Rapids (Light) Artillery on December 1, 1855, under the command of Captain Lucius Patterson and then Captain Baker Borden, and which would become the nucleus for Company B in the Third Michigan (Borden would also command Company B). Stevens was promoted from the ranks to Third Lieutenant on April 8, 1858, and then to Second Lieutenant on August 10, 1859. By late 1859 he was Adjutant of the Second Battalion, Sixteenth Brigade (which would become the Fifty-first Regiment and then, ultimately, the Third Michigan infantry) and a member of the State Military Board.
By 1860 Elisha was working as a carpenter and living with his wife in Grand Rapids' Fourth Ward. He lived next door to James Bennett who would also join Company B in 1861.
Elisha was 33 years old when he enlisted as First Lieutenant in Company B on May 13, 1861. He was promoted to Adjutant on January 1, 1862, commissioned the same day. By the first of July he was suffering from intermittent fever, and reported among a group of sick and wounded soldiers who arrived at the hospital at Fortress Monroe on July 5 aboard the S. R. Spaulding. He was on leave for 20 days from July 9, 1862, but eventually rejoined the Regiment and during the battle of Second Bull Run on August 29-30, 1862, his "horse was struck by a shell and killed, and in the fall the Adjutant was somewhat injured inwardly."
In November he was "promoted" to Company D (presumably promoted to "captain" of the company), but resigned shortly afterwards (probably in late November or early December). Although Colonel Stephen Champlin, who commanded the Third Michigan in 1862, approved Elisha's resignation on December 4, it was subsequently disapproved (for reasons unknown) at General Birney's headquarters. (Birney then commanded the division in which the Third served). In any event, the resignation was eventually approved (apparently) and Elisha was reported as officially resigned on December 31, 1862 on account of disability. In subsequent years he was always referred to as Major E. O. Stevens, presumably out of respect for his role as Adjutant.
By late January of 1863 Elisha was home in Grand Rapids when he was severely injured during a brawl involving several soldiers of the Seventh Michigan cavalry. According to one account, on January 24 three of the Seventh cavalrymen "ran the guard with their sabres, got somewhat tipsy, attempted to force their way into several houses where respectable ladies reside, and broke the doors and windows. The citizens gathered, and a fracas ensued, in which several men were cut and and bruised, one of the rowdy soldiers receiving a blow on his head which made him crazy. Three of them were finally lodged in jail. In the affray, a Mr. Brookser [?] was considerably injured by a sabre cut upon his arm, and Adjutant Stevens of the 3rd Michigan Infantry, who had recently returned, by a severe cut on the head.
After his resignation he returned to Grand Rapids, where he was working as a laborer and living at 41 Turner in 1867-68, and from 1868-69 was employed as a cabinet maker for Nelson, Comstock & Co. By 1870 he was living with his wife in Grand Rapids' Fourth Ward and working as a cabinet-maker, and by 1880 he was still working as a cabinet-maker and living with his wife in the Seventh Ward. In fact he lived in Grand Rapids for many years, and was living at 79 Turner Street in July of 1887 when his wife Joanna died, and in 1890 when he gave an affidavit in the pension application of Capt. Baker Borden (formerly of Company B).
Elisha was a widower probably still living on Turner Street in 1888 when he married his second wife Massachusetts native Mary E. Kingsbury Rice (she too had been married once before) on September 25, 1888 in Sparta, Kent County.
He was residing in Grand Rapids Seventh Ward in 1894, at 79 Turner Street in 1898, and at 29 Turner Street around 1900. Apparently sometime before the end of the century, Elisha became an attorney -- or so it would appear. He was appointed lawyer by and for one William W. Bennett of Alpine, Township, in Kent County, in 1899, for Bennett's application to increase his pension; Bennett had served in Company B, Third Michigan infantry.
There was some doubt, however, as to his competence of pension law, at least according to one observer. F. Sims, a Special Commissioner for Pensions, investigating the case of Capt. Baker Borden's widow pension application, noted in his report on Mrs. Borden's case that Elisha had gotten involved with a disbarred attorney in pension law, one J. O. Bellaire. Bellaire, who had
an office on West Bridge Street where he executes pensionaffidavits and vouchers. Elisha O. Stevens is a very nice old man; he was an officer in the late war and is well respected. He knows very little about pensions for I examined his own claims and found him densely ignorant of pension law. I have found him in Bellaire's office so often that I suspected that Bellaire was using his namer and I questioend ıellaire about it but he said he did not do it. This is the first case I have had where Stevens is the attorney, and all of the testimony is written by Bellaire. I have seen Bellaire today and told him that I would investigate this matter at an early date and in Nov. I will submit a report with a view to testing the right of Mr. Stevens to practice pension law.
Elisha appeared to have been somewhat of a theatrical character. The Democrat reported on May 14, 1876 that he portrayed George Washington at a centennial tea party given in Middleville, Barry County, the Eagle noted on July 5, 1881, that Stevens gave the Fourth of July oration in Tustin, Osceola County, and the Eagle remarked on May 26, 1883, that Stevens was named the Marshal for the Decoration Day procession.
He was a witness for Francis Barlow's pension, a member of the Old Third Michigan Infantry Association, and Grand Army of the Republic Custer post no. 5 in Grand Rapids. In 1890 he applied for and received a pension (no. 707418).
Elisha died a widower in Grand Rapids on June 3, 1904, of valvular heart disease, and was presumably buried in Kent County.
Curiously, however, there seems to be no record of his interment in the County cemetery system. Although his death certificate is on file in Kent County noting that he died at his home in Grand Rapids. Also of interest is that his first Joanna died at their home on Turner street in Grand Rapids and the funeral was reported as in the home and yet there is not record of her burial in Grand Rapids nor for Mary Stevens.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today formally announced that Frank Annicaro has assumed the role of Acting President of MTA Bus Company.
Annicaro, a transportation industry veteran of more than three decades, began serving in the role earlier this month. He will double as Acting Senior Vice President of New York City Transit's Department of Buses.
Annicaro has spent the last 18 years working in Bus Operations. His portfolio during that time encompasses a wide range of leadership functions. He has served as the Chief Maintenance Officer and been accountable for maintaining the entire MTA fleet of buses and non-revenue vehicles. Annicaro has managed multiple new bus procurement contracts and warranties. He has also been an indispensable leader in the organization's efforts to transition to a Zero Emission fleet by 2040.
Prior to joining the MTA, Annicaro spent over a decade in the private sector specializing in logistic services.
"I am honored to accept this role," said Annicaro. "We carry more people on our buses than the next four largest systems in America combined. I have spent the bulk of my career working to improve bus operations, so this is the opportunity of a lifetime. I am ready to hit the ground running to make sure our team is as prepared as ever to deliver world class bus service millions of New Yorkers."
"Frank is a strategic and innovative thinker and has the strong leadership background necessary to run the Department of Buses during this critical period when so many New Yorkers are returning to the system," said Acting MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber. "I am confident that Frank will continue to look for ways to make our bus system more attractive for all New Yorkers in the months to come."
"Having worked closely with Frank in my former role, I know firsthand how he is uniquely prepared to build upon the work we have done together," said Interim New York City Transit President Craig Cipriano. "Frank will be a champion for all bus customers as we execute on the aggressive bus system improvement goals that we recently announced. He is truly the consummate transportation professional and understands what it takes to manage a workforce of more than 18,000 transit heroes."
In total, MTA Regional Bus Operations runs more than 300 bus routes, including more than 70 express routes and 20 Select Bus Service routes. The Authority maintains and operates a 24/7 fleet of nearly 6,000 buses. That figure represents the largest municipal fleet in the nation.
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The Focke-Wulf Triebflügel, or Triebflügeljäger, literally meaning "thrust-wing hunter", was a German concept for an aircraft designed in 1944, during the final phase of World War II as a defense against the ever-increasing Allied bombing raids on central Germany. It was a vertical take-off and landing tailsitter interceptor design for local defense of important factories or areas which had small or no airfields. The Triebflügel had only reached the wind-tunnel testing phase in mockups when the Allied forces reached the production facilities. No complete prototype was ever built.
This Focke-Wulf VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) fighter/interceptor was designed in September 1944. The three untapered wings rotated around the fuselage and had a gradually decreasing pitch towards the wingtips, thus acting like a giant propeller. At the end of each wing was a Pabst ramjet, Since ramjets do not operate at slow speeds, either the rotor had to be driven by a fuselage-mounted takeoff-booster or small Walter rocket engines could have been fitted to each ramjet pod. The pilot sat in a cockpit near the nose and the armament consisted of two MK 103 30mm cannon with 100 rounds plus two MG 151/20 20mm cannon with 250 rounds. Although the Triebflugel was not constructed, a wind tunnel model was tested up to a speed of Mach 0.9.
HIGHLY DETAILED MODEL
CLEAR PARTS INCLUDED
ALL HATCHES CAN BE OPEN OR CLOSED
DECALS SHEET FOR 6 VARIANTS


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Q: How to interpret the values sent by an MPU-9255? Well, I am using this holiday in Brazil to improve my skills in C. I have learned how to use I2C and how to communicate with the MPU9255 (with help from this question). The last trouble I am facing is that the sensor is returning wrong values. The value returned is floating from 0 to 65000, but it is not linear.
I think that is because I am making some confusion on the data types or bytes merge on my code. Can someone help me revising my code?
    uint8_t Test[] = "\n AccelX: \n";
    HAL_UART_Transmit(&huart1,Test,sizeof(Test),100);

    //SET X_HIGH REGISTER ADDRESS
    i2cData = 0x3B;
    HAL_I2C_Master_Transmit(&hi2c1, adressMPU, &i2cData, 1, 100);

    //REQUEST 6 BYTES OF DATA (ACCEL X, Y AND Z)
    HAL_I2C_Master_Receive(&hi2c1, adressMPU, receive_buffer, 6, 100);

    AccelX = (char)receive_buffer[0]<<8 | (char)receive_buffer[1];
    AccelY = (char)receive_buffer[2]<<8 | (char)receive_buffer[3];
    AccelZ = (char)receive_buffer[4]<<8 | (char)receive_buffer[5];

    //PRINTA NA SERIAL 1
    len = sprintf(buffer, " %i\r\n", AccelX); //sprintf will return the length of 'buffer'
    HAL_UART_Transmit(&huart1, (uint8_t *)buffer, len, 1000);

    HAL_Delay(500);

Update:
I just noted one thing: from 0 to 16768, the sensor measurements are right, but when I upside the axis, the sensor goes from 65536 to ~49000 when should be from 0 to -16768. Surely is a conversion error, but I still not can see where exactly is the error.

A: The MPU-9255 is giving you a 16-bit, signed integer. Your code is interpreting it as unsigned.
An unsigned, 16-bit number can represent values from 0 to 65535. A signed 16-bit number represents -32768 to +32767.
Here is an 8-bit example from Wikipedia:

To make the conversion, first look at the high bit. If it is \$0\$, then no conversion is necessary. If it is \$1\$, then \$signed = (unsigned - 2^N)\$, where \$N\$ is the number of bits. Sixteen, in your case.
Here is a simple method for 16 bits:
uint16_t unsignedAccelX;
int16_t signedAccelX;

if (unsignedAccelX < 32768)
{
    signedAccelX = unsignedAccelX;
}
else
{
    signedAccelX = unsignedAccelX - 65536;
}

There are many more elegant and/or efficient ways of doing this. There is some discussion here.
Good luck!


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Overseas Vietnamese community share difficulty with Thua Thien Hue
Establishing the prestige for Hue Academy of Music
Opportunities for the Culture Industry in Hue
Putting Art of Painting onto Ao dai
The dream about a museum of education is coming true
Going along Truoi River to visit Truc Lam Monastery
Retaining the career passion
VnExpress Marathon Hue 2020: Seizing opportunity to kick-start Hue tourism
Enjoying Hue cuisine under the rain
Slow but sure
Economic recovery after natural disasters: Banks join in
Vietravel Airlines aims at developing destinations for Hue
Stimulating consumption after the COVID-19 pandemic
Sublimation with musical yoga
It's finger lickin' good
A golden year of Hue sports
"The Golden Pagoda" in the heart of Hue Ancient Capital
Implementing activities to improve capacity for staff of Nursing Department
Six units jointly organize a conference on French - Vietnamese education
Lao students on the land of the ancient capital
Hue University increases its ranking in the QS Asia University Rankings 2021
More activities, much more values for heritages and monuments
Ru Cha - The check-in point for four seasons
The beauty of Cau Hai Lagoon through the lens of the photographer Khang Chu Long
The spotlight of the heritage city
» Building a city of heritage & breakthrough expectations - Part 1: "Awakening" the heritage
» Building a city of heritage and the breakthrough expectations - Part 2: Exploiting the heritage from a specific mechanism
» Building a city of heritage and the breakthrough expectations - Part 3: Seizing the "golden" opportunity
» Investing nearly VND 18 billion to restore 3 communal houses in ruins
» Street venders in the heritage city
Le Loi street is one of the most beautiful streets associated with the Huong river, Hue City. With the combination between the natural landscape and the French colonial architecture, Le Loi street is appropriate to develop into a space for culture and art as a spotlight of the heritage city. This is, no doubt, a timely policy.
Music performance at Nha Ken ('Open Orchestra House')
A harmonious linkage
Le Loi was among the earliest streets in Hue, established in the early 19th century. Prior to 1943, it was named Jules Ferry, which the ordinary people called 'Thuy Su' street. Along this street, there were buildings of the French colony.
Dr. Tran Dinh Hang, Director of VICAS, Hue, remarked that the deliberate planning on the south bank of the Huong river has added more beauty to the river and reconciled with the nature and the ancient architecture of Hue.
For this, we have a Westernized space on the Huong bank that harmoniously combines architecture and landscape. This is a special feature to contribute to turning the buildings and garden along the river into a cultural and tourist space.
For its importance, a section of Le Loi street, between Phu Xuan Bridge and Truong Tien Bridge, was developed into the "Hue space of Culture and Arts" in accordance with the decision of the provincial people's committee.
In addition to establishing the center of arts, museum and galleries to make artistic spotlight, the province has planned to renovate the functions of the cultural buildings along the river bank, along with exploiting the public spaces surrounding these.
For building up the series of open artistic centers, the fences around houses and business establishments have been dismantled.
The extension of museum and art center system closely tied to statue gardens and art galleries is appropriate to the development of a culture city. There are also landscape embellishment and infrastructure renovation as part of the city spotlight.
Doan Van Toan, a local citizen, said: "I like taking a walk along this street every day to behold the historically valuable buildings of arts and architecture and the beautiful landscape along the river bank. The establishment of a space of culture and arts will give Hue a new public image and attract more tourists. It is a good idea to put galleries, museums and parks into a network of open space as it allows public accessibility.
Another attraction is the ironwood bridge. Since its launch, the bridge has attracted thousands of arrivals for promenading, photo taking, and exercising. It becomes an ideal spot for leisure by the river.
Making a lively space
For a lively space of culture and arts, it is important to organize culture and art activities. The Department of Culture and Sports have had plans for attractive leisure and entertainment spots and art performing stages. These are both the places for artists to show their creativities and for the public and tourists to entertain.
It is expected that the system of walking streets and the space of culture and arts will be the night hub of Hue by night with various forms of arts from traditional to contemporary music.
Groups from guitar clubs, hip-hop and dance sports will contribute to the contemporary music performance, while groups of Hue Singing and Royal Theatrical Music, royal dance and royal opera and Hue classical opera (Tuong Hue) will perform to introduce the heritage values of Hue. Other forms of arts such as unicorn dance, calligraphy, puppetry, juggle and live statue will be present.
The chairman of Theater Association, Nguyen Van Thanh, said: "The Theater Association can contribute to the street performance every week with comedies and extracts from Hue classical operas. Our artists are very excited about this undertaking because they will have the opportunity to perform for the public and promote the traditional arts."
There are currently 30 clubs, groups and businesses performing for the public. In addition, orchestras from Hue Academy of Music and the Hue Singing Club perform at the Hue Museum of Culture every week. These are resources for organizing art activities for the community.
Dr. Phan Thanh Hai, Director of Department of Culture and Sports, said that activities of culture and arts such as Hue Singing show at the walking bridge, music performance at Nha Ken ('Open Orchestra House'), will be proposed to make the space lively and create a spotlight for the city, thereby introducing Hue cultural values.
Museums and galleries can have their collections displayed both indoors and in the open-air space; they can organize contests for photograph of cultural heritage and galleries for artists, as well as artisans to introduce new forms of arts.
For the community performance program, part of the budget is supported by the State and part will be socialized. The government also has the policy for investment as well as sponsorship appeal, making it favorable for the artists to perform. Organizing agencies, on the other hand, need to be proactive to find the sources of socialization and sponsorship from the businesses and communities.
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Establishing the prestige for Hue Academy of Music (18/01)
Opportunities for the Culture Industry in Hue (15/01)
Reading Books with Interest (11/01)
Nearly 70 fine art works displayed at Student Fine Art Exhibition (10/01)
Celebrating 232th Anniversary of Nguyen Hue's Coronation (08/01)
Putting Art of Painting onto Ao dai (06/01)
Ngo Mon (Noon Gate) to be open to welcome visitors after a long time of restoration (04/01)
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Reading Books with Interest
Nearly 70 fine art works displayed at Student Fine Art Exhibition
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