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This Was a Huge Week for Music Videos. Here's What to Make of the 5 Biggest Drops
By Raisa Bruner
February 28, 2020 5:03 PM EST
Some might say the music video had its heyday in the mid-2000s, when MTV's Total Request Live was required viewing for young millennials and Britney Spears ruled the charts. But the music video in 2020 is just as — if not more — powerful as a vehicle for an artist and their message. Consider this week, which saw the release of visual statements from five of the biggest acts in the world: Lady Gaga, BTS, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and J Balvin. Each of them has something major to announce: For Gaga, it's the start of a new era, and a return to her outlandish, creative pop roots. For BTS, it's a multi-layered narrative that will only help build the momentum of their new album while expanding the group's mysteries. For Swift, it's a statement of power as she solidifies her image as a woman in control at last. Balvin is kicking off a fresh album cycle marked by maturity; and Styles has an eye toward propelling ticket sales for his upcoming tour and reminding the radio that he's ready for airtime there, too.
Read on for what each of the videos has to say about where these artists are heading next.
"Stupid Love," Lady Gaga
Welcome to Chromatica, an extra-galactic, post-apocalyptic world in turmoil. This is the new home of Lady Gaga, who appears to be circling back to a futuristic pop persona for her sixth album after dabbling in the country vibes of Joanne and A Star Is Born. And it kicks off with a statement: "The world rots in conflict. Many tribes battle for dominance. While the Spiritual ones pray and sleep for peace, the Kindness punks fight for Chromatica," reads the intro text on the music video for "Stupid Love," finally released this week after leaking earlier in the month. With the video and song out simultaneously, the era Gaga has conjured is one of visual specificity. The setting: a rocky planet in a sci-fi B-movie from the '80s. The costuming: neon, leather, plastic, chains, tulle, spikes, capes. The light: surreal. The choreography: sharp and bouncy. The sound: pure Gaga. She has always been an iconoclast and a trendsetter; now, when the prevailing trend in pop is honesty and authenticity, it only makes sense that Gaga would lean all the way in the other direction, giving us pure artifice. Kindness punks assemble!
"ON," BTS
Last week, BTS put out Map of the Soul: 7, a 20-track album representing a breadth of sounds and styles. The new single, "ON," got a special TikTok pre-release tease and a "kinetic" music video — a spare bit of minimalist-for-BTS choreography. But this week the K-pop group followed it up with an official music video for "ON" that is much more ambitious, cinematic and allegorical in scope. Each of the seven members get star moments in scenes of destruction and desolation: the video opens with Jin running across a windswept, war-torn plateau, kneeling by a dead dove impaled by an arrow. Jimin sings in front of a pile of abandoned drums. RM performs by a grounded ark-like boat, a giraffe at his back. J-Hope raps with stunted tree stumps surrounding him. V approaches a blindfolded child and gently releases her blindfold, taking her hand. Suga presides over a congregation in a temple draped in red banners. Jung Kook's wrists are wrapped in barbed wire. Eventually, they all collect in front of a stone gate that slowly opens to reveal a new world, with a cliff reminiscent of Pride Rock from The Lion King and its center. Jin releases a dove and Jung Kook draws up a conch shell from a pond, igniting a medieval-inspired dance break with a fiery denouement. And then they climb the rock.
It's part biblical, part mythological (the faded tones of, say, 300), part Hunger Games, part Lion King, part Maze Runner, part Attack on Titan, part Game of Thrones — in full, a mashup of fantastical and apocalyptic fables. Thanks to all those details, fans have been hungrily watching and re-watching to parse for understanding, inevitably helping to up the video's streams and boost its success as a song; the video has nearly 50 million views on YouTube in just one day. This has been BTS' strategy all along: create a universe listeners — and viewers — can get lost in. It's working.
"The Man," Taylor Swift
Swift's last album Lover was primarily a tender project full of romance. But her singles — and their music videos — have been exceptions. First there was the technicolor dreamscape of "Me!," then the pointedly message-driven party thrown for "You Need to Calm Down" with its abundant celebrity cameos. And now, following the release of her raw, revelatory documentary Miss Americana and inking a new global publishing deal, arrives "The Man." In the video, Swift transforms into — you guessed it — a man, dramatizing her on-the-nose lyrics. The song pulls no punches; it's about double standards and sexism, and the video makes that as blatant as possible. There she is running an office, swagger in every step; there she in a silk shirt on a yacht, surrounded by bikini-clad women and champagne. There she is as a dad, bestowing a perfunctory pat on the head to a kid, with women throwing themselves at her feet. There she is laying out cash and taking shots at a club; playing tennis and throwing a tantrum; marrying a much-younger woman; manspreading and smoking a cigar on the subway.
And then as the music cuts, the video zooms out and Swift, now as herself, gives herself as a guy (voiced by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) some direction. "Pretty good. Could you try to be sexier, maybe more likable this time?" she asks. (It's a line that drily echoes concerns she expresses in Miss Americana about the pressures female artists face with public perception.) As the end credits roll, we discover that Swift directed, wrote, owns and stars in the video. This is a fight Swift has been engaged in for years, reclaiming her masters, legally battling an assailant, managing expectations from the family members and power players who guided and funded her career from its early stages. With "The Man," she seems to be saying she's arrived: no longer a pawn, she's in charge of every aspect of her image, business and art. "The Man" was always a wry, fun song. Now it's a statement of intent.
"Rojo," J Balvin
J Balvin is one of Latin music's most prominent figures, a reggaeton master from Colombia who has made a concerted effort to expand his presence globally and collapse genre boundaries. (See: the layered Vibras, his collaborative Oasis with Bad Bunny, smash hit "Mi Gente" with its added Beyoncé feature.) His new album Colores is due in March, and to kick things off he released "Rojo," the first single, with an accompanying music video this week. "Rojo" is pure Balvin, with an upbeat reggaeton groove. But the video is something else entirely: a PSA against "distracted driving" and its "horrific toll," as the press release describes it. In it, Balvin ends up in a terrible car accident, and his bloodied ghost haunts his lover and child as they carry on without him. It's disconcerting and affecting — and it doubles down on the territory Balvin is staking out for himself as a role model, a voice of responsibility in a realm often better known for celebration and machismo. It's hard to say what will come next from Colores, but that Balvin is interested in more than the lighthearted side of the spotlight is clear.
"Falling," Harry Styles
The prettiest ballad off of Styles' sophomore solo album Fine Line also got its music video treatment today. Unlike the setup in the fantastical fishing village of "Adore You," the video for "Falling" is straightforward: an emotive Styles at a piano, water gushing forth over the keys and the tiled floor, whiskey glass at hand. (Pisces season continues.) He is subsumed by the rising tide, singing and floating ethereally under water. Publicly, Styles has positioned himself as a showman: bold, fashion-forward outfits, sharp rock 'n' roll stage production, a larger-than-life onscreen persona with a private personal life. This video seems to be his offering to fans, a peek into a more interior and subdued emotional space. With an upcoming world tour on the books, it's also a reminder to the public at large that he's got some very pretty music on his hands. Sometimes that's all a music video really needs to do: refresh our memory and give a song a second life.
Write to Raisa Bruner at raisa.bruner@time.com.
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Letter from Schenker to Otto Erich Deutsch, May 15, 1930 (OJ 5/9, [3])
Page of Schenker's diary, late January and early February 1907
Page of Schenker's lessonbook for 1923/24
This single-page letter - a note rather than a letter, perhaps - offers some opinions and analytical thoughts on materials that O.E. Deutsch had sent him six weeks earlier.
This diary page, p. 33, includes a notorious passage: his outspoken reaction to Schoenberg's first string quartet.
Lessonbook
This is p. 14 of the 1923/24 lessonbook. It records part of the series of lessons of Hans Weisse, covering April 1 to June 3, 1924.
Viennese musician and teacher Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935), the twentieth century's leading theorist of tonal music, produced a series of innovative studies and editions between 1903 and 1935, while exerting a powerful and sustained influence, directly and through his pupils, on the teaching of music from the 1930s onward in the USA, and since the 1970s in Europe and elsewhere.
Schenker maintained a vigorous correspondence over nearly half a century, kept a meticulously detailed diary over 40 years, and recorded precise notes on lessons that he gave over a period of twenty years. It is these three collections of personal documents that constitute the core of Schenker Documents Online.
Schenker Documents and this Edition
Schenker left behind approximately 130,000 manuscript and typescript leaves comprising unpublished works, preparatory materials, and personal documents, preserved in two dedicated archives, numerous libraries, and private possession. (See "Major Collections.") The archived papers of several other scholars, among them Guido Adler, Oswald Jonas, Moriz Violin, and Arnold Schoenberg, also preserve correspondence and other documents relating to Schenker and his circle.
Schenker Documents Online offers a scholarly edition of this material based not on facsimiles but on near-diplomatic transcriptions of the original texts, together with English translations, explanatory footnotes, summaries, and contextual material relating the texts to Schenker's personal development and that of his correspondents.
Additions to the site in 2020
DIARIES: The Summer‒Fall 1911 diaries cover the early life of Heinrich and Jeanette together, and her involvement in his diary. — With that material, the diaries now run continuously from 1896 to Dec 1914 and from Oct 1917 to Jan 1935. The gap will be filled during the coming 18 months.
"POLITICAL DIARY": Schenker wrote a separate diary from Nov 1918 to June 1919 reflecting the immediate post-war period and Versailles Treaty, now on site.
CORRESPONDENCE: Amidst their trivialities, Schenker's postcards and letters to Moriz Violin for 1910‒11 contain explosive material about the relationship between Schenker and Jenny Kornfeld (i.e. Jeanette). — The only letter from Felix Kornfeld and his mother Jeanette is heart-breaking, and the exchange between his son Tomáš Kornfeld and Heribert Esser illuminates the Kornfeld household after Jeanette left it in 1910.
The correspondence with the Beethoven House, Bonn for 1913‒14 concerns Op. 111, in preparation for the Erläuterungsausgabe. — That with Danish conductor Paul von Klenau, whom Schenker considered a prospective exponent of his ideas, shows Schenker explaining editorial and performance principles in Beethoven's music, leading to the historical 1924 concert of the Ninth Symphony and part of the Missa solemnis. — The exchanges with Victor Hammer for 1924 cover the beginning of Schenker's sittings for Hammer's famous 1925 mezzotint portrait and the conversations that occurred during those sittings.
LESSONBOOKS Schenker's lessonbook for 1915/16 is now on site. It is instructive particularly in showing which students studied theory and exactly what materials they were taught.
PROFILES: 27 new profiles (including. e.g., Paul von Klenau, the Beethoven House, and Theresienstadt), and revisions of many others (including the Kornfeld family members, Fanny Violin, and Jeanette Schenker).


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3M denies German officials' allegations that a mask shipment was diverted to the US in 'an act of modern piracy'
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A shipment of protective masks that was bound for Berlin was diverted in Thailand and sent to the US, the Financial Times reported Friday.
Andreas Geisel, Berlin's interior minister, told the newspaper that the diversion of the 200,000 masks was "an act of modern piracy."
German officials first said that the masks were from US manufacturer 3M, but later said authorities were working to clarify where the masks came from.
3M denied the initial report, saying "3M has no evidence to suggest 3M products have been seized."
President Donald Trump had criticized 3M for sending masks to countries other than the US, though the company has also increased imports to the US of the critical protective equipment.
Mike Roman, the CEO of 3M, on Friday called Trump's criticism "absurd" and said that stopping shipments to other countries would pose a humanitarian risk.
A shipment of protective masks that was bound for Germany was diverted in Thailand and sent to the United States instead, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
The masks were first reported to have come from US manufacturer 3M, but German officials later told the Financial Times that they were working to clarify which company manufactured the masks.
3M told Business Insider in a statement that "3M has no evidence to suggest 3M products have been seized. 3M has no record of any order of respirators from China for the Berlin police. We cannot speculate where this report originated."
The diversion of the 200,000 protective masks intended for healthcare workers and emergency staff members in Berlin was "an act of modern piracy," Andreas Geisel, Berlin's interior minister, told the Financial Times.
President Donald Trump on Thursday invoked the Defense Production Act to force 3M, based in Minnesota, to prioritize making protective equipment like masks for the US.
The Trump administration has criticized 3M for sending protective equipment to countries other than the United States, though the company has also ramped up imports into the US — it said on Friday that it recently got approval to send over 10 million N95 respirator masks to the US from its facilities in China.
Various N95 respiration masks at a 3M lab contracted by the US government to produce extra marks in response to the country's novel coronavirus outbreak.
The White House and the German Embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment.
Mike Roman, the CEO of 3M, responded to Trump's criticism on Friday, telling CNBC that it was "absurd" and that the company had "been telling the administration for days and days" about its efforts to bring protective equipment like the in-demand N95 respirator masks into the US.
The Trump administration asked 3M to stop exporting masks made in the US to Canada and Latin America, 3M said on Friday. The company said that halting those exports would have "significant humanitarian implications" in those regions, where it is "a critical supplier of respirators."
Editor's note: This story has been updated to incorporate a statement from 3M.
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July 2013 - Writers Magazine
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'Ebook sales growth in the UK seems to be flattening this year. A recent Bowker study showed that digital is taking a much greater proportion of the fiction market than of narrative non-fiction, as in the US...'
'The revelation that Robert Galbraith was really J K Rowling and the huge subsequent demand for The Cuckoo's Calling have dominated the headlines this week. It's an ideal silly season story, complete with a villain in the shape of the lawyer who, for some extraordinary reason, confided the truth to his wife's best friend, who promptly tweeted it to Sunday Times journalist India Knight...'
'The big story this week is the devastating news for Apple that it has lost its case. A federal judge in New York has ruled that Apple did collude with five big publishers to fix ebook prices...'
This was an unprecedentedly eventful week in publishing, which saw the completion of the Penguin Random House merger, but with some surprises, and the completely unexpected departure of Victoria Barnsley, CEO of HarperCollins UK.
A recent Publishing Perspectives story throws light on the burgeoning market for writers' work in China. The founder, Luo Li, has recently left the country's largest online literature site Quidian, charged with stealing copyrights that belonged to Quidian's parent company, Shanda Literature.
'On the internet everyone is writing. There is a great flowering of writing. Going in to Knopf (his US publisher) today is not like going into a publisher 50 years ago. That world is changing... 'You're lucky if a book stays in print for 30 or 40 years. James Salter, author of All That Is is, in the Observer, quoted in our Comment column.
'When my first novel was published, people said: "Why are you still here?" (working in a London bookshop). How much money do they think authors earn? If you're lucky, you'll get enough to help you survive while you're writing your next book...' Evie Wyld, author of After the Fire, A Still Small Voice and All the Birds, Singing in the Independent on Sunday
'I've spent 30 years loving being a novelist. It's bullshit to say that I think television has superseded the novel. It's just not what I think. Of course it's exciting to do something on this scale in a medium I've never worked in; and, yes, I've talked about TV dramas being comparable to novels, in that you have the length for complex storylines and characters. But I would never say they have replaced novels. There's room for both.' Salman Rushdie in The Times
'Whether you're an author, agent, publisher or retailer, depending on your view it's either a terrifying or exhilarating time. The only certainty is that it's all changing... The publishing world has gone mad. But throughout it all, one thing will survive - the inspiration of stories, the power of words. It's what unites all of us at this party. Victoria Barnsley, CEO, at the HarperCollins UK summer party which turned into her leaving party, as reported in Bookbrunch.
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'To write good SF today...you must push further and harder, reach deeper into your own mind until you break through into the strange and terrible country wherein live your own dreams.'
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Links to this month's top stories
Our new feature links to interesting blogs or articles posted online, which will help keep you up to date with what's going on in the book world:
Here's how Amazon self-destructs - Salon.com
The Head of FSG Reflects on Hothouse -- Vulture
Two Experiments Running: Agent-Publishing in London | Publishing Perspectives
'I turned down 'Robert Galbraith'': Editor admits rejecting JK Rowling's secret novel - News - Books - The Independent
Agent-Assisted Publishing: An Interrupted Debate | Publishing Perspectives
What the Writers' Guild Can Do For You
Folio Academy Highlights Literary Gems of the Past | Publishing Perspectives
E-Book Ruling Gives Amazon an Advantage - NYTimes.com
Book Publishing's Big Gamble - NYTimes.com
An innocent story with dramatic implications - The Shatzkin Files.
Genre Fiction and Digital Publishing: A Marriage Made in Heaven | Publishing Perspectives
Google Wins Appeal, Authors Guild Loses Class Action Status
Want Kids to Succeed at School? Stock Your Home with Books | Publishing Perspectives
e-books and profitability- What we've always said and publishers have always denied | AARdvark
US writer uses self-publishing to get past industry 'racism' | Books | guardian.co.uk
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Maria Maloney of Our Street BooksAn Imprint Of John Hunt Publishing. For children of all ages, deliver a potent mix of fantastic, rip-roaring adventure and fantasy stories to excite the imagination; spiritual fiction to help the mind and the heart grow; humorous stories to make the funny bone grow; historical tales to evolve interest; and all manner of subjects that stretch imagination, grab attention, inform, inspire and keep the pages turning. Our subjects include Non-fiction and Fiction, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Religious, Spiritual, Historical, Adventure, Social Issues, Humour, Folk Tales and more. on Writing for and about children in Talking to Publishers 3: 'Speak directly to the children on their own level and not at them or down to them. It is helpful if you have an educational background or write from experience. Ensure you aim the style of language at the appropriate age group. Sophisticated language won't suit the very young for instance. We often get picture books for children 3-6 with language more suited to teenagers.'
Suzanne Ruthven interviews her colleague Autumn Barlow, publisher for the new John Hunt PublishingExplore the "Our Imprints" section to learn more about our uniquely qualified publishers and their supporting teams. imprint for historical fiction, Top Hat BooksAn Imprint Of John Hunt Publishing. Historical fiction that lives. We publish fiction that captures the contrasts, the achievements, the optimism and the radicalism of ordinary and extraordinary times across the world.: 'As I see it, "historical" isn't actually a genre itself. Within historical fiction there are literary works, thrillers, romances, action-adventure, and of course Alternate Histories and historical fantasy..,'
Our new review of Writing: A User's Manual - A practical guide to the craft of planning, starting and finishing a novel by David Hewson concludes that:'The great strength of Hewson's guide lies in the detailed focus on the actual process of putting together a novel, the decisions that need to be made, the best way to approach the task and so on.'
Suzanne Ruthven kicks off our new series with an article about their books for writers: 'It would be a great mistake to think that writers' how-to books were only written for beginners - there are times when even more experienced writers also need a bit of helpful advice, especially if thinking about changing direction, or exploring a completely different genre...'
This month's writing opportunities are the Hot Key Young Writers Prize 2013 (closing on 22 July), Costa Short Story Award 2013, The H W Fisher Biography Prize and the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award.
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Golden Years Grow Dark for Isolated Elders
By Paul Kleyman
It's not surprising that Robert Lyons slipped into depression a few years ago, except that he was among the growing number of elders living alone, who were lucky enough to get the help he needed to pull him out of his deep funk.
The usually upbeat Lyons, 78, watched his parents and all of his siblings—eight of them—die within a few short years. He also lost most of his friends in his circle of army buddies, who had moved to San Francisco in the 1940s and '50s, partly to escape Southern segregation.
"It was kind of a dark time for me," said Lyons, recalling his sister's terminal cancer, his two remaining brothers' losing struggles with diabetes, and his own health challenges—lingering effects of a stroke in 1993 and, recently, a broken hip. Family trips to his native Texas, surrounded by nieces and nephews, would be a thing of his past.
"So I guess I went off into this depression thing," he said.
Lone Seniors Double U.S. Rate
Lyons is among the more than one elder in four living alone in the United States, according to a recent report from the Pew Research Center. That's more than double the percentage of Americans of all ages living on their own. The impact of loneliness is even sharper for many immigrant elders, often isolated further by culture and language.
"Adults ages 65 and older who living alone report they are not in as good health and are more likely to feel sad, depressed or lonely than are older adults who live with another person," says the Pew report, released in March.
The Pew researchers found that one quarter of those living solo reported feeling depressed, versus only one in seven older adults residing with a spouse or other person.
African American seniors, such as Lyons, are especially prone to living by themselves (31.7 percent), according to the Pew study, followed closely by whites. Only one in five Latino elders lives alone.
But Lyons counts himself among the lucky. His senior health program at San Francisco's Institute on Aging provided him access to a psychiatrist, who treated him with anti-depressants and talk therapy.
After three years, said Lyons, "It worked because I snapped out of it." He added, "That was a big turn around for me in my life. I kind of got back on track."
According to the Pew study, "Older folks who live alone enjoy fewer benefits of aging" than seniors who live with someone. Those on their own have less time with family, have fewer interests or hobbies and volunteer less often.
The highest suicide rates are for people 65-plus—and even worse for those 85 or older.
Today, Lyons receives daily calls from the Institute on Aging's Friendship Line, a nationally emulated telephone service for suicide prevention and grief counseling. Program counselors call to chat, gauge his mood and remind him to take his medications or help arrange medical appointments in vans suitable for patients with wheelchairs or walkers. Lyons uses both.
Lyons, like many others, enjoys being independent as they age. A self-described "news junkie," he watches hours of public affairs programs and takes advantage of the monthly activities calendar—listing such things as exercise classes, dances and nature walks—for Fellowship Manor, his low-income senior living apartment building run by the Bethel AME Church.
A lifelong loner who was married briefly in his 30s, Lyons is among only 17.9 percent of older American men living on their own, compared with 34.4 percent of senior women.
Asian Elders Isolated
The challenges of isolation and social exclusion are even more difficult for immigrants.
Psychologist Terry Gock, who directs Asian Pacific Family Center in the San Gabriel Valley section of Los Angeles County, said outreach is critical to locating isolated elders.
Not only is language a major barrier to social interaction, Gock said, "You have an older adult who has never driven in this large space, where houses are far apart, and you cannot walk to practically anywhere in Los Angeles. So they become very housebound."
Noting the growing elder population, the mental health center started its Older Adult Supportive and Integrated Service (OASIS) program two years ago. The staff reached out to find isolated elders through community agencies, senior centers and religious organizations.
Gock dispelled the myth that older Asians have low rates of mental health problems. He stressed that clinical depression among Asian elders is often missed by common screening questions that American medical or counseling professionals ask to identify clinical depression, anxiety or other disorders.
"Even if you ask about being sad or depressed--and it's hard to even ask that in Asian languages--they'd probably say no," Gock explained. But practitioners might well get a different answer if, instead of inquiring whether the older person is sad, translating into Chinese the question, "Does your heart not feel good."
Similarly, Gock emphasized that providers might elicit a "no" to a question about whether a senior frequently feels angry. "But they can tell you that their liver is on fire. So, the symptoms a service provider asks about can create a very different picture of what symptoms [Asian seniors] have."
Often, Gock said, the stigma of mental illness in Asian communities has delayed elders or family members from seeking help. He continued, "They might have symptoms of psychosis--hearing voices, talking to the wall and sometimes acting uncontrollably. However, the family has been taking care of them for 20 years without medication."
Ghosts in the Living Room
Anne Wong, who directs the center's OASIS program, recalled a "very special client," a Chinese woman living alone in senior housing, who was referred to the program by the local adult protective services.
The woman was frightened of ghosts she believed were in her living room, so she barricaded herself in her bedroom with a small refrigerator and microwave and used a bucket to urinate.
When Wong and her staff could not coax the woman out of her room, they called a Christian couple the woman had listed as her emergency contact with the housing manager. The couple, who had been bringing the woman food every week or so, finally persuaded the woman to open the door. On finding the woman in filth, they got her to a medical facility where she died soon thereafter.
"It was very sad and exhausting for our staff," said Wong, "but they felt honored to help someone at the end stage of her life."
Wong stressed that community education about treatable mental health conditions is central to the center's work. She has participated in Asian-community radio and other media interviews aimed at destigmatizing mental illness.
This article was written as part of the California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, a program of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.


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Vyškov na Moravě je železniční stanice v západní části okresního města Vyškov v Jihomoravském kraji nedaleko řeky Haná. Leží na jednokolejné elektrizované trati Brno–Přerov (25 kV 50 Hz AC). Ve vzdálenosti asi 100 metrů od nádraží se nachází též městské autobusové nádraží.

Historie
Stanice byla vybudována jakožto součást Moravsko-slezské severní dráhy (sesterská společnost Severní dráhy císaře Ferdinanda KFNB) spojující Brno a Přerov, kde se trať napojovala na existující železnici do Ostravy a Krakova. Autorem univerzalizované podoby rozsáhlé stanice byl pravděpodobně architekt Theodor Hoffmann. Pravidelný provoz mezi Brnem a Přerovem byl zahájen 30. srpna 1869. Po zestátnění KFNB v roce 1906 pak obsluhovala stanici jedna společnost, Císařsko-královské státní dráhy (kkStB), po roce 1918 pak správu přebraly Československé státní dráhy.

Elektrizace trati procházející stanicí probíhala v letech 1994-1996.

Popis
Nachází se zde tři hranová nekrytá nástupiště, k příchodu k vlakům slouží přechody přes kolejiště. Z nádraží je vyvedena jedna nákladní vlečka. V dlouhodobém horizontu je počítáno s modernizací trati na rychlost až 200 km/h jakožto součást vysokorychlostního železničního koridoru Praha-Brno-Ostrava, jeho plánované dokončení se předpokládá okolo roku 2040.

Výpravní budova
Při výstavbě Moravsko-slezské severní dráhy byly použity typové projekty výpravních budov ve všech stanicích. V Vyškově jde o největší variantu pocházející z projekční kanceláře KFNB pod vedením architekta Theodora Hoffmanna. Výpravna byla postavena v romantizujícím slohu na protáhlém pětidílném půdorysu. Střední patrová část měla krajní rizality s navazujícími přízemní trakty s kolmě zakončenými patrovými křídly. Budova byla krytá valbovou střechou ve střední části, podélný trakt a křídla měly sedlovou střechu. Budova byla zdobena gotizujícími prvky, které byly při opravách v šedesátých a sedmdesátých letech 20. století odstraněny. V roce 2017 byla výpravní budova opravena, náklady na opravu činily cca 1,4 milionů korun. Další rekonstrukce by měla proběhnout v roce 2020 za 56 milionů korun.

Vodárna
Ve směru na Přerov v blízkosti výpravní budovy stojí vodárna. Jedná se o jednu ze tří dochovaných vodáren na trati Moravsko-slezské severní dráhy. Typový objekt pochází z projekční kanceláře KFNB pod vedením architekta Theodora Hoffmanna.

Vodárna je samostatná dvoupatrová věž se sedlovou střechou a s obytným křídlem připojeným k zadní straně věže. V patrech fasády jsou trojice úzkých obdélných oken, u druhéhé patra je střední okno vyšší. Původní členění fasády a zdobné prvky byly odstraněny při opravách.

Součástí nádraží bylo zděné skladiště s kanceláří umístěné naproti výpravny a vodárny.

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Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy

 Článek o modernizaci trati ve Vyškově (2019)
 Historie Moravsko-slezské severní dráhy
 Profil stanice na stránkách Českých drah

Železniční stanice v okrese Vyškov
Železniční stanice otevřené v roce 1869
Železniční trať Brno–Přerov
Doprava ve Vyškově
Stavby ve Vyškově


UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the council immediately after the vote he aimed for a Syria peace conference in November.
Bashar Ja'afari, Syria's ammbassador to the UN, said the regime was "fully committed" to attending the proposed peace conference.
Ja'afari said the resolution covered most of the concerns of Damascus and that the countries supporting rebels – Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France and the US – should also abide by it, says Al Jazeera.
Earlier today, Mr. Ban's spokesperson said that the UN team led by Swedish scientist ?ke Sellström has been able to resume its fact-finding activities related to all pending credible allegations of chemical weapons use, following its return to Syria this week.


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package org.delft.naward07.Utils.ImageUtils;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import com.google.gson.Gson;

/**
 * Store images' information. Used in HashMap.
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 * Created by Feng Wang on 14-7-22.
 */
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public class ImagesInfo implements Comparable<ImagesInfo> {
    private final int HASH = 0;
    private final int PHASH = 1;
    private final int HEIGHT = 2;
    private final int WIDTH = 3;
    private final int TIME = 4;
    private final int URL = 5;
    private final int HOST = 6;

    private class ImageInfo {
        private int width;
        private int height;

        private String hash;
        private String pHash;

        private String url;
        private String host;

        ImageInfo(int width, int height, /*String hash,*/ String pHash, String url) {
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            this.height = height;
            this.pHash = pHash;
            this.url = url;
        }

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        }

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            this(width, height, hash, pHash, url);
            this.host = host;
        }

        public String getHost(){
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        }

        public String getHash(){
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//            result.append(" Height: " + height + NEW_LINE);
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//            result.append(" pHash: " + pHash + NEW_LINE);
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            Gson gson = new Gson();
            return gson.toJson(this);
        }
    }

    private int num = 1;
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    private String hash;
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    public ImagesInfo(String hash) {
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    }

    public ImagesInfo(String hash, String pHash) {
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    }

    public void increment() {
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    }

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        imageList.add(new ImageInfo(width, height, pHash, url));
    }

    public void updateImagelist(int width, int height, String hash, String pHash, String url) {
        imageList.add(new ImageInfo(width, height, hash, pHash, url));
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        imageList.add(new ImageInfo(width, height, hash, pHash, url, host));
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Home Sun & Moon Eclipses Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India
June 21, 2020 — Annular Solar Eclipse — Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India
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The Washoe County Sheriff's Office has arrested a third suspect in the ongoing investigation of a rash of copper wire thefts from power poles in the north valleys. Detectives continue to search for a fourth suspect.
Walter Vernon Higgins was arrested by deputies on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Higgins was booked on two charges of Grand Larceny and a Destruction of Property charge.
Detectives are now asking for any information about the whereabouts of a fourth suspect, identified as Nicholas Hodgerney. Hodgerney lives in the north valleys area and is described as a white male adult, five feet 11 inches tall, 190 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information that could assist investigators with locating Hodgerney is asked to contact the Washoe County Sheriff's Office Detective Division at (775) 328-3320 or Secret Witness at (775) 322-4900. Refer to case number WC19-1423.
Similar damage was discovered on utility poles in the same area on March 7. On March 15, similar damage was discovered on utility poles located in the area of Seneca Drive and N. Virginia Street.
At approximately 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 17, a Sheriff's Office Patrol Deputy observed a vehicle parked in the area where the damage was discovered on March 15. A female was sitting in the vehicle. She was later identified as Roxanne Renee Pemberton, age 35, of Reno.
After a search of the area, deputies located Harry Hodgerney, age 41, also of Reno, hiding nearby with a pair of bolt cutters. Deputies also noted damage to a utility pole in the area. After further investigation, both Hodgerney and Pemberton were arrested and booked into the Washoe County Detention Facility.
Harry Hodgerney is charged with multiple counts of burglary, grand larceny, destruction of property and other charges related to the incidents of March 5, 7, 15 and 17. Pemberton received multiple charges related to being an accomplice in the March 15 and 17 incidents.
Photo: Washoe County Sheriff's Office detectives are attempting to locate Nicholas Hodgerney (pictured) as part of an ongoing investigation of a rash of wire thefts from power poles in the north valleys.


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CUSTOM: Part Ten-Hold Out
Another line was gone; Jamie's back plate of her Mark VII showed the viscosity of their attack. She kept a look out while one of the medics patched up the hardsuit, and sprayed some painkillers over the gash.
"Try not to get hit here again, okay, Trooper?" She yelled over the burst of gunfire.
"Tell it to them." The medic moved on to the next one, and Jamie picked up a Reaper and returned to her place on the wall. The attack on the lines had lessened, and that worried Jamie. Most of the time, these things came at full-tilt to kill, but now they were holding back.
She hoped that somehow, they would have been decimated and they would be forced to wait on reinforcements.
But she knew that wasn't it.
The Nix were up to something…and since they were getting closer to the heart of the base, it was most likely the big final push to finally wiped humanity off of this moon. Jamie ignored that, and helped with the loading boxes of ammunition and first-aid supplies to these new frontlines.
Behind them was the empty settlement city of Vickers. No more civilians lived on this world, when Nix came from unexplored space, they hit Honiara Moon hard. When the military finally showed up, Vickers was empty. The Nix had dined well during those days. Now, the parks, shops, and restaurants were filled with gunfire and fires started to sweep through the urban area and dark thick pillars colored the Honiara sky.
Jamie could still hear screams coming from a fallen defense line...now deep behind enemy lines.
"Damn! Those poor sons-of-bitches!" One of the soldiers removed his helmet, and crossed himself.
"Yeah, save the last one for yourselves, brothers!"
Jamie wanted the screams to stop, for all of the Nix to just fucking die. No matter the years she spend killing them, it was never enough.
"Won't they just eat them, and be finished with it for Christ's sake?!"
"They like to take their time."Jamie uttered above the cries of pain.
"How would you know, troop?" Then he looked at the LRRP patch on her chest.
"Oh, sorry, about that." He turned his face from her.
"So, you've seen these things feed on people, LRRPer?" Another soldier asked.
"Yes…yes I have." There on the old highway in the middle of Vickers, she recalled that night mission in the heart of the jungle, setting the trap with a fresh body from an Nix outpost raid. The bait had been a Custom soldier like her, but when the trauma care didn't work, he became Nix food.
Jamie was close, with a 20mm sniper rifle pointed at it. R&D wanted one for their playpen. Her orders were to wound it. So, she had to wait, and from scope, Jamie watched it peel the skin from the body, and nibble on it.
She enjoy it watching it rolling around in pain when she one of its six legs off.
"You Jamie?" The guff hand shocked Jamie back to the grim present .
She looked at the normal human guard. "Yeah, what do you want? Wanna come out of your bubble and play with us?" The soldiers laughed.
"Get your fruit-fly ass in the dome, bitch, the General wants to see ya." With that Jamie was stripped of her weapons, and hauled into the domed complex.
"Jamie, huh?" The face behind the visor just started at her.
"She's a LRRP, General."
"Huh, good…then she's up the task."
Jamie flashed a confused face. "Task, sir?"
"Those fuckers have the moon, Jamie, we're bugging out, but you and yours have to hold the ground here for us to evac to the Bashar." She watched the human staff drain the computers, running scare to the launch pads, while attempting to don the environmental suits.
A pale white techie handed the general a small box with a number of lights on it. "It's ready, sir."
"Quick work, Sparks!" Jamie noticed the swear building in his face and the tremor in his voice. She wondered if had ever pulled the trigger on a Nix before. He slapped the device into her hand, and then tapped it down. "This is a dead hand trigger, soldier. When you flatline, so does the cold fusion reactor under Victors."
"Sir-" Her tone was of protest. But the general wasn't playing. He whipped out a shatter and leveled at her helmet.
"Listen to me, fruit-fly, you're supposed to be here, fighting, we're moving on. When you die, and you will, you're going to radiate those bastards. They want this moon, and we'll give it to them with a fresh mushroom cloud!" He lowered the weapon.
"You got me, soldier?"
Jamie took a moment to digest what was in her hand. "Yessir." He holstered his weapon, and forked over Jamie's confiscated Reaper.
"Good luck, Jamie, I shall remember you." The personal escorts of the general kept their weapons trained on Jamie until the airlock cycled, and the command staff and slimy company reps board one of the last shuttles. She watched them, in their suits trying to move around and suddenly she was grateful for her new customized body.
"Fuck you very much, General."
She sat down in the soft leather chair in the general's office. She took out the bottle of Scotch in his lower desk drawer. Fished out a glass and several ice cubes, and processed to drink with one hand, while the other held the key to doomsday.
She drank until she was numb, and didn't even feel the violent vibration of the shuttles taking off.
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Financial Analysis of Indian Community Non-Profit Organizations
admin | March 24, 2018
On the financial ladder, the top rank in 2016 goes to Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh with a year-end cash position of close to $600,000, followed by Dr. Reeta Thukral's Global Charity Organization which is holding over $ 521,000 in cash and other liquid investments. During the same year, Friends of India's year-end cash position fell to just over $39,000.
Auditing the 2016 tax returns of the Indian community non-profit organizations in Las Vegas reflects organizations are doing well financially and are serving the spiritual and social needs of the local community. The healthy balance sheet of all the organizations affirms the continuous & unwavering support for such organizations from the local Indian community.
Locally based Sharon India Foundation has done an exceptional job in helping the needy and poverty-stricken individuals in India. Since 2012, the foundation has raised over $1.5 million and has spent the same amount to assist poverty-stricken families in India. Currently, the foundation is operating in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Odisha.
Asian American Coalition of Nevada Inc., c/o Mike Vaswani 3667 Dutch Valley Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89147. EIN: 47-2169059 Year-End Cash (2014) – $28,525
Asian American Coalition is run by husband and wife team of Manohar L. Vaswani as President and Rita Vaswani as Secretary of the organization. Under the statement of program service accomplishments, the coalition provides relief to the poor and underprivileged along with providing charitable religious scholarship, medical and open to the public for underprivileged children. Under public charity status, the coalition is shown as a church, convention of churches or association of churches described under the certain section of IRS codes. In 2014, the coalition raised $31,000, while their total expenses were $2,475 with a net excess of $28,525. The last available public records on the coalition are taxes for 2014. The 2016 tax records are not available to vegasdesi.com.
Friends of India, 837 Trotter Circle, Las Vegas, NV 89107. EIN: 88-0230429 http://www.foilv.com/ Year End Cash (2016) – $39,505.
As per the 2016 Friends of India tax returns, the club has all-time low funds totaling $39,505. At the end of December 2012, Friends of India had the cash balance of $81,077. Friends of India's cash holdings have been in steep decline for the past few years. Friends of India does not own any other assets. During 2016, FOI raised over $78,500 from numerous fundraising activities, while the total expenses during the calendar 2016 were $69,400.
Global Charity Foundation, 4575 Riva De Romanza Street, Las Vegas, NV 89135. EIN: 20-5015581 http://www.gcfcares.org/ Year-End Cash and Investments in public traded securities (2016) – $521,094
Reeta Thukral's Global Charity Foundation mission is to provide medical and educational assistance to underprivileged children and adults in various states of India, Africa and other underdeveloped areas of the world. The foundation holds an annual fundraising banquet in Las Vegas to continue its charitable programs across the world. The next upcoming fundraiser is scheduled on Saturday, February 24th at the Venetian Hotel. At the end of the calendar year 2016, the GCF added over $24,000 to its treasury with ending cash and investments totaling over $521,094. During the same year GCF annual expenditure were over $91,500 on numerous social programs. Interestingly, other than Dr. Thukral being a President, no local Indian community member is a member of the Global Charity Organization board.
Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh, 6341 W. Lone Mountain Rd., Las Vegas, NV. EIN: 88-0395798 http://www.lasvegasgurdwara.com Year End Cash (2016) – $ 590,434.
During the calendar year 2016, Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh raised over $244,000. During the same year, the annual expenses were $182,000 with a net gain of just over $62,000. Gurdwara's total assets were close to $1.6 million, an increase of over $70,000 from the prior year, which includes cash, land and building at the Lone Mountain location.
Major expenses for the year 2016, include $79,120 for special events (vaisakhi mela, and other events), Priest expenses $23,200, repair and maintenance $9,400, and utilities $19,200. At the end of 2016, Gurdwara had a net cash balance of $590,434. To promote transparency and accountability, Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh publishes its monthly financial reports on its website, however, lately the current financial reports are not posted.
Guru Nanak Gurdwara, 4487 E. Russell Road, Las Vegas, NV 89120. http://www.lvgurdwara.com Year End Cash (2016) – $ 95,320.
Las Vegas oldest gurudawara – Guru Nanak Gurudawara received monetary donation of over $103,300 in 2016. During the same time period, the expenses were over $71,600, with a net income of over $31,700. 2016 year-end cash balance was just over $176,600. Major expenses include priest services salaries; repairs and maintenance; and monthly utilities.
Hindu Society of Nevada, 1701 Sageberry Drive, Las Vegas, NV. EIN: 88-0324493 http://www.hindutemplelv.org/ 2014 year Tax Returns were not available at the time of this article, however, 2012 review is shown below.
Hindu Society of Nevada's (dba Hindu and Jain Temple of Las Vegas) total revenues for 2012 were $337,218, while the total expenses during the same period were $218,319. The net income for the mandir during 2012 was over $118,000. The major source of revenues for the Mandir was contribution/donation from the community.
Major expenses during 2012 include annual compensation to priest – $56,000, payroll taxes – $17,315; office expenses – $10,800; Insurance – $13,207; along with other routine expenses.
At the end of 2012, the mandir had a cash balance of $240,000. Surprisingly, tax return are not correct as the tax prepared failed to show the current value of Mandirs' assets, specifically the value of mandir's land, building and other structures. Beginning last year, Hindu Mandir has started posting quarterly financial reports on its website.
Las Vegas India Chamber of Commerce, 3667 Dutch Valley Dr., Las Vegas. NV 89147. EIN: 26-4138023 http://www.lvicc.org/ Year End Cash (2016) – $ 27,541
As per LVICC website, LVICC was formed with a mission to promote economic trade and investment opportunities. Rita Vaswani is the President of LVICC and her home address is the official headquarters of the Indian Chamber. The 2016 tax returns are not available to vegasdesi.com, however, the 2014 tax returns reflect the total revenues of under $17,300of which $1,800 is accounted as membership dues. During the same time period, LVICC total expenses exceeded over $20,300. The year-end cash balance with LVICC was $27,541.
Sharon India Foundation, 2603 West Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 891072 EIN: 26-2709557 http://www.sharonindia.org/ Year End Cash (2016) – $36,462
Sharon India Foundation, run by Daniel Russell, is dedicated to assisting poor Indians, disabled, widows, and orphans. Activities include medical and employment assistance, construction, clothing, and education. The foundation has provided sewing machines and training on how to use the same. Additionally, the foundation has provided free education, school supplies and clothing to poor children in slum areas.
During 2016, the foundation raised over $250,000 for their program services. During the same year, the foundation spent little over $295,000 for its program related activities. Since 2012, the foundation has raised over $1.5 million and has spent the same amount to assist poverty-stricken families in India. Currently, the foundation is operating in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Odisha.
United Citizens Foundation, 3900 S. Hualapai Way, Las Vegas, NV 89147 EIN: 27-2289242 Year-End Cash (2016) – $15,049
As per the tax filings, Ashok Mirchandani's United Citizens Foundation has established programs to serve the local community, purchased and donated medical equipment to the UCF clinic, providing medical, counseling and behavioral services to all students attending Clark County School District, many times with no out of pocket cost to the student or their families. At the end of the year 2016, UCF had a cash balance of $15,049. UCF's total revenues for the year were close to $40,500, while expenses during the same period amounted to over $101,800. The major expense totaling over $27,400 was for the salaries and employee benefits. Other major expenses include Advertising and Promotion $23,665 and Medical Equipment $27,444.
Ash Mirchandani is listed as the only key officer, the President of the organization, however, the tax returns for the United Citizens Foundation are signed Ms. Radha Chanderraj with a title of President. This, the two Presidents of the United Citizens could be an oversight.
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Dry to moist. Coulees, ravines, roadsides, utility rights-of-way, forest openings, floodplains, prairies where natural fires are suppressed. Full sun to part shade.
This is an erect, fast-growing, perennial shrub or small tree rising on a single or multiple stems from a woody root. It is relatively long-lived, sometimes reaching 50 or 60 years of age.
When in the form of a tree it is 15′ to 25′ tall and 4⅓″ to 10″ in diameter at breast height. It has a single short trunk and a broad, open, spreading crown. In prairies and other open areas it is rarely in the form of a tree.
When in the form of a shrub it can be 3′ to 26′ tall, but is usually 10′ to 15′ tall. It rises on a single or multiple stems that branch near the ground. It can form large, dense, impenetrable thickets from root suckers.
The branches are slender. The stems and branches usually have thorns. The thorns are stout; up to 2⅜″ long; have a dull surface; and have buds or leaves attached, or leaf scars where leaves have fallen off.
The bark on young stems is dark gray or gray-brown, tinged with red, and more or less smooth, with numerous horizontal slits (lenticels). When it ages it becomes rough and curls or peels off in thick strips.
Young twigs are thin and have minute lenticels. They are green at first, later becoming grayish-brown to reddish-brown. The may be hairless but are often hairy or densely hairy.
Buds are reddish-gray, ⅛″ to 5 ⁄16″ long, and sharply pointed. Leaf scars are raised and have 3 bundle scars.
The leaves are alternate, deciduous, elliptical to egg-shaped, unlobed, 2 to 2½ times as long as wide, 2¼″ to 4″ long, and 1¼″ to 1¾″ wide. They are attached to the twig on 5 ⁄16″ to ⅝″ long leaf stalks. The leaf stalks are hairy, sometimes densely hairy, and usually do not have glands near the point where the blade attaches to the stalk. The blades are tapered or rounded at the base and taper to a point at the tip with concave sides along the tip. The upper surface is dark green and hairless. The lower surface is paler green sparsely to moderately hairy along the veins. The margins are singly or doubly toothed with short, sharp, forward-pointing teeth. The teeth do not have glands but tend to have a callous point at the tip. The leaves turn golden yellow in autumn.
The inflorescence is 2 to 4 flowers in a stalkless umbrella-shaped cluster (umbel). The umbels appear at the ends of current year twigs and at the axils of previous year branchlets.
The flowers are ¾″ to 1″ across. There are 5 green, 1 ⁄16″ to ⅛″ long sepals, 5 white, ¼″ to 7 ⁄16″ long petals, and 20 to 30 stamens. The sepals are often hairy on the upper side. Many flowers do not produce fruit. The flowers have an unpleasant aroma. They appear before the leaves from April to early June.
The fruits are fleshy, one-seeded, roughly spherical, ¾″ to 1¼″ in diameter drupes. They are covered with a whitish, waxy coating (glaucous). Drupes are yellow when immature, red to yellow, usually orange-red, when mature. They have a thick skin and yellow flesh. They mature early mid-August to mid-September.
Canada plum (Prunus nigra) is less common and less widespread. The leaves are proportionately wider, 1.3 to 2 times as long as wide. There are two small red gland dots near the tip of each leaf petiole. American plum lacks these glands.
Hawthorns (Cretaegus spp.) thorns have a shiny surface.
A deep, steep-sided gulch or ravine, sometimes with a stream at the bottom but usually dry in the summer.
How to identify wild plums. Prunus americana identification. Wild plums, or american plums, are a tasty wild edible plant. Wild plums are easy to identify, abundant, widespread, and the tree or shrub provides both medicine and serves utility purposes.
This video explains the physical characteristics of wild plums, range, distribution and habitat, and some medicinal and utility uses of wild plum.
Wild plum roots were used by native Americans to make a red dye. Wild plum twigs and inner bark were used to treat mouth sores and sore throat. Wild plum rootstocks are used for cultivated plums and the plants prevent soil erosion.
Wild plum prefers moist ares near water that get a good amount of sunlight and can be found throughout north America.
There are two other species of wild plum, beach plum and Canada plum with similar characteristics, all are considered wild edibles and can be distinguished from one another by the features shown in this video.
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thomas carpenter of london is well remembered for his finely executed spire flagons. i am pleased to offer this fine 13 1/8" tall example by him. his worn hall marks are struck to the left side of the 'broke c' handle. the flagons bottom diameter is 6 1/2" and the top diameter is 4 3/16". the flagon is loaded with detail and is in very good condition. the flagon is circa 1725. carpenter worked from 1713 and probably died before 1734.


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New Hartford's Goodelle places third in national Elks Hoop Shoot finals
CHICAGO - Once New Hartford nine-year-old Tommy Goodelle made it to the national Elks Hoop Shoot finals, he told his father that his goal was to place in the top three in the country.
Goodelle, the first boy from Utica Elks Lodge No. 33 to qualify as one of the 12 finalists in a program that started over 45 years ago, made 28 of 30 shots – including 5 for 5 in a tiebreaking shoot-off – and placed third in the Boys 8-9 Division.
"Ever since he started this, Tommy's goal was to get to Chicago and be in the top three, so he reached his goal," said his father, Andy Goodelle. "It's just been an unbelievable experience."
The Boys 8-9 Division champion, Blake Whitley of Richmond, Virginia, and Owen Crawford of Bentonville, Arkansas, both shot 25 for 25. Whitley then won the shoot-off, going 5 for 5.
Goodelle, a third-grader at Hughes Elementary School who had qualified for nationals with a perfect 25-for-25 score in last month's Tri-State Regionals, made all 10 of his first-round shots and then went 13 for 15, tying Colton Baudino of Pontiac, Illinois. Goodelle then made all five shots in the shoot-off and later received a third-place trophy on Saturday night.
The only other local youngster to reach the nationals finals from the Utica Elks was Tricia Pelnick of New York Mills, and she won the Elks Hoop Shoot title in the Girls 12-13 Division in 1984.


This course will reinforce the fundamental skills previously acquired by the students. The content includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills as well as cultural awareness; and expansion of the listening and oral skills acquired in German I. Reading will receive more emphasis, while oral communication remains the primary objective. This course will continue the cultural survey of German speaking people.


The Chinese New Year in 2019 commences on Tuesday February 5, with the "Year of the Pig" running until January 24, 2020. The pig is the twelfth in the 12-year Chinese Zodiacal cycle. Over the past century, it has been celebrated in 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, and 2007.
Chinese author Lao She, filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, Former U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Andrew Jackson, former presidential candidate and U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, former Governor of California and movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger, TV entertainment host David Letterman, famous inventor and entrepreneur Henry Ford, singers Bryan Adams and Snoop Dogg, and Hollywood stars Winona Ryder, Woody Allen, Julie Andrews and Lucille Ball.
Continuing my tradition of drawing some lessons for business and governments in the Chinese Zodiac, what are some lessons to be learned this time round?
"Happy New Year!" Pigs are viewed as happy and content and the hope for 2019 is that this will prove to be the case for businesses around the globe. Let us hope the Belt and Road Initiative and other major projects will be a force for economic prosperity and peace and provide opportunity for the poorest countries to raise their people out of poverty.
Communication. Pigs remind us of the importance of communication. They are effective at communication and have a lot to say, boasting a vocabulary of over 20 different sounds with different meetings. Leaders in business and government must also be excellent communicators both within the organization and with external stakeholders and the general public.
Forgiveness. Forgiveness is the gift we give ourselves. Hate can be such a negative emotion; often bringing most harm to the hater. None of us is perfect. We all make mistakes. The Year of the Pig is also often associated with being forgiving. For family members, business partners and others, may 2019 also be a year of forgiveness and moving forward to make things better.
Tolerance. There will always be differences between people, so that there will always be disagreements. We need to find a way to be less divisive. Many need to learn to disagree without being disagreeable. In this way, communication remains an open and ongoing dialogue, voices will be heard and differences eventually resolved. What we don't want to see in 2019 is an increase in violence or even litigation.
Friendship, love and generosity. People buy from and do business with those they like. It is important for us to see that we are all part of the human race, that we are increasingly inter-connected and that we share life on this increasingly fragile planet. We are at our best when we build bridges of cooperation.
Trust. As our world and commerce become increasingly digital, it is important that both businesses and governments give sufficient attention to security and privacy and thus build trust if the promises of a bright digital future for business and government services are to achieve their great potential.
New starts. Pigs are very productive and nurturing. Thus, the Year of the Pig also represents new beginnings and entrepreneurship. The start of a new year is an ideal time for a fresh start, whether that be personally taking up a new activity or starting a new business.
Passion for life. As the 19th century American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson observed, "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." This Information Age presents both significant challenges and great opportunities. If we are to overcome challenges and achieve our individual and collective potential for positive change and greatness, then we need leaders with passion, enthusiasm and commitment.
The start of a new year, in this case the Chinese Spring Festival heralding the onset of the Year of the Pig gives us an opportunity to look ahead and express our wishes in every aspect of life.


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Viking 1: Laying the Foundation of Space Exploration on Mars
Last updated on July 21st, 2016 at 5:04 pm by Mihai Andrei
We have touched Mars. There is life on Mars, and it is us—extensions of our eyes in all directions, extensions of our mind, extensions of our heart and soul…
— Ray Bradbury, science fiction author, speaking at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, California, October 8, 1976
Traveling to Mars has been the dream of many people, long before the beginning of the space age. Hollywood even released a silent movie about a trip to Mars back in 1924!
Excitement escalated after the relatively short amount of time it took NASA to land and safely return men from the moon in 1969. Scientists thought that a Mars landing would surely be the next major accomplishment. However, budget cuts to America's space program and the harsh reality of traveling to a distant planet put the dream on hold.
Now, almost 50 years after the moon landing, Russia, China and the United States are seriously planning to send humans to Mars. Elon Musk, founder of Space X, is charting a path to colonize Mars within the next decade. Musk's primary reason for founding the company in 2002 was to "help make humanity a multiplanet species…colonizing Mars would…greatly advance science discoveries and technological capabilities, and…help inspire and excite people from…around the globe."
Unknown to many people on Earth, America has already landed on Mars. Viking 1, built and launched by NASA, landed safely on the Martian surface 40 years ago this July. It was the first-ever successful mission to another planet.
Artist's Model of Viking 1
On August 20, 1975, a Titan rocket launched the Viking 1 spacecraft toward Mars, a 500-million-mile journey that took almost a full year to complete. Viking 1 carried two vidicon cameras for imaging, an infrared spectrometer for water vapor mapping and infrared radiometers for thermal mapping.
Due to the variations in available sunlight, Viking 1 was powered by radioisotope thermoelectric generators, creating electricity from heat given off by the decay of plutonium. This technology allowed long-term science investigations that otherwise would not have been possible.
NASA planned Viking 1's touchdown for July 4, 1976 to coincide with the United States' bicentennial celebration. However, Viking's photos of the original landing site prior to descent showed a deeply incised riverbed, and NASA became concerned that the craft would not be able to land safely.
NASA decided to change the landing site. Viking 1 finally touched down on the western slope of Chryse Planitia (the Plains of Gold) on July 20, seven years to the day of man's first step on the Moon.
Viking 1 started taking photos just minutes after landing. Below is the first clear image ever transmitted back to Earth of the Martian surface.
First "clear" image of Mars – shows rocks near the
Viking 1 Lander (July 20, 1976). Courtesy of NASA
In addition to the planet's surface, Viking 1 also took photos of volcanoes and ancient channels where floods may have occurred millions of years ago. The thousands of photos taken by Viking 1 helped NASA understand the conditions humans may experience upon arrival, such as dust storms, radiation and violent weather.
One of Viking 1's more interesting experiments was its search for life. The craft had rudimentary tools that enabled it to scoop up a handful of Martian soil and check it for any sign of organics.
Although the experiments discovered some unexpected and enigmatic chemical activity in the soil, there was never any clear evidence of living microorganisms, at least none near the landing site. Scientists concluded that Mars is self-sterilizing. The combination of ultraviolet radiation, the extreme dryness of the soil, and the oxidizing nature of the soil chemistry prevent the formation of living organisms.
Other significant discoveries from Viking 1 include:
The Martian surface is a type of iron-rich clay that contains a highly oxidizing substance which releases oxygen when it is wet.
The density of both Martian moons is low, implying they originated as asteroids captured by the gravity of Mars.
The permanent north cap is water ice, while the southern cap retains some carbon dioxide ice.
Subsurface water (permafrost) covers much, if not all, of the planet.
Viking 1 had an estimated lifespan of 90 days after landing, but it continued transmitting information for over six years until its last transmission on November 13, 1982. Viking 1's mission was highly successful, forming the foundation of what scientists knew of Mars through the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Only the United States has successfully landed on Mars to date (e.g. Pathfinder, the Spirit Rover, and the Curiosity Rover). But now that all three major space agencies, as well as commercial entities such as Space-X and Bigelow Aerospace, are focused on sending humans there, it's only a matter of time before one of them accomplishes the historic feat. Thanks to Viking 1 laying the groundwork for future Martian missions, future astronauts will at least know the challenges and obstacles they'll have to face.
Dr. Walt Conrad, PMP, is a faculty member in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) at American Public University, teaching courses in space studies. He holds a D.B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, as well as an M.B.A. in Business Administration and an M.A. in Space Systems Management from Webster University. Currently, Walt is a project manager at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
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You've heard it many times before that you need to see your dentist twice a year for a thorough, professional teeth cleaning.
Perhaps you're afraid of going to the dentist.
Maybe you have a meticulous at-home dental hygiene routine. You avoid foods and drinks that stain teeth and cause cavities. Your teeth are white and straight. You don't ever remember having any tooth pain.
Why do you need to go to the dentist to have your teeth cleaned anyways? You take adequate care of them.
No matter how well your at-home dental care habits are, you still need to regularly get your teeth cleaned and examined by your dentist.
When you get your teeth cleaned at our general dentistry, we'll first scrape off the tartar and plaque that has accumulated on the surface of your teeth as well as that which has accumulated under the gum line. For this procedure, our dentist or hygienist will use a scaler, which is a small metallic instrument that has a sharp, bladelike end.
After we use the scaler to scrape off the tartar and plaque, we'll have you rinse with water, eliminating the debris particles that may have gotten dislodged.
It is not uncommon for your gums to slightly bleed during this process.
Next our dentist or hygienist will apply a grainy, abrasive paste onto an electronic toothbrush and will rigorously brush your teeth. After a few minutes, we'll wash your mouth with water to get rid of the paste. We'll then floss between each tooth.
If you don't properly floss or don't floss at all, your gums may be extra sensitive and may bleed during the flossing.
This professional deep cleaning would have gotten rid of all the built-up plaque and tarter you missed while cleaning your teeth at home. It also creates a smooth surface on your teeth which makes it harder for new plaque and tartar to adhere onto.
After we clean your teeth, we'll look at the condition and health of your teeth, looking specifically for signs of tooth decay and gum disease. To do this, our dentist will look into your mouth using a small metal probe and a small, angled mirror. Your gums will be inspected for the presence of swelling, redness and unusually deep pockets. Your upper and lower teeth will be looked at for and evidence of teeth grinding or TMJ (temporomandibular joint disorder). Your neck, palate, lymph glands, cheeks, tongue and lips will also be looked at for any symptoms of infection or the presence of oral cancer.
Typically, regular oral cancer screening is done for patients at higher risks, such as those over the age of 35 and those who smoke. High risk patients are also encouraged to visit the dentist more often for a cleaning and an exam.
The importance of a twice-yearly, professional dental cleaning can't be stressed enough. The longer you put off a dental cleaning and exam, the more at risk your teeth are for possible, major problems.
If you're looking for a dentist who does dental cleaning in the Tega Kay and Fort Mill area, contact us at Stonecrest Family Dentistry today to schedule an appointment.


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"There's a teenager outside the studio with a gun to his head. He is threatening to shoot himself unless you interview him. He has a story that will make you believe there is no God," they told Babudeep Roy. Innocence Lives in an Eyrie, set in the villages and metropolises across India, is a coming-of-age tale examining gender, identity, ambition, first love, friendship, and family obligations in a society mired in superstition and prejudice.


Some people don't like it when I tell the truth.
I live in Canada where we have the right to protest, civil disobedience, speak the truth, speak for what we believe is right and decent. Those who wish to shut me up and close me down will not succeed. I will continue to SPEAK UP as long as I can breath.
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Listomania Continues: Engineering Students Received List of "Hard" Classes
Poll: What list do you wish you had?
engineering,
hard classes,
listomania,
The lists just keep on coming. Since the exposure of "The List" yesterday, countless other lists of classes have surfaced. The most recent controversy surrounds a list of "hard" classes given out to Engineering majors.
"I've heard of the list, but I've never seen it," said Cathy Roberts, a CompLit major.
The list, which has been handed out for at least 60 years, is distributed in the basement of Gates, and students all over campus are in uproar about the unfair special treatment given to engineering students.
The list includes classes like AA 202: Hypersonic Flow, CS 228T: Probabilistic Graphical Models: Advanced Methods, and BIOE 222C: Multimodality Molecular Imaging in Living Subjects III.
"I never really thought of it as a list of the hardest classes at Stanford," said one engineering student who later requested to withhold his name and major. "I just thought it was a list of interesting classes that would fit in our schedule."
One representative from the Engineering school said, "An objective evaluation of the courses included on the list reveals several courses that most students would consider to be academically quite easy, not rigorous at all, and pretty much total bullshit."
Despite his comments, we were unable to find a single Engineering student who could point out even one objectively easy class.
President Hennessy claims that the list is available to anyone who wants it but wonders, "Why the hell would anyone want to take classes on this list?"