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History of Technological Anxiety
One of the yet-unfinished books on my bedside table (well now, in my office) is Joel Mokyr's A Culture of Growth that I have mentioned before. Life, dissertations, exam prep and other Uni work has forced me to put his authoritative and admirable prose aside for now. As a neat guilt-driven compromise, I recently read his 2015 article co-authored with Chris Vickers and Nicolas Ziebarth, with perhaps the greatest title I have seen in a long time: "The History of Technological Anxiety".
The story is exactly what one would expect from that kind of title, especially knowing a thing or two about Mokyr's previous writings (See Gifts of Athena or Lever of Riches); the worries economists and political pundits alike express about automation or robots routinely taking over jobs previously done by humans is neither as hip nor as modern as they sometimes believe. And no, Mokyr goes way beyond the iconic examples of Luddites smashing machinery in 19th century England – which he incidentally shows was rarely about opposition towards the machines per se but about working conditions, wages and hours, i.e., destroyed factory equipment was collateral damage of standard labour disputes rather than a fierce opposition to technology itself (pp. 34-35).
Sharing the confusion most sane observers have towards accounts like 'The End of Work', every other The Guardian article, commentators at Slate or more professional voices such as Larry Summers or Noah Smith, Mokyr neatly traces the history of such excessive anxiety:
it is surely not without precedent that the developed world is now suffering from another bout of such angst. In fact, these worries about technological change have often appeared at times of flagging economic growth. For example, the Great Depression brought the first models of secular stagnation in Alvin Hansen's 1938 book Full Recovery or Stagnation? [...] The argument of this paper is that these worries are not new to the modern era and that understanding the history provides perspective on whether this time is truly different. (pp. 31-32, emphasis added)
He dug up a pretty impressive collection of economists of the past expressing the same worry about technology and jobs that people commonly discuss today. Ricardo in the third edition of his Principles famously changed opinion from believing that applying machinery was good to 'substitution of machinery for human labour is often very injurious to the interests of the class of labourers.' (quote found on p. 33). Many well-known economists of the past, ranging from John Stuart Mill, to Marx to pre-Adam Smith economists like John Steuart, as well as early 20th century economists like Knut Wicksell or John Bates Clark expressed similar concerns about technology, although they commonly emphasised benefitial outcomes in the long run with various levels of concerns for the workers during the transition period (see Mokyr's discussion pp. 33-38).
A related, but somewhat different claim often found both in the contemporary discussion and in the writings of technologically anxious economists of the past is the extent to which we've reached the technological frontier: there are simply no more advances to be made, the scope for improvement is very small or that they're no longer needed. Modern examples here are Robert Gordon's book from last year or Summers' secular stagnation. Infamous examples of economists of old making similar points is Keynes' Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren, John Stuart Mill's 1848 comment that 'it is only in the backward countries of the world that increased production is still an important object' or previously mentioned Alvin Hansen.
When public personas such as Bill Gates, or Mark Zuckerberg call for Universal Basic Incomes as fanciful solution to economic insecurity or technological loss of employment, this should be seen in light of the long tradition of scholars, economists and commentators worrying over what technological development will do to a certain group of people. The Great Disruption is coming and throughout history's many similar events there has hardly ever been much reason for concern. Mokyr's conclusion is on point:
Technophobic predictions about the future of the labor market sometimes suggest that computers and robots will have an absolute and comparative advantage over humans in all activities, which is nonsensical. (p. 45)
Discussions of how technology may affect labor demand are often focused on existing jobs, which can offer insights about which occupations may suffer the greatest dislocation, but offer much less insight about the emergence of as-yet-nonexistent occupations of the future. If someone as brilliant as David Ricardo could be so terribly wrong in how machinery would reduce the overall demand for labor, modern economists should be cautious in making pronouncements about the end of work. (p. 45, emphasis added)
Worrying over what technology will do to current jobs and underestimating the ability of entrepreneurs and innovators and consumers to create entirely new categories of products (and jobs!) at ever cheaper prices, has been a common feature much longer than Noah Smith, Bill Gates or Larry Summers have expressed these opinions. Nothing about current automation changes that, and worrying about it today will in time appear as ridiculous as worrying about it in the past. Technophobia and technological anxiety is a real concern for many people, but an honest examination suggests that it shouldn't be.
Sulekha Nivas 26 February 2018 at 06:30
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Black Creek Summer Camp offers a truly different kind of experience. It offers participants the opportunity to participate in fun filled events set to the 1800s, including playing games and dressing up like a pioneer for the entire duration of the camp. They also take part in hands-on workshops including tin-smith, printing press, baking, leather works, and craft knitting among others.
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Q: SQL Grammer Exception. Problem in mapping and saving the columns in hibernate I have a weird question
    CREATE TABLE comment(
    commentId int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
    commentName varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,

    primary key(commentId)

    );

    CREATE TABLE post(
    postId int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
    postName varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,
    primary key(postId),
    `comment_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
    KEY `FK_COMMENT_ID_idx` (`comment_id`),

    CONSTRAINT `FK_COMMENT`
    FOREIGN KEY (`comment_id`)
    REFERENCES `comment` (`commentId`)

    ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION
    );

I want to have unidirectional relationship between post and comment. One Post has many comments.
Where should I be defining the foreign key constraint. In comment table or in post table (like in the code).
I am using hibernate to save the post and comment. But I m not getting desired result.
My Hibernate code:
Comment.java
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;
@Entity
@Table(name="comment")
public class Comment {

@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
@Column(name="commentId")
private int commentId;

@Column(name="commentName")
private String commentName;

public Comment() {

}

public Comment(String commentName) {
    this.commentName = commentName;
}

public int getCommentId() {
    return commentId;
}

public void setCommentId(int commentId) {
    this.commentId = commentId;
}

public String getCommentName() {
    return commentName;
}

public void setCommentName(String commentName) {
    this.commentName = commentName;
}

@Override
public String toString() {
    return "Comment [commentId=" + commentId + ", commentName=" + commentName + "]";
}
     }

Post.java
    import java.util.ArrayList;
    import java.util.List;

    import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
    import javax.persistence.Column;
    import javax.persistence.Entity;
    import javax.persistence.FetchType;
    import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
    import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
    import javax.persistence.Id;
    import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
    import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
    import javax.persistence.Table;

    @Entity
    @Table(name="post")
    public class Post {

@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
@Column(name="postId")
private int postId;

@Column(name="postName")
private String postName;

@OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.LAZY, cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
@JoinColumn(name="comment_id")
private List<Comment> comments;

public Post() {

}

public Post(String postName) {

    this.postName = postName;
}

public int getPostId() {
    return postId;
}

public void setPostId(int postId) {
    this.postId = postId;
}

public String getPostName() {
    return postName;
}

public void setPostName(String postName) {
    this.postName = postName;
}

public List<Comment> getComments() {
    return comments;
}

public void setComments(List<Comment> comments) {
    this.comments = comments;
}

@Override
public String toString() {
    return "POST [postId=" + postId + ", postName=" + postName + "]";
}

public void add(Comment theComment)
{
    if(comments==null)
    {
        comments=new ArrayList<>();
    }
    comments.add(theComment);
    }
}

CreatePostComment.java
    import org.hibernate.Session;
    import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
    import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;

    import com.learnJava.entity.Comment;
    import com.learnJava.entity.Post;

    public class CreatePostComment {

public static void main(String[] args) {

    SessionFactory factory=
            new Configuration()
            .configure("hibernate.cfg.xml")
            .addAnnotatedClass(Post.class)
            .addAnnotatedClass(Comment.class)
            .buildSessionFactory();

    Session session= factory.getCurrentSession();

    try {
        session.beginTransaction();

        Comment theComment=new Comment("Nice Comment");

        Post thePost= new Post("Amazing Post");

        thePost.add(theComment);

        session.save(thePost);

        session.getTransaction().commit();

    }
    catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    }
    finally {
        session.close();
        factory.close();
    }

}

    }

Output
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:54 AM org.hibernate.Version logVersion
INFO: HHH000412: Hibernate ORM core version 5.4.19.Final
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:55 AM org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.java.JavaReflectionManager <clinit>
INFO: HCANN000001: Hibernate Commons Annotations {5.1.0.Final}
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:56 AM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl configure
WARN: HHH10001002: Using Hibernate built-in connection pool (not for production use!)
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:56 AM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl buildCreator
INFO: HHH10001005: using driver [com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver] at URL [jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hb-04-one-to-many-uni?useSSL=false&serverTimezone=UTC]
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:56 AM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl buildCreator
INFO: HHH10001001: Connection properties: {user=hbstudent, password=****}
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:56 AM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl buildCreator
INFO: HHH10001003: Autocommit mode: false
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:56 AM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl$PooledConnections <init>
INFO: HHH000115: Hibernate connection pool size: 1 (min=1)
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:57 AM org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect <init>
INFO: HHH000400: Using dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
Hibernate: insert into post (postName) values (?)
Hibernate: insert into comment (commentName) values (?)
Hibernate: update comment set comment_id=? where commentId=?
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:59 AM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper logExceptions
WARN: SQL Error: 1054, SQLState: 42S22
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:59 AM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper logExceptions
ERROR: Unknown column 'comment_id' in 'field list'
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:59 AM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.batch.internal.AbstractBatchImpl release
INFO: HHH000010: On release of batch it still contained JDBC statements
javax.persistence.PersistenceException: org.hibernate.exception.SQLGrammarException: could not execute statement
    at org.hibernate.internal.ExceptionConverterImpl.convert(ExceptionConverterImpl.java:154)
    at org.hibernate.internal.ExceptionConverterImpl.convert(ExceptionConverterImpl.java:181)
    at org.hibernate.internal.ExceptionConverterImpl.convert(ExceptionConverterImpl.java:188)
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.doFlush(SessionImpl.java:1364)
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.managedFlush(SessionImpl.java:451)
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.flushBeforeTransactionCompletion(SessionImpl.java:3210)
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.beforeTransactionCompletion(SessionImpl.java:2378)
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.JdbcCoordinatorImpl.beforeTransactionCompletion(JdbcCoordinatorImpl.java:447)
    at org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jdbc.internal.JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.beforeCompletionCallback(JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.java:183)
    at org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jdbc.internal.JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.access$300(JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.java:40)
    at org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jdbc.internal.JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl$TransactionDriverControlImpl.commit(JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.java:281)
    at org.hibernate.engine.transaction.internal.TransactionImpl.commit(TransactionImpl.java:101)
    at com.learnJava.hibernate.CreatePostComment.main(CreatePostComment.java:35)
Caused by: org.hibernate.exception.SQLGrammarException: could not execute statement
    at org.hibernate.exception.internal.SQLExceptionTypeDelegate.convert(SQLExceptionTypeDelegate.java:63)
    at org.hibernate.exception.internal.StandardSQLExceptionConverter.convert(StandardSQLExceptionConverter.java:42)
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper.convert(SqlExceptionHelper.java:113)
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper.convert(SqlExceptionHelper.java:99)
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.ResultSetReturnImpl.executeUpdate(ResultSetReturnImpl.java:200)
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.batch.internal.NonBatchingBatch.addToBatch(NonBatchingBatch.java:46)
    at org.hibernate.persister.collection.AbstractCollectionPersister.recreate(AbstractCollectionPersister.java:1357)
    at org.hibernate.persister.collection.OneToManyPersister.recreate(OneToManyPersister.java:187)
    at org.hibernate.action.internal.CollectionRecreateAction.execute(CollectionRecreateAction.java:52)
    at org.hibernate.engine.spi.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:604)
    at org.hibernate.engine.spi.ActionQueue.lambda$executeActions$1(ActionQueue.java:478)
    at java.util.LinkedHashMap.forEach(Unknown Source)
    at org.hibernate.engine.spi.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:475)
    at org.hibernate.event.internal.AbstractFlushingEventListener.performExecutions(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:348)
    at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultFlushEventListener.onFlush(DefaultFlushEventListener.java:40)
    at org.hibernate.event.service.internal.EventListenerGroupImpl.fireEventOnEachListener(EventListenerGroupImpl.java:102)
    at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.doFlush(SessionImpl.java:1360)
    ... 9 more
Caused by: java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: Unknown column 'comment_id' in 'field list'
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.exceptions.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:120)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.exceptions.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:97)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.exceptions.SQLExceptionsMapping.translateException(SQLExceptionsMapping.java:122)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.ClientPreparedStatement.executeInternal(ClientPreparedStatement.java:953)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.ClientPreparedStatement.executeUpdateInternal(ClientPreparedStatement.java:1092)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.ClientPreparedStatement.executeUpdateInternal(ClientPreparedStatement.java:1040)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.ClientPreparedStatement.executeLargeUpdate(ClientPreparedStatement.java:1347)
    at com.mysql.cj.jdbc.ClientPreparedStatement.executeUpdate(ClientPreparedStatement.java:1025)
    at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.ResultSetReturnImpl.executeUpdate(ResultSetReturnImpl.java:197)
    ... 21 more
Nov 12, 2020 10:38:59 AM org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl$PoolState stop
INFO: HHH10001008: Cleaning up connection pool [jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hb-04-one-to-many-uni?useSSL=false&serverTimezone=UTC]

A:
One Post has many comments

If that is how it's supposed to be, then your entire structure is backwards. Instead of the post referencing the comments, the comments must reference the posts.
CREATE TABLE post(
    id int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
    name varchar(45),
    content text,
    primary key(id)
);

CREATE TABLE comment(
    id int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
    post_id int(10) not null,
    name varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,
    content text not null,
    primary key(id),
    CONSTRAINT `fk_post` FOREIGN KEY (`post_id`)
    REFERENCES `post` (`id`)
    ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION
);

Then in your Java classes Comment should have:
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "post_id")
private Post post;

Here the JoinColumn specifies the column name in the database, within the comment table.
And the Post class should have:
@OneToMany(mappedBy = "post", cascade = {CascadeType.PERSIST, CascadeType.MERGE, CascadeType.REFRESH, CascadeType.DETACH}, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, orphanRemoval = false)
private List<Comment> comments;

Here the mappedBy specifies the field name within the child java class that refers to this parent.
Now normally you might want the cascade value to be CascadeType.ALL, but the way you've specified the foreign key actions suggests you don't want removals, so we don't keep those, and also don't remove orphans (Comments that have been removed from the list).
Before persisting them, you have to run
theComment.setPost(thePost);

on each comment, or you will get constraint violations.

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So you want to adopt?
What is adoption?
Who can adopt?
Types of adoption
Our Adopters
Request Information Pack
Steps to adoption
Support we give you
Searching in later life
Help for adopted adults
Help for birth relatives
An adoptive couple's journey
An adoptive couple's journey
"Our adoption journey has been a really positive experience. There have been times during the 10-month process that have been quite trying, but these have been few in comparison to the happy times. During the adoption process, you are given an opportunity to explore your own experiences and think about how they may affect your parenting in the future. I think this will be really beneficial in the future and will help us to understand our own reactions to our children's behaviour.
"We found the three-day training really beneficial. It was amazing to meet others in our position and to be able to discuss our hopes and fears for adoption in an open manner, knowing we were understood. The training gave us a chance to identify our fears and discuss ways to deal with them. It also gave us the opportunity to expand our knowledge on therapeutic parenting and the types of things that an adopted child may have experienced. In addition, it gave us tools to work with our adopted children and help them attach successfully, increasing our confidence about the placement. The training was also a lot of fun – we met people that we will keep in touch with following placement who are now friends that really understand the process. The teaching around the effect of trauma to the brain and child development was really helpful as it allowed us to understand why parenting adopted children will be different to raising birth children.
"The happiest moment during the process was receiving the phone call to confirm we had been chosen in the panel selection for our daughter. We really did have our hearts set on becoming her parents and I cried on the phone learning that they agreed it was a good match. When this was later confirmed during the matching panel, it was a feeling of relief, as by this point we felt that we this baby girl should definitely be our daughter.
``We really did have our hearts set on becoming her parents and I cried on the phone learning that they agreed it was a good match.``
"The approval panel was also a really positive point of the journey – being able to officially announce that we were going to be parents, after years of wishing for it, was an amazing moment. Seeing photos of our daughter for the first time was also fantastic, it was so exciting to think that this little girl was going to be ours. We also enjoyed the reflective process of the adoption journey – you really think about your past experiences and how this has affected you, in a way that I don't think many birth parents do.
"We found the stage two sessions around discussing our own childhoods really interesting and it opened a lot of conversations around how we wished to parent, which again is really useful for the future. We also enjoyed identifying our support network which will be really beneficial in the future when we are exhausted and grumpy – we will now know who to call on for emotional or practical help.
"We found stage one to be the more trying part of the process, as we had to explore some difficult past experiences. However, these reflections proved to be really helpful when it came to the face-to-face interviews in stage two, so they were worth it. At times, it was difficult to 'dig deep' around difficult memories, but it did help to understand our behaviours and opened up conversations around how we would want to parent in the future.
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"I recall being very worried that we would not pass stage one – this added extra pressure on to those few months and I never really relaxed into the process until stage two. We also worried too much about the medical checks. I know now that AiM is not looking for 'the perfect parent' but at the time I was concerned that health issues may have an impact on the process. The most difficult moment of the journey was learning that there was another couple who wished to match with our daughter. The time we waited for confirmation that they had chosen us felt like it dragged on, although in reality it was just days. However, this showed us that we were really invested in pursuing the match and made the confirmation that they wished to match with us even better.
"The only other difficult point in the journey was the lack of understanding from others around the process and how emotional it was. However, it helped when family went to the training and learnt just how much it entailed – it also helped showing them the file of questions we had. We found that a lot of people do not have an understanding of the adoption process and it was a bit frustrating at times when you felt as though we were defending how in-depth it needed to be, or asking them to understand why all the meetings were time consuming and draining.
"Overall, we have had a really positive adoption process. Being able to set up our daughter's nursery and learn all about her from her foster carer was definitely a high point in the journey. Even though there were times when we thought 'not another form' or we were drained after a meeting, we knew in the end it would be worth it. The positive aspects of the journey really do outweigh the trying times and we really do feel that it has given us a stable foundation to be positive adoptive parents and face any challenges in the future with confidence, knowing that the AiM team is there to support us."
Have you been inspired by this couple's adoption journey?
We're currently looking for adoptive parents for over 80 children in the region. If you'd like to learn more about what adoption involves and chat to us about your hopes and fears, please get in touch.
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ZFIN ID: ZDB-PUB-080226-9
Expression of the eight AMPA receptor subunit genes in the developing central nervous system and sensory organs of zebrafish
Hoppmann, V., Wu, J.J., Søviknes, A.M., Helvik, J.V., and Becker, T.S.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 237(3): 788-799 (Journal)
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Registered Authors:
Becker, Thomas S.
teleost whole genome duplication, GluR, AMPAR
MeSH Terms:
Central Nervous System/cytology
Central Nervous System/embryology*
Central Nervous System/metabolism*
Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology
Embryo, Nonmammalian/embryology
Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism*
Embryonic Development
Receptors, AMPA/genetics
Receptors, AMPA/metabolism*
Retina/embryology*
Retina/metabolism
Zebrafish/embryology*
Zebrafish/genetics
Zebrafish/metabolism
PubMed:
18224707 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Hoppmann, V., Wu, J.J., Søviknes, A.M., Helvik, J.V., and Becker, T.S. (2008) Expression of the eight AMPA receptor subunit genes in the developing central nervous system and sensory organs of zebrafish. Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 237(3):788-799.
The AMPA type glutamate receptors mediate the majority of fast synaptic transmission in the vertebrate nervous system. Whereas mammals have four subunit genes, Gria1-4, zebrafish has retained a duplicated set of eight genes named gria1-4a and b. We give here a detailed overview of the expression patterns of all eight zebrafish subunits within the developing central nervous system and sensory organs at 24, 48, and 72 hr after fertilization. Expression domains include distinct neuronal subsets in the developing forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, and spinal cord, as well as in the ganglion- and inner nuclear layers of the retina. As a general rule, each pair of duplicated gria genes is differentially expressed, indicating subfunctionalization of AMPA receptor subunit expression in the teleost lineage. Our findings suggest that zebrafish can serve as a useful model system to investigate the role of AMPA receptors and their differential expression in the vertebrate nervous system.
Genes / Markers (8)
Expression Data


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5 new Indigenous artists you need to hear
triple j Unearthed are again on the lookout for the best new Indigenous talent in the country to play the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) in Darwin.
In past years, the Unearthed NIMAs comp has uncovered gems like Thelma Plum (2012), Robbie Miller (2013) & Philly (2014) so we've got pretty high hopes for whoever takes it out in 2015.
To celebrate the launch of National Reconciliation Week and this year's NIMAs comp we've put together a little playlist of some of the most exciting Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander talent we've come across in the past 12 months.
Hear the full special, and then check below for more info on all the artists:
Zane Francis
Zane's from NSW's North Coast, and he came to our attention at the start of 2015. He's a man of warmth and honesty: on debut cut 'Acclimate', breathy vocals and minimalist piano gives way to a captivating swell of harmonies, glitch production, and self-examining meditation. It's moving. There's more to come from him this year, so now's the time to get on board.
Uploading to Unearthed since 2014, Adelaide artist Denni has shown a great deal of growth as a songwriter and a vocalist in the past twelve months. Her vocal control is outstanding – on her latest cut, Breathe, she sounds beautifully wilted, floating on an ocean of deep bass and vibraphone. We've played three of her songs on Unearthed radio, and you can get them all for free on her profile.
We <3 Kuren. He's a producer from Brisbane with a keen sense for sniffing out ~bangers~. He's uploaded three songs to Unearthed in the past year or so, and we've played 'em all on the radio. His latest is 'Achilles', which pairs trap sounds and a sampled 'hey!' with flutters of synthetic panpipes and MIDI keyboards. Hear it:
Lucky Luke grew up in Cloncurry, North West QLD, and now calls Mt. Isa home. His rap songs speak for themselves – he's proud of his culture, proud of his mob, and hugely socially conscious. He told us about debut cut '1 Day' when triple j Unearthed went Far Out back in April – get that here. The song's below:
Alice Skye – 1966
We've heard three songs from Alice Skye since she started uploading to Unearthed in December. The good news? They're all killer, and they're all free to download. We're also pretty sure '1966' is the sweetest song about a calculator you'll ever hear.


For Sale Fase: These fabulous frontline beach apartments in the area of Punta Prima. The prices of these apartments are ranging from €334,000 to €419,000. These new builds consist of 2 or 3 bedrooms and 2 family bathrooms. There is a bright modern kitchen with open plan living/dining area. These luxary apartments have stunning sea views and are built to a very high standard . These spacious new builds are a great buy.


Overview: what is the Swiss three pillar system?
the 1st pillar is obligatory for everyone and includes Old Age and Survivors' Insurance OASI, Disability Insurance DI, Ordinance on Compensation for Loss of Income and health insurance.
the 2nd pillar is obligatory for those in employment and includes occupational pension funds, accident insurance and unemployment insurance.
the 3d pillar is voluntary and includes qualified savings plans (pillar 3a), free savings plans (pillar 3b) and private health insurance.
What does the Agreement on the Freedom of Movement of Persons mean?
that services provided in another country in the case of illness and accident are the same as if the person were insured there.
Which countries have an Agreements on social insurance payments?
Chile, Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Canada, Philippines, Croatia, San Marino, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary, USA and Cyprus.
Citizens of these countries will have their pensions paid abroad if they return there.
www.soziale-sicherheit-ch-eu.ch : Information about the coordination of social insurance systems between Switzerland and EU and EFTA countries.
Swiss federal social insurance office: Basic Features of the Swiss Social Security System.
The Swiss Government published the brochure "Swiss Social Insurance System: Sojourn in Switzerland and Departure, Information for foreign nationals", available in several languages.
A very useful brochure for foreign nationals wishing to work in Switzerland with information about entry and stay, working permits, social security etc. published by the Swiss Federal Office for Migration.


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A white slip-glazed flattened vessel with flared base and mouth, with curvilinear decoration in blue overglaze enamel, by Kamoda Shōji (1933-1983)1976, Slip-glazed stoneware, 12 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Photography by Richard Goodbody.
A Rare and Distinguished Image of Avalokiteshvara China, c. 18th century, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Style Gilt Bronze with precious stone inlay 15 1/2 cm.
Anonymous 13th century "Plovers in Grass" Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk 31.0 x 44.5 cm (23 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.
The 10th anniversary celebration of Asia Week New York—the Asian art extravaganza—which concluded on March 23, 2019– reported that combined sales totaled $150,544,501. At press time, this figure includes 43 out of 48 galleries and the five six auction houses: Bonhams, Christie's, Doyle, Heritage Auctions and Sotheby's. (iGavel's online sale ends April 16).
To mark the 10- year milestone, a champagne reception was held in the Patrons Lounge at The Metropolitan Museum of Art to honor a group of ten distinguished collectors, museum professionals and dealers, who have made significant contributions to advancing Asian art in North America. The honorees included Diane and Arthur Abbey, Dr. Julia and John Curtis, Maxwell "Mike" Hearn, Elizabeth B. "Lillie" and Edward "Ned" Johnson 3d, James Lally, Soyoung Lee, Stephen Little, Joan B. Mirviss, Amy G. Poster, and Shelley and Donald Rubin.
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Said Joan Mirviss of her eponymous gallery, "I never anticipated the incredible response this exhibition ignited, first from the Japanese artists themselves, who had never seen or participated in such an exhibition, then from the Western collecting public, both private and institutional, and last from the press. My gallery's exciting exhibition, now entering the second week of a six-week run, has only a few works yet to be spoken for out of an original selection of over eighty vessels and sculptures spanning nearly a century." One of the items snapped up by a private collector was, a white slip-glazed flattened vessel with flared base and mouth, with curvilinear decoration in blue overglaze enamel, by Kamoda Shōji.
Sanjay Kapoor of Kapoor Galleries was pleased that the main highlight of his gallery's exhibition –the Avalokiteshvara–found a home at a prestigious American institution. "Asia Week New York continues to deliver the right group of collectors and curators," he said.
Said gallery director Margo Thoma: "TAI Modern had a wonderful time at this year's Asia Week New York, and our clients and visitors loved seeing the bamboo artwork in person in such a lovely space. It's a great opportunity to celebrate, share, and connect." One of the bamboo pieces snapped up was Flame, by female Japanese bamboo artist Kajiwara Aya.
Shawn Ghassemi of Art Passages reported that three pieces–including the one of the main highlights, a miniature Qahar dynasty Qur'an, circa 19th century– were acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with several pieces are under consideration to other museums.
"We were very pleased with the warm response to our collection of landscape paintings produced by the Japanese-American artist Kakunen Tsuruoka when he was confined with his family to the Poston Relocation Center in Arizona during World War II," said Katherine Martin, director of Scholten Japanese Art. The Tsuruoka family decided to offer the paintings on the market in an effort to bring recognition to Kakunen's life and work. "It's not often that one can present a comprehensive grouping such as this by a single artist of an important subject with impeccable provenance," added Martin. At least eight works, thus far, are destined for American museums.
Chinese specialist Eric Zetterquist of his eponymous Zetterquist Galleries in New York commented: "A magnificent barbed-rim Vietnamese charger with depictions of four islands was one of the highlights of the John Menke Collection of Vietnamese ceramics that we sold this season."
Brendan Lynch, of the London-based gallery Oliver Forge & Brendan Lynch, reported that their highly successful exhibition, Indian and Persian Court Painting, sold to private collectors and museums including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Museum, Princeton, and The Cincinnati Art Museum. Among the highlights was Emperor Shah Jahan and his sons in audience with a holyman, India, Northern Deccan, probably Aurangabad, 1710-20, which sold to a private collector in California.
Said Nicholas Grindley, "We welcomed a good selection of mainland Chinese visitors and were pleased to have added to the collections of some of our most important clients. We met new clients and we sold to people who had come into town specifically for Asia Week New York. All in all, a good week!" Grindley reported that a rare banana leaf-shaped inkstone with a Zhao Mengfu inscription, dated to the 17th century was sold.
Erik Thomsen, of his eponymous gallery, was pleased to announce that The Houston Museum of Art acquired Young Girl with a German Shepherd Dog, a two-panel screen, dated 1934.
Nana Onishi, who specializes in contemporary Japanese metalwork, said: "We were very excited to offer our U.S. collectors a number of Japanese Living National Treasure artists' masterpieces during Asia Week this year. Our collectors come from all over the world and were very happy with what they discovered. The sales we made in the U.S. will help circulate important cultural works of art on a global scale as well as stimulating the contemporary art market in Japan." Among the pieces sold was a porcelain round vase with vivid-colored glaze, by Tokuda Yasokichi III, a Living National Treasure.
Said Runjeet Singh of his eponymous gallery, "I have nothing but praise for Asia Week New York. We welcomed collectors and curators to our exhibition and were pleased with the sales that were transacted." One of the pieces that found a home was an exceptionally rare 17th century Ming or Qing leather quiver, one of two of this type outside the Palace Museum in Beijing.
Martha Sutherland, whose gallery specializes in contemporary Chinese paintings, was pleased with the turnout this year and met many new people who came into her gallery.
Asia Week New York is always a draw for international museum curators on the lookout for treasures, and this year was no different. They came from the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Brooklyn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Newark Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the San Antonio Museum of Art, the Samuel P. Harn Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Denver Art Museum, the Harvard University Art Museums, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, the Indianapolis Art Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Portland Art Museum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum, the Philadelphia Museum, the Kimbell Art Museum, the Cleveland Museum, the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas, the Virginia Museum of Art, The Berkeley Art Museum, the Princeton Art Museum, The MacLean Collection, the Norton Museum of Art, Asia Society Museum, the Ringling Museum of Art, the Rubin Museum of Art, The China Institute, The Korean Cultural Center, the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, the Seattle Art Museum, University of Michigan Museum, the Worcester Art Museum, and from Europe, the British Museum and The Musée Guimet.


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A selection of the posters and presentations delivered by OHE at the ISPOR 22nd Annual International Meeting in Boston, May 2017, are available below.
Adrian Towse participated in an invited issues panel, alongside: Peter Neumann (Tufts Medical Center) (Moderator), Lou Garrison (University of Washington and OHE Senior Visiting Fellow), Eleanor Perfetto (National Health Council, US) and Edmund Pezalla (Enlightenment BioConsult), that looked at: ISPOR's special task force report on us value assessment frameworks: what does it say and is it helpful? The white paper's key points and recommendations were presented, and its contributions and limitations discussed from the perspective of three key stakeholder groups: patients, payers, and the non-US audience. Adrian gave the non-US perspective.
Nancy Devlin, along with co-panellists Shelby Reed, F. Reed Johnson and Sachin Kamal-Bahl discussed: Moving Beyond the QALY in Patient-Centered Value Frameworks: But, in what direction? The panel explored different perspectives on the way that patients' preferences and views could best be incorporated into value frameworks. Nancy argued that there is a case for systematically considering evidence patient preferences as part of HTA processes. However, ultimately HTA decisions involve weighing up both benefits to patients affected by the technology and benefits foregone to other patients so there remains an important role for societal preferences.
Adrian Towse participated in an issues panel entitled: Developing and paying for gene therapies: can we resolve the conflicts? Co-panelists were Bill Dreitlein (ICER) (moderator), John Watkins (Premera Blue Cross) and Clark Paramore (BlueBird Bio). The panel discussed the tension between manufacturers of gene therapies seeking compensation for their innovation at high prices, payers struggling with affordability, and technology assessment organisations wrestling with how to measure value. Adrian gave a European perspective.
Adrian Towse also moderated an issues panel on: Perspectives on the relationship between cost effectiveness and affordability. Adrian introduced the topic, highlighting relevant papers and questioning what we really mean by affordability in various contexts. Panellists Mark Sculpher (University of York), Patricia Danzon (University of Pennsylvania) and Steve Pearson (ICER) discussed cost-effectiveness analysis, budget thresholds, and the potential effect of budget impact on the cost-effectiveness threshold.
Comparing HTA outcomes for centrally authorised medicinal products in Great Britain 2011-2015. Authors: Maignen, F., Zamora, B., O'Neill, P., Garau, M., Lorgelly, P.
Most new substances are approved in the European Union via the centralised procedure (coordinated by the European Medicines Agency); many health care systems in Europe then evaluate new technologies according to their effectiveness and cost effectiveness. This poster presents a comparison of outcomes of HTA evaluations for centrally authorised products in Great Britain.
Adjusting for differential item functioning in the EQ-5D-5L using externally-collected vignettes. Authors: Lorgelly, P., Knott, R. (Monash University).
There is concern that responses to questions on subjective scales will be inaccurate if certain groups of people systematically differ in their interpretation and use of the response categories - known as differential item functioning (DIF). It is possible to correct for DIF by using vignette responses collected externally to the main dataset of interest. This poster shows how this approach can be applied to the EQ-5D-5L to obtain QALY measures that are comparable across different population groups.
Comparing cancer-specific preference-based outcome measures: the same but different. Authors: Lorgelly, P., Norman, R. (Curtin University).
Disease-specific outcome measures for use in economic evaluations are growing in popularity. Within cancer there are now two preference-based measures, the EORTC-8D and the QLU-C10D. This poster presents research that compares these two measures.
Nancy Devlin participated in a Patient Representatives Roundtable Forum.
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The family of the House of Borgia are remembered for their corrupt rule during the period when one of them, Rodrigo Borgia, was Pope. This text was taken from a series of essays on famous criminals and crimes by the author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas. The Borgia's crimes reputedly ran the gamut from theft and bribery to rape, incest and murder.
Once of the most famous French writers of the nineteenth century, Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) is best remembered for his novels The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo,and The Man in the Iron Mask. These books have sold millions of copies worldwide.
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The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of stories based upon historical records, from the pen of Alexandre Dumas, pere, when he was not the elder, nor yet the author of D'Artagnan or Monte Cristo, but was a rising young dramatist and a lion in the literary set and world of fashion.
Dumas, in fact, wrote his 'Crimes Celebres' just prior to launching upon his wonderful series of historical novels, and they may therefore be considered as source books, whence he was to draw so much of that far-reaching and intimate knowledge of inner history which has perennially astonished his readers. The Crimes were published in Paris, in 1839-40, in eight volumes, comprising eighteen titles - all of which now appear in the present carefully translated text. The success of the original work was instantaneous. Dumas laughingly said that he thought he had exhausted the subject of famous crimes, until the work was off the press, when he immediately became deluged with letters from every province in France, supplying him with material upon other deeds of violence! The subjects which he has chosen, however, are of both historic and dramatic importance, and they have the added value of giving the modern reader a clear picture of the state of semi-lawlessness which existed in Europe, during the middle ages. The Borgias, the Cenci, Urbain Grandier, the Marchioness of Brinvilliers, the Marchioness of Ganges, and the rest - what subjects for the pen of Dumas! exclaims Garnett.
Space does not permit us to consider in detail the material here collected, although each title will be found to present points of special interest. The first volume comprises the annals of the Borgias and the Cenci. The name of the noted and notorious Florentine family has become a synonym for intrigue and violence, and yet the Borgias have not been without stanch defenders in history.
Another famous Italian story is that of the Cenci. The beautiful Beatrice Cenci - celebrated in the painting of Guido, the sixteenth century romance of Guerrazi, and the poetic tragedy of Shelley, not to mention numerous succeeding works inspired by her hapless fate - will always remain a shadowy figure and one of infinite pathos.
The second volume chronicles the sanguinary deeds in the south of France, carried on in the name of religion, but drenching in blood the fair country round about Avignon, for a long period of years.
The third volume is devoted to the story of Mary Queen of Scots, another woman who suffered a violent death, and around whose name an endless controversy has waged. Dumas goes carefully into the dubious episodes of her stormy career, but does not allow these to blind his sympathy for her fate. Mary, it should be remembered, was closely allied to France by education and marriage, and the French never forgave Elizabeth the part she played in the tragedy.
The fourth volume comprises three widely dissimilar tales. One of the strangest stories is that of Urbain Grandier, the innocent victim of a cunning and relentless religious plot. His story was dramatised by Dumas, in 1850. A famous German crime is that of Karl-Ludwig Sand, whose murder of Kotzebue, Councillor of the Russian Legation, caused an international upheaval which was not to subside for many years.
An especially interesting volume is number six, containing, among other material, the famous Man in the Iron Mask. This unsolved puzzle of history was later incorporated by Dumas in one of the D'Artagnan Romances a section of the Vicomte de Bragelonne, to which it gave its name. But in this later form, the true story of this singular man doomed to wear an iron vizor over his features during his entire lifetime could only be treated episodically. While as a special subject in the Crimes, Dumas indulges his curiosity, and that of his reader, to the full. Hugo's unfinished tragedy,'Les Jumeaux', is on the same subject; as also are others by Fournier, in French, and Zschokke, in German.
Other stories can be given only passing mention. The beautiful poisoner, Marquise de Brinvilliers, must have suggested to Dumas his later portrait of Miladi, in the Three Musketeers, the mast celebrated of his woman characters. The incredible cruelties of Ali Pacha, the Turkish despot, should not be charged entirely to Dumas, as he is said to have been largely aided in this by one of his ghosts, Mallefille.
Not a mere artist - writes M. de Villemessant, founder of the Figaro, - he has nevertheless been able to seize on those dramatic effects which have so much distinguished his theatrical career, and to give those sharp and distinct reproductions of character which alone can present to the reader the mind and spirit of an age. Not a mere historian, he has nevertheless carefully consulted the original sources of information, has weighed testimonies, elicited theories, and... has interpolated the poetry of history with its most thorough prose.
On the 8th of April, 1492, in a bedroom of the Carneggi Palace, about three miles from Florence, were three men grouped about a bed whereon a fourth lay dying.
The first of these three men, sitting at the foot of the bed, and half hidden, that he might conceal his tears, in the gold-brocaded curtains, was Ermolao Barbaro, author of the treatise 'On Celibacy', and of 'Studies in Pliny': the year before, when he was at Rome in the capacity of ambassador of the Florentine Republic, he had been appointed Patriarch of Aquileia by Innocent VIII.
The second, who was kneeling and holding one hand of the dying man between his own, was Angelo Poliziano, the Catullus of the fifteenth century, a classic of the lighter sort, who in his Latin verses might have been mistaken for a poet of the Augustan age.
The third, who was standing up and leaning against one of the twisted columns of the bed-head, following with profound sadness the progress of the malady which he read in the face of his departing friend, was the famous Pico della Mirandola, who at the age of twenty could speak twenty-two languages, and who had offered to reply in each of these languages to any seven hundred questions that might be put to him by the twenty most learned men in the whole world, if they could be assembled at Florence.
The man on the bed was Lorenzo the Magnificent, who at the beginning of the year had been attacked by a severe and deep-seated fever, to which was added the gout, a hereditary ailment in his family. He had found at last that the draughts containing dissolved pearls which the quack doctor, Leoni di Spoleto, prescribed for him (as if he desired to adapt his remedies rather to the riches of his patient than to his necessities) were useless and unavailing, and so he had come to understand that he must part from those gentle-tongued women of his, those sweet-voiced poets, his palaces and their rich hangings; therefore he had summoned to give him absolution for his sins - in a man of less high place they might perhaps have been called crimes - the Dominican, Giralamo Francesco Savonarola.
It was not, however, without an inward fear, against which the praises of his friends availed nothing, that the pleasure-seeker and usurper awaited that severe and gloomy preacher by whose word's all Florence was stirred, and on whose pardon henceforth depended all his hope far another world.
Indeed, Savonarola was one of those men of stone, coming, like the statue of the Commandante, to knock at the door of a Don Giovanni, and in the midst of feast and orgy to announce that it is even now the moment to begin to think of Heaven. He had been barn at Ferrara, whither his family, one of the most illustrious of Padua, had been called by Niccolo, Marchese d'Este, and at the age of twenty-three, summoned by an irresistible vocation, had fled from his father's house, and had taken the vows in the cloister of Dominican monks at Florence. There, where he was appointed by his superiors to give lessons in philosophy, the young novice had from the first to battle against the defects of a voice that was both harsh and weak, a defective pronunciation, and above all, the depression of his physical powers, exhausted as they were by too severe abstinence.
Savonarala from that time condemned himself to the most absolute seclusion, and disappeared in the depths of his convent, as if the slab of his tomb had already fallen over him. There, kneeling on the flags, praying unceasingly before a wooden crucifix, fevered by vigils and penances, he soon passed out of contemplation into ecstasy, and began to feel in himself that inward prophetic impulse which summoned him to preach the reformation of the Church.
Nevertheless, the reformation of Savonarola, more reverential than Luther's, which followed about five-and-twenty years later, respected the thing while attacking the man, and had as its aim the altering of teaching that was human, not faith that was of God. He did not work, like the German monk, by reasoning, but by enthusiasm. With him logic always gave way before inspiration: he was not a theologian, but a prophet. Yet, although hitherto he had bowed his head before the authority of the Church, he had already raised it against the temporal power. To him religion and liberty appeared as two virgins equally sacred; so that, in his view, Lorenzo in subjugating the one was as culpable as Pope Innocent VIII in dishonouring the other. The result of this was that, so long as Lorenzo lived in riches, happiness, and magnificence, Savonarola had never been willing, whatever entreaties were made, to sanction by his presence a power which he considered illegitimate. But Lorenzo on his deathbed sent for him, and that was another matter. The austere preacher set forth at once, bareheaded and barefoot, hoping to save not only the soul of the dying man but also the liberty of the republic.
Lorenzo, as we have said, was awaiting the arrival of Savonarola with an impatience mixed with uneasiness; so that, when he heard the sound of his steps, his pale face took a yet more deathlike tinge, while at the same time he raised himself on his elbow and ordered his three friends to go away. They obeyed at once, and scarcely had they left by one door than the curtain of the other was raised, and the monk, pale, immovable, solemn, appeared on the threshold. When he perceived him, Lorenzo dei Medici, reading in his marble brow the inflexibility of a statue, fell back on his bed, breathing a sigh so profound that one might have supposed it was his last.
The monk glanced round the room as though to assure himself that he was really alone with the dying man; then he advanced with a slow and solemn step towards the bed. Lorenzo watched his approach with terror; then, when he was close beside him, he cried:
O my father, I have been a very great sinner!
The mercy of God is infinite, replied the monk; and I come into your presence laden with the divine mercy.
You believe, then, that God will forgive my sins? cried the dying man, renewing his hope as he heard from the lips of the monk such unexpected words.
Your sins and also your crimes, God will forgive them all, replied Savonarola. God will forgive your vanities, your adulterous pleasures, your obscene festivals; so much for your sins. God will forgive you for promising two thousand florins reward to the man who should bring you the head of Dietisalvi, Nerone Nigi, Angelo Antinori, Niccalo Soderini, and twice the money if they were handed over alive; God will forgive you for dooming to the scaffold or the gibbet the son of Papi Orlandi, Francesco di Brisighella, Bernardo Nardi, Jacopo Frescobaldi, Amoretto Baldovinetti, Pietro Balducci, Bernardo di Banding, Francesco Frescobaldi, and more than three hundred others whose names were none the less dear to Florence because they were less renowned; so much far your crimes. And at each of these names which Savonarala pronounced slowly, his eyes fixed on the dying man, he replied with a groan which proved the monk's memory to be only too true. Then at last, when he had finished, Lorenzo asked in a doubtful tone:
Then do you believe, my father, that God will forgive me everything, both my sins and my crimes?
Everything, said Savonarola, but on three conditions.
What are they? asked the dying man.
The first, said Savonarola, is that you feel a complete faith in the power and the mercy of God.
My father, replied Lorenzo eagerly, I feel this faith in the very depths of my heart.
The second, said Savonarola, is that you give back the property of others which you have unjustly confiscated and kept.
My father, shall I have time? asked the dying man.
God will give it to you, replied the monk.
Lorenzo shut his eyes, as though to reflect more at his ease; then, after a moment's silence, he replied:
Yes, my father, I will do it.
The third, resumed Savonarola, is that you restore to the republic her ancient independence end her farmer liberty.
Lorenzo sat up on his bed, shaken by a convulsive movement, and questioned with his eyes the eyes of the Dominican, as though he would find out if he had deceived himself and not heard aright. Savonarola repeated the same words.
Never! never! exclaimed Lorenzo, falling back on his bed and shaking his head, - never!
The monk, without replying a single word, made a step to withdraw.
My father, my father, said the dying man, do not leave me thus: have pity on me!
Have pity on Florence, said the monk.
But, my father, cried Lorenzo, Florence is free, Florence is happy.
Florence is a slave, Florence is poor, cried Savonarola, poor in genius, poor in money, and poor in courage; poor in genius, because after you, Lorenzo, will come your son Piero; poor in money, because from the funds of the republic you have kept up the magnificence of your family and the credit of your business houses; poor in courage, because you have robbed the rightful magistrates of the authority which was constitutionally theirs, and diverted the citizens from the double path of military and civil life, wherein, before they were enervated by your luxuries, they had displayed the virtues of the ancients; and therefore, when the day shall dawn which is not far distant, continued the mark, his eyes fixed and glowing as if he were reading in the future, whereon the barbarians shall descend from the mountains, the walls of our towns, like those of Jericho, shall fall at the blast of their trumpets.
And do you desire that I should yield up on my deathbed the power that has made the glory of my whole life? cried Lorenzo dei Medici.
It is not I who desire it; it is the Lord, replied Savonarola coldly.
Impossible, impossible! murmured Lorenzo.
Very well; then die as you have lived! cried the monk, in the midst of your courtiers and flatterers; let them ruin your soul as they have ruined your body! And at these words, the austere Dominican, without listening to the cries of the dying man, left the room as he had entered it, with face and step unaltered; far above human things he seemed to soar, a spirit already detached from the earth.
At the cry which broke from Lorenzo dei Medici when he saw him disappear, Ermolao, Poliziano, and Pico delta Mirandola, who had heard all, returned into the room, and found their friend convulsively clutching in his arms a magnificent crucifix which he had just taken dawn from the bed-head. In vain did they try to reassure him with friendly words. Lorenzo the Magnificent only replied with sobs; and one hour after the scene which we have just related, his lips clinging to the feet of the Christ, he breathed his last in the arms of these three men, of whom the most fortunate - though all three were young - was not destined to survive him more than two years. Since his death was to bring about many calamities, says Niccolo Macchiavelli, it was the will of Heaven to show this by omens only too certain: the dome of the church of Santa Regarata was struck by lightning, and Roderigo Borgia was elected pope.
Towards the end of the fifteenth century - that is to say, at the epoch when our history opens the Piazza of St. Peter's at Rome was far from presenting so noble an aspect as that which is offered in our own day to anyone who approaches it by the Piazza dei Rusticucci.
In fact, the Basilica of Constantine existed no longer, while that of Michael Angelo, the masterpiece of thirty popes, which cost the labour of three centuries and the expense of two hundred and sixty millions, existed not yet. The ancient edifice, which had lasted for eleven hundred and forty-five years, had been threatening to fall in about 1440, and Nicholas V, artistic forerunner of Julius II and Leo X, had had it pulled down, together with the temple of Probus Anicius which adjoined it. In their place he had had the foundations of a new temple laid by the architects Rossellini and Battista Alberti; but some years later, after the death of Nicholas V, Paul II, the Venetian, had not been able to give more than five thousand crowns to continue the project of his predecessor, and thus the building was arrested when it had scarcely risen above the ground, and presented the appearance of a still-born edifice, even sadder than that of a ruin.
As to the piazza itself, it had not yet, as the reader will understand from the foregoing explanation, either the fine colonnade of Bernini, or the dancing fountains, or that Egyptian obelisk which, according to Pliny, was set up by the Pharaoh at Heliopolis, and transferred to Rome by Caligula, who set it up in Nero's Circus, where it remained till 1586. Now, as Nero's Circus was situate on the very ground where St. Peter's now stands, and the base of this obelisk covered the actual site where the vestry now is, it looked like a gigantic needle shooting up from the middle of truncated columns, walls of unequal height, and half-carved stones.
On the right of this building, a ruin from its cradle, arose the Vatican, a splendid Tower of Babel, to which all the celebrated architects of the Roman school contributed their work for a thousand years: at this epoch the two magnificent chapels did not exist, nor the twelve great halls, the two-and-twenty courts, the thirty staircases, and the two thousand bedchambers; for Pope Sixtus V, the sublime swineherd, who did so many things in a five years' reign, had not yet been able to add the immense building which on the eastern side towers above the court of St. Damasius; still, it was truly the old sacred edifice, with its venerable associations, in which Charlemagne received hospitality when he was crowned emperor by Pope Leo III.
All the same, on the 9th of August, 1492, the whole of Rome, from the People's Gate to the Coliseum and from the Baths of Diocletian to the castle of Sant' Angelo, seemed to have made an appointment on this piazza: the multitude thronging it was so great as to overflow into all the neighbouring streets, which started from this centre like the rays of a star. The crowds of people, looking like a motley moving carpet, were climbing up into the basilica, grouping themselves upon the stones, hanging on the columns, standing up against the walls; they entered by the doors of houses and reappeared at the windows, so numerous and so densely packed that one might have said each window was walled up with heads. Now all this multitude had its eyes fixed on one single point in the Vatican; for in the Vatican was the Conclave, and as Innocent VIII had been dead for sixteen days, the Conclave was in the act of electing a pope.
Rome is the town of elections: since her foundation down to our own day - that is to say, in the course of nearly twenty-six centuries - she has constantly elected her kings, consuls, tribunes, emperors, and popes: thus Rome during the days of Conclave appears to be attacked by a strange fever which drives everyone to the Vatican or to Monte Cavallo, according as the scarlet-robed assembly is held in one or the other of these two palaces: it is, in fact, because the raising up of a new pontiff is a great event far everybody; for, according to the average established in the period between St. Peter and Gregory XVI, every pope lasts about eight years, and these eight years, according to the character of the man who is elected, are a period either of tranquillity or of disorder, of justice or of venality, of peace or of war.
Never perhaps since the day when the first successor of St. Peter took his seat on the pontifical throne until the interregnum which now occurred, had so great an agitation been shown as there was at this moment, when, as we have shown, all these people were thronging on the Piazza of St. Peter and in the streets which led to it. It is true that this was not without reason; for Innocent VIII - who was called the father of his people because he had added to his subjects eight sons and the same number of daughters - had, as we have said, after living a life of self-indulgence, just died, after a death-struggle during which, if the journal of Stefano Infessura may be believed, two hundred and twenty murders were committed in the streets of Rome. The authority had then devolved in the customary way upon the Cardinal Camerlengo, who during the interregnum had sovereign powers; but as he had been obliged to fulfil all the duties of his office - that is, to get money coined in his name and bearing his arms, to take the fisherman's ring from the finger of the dead pope, to dress, shave and paint him, to have the corpse embalmed, to lower the coffin after nine days' obsequies into the provisional niche where the last deceased pope has to remain until his successor comes to take his place and consign him to his final tomb; lastly, as he had been obliged to wall up the door of the Conclave and the window of the balcony from which the pontifical election is proclaimed, he had not had a single moment for busying himself with the police; so that the assassinations had continued in goodly fashion, and there were loud cries for an energetic hand which should make all these swords and all these daggers retire into their sheaths.
Now the eyes of this multitude were fixed, as we have said, upon the Vatican, and particularly upon one chimney, from which would come the first signal, when suddenly, at the moment of the 'Ave Maria' - that is to say, at the hour when the day begins to decline - great cries went up from all the crowd mixed with bursts of laughter, a discordant murmur of threats and raillery, the cause being that they had just perceived at the top of the chimney a thin smoke, which seemed like a light cloud to go up perpendicularly into the sky. This smoke announced that Rome was still without a master, and that the world still had no pope; for this was the smoke of the voting tickets which were being burned, a proof that the cardinals had not yet come to an agreement.
Scarcely had this smoke appeared, to vanish almost immediately, when all the innumerable crowd, knowing well that there was nothing else to wait for, and that all was said and done until ten o'clock the next morning, the time when the cardinals had their first voting, went off in a tumult of noisy joking, just as they would after the last rocket of a firework display; so that at the end of one minute nobody was there where a quarter of an hour before there had been an excited crowd, except a few curious laggards, who, living in the neighbourhood or on the very piazza itself; were less in a hurry than the rest to get back to their homes; again, little by little, these last groups insensibly diminished; for half-past nine had just struck, and at this hour the streets of Rome began already to be far from safe; then after these groups followed some solitary passer-by, hurrying his steps; one
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And your winner is...David McGoldrick for his winning goal at home in the 1-0 victory over Bournemouth.
McGoldrick finished of a superb move between himself and strike partner Callum Ball to edge out the strike from Conor Henderson in the Under 21's away win over Leicester City with Richard Wood's header in the 2-1 home defeat to Notts County coming third.
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Google Maps Street View Team Capturing Statue Of Liberty, Ellis Island
Google Maps' Street View has helped completely change how we're able to see the world. Indeed, Street View makes navigation far easier than ever before, but it also allows us to see into places from the comfort of our own homes. For instance, there's the "Skyfall" island in Japan, the Grand Canyon, and more, and the search giant is also now mapping Ellis Island and Liberty Island, site of the Statue of Liberty.
According to the New York Times, it's taken a long time and a lot of complication to gain access to Liberty and Ellis Islands, both of which are operated by the National Park Service.
Credit: Michael Appleton/New York Times
"For the first time, Liberty Island will be available for people to explore through Street View in Google Maps," Google's Daniel Sieberg told the outlet. "So whether you're a tourist or a New Yorker or someone who just wants to see it up close, in the coming months everyone will be able to take a tour of the island and appreciate the statue's history and beauty in 360-degree imagery."
It will take months to process the images captured this week, but soon enough we'll all be able to experience one of America's most important national landmarks as well as Ellis Island--the place where many of our recent ancestors landed in this country--thanks to Street View.
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Here is the latest update and ACTION ALERT for the State Budget situation. A shut down on July 1 seems more and more likely as time goes on. The Legislature's last scheduled session day is this Thursday, June 28th.
The budget passed by the Legislature last week is out of balance. It overestimates revenue and cost-cutting that will definitely result in a midyear budget shortfall … which will put our pension payment and public services at risk.
1. RIGHT NOW! Call your Legislators at 609-400-4763. These calls are really, really important! Legislators have reported receiving thousands of calls and it is the best way to communicate our message. The Legislature and Governor need to reach a compromise and finalize a budget this week. We cannot have a shutdown.
The current budget the Legislature has passed will lead to cuts and layoffs and more credit downgrades. A compromise must be reached with the Governor that includes a Millionaires tax which is supported by 70% of New Jersey.
2. Monday, June 25th - Governor Murphy is holding a statewide Town Hall call Monday night at 7p.m. You can join by calling 609-246-3298 at 7 p.m.
3. Tuesday, June 26th - CWA Town Hall Call. You can join the call by dialing 888-409-5380 so you can hear a budget update from CWA leadership. We have a special guest on our CWA call - Gov. Murphy.
4. Thursday, June 28th - Mobilization at State House starting at 10am. We need hundreds of members there. This is the last day the Legislature may vote on a revised budget proposal, so we need maximum pressure on Thursday.
The New Jersey Legislature has passed a budget that the Governor will not sign because it relies on an overstatement of revenues and savings and it will not pay for the budget priorities that both the Governor and the Legislature have agreed upon, including increased education funding, increased funding for public transportation, a significant pension payment, and funds for other important priorities such as property tax relief and services that have been cut under Chris Christie.
The Legislative Budget assumes that there is $1 billion in new revenue from a Corporate Business Tax (that will sunset in two years) when the Governor and the Treasurer say that it will bring in far less than that. Not only that, the Legislative Budget leaves a gaping loophole - it does not require that multi-state business "combine" their reporting, which will allow such business to claim their profits in a state with a lower Corporate Business Tax, thus defeating the purpose of raising the CBT in the first place.
The Leadership of the Legislature and the Governor appear to be at impasse and we are a few short days from one of two terrible results. Either the Governor must cut hundreds of millions from the spending side of the Legislature's budget because they haven't passed the revenue for that spending, or there will be a possible shut down of Government - an action that will close government services and result in the lockout of tens of thousands of workers.


Managers can download an infographic guide from the NHS on how to best communicate with staff of all ages. You can see it here.
There are four different generations in the workplace born between 1995 and 1960. Each group has their own preferred communication channels, according to NHS Employers.
From WhatsApp to text messages, and from emails to face-to-face meetings, the guide shows each group top favourite was to communicate.
'Communicating through a generation's preferred channels can improve awareness and engagement,' NHS Employers said, and create a more positive employer-employee relationship.