It's been such a long time…let's see if I remember how to blog.
It took me 5 minutes to log on…lol…but I'm finally here.
I think of "all things internet", I've missed this the most. I write at home…but it's not like blogging. I'm not sure if I can explain why…maybe, I don't need to.
Needless to say, it is great to be here and I have missed it (and all of you).
It was the song that Jim and I danced to at our wedding.
I'm not sure why I chose it. I like Phil Collins. It is a good song. But it wasn't really one of my favorites at the time. Actually, it was my mom and stepdad's song.
But now…21 years later…I think I get it. Maybe because I'm older. Maybe because of all the things that Jim and I have gone through together. Maybe both.
Jim once said to me, "You are not the woman I married…and that's a good thing!" He's right. We both have changed, grown, matured…we aren't the same people. That's what makes our marriage so strong. We have learned from each other and grown together in Christ. Our love now is multi-dimensional. I love Jim as my husband, the boys' father, my best friend…but I also love him as a person, as a fellow Christian.
I'm not sure why I decided to write this today. All I know is, Phil Collins is right.
Sonia – I'm glad to see you're blog again. I've missed you. Hope you all are doing well!


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Mazinkaizer SKL
DVD cover of the first volume of Mazinkaizer SKL
マジンカイザースカル
(Majinkaizā SKL)
Mazinkaizer SKL Versus
Kazumi Hoshi
Shu 2 Comic Gekkin
April 23, 2010 – October 2011
Jun Kawagoe
Tadashi Hayakawa
January 28, 2011 – April 7, 2011
27 minutes (each)
Manga notes
The magazine where the series was published is a mobile phone publication.
Mazinkaizer SKL[n 1] (マジンカイザースカル, Majinkaizā Sukaru) is a Japanese OVA sequel to Go Nagai's Mazinkaiser, which was in itself a spinoff of Mazinger Z. The first episode of the OVA was first screened on November 27, 2010 (2010-11-27) and was released on January 28, 2011 (2011-01-28) . It also has a novel adaptation serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Hobby Magazine and a manga adaptation published in the mobile phone magazine Shu 2 Comic Gekkin.[1] Like Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen, characters and references to other works of Go Nagai appear in this series.
3 Mechas
4.1 Staff
5.1 Anime
5.1.1 Episodes
5.1.2 Home video
5.2 Manga
5.3 Novel
Prior to the events of the anime, the three factions - the Garan Army, the Kiba Army, and the Hachiryoukaku (Aira Army), battle for total dominance of Machine Island, which they occupy. The island is basically a prison, isolated from the rest of the world. To assure total quarantine, a "Gravity Curtain" was formed within the island. Only machines created by the worldwide government WSO are capable of entry to the island. The island also contains vast amount of resources, allowing the three factions to create a near-limitless supply of giant robots for their respective armies.
The WSO has learned that the Gravity Curtain has reached an unstable status and will explode within 66 hours, destroying all of Earth and human life itself. Each of the three factions controls a part of the mechanism responsible for the Gravity Curtain's operation. Knowing the danger of disabling the Gravity Curtain and combating the various factions, the WSO decides to send the Skull Force. The Skull Force is divided into two squadrons - one of which is the 2 member-only Death Caprice Squad, composed of Ken Kaidou and Ryou Magami, pilots of the Mazinger called Mazinkaizer SKL.
Ken Kaidou (海動剣, Kaidō Ken)
Voiced by: Shintarō Asanuma (Japanese); Ethan Murray (English)
One of the two main pilots of Mazinkaizer SKL and one-half of the Death Caprice Squad. Adept at fighting with a sword and knives, Ken takes control of SKL whenever it uses the Ganzantou. He has a hot-blooded, rude, and vulgar personality while his hairstyle is reminiscent to Koji Kabuto's, the protagonist of Mazinger Z. His code name is "Amon 6" (アモン6), Amon being a reference to the demon Amon from Devilman.
Ryou Magami (真上遼, Magami Ryō)
Voiced by: Satoshi Hino (Japanese); Doug Erholtz (English)
One of the two main pilots of Mazinkaiser SKL and the other half of the Death Caprice Squad. A man with a mysterious past, he is very skilled with handguns and takes control of SKL in order to use its Breast Triggers in battle. He has a calm, Nihilistic persona but fierce looking when angered while his hairstyle resembles Duke Fleed's, the main character from Grendizer. Ryou's codename is "Lucifer 4" (ルシファー4, Rushifā 4).
Tsubasa Yuuki (由木翼, Yūki Tsubasa)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese); Erin Fitzgerald (English)
An ally of Ken and Ryo who serves as an engineering officer. She is a member of the Gren Falcon Squad (グレンファルコン隊, Guren Farukon Tai), a division of the Skull Force. Although appearing timid and innocent-looking, she is very strict and diligent when performing missions.
Kojindani (荒神谷, Kōjindani)
Voiced by: Katsumi Chō (Japanese); Bob Buchholz (English)
A member of the WSO and overall commander of the Skull Force.
Scarlet Hibiki (スカーレット・ヒビキ, Sukāretto Hibiki)
Voiced by: Masumi Asano
Leader of the Gren Falcon Squad, a division of the Skull Force. In the manga version, she serves as the superior officer to Ken and Ryo.
Kiba (キバ)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese); Grant George, Michael Sorich (English)
Leader of the Kiba Army. In addition to fighting against the other factions, he is obsessed with finding and defeating the MazinKaizer SKL. When his entire army was wiped out by SKL's attack, he battles it himself with his mecha, the Bakuryuki, but was defeated and was seemingly killed. He however survived, albeit badly scarred, and battles SKL one more time piloting the Iron Kaiser. He has an aggressive, brash, and reckless persona. In one scene, he enjoys drinking with women by his side. It is suggested that the women in Kiba's army were former captives of the Aira Army converted to join his cause. His character motif is based on "Zuba The Barbarian" a character from Go Nagai's manga of the same name. Kiba's forces are styled after the marauder types from Fist of the North Star and Mad Max 2. His fortress looks like a damaged aircraft base.
Gouda (グーダ)
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese); Dan Woren (English)
One of Kiba's henchmen.
Garan (ガラン)
Voiced by: Banjō Ginga (Japanese); David Lodge (English)
Leader of the Garan Army. Unlike Kiba, he is calm and more calculating in his persona. He is also skilled in the use of swords, which made him a match against Ken Kaido in their duel, and a formidable pilot, able to defeat SKL in their first battle. He is however defeated in their second battle when he leaves himself open upon learning of Himiko's death by Kiba. Garan's forces and fortress is styled after feudal Japan.
Himiko (ヒミコ)
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese); Jessica Gee (English)
Loyal assistant of Garan. In Episode 3, she is revealed to be Aira's elder sister and former leader of the Hachiryokaku, but defected to Garan for reasons unknown. She also knows the location of the Iron Kaiser, which leads to her murder by Kiba. Her character design is based on the Slum Queen, a character from Violence Jack.
Aira (アイラ)
Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese); Jessica Straus (English)
Leader of the Aira Army, also known as the "Hachiryoukaku" (八稜郭, hachiryōkaku, loosely translated as the "Octagon"). Her design and persona is based on the character of the same name from God Mazinger
Hurricane (ハリケーン, harikēn) Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi (Japanese); Bonie Cahoon (English),
Fancy (ファンシー, fanshī) Voiced by: Mikako Takahashi (Japanese); Elvia Gaitan (English),
Flash (フラッシュ, furasshu) Voiced by: Eri Kitamura,
Misty (ミスティ, misuti) Voiced by: Ai Shimizu
Sworn sisters of the Hachiryoukaku and pilots of the Psycho Gear units. They are named after various forms of Cutie Honey.
Mechas[edit]
The titular mecha of the series, though only called Kaiser by the characters. Unlike the Mazinkaiser featured in the first OAV series, manga, and in video games, this version of Mazinkaiser has a completely different design, sporting a more demonic look. One of the biggest changes is the Kaiser Pilder, the aircraft used to dock onto the crown of Mazinkaiser to control it. It has been renamed as the "Skull Pilder" and redesigned to resemble more of a human skull hence its name. The Skull Pilder also requires two pilots to control it, unlike the Kaiser Pilder where it is controlled by a single pilot. Another notable change is the eyelids having a blue color as opposed to yellow from past Mazingers. A skull in the center of Mazinkaizer SKL's chest is used in place of the "Z" symbol from the original Mazinkaiser.
The weapons for Mazinkaizer SKL are also different from that of the original Mazinkaiser. This incarnation of Mazinkaizer is equipped with a weapon known as the "Ganzantou", a gigantic sword attached to its back. The sword's handle can be extended so it can be used as a pole weapon. The spikes extending at the other side of the Ganzatou's blade is designed to tear apart the innards of its target, as seen in the promotional images.
Another weapon unique to Mazinkaizer SKL are the "Breast Triggers". Attached to Mazinkaizer SKL's chest area, they are a pair of handguns SKL can use to shoot its enemies from mid-range. Blades are also attached to the nozzle and beneath the handle of each handgun, allowing the Mazinkaizer SKL to slash at enemies up close. They can also be merged into a battle axe type weapon akin to the Getter Tomahawk and used as a melee weapon. When the Breast Triggers are not in use, they are holstered to the chest, which forms a resemblance of Devilman's face.
When combined with the Wingle's Scrander the Wing Cross, SKL's limiter is released, allowing it to fight at full power, changing its eye color from blue to yellow, as well as unlocking a new set of weapons, which are variations of those from past Mazingers. The Tornado Crusher Punch is SKL's version of the Turbo Smasher Punch, with the difference being that Ken Kaido is able to guide them to their target after they are deployed. The Breast Triggers fire laser beams as opposed to solid rounds. The Rust Stream is SKL's version of the Rust Tornado from Mazinkaiser. The Thor Hammer Breaker allows SKL to shoot a huge bolt of lightning towards its target from the Ganzantou, similar to Great Mazinger's Thunder Break. Finally, the Inferno Blaster is SKL's most powerful attack, acting similar to the Fire Blaster from Mazinkaiser.
MAZINKAISER SKL & WINGLE
Wingle (ウイングル, uinguru)
The female support robot for Mazinkaizer SKL. The Wingle's design incorporates the female mechas used in the Mazinger franchise (Aphrodite A, Venus A & Minerva X) as well as elements of Devil Lady. It is given a Black and light Purple colors with some gold trimmings. The bat-like wings attached to the rear of the Wingle's head act as a Scrander part for SKL (called the "Wing Cross"), allowing the latter flight capabilities and unlocking its full potential. Like SKL, the Wingle also has a detachable cockpit on its head called the "Lady Falcon", which is piloted by Tsubasa in the anime, and Scarlet in the manga. Its weapons include a pair of detachable blades that can be mounted on the arms or the legs and used as boomerang-type projectiles, as well as a flail stored in the left breast.
Bakuryuki
Kiba's personal mecha. It is a green colored unit with horns shaped like a Crescent Moon on its head and shoulders, almost resembling a samurai warrior. Like Mazinkaizer SKL, it is a very agile unit despite its heavily armored appearance. It rides a vehicle made of Caterpillar Tracks for faster transport and is equipped with two large cannons on the front, although they were never used in the anime.
Iron Kaiser
A robot hidden within Garan's fortress, it is a secret weapon developed by the WSO and serves as one-half of the Gravity Curtain, having been powered by the same source - the Graviton Reactor. The reactor grants the Iron Kaiser a near-limitless supply of energy as well as incredible speed and power. The overall armored design of the Iron Kaiser is loosely based off Shuten Doji, a character from Go Nagai's manga of the same name and sports a red and gray metallic color. It also has a Pilder attached to the robot's cranium, able to transform itself into a discus to slice off its target, similar to some of the enemy mechas found in Grendizer. Its weapons include its own version of the Turbo Smasher Punch (Smasher Punch) and Rust Tornado (Iron Tornado), a double-bladed spear, a Gatling Gun, Missile Launchers, and Shoulder Blasters. The Iron Kaiser is piloted by Kiba in the final battle against SKL.
Geistteles
The personal mecha of Garan. It is a large robot with the color schemes of white, gold, and gray. Three horns are attached to its head, with spikes on the shoulder and knee caps and claws for the feet.
Psycho Gear
A mass-produced female combat mecha of the Hachiryokaku. It is equipped with Beam Weapons for combat, as well as produce a barrier needed to protect the Hachiryokaku's home base from enemy attacks. The Psycho Gears piloted by the Hurricane, Fancy, Misty, and Flash are unique in which they are in different design stylings.
GRK-7
Mass-produced units of Kiba's army. The unit is based on Garada K7, one of the enemy units of Mazinger Z, and carries its signature giant sickles attached to its head. A mono-eyed mechanized head is used in place of a skull from the original Garada K7 and is given color schemes of purple and light green.
DBM-2
Also a Mass-Produced unit of Kiba's army. This unit is based on the enemy mecha Doublas M2, also from Mazinger Z. It retains the dual head design and spikes on the legs. Changes made were to the lizard-like heads being more mechanic, sporting three sets of scopes and a mounting weapon at its mouth. It is given a more desert-style color scheme and a large Gatling gun is attached to the right hand.
X Battler
Garan's personal robot army. This unit is based on KingDan X10, also from Mazinger Z. They are muscular robots with bull-like horns attached to its head. They have various color schemes and also possess a variety of combat weapons, such as lances, glaives, flails, and archery-type weapons.
Mazin Brothers
Appearing only in the novel version, the Mazin Brothers are mass-produced versions of Mazinger Z. While it shares the same appearance as the original, it does not possess the same set of weapons. Instead, the Mazin Brother is either equipped with a set of Missile Launchers, or a large Rust Hurricane Backpack as weapons.
Appearing only in the novel version. This Mazinger Z appears severely damaged as it leads an army of mass-produced versions of itself called the Mazin Brothers in a losing battle against an enemy army. Despite its condition and the grim situation, Mazinger Z continues to battle until the arrival of Mazinkaizer SKL who provides the much needed reinforcement. The pilot of Mazinger Z is not named.
Production[edit]
Staff[edit]
Original work: Go Nagai, Dynamic Planning
Director: Jun Kawagoe
Series organization/script: Tadashi Hayakawa
Mazinkaizer SKL/Wingle design: Tsuyoshi Nonaka (PLEX)
Character design: Takeshi Ito
Mecha design: Munetaka Abe, Toshiyuki Horii, Hiroshi Ogawa
Music work: Lantis
Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Animation work: Actas
Theme songs:
Opening: "The Eternal Soldiers" (performed by Loudness, lyrics by Minoru Niihara, composition by Akira Takasaki, arrangement by Loudness)
Ending: "Juggernaut" (performed by Sadie, lyrics by Mao, composition by Sadie, arrangement by Sadie)
Insert (Ep.03): LEGEND of KAISER (performed by Rey)
Source(s)[2]
Media[edit]
Anime[edit]
The OVA was first screened at "Anime Fes. 'VS' presented by Bandai Visual", the first episode on November 27, 2010, the second episode on December 25, 2010, and the third episode on January 22, 2011.[3]
Episodes[edit]
Original release date
"Death caprice"
"desu kapurīzu" (デス・カプリーズ) January 28, 2011 (2011-01-28)
"Search-and-Kill"
"sāchi ando kiru" (サーチ・アンド・キル) February 25, 2011 (2011-02-25)
"Final Count"
"fainaru kaunto" (ファイナル・カウント) April 7, 2011 (2011-04-07)
These are announced dates and titles.[4]
Home video[edit]
The first OVA was released by Bandai Visual on November 27, 2010 (2010-11-27) in DVD (standard number BCBA-4002) and Blu-ray (standard number BCXA-0272).[4][5][6] On December 1, 2010, North American anime distributor Media Blasters released it in May 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray and in 2013 on iTunes and Yekra after editing into an anime film.[7]
Manga[edit]
Along the OVA series, the manga titled Mazinkaizer SKL Versus (マジンカイザーSKLヴァーサス, majinkaizā skl vāsasu), authored by Kazumi Hoshi, is published in the magazine for mobile phones Shu 2 Comic Gekkin by Emotion (Bandai), starting on April 23, 2010 (2010-04-23).[1][8]
The manga is published in printed format by the Kadokawa Group Publishing under the Emotion Comics brand.[9]
December 10, 2010 (2010-12-10) ISBN 978-4-04-899201-5
April 8, 2011 (2011-04-08) ISBN 978-4-04-899217-6
Novel[edit]
A novelization of the series is also released on Dengeki Hobby Magazine.
^ The official website URL uses Mazinkaizer instead of the original Mazinkaiser and the Blu-ray cover of the first OVA shows the romanized title Mazinkaizer SKL.
^ a b "Mazinkaizer SKL Anime, Manga, Novel Revealed (Updated)". USA: Anime News Network. 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
^ "Staff". Mazinkaizer SKL official website (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
^ "Anime Fes. 'VS' presented by Bandai Visual" (in Japanese). Japan: Bandai Visual. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
^ a b "Products". Mazinkaizer SKL official website (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
^ "マジンカイザーSKL 1 [Blu-ray]" [Mazinkaizer SKL 1 (Blu-ray)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
^ "マジンカイザーSKL 1 [DVD]" [Mazinkaizer SKL 1 (DVD)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
^ "Media Blasters Adds Mazinkaiser SKL Super Robot Anime". Anime News Network. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
^ "Comic book Mazinkaizer SKL Versus serialization start - Manga: Kazumi Hoshi" (in Japanese). Japan: Emotion Ltd. 2010-04-23. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
^ "マジンカイザーSKLヴァーサス(1)" (in Japanese). Japan: Kadokawa Group Publishing. 2010-04-23. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
Mazinkaizer SKL official website (in Japanese)
Mazinkaizer SKL official manga website at Comic Gekkin (in Japanese)
Mazinkaizer SKL (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Mazinger by Go Nagai
Manga and anime series
Mazinger Z (episodes)
Great Mazinger
Grendizer (characters)
Mazinger U.S.A.
Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact!
Mazinger Z vs. Devilman
Mazinger Z Vs. Dr. Hell
Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness
Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo
Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu
UFO Robot Grendizer Movie
UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger
UFO Robot Grendizer: Akai Yuuhi no Taiketsu
Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu
Mazinkaiser vs. The Great General of Darkness
Mazinger Z: Infinity
Mazinger Toy Lines
Works by Actas
Gozonji! Gekko Kamen-kun (1999–2000)
Shin Megami Tensei: DeviChil (2000–2001)
Transformers: Armada (2002–2003)
Shin Megami Tensei: D-Children – Light & Dark (2002–2003)
Pluster World (2003–2004)
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (2003–2004)
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure (2004)
Ginban Kaleidoscope (2005)
Tactical Roar (2006)
Kotetsushin Jeeg (2007)
Moetan (2007)
Mori no Sensha Bonolon (2007–2008)
Girls und Panzer (2012–2013)
Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars (2016)
Long Riders! (2016–2017)
Princess Principal (2017)
éX-Driver: The Movie (2002)
Kowarekake no Orgel (2010)
Girls und Panzer der Film (2015)
Girls und Panzer das Finale (2017–present)
Princess Principal (2020–present)
OVA/ONAs
éX-Driver (2000–2001)
Ajimu - Kaigan Monogatari (2001–2002)
éX-Driver: Danger Zone (2002)
Ai Shimai 2: Futari no Kajitsu (2003)
Tales of Phantasia: The Animation (2004–2006)
The Idolmaster Live For You! (2008)
Switch (2008–2009)
Yutori-chan (2009–2010)
Mayo Elle Otoko no Ko (2010)
Mazinkaizer SKL (2011)
Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle! (2014)
Cyborg 009 VS Devilman (2015)
Valkyrie Profile (1999)
Kikou Souhei Armodyne (2007)
Unchained Blades (2011)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazinkaizer_SKL&oldid=934169350"
Manga series
2010 manga
2011 anime OVAs
Anime Works
Shōnen manga
Super robot anime and manga
Japanese webcomics
Webcomics in print
Bandai Visual
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Microsoft launched iOS news aggregation software Pro News
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According to foreign media reports, Microsoft garage project has been in the past two years for different mobile platforms brings a lot of software and the latest achievement is a for the IOS platform news aggregator software, called News Pro. It is reported that, News Bing for the software search engine. Software developed by Garage in the iOS and Android platform has received a very positive evaluation, in addition to the development team will regularly update them.
Microsoft seems to want to try all types of software, with the arrival of Pro News, the company will bring its own news aggregation software in the iOS 9 system.
By default, Pro News will show you the most popular articles or "news points" from News Bing, but users can also set their own topics of interest. In addition, this software also with LinkedIn and Facebook to establish a port connection, that is, the user can share the news to the two platforms.
Unlike the previous Garage software is, this time, Pro News also launched a web version (http://newspro.microsoft.com). It is not clear whether Microsoft will also launch the software for Android or Windows.
Apple adjusts Apple News+ user interface for easy tracking of news
The U.S. government has asked the court to suspend law enforcement against Qualcomm: damage to US interests
Microsoft Announces Edge Development Roadmap for Enterprise Customers
The United States will painfully approve Facebook's Libracoin. Bitcoin fell below $10,000.
IBM launches "Hypertaste": an electronic tongue that can "taste test" and analyze liquids


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import java.io.DataInputStream;
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

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 */
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Roundtable Meeting with Thomson Reuters
Impulse NGO Network, supported by the British High Commission - New Delhi, visited London in 2016, to share its experiences and learn about global best practices, in the fight against human trafficking.
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Jacquet River is a former municipality in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada on the Jacquet River. It is now part of the municipality of Belledune, and has a population of about 1,200 people.

It has an elementary and middle school, which is also used by the surrounding communities. It has a grocery store, along with a few locally owned convenience stores. It has a municipal park, which is maintained by the village. A song from the 1970s by Canadian artist Ray Griff references Jacquet River.

History
Jacquet River has a very strong history with many families having deep roots there, including the Guitard, Gauthier, Devereaux, Joncas, Cormier, Furlotte, Meade, Lapointe, Carriers, Hickey, Mallaley, Kelly, Dempsey, McNair, Driscoll, Culligan Doyle, and Legacy.

In 1994, the Village of Jacquet River, along with a few unincorporated communities, amalgamated with the Village of Belledune to form a larger village known as Belledune: "The Super Village".

Jacquet River is an English community, even though many confuse it with its fairly French name. Most people agree that Jacquet River got its name for the famous French explorer, Jacques Cartier, who landed around this area.

Notable people

See also
List of neighbourhoods in New Brunswick

References

Former villages in New Brunswick
Neighbourhoods in New Brunswick
Populated places disestablished in 1994

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Jennifer Allan-Hagedorn just posted Real Estate Commissions: "It All Evens Out" and "50% Of Something is Better than 100% of Nothing??" on Active Rain. It goes to the heart of our compensation structure and how we defend it.
I hope lots of ACRE®s chime in on this one!
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As investors, we're all missing the bigger meaning in last week's $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine against Google.
But I'm here to tell you this: The stirring of antitrust activity goes hand in hand with overheated markets that only amplify the power of a few companies that become too big, too dominant … in a word, too powerful.
When that happens, it's only a matter of time before regulators step in.
It hasn't gotten much press yet, but it's already happening in the U.S.
Late last month, a federal judge ruled that a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust lawsuit can proceed against Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM).
Qualcomm happens to be the largest independent manufacturer of chips used in smartphones (including those made by Apple and Samsung) in the world.
The FTC alleged [Qualcomm] trashed U.S. antitrust laws by abusing the fact that it supplies baseband chips to a substantial chunk of the cellphone market. This gives it the ability to lean on the likes of Apple [which is also suing Qualcomm], and force them to sign expensive licensing deals that covered technology Qualcomm doesn't even use in its chip blueprints, it is claimed.
In other words, Qualcomm has just gotten too damn big.
The FTC started investigating Qualcomm in 2014. Not coincidentally, that's when the stock was at its highest price since the days of the dot-com boom years earlier. Today its 30% lower.
The same thing happened to Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) a generation ago.
In 1997, the company was flying high, its stock up 1,300% in six years. Nine out of every 10 people surfing the Internet then were using Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser.
The Justice Department and the FTC had been nibbling around the edges of Microsoft's business for years, but the roaring dominance of Internet Explorer — preloaded by PC manufacturers at Microsoft's insistence — was the last straw.
In November 1999, the federal judge hearing the case issued his ruling: Microsoft held monopoly power and used it to harm consumers and its business rivals.
Microsoft shares hit their top price a month later — three months before the Nasdaq's dot-com boom ended — and rolled over.
The shares wouldn't recover those highs for more than a decade.
In 1959, an obscure photographic supply company named Haloid came out with a revolutionary device — a so-called "plain paper" copier machine.
Businesses couldn't buy enough of them. In 1961, Haloid changed its name to Xerox and went public on the NYSE. The stock's success minted a generation of millionaires, as the shares soared more than 7,000% in the next dozen years.
Even when IBM brought out a rival copying technology in 1970, Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) maintained a lock on the burgeoning copier market with a 95% market share.
But it was all too much for regulators at the FTC. It brought suit in January 1973 against Xerox for unfair marketing and patent practices — dovetailing nicely with the stock topping out at $75 a share.
The shares wouldn't see that price again for 25 years.
What makes the contemporary situation so interesting — and potentially dangerous for dominant tech companies such as Google and Amazon, and their investors — is that regulators are slowly developing new legal theories as grounds to break up their dominance.
Historically, antitrust actions boiled down to pricing. In other words, a big company dominates its market, and therefore keeps prices at an unfairly high level.
That doesn't really apply to businesses such as Google or Amazon. Their strength and dominant power come from owning the Internet platforms that everyone else uses to conduct business.
Indeed, in 2012 the FTC investigated Amazon for alleged "predatory pricing" in the e-book market. But it's kind of hard to make such a charge stick when Amazon's actions — as a result of controlling the bookselling platform — drove consumer prices down, not up.
Earlier this year, in her paper "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox," Yale legal scholar Lina M. Khan put forth an alternative mode of antitrust attack: The platform itself may be anticompetitive.
As I've noted here and on the pages of my newsletter, Total Wealth Insider, investors should be more than a little cautious about soaring stock prices and the complacent idea that nothing can stop the ride in the price of tech stocks and the broader market in general.
They're wrong. It's only a matter of time before antitrust regulators, both in Europe and eventually in the U.S. as well, start using the "power of the platform" as a hammer to beat down techland's most dominant companies.
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Danilovsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Danilov. Population: 26,072 (2010 Census);  The population of Danilov accounts for 60.8% of the district's total population.

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Gadolinium-metallofullerenols (Gd@C82(OH)22) are a promising agent for cancer therapy and have shown beneficial effects in regulating the tumor microenvironment with low toxicity. However, the underlying mechanism by which Gd@C82(OH)22 interacts with fibroblasts remains unclear. In order to explore the critical role that activated fibroblasts play in tumorigenesis and fibrosis, we investigated the regulatory effect of Gd@C82(OH)22 in fibroblast activation and oncogenic transformation, and found that the PDGFR-α is an essential molecule in modulating the morphology and functional changes in fibroblasts after Gd@C82(OH)22 treatment. Apart from increasing the PDGFR-α protein level, Gd@C82(OH)22 nanoparticles also significantly increased the protein level of Rab5, which is required for regulating PDGFR-α endosomal recycling. The Rab5-mediated recycling of PDGFR-α maybe attributed to the Gd@C82(OH)22 regulated inhibition of fibroblast activation. Overall, our work demonstrated that Gd@C82(OH)22 nanoparticles can attenuate the PDGF-stimulated phosphorylation of PDGFR-α in fibroblasts and suppress the fibroblast activation by interrupting endosomal recycling. These findings may be contributed to the collagen accumulation for encaging cancer.


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Richard Madeley has joined The Circle
This should be very interesting...
By Georgia Logan
24 Sep 2019, 14:35 Updated: 24 Sep 2019, 16:16
Richard Madeley is the latest contestant to be announced that will be going on The Circle.
The former This Morning presenter is to star in the Channel 4 show as a Player, whose profile will be decided by the viewers during the programme's launch.
Richard Madeley is The Circle's latest contestant announcement (Credit: Splash News)
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The other contestants will not know it is Richard playing because they will all live alone in an apartment and can only interact with each other via The Circle, a social media-type chat system, in a bid to become the most popular person and win £100,000.
The 63-year-old presenter said: "I get asked to do all kinds of things all the time, and usually the answer is, 'No, thank you', because it either sounds a bit boring, or I've kind of done it before.
"This is genuinely different. I was aware of the programme. I'd seen a little bit of the last series, and I read quite a lot about it. I was quite intrigued by it at the time and it got some very interesting write-ups.
It's got quite a lot going for it intellectually as well as being a lot of fun.
"It's not your normal reality show. It's got quite a lot going for it intellectually as well as being a lot of fun."
⭐ CELEBRITY CATFISH ALERT! Richard Madeley is joining the game and YOU can decide who he'll play during tonight's live launch. 9:15pm @Channel4 #TheCircle
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Richard is aiming to try to avoid being "cool or clever" on the show, and predicts he might have to act "quite young" to fit in with the other contestants.
He said: "I suspect I'll probably have to be quite young in order to fit in.
"I think what I'm going to have to try and avoid doing is not attempt to be cool or clever, or as we used to say, a very old-fashioned phrase, a wise guy.
"I think I've just got to take it as it comes, basically be quite kind while I'm talking to people and stay away from difficult topics that can easily be misinterpreted."
Last year, 26-year-old Alex Hobern won the show - which will be hosted by Emma Willis for the first time this year - by using his girlfriend's pictures to create a fake profile.
This time last year... this was my life 😂😂 ⭕⭕ What a throwback. Bring on Tuesday @c4thecircle #thecircle
A post shared by Alex Hobern (@alexhobern) on Sep 22, 2019 at 10:40am PDT
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He won £50,000 for being the most popular player, and an additional £25,000 as the "viewers' champion".
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Home » World News » Chinese official who led coronavirus operations in Wuhan faces probe
Chinese official who led coronavirus operations in Wuhan faces probe
China's top security official who supervised Wuhan's coronavirus prevention efforts is investigated by Beijing's anti-corruption watchdog
Sun Lijun, 51, faces probe for alleged corruption by China's discipline watchdog
He was appointed to lead the security affairs in Wuhan during the outbreak
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Sun's case comes as another former security official was arrested for bribery
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China's deputy public security minister, who was sent by Beijing to supervise the security affairs in Wuhan during the coronavirus epidemic, is being investigated by the country's main anti-corruption body, the authority has said.
Sun Lijun is said to be probed for 'serious violations of discipline and the law', a euphemism for corruption.
The notice, published late Sunday by China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, did not give details on the alleged wrongdoings.
Sun Lijun was being investigated for 'serious violations of discipline and the law' – a euphemism for corruption – according to China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He is pictured at a press conference for coronavirus operations in Wuhan
Security guards are pictured locking the gate of the Forbidden City which remains closed following the new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing yesterday
Sun, 51, was last seen in early March in Wuhan, the former centre of the COVID-19 pandemic, the official People's Public Security Daily reported.
On March 7, Sun attended an oath ceremony of two female police officers after personally recommending them for party membership, saying he was touched by their hard work during the lockdown.
He had also visited Hubei province – where nearly 3,900 have died from COVID-19 in February to encourage frontline police officers, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Sun's official biography also says that he graduated from the University of New South Wales in Australia with a master's degree in public health management.
On top of his main role, Sun was appointed director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan office under the ministry of public security in December 2017.
Hong Kong was shaken by widespread and sometimes violent street protests last year, sparked by a now-abandoned proposal to allow extraditions from the semi-autonomous city to the Chinese mainland.
A growing number of Communist Party cadres have been caught in President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, which critics say has also served as a way to remove the leader's political enemies.
A growing number of Communist Party cadres have been caught in President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, which critics say has also served as a way to remove the leader's political enemies. Xi is pictured at APEC Haus during the 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum
On top of his main role, Sun was appointed director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan office under the ministry of public security in December 2017. A banner is seen as anti-government demonstrators march in protest against the invocation of the emergency laws in Hong Kong on October 14, 2019
The graft probe targeting Sun follows the high-profile arrest of Meng Hongwei, the former Interpol president who also served as a deputy security minister in China.
Meng disappeared during a trip to China from France in September 2018, and was jailed for more than 13 years in January after pleading guilty to abusing his position and taking over $2million (£1.6million) in bribes.
The Communist Party committee of the public security ministry – an important decision-making body of which Sun was a member – said it 'unanimously expressed its firm support' for the investigation into Sun.
'Sun's investigation on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law is the inevitable result of his long-term disregard of the party's political discipline and rules, and his failure to observe discipline, disregard rules, ignorance, and wanton behaviour,' the committee said in a statement.
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$description Global live streaming and video on-demand hosting platform.
$url dailymotion.com
$type live, vod
"""

import logging
import re

from streamlink.exceptions import NoStreamsError
from streamlink.plugin import Plugin, pluginmatcher
from streamlink.plugin.api import validate
from streamlink.stream.hls import HLSStream
from streamlink.stream.http import HTTPStream

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

COOKIES = {
    "family_filter": "off",
    "ff": "off"
}
STREAM_INFO_URL = "https://www.dailymotion.com/player/metadata/video/{0}"
USER_INFO_URL = "https://api.dailymotion.com/user/{0}"

_media_schema = validate.Schema(validate.any(
    {"error": {"title": validate.text}},
    # "stream_chromecast_url": validate.url(),
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_live_id_schema = validate.Schema(
    {
        "total": int,
        "list": validate.any(
            [],
            [{"id": validate.text}]
        )
    }
)

@pluginmatcher(re.compile(r"""
    https?://(?:\w+\.)?dailymotion\.com
    (?:
        (/embed)?/(video|live)/(?P<media_id>[^_?/]+)
        |
        /(?P<channel_name>[\w-]+)
    )
""", re.VERBOSE))
class DailyMotion(Plugin):
    def _get_streams_from_media(self, media_id):
        res = self.session.http.get(STREAM_INFO_URL.format(media_id), cookies=COOKIES)
        media = self.session.http.json(res, schema=_media_schema)

        if media.get("error"):
            log.error("Failed to get stream: {0}".format(media["error"]["title"]))
            return

        for quality, streams in media['qualities'].items():
            for stream in streams:
                if stream['type'] == 'application/x-mpegURL':
                    if quality != 'auto':
                        # Avoid duplicate HLS streams with bitrate selector in the URL query
                        continue
                    yield from HLSStream.parse_variant_playlist(self.session, stream['url']).items()
                elif stream['type'] == 'video/mp4':
                    # Drop FPS in quality
                    resolution = re.sub('@[0-9]+', '', quality) + 'p'
                    yield resolution, HTTPStream(self.session, stream['url'])

    def get_live_id(self, username):
        """Get the livestream videoid from a username.
           https://developer.dailymotion.com/tools/apiexplorer#/user/videos/list
        """
        params = {
            "flags": "live_onair"
        }
        api_user_videos = USER_INFO_URL.format(username) + "/videos"
        try:
            res = self.session.http.get(
                api_user_videos.format(username),
                params=params
            )
        except Exception:
            log.error("invalid username")
            raise NoStreamsError(self.url)

        data = self.session.http.json(res, schema=_live_id_schema)
        if data["total"] > 0:
            media_id = data["list"][0]["id"]
            return media_id
        return False

    def _get_streams(self):
        media_id = self.match.group("media_id")
        username = self.match.group("channel_name")

        if not media_id and username:
            media_id = self.get_live_id(username)

        if media_id:
            log.debug("Found media ID: {0}".format(media_id))
            return self._get_streams_from_media(media_id)

__plugin__ = DailyMotion


Welcome. FranksBank is an informal 'brand' of Frank Haschka (aka, Frank E Haschka, Right Before Your Eyes - providing entertainment through the art of magic), and that's me; the bloke who typed this.
This holding page will, with any luck be just a temporary feature; a new home is being set up for the website that basically says what FranksBank is all about. In a nutshell, FB (I coined FB before Facebook existed by the way) began as a repository for ideas and services of all kinds, but is now predominantly the 'brand' for any work I might do on the computer that's not related to my other works in magic and the making of (actual) things.


Girl: Tell me. Who, in this world do you love most?
Boy: You're the one I love, of course!
Girl: Deep down In your heart, what do you think I am to you?
He never remarried but he had tried to find out about her life indirectly. She had left the country and back. She had married a foreigner and divorced. He felt bad that she never waited for him. In the dark and lonely night, he lit up his cigarette and felt the lingering ache in his heart. He couldn't bring himself to admit that he was missing her. One day, they finally met. At the airport, a place where there were many reunions and good byes. He was going away on a business trip. She was standing there alone, with just a security door separating them. She smiled gently at him.
Girl: Not bad, I'm fine. How about you? Have you found your missing rib?
Girl: I'll be flying to New York city in the next flight.
Boy: I'll be back in 2 weeks time. Call me when you're back. You know my phone number. Nothing has changed, it's still the same.
With a smile, she nodded, turned around and waved him good bye.
About a week later, he heard of her death. She was killed in New York city, in an event that shocked the world. At midnight, once again, he lit his cigarette. And like before, he felt the lingering ache in his heart. He finally knew and admitted…. She was the missing rib that he had carelessly broken.
Words can help or heal. Your call. There are consequences to everything we do, and SAY.
Bonus Info: During the middle ages, it was widely believed that men had one less rib than woman. This is because of the story in the Bible that Eve had been created out of Adam's rib. That being true, it was not carried beyond Adam's descendants. Only happened to Adam. The rest of the male gender did not inherit that trait. If you look at x-ray images, they show the same number of ribs in males and females. However, there is one rib that will grow back if taken out.
Question: Can a man live without one rib? Yes. But interestingly, the lower rib is the only bone in the human body that can regenerate to its original shape perfectly (coincidence ?). So, did Adam live the rest of his life short a rib? The Bible is not specific, either Adam lived the rest of his life with one less rib or God healed him, causing the rib to grow back as it does in us as to this day. It probably did not affect his health since Adam lived to the ripe old age of 930 (Genesis 5:5).
So why do so many people (including me at one time) believe that as in Adam, all men have one less rib that a woman? It "seems" most of this information came from an anecdote written by Carl Wieland, a creationist. And while his intentions were just, he missed it on the truth behind the scenes, x-ray scenes that is. Men and Women have the exact same number or ribs twelve. Both men and women have 24 ribs, twelve on each side.
Thanks for writing;Have You Found Your Missing Rib | Ofthestory <Loved it!
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Women's Herstory Month: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Envisioning the Future
March 1, 2022 | OIED Staff
Every March, the NC State Women's Center celebrates Women's HERstory Month with a slate of programs and events open to the entire Wolfpack as well as the surrounding community. In line with the Women's Center's 30th anniversary this year, Women's HERstory Month programs will focus on "Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, and Envisioning the Future."
In recognition of the theme, the center will host an exhibit, Our Stories Matter: Redefining HERstory and the Meaning of Empowerment through the Times, on the evening of March 30, 2022 in the Innovation Studio at Hill Library. In collaboration with NC State Libraries, Women's Center staff and student leaders dug deep into the archives to uncover milestones, artifacts and treasures that highlight women who have paved the way for others by breaking barriers, opening the doors of possibility and inspiring students to make a change. The exhibit features audio interviews that highlight the stories of impactful women from the past, present and future who have contributed to the advancement of the Women's Center's work. In addition to first-hand stories, the exhibit highlights physical and digital artifacts that will remain on display until June 30, 2022.
In conjunction with the exhibit, the Women's Center also welcomes four leaders who will engage in an intergenerational dialogue to share their perspectives on the past, present and future of the Women's Center. We will hear from Arian Farhat, '24; Karey Harwood, professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Kahlia Phillips, '19; and Evelyn Reiman, co-founder of the Women's Center. Lisa LaBarbera-Mascote, senior director of the Campus Community Centers, will moderate. For more information about the event, visit go.ncsu.edu/WCTurns30.
In addition, the Women's Center will also host two programs centered around International Women's Day on March 8, 2022. The first event, International Women's Day Celebration, will offer a fun and interactive way to learn about diverse and influential women in politics, entertainment, activism and science by testing participants' knowledge in a Jeopardy-style game. The second event, WomenNC Interest Meeting, will provide information for undergraduate students who are interested in learning more about a unique opportunity to engage in a year-long gender equity and leadership development program focused on conducting social science research and advocating for policy change at the local, national and international levels.
Another exciting program to draw your attention is a special Feminist Friday feature on March 25, 2022, I'm Every Woman: An Interactive Storytelling Workshop. During this workshop, faculty, staff and students will engage with the artistic mediums of poetry, painting or collage to tell their personal narratives. The event is an interactive, creative and reflective space to process moments from our individual pasts and develop confidence, understanding and community. Amelia Lumpkin, a community-based theater practitioner and storyteller, will lead the workshop.
More details about these events, along with many others, can be found at go.ncsu.edu/WHM. Please join us in honoring the past, celebrating the present, and envisioning the future.
Janine Kossen is interim director of the Women's Center.
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Seems digital clocks are being installed in examination halls, as some teenagers are unable to tell the time from a normal clock !
rather than have a digital clock they should have a digital countdown. saves all the worrying about what time it is , what time did we start and just how much time have we got left to finish.
a quick glance and you know without having to distract yourself by trying to work it all out.
By normal clock i assume that you mean an analogue clock.
Yes Sid, the ones with hands on them. Talking to a young Mum about it today, and she said her youngest cant understand the Roman numerals. But do you need to? As long as you understand the position of the hands.
If young Mum's young son can't understand something then surely that is when young Mum should explain it to him? If that is parents' attitude to their offspring these days it's no wonder we are getting a generation with no common sense.
Not sure she really understood the point Asp; the Roman numerals are irrelevant, providing the kid understands the positions of 1-12, you don't even need numbers after that.
Well exactly Obs, so it's a case of the mother passing on her lack of common sense to her offspring. A long slow steady spiral of decline, thus ends civilisation as we know it. Sad.
I have quite a few clocks and timepieces most of which are analogue and quite a few do not have numbers on merely a line at the appropriate spot that a number should be.
Of the digital ones some are showing 12 hr time format the others 24hr time format. So when one shows 1:00 pm another will be showing 13:00. Mind you i do have one that not only shows the time but day,date, week of the year, temperature, Phase of the moon and is linked via a radio signal so that it is always showing the "right" time. mind you i also have a pocket timewpiece that is over 110 years old and provided you wind it every day keeps excellent time and only loses about a minute a week..
Most of my clocks have been bought by Mrs Sid. She seems to have a thing bout time. Any appointment we have to go to, even at the hospital which is a two minute stroll away, we have to be there at least half an hour before.
I'm the same Sid, and again most of them were bought by Mrs A, although the radio controlled one was a "gift" from, probably, Readers Digest to my mother who gave it to me. Unfortunately it shows German time being radio controlled - every time I set it right, the next update puts it forward an hour so I live with that. I always have to be early for appointments too, but an hour is a bit ott!
My mobile phone does what i want. Wrist watches annoy me & i haven't owned one for years...the last one i had finished up being carried round in a tobacco tin in my pocket. When i was working ,the tachograph clock told me all i needed about time.


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Q: Nuget Package Manager for Visual Studio 2012 not opening at all I have been trying to find a solution for this since almost 3 days, but i'm stuck and cant figure out why the Nuget package manager is just not opening, it does not even give any error.
Things i have tried so far:

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*Uninstalled and re-installed the nuget package manager from within VS 2012 but it didnt work

*Uninstalled and re-installed Visual Studio 2012 and then tried the above step once again, but still nothing happened.

When i navigate to Tools -> Library Package Manager -> and click on all the options listed in it, nothing opens, no sign of any error etc.
Can someone please help me with a workaround for this problem.

A: Download and install it from
https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/27077b70-9dad-4c64-adcf-c7cf6bc9970c
or
https://nuget.codeplex.com/downloads/get/784776

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Цинзерлинг — немецкая фамилия.

Известные носители:
 Цинзерлинг, Александр Всеволодович (1923—1995) — советский и российский учёный, сын В. Д. Цинзерлинга.
 Цинзерлинг, Борис Дмитриевич (1890—1920) — архитектор, поручик лейб-гвардии Стрелковой артиллерийской бригады, участник Бредовского похода.
 Цинзерлинг, Владимир Владимирович (1884—1954) — российский и советский учёный в области географии, гидрологии, климатологии.
 Цинзерлинг, Всеволод Александрович (род. 1954) — советский и российский учёный, сын А. В. Цинзерлинга.
 Цинзерлинг, Всеволод Дмитриевич (1891—1960) — советский учёный-патоморфолог, член-корреспондент АМН СССР (1946).
 Цинзерлинг, Юрий Дмитриевич (1894—1938) — советский учёный-ботаник, и. о. директора Ботанического института АН СССР.

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namespace npu {

	NpuArgParser::NpuArgParser() {
	}

	NpuArgParser::~NpuArgParser() {
	}

	int NpuArgParser::parse(int argc, char* argv[], NpuConfig& config, NpuIntent& intent) const {
		intent = INTENT_UNKNOWN;

		enum optionIndex { UNKNOWN, HELP, VERSION, LISTEN, INTERACTIVE, PORT };
		static const option::Descriptor usage[] = {
			{UNKNOWN, 0, "" , ""    ,            option::Arg::None,     "Usage: npu [OPTION]... SOURCE DESTINATION\n\n"
															   	   	    "Options:" },
			{HELP,    0, "h", "help",            option::Arg::None,     "  --help, -h  \tPrint usage and exit." },
			{VERSION, 0, "v", "version",         option::Arg::None,     "  --version, -v  \tPrint version and exit." },
			{LISTEN,  0, "l", "listen",          option::Arg::None,     "  --listen, -l  \tListen for connections." },
			{INTERACTIVE, 0, "i", "interactive", option::Arg::Optional, "  --interactive, -i  \tInterative mode."},
			{PORT,    0, "p", "port",            option::Arg::Optional, "  --port, -p  \tSet UDP port number."},
			{UNKNOWN, 0, "" ,  ""   ,            option::Arg::None,     "\nExamples:\n"
															            "  npu -l\n"
															   	   	    "  npu -l -p9000\n"
															   	   	    "  npu 10.0.0.1:/path/to/file.txt local/path/to/file.txt\n"
															   	   	    "  npu -p9000 local/path/to/file.txt 10.0.0.1:/path/to/file.txt\n" },
			{0,0,0,0,0,0}
		};

		// skip program name argv[0] if present
		argc -= (argc > 0);
		argv += (argc > 0);

		option::Stats stats(usage, argc, argv);
		std::unique_ptr<option::Option[]> options(new option::Option[stats.options_max]);
		std::unique_ptr<option::Option[]> buffer(new option::Option[stats.buffer_max]);
		option::Parser parse(usage, argc, argv, options.get(), buffer.get());

		if (parse.error()) {
			return ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENTS;
		}
		if (options[HELP] || argc == 0) {
			option::printUsage(std::cout, usage);
			return SUCCESS;
		}
		if (options[VERSION]) {
			std::cout << "Ne Plus Ultra " <<
					'v' << config::VERSION_MAJOR
					<< '.' << config::VERSION_MINOR
					<< '.' << config::VERSION_PATCH
					<< std::endl;
			return SUCCESS;
		}
		if (options[UNKNOWN]) {
			for (option::Option* opt = options[UNKNOWN]; opt; opt = opt->next()) {
				std::cout << "Unknown option: " << opt->name << "\n";
			}
			return ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENTS;
		}
		intent = options[LISTEN] ? INTENT_LISTEN : INTENT_UNKNOWN;
		const option::Option* const portOption = options[PORT];
		config.setPort(portOption && portOption->arg ? atoi(portOption->arg) : config::DEFAULT_PORT);

		std::string source, destination;
		for (int i = 0; i < parse.nonOptionsCount(); ++i) {
			const std::string value(parse.nonOption(i));
			switch (i) {
			case 0:
				source = value;
				break;
			case 1:
				destination = value;
				break;
			}
		}
		// If not listening (server mode) then must supply source and destination.
		if (intent != INTENT_LISTEN && (source.empty() || destination.empty())) {
			option::printUsage(std::cout, usage);
			return ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENTS;
		}
		if (!source.empty() && !destination.empty()) {
			parseSourceAndDestination(source, destination, config, intent);
		}
		return 0;
	}

	void NpuArgParser::parseSourceAndDestination(
			const std::string& source, const std::string& destination,
			NpuConfig& config, NpuIntent& intent) const {

		std::string before, after;
		splitOnColon(source, before, after);
		if (!after.empty()) {
			// Transfer from server to client (GET).
			intent = INTENT_GET;
			config.setRemoteHost(before);
			config.setSourcePath(after);
			config.setDestinationPath(destination);
			return;
		}

		splitOnColon(destination, before, after);
		if (!after.empty()) {
			// Transfer from client to server (PUT).
			intent = INTENT_PUT;
			config.setRemoteHost(before);
			config.setSourcePath(source);
			config.setDestinationPath(after);
			return;
		}

		intent = INTENT_UNKNOWN;
	}

	void NpuArgParser::splitOnColon(const std::string& input,
			std::string& before, std::string& after) const {
		const char delimiter = ':';
		std::stringstream ss;
		ss.str(input);
		std::getline(ss, before, delimiter);
		std::getline(ss, after, delimiter);
	}
}


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Disney, Seminoles Sink $10 Million Into Gambling Fight
Health News Florida | By News Service of Florida
Published August 13, 2018 at 7:00 AM EDT
Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. and the Seminole Tribe of Florida continue upping the ante as they try to pass a constitutional amendment that could make it harder to expand gambling in the state.
Disney and the Seminole Tribe each contributed $5 million on July 30 to the political committee Voters In Charge, which is leading efforts to pass the constitutional amendment in the November general election, according to a newly filed finance report.
The committee had about $20 million in cash on hand as of Aug. 3. If approved by 60 percent of voters, the ballot proposal ---- known as Amendment 3 --- would change the Florida Constitution and give voters the "exclusive right to decide whether to authorize casino gambling" in the state.
It would require voter approval of casino-style games in the future and effectively reduce the power of the Legislature and governor to decide gambling-related issues.
Disney has been a longtime opponent of casino gambling in Florida, while the tribe already operates lucrative casinos.
With the latest contributions, Disney has contributed at least $14.655 million into supporting the ballot issue, while the tribe has put up at least $11.775 million, according to a state database.
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North Avenue is a major street that runs west-east across the city of Baltimore, Maryland, is considered by many to be the northern boundary of downtown Baltimore, and at one time was the northern boundary of the city of Baltimore. A large portion of North Avenue is a part of US-1. North Avenue is Exit 6 off Interstate 83. North Avenue is notable for being one of the major streets to connect East and West Baltimore without going into the downtown business district. As such, the avenue contains many blighted sections of both East and West Baltimore.
There are two rapid transit stations along North Avenue: the Penn-North Metro Subway Station at Pennsylvania Avenue, and the North Avenue Light Rail Stop between the I-83 interchange and Howard Street. Bus service is available on Maryland Transit Administration bus routes 13 and 91.
Major landmarks on North Avenue include Coppin State University, Baltimore City Public Schools Headquarters and the Great Blacks in Wax Museum
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The Kensington and Chelsea Crowd – Help the Playground transform a bus depot into a theatre! Pledges open now!
Anyone who has taken a stroll down Latimer Road recently may have seen an old bus depot slowly being transformed into a community cafe and a theatre space for artists to practice, share and learn.
This is the Playground Theatre, and for a number of years artists have used this space to develop their talents away from public gaze – but the next stop for this former depot is to become a fully fledged, public theatre – and your help is needed!
The Playground Theatre are looking to raise around £47,000 to create this unique space for North Kensington and Notting Hill. The funds will be used to purchase everything that's needed to open a public theatre, including staging, seating, sound and lights.
As well as bringing some of the best in international theatre, classical music and film to the area, the Playground are looking to embed themselves in the community and help tell the fascinating stories of local people.
Already the cafe/bar is becoming a hub for the local community, and you can help them take the next step by pledging a few pounds today at www.spacehive.com/playgroundtheatre.
As with all Spacehive projects, donations will only be taken should the Playground reach their target, so please share far and wide to help bring about a new community space in Kensington!
The Royal Borough are looking for locals who are interested in establishing a long-term friendship and mentoring role with a young person in care.
Independent Visitor Mentors are there to listen and support their young person, and to take them out on day trips and activities. As well as activities planned by the Mentor themselves there is a wider network of trips, events and training opportunities that Mentors can access.
To become a Mentor, you have to be over 18 years old, have plans to live in London long-term and be willing to commit to a minimum of 2 years. No prior experience with young people is necessary, but welcomed.
The role is suited to someone who feels they are a reliable, independent and consistent role model and can bring flexibility, fun and energy to the role.
Recruitment is ongoing. For more information, or to register your interest, contact Crystal Crawford, Independent Visitor and Mentoring Coordinator via email or telephone 07739 317367.
The Kensington and Chelsea crowd! Get ready as the SMART Centre in Chelsea are set to launch the latest crowdfunding drive to renovate and improve their much loved community centre and green space project on the World's End Estate.
In 1985 St Mary Abbots Rehabilitation and Training (SMART) was registered as a charity to support people affected by mental illness on their path to recovery.
The founders recognised the importance of meaningful activity and training as a way to rebuild lives and give people purpose, confidence and skills. As the charity grew it also recognised the importance of friends, music, laughter and fun.
Launching this month, the project looks to raise nearly £15,000 for costs including gardening equipment, café furniture, new flooring and music equipment.
This will help them to provide relaxing activities for the community like arts and crafts, Yoga, mindfulness and chair based exercise, whilst offering a vibrant café and garden for families in the local area.
From 13 May, Exhibition Road's Victoria and Albert Museum opens the first international retrospective of one of the most iconic and influential bands in the world – Pink Floyd.
In keeping with the band, the exhibition is a unique audio-visual journey through music, design and staging from Pink Floyd's 1960 debut to the present day.
Although the exhibition has an international focus, the foundations of Pink Floyd are very much rooted in North Kensington (which you can read more about in issue 17 of the CLLL-supported Colville Community History newsletter). During the 1960's, Ladbroke Grove was the place where Syd Barret's Pink Floyd Sound held sound and light workshops, where they played their first gigs at the fledgling Notting Hill Carnival and where they dropped the 'Sound' from their name to become the band known across the world today.
Tickets are £20-£24 (concessions available) and can be booked online. The exhibition closes on 1 October 2017.
Kensington and Chelsea residents! Do you have an interest in musical history, want to learn research and interview skills, or just feel like doing your bit for Queen and country by helping a fellow Royal Borough?
If so, then Kingston-based charity, Creative Youth are on the look out for volunteers to help explore the rich, varied history of music in their borough. While we have Notting Hill Carnival and the sounds of The Clash and Pink Floyd, Kingston has Decca Records, the jazz music of the war-time US army station, the Folk Barge and the launch of Ziggy Stardust.
Creative Youth are looking for a team of volunteers to research, record and transcribe the stories across May, June and July to contribute to – and accompany – a public exhibition.
Full training in oral history recording will be provided, as well as travel expenses and a £15 subsidence per day.
For more information, or to register your interest, do contact Jarek Zaba, Heritage Researcher and Facilitator at kingstonrpm@creativeyouthcharity.org / 07786 265992.
Kensington High Street's Design Museum is taking a look across the pond from May with an exhibition focusing on the Golden State and the role of California in modern design and culture.
Starting in the 1960s and the counterculture movements to today's Silicon Valley tech culture, via LSD, skateboards and iPhones, the exhibition will reveal how we're all a little bit Californian.
The exhibition opens on 24 May 2017 and runs until 15 October 2017. Tickets are priced at £14.50 (concessions available) and can be booked online.
Prudential RideLondon returns to the borough's streets on Sunday 30 July 2017.
The annual mass-participation cycling event will, once again, attract many thousands of amateur and professional cyclists to the streets of London and Surrey.
While a great spectacle and exciting challenge for those taking part, many of whom are riding to raise money for good causes, the event does cause disruption to roads and public transport.
Residents, community groups and businesses planning any activities on Sunday 30 July need to be aware that there will be significant traffic disruption in the borough.
Last year, roads in Kensington and Chelsea were closed from 5am and reopened at about 8pm.
Other local roads will also be affected with restricted access. It is expected there will be additional disruption this year as a result of ongoing gas works on Fulham Road between Beaufort Street and Edith Grove. This work cannot be suspended on the day of the event, however the Council is working closely with National Grid and TfL on plans to help minimise the level of disruption.
Councillor Tim Coleridge, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's Cabinet Member for Transport, said: "Prudential RideLondon is really growing in popularity. It's a huge event involving thousands of cyclists of all abilities. With so many roads closed across London and the borough, the best way to minimise disruption is to put the date in your diary and plan ahead.
TfL will have details of road closures and any alterations to public transport routes and timetables on its website www.tfl.gov.uk.
Kensington and Chelsea charities, groups, churches and associations!
A generous local resident is offering two aluminium ladders for free, for collection. There is an 8ft single ladder and 2 part, extending ladder (2x8ft) on offer for pick up from their home.
Join researchers, students, support staff and alumni from 6-7 May for a weekend of science at the Imperial Festival in South Kensington. The Festival – first held in 2012 – welcomed over 15,000 visitors last year and 2017 promises to be the biggest and best yet.
A huge range of events and activities are scheduled including a tour of Imperial's Cancer Research UK facility. You will also have opportunities to run rings around your friends by learning about the current Cassini mission to Saturn, discover how science will change food over the next 50 years and come 'face-to-interface' with our future robot masters.
But it's not all lab based as there will be a range of workshops, wellbeing activities, live music and food. With some of the most renowned researchers and scientists in the world, you're sure to learn a thing or two (just don't listen to the atoms – they make up everything).
To book your free tickets, please visit the the Imperial College website.
Kensington and Chelsea's Small Grants Fund opens again on 1 April.
Charities and community organisations! The Royal Borough's Corporate Services Small Grants Fund will open again on Saturday, 1 April 2017.
In total, £15,000 is available in this first round, with a further £15,000 available later in the year.
Closing date for applications will be Saturday, 22 April 2016.
small scale improvements to facilities, refurbishment and repairs of buildings and spaces, e.g. repairing of broken lift.
You can also look back at the organisations funded in the last round on this blog.
For further information, including the Small Grants criteria, and details of how to apply, please visit the RBKC website.
Kensington and Chelsea residents! Could you be a shared lives carer?
Do you have a spare room and the commitment to share your life with an adult who needs extra support? If you can help someone make choices, lead a meaningful life and develop their independence, then you could be a Shared Lives carer.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, along with Westminster and Hammersmith & Fulham, has launched a community service called Shared Lives which helps adults with learning disabilities and other social care needs.
The service is being delivered by the charity Grace Eyre and all carers will receive training, 24-hour support and payments of between £400 and £600 per person per week.
Cllr Mary Weale, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, said: "This is a very worthwhile project which will give greater choice to vulnerable adults. There is evidence which shows that this type of community-based support for adults with disabilities can help them develop skills to live more independent and active lives.
Do you know how to spot the signs of domestic abuse or what a helpful response is when you hear of domestic abuse?
Free awareness training is being provided by Women's Aid, Standing Together and Advance for anyone who lives or works in Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster or Hammersmith and Fulham and comes into the contact with the community. From bar staff to hairdressers, reception staff to window cleaners, dentists, doctors, pharmacists, retail staff and volunteers – whatever your role, you can help.
As well as increasing awareness of helpful responses, the training will also provide information to help you signpost people towards specialist support. The free two-day training will be held in Westminster and North Kensington.
The upcoming training dates are 5 & 6 April, 7 & 8 June and 21 and 22 June.
A group of enthusiastic local volunteers are busy growing a great range of herb and vegetable seedlings on a disused railway platform at Kensington Olympia station ready for the start of the new growing season.
Seedlings are priced very competitively and proceeds will benefit the 74 kitchen garden sites that have sprung up throughout the borough and help grow the project.
The project was started with an Innovation Grant from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea about three years ago. To celebrate its success the volunteers and trustees of CKC hosted a visit by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Nick Paget-Brown and other guests on 14 February at the Market Garden Site. CKC also recently launched its first grant scheme and awarded funding to seven Kitchen Gardens in the borough.
The free display marks the 150th anniversary of her birth in Bolton Gardens, Kensington – where Bousfield Primary School now stands after the house was destroyed in the Blitz. Being a local gal, Beatrix's childhood was full of local memories – especially the museums of Exhibition Road, which helped inform her thinking on science, art and nature.
The display complements the V&A's permanent collection, which is the largest collection of Beatrix Potter's drawings, manuscripts and correspondence in the world.
Swimathon, the world's biggest annual fundraising swim turns 30 this year, and Kensington Leisure Centre will be one of more than 600 venues hosting Swimathon events.
On Sunday, 9 April, the Centre will welcome swimmers to take part in the Swimathon from 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm.
Swimathon challenges people to swim 1.5k, 2.5k or 5k solo, or 1.5k and 5k with friends. But don't worry – if you decide to swim solo, you won't be going it alone as a range of training plans are available on the Swimathon website, complete with tips from water wizard Duncan Goodhew MBE.
The entry fee for the Swimathon is £13 for individuals (any distance) and £26 for the team swims. Concessions are priced £9.75 and £19.50 accordingly.
Over £46million has been raised by Swimathon over the past 30 years, and this year the chosen charity is Marie Curie.
For more information, including registration, tips and a full list of the swimming pools taking part nationwide do visit the Swimathon website.
Registration closes at 11pm, Wednesday 5 April.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's Corporate Grants process provides funding to a host of community groups and charities to deliver key services all around the borough. The grants total around £2.3m and the 2017-19 allocations were made to 28 organisations.
Some of the groups are well known, others perhaps less so. So here's a rundown of the groups who were funded – do check out their websites for further information on the work they do and how you can access their services or get involved!
Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women's Project to offer specialist support, activities and advocacy for older Arabic-speaking adults and women.
Chelsea Theatre LTD to support the community development work at Chelsea Theatre.
Citizens Advice Bureau to deliver the Citizens Advice service for residents in Kensington and Chelsea.
ClementJames Centre to support the Centre's employability and isolation projects for over 2000 residents.
Community Accountancy Self Help (CASH) to offer financial advice and guidance for local community organisations.
Cruse Bereavement Care to provide support to people who are suffering from the complex effects of bereavement.
Dalgarno Trust to contribute towards the core costs in delivering community projects from the Dalgarno Centre.
Eritrean Elders Welfare Association to tackle isolation amongst older people from the Eritrean community.
Hodan Somali Community (Partnership) to provide advice and support to the Somali community in partnership with three other Somali organisations.
Kalayaan to increase awareness for Migrant Domestic Workers of their employment and immigration rights as well as identifying victims of slavery and trafficking.
Kensington and Chelsea Forum for Older Residents to run a programme of activities for older people.
Kensington and Chelsea Social Council to support locally focused voluntary and community organisations.
Latymer Christian Fellowship Trust to provide inter-generational activities.
Meanwhile Gardens Community Association to maintain Meanwhile Gardens and involve local people through volunteering.
Midaye Somali Development Network to reach out to isolated adults and carry out basic needs assessments and increase access to services.
Migrants Organise to help capacity build minority ethnic/refugee community organisations and offer information, advice and training to vulnerable and marginalised people.
North Kensington Law Centre to help people get appropriate legal advice in areas such as debt, housing, welfare benefits, immigration and asylum.
Nucleus Community Action to provide advice services, particularly around legal rights and responsibilities.
Open Age to assist their work in reaching out to isolated older residents and offering low-cost activities to improve health and wellbeing.
Persian Care Centre to support older people to meet through a weekly self-help group.
Response Community Projects to support their community centre work in Earl's Court.
S.P.I.D Theatre to offer social and recreational activities for young people in North Kensington, as well as maintaining their community space.
The Golborne Forum to represent Golborne ward residents and help inform people of emerging issues in the area.
The Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre to strengthen relationships with local agencies, groups and increase use of the Centre by all local communities.
Venture Community Association to offer a range of activities from their community centre and adventure playground.
Volunteer Centre Kensington and Chelsea to offer volunteer recruitment, training and placement opportunities as well as their core volunteer brokerage service.
Westway Community Transport to continue their community transport service across the borough.
World's End Neighbourhood Advice Centre to provide advice services for the local area.
Further information, including the Key Decision Report, can be found on the RBKC website.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea will be holding a free film evening with Unchosen on Tuesday, 28 March in the Small Hall at Kensington Town Hall (W8 7NX) from 6-8pm to mark the UN's International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Millions of people around the world and thousands in the UK are sold into exploitation and slavery every year – but it is a crime that takes place in the shadows. The evening of film hopes to shed a little light on modern slavery.
Unchosen is an anti-trafficking charity that organises film campaigns to raise public awareness and combat all forms of human trafficking, forced labour, sexual exploitation and domestic servitude in the UK and Ireland. They believe that film is a powerful tool that explains modern slavery in ways words cannot.
Unchosen's films show the real life cost of modern slavery in the UK, and some are rated 15 – please bear this in mind when booking.
Doors open at 6pm to give attendees the opportunity to visit one of the stalls by organisations working to combat modern day slavery. The event will begin at 6.30pm and there will be a post film talk and Q&A with a panel of local experts.
Budding business brains and eager entrepreneurs! A new scheme to support residents who are struggling to borrow start-up funds from mainstream lenders in Kensington and Chelsea is now up and running.
The 'Big Cheese Loan', the brainchild of Kensington-based Your Credit Union and Portobello Business Centre, will administer £100,000 in loan guaranteed funds on behalf of the Royal Borough.
The new partnership – believed to be the first of its kind in the UK – will specifically support the self-employed and new micro-businesses with loans. Typically loans will be for a few thousand pounds but could go up to £10,000.
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is supporting the scheme to help the two organisations work together and offer finance to start-ups as well as business and financial advice.
The scheme is intended to help residents who have not been able to raise start-up finance from traditional sources, such as banks – which can be difficult, particularly if a person is currently out of work. Newly trading, small and micro businesses will also be able to access loans to help them become more sustainable.
For further information on affordable loans and support for small businesses contact Portobello Business Centre on: 020 7460 5050.
With over 120 artists from 40 nations, the London Art Biennale transforms Chelsea Old Town Hall into a world of painting, sculpture and digital art from 29 March – 2 April.
The opening night (29 March, 6:30-9:30pm) sees a charity auction where over 30 lots will be sold to raise funds for London's Air Ambulance and the borough's own Rotary Club and Kensington and Chelsea Foundation. Works for auction include a piece of Jose Van Roy Dali, son of Salvador, Marco Lodola and Paul Kostabi.
Attendance is free, but RSVP is essential and can be done online.
For those of you who think art has gone to the dogs, or for budding canine caricature collectors, the esteemed auctioneers at 25 Blythe Road are hosting a fundraising private view of art that celebrates man and his dog.
The morning viewing takes place on Monday, 3 April from 8:30-10am. There will be around 25 paintings on show, many from the Victorian era and doggy treats aplenty.
The morning will be raising funds and awareness of the Foundation. Again, attendance is free but RSVP essential online.


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Return to Our History
During the early 1950's, band director Moehlmann decided that our community needed an official song. The song should reflect in music and lyrics a profound appreciation for the way of life enjoyed by Cedar Rapids' people. The Band Commission created a contest for a "Song of Dedication", offering a prize of $500 to the winner.
Thirty two composers entered compositions, and the winning entry was submitted by an Iowa City musician, Larry Barrett. Barrett was a professional musician, dance band leader, and program assistant at radio station WSUI in Iowa City. He was a cornet player in the Iowa City Community Band, and did the public address announcing of the music for their concerts. He was well known for his wit and humor as a musical personality. Torrence Carlson, a member of the contest selection committee said, "His song, for my money, was head and shoulders above all the rest".
Mr. Moehlmann arranged Mr. Barrett's song for concert band and Mr. Carlson wrote a vocal arrangement for mixed chorus. The new Cedar Rapids Civic Chorus performed the song at its premier concert, and copies of the arrangements were sent to all local schools.
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band hired a female vocalist to sing the "Song of Dedication" at the end of each concert. The vocal soloist was also given the opportunity to sing additional music during one concert week. It was not always easy to find a vocalist who would come to every concert to sing a song that was over in sixty seconds. Eventually the band commission gave up trying to find a vocalist, and the band just played the music.
The band introduced the song to the public on October 21, 1962, during the annual Harvest Home Concert played at Coe's Sinclair Auditorium. Over the years its performance in the city diminished to where it is now only performed by the Municipal Band. The song is now associated with the band more than the city. Over the past forty years the tempo of the song went through an evolution which changed its original character. The original performances were taken at a quick flowing tempo, reflecting the joy of being a part of this community. Without a vocalist to sing the words, the tempo slowed to where the song became a kind of Alma Mater reflecting reverence to the city.
The words are still important, because they reflect the feeling of appreciation of those in the audience who call Cedar Rapids their home. They also acknowledge the appreciation of the Municipal Band audience, whose attendance of the concerts made the band's decades-long heritage possible.
The song is still played at the end of select concerts and, at times, a vocalist leads audience members in the lyrics. Tradition dictates that audience members at Municipal Band concerts stand and sing along. So that those who attend may do so, here are the words of the Cedar Rapids "Song of Dedication":
Here in the country that I love,
Here in the City in the Country,
Green fields abound, trees line our path,
Here live in harmony the friends we have gathered.
Time and the river flow along,
Time and my life are like the river,
Through all the world and years I roam
I still will call Cedar Rapids my home.
Our History How It Began Rehearsals Through The Years Long-time Members Our Conductors Performances Through the Years The Song of Dedication