"A picture is worth a thousand words," he said.
It didn't matter. For the next 75 minutes, standing between a fireplace and piano, Fenichel painted a vivid picture with his words.
And remember he did, telling his tale of personal tragedy and recalling the Holocaust's grim statistics — 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis, including 1.5 million children. When he said, "I'm here to represent those children," the 30 people in attendance responded with somber stillness.
The second, taken several years later, depicted the same pair — Greenberg and her sister, Gisele — looking haggard and uncomfortable, Greenberg's back curved from the scoliosis she developed due to malnutrition during World War II.
"I left all that hate, and now that hate is here," she said.
Claudia Sestak, of New Albany, spent the evening perched on the couch, eyes wide, for Greenberg's 45-minute presentation, which she delivered standing, without taking one sip of water.
Henry's father, Moritz, was quickly sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he died in 1942. Henry and his mother, Paula, went into hiding but eventually were arrested and sent to Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp in Germany.
After about five months, Henry and his mother were saved and sent to British-held Palestine as part of an exchange involving 220 Germans who had moved there before the war. Arriving in Palestine, where he was temporarily sent to a resettlement camp, didn't ease all his concerns, however.
"I was furious with my mother because she had promised, 'No more camps,'" said Fenichel, who immigrated to the United States in 1953.
Fenichel's takeaway was for people to say something about any injustice or persecution they witness, unlike those Germans who did nothing to stop the Nazis.
"Don't be a bystander, be an upstander," he said.
"It gives you a visceral experience," he said.
Trudy Blumenstein recalled the first time she realized Jewish people around her in Wiesbaden, Germany, were disappearing: She'd gone to her friend Miriam's house to play, only to find the home ransacked and deserted. She was 5 or 6 years old.
Speaking to a small group of young adults in the Dublin living room of Michael and Laura Dattner, Blumenstein explained how her experience lingers with her today. Fireworks still startle her, and she's terrified of police officers. The Grandview Heights resident has become fixated on reading historical accounts of the time period — "I want to understand where all the hatred comes from" — and haunted by the last words of her older brother, Helmut, who died nearly four decades ago: What was it all about?
"I shouldn't be telling you this," Blumenstein said. "These are terrible stories, but I'm here. You wanted to know what it was like.
For years, these were stories that Blumenstein said nothing about. When she arrived in the U.S. at the age of 16 to live with an aunt in New York City, her relatives told her to keep quiet about her past, to assimilate. That's one of the reasons it's so difficult for her to trust others with her story, she said, especially since she still experiences anti-Semitism.


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Q: com.mongodb.MongoInternalException: DBPort.findOne failed I am trying to adopt that example into my existing Spring application. However I get that error:
Error creating bean with name 'mongo': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is com.mongodb.MongoInternalException: DBPort.findOne failed

I get admin panel with that URL:
http://localhost:28017/

so should I use 28017 or 27017 as port number at my configuration file. I tried to use 2.2 instead of 2.4 as Java connecter but I get different error:
com.mongodb.DBTCPConnector$MyPort error
SEVERE: MyPort.error called
java.io.EOFException
    at org.bson.io.Bits.readFully(Bits.java:32)
    ...

Second error may be related to joda when I searched about it but I don't know how to solve it.
Any ideas about solving problem?
PS1:
I use that at my configuration file:
<bean id="mongoTemplate" class="org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.MongoTemplate">
    <constructor-arg ref="mongo"/>
    <constructor-arg value="userMongoDb"/>
    <constructor-arg value="mycollection"/>
</bean>

However at the line:
<constructor-arg ref="mongo"/>

It says that:
can no resolve bean mongo

at my Intellij IDEA. Why it does that I didn't understand because everything seems OK.
PS2:
I use Ubuntu 11.4 on a 64 bit server. First error maybe related to my OS.
PS3:
When I use 2.5.2 as mongo java driver I get that error:
com.mongodb.DBTCPConnector fetchMaxBsonObjectSize
WARNING: null
java.io.EOFException
    at org.bson.io.Bits.readFully(Bits.java:37)
        ...

PS4:
There is another question and I will check if error is related to Ubuntu Software Center or not.

A: I used 27017 as port to connect. Also that question's answer is important: MongoDb connection refused I installed my Mongo DB not from Ubuntu Update Center and it works well.

A: I changed the port 27017, now it is working. I used ubuntu MongoDb.

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Metro Property Development has sold 90 per cent of its new Highbury project in Footscray within 48 hours of launching.
According to Marshall White Projects, who is marketing the project, prospective purchasers lined up at the door to the sales office from 7.30am before signing unconditional contracts on the day in order to secure their preferred home.
"This particular project has witnessed such incredible success in large part due to its unique offering of town homes in this sought-after location as opposed to apartments," said Marshall White Projects Director Leonard Teplin.
"There are numerous apartment developments within a three kilometre radius of the location however until now there had been little by way of town homes.
"Considering buyers are fast being priced out of the established home market due to West Footscray's proximity to the CBD and the restrictions that come with apartment living for young families, Highbury's town homes offer an attractive opportunity to purchase a large three or four bedroom dwelling for well under the median home value.
"Of the town homes sold over the opening weekend 90 per cent of those were purchased by owner occupiers either with young children or planning a family in the not too distant future."Highbury offers architecturally-designed collection of three and four bedroom town homes starting from $589,000 and positioned just seven kilometres from the CBD.
As Stage One of Highbury is now 100 per cent sold after just seven days on market, Stage Two has been fast tracked to launch prior to Christmas.


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Korey Lee
Minor MLB Transactions: 9/8/2020
By Connor Byrne | September 8, 2020 at 7:39pm CDT
The latest minor moves from around the sport…
The Astros have added shortstop Jeremy Pena and catcher Korey Lee to their 60-man player pool, per Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. Both players (Pena at No. 6, Lee No. 7) rank among the Astros' best prospects at MLB.com. The 22-year-old Pena was a third-round pick of the Astros in 2018 who batted .317/.378/.467 in his first 185 plate appearances at High-A last season. Lee, 22, joined the Astros as the 32nd selection in the 2019 draft. After that, Lee hit .268/.359/.371 over 259 PA during his low-A debut.
The Padres have released left-hander Travis Radke, Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune tweets. He had been a part of the Padres' 60-man player pool. Radke will now look for a second organization after spending the first several years of his pro career with the Padres, who chose him in the 25th round of the 2014 draft. The 27-year-old had a successful minor league tenure as a member of the Padres, with whom he recorded a 3.24 ERA in 183 1/3 innings. He ended his Pads stint last year with 71 2/3 frames of 2.64 ERA pitching and 9.5 K/9 against 3.0 BB/9 among their High-A, Double-A and Triple-A levels.
Houston Astros Jeremy Pena Korey Lee San Diego Padres Transactions Travis Radke
Astros Sign First-Rounder Korey Lee
By Steve Adams | June 12, 2019 at 4:28pm CDT
The Astros announced Wednesday that they've signed first-round pick Korey Lee. The now-former Cal catcher will receive a $1.75MM bonus that checks in a bit more than $500K south of his No. 32 overall slot's $2,257,300 value, per Jim Callis of MLB.com (Twitter link). He's represented by the Boras Corporation, per Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle (Twitter link).
The selection of Lee, 20, came as a surprise to some. He wasn't ranked as a likely first-rounder and drew varying reviews on pre-draft rankings from Fangraphs (No. 45), MLB.com (No. 119) and Baseball America (No. 173). Lee posted a whopping .340/.422/.619 batting line with 14 homers in his junior season, but he'd never hit close to that level in the past. He draws praise for his improved receiving, plus power and arm strength, though he's considered a below-average runner.
Kiley McDaniel and Eric Longenhagen note in their report at Fangraphs that scouts got plenty of looks at Lee when they were on hand to watch his teammate, No. 3 overall pick Andrew Vaughn, and that some clubs picking near the top of the draft were eyeing Lee with their second pick. The Astros clearly were high on Lee themselves and may have feared that he wouldn't last until their second selection; beyond that, the fact that he's perhaps viewed as a reach surely helped the team to sign him to an under-slot deal, which will give them extra funds to sign their remaining picks.
2019 MLB Draft Signings Houston Astros Korey Lee

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Gardaí name 59 year-old killed in Cork shooting as Derry Coakley as tributes pour in on social media
A man in his 60s was later arrested and questioned in relation to the killing.
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A MAN WHO was killed in a shooting incident near Macroom, Co Cork earlier this week has been named by gardaí as Derry Coakley.
The 59-year old was pronounced dead after investigators attended a scene where he was found with a gunshot wound shortly after 11.40pm at Raleigh North on Tuesday night.
A man in his 60s was later arrested and questioned at Bandon Garda Station under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007.
A postmortem examination has also been completed, although gardaí are not releasing the results of this for operational reasons.
A number of tributes to Mr Coakley were posted on social media, with locals in the Macroom area praising him for his contributions to the community.
One person said the area would "never be the same" without the 59 year-old and thanked him for his work around Macroom.
A second individual said the community remained in shock at his killing, and expressed sorrow at his death.
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I recently taught an on-line art history survey course without assigning a textbook. Through Canvas courseware students had access to my lectures as video files, presented in daily "modules" together with primary and secondary source readings, videos, web resources, discussion prompts and quizzes. Scary? A little. Liberating? Yes, that too.
I anticipated that I would miss the textbook, but I found that in most ways I could compensate easily. I spent more time on historical, cultural and religious contexts in my lectures (I couldn't rely on the textbook to provide baseline information about the French Revolution, say, or Buddhism or feudalism). And I spent more time with maps at the beginning of each unit.
What did I miss most? The glossary. Yes, that terms-and-definitions appendix in squint-inducing print in the back of the text.
First-time art history students face an alien nebula of words: hundreds of technical terms, many of them inconveniently existing only in foreign languages (I'll have the pentimento with impasto, the giornata di lavoro and a glass of grisaille…). In the past I have conditioned my students to use the back-of-the-textbook glossary to look up unfamiliar terms, reinforcing their learning with in-class review and terminology questions on quizzes and exams. So it became clear early on that I needed to provide a web-based substitute for the textbook glossary.
I had used WordPress for course-related blogs in the past, and it proved to be a fine place to host a glossary. WordPress has a dandy Glossary Terms tool already built into its off-the-shelf blog interface. I built the glossary day by day, adding new terms as they came up. I wrote my own definitions, aiming for brevity and clarity. I did my best to include only necessary terms (my aim was not to create an exhaustive list–the ArtLex Art Dictionary does that already). I made a choice not to include the names of art movements (potentially an enormous list) and focused instead on technical and descriptive terms. Still, there were some hard calls. Cantilever? You bet! Niello? OK, sure. Ben-Day dots? Hmm, maybe not.
Pictures and diagrams. These have great explanatory power, but because of the expense, textbook publishers seldom illustrate their glossaries, or do so only sparingly.
External resource links. A web glossary can link students from definitions to on-line resources, such as process videos (I like this one from the Getty Museum on lost-wax casting) or interactive learning tools (here's a nice one from the Fitzwilliam Museum on ukiyo-e). Students can even hear audio files of hard-to-pronounce words spoken by native speakers at FORVO.
Serendipity. Once they are in the glossary, students can follow a non-linear path via cross-indexing. They can also click on a Random Glossary Term (another feature of the WordPress interface). Learning terminology becomes more appealing when it feels like web-surfing.
This is fantastic! It's a great way to show how something so "small" can make a huge difference for students and faculty alike.


Joyce DeMannon traced a white glove-encased fingertip over a lamp shade and inspected it for residue. Satisfied, she gave a curt, reluctant nod to the head of the maid staff.
She turned on a smartly polished heel and led her charge to the master bath.
Joyce inspected the facilities in silence with hands clasped behind her back.
"Towels on the floor or in the hamper to indicate you wish them laundered, please," the chambermaid continued in a clipped, practiced cadence.
"And the minibar," Joyce rasped in a voice as dehydrated as her sloughed, bronze skin.
"Virginia Slims are available through the concierge," she quickly added, well-adapted to intuiting the unique needs of her guests.
"Cable or satellite," Joyce croaked.
The chambermaid slid open the glass arcadia door in the living room and stepped out onto the patio.
Joyce looked down the sharp ridge of her eroding nose at the khaki-clad laborer with a leaf-blower strapped to his back. He was dripping sweat under a ratty straw hat that made her itch.
Another curt nod indicated her appeasement.
"The fitness center and pool are open twenty four hours a day," the chambermaid informed her upon reentering the living room.
"Ah, that must be Javier," the chambermaid surmised, a faint smile touching her lips.
"Your cabana boy," the chambermaid replied, adjusting her costume-like uniform and crossing the fifteen steps to the door.
Joyce felt her hands move to her head, smoothing her bobbed, bottle-blonde hair of their own accord. Her formerly lifeless gray eyes flashed in nervous anticipation. Many years had past since she had last held the undivided attention of a handsome, young man.
The chambermaid cast a devilish grin over her shoulder as her slender fingers wrapped around the door knob. Slowly, ever so slowly, she twisted, reveling in her charge's evident discomfort. At last, when the knob would turn no further, she paused, and tugged open the door.
A khaki flash accompanied the deeply-tanned figure that entered. Joyce only realized she had been holding her breath when she blew it out in disgust.
She jerked an indignant thumb at the same rumpled, middle-aged landscaper who had been working in the backyard moments earlier.
"I, I don't understand," Joyce stammered.
"But what about my cabana boy," Joyce wailed.
"This is a rental townhome, Ms. DeMannon, not the Hyatt," the listing agent informed the stricken tenant.
She withdrew her Planet Real Estate pin from another frilly pocket of the ridiculous blouse and affixed it where the other had been, effectively ending the ruse.
She produced and unfolded a multi-page document from her imitation Coach purse.
A gurgle, followed by a full flush, emanated from the hall bath.
With that, she turned for the door at the same time the handyman emerged from the bathroom. She paused and looked back at the forlorn tenant before the pair slipped out into the midday sun.
It is not atypical for Real Estate agents to spurn rentals. Much to the chagrin of frustrated prospective renters, that is one voicemail that seldom gets returned. For an agent backlogged with more lucrative opportunities, he/she will often leave the red-headed stepchild of the industry to the property managers. You don't get rich matching tenants and landlords, especially if it is not the main thrust of your business. Thus the rental stone is not merely left unturned by the high fliers, it is disregarded as a stone altogether. More like a pebble, the likes of which will find its way into your shoe and cause great discomfort to those who would tread too close.
Part of the problem with the rental market is that the compensation is a prohibiting factor. Realtors are hired guns. As independent contractors, we are always performing risk/reward analysis. For many, the potential reward of a rental transaction is not nearly lucrative enough to justify the risk of the effort not successfully culminating in a paycheck. To operate on straight commission, productivity must be maxed and the upside ridiculously high, otherwise, we would all opt for the safety of a salaried position. With compensation for rental properties drifting downwards in recent years, the opportunity cost has simply become too great for many in our ranks. Why shuttle around some schlub for two days in hopes of collecting a $150 paycheck when they might put a $500,000 buyer in the car instead? Of course, you also have a segment of agents who might simply find such menial work beneath their inflated sense of self, but you get those types in every field.
I can't rightly attest to the motives of those who brush off rental prospects, but I can tell you why I do not. Any agent worth his or her salt looks not only at the present business horizon, but the future skyline as well. In my estimation, today's tenant is tomorrow's buyer. Whenever the financial and personal wherewithal comes to make that transition, I want to be the agent they remember that helped them when the others gave them the brush off. If my competitors want to slam the door on these apparently inconsequential house hunters, I will gladly use the opportunity to get my own foot in that very same door.
Anyone can sell someone a house. It takes diligence, empathy and yes, a little luck (hard to compete with Aunt Margaret when she gets bored and gets a Real Estate license) to sell a person every home he or she will ever own. I aspire to the latter. Performing a service that can be tantamount to pro bono work in some cases is one means of achieving that aim. It never ceases to amaze me how many advertising dollars some agents will spend to attract new clients while completely neglecting the opportunities that don't cost a nickel (a little gas notwithstanding). For the chance to gain the trust of consumers while they are at either the infancy or nadir of their journey towards home ownership, I happily pick up that slack. Working rentals over the years whenever the opportunity has arisen, I have procured some of my very favorite and most loyal clients. They tend to stick with you on the way up when you were there for them at the bottom.
To all of my esteemed colleagues who neglect the rental market, I thank you.
To the frustrated renters out there who can't get an agent to return a phone call, email or smoke signal, give me a buzz. I will gladly help you find temporary housing in the Scottsdale, NE Phoenix and Paradise Valley area.


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OutKast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the hip hop group. For other uses, see Outcast. This article is about the American hip hop group. For the Nigerian movie, see Outkast (film). OutKast OutKast performing in 2001. Background information Origin East Point, Georgia, United States Genre(s) Alternative hip hop, southern rap, pop rap, R&B, jazz fusion, funk Years active 1991–present Label(s) LaFace/Arista/BMG Records (1991–2004) LaFace/Zomba/SBMG Records (2004–present) Associated acts Dungeon Family Purple Ribbon All-Stars DJ Drama Sleepy Brown Goodie Mob Witchdoctor Organized Noize Website www.outkast.com Members Antwan "Big Boi" Patton "André 3000" Benjamin Mr. DJ OutKast is an American hip hop duo based out of East Point, Georgia, a city south of Atlanta, Georgia. The duo was originally known as The OKB (The OutKast Brothers) but later changed its name to OutKast. The group's original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk.[1] Since then, however, funk, soul, pop, electronic music, rock, spoken word poetry, jazz, and blues elements have been added to the group's musical palette.[2][3] The duo consists of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin (formerly known as Dré) and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton.[1] The duo is one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, having received six Grammy Awards. Over 25 million copies have been sold of Outkast's eight releases: six studio albums, a greatest hits release, and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, a double album containing a solo album from each member. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is one of only three hip-hop albums to be certified Diamond in the U.S. for shipping over 10 million units. Along with Outkast's commercial success, it has maintained an experimental approach in their music and is widely praised for its originality and artistic content.[3] Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 Pre-Debut 1.2 Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik 1.3 ATLiens 1.4 Aquemini 1.5 Stankonia 1.6 Even in Darkness and Greatest Hits 1.7 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 1.8 Idlewild 1.9 Future projects 2 Discography 3 Awards 3.1 Grammy awards 4 References 5 External links [edit] History [edit] Pre-Debut Benjamin and Patton met while attending Tri-Cities High School, a Visual and Performing Arts School. Benjamin's parents were divorced and he was living with his father. Meanwhile, Patton had to move with his four brothers and six sisters from Savannah to Atlanta. Benjamin and Patton eventually teamed up and were pursued by Organized Noize, a group of local producers who would later make hits for TLC.[1] The duo initially wanted to be called "2 Shades Deep" or "The Misfits", but because those names were already taken they later decided to use "OutKast" based on finding "outcast" as synonym for "misfit" in a dictionary.[4] OutKast, Organized Noize, and schoolmates Goodie Mob formed the nucleus of the Dungeon Family organization. OutKast signed to LaFace Records in 1992, becoming the label's first hip hop act and making their first appearance on the remix of labelmate TLC's "What About Your Friends". In 1993, they released their first single, "Player's Ball". The song's funky style, much of it accomplished with live instrumentation, was a hit
with audiences. "Player's Ball" hit number-one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart.[1] [edit] Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik Their debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, was issued on April 26th, 1994. This initial effort is credited with laying the foundation for southern hip hop and is considered a classic by many hip hop aficionados. Every track on Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik was produced by Organized Noize and featured other members of the Dungeon Family. Follow-up singles included the title track and "Git Up Git Out", a politically charged collaboration with Goodie Mob that was later sampled by Macy Gray for her 1999 hit "Do Something." On this early material, both André and Big Boi contrast lyrical content reflecting the lifestyles of pimps and gangsters with politically conscious material commenting on the status of African Americans in the South. OutKast won Best New Rap Group at the Source Awards in 1995.[1] In the same year, the group contributed "Benz or a Beamer" to the popular New Jersey Drive soundtrack. [edit] ATLiens ATLiens was Outkast's second album, released on August 27th, 1996. The album exhibited more self-consciousness, and further solidified OutKast as the flagship representatives of the 1st generation Dungeon Family and the Southern hip hop movement. The album helped the group earn more recognition among East Coast hip hop fans in the East and West coasts.[1] For this album, OutKast joined with partner David "Mr. DJ" Sheats to form the Earthtone III production company, which allowed the group to produce some of their own tracks. "ATLiens" was the group's second Top 40 single (following "Player's Ball" from their first album), and reflected the beginning of André's increasingly sober lifestyle:[5] "No drugs or alcohol/so I can get the signal clear," he rhymes about himself. "Elevators (Me & You)," Outkast's first self-produced single, became the group's first Top 20 hit the same year. [edit] Aquemini OutKast's third album Aquemini was released on September 29th, 1998 and also reached the number-two position on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States; its title was a combination of the zodiac signs of Big Boi (an Aquarius) and André (a Gemini). The album was widely praised as possibly the group's best material to date: when reviewed by popular hip-hop publication The Source, it received the much-coveted "5 Mics" (out of five) rating. Producing more material themselves, both Big Boi and André explored more eclectic subject matter, delving into sounds inspired by soul, trip hop, and electro music. The album featured production by Organized Noize and collaborations with Raekwon, funk pioneer and musical forebear George Clinton, and Goodie Mob. In 1999, Outkast and LaFace Records were sued by Rosa Parks over the album's most successful radio single, which bore Parks' name as its title. The lawsuit alleged that the song misappropriated Parks' name, and also objected to some of the song's obscene language. The song's lyrics were largely unrelated to Parks, save for a line in the chorus: "Ah ha, hush that fuss / Everybody move to the back of the bus". The song, which Outkast maintained was intended partly as homage, only refers to Parks as a metaphor: the purpose of the song's chorus is to imply that Outkast is overturning hip hop's old order, that people should make way for a new style and sound. The initial lawsuit was dismissed. Parks' representation hired lawyer Johnnie Cochran to appeal the decision in 2001, but the appeal was denied on First Amendment grounds. In 2003, the Supreme Court allowed Parks' lawyers to proceed with the lawsuit. In 2004, the judge in the case appointed an impartial representative for Parks after her family expressed concerns that her caretakers and her lawyers were pursuing the case based on their own financial interest. Later that same year, the members of Outkast were dropped as co-defendants, and Parks' lawyers continued to seek action against LaFace and parent company BMG. In 2003 André told UK journalist Angus Batey that, following a Detroit concert in the midst of the legal battle, relatives of Parks had approached him and implied that the case was less to do with Rosa than with the lawyers.[6] The suit was finally settled on April 14, 2005, with neither Outkast nor their label having to admit any wrongdoing. The group did, however, have to agree to perform some sort of tribute to Parks: as of August 2006, the nature of this tribute had not been decided, and Outkast had not completed it. [edit] Stankonia Originally titled "Sandbox", the pair's fourth album, Stankonia was released in October 2000 to excellent reviews. It debuted at number-two on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., and would eventually be certified quadruple-platinum. Stankonia's first single was "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)", a high-tempo jungle-influenced record. The second single, "Ms. Jackson," combined a pop hook with lyrics about divorce and relationship breakups, particularly André's breakup with singer Erykah Badu; the titular "Ms. Jackson" character being a doppelgänger for Badu's mother. It was at this time that André changed his stage name to the current "André 3000". The single became their first pop dropped hit, landing the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the number-two position on the UK Singles Chart. The album's final single was the Organized Noize-produced "So Fresh, So Clean", featuring a credited guest appearance from regular guest vocalist and Organized Noize-member Sleepy Brown and garnered a remix featuring Snoop Dogg. All three singles' videos had heavy MTV2 airplay, and Outkast won two 2001 Grammy Awards, one for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Ms. Jackson", and another for Stankonia as Best Rap Album. During the recording of Stankonia Outkast and Mr. DJ began producing tracks for the artists on their Aquemini Records imprint through Columbia, including Slimm Cutta Calhoun and Killer Mike, who made his debut on Stankonia's "Snappin' & Trappin." Pitchforkmedia.com named Stankonia the 4th greatest album released between 2000 and 2004 in its 2005 feature. [edit] Even in Darkness and Greatest Hits In December 2001, Outkast released a greatest hits album, Big Boi and Dre Present...Outkast, which also contained three new tracks. One of these new tracks was the single "The Whole World," which won a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Killer Mike also was featured on the song, gaining some exposure among areas outside of his native Atlanta. The other two new songs were called "Funkin' Around" and "Movin' Cool (The After Party)" The same year Outkast participated in the only Dungeon Family group album, Even in Darkness, along with Goodie Mob, Killer Mike, Sleepy Brown, Witchdoctor, and Backbone among others, and featuring Bubba Sparxxx, Shuga Luv and Mello. In 2002, the group and Killer Mike contributed the lead single "Land of a Million Drums" to the Scooby Doo soundtrack. [edit] Speakerboxxx/The Love Below In September 2003, Outkast released a double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. It is essentially two solo albums, one by each member, packaged as a single release under the Outkast banner; the two members also appear on each others' discs for a few songs apiece. Big Boi's Speakerboxxx is largely a funk and Dirty South blended party record; André 3000's The Love Below features only brief instances of hip hop, presenting instead elements found in funk, jazz, electronic music, and R&B.[1] The album is also Outkast's biggest commercial success yet, having debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at number-one and stayed there for several weeks. The album eventually sold over five million copies, and, as double-album sales count double for Recording Industry Association of America certification, the album was certified diamond for 10 million units shipped in December 2004. Its latest certification, in May 2006, reaches 11 million copies in shipping.[1] The first two singles from the album(s), which were released nearly simultaneously, were Big Boi's "The Way You Move" and André 3000's "Hey Ya!" The video for "Hey Ya!" is based on The Beatles' landmark appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The video's storyline has "The Love Below"—a fictional band with all members, through the use of special effects, played by André—performing in London. "Hey Ya!" was the number one song on the very final weekend of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem. It was also number one a week later on the very first weekend of American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest. The singles spent ten weeks at number one on the Hot 100 singles chart, with "Hey Ya!" spending nineteen weeks and "The Way You Move" briefly taking over in February 2004. These singles were seen as a breakthrough for the hip-hop industry, being among the first hip-hop songs to be widely played on adult contemporary radio stations.[1] Outkast's next official single was not released until the summer of 2004. "Roses", a track featuring both members from The Love Below half of the album, did not meet the level of success as either of its predecessors, but it became a modest-sized hit on urban radio and the American music video networks. The video for "Roses" is loosely based on the musical West Side Story and Grease. It featured sparring 1950s-style gangs, one representing Speakerboxxx, and one representing The Love Below, parodying the widespread arguing among critics and fans as to which half of the album was better. The final singles were André 3000's "Prototype", which was paired with a science fiction-themed video about alien visitors, and Speakerboxxx's "Ghettomusick," which featured both members of Outkast and a sample from a song by Patti LaBelle, who also makes an appearance in the video.[1] Speakerboxxx/The Love Below won the Grammy Award for the 2004 Album of the Year, becoming only the second rap album to ever receive the honor (the first being The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill in 1999). Outkast was one of the headlining acts at the show, and gave two performances: Big Boi performed "The Way You Move" during a medley with George Clinton & P-Funk and Robert Randolph and the Family Band, while André 3000 performed "Hey Ya!" as the show closed. In February 2004, André 3000's performance, which featured dancers moving wildly around a green teepee in war paint and feathered headdresses, was criticized by the Native American Cultural Center, who called for a boycott of Outkast, Arista Records, NARAS, and of CBS, the broadcaster of the awards show. CBS later apologized.[7] [edit] Idlewild Between Outkast albums, Big Boi and André 3000 ventured into film projects. André co-starred in John Singleton's action film Four Brothers and also had a part in Be Cool, while Big Boi took a featured role in the T.I. movie ATL. Both members also began working on a joint film, Idlewild, directed by Outkast music video director Bryan Barber. Idlewild, a Prohibition-era musical film set to a blues-influenced hip-hop soundtrack, was released on August 25, 2006 by Universal Pictures. The Idlewild soundtrack was released August 22, 2006. Its lead single, "Mighty 'O'", features both Outkast members, and was briefly played exclusively on local Atlanta radio stations before being issued as a single in May 2006. They released and shot the video for "Morris Brown" instead. A video for "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry About Me)" soon followed.[1] [edit] Future projects Aquemini Records folded in 2004, and Big Boi founded a new record label, Purple Ribbon Entertainment, to be distributed by Virgin Records. Among its first signees were Sleepy Brown, Bubba Sparxxx, and Killer Mike, Big Boi has released a group album/compilation, titled Big Boi Presents... The Purple Ribbon All-Stars - Got Purp? Vol. 2. One album remains on the band's LaFace contract. It was originally planned as a ten-track release called 10 The Hard Way; shortly after Idlewild was released, the duo confirmed the album is still in the works, though both have begun new projects without releasing any new information on the album. Due to both Big Boi and André's interest in separate projects such as movies, TV (André's Class of 3000) and solo albums, rumors of a split have turned up frequently in the media.[8] André has recently denied those rumors in a phone interview with MTV News, stating that even though they do not feel like performing on stage together, OutKast is "still tight".[9] In an August, 2006, interview with UK journalist Craig McLean, after emphasizing that they would not split, the pair looked beyond music and film careers, Big Boi suggesting he may consider running for the job of Mayor of Atlanta in the future.[10] In 2007, Andre 3000 confirmed a new Outkast album would be released, but said that he and Big Boi released solo records first, stating the group album is still possibly two years away.[11] Big Boi's solo album will be released first in 2008, with the first single, "Royal Flush", planned to have been released on December 31st, 2007, but was not released on the announced date. Big Boi announced on his myspace that the release date for Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is now October 28, 2008. The single saw an unintended release months later due to being leaked on the internet. On Nov 14, 2008, the Guardian reported that OutKast will release their follow-up to Idlewild in 2009 after Big Boi and Andre 3000 release their solo albums in the same year.[12] OutKast was dubbed the 18th most influential artist of the decade by betterPropaganda in their 5th anniversary feature. [edit] Discography Main article: Outkast discography 1994: Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik 1996: ATLiens 1998: Aquemini 2000: Stankonia 2003: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 2006: Idlewild [edit] Awards Please help improve this section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (January 2009) [edit] Grammy awards Wins Year Category Title 2002 Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group "Ms. Jackson" 2002 Best Rap Album Stankonia 2003 Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group "The Whole World" 2004 Album of the Year Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 2004 Best Urban/Alternative Performance "Hey Ya!" 2004 Best Rap Album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Nominations Year Category Title 1999 Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group "Rosa Parks" 2002 Best Short-Form Music Video "Ms. Jackson" 2002 Record of the Year "Ms. Jackson" 2002 Album of the Year Stankonia 2004 Producer of the Year Non-Classical -- 2004 Best Short-Form Music Video "Hey Ya!" 2004 Record of the Year "Hey Ya!" 2007 Best Urban/Alternative Performance "Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'Bout Me)" 2007 Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group "Mighty 'O'" 2008 Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group "Int'l Player's Anthem (I Choose You)" w/ UGK [edit] References ^ a b c d e f g h i j k allmusic Biography ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003). "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:acfexqlaldse. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. ^ a b "OutKast propels hip-hop to new heights". CNN.com. 2004-04-15. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/04/15/outkast/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-19. ^ "OutKast Biography". Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2006. http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/OutKast.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. ^ (September 18, 2005). Polly Vernon talks to Andre 3000. Accessed April 12, 2008. ^ "The Times, August 2006" ^ Ryan, Joal (Feb. 11, 2004). "Native Americans rap OutKast". E! Online. Retrieved from http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13487,00.html on July 12, 2006. ^ Margeaux Watson (May 19, 2006). The end of Outkast? Entertainment Weekly. Accessed April 12, 2008. ^ Reid, Shaheem (2006-08-09). "Outkast Deny Breakup Rumors: 'Everything Is Still Tight,' Andre 3000 Says". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1538157/20060809/outkast.jhtml. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. ^ McLean, Craig (2006-12-04). "OutKast: Hollywood, swing and bling". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/student/magazines/outkast-hollywood-swing-and-bling-427053.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. ^ Shaheem Reid (July 9, 2007). Outkast LP 'Could Be Two Years' Off As Andre 3000, Big Boi Put Solo Work First MTV. Accessed April 12, 2008. ^ Dan Martin (November 14, 2008).OutKast to release three albums in 2009 The Guardian. Accessed November 16, 2008. [edit] External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: OutKast OutKast's official website [show]v • d • eOutkast André 3000 • Big Boi Studio albums Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik · ATLiens · Aquemini · Stankonia · Speakerboxxx/The Love Below · Idlewild Other albums Big Boi and Dre Present...Outkast · Singles "Player's Ball" · "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" · "Git Up, Git Out" · "Elevators (Me & You)" · "ATLiens" · "Jazzy Belle" · "Rosa Parks" · "Skew It on the Bar-B" · "Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 1)" · "B.O.B." · "Ms. Jackson" · "So Fresh, So Clean" · "The Whole World" · "Land of a Million Drums" · "Hey Ya!" · "The Way You Move" · "Ghetto Musick" · "Roses" · "Prototype" · "Mighty O" · "Morris Brown" · "Idlewild Blues" · "Hollywood Divorce" · "The Train" Featured singles "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)" Related articles Discography · Organized Noize · Dungeon Family [show]v • d • eDungeon Family Groups OutKast • Goodie Mob • Organized Noize • P.A. • Lumberjacks • Society of Soul Members Rico Wade • Sleepy Brown • André 3000 • Big Boi • Mr. DJ • Big Gipp • Cee-Lo Green • Khujo Goodie • T-Mo • Witchdoctor • Big Rube • Cool Breeze • Lil' Will • Mello • Big Reese • Killer Mike • Slimm Calhoun • BlackOwned C-Bone • Lil' Brotha • Supa Nate • Meathead • KED • Bubba Sparxxx • Roscoe • Malachi See also Southern hip hop • Outkast discography • Dungeon Family discography Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OutKast" Categories: 1990s music groups | 2000s music groups | American hip hop groups | Rappers from Atlanta, Georgia | Grammy Award winners | Musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state) | Musical duos | Dungeon Family | Southern hip hop | Southern hip hop musicians


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Teen driving bill needs House OK? without diluting it
in Opinion / by Hillsboro Free Press / on February 6, 2008 at 9:34 pm /
Translated, that means likely alteration to a proven system of graduated driver?s licensing proposed in Senate Bill 294, which would bring much-needed changes in state regulations for young, inexperienced drivers.
These are facts:
?Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death, by far, for 14- to 17-year-olds, both in the state and nationwide.
A statewide survey of both parents and their teenage drivers in Kansas shows that a majority favors a graduated driver?s license system.
Kansas is one of only four remaining states that don?t have a graduated driver?s license plan for new drivers. Senate Bill 294 has been approved by the Kansas Senate and sent to the House, where it was referred to the Transportation Committee, which then assigned it to the subcommittee.
Senate Bill 294 raises the age from 14 to 15 as the age teens can get a learner?s permit to drive to and from school and work. Fourteen-year-olds who live and work on farms can still obtain a farm permit.
The next stage?at age 16?would restrict young drivers from driving from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. and with more than one non-sibling under age 21. Research shows the majority of fatal accidents involving young drivers occur after 9 p.m.
At age 161⁄2, provided the teen driver hasn?t had any moving violations, he or she would be eligible for full driving privileges.
The Senate bill also prohibits the use of wireless devices?headphones and cell phones?by the young drivers. In addition, a driver?s education course would be required.
In the statewide survey, parents? top concerns about their teenage drivers were the number of passengers, bad weather, using cell phones and nighttime driving. The parents surveyed also favored a requirement that new teen drivers be required to earn unrestricted driving privileges by maintaining a violation-free driving record for at least six months in order to drive without restrictions.
The researchers concluded that parents of teen drivers in Kansas are concerned about the safety of their children. It?s a strongly held belief that active and appropriate involvement of parents, both in helping adolescents learn how to drive safely and in monitoring their driving-related behavior is vital.
In an interview, Pratt County Sheriff Vernon Chinn said the most dangerous thing people do in their daily activities is drive. Don?t assume, Chinn said, that when you put that car in gear and start moving that you?re going to arrive at the basketball game, the picnic in the park, school?or even back home. Driving takes your full time and attention.
And, as echoed by longtime driver?s education teacher Dick Wilson of Russell, today?s 14-year-olds are less mature, encounter more and more traffic, and have additional distractions?cell phones, CD players, other teenagers in the car.
In a recent driver?s education class he taught at Russell High School, Wilson said he had eight students who had never been behind the wheel of a car. They didn?t even know where the turn indicator was located.
In a few short weeks, he said he had to get those students ready to drive 70 mph on the interstate. Quite a feat, he added, and also frightening, not only for the young drivers but others they would encounter on the highway.
Trooper Gary Warner of the Kansas Highway Patrol and other law enforcement personnel interviewed for the study said parents often want to know what happened in an accident involving their teenage son or daughter.
?It?s very difficult for us to tell them that their young driver made mistakes, and these are the mistakes that led to the crashes and, ultimately, the young person dying from injuries,? Warner said.
The Senate bill doesn?t need to be watered down. Contact your state representative and tell him or her that you support SB294?an effective yet reasonable and practical graduated driver?s licensing system for Kansas?as presented to the House.
Les Anderson is an associate professor in the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University. He has been involved in research on young driver safety in conjunction with AAA Kansas.


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One man's unique quest to get invited to play the ultra-exclusive Cypress Point Club
Everyone no doubt wants to play Cypress Point Club, but one man uniquely is on a quest to do so, to win what he calls "the lifetime golf lottery."
Peter Flanigan is an attorney with Eric Feig Entertainment and Media Law in Beverly Hills, Calif., who has created a blog, Re-Gripped, to document his quest, which is now on its 47th day.
"I grew up in upstate New York, a landlocked portion of the country, and I've always been drawn to areas on the coast and the seas," he said. "I would be watching the Pebble Beach pro-am and guys were playing Cypress Point."
When he moved to Los Angeles, he began wondering how he might gain access to the Alister MacKenzie masterpiece, third on Golf Digest's ranking of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses. "I started looking into it," he said. "There are a lot of great reports about people playing it, and a lot of great pictures, but no one actually is talking about how to get on it."
He began by writing a letter to Cypress Point's head pro Casey Reamer, "pleading my case," he said. "He told me 'no' in the nicest way possible. It was actually a great rejection. What a great guy. And he told me, 'if you do get on, come say hi.' that's great."
In the meantime, he has re-directed his focus to social media — Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn — in an effort to find a benevolent Cypress Point Club member who might extend him an invitation.
"I'm also looking into the go-betweens," he said. "It seems like recently there's a lot of companies that have popped up offering possibilities to play private courses, Golf Odyssey and Boxgroove, that try to put you in touch with members. I'm exploring those."
He also is not averse to introducing himself to anyone wearing Cypress Point gear. He recently met in an airport a man wearing a vest with a Cypress Point logo. He confessed to having played the course six times. "Incredible!" Flanigan wrote on his blog. "He seemed a bit guarded and I regret not saying 'if you ever need a fourth.' Next time, I will definitely say that."
Flanigan appreciates that private clubs are private for a reason. "But it would be a real privilege to be able to play there once," he said. "It's a fascinating puzzle in that way. How can you play somewhere that is super exclusive and also be respectful.
"And if I can crack Cypress, I can crack others."


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the violent history betweene a hunt for a killer, under way in the south bay right now. the violent history between the suspect and his wife. >> the affair that brought down the head of the c.i.a., general david patraeus, the cryptic e- mailings that led investigators to the other woman. >> i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. >> the president on the fiscal cliff, ahead of negotiations on capitol hill. it's 7:00 saturday morning, november 10th. i'm ann mack vick. >> and i'm brian hackney. shall we check weather? >> it's cold out. is that the bottom line? let's quickly look at the extended forecast. next chance of rain into the bay area by later in the week. wednesday night, thursday morning. things will begin to cloud up, and that's the next chance of rain. meantime, we get some clouds as we look towards the bay bridge and as ann pointed out, it's going to be chilly. temperatures this morning will range from the upper 20s to about the mid 40s.
seven-day forecast. look at thursday. maybe some rain coming in. all the details ahead. first let's check in with ann. ski resorts are banking on a big business boost, thanks to the latest snowstorm. at least one will be open for snow fans today. the storm left up to a foot and a half of fresh snow for drivers, that means tough conditions over the major highways, but the snow fall could bring a much needed windfall for ski resorts after a subpar snow pack last minute. boreal mountain resort has eight inches of new snow. ski lifts will be operating today. >> the weather can go either way but it's a really good start and we hope it continues. >> a lot more snow. i'm praying for it. >> ma'am moth mountain resort east of yosemite opened for the first time and lake tahoe has up to 18 inches of new snow police in san jose are searching for a 50-year-old man who is suspected of killing his wife. the body of patricia nasenzo
was found yesterday morning in the entryway of a house. she had a hoody around her face. there were no signs of forced entry into the home. relatives of troy and patricia nazenzo had the couple had a volatile relationship. >> i can see him getting physical, and i can see him doing things like this but i never thought it would have resulted in their marriage. i do know that somebody, a woman was sleeping with troy. >> this is san jose's 41st homicide of the year. surpassing last year's total in approaching the 20 year record in the city. police believe the man took off in a gray chevy silverado pickup truck. the license place number is on your screen. 8l70015. san jose police are asking anyone with any information to please call them. president obama says he will look out for the middle class when he talks with congress on deficit reduction and the budget. >> now, i'm open to compromise and new ideas.
but i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. congress should permanently extend the middle class tax cuts, right now. even as we negotiate a broader deficit reduction package. >> the president repeated in today's weekly radio address that he wants higher taxes for people making more than $250,000 a year. a military analyst says the resignation of c.i.a. chief david patraeus because of an extra marital affair is not the end of the story. cbs news has learned the other woman is paula broadwell, she wrote a biography of patraeus. cbs 5 reporter linda yi on what patraeus faces next. >> reporter: it was just over a year ago, his wife by his side, that one of america's most decorated four star generals took the oath of office at c.i.a. director. today, he resigned in disgrace. in a statement to c.i.a. employees, patraeus said, after being married for over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an
extramarital affair. the affair came to light during an f.b.i. investigation that started months ago. officials became concerned about what cbs news has learned were cryptic e-mails patraeus exchanged with his by graver paula broadwell. >> it's sad. >> cbs 5 military analyst retired colonel brendan kearney med broadwell earlier this year during her book tour. he said she was bright and articulate. >> she acknowledged she had been given unfettered access to him. >> does that seem suspicious to you, when you now think back? >> in 31 years of being around an awful lot of general officers, i've never heard of anybody having the access that she had. and was i suspicious? no. i'm not going to give myself credit for that. >> reporter: the white house insists it knew nothing about the investigation until patraeus told the president after the election. president obama accepted his resignation today, and thanked patraeus for his service. colonel kearney says the resignation may not end
patraeus's problems. >> you and i as citizens of this country quite honestly, we don't worry what happens between consenting adults. in the military, that is still something that is punishable by military law. he could conceivably be recalled from a retired status, retired status, retired status, retired status -- >> reporter: cbs 5. and in other sex scandal news, another affair forced the future c.e.o. of lockheed martin to step down. the defense company announced that it asked for the resignation of christopher kubasick after he cheated on his wife with a subordinate employee. she's already left the company. the "wall street journal" reports he will get a 3.5 million dollar separation payment. new this morning, the port of oakland, it's chief is the latest top executive to be linked to the strip club scandal. newly released documents show omar benjamin helped run up a $4500 tab at a texas strip club back in 2008.
the port's maritime director james quan submitted expenses for reimbursement. omar is listed on the receipt after quan. no word on what action officials will take against the executives. in other headlines around the bay the man convicted of killing two women at the richmond san rafael bridge toll plaza asked jurors to flip a join on his fate. 49-year-old nathan burriss was convicted of that crime that happened back in 2009. burriss was romantically involved with one of the victims. the penalty phase continues on tuesday. today, swimmers are asked to stay out of the water in monterey county. health officials say county beaches have storm drain runoff may have dangerous levels of bacteria. recent rains are blamed for that problem. that advisory will stay in effect until monday. today marks an international day of observance for a teen activist who survived a gun shot wound in the head. today, pakistani girls rallied for malalla usefa.
it's been one month since the taliban named her as a target for a school bus shooting. her only crime? fighting for the right of girls to an education. she is being treated at a hospital in britain. thousands in britain called on the government to nominate her for the nobel peace prize. the perfect weekend event for book and food fans. celebrity chefs sign them up for a good cause. what hubert keller likes to do outside of the kitchen. >> i just want to feed them fish and swim with them. >> underwater therapy for wounded warriors. how a dozen veterans battling p.t.s.d. wound up swimming with the dolphins. >> and a big chill has settled in over the bay area. by california standards anyway. a frost advisory in effect for 50 more minutes, with temperatures down near 29 in the north bay. we'll shat about all this and our prospects for the next round of rain. we'll do that after a break. ,,
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p.t.s.d. a group of those veterans got a chance to try a new approach to their therapy in vallejo. cbs 5 reporter dahl lynn explains how dolphins figure into the healing process. >> reporter: they came home with invisible scars, hardened and psychologically traumatized by their combat experiences in the iraq war. >> those are personal. >> i got you. >> i'd rather not go into those. >> sure. >> nightmares are a common occurrence. although over the years they've gotten less and less frequent, still every time they come up, they're just as dramatic as they were. >> reporter: of all places, theirer that took place in a tank at six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo. with some very sociable and loveable dolphins. the 10 veterans are part of a posttraumatic stress discord recovery program known as -- disorder recovery program known as the pathway home. at first a lot of skepticism from these servicemen. the relationship started with the rubbing of the dolphins. once they got comfortable, the vets started dancing with the
dolphins. they even rode the dolphins around the tank. >> i'm riding a dolphin! >> reporter: in just two short hours, an emotional connection between the veterans and the dolphins, end up with kisses. >> i just want to feed them fish, and swim with them. >> reporter: this was the first time these wounded warriors got to work with these dolphins, and with such a big success, that the program's now thinking about having other soldiers come here for future treatment. as for these 10 veterans, they left with big smiles. and even a gift. paintings from the dolphins. >> go to bed, just excited, and you know, happy, and hopefully not having any nightmares. >> reporter: in vallejo, i'm da lynn. cbs 5. the national park service is honoring veterans this weekend by offering free admission to all of them, nearly 400 parks are covered, and that includes your woods in marin county. the usual price of admission is $7 but from now through monday, everyone gets in free.
officials at muir woods expect an increase in the crowds. some entertaining antics set for today on the san francisco bay. the red bull flu trog happens near at&t park. this is video from the event in september in chicago. today, more than 30 teams will push their economy transportations off a 30 foot high platform. flutag means flying day in german. the first u.s. event happened in san francisco 10 years ago. and i would have to say it's another one of those situations where people with too much time on their hands. i don't know. >> build something, and dump it in the water. what better way to spend a weekend. >> yeah, yeah. good to see you ms. m. how are you? >> yeah. we're glad you're back this weekend. >> it's chilly around the bay area. we have frost advisories posted. let's go out and see exactly what's happening. temperatures diving down so that the national weather service at 3 in the morning said well, let's post a frost
advisory. first of the season, the north bay is mostly susceptible to this. it's only posted through 8:00, but these are the coolest temperatures of the day. an hour after sunrise you can get the coldest temperatures of the day. at the moment we're ranging between 29 and 34 in the north bay. so protect your plants and pets and mother-in-law and all that stuff. right now, numbers around the bay area, 40 degrees at concord, 50 at oakland. livermore up to 43. it's a chilly 30 degrees in santa rosa. san jose has 42, and for us, doesn't look bad. cool temps today, mostly sunny skies and we'll get a chance of rain again turning into the bay area by late wednesday, and early thursday. but it's going to be a nice day today. the visibility on a clear day, you really can see forever. high pressure is off shore and low pressure is spinning in over eastern nevada, triggering a few snow showers in the sierra as we pointed out earlier. all of that stuff in the gulf of alaska will be heading up north and so, we really don't have to worry about it.
out the door, sunny and cool for the bay area today. and the future cast is showing we'll get a few clouds, but that will be about it. mostly sunny skies predominate today. in the extended forecast we'll be calling for numbers to be mostly in the 50s today, as we look ahead, the next chance for showers moving into the bay area, late wednesday, early thursday. and that's off enough into the future. this is a caution nare note. it doesn't really look like anything solid right now but there is at least the potential so we give you a head's up simply by way of performing our public duty in the weather department. otherwise it will be nice >> except for the fact of the temperatures being so chilly. i put on my heat last night. >> oh, no. it won't be the last time. the lakers' head coach, fired. the golden state warriors hope for an easy night against l.a. all the drama coming up next in sports. ,,
for over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time. everything's different now. sometimes i feel all alone. christmas used to be my favorite. i just don't expect anything. what if santa can't find me? to help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child.
today we want to prepare something, fresh tomatoes, beef, olive oil. we place the olive oil in the pan. roast the garlic. >> reporter: as the garlic starts to turn a light golden color, we put the mushrooms. then fresh tomatoes. here is the flavor. >> the mushrooms were precooked when they went in and so was the lobster, but all the flavors are still intact. now he is adding the parsley. >> next to go is a tomato sauce, and then some lobster
bisque. >> like juice from the lobster. we got some basil, some parsley, nice, fresh, homemade pasta right here. >> as in all the great kitchens, it's all about the fors. >> some -- the toss. >> some parmesan cheese ready to go. we have some garnish to make it light, nice and fresh. >> this is tony's table. this is heaven on a fork. i can hardly wait to dig in. that's good. >> the 24th able san francisco author's luncheon starts in less than three hours from now. cbs 5 is a proud sponsor. we're introduced to a master chef who writes about his life in and out of the kitchen. >> canada, souvenir, a exploreious book of a glorious culinary journey. 14 years in the kitchen. there's the book and here is
the chef. chef hubert, great to see you. >> i feel really old, but 14 years in the book over my culinary journey. the recipes and story of my life. so it's a great book. 130 recipes, over 300 pictures in there, and of course we talk about it starts where i group up as a kid. so they are t. chapters are really divided differently than in a normal cookbook. also love, when i met my wife chantelle. very important. we are partners in business of course and married. a great book. lots of secrets and lots of recipes. >> the wonderful part of it also, what you do outside the kitchen. you love to ride harley davidson motor bikes and also d.j. >> yeah. you're right. i don't know if that's the best picture but it's true. besides cooking for so many years. i have to have a little fun time, of course. i think some people go see their shrink. i go on the motorcycle and ride fast. or d.j. 'g. >> finally, community is important to you.
you gave us autographed copies of our book this past week for hurricane relief but you're doing a fund-raiser at the kidney foundation this saturday, right? >> and it's very exciting. this saturday we have a tremendous response to the event. and i will be there, having a little talk about the book, signing, personalizing your book, but it was so important to donate, actually, and it's all about giving and loving. >> the authors luncheon starts at 10:00 this morning at the marriott marquis in san francisco. tickets are still available. go to cbssf.com and click on events. it's a little early but some of you might be hungry for pizza. how about a song to put you in the mood. ♪ when i get a serious craving ♪ for something i want to eat. ♪ i need some cheese, tomatoes and olives, and maybe even some meat. ♪ i need some pizza. pizza, pizza. ♪ >> ok. i think this is another case of
people having too much time on their hands. the pizza song went on youtube four days ago and it's gone viral. more than 200,000 people have already seen it, and the pizza joint mentioned in that song is in stockton. it's called david's pizza. and they say the song is really helping business. >> all right. you get a couple phone calls from people from out of state wanting to know, they were coming to the area and wanted to know where we were located. ♪ pizza, pizza, pizza >> the pizza song might be bringing in extra dough, but it's also responsible for an increase in crank calls. people have been calling the pizzeria and singing the pizza song. nonsense. all right. in sports, the stanford men's basketball team went up against u.s.f. at oracle arena and the los angeles warriors hoped the lakers would be an easy target since their coach was just fired. here's the highlights. >> good morning, everybody. you think the warriors would have a shot in los angeles against the lowly lakers. they were 1-4. they fire the
head coach. brought in a new interim one. you figure they'd have a shot at staples center, right? huh-uh. let's look at bernie bickerstaff. he is the laker interim coach. the man in the middle. and 1st quarter, warriors down 2 but on the run. thompson stopped, popped, yes, sir. warriors led by 1. 2nd quarter, here came the kobe bryant perimeter game show. he lets it fly. he hits. kobe has 27, the lakers up 6. kobe bryant, look at the bump foul and shot it goes. lakers win 101-77. oracle arena hosted u.s.f. and stanford. cardinals led by 14 early but the dons led by 1. 31-30. but in the 2nd half, too much of the cardinal red. dwight fouled, hit, fouled cardinals win 74-62 and you are looking at jeremy mcfadden are a high ankle sprain.
he's out for tomorrow's game against baltimore. so is backup running back mike goodson. it's up to taiwan jones. yeah, deer valley high out of antioc. he will share the laked with marcel reece and the raiders go up against the ravens. of course the fifth quarter post game show on cbs 5 follows that. enjoy your day. coming up, one more look at today's top stories, including the other woman in the affair that forced the head of the c.i.a. to step down. we'll be right back.
a much-needed boost for ski resorts in the sie 7:26. here is a look at this morning's top stories. a much needed boost for ski resorts in the sierra nevada. up to a foot and a half of snow fell yesterday. that made matters difficult for drivers, but skiers and snowboarders are all revved up. san jose police believe a 50- year-old man is now on the run, after he allegedly murdered his wife. her body was found yesterday morning in the entryway to the couple's home on evangeline drive. more information about the resignation of c.i.a. chief david petraeus, cbs news has learned petraeus had an affair with a woman named paula broadwell. she wrote his biography. tomorrow on weekend early edition, a new super majority for democrats in sacramento.
phil matier's question to former assembly speaker willie brown. is this a blessing or a headache? >> headache. major, major, headache. all of a sudden you've got more people than you can feed. you better go to the food bank and get some political help. >> plus, a post election wrap on what went wrong with the republican party, from former secretary of state condoleeza rice to the head of california's g.o.p. tom delpiccaro, tomorrow on eyewitness news this morning starting at 7:30 a.m. join us for that and the last look at weather this morning. it's chilly, scarf weather. had to pull out all that stuff yesterday. >> 'tis the season, absolutely. a frost advisory posted this morning for the bay area. isn't that gorgeous? as you can see the outline of some sky scrapers and the pointy head of the tallest sky scraper in san francisco. the pyramid being cast across the city. frost advisory posted for the north bay. temperature range in the north bay this morning from the upper
20s to mid 30s. yikes. sunny and cool today. most readings in the upper 50s. next chance of rain coming in on thursday. veterans day is tomorrow as you might know. on this holiday weekend, more wounded warriors are relying on therapy dogs, man's best friend helps soldiers transition into a new life at the v.a. hospital. in san antonio texas, therapy dogs help them heal mentally and emotionally. many patients are surprised by the dogs' unconscious ill sport -- unconditional support. i'm not surprised. dogs are the best. besides cats. >> do you want to weigh in on this? >> i'm all for dogs. and cats. >> very good. thanks for joining us. enjoy your chilly saturday and please join us tomorrow morning at 7:30, phil will be here. we're breaking down the big week in mix. have a good one. ,,,,,,,,
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Today I leave you one of my ilustrations and the dress made by me!
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Song of Susannah by Stephen King
4 stars - Fantasy December 23, 2013
(The Dark Tower, #6)
To give birth to her "chap," demon-mother Mia has usurped the body of Susannah Dean and used the power of Black Thirteen to transport to New York City in the summer of 1999. The city is strange to Susannah...and terrifying to the "daughter of none," who shares her body and mind.
Saving the Tower depends not only on rescuing Susannah but also on securing the vacant lot Calvin Tower owns before he loses it to the Sombra Corporation. Enlisting the aid of Manni senders, the remaining katet climbs to the Doorway Cave...and discovers that magic has its own mind. It falls to the boy, the billy-bumbler, and the fallen priest to find Susannah-Mia, who, in a struggle to cope with each other and with an alien environment "go todash" to Castle Discordia on the border of End-World. In that forsaken place, Mia reveals her origins, her purpose, and her fierce desire to mother whatever creature the two of them have carried to term.
Eddie and Roland, meanwhile, tumble into western Maine in the summer of 1977, a world that should be idyllic but isn't. For one thing, it is real, and the bullets are flying. For another, it is inhabited by the author of a novel called 'Salem's Lot,' a writer who turns out to be as shocked by them as they are by him.
These are the simple vectors of a story rich incomplexity and conflict. Its dual climaxes, one at the entrance to a deadly dining establishment and the other appended to the pages of a writer's journal, will leave readers gasping for the saga's final volume (which, Dear Reader, follows soon, say thank ya).
"I hold to no God," Roland said. "I hold to the Tower, and won't pray to that."
Being one of my favorites of the series, it's ironic since Savannah is my least favorite character. This is a type of lead-in book to the last one, the big bang finale we all feel is coming book. The book may not solve many riddles of the series but it's still exciting. All kinds of unsettling things go down, and the story is just fascinating urgency builds and stakes heat up.
There are so many mixed reactions on King inserting himself (or a version of himself anyway) into his books. Some call it egotistical, some call it cheap. I call it none of these things. It's an unusual gesture, twisted, and while the idea holds flaws, I like it. The whole series remains meshed with the Kingverse; I still get chills remembering he saw IT staring back at him.
It took such a long chunk of his life to write this series, the story swimming around in his head years in between putting it down, inventing legend. It also strikes me that King is writing a younger version of himself when he was an addict to more than writing and that they, in the book, appear to him during these delusional years.
For much of the book, the Ka-tet is divided into twos of a sort.
As always Roland is an amazing hero to journey with. Eddie's humor is welcome to break up the breakneck speed. Jake is one of the best again, it's different with him because the reader has been able to watch him grow up and mature not only as a gunslinger but as a boy growing closer to becoming a man. Savannah is always battling some inner struggle – it makes sense she is the one to battle an inner demon. Father Callahan makes a return appearance.
It's definitely a book that's leading to the final one. The stakes are higher, the bar is raised, tension is amped. Onward, forward, whatever, to the finish line. Most Dark Tower fans will likely enjoy Song of Susannah.
Book Quotes:
In the Land of Memory the time is always Now.
In the Kingdom of Ago, the clocks tick... but their hands never move.
"Dead was the gift that kept on giving. Dead, like diamonds, was forever."
"I think telling stories is like pushing something. Pushing against uncreation itself, maybe."
"Passage between worlds. Then the gunfire. Then the killing."
Extras on Author's Website:
Link to Robert Browning's Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came poem that inspired the story
Discordia (Game Based on the Dark Tower series)
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I went to Grizzly Bear at the troc on Tuesday. Bass player was insane, drum beats made the show, and "Their voices were like mermaids". And yet, it's two days after the concert and all I have been listening to is Tunnelvision and Fangela by Here We Go Magic, the opening band.
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New Delhi: Union minister Giriraj Singh, known for his controversial remarks, on Tuesday said Pakistan should "take away" Rohingyas as Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar "is fond of them".
Referring to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in Kashmir and the continuing infiltration attempts from across the border, Singh said that India does not have the capacity to bear more "infiltrators", therefore the Rohingya Muslims will have to leave.
The minister reiterated the government's stand that Rohingyas are illegal migrants who pose a threat to India's internal security.
Humanity is not above the law, Singh said, in remarks that come in the backdrop of criticism of the government decision to deport the Rohingyas, who have fled the violence-hit Rakhine state of Myanmar.
"It will be better that Pakistan takes away Rohingya Muslims if Masood Azhar is so fond of them," he said referring to the chief of Pakistan-based militant outfit JeM.
"There are some politicians in India as well who are standing in support of Rohingyas. They should also be told to send them (Rohingyas) to Pakistan. If Pakistan's terrorist leader (Azhar) backed by its government is saying this, then the Pakistani government should take them (Rohingyas) away," Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a summit organised by the CII.
The government had told Parliament on 9 August that more than 14,000 Rohingyas are at present staying in India. However, some inputs indicate that around 40,000 undocumented Rohingyas were staying in India, mostly in Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan regions.
Singh had earlier triggered a row with his statement that "those trying to stop Narendra Modi from coming to power have no place in India and should go to Pakistan".
Addressing the summit today, the minister for micro, small and medium enterprises said the government established agro technology clusters as part of a new scheme to tackle the food security challenges posed by a growing population.


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Q: How to export multiple varying 3d scenes with GLTFExporter in react-three-fiber I'm trying to create multiple 3d models of a cube varying in the texture used on the faces of each using react-three-fiber. I would like them exported as gltf files.
I have been using this --- Exporting scene in GLTF format from react-three-fiber --- as a guideline. I have the ref component and callback, however I'm not sure how to call GLTFExporter with, say, a button, so that it exports a cube with different faces every time (until the options from a given directory runs out). I also have one scene I am able to export as example for now.
Ideally, I would like to have a directory for the different cubes, and the GLTFExporter "button" would access a different folder from there with the different faces each time.

A: A bit different than the solution you suggested, but a similar option would be to first export the scene from GLTFExporter and then generate permutations of the glTF file afterward:
import { WebIO } from '@gltf-transform/core';
import { KHRONOS_EXTENSIONS } from '@gltf-transform/extensions';

const exporter = new THREE.GLTFExporter();

// NOTE: three.js r135 will change method signature here...
//   scene, onLoad, options → scene, onLoad, onError, options
exporter.parse(scene, (glb) => createVariations(glb), {binary: true});

async function createVariations (glb) {
  const io = new WebIO().registerExtensions(KHRONOS_EXTENSIONS);
  const document = io.readBinary(glb);

  // assign a blank texture to all materials' base color
  const texture = document.createTexture();
  for (const material of document.getRoot().listMaterials()) {
    material.setBaseColorTexture(texture);
  }

  for (const textureURL of MY_TEXTURE_URLS) {
    // load each texture and attach it.
    const image = await fetch(textureURL).then((r) => r.arrayBuffer());
    texture.setImage(image).setMimeType('image/png'); // or 'image/jpeg'

    // write this variant of the GLB
    const variantGLB = io.writeBinary(document); // → ArrayBuffer
  }
}

The same thing could be done offline in a script, using NodeIO instead of WebIO.


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De Sint-Agapituskerk is de parochiekerk van Vliermaal, gelegen aan de Leopold-III-straat. Het is een van de weinige kerken die gewijd is aan de Heilige Paus Agapitus I.

Oorspronkelijk stond hier een 11e-eeuwse Romaanse kerk, waarvan de toren bewaard is gebleven. Ook is nog een stuk muur van dit gebouw in de nieuwere kerk ingebouwd. In 1066 kwam het patronaatsrecht van de parochie aan het Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekapittel van Hoei.
Het Romaanse gebouw werd herhaaldelijk hersteld en vergroot, zoals in 1597 en 1727. In 1778 echter, werd de kerk onbruikbaar verklaard en moest een nieuwe kerk worden gebouwd. De bouw duurde van 1783-1785. De Romaanse toren, die eigendom van de gemeente was, bleef gehandhaafd.

De toren, die geen geledingen kent, heeft vijf verdiepingen en werd gebouwd met materialen als silex, Romeinse dakpannen (tegulae), mergelsteen, kalksteen, baksteen, puimsteen en ijzerzandsteen. Beweerd wordt dat deze materialen afkomstig waren van de Romeinse ommuring van Tongeren.

De huidige, 18e-eeuwse, kerk, is een classicistisch bouwwerk, uitgevoerd in baksteen. Het is een driebeukige pseudobasiliek, inwendig voorzien van een tongewelf.

Meubilair
De kerk heeft een rijke inventaris, waaronder een Romaans doopvont uit de 12e eeuw.

Er zijn diverse heiligenbeelden, waaronder een Christus aan het Kruis en een Sint-Jan-Evangelist, beide uit de 13e eeuw. Ook is er een Sint-Blasiusbeeld uit 1500-1510, een Sint-Luciabeeld (1530-1540), een Agapitusbeeld (ongeveer 1600), en een 17e-eeuws Sint-Sebastiaanbeeld. Voorts een Augustinusbeeld en een Johannes de Deo (beide omstreeks 1700, uit de school van Jean Del Cour).

De schilderijen dateren uit de 18e eeuw (Onze-Lieve-Vrouw, door Johannes-Evangelist aangewezen aan de Heiligen Bonaventura, Augustinus en Gregorius; Sint-Elisabeth; Sint-Augustinus), of uit de 19e eeuw (Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Onbevlekte Ontvangenis; Christus aan het Kruis).

Het hoofdaltaar, de preekstoel, de communiebank en de biechtstoelen zijn 18e-eeuws en in Lodewijk XVI-stijl, dan wel -wat de biechtstoelen betreft- in Lodewijk XV-stijl of classicistisch.

Het doksaal is 19e-eeuws, evenals het orgel (1885), dat gebouwd is door Pereboom & Leijser.

De begraafplaats bezit een, vermoedelijk 14e-eeuws, gotisch grafkruis, dat tegen de buitenmuur van de kerk is gemetseld. Een ander grafkruis is uit 1632.

Externe links
Onroerend erfgoed
Kerken in Vlaanderen

Agapitus
Onroerend erfgoed in Kortessem
Beschermd monument in Vlaanderen

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He who plants a seed plants life.
Family relationships are complicated. And novelists have long used this premise to weave a tale of intrigue and suspense. Joanna Goodman's new novel, The Home For Unwanted Girls, is based on this idea.
Set in 1950s Quebec, right in the centre of the French and English political turmoil, the novel is filled with secrets, deceit, family and love. As the title suggests, the story centres around the abandonment of a child.
Maggie Hughes' parents represent both sides of the French and English resistance. Maggie's English-speaking father is pro-Anglo and has ambitious plans for his daughter, including going to an elite English school and definitely not interacting with French-speaking boys. The irony is that, his wife, Maggie's mother is francophone. Maggie has always been daddy's little girl and when it comes to taking sides, she's going to lean on the side of her father. She's always at odds with her mother, who constantly complains of her turning into another version of him. There's a lot of bickering in their household, and Maggie can't for the life of her understand why her father married her mother in the first place. They always seem to be at each others throats.
But the heart wants what the heart wants, and despite all the warning Maggie falls in love with the French boy next door. Gabriel Phénix is everything her father has warned her about. Poor, uneducated, unsophisticated -- a troublemaker.
At fifteen, Maggie becomes pregnant and she is forced to give up her daughter Elodie for adoption.
As she tries to move on with her life, settling in with the choice of husband her father approves, she just can't shake the feeling of wanting to know what had become of her daughter. If she was safe and well cared for.
It's not just so simple a story of family dynamics and regret. All this is happening at a time in Quebec when a government interference imposes a new law that provides more funding for psychiatric hospitals than to orphanages. (For an historical view of what happened in Quebec during this period, look up Duplessis Orphans).
Greed is the ugly underbelly which society cannot toss aside, and with the choice placed before them, the impoverished orphanages in Quebec see their opportunity for getting a slice of that pie. This of course comes at a cost. Young orphans (including Elodie) who are already in these homes, find themselves placed in the crossfire. As the orphanages begin the transformation to psychiatric institutions, the existing "unwanted" children must go somewhere. There are heartbreaking consequences to most of them, including Elodie.
Your heart breaks with the injustices, with the compassionate nature of Elodie's and Maggie's characters, and with the horrific realization that this all feels real. And it is. Joanna Goodman's The Home For Unwanted Girls is actually based on a true story.
The story is beautifully told from different perspectives. We know of Maggie's desperation to live her life the way she wants, to love who she wants, and the sacrifice she must make for her family. We follow Elodie and she makes her way through the system of Quebec's forgotten children...those abandoned by their mothers at birth and who face the stigma in the orphanage world as not worthy because of their's birth parent's choice.
There is a lot of anger you feel as a reader, taking in the deplorable treatment young children face at the hands of nuns who ran the orphanages. A not so distant history is laden with thousands of examples of inhuman treatment of those they don't deem to be in the same class as themselves. Whether it's the natives, or minorities, or children, the world seems to continue to remind us of the unethical and unjust nature of a class that wants to stay in power and will wield it with no compunction, at the expense of those they don't deem fit to be in their presence.
Thank you to Harper Collins Canada for an advance reading copy in exchange for an honest review.


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5plus Named Architects' Practice of the Year 2017
For the second year running we have been named Architects' Practice of the Year by North West Insider.
We are all honoured by the accolade from our industry peers and it's a tribute to every single member of the practice who has contributed to a very busy and very rewarding 12 months.
It is also a tribute to the ambition and vision of our great clients.
The judges said:
"5plus is in a different league, widely trusted and consistently delivering quality schemes. Notable projects include its work on the redevelopment of three buildings within the Lincoln Square Masterplan in Manchester, helping to deliver the redevelopment of these properties to revitalise the link between the Town Hall and Deansgate."
Our thanks to NW Insider and the Judges and to everyone in the room who made it a great Awards Night and congratulations to all the winners.
News Building Awards, Architectural Practice of the Year 2016, Shortlisted
The Lincoln, Manchester Grade A office building helping to reinvigorate an underutilised square in the heart of Manchester.