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Christopher Henry Dawson  (12 October 188925 May 1970) was an English Catholic historian, independent scholar, who wrote many books on cultural history and Christendom. Dawson has been called "the greatest English-speaking Catholic historian of the twentieth century".

The 1988–1989 academic year at the College of Europe was named in Dawson's honour.

Life
Dawson was the only son of Lt. Colonel H.P. Dawson and Mary Louisa, eldest daughter of Archdeacon Bevan, Hay Castle. He was brought up at Hartlington Hall, Yorkshire.

Dawson was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford, where he obtained 2nd class honours in Modern History in 1911. After his degree he studied economics. He also read the work of the German theologian Ernst Troeltsch.

Dawson's background was Anglo-Catholic, but he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1909.

In 1916, Dawson married Valery Mills, daughter of the architect Walter Edward Mills. They had two daughters and one son.

Writing

Dawson began publishing articles in The Sociological Review in 1920. His starting point was close to that of Oswald Spengler and Arnold J. Toynbee, others who were also interested in grand narratives conducted at the level of a civilisation. Dawson's first book, The Age of the Gods (1928), was apparently intended as the first of a set of five to trace European civilisation to the twentieth century.  However, he did not follow this plan to a conclusion.

Dawson was a proponent of an 'Old West' theory, the later term of David Gress, who cites Dawson in his From Plato to Nato (1998). Dawson rejected the blanket assumption that the Middle Ages in Europe failed to contribute any essential characteristics. He argued that the medieval Catholic Church was an essential factor in the rise of European civilisation, and wrote extensively in support of that thesis.

Career
Dawson was considered a leading Catholic historian. He was a Lecturer in the History of Culture, University College, Exeter (1930–6), the Forwood Lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion, University of Liverpool (1934), the Gifford Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh (1947 and 1948), and the Chauncey Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic Studies at Harvard University (1958–62). Dawson was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 1943.

From 1940 for a period he was editor of the Dublin Review.

Influence
His writings in the 1920s and 1930s made him a significant figure of the time, and an influence in particular on T. S. Eliot, who wrote of his importance. Dawson was on the fringe of 'The Moot', a literary discussion group, and also part of the Sword of the Spirit ecumenical group.  According to Bradley Birzer, Dawson also influenced the theological underpinnings of J. R. R. Tolkien's writings.

The topical approach outlined by Dawson for the study of Christian culture forms the core of the Catholic Studies program at Aquinas College. His work was influential in the founding of Campion College and the formation in 2012 of The Christopher Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture Inc. in Perth, Western Australia.

Dawson's vision also outlines the Humanities and Catholic Culture program at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Comparable historians
As a revivalist of the Christian historian, Christopher Dawson has been compared with Kenneth Scott Latourette and Herbert Butterfield. Comparisons have also been made between the work of Dawson and Max Weber. Both employ a metahistorical approach to their subjects, and their subjects themselves bear similarities; namely, the influence of religion on aspects of western culture.

Works

Books
 The Age of the Gods (1928). Reissued by the Catholic University of America Press (2012)
 Progress and Religion: An Historical Inquiry (1929). Reissued by the Catholic University of America Press (2001)
 Christianity and the New Age (1931)
 The Making of Europe: An Introduction to the History of European Unity. London: Sheed and Ward, 1932. Reissued by the Catholic University of America Press, 2003.
 The Spirit of the Oxford Movement (1933)
 Enquiries into Religion and Culture (1933). Reissued by the Catholic University of America Press (2009)
 Medieval Religion and Other Essays (1934)
 Religion and the Modern State (1936)
 Beyond Politics (1939)
 The Claims of Politics (1939)
 The Judgment of the Nations (1942). Reissued by the Catholic University of America Press (2011)
 Gifford Lectures 1947–49
 Religion and Culture (1948)
 Religion and the Rise of Western Culture (1950)
 Understanding Europe (1952). Reissued by the Catholic University of America Press (2009)
 Medieval Essays (1954). Reissued by the Catholic University of America Press (2002)
 The Mongol Mission: Narratives and Letters of the Franciscan Missionaries in Mongolia and China in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries (1955). Republished in 1966 as Mission to Asia.
 Dynamics of World History (1957). Edited by John J. Mulloy et al. Reissued by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (2002).
 The Movement of World Revolution (1959)
 Progress and Religion: An Historical Enquiry (1960) with others Reissued by the Catholic University of America Press (2001)
 The Historic Reality of Christian Culture (1960)
 The Crisis of Western Education: With Specific Programs for the Study of Christian Culture (1961). Reissued by the Catholic University of America Press (2010)
 The Dividing of Christendom (1965)
 The Formation of Christendom (1967)
 The Gods of Revolution (1972)
 Religion and World History: A Selection from the Works of Christopher Dawson (1975)
 Christianity and European Culture: Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson  edited by Gerald J. Russello Reissued by the Catholic University of America Press (1998)

External links
 "The Catholic Tradition and the Modern State," The Catholic Review, January/March 1915.
 "Catholicism and the Bourgeois Mind," Crisis Magazine, 27 December 2011.
Catholic Studies

References

Further reading
 Birzer, Brad. Sanctifying the World: The Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher Dawson, Christendom Press, 2007.
 Birzer, Brad. "Christopher Dawson on Liberalism," Part II, Part III, The Imaginative Conservative, June 2012.
 Birzer, Brad. "The Liberal Arts: Dawson's Prerequisite for the Reconstruction of Christendom," Crisis Magazine, 11 October 2012.
 Bliese, John R. E. "Christopher Dawson," Modern Age, Summer 1979.
 Caldecott, Stratford and Morril, John. Eternity in Time: Christopher Dawson and the Catholic Idea of History, (T. & T. Clark, 1997).
 Elders, Leo J. "Christopher Dawson." Studia Gilsoniana 3 (2014): 49-62. online
 Fitzgibbon, George F. "The Cyclical Theory of Christopher Dawson," The American Catholic Sociological Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, Mar. 1941.
 Hart, Jeffrey. "Christopher Dawson and the History We Are Not Told," Modern Age, September 1997.
 Herce, Rubén. "Christopher Dawson on Spengler, Toynbee, Eliot and the notion of Culture." Cultura 12.2 (2015): 45-59 [Herce, Rubén. "Christopher Dawson on Spengler, Toynbee, Eliot and the notion of Culture." Cultura 12.2 (2015): 45-59. online].
 Hittinger, Russell. "Christopher Dawson on Technology and the Demise of Liberalism," CERC, 1993.
 Kirk, Russell. "The High Achievement of Christopher Dawson," The University Bookman, Volume 47, Number 1, Winter 2010.
 Marshall, Caroline T. "Modern Pioneers: Christopher Dawson, Champion of Christian Culture," Christianity Today, 10 January 2001.
 Mitchell, Philip Irving. "Civilization Sickness and the Suspended Middle: RG Collingwood, Christopher Dawson, and Historical Judgment." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 21.3 (2018): 85-113.
 Olsen, Glenn W. "Why We Need Christopher Dawson," Communio, Vol. 35, Spring 2008.
 Olsen, Glenn W. "Christopher Dawson and the Renewal of Catholic Education," Logos, Volume 13, Number 3, Summer 2010.
 Parkes, H. B. "Christopher Dawson," Scrutiny, March 1937.
 Potts, Garrett, and Stephen Turner. "Making Sense of Christopher Dawson." in The History of Sociology in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2019) pp. 103–136. online
 Quinn, Dermot. "Christopher Dawson: Historian and Prophet of Our Time," Humanitas, [n.d].
 Quinn, Dermot. "Dawson's Creed," The American Conservative, 1 February 2010.
 Russello, Gerald J. "Christopher Dawson's 'America and the Secularization of Modern Culture.'" Logos, Vol. 3, 2000.
 Russello, Gerald J. "Christopher Dawson: Christ in History," Crisis Magazine, 27 December 2011.
 Schwartz, Adam. "Confronting the "Totalitarian Antichrist": Christopher Dawson and Totalitarianism," The Catholic Historical Review, Volume 89, Number 3, July 2003.
 Scott, Christina. A Historian and His World: A Life of Christopher Dawson, 1889-1970, Sheed & Ward, 1984.
 Staudt, R. Jared. "'Religion and culture' and 'faith and the renewal of society' in Christopher Dawson and Pope Benedict XVI." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 16.1 (2013): 31-69. online
 Trepanier, Lee. "Culture and History in Eric Voegelin and Christopher Dawson." Political Science Reviewer 41.2 (2017). online
 Ward, Leo R. "Dawson on Education in Christian Culture," Modern Age, Fall 1973.

External links
 Catholic Education Resource Center: Christopher Dawson.
 The Christopher Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture Inc.
 The Christopher Dawson Collection

 Rediscovering Christopher Dawson: An Interview with Dr. Bradley J. Birzer
 The Achievement of Christopher Dawson

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This was part of a new emergency issue and was the highest denomination notes to ever circulate in Nicaragua. This would be the last notes issued under the Sandinista government before the whole currency is scrapped and re-issued as the Cordoba Oro the following year. The exchange rate was roughly 365,000 Cordobas to One US dollar at the time these were released, equating to just over U$26 in value. Hyper Inflation would devalue the currency over the next year so much so that these new notes would only be worth around U$2 by 1991.
The obverse of the banknote features Jose Dolores Estrada a Nicaraguan National Hero that was in charge of an army that helped defeat the filibuster army of William Walker in the battle at San Jacinto Hacienda in 1856. He was featured on the 100 Cordobas banknotes from 1962 through to 1984, then the 50 Cordoba banknote from 1988, as well as the 50,000 and this issue the 10 million Cordobas notes from 1989/90. And finally on the 2002/06 500 Cordobas banknotes.
The reverse of the banknote features Hacienda San Jacinto a farm located in the municipality of Tipitapa about 30 mins away from the capital of Managua. This farm was home to the battle of San Jacinto which took place on the 14th of September 1856. This scene was first depicted on the Series C 10 Cordobas banknote from 1972. Later it was featured on both the series A & B 2002 & 2006 500 Cordobas banknotes. The same Hacienda was also featured on the short lived emergency issue notes of 1989-90 on the 50,000 Cordobas and this the 10 million Cordobas with a slightly different design. And it returned to the newly issued 2016/19 1000 Cordobas banknotes.

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package marathon

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

const (
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	ErrCodeUnauthorized
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	// ErrCodeNotFound specifies a 404 Not Found error.
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	ErrCodeDuplicateID
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	ErrCodeAppLocked
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	ErrCodeInvalidBean
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type APIError struct {
	// ErrCode specifies the nature of the error.
	ErrCode int
	message string
}

func (e *APIError) Error() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("Marathon API error: %s", e.message)
}

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func NewAPIError(code int, content []byte) error {
	var errDef errorDefinition
	switch {
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		errDef = &badRequestDef{}
	case code == http.StatusUnauthorized:
		errDef = &simpleErrDef{code: ErrCodeUnauthorized}
	case code == http.StatusForbidden:
		errDef = &simpleErrDef{code: ErrCodeForbidden}
	case code == http.StatusNotFound:
		errDef = &simpleErrDef{code: ErrCodeNotFound}
	case code == http.StatusConflict:
		errDef = &conflictDef{}
	case code == 422:
		errDef = &unprocessableEntityDef{}
	case code >= http.StatusInternalServerError:
		errDef = &simpleErrDef{code: ErrCodeServer}
	default:
		errDef = &simpleErrDef{code: ErrCodeUnknown}
	}

	return parseContent(errDef, content)
}

type errorDefinition interface {
	message() string
	errCode() int
}

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type simpleErrDef struct {
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func (def *simpleErrDef) message() string {
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func (def *simpleErrDef) errCode() int {
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type detailDescription struct {
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	Errors []string `json:"errors"`
}

func (d detailDescription) String() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("path: '%s' errors: %s", d.Path, strings.Join(d.Errors, ", "))
}

type badRequestDef struct {
	Message string              `json:"message"`
	Details []detailDescription `json:"details"`
}

func (def *badRequestDef) message() string {
	var details []string
	for _, detail := range def.Details {
		details = append(details, detail.String())
	}

	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", def.Message, strings.Join(details, "; "))
}

func (def *badRequestDef) errCode() int {
	return ErrCodeBadRequest
}

type conflictDef struct {
	Message     string `json:"message"`
	Deployments []struct {
		ID string `json:"id"`
	} `json:"deployments"`
}

func (def *conflictDef) message() string {
	if len(def.Deployments) == 0 {
		// 409 Conflict response to "POST /v2/apps".
		return def.Message
	}

	// 409 Conflict response to "PUT /v2/apps/{appId}".
	var ids []string
	for _, deployment := range def.Deployments {
		ids = append(ids, deployment.ID)
	}
	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (locking deployment IDs: %s)", def.Message, strings.Join(ids, ", "))
}

func (def *conflictDef) errCode() int {
	if len(def.Deployments) == 0 {
		return ErrCodeDuplicateID
	}

	return ErrCodeAppLocked
}

type unprocessableEntityDetails []struct {
	// Used in Marathon >= 1.0.0-RC1.
	detailDescription
	// Used in Marathon < 1.0.0-RC1.
	Attribute string `json:"attribute"`
	Error     string `json:"error"`
}

type unprocessableEntityDef struct {
	Message string `json:"message"`
	// Name used in Marathon >= 0.15.0.
	Details unprocessableEntityDetails `json:"details"`
	// Name used in Marathon < 0.15.0.
	Errors unprocessableEntityDetails `json:"errors"`
}

func (def *unprocessableEntityDef) message() string {
	joinDetails := func(details unprocessableEntityDetails) []string {
		var res []string
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	var details []string
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			details = append(details, detail.detailDescription.String())
		}
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	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", def.Message, strings.Join(details, "; "))
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func (def *unprocessableEntityDef) errCode() int {
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Kieran Burns (born 24 March 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Clydebank in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region.

Club career

Burns came through the youth system at Glasgow's Partick Thistle. He was promoted to the first team after agreeing a full-time contract with the club as a 17-year-old in the summer of 2009.

He made his first team league debut at the end of the 2009–10 season, replacing teammate Mark Corcoran as a 75th-minute substitute in a 0–0 home draw against Raith Rovers.

His first league start came in the following 2010–11 season, in a 0–0 home draw to Dundee in March 2011. He also represented Partick Thistle in the 2010–11 Scottish Challenge Cup, during which the team reached the semi finals.

Burns featured in pre-season friendly matches in advance of the 2011–12 season, such as a 2–0 defeat away to Blyth Spartans. On 16 September 2011 he agreed a 93-day loan move to Scottish Junior side Clydebank. He made his Clydebank debut as a substitute in a league game versus Arthurlie F.C. on the following day.

After his release from Partick in the summer of 2012, Burns signed for West Region Junior champions Irvine Meadow however the player rejoined Clydebank in March 2013.

Personal life
Burns' father died of cancer in April 2010. The news reached the player 20 minutes in advance of a home match against Dundee, during which he was expected to make his home debut. He left that match to be with his family, but did score the following day in an under-19 fixture with Dumbarton.

Career statistics

External links
 Kieran Burns at Partick Thistle official website

References

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The new, sun-bathed Living-Dining-Kitchen areas feel somewhat outdoor all year round. There are two vertical glass louvre windows at opposite ends and a west-facing yet well-shaded, expansive sliding glass door opening to ensure ample cross-ventilation. The easy-to-clean polished concrete floor is also an excellent thermal mass.


Since there is not a Wild About Books December book club selection and November's book was so good; I believe we should discuss "The Untethered Soul" one more time. My favorite chapter is chapter 15 "The Path of Unconditional Happiness" The secret to living a spiritual life. It's amazingly simple really. Happy or not happy; it's your choice. That's it. You choose to be happy or you choose to be unhappy. An easy example would be; you added cumin to your muffin mix instead of cinnamon. Now you've wasted your time and money on a dozen nasty tasting muffins, throw the muffin tin and the muffins out the front door and vow never to bake again because you are too stupid to pick up the correct spice. Unhappy choice. Or; you rename the muffins "Mexican muffins" and see who will eat them and clearly mark the cumin container so that that doesn't happen again, lesson learned. Happy choice. Even worse is when you allow others to make you unhappy. You base your happiness conditionally on what other people do; that's ludicrous. I'm going to be mad all day because someone cut me off in traffic. No. My choice is no; I will not let them control me like that. I will still be happy. What about people that let the weather control their happiness? There's nothing they can do about the weather! How can you let the weather control your happiness? There are people that I work with that get upset when the snow comes. What?? You live in Montana! Or people that choose to be unhappy because it's Monday or worse, unhappy because it's Sunday which means that the next day IS Monday. They choose to be unhappy. Clearly they choose to be unhappy if they make a day of the week a happiness indicator. A difficult example would be when a 24 year old co-worker who you've known most of his life wrecks his motorcycle on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and dies. It's still your choice to be happy. You can be sad about the death and grief can grip you when you are not expecting it with uncontrollable emotion. If you are his mother this grief can grip you at any moment for the rest of your life. But; and this is a big but and I can not lie, you can choose to be happy. Happy that he was out doing what he loved on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and you can choose to be happy that his death was a blessing over being mangled and crippled and in pain for the rest of his life and you can be happy that for 24 years his family was able to enjoy having him around. It's your choice. It's your choice and it must be genuine. You have to believe it. If you are faking happiness it doesn't count.
Let's use an every day example. How do you stay happy every day at your desk job pushing paper, filling out online forms, nagging people for receipts, etc. You can attempt to purchase happiness. A new computer for your desk, a new desk for your office, a new office space with a big window. You can list all of the great things about your job such as the pay, benefits, flexible hours, cell phone, matching retirement plan, etc. No matter how much you try to make it better, you are still at a desk managing super boring, non challenging, uncreative paperwork. Did I say you? I really mean me. What makes me excited to get up in the morning? I choose to be happy. I choose to make off color, inappropriate jokes at work, I choose to send silly emails that make people laugh, I choose to start an administrative book club for some interactive dialog and I have a Happy Sack. Yes, I have a happy sack. Before I moved into my new office with a big window, I had a small closet next to the staff bathroom. In that closet office I had an outside door that took me right to the reader board sign for the school. So I took it upon myself to be in charge of the reader board sign. Usually it was upcoming events like home football games or the next school board meeting. One day just for fun I put up: "Never trust an atom, they make up everything". Some days I would have students put up the letters for me. Two boys from the 7th grade came into my office to do the reader board. I had to introduce myself, because, as the school paper pusher, I don't interact with the students and therefore don't know them. One of the boys eyes got big and a huge grin came upon his face as he looked at the shelving on my wall and exclaimed in excitement; "YOU have a happy sack". Oh jeez, what does he see on my shelf? What have I brought into my office that could be referred to as a "happy sack"? I slowly turn, scan the shelves and there it is. My hacky sack; now and forever known as my happy sack. It has now moved from the shelves to my desk.
Choosing to be happy is not as easy as it sounds and it is easy to forget that you have that choice. Believe me when I say that having a happy sack on my desk not only reminds me that I have that choice to choose happiness, it also puts a smile on my face and how can you be unhappy with a smile on your face.
I once read (I can't remember the book and I don't know if it is a fact but I live by it.) that the way the brain works is that when something happens, your response during the first approximately 30-45 seconds is your true physiological response. Whether it is a good or bad thing, whether you are happy or sad, you will know during that 30-45 seconds. After that, how you feel, it is a decision you make. Most of the time, I attempt to step back from the situation, remember it is my decision and decide to find the good, to be happy. But other times, I decide to be pissed. I own it! I own the ugly feelings, embrace them, make the most of it and when I am ready, I let it go. Sometimes, I need to be upset. I need to be unhappy. But when the time is right, I change my decision and I own being happy. I own letting it go. It is my decision. I recently found my happy sack. I got it when on a mountain bike trip with Lisa. How awesome that I got my happy sack when i was with the woman that keeps one in her office. It is true … Life is Good! I own it!


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A Band with No Limit: An Interview with Kinky
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Posted By Gypset Magazine on Oct 23, 2015 | 1 comment
Gilbert Cerezo (vocals, guitar) Photo by Diana Carolina
Ever growing, from small stages to large festivals across the world, Kinky's momentum in electronic music has taken the genre beyond heights known to any other band in Latin Music. A five-member band formed in 1998 from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Kinky has evolved from supersonic pop sounds on their first album Kinky to mature, acoustic and eclectic in their newly released MTV Unplugged: Kinky.
Kinky has stayed very active since 1998. The band—Gilbert Cerezo (vocals, guitar), Ulises Lozano (keyboards), Carlos Chairez (lead guitar), Cesar Pliego (bass) and Omar Gongora (drums)— gained a huge fan base in their native country of Mexico and Latin America, along with great commercial success in the United States.
In the U.S., their songs have been played on countless shows including CSI, Nip Tuck, Weeds, Dexter; back in 2002 they toured with the amazing bands De La Soul, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips on The Unlimited Sunshine Tour; and performed at Coachella in 2003 with headliners Talib Kweli, Hot Hot Heat, Ladytron, Felix Da Housecat and again in 2004 performed on the Coachella stage along with Radiohead, Pixies and Death Cab for Cutie.
Preparing for the third annual Dia de los Muertos Celebration at the Santa Barbara Bowl on October 30th and promoting their new album, Gypset Magazine recently spoke with Kinky's keyboardist Ulises Lozano to get his perspective on Kinky evolution.
Ulises Lozano (keyboards) Photo by Diana Carolina
ES: How great does it feel to be Kinky right!? You're MTV Unplugged album was released this year—it sounds AMAZING! Congratulations!
UL: Thank you! It's been great… It's been a great year! After fifteen years, finally the band had the opportunity to record on MTV Unplugged which is very unique and also very traditional. The long history of MTV Unplugged has been something that most bands, that have done it, has been a very strong part of their career. So, having the opportunity to do an MTV Unplugged was amazing for us! Also, because we are an electronic band. So, the challenge to change all our sound from electronic to acoustic was very fun and very interesting. It made us grow up more and learn more. We had the opportunity to learn in a more intimate setting and in a more slowed tempo our songs. Most of Kinky's songs are very energetic and very up tempo. So all of that was very great for us to have, after fifteen years of doing electronic music and touring around the world. Now, going back to the studio, to start working on new things and back to electronic… and all the Kinky essence, the real sound of Kinky… the MTV Unplugged is going to be reflective of our new album… I think it's going to make us grow more as musicians and grow in our music. It's been a great year.
ES: With all this success the band has had – touring & promoting—traveling city to city, venue to venue… how does Kinky preserve its unity? Maintain its balance and spirituality?
UL: Our passion has always been the music and the love we have towards experimental music –where we infuse everything, from our Mexican roots to our own taste in modern music or electronic rhythms. We maintain the mindset that the music comes first and we always try and maintain an experimental spirit. So it always feels new—it feels refreshing every time we compose a song. We move away from doing the same thing on our album… we experiment with rhythms… with different sounds…. In the end we hear Kinky, and that's essence that will always translate. The idea of opening up to play with Hip-Hop or to shift to Rock or Techno rhythms, even regional Mexican music… all of those sounds, musically, gives you the feeling that there's no limit. That, "there are no boundaries." That's what has helped us stay active.
Cesar Pliego (bass) Photo by Diana Carolina
ES: Looking ahead to 2016, which is really a couple of months from now, what future collaborations or surprises can we anticipate from Kinky?
UL: Right now, we're continuing our tour for the rest of the year. We've had the opportunity to present our MTV Unplugged sound live this year in South America, Mexico and the United States. We still have a few more tour dates in the U.S, Mexico and some cities in South America. We'll be working on new material. Collaborations come about closer to the completion of a son, we think of someone to collaborate with then… that's when it all starts to come together. For now, the idea is to release something new by the beginning of 2016.
ES: Awesome! Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us about the band, your sound, and upcoming year! Would you like to share anything else with your fans on Gypset?
UL: We'll see you on October 30th to celebrate The Day of the Day with all the beautiful people in Santa Barbara and the surrounding areas. We're having a huge celebration with Bomba Estereo, La Santa Cecilia, Chicano Batman… it's going to be a grand fiesta! All of our tour dates can be checked out on our website at KinkyMusic.com, on Facebook, Twitter @kinkytheband, Instagram and YouTube. We're all very attentive of our fans. We thank you for your support. We send you all a hug and a kiss. We'll see you real soon at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
Omar Gongora (drums) Photo by Diana Carolina
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Photos by: Diana Carolina
Amenze
These guys are *very very* talented mnaciisus individually, and even better when playing together in a band. Love and agree with that comment about these guys being severely underrated. Hope the best of success for them. Rock on.


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Pace Photo Walks Venture Photography Project
May 31, 2017 October 1, 2018 by tidyupmedia
My photo walk participants and I will grab a couple of Canon EOS 1300s and Canon IXUS 175s to capture the people and continuous urbanisation on our walks around our chosen city. My walking buddies and I chat about how, London's changing all the time, whether it's improving or just the opposite is in the eye of the photographer! Photo walks are taking place around the world encouraging people to learn new skills and move their bodies to stay well. There's no need to go overboard with kit – if you're a walker more than a photographer a phone camera works as followers on social media like these images just as much. A photo walk provides one-to-one and group events for walkers worldwide. It's a social and cultural activity; participants enjoy it more than shooting pictures and walking alone. They happily "share" stories, like and repost beautiful, funny photographs before memories fade of how it was before and after streetscape makeovers. This is the true value of walking and shooting images, it's why I believe wellbeing walks have grown and woven their way into the vibrant tapestry of London's social life.
Notting Hill Playground, Ras Kwadwo, London, 2016
Ras Kwadwo photographer enjoyed the walks organised by ACAVA and The Venture Community Association he says: "I learnt a lot in terms of the possibilities and creativity that can be done with the camera. I would also like to know how I can make a living from my pictures." This is a gigantic dilemma for you snappers – finding the time to upload your precious pictures of street scenes and people to social sites to earn you some cash. Most of your snaps stay hidden in hardware consuming 1000s bytes of storage — it may seem better than having your images whisked away by those craving your shots like the fancy-frosting on a Hummingbird cupcake. So it's no surprise that you're reluctant to share your snazzy snaps across photographic platforms and rather leave them languishing on memory cards, storing them up for a rare showing at a birthday bash or anniversary event. There are loads of books giving marketing advice to photographers a couple are the UK Freelance Photographers Handbook 2016 and the US Photographers Market 2017.
Wedding Display, London, Siriyn, 2016
There are many camera groups in the world one of the first was the Camera Club of New York, started in 1884, by Eastman Kodak. They launched the $1 Brownie which established photography as an affordable hobby for ordinary people. It's why so many cameras are sold in the world today! "We walk with a purpose," says Scott Kelby of "The Worldwide PhotoWalk" which brings photographers around the world together on one day of the year to shoot images and raise money for their special causes. Scott is the bestselling author and broadcaster of digital photography TV shows and books such as The Adobe Photoshop CC Book for Digital Photographers 2017 (Voices That Matter). Books and walking also make a marvellous marriage lovers of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales can recreate his literary pilgrimage strolling from London to Canterbury. Professor Woody Caan, author of Drink, Drugs and Dependence From Science to Clinical Practice reckons Chaucer would've agreed organised walks aid wellbeing: He says: "I have been to Walsingham and Canterbury, and was impressed that groups of people find this ancient type of journey restorative. A guide and peer support is probably a good idea, if the pilgrims undertaking a long walk are mentally or physically distressed." Walking groups using photography in London are an opportunity to document the changes to an area undergoing urban development. People attend to take pictures of the area as it changes shape because they prize the streetscapes familiar; as a favourite piece of clothing. Bric-a-brac is lovingly shot to look like the finest antiques you'll ever see.
Bric-a-Brac Market Golborne Road, London, Sandy, 2016
View and Chat about Images You and Others Have Shot During The Photo Walk Another Plus Point?
I love chatting with others and sharing a brew! As an artist and communicator I enjoy having a laugh and gossiping with people. The delicate pastries and robust coffees served by the café owners are fresh and fragrant. Surely the table and chair filled pavements are made for photo walkers to sit and pick pictures? After all a computer room is ideal but any dry surface works well when you're panting for a piece of cake and a steaming mug of tea?
Trainers, London, Habeeba, 2016
In his book The Lost Art of Walking, author, Geoff Nicholson talks to people who only walked at night, in the nude, for 1000s of miles in one go, in fancy dress, for charity, or for no reason at all. "There is something about the pace of walking and the pace of thinking that goes together. Walking requires a certain amount of attention but it leaves great parts of the time open to thinking. I do believe once you get the blood flowing through the brain it does start working more creatively," says Nicholson. He also examines how walking inspired the writing muse of Charles Dickens who wrote an essay about his night-time walks.
"1 Some years ago, a temporary inability to sleep, referable to a distressing impression, caused me to walk about the streets all night, for a series of several nights. The disorder might have taken a long time to conquer, if it had been faintly experimented on in bed; but, it was soon defeated by the brisk treatment of getting up directly after lying down, and going out, and coming home tired at sunrise."
From the essay "Night Walks" by Charles Dickens (Chapter 13 of The Uncommercial Traveller, 1861)
I Wanted to Find Out If Photo Walks Increased Wellbeing and They Did!
Motorbike Tank, London, Derek White, 2016
Last year I became the first artist to lead a photo walk for the Venture Community Association and ACAVA. Isabella Niven, ACAVA Programme Manager, says: "The project, funded by Public Health England through the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, is designed to provide local people in north Kensington with the opportunity to engage in a creative, active and social activity; getting people moving, thinking creatively, reducing social isolation and improving wellbeing." Several sessions into the project I realised the most fervently committed, very open-minded, photo walkers, were men aged over 40-years-old. I found out that the three-year project had been created with the focus of engaging men in this activity in the North Kensington area. The Association of Cultural Advancement through Visual Arts (ACAVA) curates an exhibition for photo walkers at the Maxilla Gallery where artists like Michael Horovitz, author of underground British poetry book, entitled Children of Albion rent studio space.
Notting Hill Playground, London, Ash, 2016
The Venture Community Association was founded in 1960 it's one of the oldest adventure playgrounds in Kensington and Chelsea. It's in the Golborne ward, which is the second most-deprived ward in London. It provides outside play and sports activities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The charity teamed up with the Childhood Trust and Catalyst Housing to raise over 11,000 pounds to provide holiday activities. Naami Padi, Director of the Venture Centre says: "I'm trying to make sure that our playground (the best in the West!) has enough money to give our fantastic kids a wonderful summer." Despite funding cuts the centre will be able to run a full holiday programme thanks to generous donations on 'The Best Playground in the West!" crowd funding page.
Notting Hill Playground, London, Louisa, 2016
Since the early 1900s outdoor play has been championed by pioneers of the nursery movement like sisters Margaret and Rachel McMillan. In the early days it was about playing, learning and sleeping outside. Though kids don't sleep outside anymore, outdoor play is still an important activity in nurseries and schools. Professor of Public Health Woody Caan says nature walks can help youngsters develop. He says: "these relate to their Biophilia (developing an appreciation of nature) but also they are group activities that underpin learning outdoors and connect shy children to build social confidence." The Glissando Panyard is hidden behind a royal blue door on Wornington Road. A series of images and video with the hashtag #glissandopanyard tells the story of this magical space within the Notting Hill Playground on our blog Pace Photo Walks Tumblr.
Mr Parris tuning pan, London, Sandy, 2016
"We've got a few themes running through the project. One of them is the story of the pan yard, home to Glissando Steel Orchestra. It's a purpose-built steel band rehearsal room next to the Venture playground. We were invited to have a nosey around it with our cameras. We met Bertrand Parris, who was tuning and blending a steel drum. He's co-founder of the orchestra with Pedro Burgess. The two pan pioneers started the ensemble in 1978. Mr Burgess composed and arranged the music and Mr Parris made the instruments. The strains of steel pan music can be heard today. The musicians play every genre from calypso to country. Glissando continues to be a place for people of all ages and backgrounds to come together to beat out their favourite tunes on the sweet steel drum."
From the Tumblr Post "Pacing The Panyard" (pacephotowalks Tumblr, 2016)
Struggling for existence, London, K, 2016
Leading photo walks is something I'd never done before, or even considered. I checked out the ACAVA photo walking brief and, to my surprise, found that I had relevant interests, and work. The brief called for someone with an interest in the Golborne area I'd written a multimedia poem entitled "get on radical' about the Notting Hill race riots. This poem and others can be read in my poetry collection "The Rhythm Writer" available in print and eBook. I'd set-up a writers' collective, supported Toni Morrison on her tour entitled "Jazz" and performed this poem on BBC Radio 5's Talking Poetry up-and-coming poets' showcase. I started up my own business working as a journalist for the tech start-up Tidyup Media, at the time editing, captioning and uploading DV tapes I'd paid for a decade ago of my cousin cooking melt-in-the-mouth Guyanese roti bread. It turned into a one-off programme entitled "Aunty G's Amazing Roti" available to watch in the UK, USA, Japan and Germany.
Jouvert Costume Discarded, London, Denise Semple, 2012
Dee Semple aka "Onayemi" is an artist journalist leading projects in London. Her photo walks discover ways the environment affects the lives of residents and vice versa, how geometric boundaries affect the physical and cultural contrasts of sickness and adversity. She's one of the few artists to be invited to deliver night-time walks by the Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art.
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Subject above pretty much says it. The "Caption" function under "Option" is greyed out. Can someone tell me how to "ungrey/activate the closed caption option?
When I say the "CC" option is "greyed-out," I mean that you can see it but it is grey in color and not accessible like the other options, which make it (CC) impossilbe (in its current state) to access.
The instructions you gave would work if it (CC) were not greyed out. The arrow keys just pass over the greyed-out option when you try to scroll in that menu catigory. The other (other than CC) options in that menu area work fine, but their listing is dark in color.
I'm having the exact same problem. By "greyed out" it means you cannot select "Caption" on the "Option" screen. The "cc" button on the remote (under slider) does not work either. It's a poser.
I have the same problem. It only started after I got a new HD cable box installed. The posted solution is no help. The menu items are greyed. In other words you cannot access them with the remote. They are simply not available. So I have a new LG tv that my hearing impaired wife cannot watch. Any help would be appreciated. I have the same problem. It only started after I got a new HD cable box installed. The posted solution is no help. The menu items are greyed. In other words you cannot access them with the remote. They are simply not available. So I have a new LG tv that my hearing impaired wife cannot watch. Any help would be appreciated.
Yup. Its greyed out so there IS no selection to be made. scrolls right past it. Yup. Its greyed out so there IS no selection to be made. scrolls right past it.
I'm also having the same problem - just scrolls right past the "greyed out" Caption Option - has anyone figured out how to fix this yet? The online manual shows all the options that can "supposedly" be accessed with the Caption Option (font size etc.) - but this is of no help since it's greyed out and can't be chosen. Any help or ideas much appreciated. I'm also having the same problem - just scrolls right past the "greyed out" Caption Option - has anyone figured out how to fix this yet? The online manual shows all the options that can "supposedly" be accessed with the Caption Option (font size etc.) - but this is of no help since it's greyed out and can't be chosen. Any help or ideas much appreciated.
close caption is gray out in the 42'' plasma hd TV. please help me this just happens in the HD mode but does not inthe regular cable or vcr entrance. close caption is gray out in the 42'' plasma hd TV. please help me this just happens in the HD mode but does not inthe regular cable or vcr entrance.
I have a LG 42LBX and a hearing impaired person in our household and the CC option is greyed out as described above.
My 40" Samsung LCD flat panel HDTV had the captioning quit working yesterday. I have a hearing problem and always use the closed captioning. Best Buy service technician is supposed to be here tomorrow afternoon. My 40" Samsung LCD flat panel HDTV had the captioning quit working yesterday. I have a hearing problem and always use the closed captioning. Best Buy service technician is supposed to be here tomorrow afternoon.
Grandchild messed with the remote or remotes ? anyway the caption is greyed out and now the captions we have are in martian language and i can't get in to fix it with a greyed out "caption". help. Grandchild messed with the remote or remotes ? anyway the caption is greyed out and now the captions we have are in martian language and i can't get in to fix it with a greyed out "caption". help.
My problem is the same on our 42LG50: The "caption" option is light grey and not highlighted and does not allow me to change the setting to "on."
Help! This is driving my hard-of-hearing husband nuts.
CAM My problem is the same on our 42LG50: The "caption" option is light grey and not highlighted and does not allow me to change the setting to "on."
Same problem here, too. I guess people with hearing disabilities weren't considered here. Frustrating!
Will a coax cable setup fix the problem? I have DISH satellite and an analog box. The picture is poor as it is, with no captions, my deaf daughter can't enjoy it either.
I have the same problem, Comcast DVR box has no option to enable CC that I can find.
I have an 42LG30 LCD TV and the closed captions are not working. they are greyed out and I can't access them. What can I do? I have an 42LG30 LCD TV and the closed captions are not working. they are greyed out and I can't access them. What can I do?
The closed captioning under options in the menu on my LG 32lc7d tv is disabled (greyed out) and I cannot figure out how to activate it. The closed captioning under options in the menu on my LG 32lc7d tv is disabled (greyed out) and I cannot figure out how to activate it.
I have a 37LC2D modle of an LG LCD TV and the caption option is greyed out and cannot be selected. I need the closed caption option for my hard of hearing Dad- HELP! I have a 37LC2D modle of an LG LCD TV and the caption option is greyed out and cannot be selected. I need the closed caption option for my hard of hearing Dad- HELP!
Anyone have ideas about how to fix the 'purplish' halo on dark shots, and/or get into the "Screen" setting?
The "Screen" option is also greyed out on my LG 42LB5D. On dark shots, when someone is standing outside at night, the dark areas are purplish, and i cant seem to fix it. I wanted to go into the "screen" option because there is a "phase" setting, and i wanted to try adjusting it.
With the LG hand remote choose the Qmenu to turn closed caption "on". Pull out of there and then on the LG remoote hit the home menu, choose option, enter then follow Williams Rayburn's instructions below. You dont have to use the closed caption on the cable box. plus the cc on the tv is a lot nicer. With the LG hand remote choose the Qmenu to turn closed caption "on". Pull out of there and then on the LG remoote hit the home menu, choose option, enter then follow Williams Rayburn's instructions below. You dont have to use the closed caption on the cable box. plus the cc on the tv is a lot nicer.
So after reading all these solutions, it is aparent that there is actually no solution. If one does not use the coaxial cable for their TV input captioning is not available from the TV. Further if one has a crappy cable company such as Comcast captioning is not available from the cable box. Shouldn't technology actually move in the other direction, as in forward? So after reading all these solutions, it is aparent that there is actually no solution. If one does not use the coaxial cable for their TV input captioning is not available from the TV. Further if one has a crappy cable company such as Comcast captioning is not available from the cable box. Shouldn't technology actually move in the other direction, as in forward?
Help! going thru the exact same thing brand new tv no closed caption. im 75% deaf. tvs useless without "words". how do i fix my no cc "greyed ot" problem? Help! going thru the exact same thing brand new tv no closed caption. im 75% deaf. tvs useless without "words". how do i fix my no cc "greyed ot" problem?
Well I stumbled onto the solution to my problem, finally, but no thanks to any of the tech at my cable company who provided me with my cable box or with the mfg of my LG LCD TV (Model # 42LB5D). I am amazed that these tech don't know this stuff since it is such a big issue (to some people). Anyway, here it is. I'll also post this under a new and more clear caption for anyone else who might have this problem.
My HD Cable service provider is Charter.
My TV is a LG LCT 42" (Model # 42LB5D).
My cable box is a Motorola DCH 6416.
Solution to getting closed caption is to turn the tv on, the cable box off (it must be off). On the front of the cable box press the menu button (again box must be off!), and this will bring up the "user setting options) and among many is the closed caption option. My CC was set to off. I turned it on and now all is well. Also, there are other option available listed there to fine tune the HD reception.
I hope this is clear and of help to someone out there. It breaks my heart to read on Google all of the problems the hearing impared are having with this issue. The solution is simple once you find it . . . Isn't that the way it always is. It is just too bad that when you go to the tech support who should be on top to this stuff they don't have a clue. redrover 11-13-2007, 01:03 PM Well I stumbled onto the solution to my problem, finally, but no thanks to any of the tech at my cable company who provided me with my cable box or with the mfg of my LG LCD TV (Model # 42LB5D). I am amazed that these tech don't know this stuff since it is such a big issue (to some people). Anyway, here it is. I'll also post this under a new and more clear caption for anyone else who might have this problem.
I hope this is clear and of help to someone out there. It breaks my heart to read on Google all of the problems the hearing impared are having with this issue. The solution is simple once you find it . . . Isn't that the way it always is. It is just too bad that when you go to the tech support who should be on top to this stuff they don't have a clue.
This Might not work for some people as it didn't work for me, I have come up with an alternate solution for this problem. First off you have to change your INPUT setting to TV. That is where a lot of people are having trouble with. From there you can go back to OPTION and turn CAPTION On or to CC1. Then change the input back to COMPONENT 2 or 1. From There Turn OFF the Cable Box and Press the menu button(The Cable Box MUST be TURNED OFF!!!) This will bring up the user setting option, Scroll down and Change Closed Caption to enabled, also there are other options available listed to fine tune the HD Reception. Turn The Cable Box On Once Again and the Caption should work perfectly fine.I Hoped This cleared up some of the problems that you guys have been experiencing. This Might not work for some people as it didn't work for me, I have come up with an alternate solution for this problem. First off you have to change your INPUT setting to TV. That is where a lot of people are having trouble with. From there you can go back to OPTION and turn CAPTION On or to CC1. Then change the input back to COMPONENT 2 or 1. From There Turn OFF the Cable Box and Press the menu button(The Cable Box MUST be TURNED OFF!!!) This will bring up the user setting option, Scroll down and Change Closed Caption to enabled, also there are other options available listed to fine tune the HD Reception. Turn The Cable Box On Once Again and the Caption should work perfectly fine.I Hoped This cleared up some of the problems that you guys have been experiencing.
2017.01.07: After spending 45 minutes with our cable carrier trying to resolve a similar issue (turning off the closed caption) this method worked like a charm.
Like all computers depending on what mode you are in will bring up different screens. Hitting the menu button on the controller with the cable off (and TV on) brought up a screen that looked like a programming screen under windows. Just had to scroll down and turn off the closed caption! After that just powered down the cable box and all is well again!
THANKS!!!!!!!! 2017.01.07: After spending 45 minutes with our cable carrier trying to resolve a similar issue (turning off the closed caption) this method worked like a charm. Like all computers depending on what mode you are in will bring up different screens. Hitting the menu button on the controller with the cable off (and TV on) brought up a screen that looked like a programming screen under windows. Just had to scroll down and turn off the closed caption! After that just powered down the cable box and all is well again! THANKS!!!!!!!!
I have spoken to LG tech support on this issue, and couldn't believe what they told me.
It would appear that the captioning option only works through their tuner, accessed only though the co-ax connection. In other words, if you're connected by component or HDMI cables then this option will disappear. They also told me that I can't run HD or component cables in parallel with the co-ax cable, as the HDMI is designed to supercede everything else when plugged in. I was informed that captioning should still work through my satellite/cable box or through my VCR. My cable box works with captioning on some shows but not others, even where captioning is supposed to be available, and it doesn't work on 90% of my movies through my DVD player, even where captions are available..
Ok, as an ex LG Tech Support guy, this is what happens: ONLY the broadcast OTA signal will carry Colosed Caption etc as a separate component. Cable/Satellite providers may or may not embed that into the picture, if this is the case the CC is controlled by the sat/cable STB not the TV. There are moves afoot to ensure that Sat/Cable companies do embed this signal. Ok, as an ex LG Tech Support guy, this is what happens: ONLY the broadcast OTA signal will carry Colosed Caption etc as a separate component. Cable/Satellite providers may or may not embed that into the picture, if this is the case the CC is controlled by the sat/cable STB not the TV. There are moves afoot to ensure that Sat/Cable companies do embed this signal.
I was having disabled Closed caption problem On my 55' LG LCD HD tv.
I went to menu on my Cable/DVR Box. Select preferences and then turn CC on.
So i guess you really can't change it through the TV set itself... However, if you have a cable provider, try changing the CC through the settings menu on the cable box..
Press the arrow-forward button and then use arrow-up / arrow-down button to select Caption/Text.
CC2, CC3, CC4, Text1, Text2, Text3, or Text4.
cover the entire screen; usually messages provided by the broadcaster.
Then what is "greyed-out"? Do the arrow keys allow you into the test area when you press the arrow-forward?
Let see, go to Option Menu.. There you should have three sub menus pretaining to caption, "Caption", "Caption Text" and "Caption Option". First select "Caption" and make sure that it's set to "On". Then back out of that sub menu and select "Caption Text" and set it at "CC1" You probably won't have a "Caption Option", from the "Options" menu, until you've selected "Caption" to be on. Let me know how that works. Also, do you have the Owner's Manual? If not give me your address and I'll send yo a Pando link to download it..
Bill Let see, go to Option Menu.. There you should have three sub menus pretaining to caption, "Caption", "Caption Text" and "Caption Option". First select "Caption" and make sure that it's set to "On". Then back out of that sub menu and select "Caption Text" and set it at "CC1" You probably won't have a "Caption Option", from the "Options" menu, until you've selected "Caption" to be on. Let me know how that works. Also, do you have the Owner's Manual? If not give me your address and I'll send yo a Pando link to download it..
The LG TV must be in the TV input mode to change CC. Change input and it won't be greyed out. The LG TV must be in the TV input mode to change CC. Change input and it won't be greyed out.
The fact that you had to write a long multistep explination to solve thsi problem is the problem. When my 85 year old mam wantt o get it or turn it off it is too hard for her to understand or remember. This is moronic. The fact that you had to write a long multistep explination to solve thsi problem is the problem. When my 85 year old mam wantt o get it or turn it off it is too hard for her to understand or remember. This is moronic.
You need to have digital based cable to enable the option section. Then you can adjust varies of font styles, font colors, etc.
The problem I experienced so many cable companies were not interesting to support closed captioning. Secondly, TV manfacturers are doing to get rid of closed captioning features. I.E. HDMI and Component connections were incompatible with CC therefore CC users stuck with primitive technology by use either 75-ohm or composite (RGB) with reduce resolution as much as like standard TV.
FCC knows about it and they still continue nothing to make a tough action against manfacturers and cable companies. They just slap the hands.
It may good time to have nationwide protest and do not buy any new generation of TV then manfacturers will react this and put more compatible with higher resolution with CC features.
Lack of closed captioning is insulting the deaf community. Yes, they may have special convertors at home but not when the visit their friends. Lack of closed captioning is insulting the deaf community. Yes, they may have special convertors at home but not when the visit their friends.
We have DISH so when we switched to the HD version of the DISH DVR we found a CLOSED CAPTION option available there and are using it now. Love the picture on the LG Plasma, but providing a HDMI connection WITHOUT CLOSED CAPTION is beyond stupid. Hope this work around helps.
& all works fine now. My Closed captioning standard was set at 2. Also he mentioned that some of the APPS like TED TV will turn CC off but not back on.
None of these solutions are optimal. The captions generated on my Comcast HD settop box are of poor quality. Often, entire lines of text are not displayed.
Also, captions are just not displayed on several of the on Demand programs because the HD set top box can't seem to decode them.
LG customer service informed me I had to have cable for the closed captioning to work. 1) Cable is not offered where I live 2) It is not economically feasible for me to purchase television. 3) I live too far away from a metro area to receive a signal from an antenna, even if I had one. This is ridiculous. Some DVD CC's can only be accessed by the TV. I complained to the FCC. I hope more people will do the same. However, I suspect DVDs will not be covered. Though my Sony DVD player has the CC option and it works. Mmm?!
I have the LGHD TV 32" and the Closed Caption options are grayed out. My COX CABLE menu allows me to set captions ON for TV and OLDER DVD's. But NOT the latest generation DVD's. It seems the trouble is something that can only be brought before the FCC who can force these companies to STOP eliminating CC options for those of us who would like to READ the words that 75% of the MUMBING actors say out there. It's absurd this has become a political issue for the greedy once again. FIX IT!
I've had the same problem watching programs on Time Warner Cable at friends' house (one has a Samsung, the other a LG). Had more time to play around with the LG, and figured out the solution that xberrios suggested.
Just got off the phone with telus. Problem fixed now. CC does not use the TV's CC. So we did a "ON" then ON, Closed Caption 1 for Digital , Closed caption 1 for Standard & all works fine now. My Closed captioning standard was set at 2. Also he mentioned that some of the APPS like TED TV will turn CC off but not back on. Hope this helps. Just got off the phone with telus. Problem fixed now. CC does not use the TV's CC. So we did a "ON" then ON, Closed Caption 1 for Digital , Closed caption 1 for Standard & all works fine now. My Closed captioning standard was set at 2. Also he mentioned that some of the APPS like TED TV will turn CC off but not back on. Hope this helps.
Had Same Problem with lg tv.
it is a shaw cable problem.
phoned 4 times, now fixed it is a shaw cable problem.
I have this LG 42" TV and using Telus TV.
SOURCE: above pretty much says it.
Testimonial: "Thankx a lot. I contacted my cable company and they turned on the CC for me."
LG 42LS3400 CC option is greyed out and I cannot turn off close captions! Help!
How do I turn off closed caption on Model TP2784C101?
If the remote control have a "CC" button on it, press it once to cose the Closed Caption option. If the remote do not have a 'CC" button, enter TVs menu option, surf through, come towards closed caption adjus window, and make clsed caption function to OFF, if it is ON.
Closed Caption function is set to On in your JVC. look if there any button marked as "CC" on its remote control. If it is there, hit it till the closed caption function go off from your tv screen. If there is no such button found, get into its menu option, surf through, and get in to the closed caption option, set the close caption function OFF in that window. OK.
I haven't been able to put closed captioning on tv. I don't understand how and what code to use to get the closed captioning to work.
Press the [CCD] button to change the CCD mode.
Using this button will set the Closed Caption mode when viewing a DTV or TV channel.
Open the Menu screen, select the third icon, in the middle, this is the Setup Menu.
In the Setup Menu, choose the Caption option.
Analog Closed Caption: CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4, TEXT1,TEXT2, TEXT3, TEXT4.
Digital Closed Caption: Service1, Service2, Service3, Service4, Service5, Service6.
Digital Caption Style: There are two Caption Styles. One is the automatic function set as the broadcaster, while the other is the custom style where you can adjust the font size, color, opacity, background color etc., accordingly.
Above pretty much says it. The "Caption" function under "Option" is greyed out. Can someone tell me how to "ungrey/activate the closed caption option?
Model: LG 42LC7D Closed caption/text option is "greyed" out and I am unable to use this option. How do I fix this?
If your using the RGB inputs or A/V inputs I do believe that feature is disabled. You have to use the closed caption capabilities with the cable box or satellite from with-in them, which ever you may have. The CC is only active in the menu when cable is directly connected to the RF jack for input on the TV, which can be the cable box also. Hope this helped.
Sounds like the closed caption option is active.Check your remote to see if you have a button labeled"CC" that would turn it off and on. If not go into customer menu look for closed caption option turn it off. If you have a cable or satellite box they may also have closed caption option that you can turn off.
Some TV will not display close caption in HD mode. This is why its Grey out in HD mode. If you switch to regular input, i can bet you your close caption will not be Grey out. The problem you are having is your cable box has close caption enable. You must go into the cable box menu and turn caption off. In some box you may have to call your cable provide for assistant.
Should be under the menu/setup button on remote under close caption.
lg 32lv2500 power light blinks red twice and then stays amber power light blinks red two times then stays amber. sound is fine. DVD plays fine.


Those workers you have been noticing at Saint Francis Medical Center are setting the stage for the next generation of patient care. Saint Francis' Building on Excellence expansion and renovation project is well underway, and parts of the project are set to be completed by the end of this year.
The project features the transition to all private patient rooms, including the enhanced Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with 18 private rooms. "The individual rooms in the Level III NICU will allow parents privacy with their babies around the clock, enhancing critical early-life bonding opportunities and making parents readily available to play a more active role in care," says Marilyn Curtis, MSA, vice president – professional services at Saint Francis. "We are thrilled that this first phase of the project will help so many people." This state-of-the-art facility opens in December.
Workers will place the last steel beam in January 2014. From that point on, they will be focusing on making every patient room a safe, comfortable place to receive treatments and recover from surgeries and other procedures.


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Minnesota Democrats off to the races with blockbuster bills
Tom Hauser KSTP
The opening gavel for the 2023 legislative session might as well have been the starting gun of a sprint to the finish.
In less than two weeks, the DFL-controlled Legislature has made significant progress on potentially transformative legislation on issues such as legal cannabis, abortion protections and paid family and medical leave.
"I'm also comparing it to the last decade or so when there has been so much inactivity, inaction and gridlock so it does seem to be going faster," said former DFL state Sen. Ember Reichgott Junge. "But you know what's so refreshing, Tom? Usually the question you ask me is why is everything done at the last minute."
Junge and former House Speaker Kurt Zellers, a Republican, sat down with us for a taping of "At Issue" to talk about the rapid pace of major legislation.
"This is an open bar with lobster, steak, best hotel downtown. Everybody gets to stay. I mean this is a wide-open party," Zellers said. "Unfettered abortion. Weed for everybody. Voting rights for 16-year-olds. I don't remember that on the campaign trail a couple months ago."
Snow covers the dome of the Minnesota State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (KSTP/file)
Zellers was referring to a bill that would allow Minnesotans as young as 16 to preregister to vote; applicants would still have to wait until they turn 18 to cast a ballot.
Gov. Tim Walz signed the first bill of the session this week, a bipartisan tax conformity bill that aligns Minnesota with federal tax law.
"For the naysayers or the pessimists, yes, work can get done," the governor said during a news conference on Wednesday. "Yes, folks came together collecitively."
But that bill might be one of the few significant proposals with bipartisan support — a bill codifying the right to an abortion in state law will not.
"Democrats know that what got them elected and put them in this position of being in control of state government is basically the abortion issue, and they are responding to what they heard at the doors when they were out there," Reighgott Junge said.
"But allowing abortion up until the very last day is completely above and beyond anything a Democrat campaigned on," Zellers responded.
These issues are just for starters, with a budget debate also looming. You can hear much more of this debate with our political analysts on "At Issue" Sunday morning at 10 a.m.
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Prep Football: Tigers strike late, bank on their defense in victory over Chino Valley
Kingman Academy's Gabe Imus runs the ball after making a catch Friday night. Imus caught a 30-yard game-winning touchdown later in the night as the Tigers held off Chino Valley 27-26 at Southside Park. (Photo by Beau Bearden/Daily Miner)
By Beau Bearden | KDMinerSports
Originally Published: October 5, 2019 4:44 p.m.
KINGMAN – To rephrase a famous Mark Twain quote, "It's not the size of the tiger in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the tiger."
The Kingman Academy High School football team lived up to that saying Friday night as it battled to a hard-fought 27-26 win over Chino Valley at Southside Park.
Football: Kingman Academy vs. Chino Valley - Oct. 4, 2019
"It was a boxing match," said Tigers quarterback Charlie Anderson. "It was back and forth, tensions were high and there were lots of penalties. But we found a way to get it done. We had a couple of underclassmen step up and they did well."
It was no doubt a team win, but Anderson played a crucial role in the victory by connecting with Gabe Imus for the game-winning touchdown with 5:04 remaining.
And it couldn't have come at a better time as the momentum was clearly in Chino Valley's corner.
The Cougars trailed 21-12 at halftime, but scored 14 unanswered points for a five-point lead with less than seven minutes to play. It was do or die for the Tigers and they responded on fourth down as Anderson had just enough time to find Imus on a 30-yard strike for six points.
"It wasn't quite supposed to go that way, but it did," said Academy head coach John Morgando. "Charlie (Anderson) made the throw and Gabe (Imus) made a great catch and finished it. That's all you can ask for – occasionally the play doesn't work like you want to, but to make a big play out of it is huge. It worked out for us and those two kids came up big. And a lot of people did."
The offense stepped up in crunch time, but it was the defensive unit that kept the Tigers in the game with five takeaways and two touchdowns.
Matthew Eads recovered a fumble in the end zone for a score, while Anderson returned an interception for six points.
"I really have to give our guys a hand for the effort this week," Morgando said. "Our defense is playing pretty lights out despite letting people score here and there. We're getting big plays – we had three scores on defense against Coronado and we had two scores on defense this week and three big picks. It's a testament to the kids working hard and playing hard because they don't get a lot of reps there during the week."
Academy lived up to Morgando's words late in the game as the defense stopped Chino Valley in its tracks with a pair of interceptions.
The first pick appeared to seal the game for the Tigers, but the Cougars notched an interception of their own to make things interesting. But another pick by the Tigers gave them the victory.
"To get a win against a region team is big," Morgando said. "You win the region, you make the playoffs regardless of everything else. So we want to play hard going the rest of the way forward and see what we can do, and make some noise."
No. 31 ranked Academy (2-3, 1-0 3A West Region) welcomes No. 27 ranked Wickenburg (2-4, 0-1) to town at 7 p.m. Friday for Homecoming.
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Out on the Water – The Highs and Lows of Charter Fishing
by north beach sun · August 31, 2012
By Corinne Saunders –
All photos by Michelle Conner, Chelleshots, chelleshotsobx.com
The excitement of a day on the water, full of unknowns, is one of the best things about the job, charter captains say. Some days you see whales, sea turtles, sharks and other sea life, says Ben Hoffmier, captain of Driftwood Charters. Watching the sunrise and days with pretty weather are perks that Olan West, captain of West Wind Charters, loves best.
The concept is simple. You pay a fee in exchange for a knowledgeable crew, boat and equipment. All you have to do is fish—a blanket license covers everyone onboard so no individual fishing licenses are required—and the crew will even teach you how to fish. Charter fishing options include offshore, inshore and inlet.
World Class Fishing
For offshore fisherman, the Outer Banks is the Billfish Capital of the world: hundreds of blue marlin, white marlin and sailfish are caught and released here each year, according to www.outerbanks.org.
Most of the billfish get thrown back. They're not considered good eating, just a prestigious catch, West explains, so it makes sense to release them. "Some people just love to marlin fish; some people love to catch meat fish."
In addition to billfish, Outer Banks waters are known for abundant dolphin, tuna, and wahoo in the summer and stripers and bluefin tuna in the winter. But while fishing is good in the summer, Hoffmier says it's actually best in the fall and winter, when schools of large fish migrate.
"There are not many places you catch such a variety of fish," West adds. "There's almost always something to catch; charters make it pretty easy to go fishing."
Fish congregate near the Gulf Stream, West explains. It's a 1.5- to 2-hour ride to make the trip out—about 40 miles.
Claiming it is the largest and most modern fishing fleet on the Eastern Seaboard, the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center website lists 41 boats available for chartering, "It is world class fishing on the Outer Banks," confirms West.
Charles Finch "Fin" Gaddy, captain of Qualifier Charters and Raleigh native, is now living his dream. "As a kid I always wanted to fish out of the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center—the best of the best; there's only one world-famous fishing center," he says. He remembers everyone in the fishing community knew the captains here by name, and many people began as mates and learned the trade from Outer Banks captains.
Captains agree that the impetus for getting into and staying in the business is not for profit alone.
"You have to love fishing," West says. "There's not a lot of money in it."
Replacing parts, changing the oil, keeping the boat fueled, and then hauling it out of the water to clean, sand and repaint the bottom every year adds up, West says. Plus the tackle must be regularly replaced.
Captains work at least 12-hour days: roughly 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. chartering, then performing maintenance on their boat.
"It is tougher and less lucrative than it appears," Hoffmier affirms. "A group recently told me BOAT stands for 'Break Out Another Thousand.' I got a kick out of that one."
The going rate for a day of offshore charter fishing is $1,500 or more. That is expensive, Gaddy acknowledges, but "look at what we burn a day in fuel, insurance…like everything, the cost of operation has gone up incredibly."
Success on the Water
"A lot of people try to define success based on the poundage of fish you catch," Gaddy muses. "In today's world, that thought needs to change."
"When we're not catching them, it sucks for us, too," says Gaddy. "We're harder on ourselves than we ought to be."
He explains that he wants them to have a good time and catch plenty of fish, but also enjoy the whole experience.
Gaddy considers the camaraderie and the memories made among the most important elements. Being captive on a boat can translate into quality family bonding time.
He adds, "There are a lot of things in today's world that separate families," and the pictures capturing those memories on the boat are the type of souvenirs to cherish.
Not-So-Smooth Sailing
Difficulties inherent in chartering include hard physical labor, the inability to predict weather for clients weeks in advance, the pressure to catch fish—which comes into play when the fish aren't cooperating—and drunks.
Gaddy has seen people drinking liquor on the rocks at 6 a.m., failing to think about the long day ahead on the water, he notes; and some people will get seasick even with no alcohol.
He advises not to overindulge the night before, either: "Having a hangover certainly wouldn't be a plus."
He says a surprising number of people forget their cameras, raingear, sunglasses and medications for diabetes, allergies and more. Even having a mild allergic reaction to food can become an event when you're miles out at sea. "Getting in a car's not an option. A lot of people don't think about that."
Some charters stay closer to home. Chad Hemilright, captain of Havin' Fun Soundside Charters, which runs out of Dock of the Bay Marina in Kitty Hawk, says he has a niche separate from ocean charters.
From June to November, he charters in the sound because, as a Kitty Hawk native, he knows the waters well, and is targeting families and kids.
His half-day trips are roughly three hours fishing and the last hour or so pulling in crab pots. Whether the fish bite or not, as a commercial crabber in the off season, he has enough pots to ensure his clients always come home with something.
Hoffmier doesn't usually go off shore either. He notes that the summer season is by far the busiest, thanks to the visitors, and he runs light tackle and fly fishing trips in the backwaters of the sound and inlet, and only occasionally charters in the ocean.
"Working on the water, you've got to be diversified, with the price of fuel and all," Hemilright says. "If you're fair to people and show them a good time, eight times out of ten they're going to come back."
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Adelaide Friday, Dec 11, 2020
Barbarians at the gatehouse
If the Marshall Government follows through on its decision to bulldoze the historic Urrbrae gatehouse, it will be a scar inflicted on Adelaide by the state's refusal to properly fund public transport.
David Washington @davidwashingto2
Adelaide traffic congestion. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily
Alongside the State Government's disingenuous and transparent spin, the saddest aspect of its decision to wreck the circa-1890 Urrbrae Gatehouse is what it says about South Australia's long history of wretched transport planning.
Every transport planner with even the remotest veneer of independence from the car and construction lobbies has warned for years that Adelaide's obsession with private car transport will damage our urban fabric. We narrowly avoided urban disaster 50 years ago, when Don Dunstan abandoned the so-called MATS plan, which would have ploughed high-speed freeways through some of Adelaide's loveliest suburbs.
At least the MATS plan had some vision for public transport. Today, state and federal governments are willing to pour billions into urban road projects – often with little documented justification – while all but ignoring public transport.
The current State Government has a particular focus on big, shiny, metropolitan road projects, without much appetite for new investment in public transport.
The Labor administration talked a good game, releasing a comprehensive transport plan in 2013, but built very little of its lofty vision to reinstate Adelaide's light rail network.
Today, the grand dream of being able to drive "continuously" on the "north-south corridor" from Gawler to Noarlunga continues to attract billions of dollars. Why? We're not entirely sure – the business case hasn't been completed yet.
Up in the Hills, the locals wanted a two-way on-off ramp from Hahndorf – they got about $200 million more than they anticipated from the state and federal governments and the community is still wondering what the hell the rest will be spent on. A freight road, no doubt.
Meanwhile, Mt Barker locals can't get a bus home from Adelaide after 6pm without taking a one-hour grand tour of Hills towns.
Unlike every other major Australian city, Adelaide barely has a rail system. Our few heavy rail corridors still aren't completely electrified, with successive governments congratulating themselves on every incremental, tiny, tentative step forward. Our tram network is an embarrassing stub.
Our bus system, which is relied on by the vast majority of commuters, is so poorly regarded by our transport planners and their political masters that they thought it was a seriously good idea to rip out nearly 1000 bus stops.
That abandoned plan hastened the end of then transport minister Stephan Knoll's political career.
If his replacement Corey Wingard goes ahead with his plan to bulldoze the historic Urrbrae gatehouse to squeeze in a few extra lanes at the intersection, then his career may well start to head in the same direction.
The transport planning arguments against a huge skew towards road expenditure at the expense of public transport investment are obvious and established.
More road capacity tends to attract more vehicles, therefore reducing quickly the congestion-mitigation effects. By pouring billions of dollars into roads, public transport projects get frozen out of the investment picture, making buses, trams and trains less appealing to an already car-focused SA public. More people drive their cars; more road corridors suffer from congestion.
Only mass transit can ultimately address Adelaide's growing congestion problem – and it's a much better investment of taxpayers' money in the long run. In Adelaide, this means devoting more of our precious road corridor to public transport – not less.
As the gatehouse decision shows, the current policy approach poses a growing danger to Adelaide's character and liveability.
The Urrbrae gatehouse. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily
We're late to this compared to other bigger cities, but Adelaide's expanding road space is now beginning to tear at our urban fabric and heritage.
Very few people seem to care that the South Road upgrades we've already seen have ripped some of our oldest suburbs asunder. Neighbours who once lived across the street from each other, are now divided by a hot-hard river of vehicles and concrete. Is the pay-off in congestion-busting and freight worth it? Possibly. Maybe. We haven't had that debate – the benefits are simply accepted.
Hundreds of people have lost their homes or businesses in the west – hundreds more will. It is telling that the expansion of one intersection in the east – where Magill and Portrush roads intersect – has attracted more outrage than entire swathes of the west.
The celebrated Northern Connector and Darlington interchange might be convenient from some drivers, and the former particularly pleasing for trucks trundling from the north to the Port, but they do nothing for the city's charm or sense of place. The Connector feels positively dystopian: like the Blade Runner art director decided to experiment with minimalism. You could be anywhere, from the outskirts of a Chinese mega-city to the New Jersey turnpike.
The $867 million Northern Connector. Photo: Government of South Australia
At Urrbrae, the quirky cottage that once served as the gatehouse to Peter Waite's grand property provides an immediate sense of place. It's unique; it's a distinct landmark; it reminds us of some of the better aspects of our recent history – philanthropy, research, enterprise. It acts as the gateway to the Waite Arboretum, with its collection of beautiful trees – an urban sanctuary.
There's a reason the gatehouse is state heritage-listed – because it's an irreplaceable part of our shared history.
Steven Marshall promised to preserve such built heritage.
Instead, he's taking Federal Government "congestion-busting" money – provided to reward Liberal seats – and opting for destruction because Wingard's Department is too cheap or stubborn to seriously consider alternatives. The road-widening project seems relatively pointless but, if it must be done, relocating the building is feasible and relatively cheap in the context of a multi-billion-dollar roads budget.
But before the site is razed for another strip of bitumen, so that individual drivers sitting in their individual cars can sit at the intersection stewing for slightly less time, we must ask ourselves where this sort of transport policy will ultimately lead us.
Imagine a fantasy Adelaide in 2030: the '20s have become known as the "shovel-ready" decade. We've widened so many roads and built so many non-stop freeways that traffic delays and congestion in Adelaide appear to be vanquished, at least for a moment in time. The CBD is a Manhattan of soaring car parking stations; Frome Road is a six-lane freeway; the cycle lane network has been ripped up to return the road space to its rightful owners.
Gone with the traffic frustrations, however, will be thousands of homes, businesses, community connections, heritage buildings and quirky places that made this place distinguishable from any other bleak metropolis.
Why would anyone want to live here?
David Washington is editor of InDaily.
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Officials reveal Salem Overlay draft
Members of the community gathered in the West Newton Elementary school cafeteria Thursday night to see design and development plans for the western side of the county.
Jessica Guinn vice president of The Collaborative Firm and urban designer Alex Fite-Wassilak presented the Salem Overlay Draft, which showed zoning, design and development standards for the Salem Community. The county hired The Collaborative Firm as a consultant to design an overlay for the Salem Road area.
Scott Sirotkin, director of Newton County's Department of Development Services, said the project was one of the steps in implementing the County's 2050 Plan, a plan that looks to control growth and direct it toward the already dense western side of the county, promoting town centers that will include the majority of the county's housing, businesses and other amenities, allowing the county to save lots of money on future infrastructure.
Sirotkin said the purpose of the meeting was to share the most recent draft of the overlay and get feedback from the general public.
An overlay creates new and additional zoning and development standards for a specific area.
The intent of an overlay is to customize the standards in order to create a community that reflects the goals and preferences of a particular area.
"The Salem overlay is proposed to have three tiers, each with a different set of standards but [will] work together based on common underlying requirements," he said.
" The largest tier, Tier 1, was shown in yellow on the map. It is intended to be predominately residential with some low-intensity commercial; Tier 2 focuses on mixed use development; and Tier 3, centered on the intersection of Brown Bridge and Salem, is labeled as a town center and would be the most intense of the tiers," Sirotkin said.
Sirotkin said this was the second meeting with the general public; four meetings have already been held with the stakeholders committee and one business forum has been held. He said the meeting on Thursday was helpful because it gave the Salem Overlay team good feedback.
"We received important and helpful feedback from the citizens and other community members who attended the meeting. I hope everyone came away with a good understanding of the standards under which future development would take place in this area if the overlay is adopted," he said.
There are three more meetings scheduled for the Salem Overlay Draft.
A work session with the Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Nov. 19. A public hearing before the Planning Commission will be held on Nov. 27 and a public hearing before the Board of Commissioners on Dec. 18.
Sirotkin said all of the meetings are open to the public and will be held at the historic courthouse.
More information about Newton County's Salem Overlay can be found at http://salemoverlay.wordpress.com/