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Aussie baseball star's wife, son murdered
5th May 2020 9:59 AM
American pitcher Blake Bivens, who played for the Perth Heat in the most recent season of the Australian Baseball League, has detailed the moment his life was struck with unspeakable tragedy.
The 24-year-old was awaiting a flight from Tennessee to his home in Virginia last August when he signed onto social media and learned his wife, 14-month-old son and mother-in-law had been murdered.
Bivens spoke Sunday of the horrific day at the The River Church in Danville, Virginia, which was shared via Facebook.
"First headline I see is two females and a small child were gone," Bivens said. "I immediately knew that was them. I found out my family was gone over a Facebook headline. I just immediately began to scream in the middle of the airport."
Bivens' brother-in-law, Matthew Thomas Bernard, was charged with three counts of first-degree homicide. Bernard will undergo a competency review to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial.
A warrant enabled authorities to search the 18-year-old alleged killer's phone, which reportedly contained evidence indicating Bernard had "visions" and "heard from God."
"I think the hardest moment for me was when I got home and I walked in my son's bedroom for the first time and realised I was never going to see him on this Earth again," he said. "That was the worst moment in my life. Nothing ever will come to being, to feeling the way I felt at that moment. Then again, I know I will see him again one day, and it won't be long."
Emily and the couple's son, Cullen.
Since losing his wife, Emily, 25, son, Cullen, and mother-in-law, Joan Bernard, 62, Bivens has spent time with teammates and continued pitching in Australia, relying on religion - citing Bible verse John 16:33 - to help him through the devastation.
"And when I read, 'Take heart, for I have overcome the world,' it changed, it completely flipped a switch in my heart," Bivens said. "And from that moment on I knew that this was not going to beat me, this was not going to beat family. I was going to live in victory the rest of my life, and I was going to use this as a testimony to show what he has done for me, he can also do for others.
"That moment for me was one of the biggest moments where I just knew God was with me, and the only thing I knew to do was just laugh in the enemy's face, because he thought he had won. But all he's done is woken a sleeping giant and as long as I'm here on this Earth, every day I wake up, my goal is to pile-drive him right in the face every morning when I get up."
"It's unbelievable how much I can vividly remember from the day," Bivens said. "And it's kind of unbelievable to see how far things have come from that day also."
This article was originally published by the New York Post and reproduced with permission
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The origin of Aksai black pied pig is traced to Kazakhstan. Despite the name it features a very distinctive black/grey, white coloration. The entire pig is pinkish white with black patches like a Dalmatian. Bred for their meat content the animal is domesticated and ideal for commercial production.
It has short coat hairs, creamy white with black uneven patches. The tail is twisted, big muzzle and stocky body. Average height for sow is 167cm while the boar grows 182cm. The sow weighs 244kg, boar 320kg.
There is a huge number of purebreds in production. The animal was produced from crossbreeding Berkshire and large whites. First developed in 1952 it is breed in experimental training farms in Kazakhstan and state farms.
For commercial production they are crossed with large white, landrace and North Caucasian pigs. This has improved the meat quality and piglet production.
Under ideal feeding conditions they attain 100kg body weight in 212 days. Carcass length 96cm, ham weight 11.2kg, fat thickness 30mm.
A sow produces 8-10 piglets per litter. Favorite diet is general pig fodder.
Aksai is bred for agricultural purposes and meat production. They grow rapidly and the large size supports commercial meat production.
Life expectancy is long and they live 14 to 20 years.


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Q: Add active class to foundation 6 tabs while looping categories I have a custom post type (bulletins) that I'm putting into Foundation 6.4.3's tabs and accordions. The taxonomies are the tab headings. The individual custom post type content is the accordions.
My problem is on page load, no tabs appear. I need to add 'is-active' class to the first class="tabs-panel" on the page, but I can't figure the best way to do that because I have to start and stop the various loops to get the tabs and accordions to work properly.
I don't think I can use any php counting function because the
 is before the <?php while, right?
My code:

    <?php $bulletin_types = get_object_taxonomies( 'bulletinboard' );
        foreach( $bulletin_types as $bulletin_type ) :
                $terms = get_terms( $bulletin_type );
    foreach( $terms as $term ) : ?>

<a data-tabs-target="panel-<?php echo $term->slug ;?>" href="#panel-<?php echo $term->slug ;?>"><?php echo $term->name ;?>

    <?php endforeach;?>

    <?php foreach( $terms as $term ) : ?>
    <?php $bulletins = new WP_Query( array(
        'taxonomy' => $bulletin_type,
        'term' => $term->slug,
    ));?>
    <?php if( $bulletins->have_posts() ): ?>
    <div class="tabs-panel" id="panel-<?php echo $term->slug ;?>">

            <?php while( $bulletins->have_posts() ) : $bulletins->the_post();

                <?php the_title();?>

                    //POST CONTENT HERE

            <?php endwhile; ?>

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A: Sure, you can use a counter. Just move your while loop a little higher. Something along these lines:

        <?php
            // counter for ul.tabs
            $i=0;
            $bulletin_types = get_object_taxonomies( 'bulletinboard' );
            foreach( $bulletin_types as $bulletin_type ) :
                    $terms = get_terms( $bulletin_type );
        foreach( $terms as $term ) :
        // increment each one
        $i++; ?>

        <li class="tabs-title
            <?php // only for the first one, add .is-active
            if($i == 1) { echo ' is-active'; } ?>
        "><a data-tabs-target="panel-<?php echo $term->slug ;?>" href="#panel-<?php echo $term->slug ;?>"><?php echo $term->name ;?>

        <?php endforeach;?>

        <?php foreach( $terms as $term ) : ?>
        <?php $bulletins = new WP_Query( array(
            'taxonomy' => $bulletin_type,
            'term' => $term->slug,
        ));?>
        <?php if( $bulletins->have_posts() ):
        // move the while up
        while( $bulletins->have_posts() ) : $bulletins->the_post();
        // reset the counter
        $i=0; ?>
        <div class="tabs-panel<?php // again add .is-active only for first
if($i==0) { echo ' is-active'; } ?>" id="panel-<?php echo $term->slug ;?>">

                    <?php the_title();?>

                        //POST CONTENT HERE

                <?php endwhile; ?>

        <?php endif;?>
        <?php endforeach;?>

    <?php endforeach; ?>

Basically, you set your counter up before whatever loop you're using - like your foreach - and then within the loop, increment it, and that way you can isolate the first item.

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None of Heywood's dentists are taking on new NHS patients and people trying to get NHS subsidised treatment in the town are referred to neighbouring towns - in particular, Bury.
But now the Advertiser has learned that some of the few remaining Bury dentists who have been taking Heywood's overflow are also considering pulling out of the NHS.
One dentist, who would not be named, said he and colleagues he had spoken to in other practices were sick of all the hassle, form filling and follow up secretarial work which NHS work demanded for poor returns.
And he said dentists could foresee the problems getting worse when radical changes are introduced next year in the way the NHS dentistry service operates.From April, dentists who want to continue with NHS work will apply for a share of a government pot - similar to the way many GP surgeries now operate.
But in a report to the Health Scrutiny Panel, the head of dental services in Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton, Charles Brown, hints that the changes will not be plain sailing.
He says the British Dental Association is encouraging its members to move to lesser dependence on NHS income. And it is already holding seminars to show NHS dentists how to go wholly private.
Latest figures show that five million fewer people are registering as NHS patients than 10 years ago. And in many cases, people are going private, not through choice but because, like Heywood folk, they can't find an NHS dentist.
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Qualified dentists leaving are outnumbering those joining. And that has landed many dentists in the same dilemma as Barry Wallis in York Street.
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As one way round the crisis, Rochdale Council has been asked to look at the possibility of providing grants to help new practices set up.
Under the system from next April, Heywood's Primary Care Trust will become responsible for all after hours dental care and IT provision. But the report warns that the extent of that will be limited by the money available.
PCT chief executive Keith Surgeon said more capital investment was needed for new facilities and staff "to allow optimism for the future."


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Kennedy Elementary School » School Information » School Principal
Dr. Kevin Hajduk
John F. Kennedy Elementary School Principal
Kevin Hajduk is a graduate of South Plainfield High School where he excelled in wrestling, cross country, and various clubs. Born in South Plainfield, Dr. Hajduk holds an Ed.D. with distinction in Educational Leadership from Seton Hall University, in addition to an Ed.S from Seton Hall University, an M.A. in Educational Technology from New Jersey City University and a B.S. in Special Education/Elementary Education from East Stroudsburg University. Prior to assuming the position of Principal of John F. Kennedy Elementary School, he served at South Plainfield High School and Roosevelt Elementary School as a Special Education teacher and at the Middle School as an Assistant Principal and Principal for eight years. He also coached three sports: wrestling, cross country, and spring track.
Dr. Hajduk has received numerous honors and awards, including the New Jersey City University Distinguished Alumni Award and the NASA Sun/Earth Connection Outstanding Achievement Award for his outstanding record of achievements in science, innovation, and higher education policy. Dr. Hajduk was the recipient of the New Jersey Center for Tourette's Syndrome's 2013 Educator of the Year Award. The award recognized Dr. Hajduk's commitment to making a difference in the lives of students with Tourette Syndrome and associated neurological disorders. Dr. Hajduk has presented various educational initiatives with NASA scientists as a NASA Master Teacher in Alaska, the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Arizona, Utah, and South Carolina.
Among my main objectives as Principal of John F. Kennedy School this year, I plan to embrace the vision that all children can learn, given the opportunity and programs to succeed. I will continue to be an inspirational leader, who is committed to the continual improvement and educational excellence of all individuals at John F. Kennedy School. I will have high expectations for the students and staff at Kennedy School and plan to continue to analyze ways to improve the instruction and learning of each student and staff member in the school.
It is my belief that by building a foundation at the elementary school level, all children will be heading towards being prepared to be world-class citizens ready to master the challenges of the 21st Century in their later years of education. At Kennedy School, the students will be nurtured in an environment that fosters learning in a safe place and is supportive of all levels of achievement.
When I am not at school, I enjoy traveling, watching sports, coaching Little League and Soccer and spending time with my beautiful wife, Angela, and four children-- Joseph, Anthony, Lorenzo, and Giavanna.
Dr. Kevin Hajduk ( khajduk@spboe.org )
JFK Elementary School Principal


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How To Install Local Channels On Amazon Fire Stick
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How to Access Local Channels on Your Amazon Fire Stick!
Another option is to combine your Amazon Fire Stick with regular TV service. Your TV should have the ability to switch between different inputs, so you can have the Amazon Fire Stick on one input, while your regular TV will come in through another input.
This way, you can easily switch between the video-on-demand goodness of the Fire Stick and the normal TV that you are used to. Still, we asked can you watch normal TV on Amazon Fire Stick, so lets move on to our final option.
Installing an app like TVPlayer will provide many of the channels you would receive through your regular TV service, all in one place. Installing the app is as simple as installing any appmerely find it in the app store and hit install. You can then use it to stream live TV channels, use catch-up and on-demand services, and enjoy all the convenience of having your channels together in one place. TVPlayer is just one example of this kind of app, however. Be sure to check the app you are considering to make sure it serves the channels from your region.
Locast: Free Local Channels From A Nonprofit
TV antennas dont work for everyone. Head over to Locast.org and see if they offer its donation-based service in your area. Locast is a non-profit that live streams local ABC, NBC, CBS and PBS to computers and most major streaming devices.;
So if you are in Locasts coverage area, its a quick way to add local, live TV on your Fire TV Stick or Cube.;;
You can easily add two to three dozen channels to your TV depending on where you live.;
Locast requires you to create a profile to use its service. Its free. But expect to get hit up for a donation while watching.
Philo: Live Tv Sans Sports
If you dont care about live sports, but need channels such as Hallmark or HGTV,Philo has 60 channels live TV and its $25 per month.
There is unlimited Cloud DVR and a huge-on demand library of movies and shows.
Its the cheapest way to watch The Curse of Oak Island on the History Channel or Live Rescue on A&E.;
Look over Philos channel lineup or sign up for a 7-day free trial.
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Watch Live Tv From Third
You can subscribe to third-party services that provide local channel access. For instance, Hulu offers a paid subscription that includes its standard content along with local and cable-based channel access.
Sling TV offers local programming too with pricing starting around $15 per month. You can install the Sling TV app on your Fire Stick or Fire TV. Other services supporting live TV include Google's YouTube TV, and Fubo TV.
How To Connect Firestick With Dish Network
You can install many apps on your Firestick or Fire TV and Dish Anywhere App is Dish Networks dedicated app. You can use it on many other platforms too. Android, iOS, and other apps are available.
However, here is how to install the Dish Anywhere app on your Firestick:
Use your Firestick remote to give Alexa voice command Search for the Dish Anywhere App. Alternatively, you can use the Search option on your Firestick Home screen and type in Dish Anywhere App into the search bar.
When you find the app, select it, and press the Get button below.
The app will download shortly, and you can select Open when it finishes.
Accept the end-user license agreement after reading it.
Go to the Dish Anywhere activation page using any browser on your smartphone, tablet, or computer.
Confirm with Activate Device.
If the code is right, you will see the Device successfully registered screen.
On your Firestick, you should see the Dish Anywhere home page. Here you will see all the content available on the regular Dish Network. Browse and play the content freely on your Firestick device.
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How To Get Local Channels On Firestick Using Locast
If you happen to be in any of the 35 cities where Locast is available, you can access several local TV channels in your area for free. Locast is a non-profit live streaming platform that was launched in 2018. The service set up antennas in select cities so it could collect live OTA signals and relay them over the internet to its viewers.
On Locast, you can enjoy local channels that you would get with an antenna. It has a robust channel list that includes NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, and The CW.
Like I said, the thing is that Locasts coverage is relatively small. However, if you happen to live in one of the areas that receives coverage, you will get to watch some local channels in your area. Locast uses your real-time location to determine whats available to you, so if you live outside the designated markets, you wont be able to use the service. As a workaround, you can always connect to a VPN server in one of the covered markets.
Locast is pretty easy to use. It requires you to register on its site with an email address and verify the email by entering a validation code. That app comes with a TV guide for the FireStick, and you can favorite your preferred channels.
Locast is available in the following cities:
How to Install Locast on FireStick
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You dont want to stress about staying anonymous when watching adult content, especially if you live in a country where porn is banned or censored.;Luckily, maintaining your privacy while watching porn is easy to do with a VPN.
Top VPN services like ExpressVPNcan be installed onto your Fire Stick effortlessly. When enabled, all of your traffic will be encrypted before its sent out. This will ensure that no one can see your private online activity.
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How To Get Local Channels On Firestick Using Newson
This is another news streaming app, one that focuses on the local news. NewsON is actually one of the leading apps that offers local TV news in the US. With NewsON, users gain instant access to live news broadcasts and video-on-demand content, such as old newscasts and clips.
The NewsON app offers wide reach, currently covering around 80% of US markets. It offers on-demand news from over 275 local TV stations in over 165 markets, and those figures are steadily rising.
As usual, the local stations that are available vary by location. However, most viewers will be able to use NewsON to stream the local news from major networks, like ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and PBS.
Interestingly, youre not restricted to local news in your area. Say I live in Los Angeles, for example, and am curious to see whats happening over in Dallas. I simply need to switch over to that location and I will gain access to all the local news broadcasts in that area.
Recently, NewsON debuted a redesigned app for Amazon Fire TV devices, like the Fire TV Cube, FireStick 4K, and FireStick Lite. The revamped app simplifies access to the stations available on the app and increases customization. Viewers can set their favorite stations and watch breaking news coverage from multiple local stations.
NewsON is completely free of charge, but users will be shown ads to support the service.
How to Install NewsON on FireStick
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Tutorial: How to Watch Local Channels on Amazon Fire Stick
NOTE: Not all compatible cities feature live streaming news and users may only be able to view on-demand videos.
You do not have to be located in the following cities to access these locations.
Use the guide below to learn how to get Local News on Firestick/Fire TV.
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Highlight the home category at the top on your screen by pressing remotes up key on the navigation ring
Now navigate to the second last category Apps by pressing the remotes right key on the navigation ring.
Press the Select button, to open the apps menu.
On the apps submenu press down the key on the navigation ring to highlight features and then press right key to highlight the category and press the select button.
Choose your favorite category by navigation ring and press the select key to select.
Now select your app you want to install by navigation ring on remote and press the select button.
Navigate to the Get button and press the select button to install the app on firestick.
Now you will get your tv channel content such as news movies and much more.
How To Get Local Tv Channels On Amazon Firestick
Even though we live in the age of Netflix and other online streaming services, we still need access to local TV channels in order to stay informed of what is going on in our state, town, or even neighborhood. There are various different ways to get local channels, including through cable TV, satellite TV, the use of a digital antenna, and online services. However, many of those options are either pricey or inconvenient. Luckily, one can also get access to local TV channels with an Amazon Firestick. As there are several different ways to do so, make sure to review them below and choose the method you find most convenient.
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How To Get Local Channels On Fire Tv
;Amazons Fire TV is one of the best streaming devices on the market. Its perfect for use with Netflix and other streaming video on demand services, but thats not all it can do. Its also a great tool for watching live TV, including local channels. Thanks to an increasing number of live TV streaming options, several ways to use over-the-air antennas with Fire TV, and a few stand-alone apps, it has never been easier to watch local news, local sports, and other local programming on Amazon Fire TV. In the guide below, well show you everything you need to know about how to get local channels on Fire TV devices.
A few of our favorite ways to stream local channels on Fire TV:
Buy Digital Antenna And Media Server Software
The first and the most straightforward methods of adding local channels on your Amazon TV is the use of a Digital Antenna and Media Server Software. You just need to buy the equipment and attach it to a computer running a media server solution such as Plex Media Server. After this, you will install the Media Server app on the Firestick. Research further to learn how to setup Plex Server because its not completely trivial or in the interests of this article. This is one of the best methods because you will get all local channels that are broadcasted in your area on your TV for free.
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Do You Need An Antenna To Get Local Channels On Firestick
No. While using an OTA antenna together with a device like the Amazon Recast is one way you can stream local TV channels on your FireStick device, it is not the only way. There are other services that you can use, including skinny bundle streaming services like AT&T TV and Hulu + Live TV. You can also use services like Locast or third-party apps like Live NetTV.
How To Get Local Channels On Firestick With The Amazon News App
The following tutorial will show you How to Get Local Channels on Firestick.
Cutting the cord just became a whole lot easier for Firestick and Fire TV Users.
The free Amazon News App is now supporting local channels in over 80 cities across America.
This includes live news from outlets such as ABC, NBC, CBSN, and more. The latest update brings the total number of accompanied cities to 88.
Prior to this new listing, only 12 cities had access to Live Local News directly from the Firestick home screen.
You can read the official release from Fire TV at the link below:
If you use an;IPTV Service;you are likely without any local options.
However, with local options now available in the News App, Firestick, and Fire TV users will have full access to live news channels everywhere.
We have even included the Amazon News App within our guide on Streaming Local Channels Without Cable.
The Amazon News App is a fabulous way to stream local channels on your Firestick or Fire TV and is listed within our guide of Best Firestick Channels.
For these reasons and more, this is one of the options highlighted in our list of Best Legal IPTV Services.
If you are in one of the following locations, you can easily access Local News directly from the Firestick home screen.
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What Do You Need To Get Local Tv Channels On Amazon Fire Stick
The people always search for how to install local channels on Amazon firestick. The entertainment is a must in the life of a firestick user. The user makes it more entertaining by looking for what channels are free with the firestick. The channels I have mentioned above you can access without cost. Now the last thing which you need to know is what do you need to get local TV channels. The local channel requires the use of a third-party app or by using a skinny bundle. The use of a Plex server is quite complicated thats why the third-party app is suggested.
Watch Live Tv Using An Antenna
Watch TV Channels FREE on Amazon Fire TV Stick
One method to grab local programming is to purchase a digital antenna and connect it to a PC. In turn, the PC needs software like Plex Media Server for Windows, MacOS, or Linux to deliver those over-the-air broadcasts across your local network. The Plex app for Android serves as a receiver.
The drawback, however, is not only the additional hardware cost, but the varying quality of digital over-the-air broadcasts.
Another option is to purchase a Tablo DVR or something similar. Again, you must purchase a digital antenna, but you dont need a PC acting as a server. Instead, a Tablo DVR accesses your local network through Wi-Fi or an Ethernet connection. It broadcasts captured over-the-air TV to your devices, including Amazons Fire TV Stick.
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Best Firestick Channels For Movies And Tv Shows
Although Netflix is a paid Firestick channel, the content it offers is worth your money. Right now, Netflix is bursting with a wide range of TV shows and movies, and more added every month. There are Netflix Originals that are exclusive to the platform. All in all, its one of the best Firestick channels to multiply your entertainment pleasure.
Its a completely free app that offers hundreds of channels to watch. Plus, you can stream tons of on-demand TV shows and movies too. Its an ad-supported service with unlimited free hours of entertainment.
AMC is a paid Firestick channel that lets you stream AMC copyrighted shows and AMC originals. You can log in to the AMC app by using the AMC satellite subscription.
HBO Max is an all-in-one Firestick channel that lets you watch HBO originals, documentaries, movies, TV shows, comedy, and sports.
ABC is a paid service powered by Americas leading cable TV Network. You can watch on-demand content and live streaming of ABC by subscribing to the participating TV provider.
A&E is a free channel to stream a huge collection of A&E series including deleted and extra scenes. The best thing is A&E also offers full episodes of popular shows like 60 Days In, Ghost Hunters, and much more.
Hulu Firestick channel is paid and gets you access to Hulu originals and an on-demand catalog of movies and TV shows. You can watch news, sports, Cinemax, and HBO if youre willing to pay a few extra dollars.
What Is A Fire Stick
The is a plug and play dongle device that lets you to stream shows on your TV. Through its intuitive remote, the Fire TV Stick lets you access Amazons media store.
There you can find TV shows, music, movies, and games.
The device is a small dongle about the size of a HDMI stick. When you plug the device into your TV you can stream content in 1080p HD quality.
The streaming device works very similar to the Amazon Fire TV , but its not a set top device.
When you buy the stick you also receive the Alexa Voice Remote. For an affordable, one-time cost, you can immediately access on-demand and top live TV streaming services.
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Here's the recording of the DJ Shadow & DJ Krush set recorded live at the Mo' Wax Headz Tour night Sankeys, Manchester on 9th November 1994.
A large selection of US Hip-Hop form the golden era, Funk, early Mo' Wax releases, a bit of Jungle… It's all about eclectism.
All credit goes to DoodleBug, the promoter of the event, for this recording. They released it in 2009 I think. I just put all the parts together, added a short jingle at the start just for fun, and re-uploaded it for your listening pleasure.
Also I found in my archives the original flyer for the event, click to view full size.
I tried to make a tracklisting but still need to id some tunes, feel free to help me fill the gaps!
The guy behind Doodlebug just sent me the link to a video snippet of the party, how did I never see that before? It's short and dark but it's also the only video from a Headz night that you'll be able to watch on the internet!
I remember the Headz night at Sankey's Soap well. I was at university in Manchester when the Headz tour came to town and already had some Mo' Wax 12″s and some of the early LPs but had never seen any of the artists live. I saw DJ Shadow a few times after that but not many others. James Lavelle was a huge inspiration to me (I later set up a couple of small record labels myself). Have been loving the mixes on here and will pull out my Mo' Wax collection when I get home. Keep up the great work!
Excellent mix! Thanks for the upload.. Can anyone tell me where to find the Ahmad 'Back in the Day' remix track? Sample is from 'Windy C' by 100% Pure Poison I believe.
Hi Dale / Mowax Thanks for the reply, got to hear the mix excellent thanks again..
Super nice listen! Thanks a lot!
I REMEMBER FILMING THIS ONE, SHADOW AND KRUSH ALL NITE LONG. . . . . . .
I was there that night too. I saw DJ Shadow at his first gig in the UK at Bar Rumba at the end of '93.


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#ifndef MICROPY_INCLUDED_LIB_TIMEUTILS_TIMEUTILS_H
#define MICROPY_INCLUDED_LIB_TIMEUTILS_TIMEUTILS_H

// The number of seconds between 1970/1/1 and 2000/1/1 is calculated using:
// time.mktime((2000,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0)) - time.mktime((1970,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0))
#define TIMEUTILS_SECONDS_1970_TO_2000 (946684800ULL)

typedef struct _timeutils_struct_time_t {
    uint16_t tm_year;       // i.e. 2014
    uint8_t tm_mon;         // 1..12
    uint8_t tm_mday;        // 1..31
    uint8_t tm_hour;        // 0..23
    uint8_t tm_min;         // 0..59
    uint8_t tm_sec;         // 0..59
    uint8_t tm_wday;        // 0..6  0 = Monday
    uint16_t tm_yday;       // 1..366
} timeutils_struct_time_t;

bool timeutils_is_leap_year(mp_uint_t year);
mp_uint_t timeutils_days_in_month(mp_uint_t year, mp_uint_t month);
mp_uint_t timeutils_year_day(mp_uint_t year, mp_uint_t month, mp_uint_t date);

void timeutils_seconds_since_2000_to_struct_time(mp_uint_t t,
    timeutils_struct_time_t *tm);

mp_uint_t timeutils_seconds_since_2000(mp_uint_t year, mp_uint_t month,
    mp_uint_t date, mp_uint_t hour, mp_uint_t minute, mp_uint_t second);

mp_uint_t timeutils_mktime_2000(mp_uint_t year, mp_int_t month, mp_int_t mday,
    mp_int_t hours, mp_int_t minutes, mp_int_t seconds);

// Select the Epoch used by the port.
#if MICROPY_EPOCH_IS_1970

static inline void timeutils_seconds_since_epoch_to_struct_time(uint64_t t, timeutils_struct_time_t *tm) {
    // TODO this will give incorrect results for dates before 2000/1/1
    return timeutils_seconds_since_2000_to_struct_time(t - TIMEUTILS_SECONDS_1970_TO_2000, tm);
}

static inline uint64_t timeutils_mktime(mp_uint_t year, mp_int_t month, mp_int_t mday, mp_int_t hours, mp_int_t minutes, mp_int_t seconds) {
    return timeutils_mktime_2000(year, month, mday, hours, minutes, seconds) + TIMEUTILS_SECONDS_1970_TO_2000;
}

static inline uint64_t timeutils_seconds_since_epoch(mp_uint_t year, mp_uint_t month,
    mp_uint_t date, mp_uint_t hour, mp_uint_t minute, mp_uint_t second) {
    return timeutils_seconds_since_2000(year, month, date, hour, minute, second) + TIMEUTILS_SECONDS_1970_TO_2000;
}

static inline mp_uint_t timeutils_seconds_since_epoch_from_nanoseconds_since_1970(uint64_t ns) {
    return ns / 1000000000ULL;
}

static inline uint64_t timeutils_nanoseconds_since_epoch_to_nanoseconds_since_1970(uint64_t ns) {
    return ns;
}

#else // Epoch is 2000

#define timeutils_seconds_since_epoch_to_struct_time timeutils_seconds_since_2000_to_struct_time
#define timeutils_seconds_since_epoch timeutils_seconds_since_2000
#define timeutils_mktime timeutils_mktime_2000

static inline uint64_t timeutils_seconds_since_epoch_to_nanoseconds_since_1970(mp_uint_t s) {
    return ((uint64_t)s + TIMEUTILS_SECONDS_1970_TO_2000) * 1000000000ULL;
}

static inline mp_uint_t timeutils_seconds_since_epoch_from_nanoseconds_since_1970(uint64_t ns) {
    return ns / 1000000000ULL - TIMEUTILS_SECONDS_1970_TO_2000;
}

static inline int64_t timeutils_nanoseconds_since_epoch_to_nanoseconds_since_1970(int64_t ns) {
    return ns + TIMEUTILS_SECONDS_1970_TO_2000 * 1000000000ULL;
}

#endif

int timeutils_calc_weekday(int y, int m, int d);

#endif // MICROPY_INCLUDED_LIB_TIMEUTILS_TIMEUTILS_H

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


news The Australian operation of the formerly merged Hewlett Packard company has revealed that its local revenues sank by a whopping $271.5 million in 2015, with most of the decline attributable to its technology products business, as opposed to the IT services business it is splitting off into a separate company.
On 1 November, HP split its operations into two, with its technology products business (especially personal computers and printers) to form the basis of one new company, HP Inc, and its IT services business to form a second company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
However, for the year to 31 October last year, HP was still one large operation, and its Australian operations reported their financial results together in a filing to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission this week.
The results show bad news for HP Inc, especially. Over the year to 31 October, HP made $271.5 million less revenue than it did in the previous 12 months. The main issue was the sale of goods (generally technology products), which sank from $2.15 billion in 2014 to $1.85 billion in 2015.
HP's services business was relatively stable over that period, only sinking about $5 million to $1.395 billion in 2015.
Despite the steady performance of its IT services business, the HPE side of the former group has recently been conducting substantial layoff operations in Australia, suggesting that the red ink may not be quarantined to its products business.
Delimiter has recently revealed that HPE is in the throes of cutting several hundred staff from its South Australian operation, in a region in which it had, even as recently as November last year, stated that it was rapidly expanding.
HP's financial results for last year reveal the company had some 4,871 Australian staff as at 31 October. It is not clear what the new mix of staff between HP Inc. and HPE is in Australia.
The financial results also revealed that HP made a paper loss of some $228 million in its 2015 financial year, although it is not clear whether this represents a real-world loss. It is common for multinational technology vendors such as HP to shift their internal finances around to avoid paying substantial taxes in satellite countries such as Australia.
There is no suggestion that this practice is illegal, but it does appear to result in such companies paying very little tax in Australia.
HP's financial results filed this week reveal the company has as of yet, paid no tax with relation to its 2015 result. The document appears to state that HP has a complex arrangement with its parent and several other entitles for the purpose of income taxation.
Interesting Australian results here from HP, before it was split off into separate products and IT services businesses.
What they appear to show us is that HP's technology products business is sinking at the moment in Australia. I'd say that at least part of this is a lack of willingness by large corporates to upgrade desktop and laptop hardware due to being satisfied with existing hardware that is more than capable of running Windows 7 or Windows 10, as well as HP having failed to capitalise on the ongoing tablet/laptop convergence trend.
It may be just me, but I just don't see as many HP devices — laptops, PCs and tablets — out there as I used to. These days I see a whole lot more Dell, Lenovo and Apple gear, as well as even Samsung gear. HP just doesn't seem to me to be making as many great devices as it used to.
And, of course, the printing market is rapidly changing as everything is going online. I'm sure HP's not having an easy time there as well.
I personally suspect that the situation with HP's products business may look even worse after HP's very popular server, storage and networking hardware line is taken out of the mix — these products are now going to be a part of HP Enterprise and won't be considered along with the revenue from HP's consumer business, following the company split.
It's my impression that HP's server, storage and networking units are still strong performers.
The strength of HP's IT services business surprises me. I had assumed, with a number of smaller, nimble competitors around, that both HP and IBM would see their IT services revenue suffer — particularly as major IT outsourcing contracts are split off into smaller chunks to specialised outsourcers. But it looks like HP has been able to hold its ground there.
All of this speaks to problems ahead for HP Inc. in Australia; but one suspects HP Enterprise will continue to hold its ground. It will be interesting to see how both companies are going in a year or two, and whether the much-hyped split will have been a success.
I haven't tried HP computers, but I have had several printers, all of which had systemic problems. Mostly software.
HP Servers (now part of HPE) are still very very very popular with large Orgs but Dell does seem to be eating HP's lunch in the rapid move to Laptops (from Desktops) from what I've seen.
True — HP servers are indeed very popular.
Got some stats to back that up? All I have seen, for a number of years, is HP servers being replaced with other technology (like cloud). The only HP servers left in datacentres these days are 4 to 5 years old.
I still see a lot of people buying HP servers.
Telstra and Optus, various state gov's, banks etc all still buying lots of HP server kit.
Big lumbering HP is not able to compete in "technology" products, same as IBM who has sold off their PCs and servers to the likes of Lenovo, who have turned the business around to be one of the most profitable and recognisable and innovative companies in the world.


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Josef Maria Tresch-Exer (* 1818; † 1886) war ein populärer Schweizer Bergführer im 19. Jahrhundert und Erstbesteiger mehrerer Urner Dreitausender.

Er kam aus Evibach bei Silenen. Als Sohn von Josef Maria Tresch-Zgraggen (* um 1780) stammte er aus einer Urner Bergführerfamilie und gilt als einer der Pioniere der Urner Alpen und dem Urner Teil der Glarner Alpen. Tresch-Exer hatte vier Söhne.

1848 gelang ihm bei einer Erkundungstour zusammen mit Melchior Tresch die Erstbesteigung des damals als äusserst schwierig geltenden Gross Windgällen. Die geplante Besteigung mit seinem Führergast Georg Hoffmann konnte er zehn Tage danach durchführen.

Die Besteigung des Piz Nair gelang ihm 1865 über den Nordgrat mit den Engländern Thompson, Mansell und Sowerby, zusammen mit seinem Bruder Johann Josef Tresch (später unter dem Namen Felli-Tresch bekannt). Nur fünf Minuten zuvor erreichten Ambros Zgraggen und F. Zahn den Gipfel als Erstbesteiger über den Nordwestgrat. 1866 gelang ihm mit John Sowerby die Erstbesteigung des  hohen Witenalpstock.

Tresch-Exner bildete zusammen mit Ambros Zgraggen ein sehr erfolgreiches Führerduo. 1865 konnten sie mit dem Basler Leonhard das Kleine Scheerhorn erstbesteigen. Dabei benötigten sie von Unterschächen insgesamt 16,5 Stunden. Zusammen mit John Sowerby konnte das Duo gleich drei Gipfel erstbesteigen, 1864 gelang ihnen der Gross Ruchen, 1867 der Gross Spannort und 1868 waren sie am Krönten erfolgreich.

Quellen

Bergsteiger (Schweiz)
Schweizer
Mann
Geboren 1818
Gestorben 1886
Bergführer (Schweiz)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Q: How to change width of card in flutter? do you have any tips how to change width of card please?
I tried SizedBox Card but it didnt work as well. It only changed height.
Here is my code below
body: ListView(
      children: <Widget>[
        Padding(
          padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
          child: Card(
            elevation: 3.0,
            shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
              borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(15.0)
            ),
            child: ListTile(
              contentPadding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(50, 50, 50, 50),
              leading: ConstrainedBox(
                constraints: BoxConstraints(
                  minWidth: 150,
                  minHeight: 150,
                  maxWidth: 150,
                  maxHeight: 150,
                ),
                child: Image.asset('assets/yeme_logo.png', fit: BoxFit.contain),
              ),
              trailing: Icon(
                Icons.arrow_forward_ios,
                size: 27.0,
              ),
              onTap: () {

              },
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ],
    ),

A: You can manage your `Card's width and height like:
/// Change your [Padding] widget with container.
Container(
  height: 50,
  width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width - 100,

  padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
  child: (...) // Here your child

Full Code:
Container(
  height: 50, //
  width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width - 100,
  padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
  child: Card(
    elevation: 3.0,
    shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(15.0)),
    child: ListTile(
      contentPadding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(50, 50, 50, 50),
      leading: ConstrainedBox(
        constraints: BoxConstraints(
          minWidth: 150,
          minHeight: 150,
          maxWidth: 150,
          maxHeight: 150,
        ),
        child: Image.asset('assets/yeme_logo.png', fit: BoxFit.contain),
      ),
      trailing: Icon(
        Icons.arrow_forward_ios,
        size: 27.0,
      ),
      onTap: () {},
    ),
  ),
),

A: Height & width of the card can be set using below code:
Container(
  width: 100,
  child: Card()
)

You can also set the dimensions of size according to device's screen size:
Container(
width: MediaQuery.of(context). size. width,
child: Card()
)

Let me know if you are facing any other issues.


Ending the Silence is a board game designed for four people to simulate the experiences of people in abusive relationships, with a specific focus on queer individuals. It's a way to begin a serious conversation about abusive relationships and get people to think deeper into this complex system.
This board game was developed as part of my MFA thesis. I researched depicting complex social systems in board games and using those games as an opportunity to discuss sensitive topics, such as abuse. You can learn more on the project's website.


We've been hearing a lot lately about the football promotions being conducted by one "Lily White," and we got a chance to meet the brother in person this morning when he visited our sports desk to seek some publicity for his upcoming "Happy Father's Day Football Bash" at the MCC Grounds.
Lily White's official name is Edward Charles Rubio, who returned home a couple years ago from the U.S., and he says since coming back he has been making himself busy holding small football promotions for the youths in Belize City. His most recent event was a "Kids Day" at Holy Redeemer Play Yard at the corner of Hyde's Lane and North Front Street, which took place on Labor Day, May 1.
Edward is "Old School," and still carries that passion for "peace and love" and the generous spirit typical of his/our generation. He tried to pull me out of retirement, and I promised to start doing some running; but no guarantees yet about the Father's Day match.
Lily White's Father's Day Football Bash will be at the MCC Grounds on Sunday, June 15, starting at 9:00 a.m., and will feature a youth preliminary – Lake-I Youth vs Brown Bombers Youth, followed by the Over-40 nightcap, Yabra Culture vs Lily White All Star.
Lily White can be contacted at 624-2640 or 636-0939.


Coco, M.G., Jr.; Vinson, J.A. Analysis of Popcorn (Zea Mays L. var. Everta) for Antioxidant Capacity and Total Phenolic Content. Antioxidants 2019, 8, 22.
Coco MG, Jr, Vinson JA. Analysis of Popcorn (Zea Mays L. var. Everta) for Antioxidant Capacity and Total Phenolic Content. Antioxidants. 2019; 8(1):22.
Coco, Michael G., Jr.; Vinson, Joe A. 2019. "Analysis of Popcorn (Zea Mays L. var. Everta) for Antioxidant Capacity and Total Phenolic Content." Antioxidants 8, no. 1: 22.


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L'année 1405 est une année commune qui commence un jeudi.

Événements

 19 janvier : mort de Tamerlan à Otrar. Querelles de succession entre ses fils et petit-fils. Déclin de l'Empire timuride.
 18 mars : Khalîl, quatrième fils de Mîrân-châh, se fait proclamer sultan timouride à Samarkand au détriment de son cousin Pir Muhammad. Déséquilibré, il est déposé par les émirs et remplacé par le fils survivant de Tamerlan, le gouverneur du Khorassan Shah Rukh en 1407.
 11 juillet : Zheng He reçoit l'ordre de l'empereur Ming Yongle d'accomplir une expédition dans l'océan Indien (fin le ).

 8 octobre : l'empereur Ming de Chine reçoit une ambassade de Malacca. Il accorde le titre de roi au fondateur de la ville Parameswara le 11 novembre.
 12 novembre : Mallu Ikbal, vizir du sultanat de Delhi qui exerçait le pouvoir, est tué dans un combat contre le gouverneur de Multân.

 Une guerre civile éclate dans le royaume javanais de Majapahit (1405-1406).
 Ahmat Djalaïr, ancien gouverneur mongol, se rétablit à Bagdad à la mort de Tamerlan.

Europe
  : Isabeau de Bavière offre au roi  le Goldenes Rössl en cadeau d'étrennes.
 Fin février, France : Jean sans Peur se dispute au Conseil avec le duc Louis d'Orléans au sujet de la levée des tailles. Les deux hommes en viennent aux armes au cours de l'été, puis se réconcilient le 16 octobre.
 15 avril et 4 août : lois fondamentales de Sigismond de Hongrie. Uniformité des poids et mesures, interdiction des guerres privées, augmentation des droits des paysans, règlementation des douanes, exclusivité du monnayage à la couronne, droit pour les propriétaires des mines de les exploiter eux-mêmes, alors qu'elles étaient jusque-là monopole royal. Les privilèges de la noblesse sont cependant accrus : elle reçoit le droit de justice sur les tenanciers et les redevances paysannes sont augmentées.
 16 mai : le pape d'Avignon  arrive à Gênes. Il part le 8 octobre à la suite des ravages de la peste.
 Mai : l'archevêque d'York Richard le Scrope publie un manifeste qui reproche à  la mort honteuse du roi Richard. Scrope, Percy et Thomas de Mowbray, comte de Norfolk prennent les armes contre le roi.
 27 mai : Scrope et Mowbray, abandonnés par Percy, sont pris par la ruse du comte de Westmorland et de Jean de Lancastre et sont exécutés le .
 8 juin : exécution de l'archevêque d'York Richard le Scrope et du comte de Norfolk.
 17 juin : victoire des Suisses sur les Habsbourg à la bataille au Stoss.
 23 juin : la république de Venise prend Vérone à .
 24 juin : le pape  appelle l'attention de l'archevêque de Prague sur les progrès de l'hérésie de John Wyclif en Bohême.
 Juillet : la France intervient pour soutenir les révoltés du pays de Galles contre l'Angleterre. Une flotte de  hommes commandés par  quitte Brest pour rejoindre les forces d'Owain Glyndŵr à Milford, dans le Pembrokeshire. Les forces coalisées s'emparent de Carmarthen et d'autres places puis envahissent l'Angleterre. Ils sont arrêtés par une armée anglaise avant Worcester. Manquant de vivres, les Français rembarquent sans qu'aucun affrontement décisif n'ait eu lieu.
 27 août : traité entre les Visconti, Boucicaut et Florence. Pise est vendue à Florence. Elle résiste en vain (1404-1406).
 14 septembre : ligue de Marbach conclue pour cinq ans entre l'électeur de Mayence, le margrave de Bade, le comte de Wirtemberg, la ville de Strasbourg et dix-sept villes de Souabe. Formée officiellement pour le maintien de l'ordre public, elle est véritablement dirigée contre le roi des Romains .
 17 novembre : prise de Padoue par les Vénitiens.  et son fils sont faits prisonniers.
 Ouverture à Bremme du Bremen Ratskeller, mythique restaurant traditionnel toujours ouvert de nos jours.

Naissances en 1405

Décès en 1405

Notes et références

Liens externes

Année du XVe siècle


Holaji offers you extraordinary tour packaging to explore the island of India. In this package you will have an amazing journey to Maldives Island. On first day, you will reach at Male International Airport and check-in at hotel. On second day, you will relax in your room at hotel. On third day, you will free to stroll the place on your own behalf. On fourth day, you will go back to your city.
You will arrive at Male International Airport and shift to hotel by speedboat. Here you will check-in at your pre-booked room and do relax. Night will be spend at hotel.
You will have breakfast and free to explore the beautiful Maldives. No guide will provide from our side, you may go and visit local places of Island on your own. (You would like to do scuba dive or snorkeling session to encounter an abundance of marine life like sharks (harmless), rays, turtles and dolphins.) Night will be spent at hotel.
After having Savour breakfast, you may go for exploring the Island or relaxing at hotel. Then you will travel to Airport and from there you will fly to your hometown.
Free night offer is not valid on Transfers and Compulsory Supplements and Split stays Eg.02 Nights Standard + 02 Nights Water however if stay is more than 5 nights and above free night offer is valid on the lower room type.
Green Tax of US$ 6 per person per night will be applicable during Free night stay for all markets on the basis booked.
Free Night Offers will also be applicable on the Full Board and All Inclusive supplement dependent on the base rate contracted.
However please be advised that Free Night Offers will not be applicable to the Compulsory Supplements and Transfers.
Cancellation fee will not be charged if booking is cancelled 14 days prior to the date of arrival.
Cancellations within 13 to 8 days prior to the date of arrival 25% of the total will be charged.
Cancellations within 7 days to the date of arrival 50% of the total stay will be charged.
Cancellation less than 6 days to the date of arrival, No Show bookings and cancellations within the stay will be charged for the total stay on the basis booked.
The contracted rates are confidential and shall not be published on the internet.
Any new taxes introduced by the Government of Maldives resulting in an additional cost shall be borne by the Travel Agent.
Resort is not equipped to provide facilities for clients who are physically challenged.
All complaints to be recorded at the property prior to departure.
Resort will not entertain or respond to any new complaints received after check out.
1 Adult or 2 Children.
2 Adults or 1 Adult + 2 Children or 4 Children.
The standard check-in time is 14:00 hrs on the date of arrival while the check-out time is 12:00 noon on the date of departure.
Early check-in from 08:00hrs will be provided free of charge, subject to availability of rooms at the time of arrival to the resort. Late check-out from 12:00 – 18:00hrs could be offered dependent on availability and could be confirmed at the resort during the guest stay.
3 Night stay at room of your choice.
3 Breakfast 3 Dinner 3 Lunch.
HOLAJI is combination of two words Hola and Ji. Hola is Spanish word which means to greet someone and Ji in India means to give respect to someone.


With the increased use of technology, many drivers rely on their phone as a GPS. However, what are the best GPS navigational apps to use? That can be a hard decision. Here are the top navigational apps for iOS and Android to make your decision that much easier.
Waze if a great app for saving you driving time. Once you enter your destination, it provides you with multiple routes to choose one and recommends the quickest route. This app is great in helping you alternative routes when traffic is bad. A unique feature of this app is that you can connect with other users who can report accidents and police in their area. Who wouldn't love to avoid police traps! Just like most navigational apps, you can set your home and work address along with your favorite locations. Also, Waze keeps the app interesting by adding different voices such as Keith Morrison from Dateline NBC and "Boy Band". In the past, they even had Star Wars voices and Colonel Sanders!
This GPS app is great for all drivers. It specifically has navigational options for drivers of cars, RVs, and trucks. So now, truck drivers don't have to worry about going on no truck roads. However, the CoPilot Truck and CoPilot RV apps both cost money unlike the regular CoPilot GPS app. This app includes ActiveTraffic meaning it will provide users with correct ETAs, will re-route around delays, and notify you of accidents along your route. The app also provides lane assist and lets you know the speed limit. However, it does not notify you of where safety cameras are located. What's unique about this app is that it is available in Canada, South America, Europe, Australasia, Southern Africa, Middle East, South East Asia, and India.
TomTom, known for its reliable GPS technologies, now has a iOS and Android app. TomTom GO Mobile App, just like most apps say, provides you with the best possible route based on real-time traffic information. Like Google Maps, you can download offline maps to your phone. However, TomTom is available in an impressive 150 countries! So, if you are a world traveler, this app is perfect for you! Unlike most navigation app, it provides you with speed camera locations and 3D maps. The only catch with this app is that you only get 50 free miles per month. After that, you can either pay a subscription or can't use the app until the next month. This is a little weird but I guess this is how TomTom makes money off of the app.
Based on what phone you have, your GPS preferences and budget, hopefully your perfect GPS is above! Other app options include Maps Me and Mapquest. So next time your are on the road, have safe driving with a GPS app!


A pair of casual fun adjustable baseball caps in purple. A one size fits most adults and a kids size for a great gift idea joyful pair. The hats feature a fire bullet 45 spacer embroidery. A great pair gifting idea for your next party event.


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Home General Community Mayor Gusciora Announces American Rescue Plan Proposal
Mayor Gusciora Announces American Rescue Plan Proposal
Mayor W. Reed Gusciora released the first version of the Trenton American Rescue Plan (ARP) proposal, which allocates more than $70.82 million in direct federal aid to combat the lingering economic effects of COVID-19 by building youth and neighborhood resilience, transforming outdated infrastructure and making critical investments in local jobs and businesses.
"This plan incorporates much of the feedback we've received from City Council, concerned community stakeholders, and numerous employee organizations that were impacted greatly by the pandemic," said Mayor Gusciora. "This plan is focused on addressing many of the long-term symptoms of COVID-19, including spikes in violent crime, shrinking job and business opportunities, and a workforce that endured hundreds of COVID-19 cases while continuing to provide critical services. We expect this plan to evolve as we reach out to more residents, receive additional U.S. Treasury guidance and continue our ongoing discussions with City Council."
The plan outlines 38 spending items across three major themes that highlight U.S. Treasury guidance concerning negative COVID-19 economic impacts, public health support, and replacing lost public sector revenue:
Building youth and neighborhood resilience: $32.47 million to improve the health and wellbeing of Trenton residents, students, and employees, including $15 million in direct support to Trenton households, $8 million in hazard pay for city workers who were active throughout the pandemic, $2 million to expand mental health services, $500,000 in youth neighborhood counseling to combat violent crime, and more than $6 million in arts and recreation programming.
Transforming aging infrastructure: $21.72 million to counter municipal COVID-19 budget shortfalls that have prevented much-needed investments in city infrastructure, including $14.5 million for facility repairs and HVAC improvements at the TWW Filtration Plant, Animal Shelter, Municipal Court, Trenton Free Public Library, Trenton Police Headquarters, and multiple historic sites.
Investing in local jobs and businesses: $16.63 million to improve job training and business support programs, including a $5 million local venture capital fund, $4 million in expanded Urban Enterprise Zone support for local businesses, and more than $6.5 million in new internship and job training programs.
The plan was first introduced on a community Zoom meeting on June 23, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. The plan is available here: Trenton's American Rescue Plan Project | Talk Trenton.
The interim U.S. Treasury guidance offers wide latitude to support public health initiatives and resources, including COVID-19 mitigation and containment, medical expenses, and behavioral and mental health services. This also includes capital investments in public facilities to meet operational requirements related to the pandemic. Municipalities are also empowered to address negative economic impacts for individuals, households, small businesses, and non-profits, especially in low-income and socially vulnerable communities.
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Areas Urbanism & territory, Tourism and Economic activities Agriculture, Livestock, Fishing & Hunting
Formentera activates awareness push to protect local livestock
The Formentera Office of Rural Environment has published an informational poster to remind animal owners that, as a safety measure for both pets and livestock, unaccompanied dogs must remain on their owner's property at all times.
To keep pets from running away or getting lost or run over, and to ensure the safety of livestock, islanders with dogs are reminded that these animals may not leave the house alone and must be on a lead whilst in public spaces. Islanders who see dogs off leash or without an owner are encouraged to phone the pound at 630.083.128. Featured on the posters is a watercolour painting by artist Fran Lucas where a leashed dog can be seen walking with its owner while nearby sheep stand in the shade of a fig tree.
Posters will go up in the island's main display cases, veterinary clinics and rural areas. So far this year the Consell de Formentera has received three complaints of dog attacks on island livestock: two in Sant Francesc (La Miranda/Cala Saona and Porto-Salè) and one in La Mola. A total of seven sheep were killed and two were injured. In addition, in recent weeks some livestock owners have reported seeing off-leash dogs on their farms.
Councillor of Rural Affairs Josep Marí insisted that, for the island's livestock farmers, the damage is incalculable, as the loss of animals is compounded by the distress of knowing one's property has been trespassed upon and one's livestock has been harmed. Marí underscored the important role of livestock owners, insisting the small farmers "preserve the island's traditions and landscape".
Municipal ordinance
The local ordinance on pets bans "unaccompanied and off-leash dogs from public areas" and indicates that "owners of dogs whose temperament so requires must fit their pets with a muzzle". The ban also includes information on legislation concerning potentially dangerous dogs, defining the term as "markedly aggressive canines and those having attacked people or other animals".
Formentera activates campaign to check trichinosis
The Formentera Office of Agriculture and Livestock (Conselleria d'Agricultura i Ramaderia/CAR) has lauched a push to test meat from domestic hog slaughters in a bid to control spread of trichinosis.
Trichinosis is a parasitic disease people can catch by eating raw or undercooked pig, boar and horse meat and sausage like sobrassada which hasn't undergone thermic treatment. The best way to avoid getting triquinosis is to test pork from traditional hog slaughters.
To perform the test, from 1 November to 30 March 2021 interested islanders can visit the CAR at Centre Antoni Tur "Gabrielet" between 9.00am and 2.00pm, send an email toagricultura@conselldeformentera.cat or telephone 971 321 087. CAR staff will provide material and instructions on sample collection and information from partner veterinarians who test for triquinosis to ensure meat is safe for consumption.
Agriculture dep't announces €3.5M to help new farmers enter the field
FOGAIBA says 74 young people received funding as part of 2020 offer
The Agrarian and Fishing Guarantee Fund, a division of the Balearic Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food (Conselleria d'Agricultura, Pesca i Alimentació/CAPA), has announced that €3.5 million in aid will be unlocked for young farmers in 2021. Applications will be accepted from 27 October to 30 November 2021. In an separate announcement, the Agrarian and Fishing Guarantee Fund (FOGAIBA for its initials in Catalan) noted that €3 million were paid out to young people in 2020. All told 74 applicants were deemed eligible for the assistance. Between 2016 and 2020, a total of 688 young workers took jobs the primary sector.
The five-year period starting in 2016 saw the disbursement of €22 million in related funding. Initial forecasts put funding for the period at €10.9 million. The decision by the Balearic government to increase the aid is a clear sign of the commitment within CAPA to help young people find jobs in the field.
To be eligible, applicants must be between 18 and 41 on the date of their application, and present a business plan envisaging at least €12,000 in yearly agricultural earnings within five years after aid is disbursed.
The aid seeks to rejuvenate the active population of workers by fostering a generational passing-down of tradition that enhances the competitiveness and dynamism of the agricultural industry in the Balearics.
The Formentera Office of Agriculture (Conselleria d'Agricultura), located in the Centre Antoni Tur "Gabrielet", offers consulting for people interested in applying for the aid. The office opens for in-person visits Monday through Friday, 9.00am to 2.00pm. Its e-mail address is agricultura@conselldeformentera.cat.
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New round of gardening course promotes working the land to lil' gardeners
The Formentera Office of the Primary Sector reports that next Monday 25 October is the first day of open enrolment for a Saturday morning gardening course for 4 to 12 year olds. Registration can be done at the Citizen's Information Office (OAC) and online on the OVAC. Classes start Saturday 13 November and end on 16 June.
After the pandemic forced cancellation of last year's course, Primary Sector Councillor Josep Marí expressed his satisfaction in seeing the course return in 2021. He encouraged children to sign up for the activity, which he said was about "promoting knowledge of how to cultivate the land in traditional and environmentally-friendly ways", and teaching participants "respect for peers and the natural world".
The hort infantil is located next to Sa Tanca Vella chapel in Sant Francesc. Two groups will be formed based on age, with the first group (4 to 7 year olds) meeting Saturdays between 10.00am and 11.45am, and the second group (8 to 12 year olds) meeting from 12.15pm to 2.00pm the same day. The course is free of charge.
Islanders gearing up for grape harvest called on to declare activity
The Formentera Office of Rural Affairs reminds local wine producers with vineyard rights that they are required to make the declaration of this year's grape harvest before 10 December.
The declaration can be completed between 9.00am and 2.00pm at the Formentera Office of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Hunting, located at Centre Antoni Tur "Gabrielet". The information will then be sent to the regional government for inclusion on the Wine Production Register.
The FOALFH reminds farmers with fewer than 0.1 hectares and those who use their grapes for juice or consumption are exempt from submitting the declaration. In the Balearic Islands vineyard planting rights are regulated, and if a vineyard's harvests are not declared, it risks being declared abandoned.
New drawing contest celebrates rural women
Local ordinance traces responsibility for livestock attacks to pet owners
Joint action with Cooperativa del Camp
Educational push: recreational fishermen must report catches from es Freus reserve
Abattoir Services
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Links of interest:
Institut de Boilogia Animal de Balears
Patronat de Races Autòctones de les Illes Balears
Col·legi Oficial d'Enginyers Agrònoms de Llevant


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The Tree That Was
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Rhonda was raised in Bega, New South Wales; a small dairy town near the east coast of Australia. She spent most of her youth barefoot and tanned roaming the farms and beaches in the region and developing a love of plants, animals and nature itself. After school, she moved to Canberra to work and study and still lives there with her family and her pet chooks.
Rhonda is a member of the Australia Society of Authors and has worked as a technical writer for over ten years.
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You will notice throughout this website and in her books that Rhonda uses Australian English spelling. There are also a few Australian slang words. For those of you unused to Australia's strange vernacular, there is a translation page on this website that will be updated from time to time.
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Currently, it is a major bank that offers private banking in France with more than 20 billion euros of assets under management.


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by Chicago Reader April 5, 2007 August 19, 2021
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cPIERRE DORGE & NEW JUNGLE ORCHESTRA As leader of one of the most improbable, satisfying, and Methuselan operations in all of jazz, Pierre Dorge has spent nearly three decades piling on apparent contradictions. A native of Copenhagen (where, of course, there is no jungle), Dorge studied music in Ghana, where he absorbed the rolling rhythms of West and South Africa and learned to imitate the pearly tone and percussive phrasing of the kora with his guitar. With those techniques as a base, Dorge creates a madcap mosaic from odd shards of several musical legacies: the mercurial inventions of Thelonious Monk, the Afrocentric psychedelia of Sun Ra, and the spirited music of the Jungle Band that Duke Ellington led at the Cotton Club in the 1920s. That group helped pioneer the use of colorful instrumental techniques and "exotic" rhythms (what we'd now call world music) in jazz, and Dorge's intrepid little big band remains true to its tradition of musical exploration, drawing on a broad base of original compositions and a full complement of smart, fervent soloists. See also Saturday. a 9 PM, Green Mill, 4802 N. Broadway, 773-878-5552, $12. –Neil Tesser
HELLA The new There's No 666 in Outer Space (Ipecac) is receiving seriously mixed reviews from longtime Hella fans, and it's not hard to hear why–what was once an instrumental duo has now swollen into a five-piece with a singer, Aaron Ross, howling away here and there. This is more a subtraction than an addition in my book; while conventional subgenres have long been grist for Hella's noise mill, the Alice in Chains-like effect they often achieve here sounds to me like they were aiming for sellout and missed. (Note to band: those Mars Volta comparisons you keep getting aren't compliments either.) Elsewhere, though, their playful prog degeneration provides new rewards, as they pile on burbling keyboards and balls-in-a-vise harmonies like they've decided recklessness is a skill set. And the revised lineup does seem like the kind that might redeem itself live–or make for a pretty entertaining failure. M. Sord and Who's Your Favorite Son God open. a 10 PM, Abbey Pub, 3420 W. Grace, 773-478-4408 or 866-468-3401, $12, $10 in advance, 18+. –Monica Kendrick
cNOXAGT In slow mode, this Norwegian instrumental trio plays like a Japanese movie monster walks: lurching and stomping in destructive bursts of low-end noise, its gait only implying any kind of real forward progress. But Noxagt's violent music–which is even more intense when it's fast–is about much more than mere brutality, and now that baritone guitarist Anders Hana (MoHa, Ultralyd) has replaced violist Nils Erga, it's easier to hear that. Kjetil D. Brandsdal was once the band's lone member, and Noxagt's roiling grooves remain rooted in his detuned bass throb, but the 180-proof pow of drummer Jan Christian Lauritzen is nothing to take lightly: he provides the same focused slo-mo power that drove Swans' early stuff even while constantly adding fancy disruptions to the flow. Meanwhile Hana, who debuted on the group's self-titled album for Load last year, adds counterpoint in sleek, slashing lines and well-timed blasts. Where Erga's sustaining tone often disappeared into Brandsdal's, Hana negotiates the looming bass like a big-wave surfer. Noxagt has been compared to Lightning Bolt and Ruins, which fits–it's only when you're immersed in the apparent chaos of the music that you can hear its meticulous control. Waterbabies and Warhammer 48K open. a 9:30 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, 773-276-3600 or 866-468-3401, $8. –Peter Margasak
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CALLA These New Yorkers have been around since 1997, but only after they signed to Beggars Banquet a couple years ago did their intentions finally become clear: they're trying to make goth respectable to the indie crowd. Not that Calla didn't flirt with gloom in the early days–their second full-length came out on Michael Gira's Young God label–but back then their music had more of an experimental bent, with the whooshing subway-tunnel atmospherics you used to hear in Wharton Tiers productions. The vocals on the new Strength in Numbers are more Elliott Smith than Robert Smith, but most of the songs make me wonder what Nine Inch Nails might've sounded like if Trent Reznor had escaped the suck vortex. The Zincs and the Narrator open. a 10 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, 773-276-3600 or 866-468-3401, $10. –Monica Kendrick
cChicago Opera Theater With The Return of Ulysses (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), Chicago Opera Theater completes the ambitious cycle of all three extant Monteverdi operas it began in 2000. Monteverdi's rendering of Homer's Odyssey is text-driven and highly dramatic, something of a cross between Greek tragedy and Shakespeare. Under conductor Jane Glover the 11-piece orchestra–including two lutenists and Newberry Consort violist da gamba Mary Springfels–is outstanding. As the despondent Penelope, mezzo-soprano Marie Lenormand has a compelling stage presence, though in the performance I saw she seemed restricted by music pitched too low for her. Marc Le Brocq's Ulysses was solid, but he was outdone by tenor Nicholas Phan as Ulysses' son Telemachus–Phan's gorgeous voice and high energy breathed some needed life into the close of act one. In fact, this three-hour work often seemed to drag: the tempos remained languid even in the jubilant concluding reunion scene. Still, there are many moving solos and rousing ensembles, and this is a rare opportunity to see one of opera's earliest works, its startling dissonance enhanced by the period instruments.This is the closing night of the run. a 7:30 PM, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, 312-704-8414, $20-$120. –Barbara Yaross
CONDENADA One of the most exciting Chicago punk developments in years, Condenada could be our next Los Crudos-: a group that inspires fans and other bands alike with their political fight and fury. These four women are unabashed in their feminist agenda–vocalist Mariam Bastani sings and screams in both Spanish and English about stopping patriarchal power with girl solidarity–and they get better with every show and recording. Tonight is a benefit for Ladyfest Chicago, -a showcase for women's art and activism slated for mid-October; Gamine Thief and Oatcake open. a 8 PM, South Union Arts, 1352 S. Union, southunionarts.com, $10 suggested donation. A –Jessica Hopper
cpierre dorge & new jungle orchestra See Friday. a 8 PM, Green Mill, 4802 N. Broadway, 773-878-5552, $12.
cTHE LOCUST It's been nearly four years since the Locust put out their last full-length, Plague Soundscapes–I'm not counting the ten-minute 2005 "album" Safety Second, Body Last–but for me the bloom still hasn't come off that giant buzzing corpse flower of a record. (Granted, that may be because I can only listen to it when I'm already trembling from insomnia.) On New Erections, released in March on Anti-, they cut the number of tracks in half and sometimes break the three-minute mark. The manic, pummeling drums are still foregrounded–last time I saw the band, the kit was on the front line with everybody else–and the arrangements are still facial-tic twitchy, belying the occasional depth of structure in all the grinding and screaming. Songs like "God Wants Us All to Work in Factories" and "Slum Service (Served on the Sly)" even have a new sort of urgency, distinct from the usual incoherent panic and fury–it's as if they actually want you to understand what they're saying. Daughters, Cattle Decapitation, and Bastard Noise open. a 7:30 PM, Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 N. Kedzie, 773-276-3600 or 866-468-3401, $14, $12 in advance. A –Monica Kendrick
cPAGE FRANCE Around the time the last Page France record, Hello Dear Wind, came out, bandleader Michael Nau kept complaining to interviewers about getting pegged as a Christian artist just because of some religious imagery in his lyrics that he wasn't even aware of. It's weird how a little imagery can give people the wrong idea about you like that, especially when you also write songs explicitly about Jesus, tour with Christian bands, and talk up all the other Christian acts you love. I don't know why everyone acts so bashful about this stuff: Sufjan paved the way with gold bricks, and now Christian is the new black. His bitching notwithstanding, Nau sticks with the biblical bits on the forthcoming Page France and the Family Telephone (Suicide Squeeze), a record only slightly less delicate than its predecessor. By losing some of the twinkling majesty that made Sufjan comparisons unavoidable, he and his band have moved closer to inhabiting their own space–they sometimes sound like Death Cab covering Nilsson, true, but it's awful pretty. Headlights headline and Shipwreck opens. a 10 PM, Schubas, 3159 N. Southport, 773-525-2508, $10. –Jessica Hopper
cYasunao tone For years Yasunao Tone–a key member of Japan's branch of the 60s Fluxus movement but a New York resident since 1972–had been looking for ways to keep his compositions unpredictable. In 1985 he struck gold: Long before the glitchwerks innovations of folks like Frank Bretschneider and Oval's Markus Popp, he figured out how to override the hardware that translates binary information on CDs so he could play discs "wounded" with Scotch tape and straight pins. This let him turn ordinary CD players into uncontrollable monsters that spray harsh, glitchy noise with no resemblance to his source material (which ranges from classical music to his own experimental work). For his latest album, 2003's Yasunao Tone (Asphodel), he uses software to translate the shapes of kanji characters from the eighth-century poetic text Man'yoshu into binary sound waves. In this rare local appearance, he'll perform "Wounded Kanji Dictionary," which demonstrates the translation technique, as well as a new eight-channel piece called "Paramedia Mix" that involves quick blasts of sounds taken from TV and radio. a 9 PM, 6Odum, 2116 W. Chicago, 312-282-7676, $12. A –Peter Margasak
GEBHARD ULLMANN-STEVE SWELL QUARTET Berliner Gebhard Ullmann has a strong individual voice on bass clarinet, three different saxophones, and as many flutes, but in the half dozen or so bands he's played with in recent years, he's tended to focus on just a couple instruments. In this quartet, which weds solidly written melodies to freely improvised exchanges, he favors fleet, elaborate exhortations on tenor sax and bass clarinet. New York trombonist Steve Swell sounds exceptionally soulful playing Ullmann's tunes on the combo's only album, 2004's Desert Songs & Other Landscapes (CIMP), and bassist Hilliard Greene provides an unerring and kinetic foundation, but I'm most excited by drummer Barry Altschul. He recorded liberally in the 60s and 70s–most notably on Dave Holland's Conference of the Birds, one of the great statements of post-Coltrane jazz–but in recent decades he's kept a lower profile. His appearance with this group three years ago at the old Velvet Lounge proved he was still a marvelous paradox behind the kit–an unstoppable force with a light, precise touch. See also Monday. a 6 PM, Velvet Lounge, 67 E. Cermak, 312-791-9050, $15. –Bill Meyer
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CELTIC FROST After watching Celtic Frost go out with a Spinal Tap-ish whisper more than 15 years ago, I had a hard time believing they could make any kind of respectable comeback. But Monotheist (Century Media), their first new album since 1990, is a crushing, doom-inflected anvil of darkness, harkening back to the proto-black metal of Hellhammer (as these guys were known in the early 80s) and expanding on the esoteric electro-metal of Apollyon Sun (Tom Gabriel Fischer's mid-90s band). It's not quite down there with To Mega Therion as infernal masterworks go, but it's a step in the right direction. Type O Negative headline and Brand New Sin open. a 6:30 PM, Metro, 3730 N. Clark, 773-549-0203 or 312-559-1212, sold out. A –Monica Kendrick
King Kong Five years have passed since King Kong's last record, but to listen to the new Buncha Beans (Drag City) you'd hardly guess it. Gleefully dorky and danceable, it's more of the same–Ethan Buckler's twisted sing-song, this time on the subject of bugs, surfers, and "Cirque du Blase." Buckler fits into that fine tradition of singers–from Jonathan Richman to Calvin Johnson–who are putting you on at least part of the time, but to ensure that you're laughing with him and not at him, he's found himself a really good party band (bassist Willy Maclean and drummer Peter Townsend). Archaeology and J+J+J open. a 9:30 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, 773-276-3600 or 866-468-3401. F –Monica Kendrick
cThe Twilight Sad With all the tepid bands coming out of Scotland over the past few years (the cursed Franz Ferdinand, the totally whatever Snow Patrol), it's nice to finally hear a Scottish outfit with some, uh, balls. Though their name and album artwork–mostly illustrations done in the style of an old elementary-school primer–suggest something terminally effete, the Twilight Sad are actually indie-rock classicists who lean a little to the vicious side: they love melody but pit it against a massive rig of distortion pedals. The long, buzzy songs on their full-length debut, Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (Fat Cat), are ripe with bitterness and lust, recalling two bands only old people care to remember: Seamonsters-era Wedding Present and Juno. Singer James Graham's rich Glaswegian drawl, with its long as and os, holds the whole gorgeous mess together. A Northern Chorus and Arwin open. a 8:30 PM, Subterranean, 2011 W. North, 773-278-6600 or 800-594-8499, $8, 18+. –Jessica Hopper
gebhard ullmann-Steve swell quartet See Sunday. a 7 PM, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 312-744-6630. F A
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cPLAID Lots of electronic groups incorporate elaborate visuals into their live shows, but the UK duo of Andy Turner and Ed Handley, aka Plaid, took things one step further with their most recent release, last year's CD-DVD set Greedy Baby (Warp)–their video designer and director, Bob Jaroc, gets equal billing on the cover. (He's also coming along on this tour.) The discs allow folks who've missed Plaid live to enjoy at least a portion of the meticulously engineered synesthesia their expansive post-techno creates with Jaroc's freaky, wondrous films and animations. The most recent treat for latecomers to Turner and Handley's music, though, is the new retrospective of their pre-Plaid work with Ken Downie as the Black Dog: the double-CD set Book of Dogma (Soma) collects all the group's hard-to-find early-90s releases for a one-two punch of gritty, hip-hop-infused techno. Three DJs from WLUW's weekly Abstract Science program–LSE, Henry Self, and Chris Widman–spin before and after. a 9:30 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, 773-276-3600 or 866-468-3401, $15. –J. Niimi
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GANGBE BRASS BAND This group from Benin takes more cues from American music than most of its African peers: the plush, bouncy sound borrows from the fatback riffing and funky grooves of contemporary New Orleans brass bands, and the arrangements replace the droning single-chord feel of many African idioms with the advanced harmonic movement of jazz. But as they prove on their most recent album, Whendo (Contre Jour), they haven't forgotten the homeland: they salute the taut Afrobeat of Fela Kuti and simulate the dense, simmering rhythms of Nigerian juju, and the addition of soulful Fon-language chants makes the fusion irresistible. At a venue like this, the players tend to walk out from behind the carefully arranged microphones to march and dance among the audience–a good party knows no borders, and apparently it doesn't require a PA either. The Occidental Brothers Dance Band International opens. a 8 PM, HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo, 312-362-9707, $15, $12 in advance. –Peter Margasak
HOT 8 BRASS BAND Formed in 1995 by personnel from two defunct New Orleans combos, the Hot 8 Brass Band has faced more than its share of tragedy since. The group weathered Katrina, also appearing in Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke, and in December snare drummer Dinerral Shavers became the third member to be shot and killed. The fact that they're playing this week's shows attests to their resilience, and a live CD recorded at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz Fest (available only as a download from Munckmusic.com) is a vibrant document of the strength of their music–tart horn blasts, rubbery tuba bass lines, and exuberant chanted vocals, all atop a frenetic blur of beats. Like most newer Crescent City brass bands they balance funeral traditions, jazz, and hip-hop (the way they work Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock" into "Get Up" is nothing short of brilliant), but thick, hard funk is ultimately what drives the songs. Following tonight's show, they'll play the House of Blues Back Porch Stage on Friday and Schubas on Sunday. a 8:30 PM, Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln, 773-728-6000 or 866-468-3401. F A –Peter Margasak
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cPETER BROTZMANN Because Peter Brotzmann has a (well-deserved) reputation as one of the most ferocious free-jazz saxophonists ever to blow a note, when I write about him I tend to emphasize his overlooked skill and sensitivity on more restrained material. The fact is, he's constantly running the gamut, from guttural and hair-raising to pensive and pointillist and back again. A record like last year's Full Blast (Jazzwerkstatt), where he's as relentless as a wrecking ball, is quite unusual for him. Electric bassist Marino Pliakas (of Steamboat Switzerland) and drummer Michael Wertmuller (founder of Alboth!) keep up a fearsome all-out attack that recalls the Japanese bass-drums duo Ruins–there are an overwhelming number of notes, all coming at you very hard–but instead of that outfit's proggy precision they opt for an instinctual improvised approach where the principal modes seem to be "surge" and "surge harder." Even so–and this says all you need to know about the power of Brotzmann's playing–they have to struggle to keep from getting drowned out. Notwithstanding the absence of an electric guitar, they make me think of Brotzmann's old band Last Exit–or rather what Last Exit should've sounded like. Cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm opens the show with his Valentine Trio, which now includes bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Frank Rosaly. a 9:30 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, 773-276-3600 or 866-468-3401, $12, $10 in advance. –Peter Margasak
CLIPD BEAKS You know that pleasant lull that kicks in on a long, sunny road trip, when you stop feeling compelled to watch the landscape unfold and instead just settle into the underwater buzz of your too-quiet mix tape blending with the whoosh of the road? That's what Clipd Beaks sound like. This Oakland combo combines blubbery bass and muffled, feathery guitar with quasi-tribal drumming, but everything's blanketed with a soft layer of howly psych noise–blue-desert-sky synth swoops, canyon-echo vocals–that bleeds the aggression right out of the music. Instead of making skid marks on the highway, their songs leave a floating trail of twinkly little diamonds in the air. The dark and lovely Indian Jewelry headlines; Clipd Beaks, Pink Reason, and Eyes Ears Nose open. a 9 PM, Mr. City, e-mail mister.city@gmail.com or call 773-354-4286 for address, $5 suggested donation. A –Liz Armstrong
Tagged: The Treatment, Vol. 36 No. 28