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An Unlikely Magazine Boom
February 1, 2021 by suzannesmom
Map: Britannica
New Zealand is seeing a renaissance in the magazine business.
Sometimes a small, well-networked country or state can do a better job making challenging things happen than the big guys can. I'm thinking, for example, about West Virginia's remarkable success in getting the Covid vaccine into people's arms. (NBC has a cool story about Mom & Pop drugstores and the advantage of knowing your community.)
Today's story comes from a very different part of the world and concerns a very different topic: the struggling print-magazine industry.
Elle Hunt reports at the Guardian, "At 8.31am on a Thursday, Henry Oliver received a text message from his employer, alerting him to a company-wide Zoom call in 29 minutes' time.
"The day was 2 April 2020, a week into New Zealand's national lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus. Oliver, who is the editor of Metro magazine, and his team had been scrambling to adjust to remote working and – with magazine publishing not among the 'essential services' permitted to continue through the pandemic – a new digital-first operation.
"Within an hour of that text, Oliver and the 300-odd other employees of Bauer Media New Zealand were told they were being made redundant, the titles they worked on would be put up for sale, and the entire company was to close. …
"A privately owned German company operational in 13 countries, including the US, UK and Australia, Bauer had been a pillar of the New Zealand magazine industry since 2012. In particular it was known for its current affairs and long-form features journalism, as the home of the Auckland-centric Metro, North & South and The Listener – titles with steady subscriber bases and some of the most experienced and awarded journalists in the country on staff.
"In its suddenness and its sweep, Bauer's decision seemed to sound a death knell for an entire industry. … Yet less than a year later, not only have Bauer magazines been brought back to life under new ownership, but also new titles have been launched – reflecting a flurry of investment and innovation in New Zealand media precipitated by the pandemic.
"Sydney private equity firm Mercury Capital purchased Bauer NZ for an unspecified sum in June (later renaming it Are Media) – extending a lifeline to The Listener and four other mastheads.
"Metro and North & South were both acquired by independent investors seeking to preserve New Zealand's tradition of long-form features journalism.
"Meanwhile, four entirely new monthly titles – staffed by former Bauer editors and writers, with former CEO Paul Dykzeul advising – were launched by School Road Publishing in November.
"The recovery, since the dire outlook in April, has exceeded all expectations: testament to the appetite of New Zealanders not just to read magazines, but to make them.
"The day after he was made redundant, Oliver started work on a zine. With a budget procured from property developer Britomart Group, he was able to deploy the talents of many of the journalists and designers who had been let go with him from Bauer. He gave it the tongue-in-cheek title Essential Services, describing it as a 'small affirmation of life in the face of media industry collapse.'
"Oliver went on to produce two more issues with funding from government agency Creative New Zealand. … 'I just thought to myself, it's not really up to a German billionaire whether I get to make magazines or not.'
"Others too had spied opportunity in among the rubble. German-born journalists Konstantin Richter and Verena Friederike Hasel … made a 'spontaneous' offer on North & South to ensure its survival, as subscribers themselves. Richter is also a board member of the Swiss media giant TX Group, founded by his family, and splits his time between the two countries. …
"Richter describes their vision as 'a mix of change and tradition': retaining North & South's time-honoured focus on issues that span the length of New Zealand, bridging the urban-rural divide – while injecting news and perspectives from further afield. He sees an opportunity to build on the tradition of investigative and long-form features journalism in a nation that is more receptive than others to the concept.
"Metro, meanwhile, was bought by media entrepreneur Simon Chesterman, who retained Oliver as editor and moved the magazine to quarterly publishing. It relaunched with a splash in November with an exclusive essay from Lorde.
"Oliver says they were aligned on the importance of an Auckland-centric title in the age of coronavirus. 'We're going to be living in a more local world for the foreseeable future, so a city magazine, an authority on a specific place, can be more relevant than ever.'
"Plus, at a moment of up-to-the-minute, pandemic-driven doom-scrolling, 'here is space for a slower media,' says Oliver. 'That was really what was taken away with the shutdown of the magazines.'
"To [Colin Peacock, host of Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch programme], the industry's reinvention suggests a new era of 'start-up-style media' in New Zealand. … Peacock points to Shepherdess – a new quarterly magazine for rural women, which launched in mid-March – and the free 'mountain culture' publication 1964 as examples of how print might be reinvented to serve a specific, perhaps localised audience. …
"In April, Bauer's Australia and New Zealand chief executive Brendon Hill had said magazines would be 'untenable' in New Zealand through the pandemic: 'Publishing in New Zealand is very dependent on advertising revenue and it is highly unlikely that demand will ever return to pre-crisis levels.'
"But the industry's bounceback from catastrophe reflects New Zealand readers' loyalty to their long-standing magazines – potentially to a fault, Peacock suggests. … The resurrection of The Listener, almost identical in form and focus, suggests there was next to no enthusiasm for a refresh, says Peacock. …
"Richter and Friederike Hasel are hopeful that North & South readers will embrace a new global perspective – especially at this time of transition, not just for New Zealand's media but New Zealand itself. Bauer's exit was 'a shock to many,' says Friederike Hasel – 'but I think something good might come out of that.' "
More at the Guardian, here.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged lockdown, magazine, media, new zealand, pandemic | 3 Comments
on February 1, 2021 at 10:47 pm | Reply Laurie Graves
That is good news. Yay for New Zealand and Australia!
on February 2, 2021 at 4:47 am | Reply suzannesmom
Anytime someone says a particular medium is dead because of some innovation, I know resurgence in a new form is around the corner. ("Radio is dead." "Movies are dead." "TV is dead." "Newspapers are dead.") People just like to show off a catchy phrase.
Very good point! Don't be too quick to write off anything.

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Peggy King (born February 16, 1930) is a jazz vocalist and television personality. She was a member of big bands led by Charlie Spivak, Ralph Flanagan, and Ray Anthony.

Career
"Pretty Perky Peggy King", as she was called, appeared on The George Gobel Show from 1954 through 1957 and guest-starred on many other TV shows, including Bob Hope's 1956 Chevy Show, American Bandstand, Maverick, Dragnet (series), The Steve Allen Show, The Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, What's My Line?, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Perry Como Show, The Garry Moore Show, and The Jack Benny Program.

In 1952, MGM signed her to a contract, which led to a singing cameo in Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful (recorded with Skip Martin for MGM Records) and a series of commercial jingles for Hunt's tomato sauce. These last brought her to the attention of Mitch Miller at Columbia Records. Miller signed her to a long-term contract, under which she made two best-selling albums, Wish Upon on a Star and Girl Meets Boy  and a string of hit singles, including "Make Yourself Comfortable" in 1954. She sang the Oscar-nominated song "Count Your Blessings" on the 1955 Academy Awards telecast, and both Billboard and Down Beat magazine named her Best New Singer of 1955–56.

King sang in the 1955 comedy Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy and was featured as chief co-star on the poster. She portrayed the stewardess Janet Turner in the suspense thriller Zero Hour! (1957), later the basis for the satirical comedy Airplane!. She starred opposite Tab Hunter in the television musical Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (1958) and in a musical version of Jack and the Beanstalk co-starring Joel Grey, Celeste Holm, and Cyril Ritchard. Her albums include Lazy Afternoon (1959), Oh What a Memory We Made Tonight, and Peggy King Sings Jerome Kern. In 2008 Sepia Records reissued the original cast album of Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, adding sixteen of King's Columbia recordings and four of Hunter's. In 2016, Fresh Sound released her first new album in 36 years.

The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted King into their Hall of Fame in 2010. The success of the movie led to her resuming her singing career in 2013 with the All-Star Jazz Trio, and she received strong notices at 54 Below in New York and the Metropolitan Room. King continues to perform in nightclubs, theatres and at charitable and private events on a regular basis, with Music Director/Pianist Andrew Kahn and accompanied by The All-Star Jazz Trio.

On February 8, 1960, King became one of the first stars to be honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her star is located on the north side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard.

Family
Peggy was born February 16, 1930, to Floyd Henry King (1902–1978) and Mary Margaret Finan (1908–2001). She has been married three times. She first married trumpeter-trombonist Knobby Lee (né) Norbert William Francis Lidrbauch; 1927–1999) on February 2, 1953, in Los Angeles County. She met Lee while singing with Ralph Flanagan. Lee had been a trumpeter with the band. Knobby and Peggy divorced October 19, 1956, in Los Angeles County. After ending a two-year engagement to Andre Previn in 1958, she married Bill Kirkpatrick (ne William Kirkpatrick) in 1959. At the time, Kirkpatrick was a publicist with Bill Doll (1910–1979). Then, in the early 1960s, she married Samuel Rudofker (1921–1994) of Philadelphia, with whom she has two children, Jonathan King Rudofker (1962–2000) and Suzanne Rudofker (born 1963), and a granddaughter, Haley Rudofker (born 2000). Tabloids and biographies suggest that she had once had a love interest with Sammy Davis, Jr.

References

External links
 Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia website
 Peggy King internet radio show on WYYR.com

1930 births
Living people
Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania
People from Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Singers from Pennsylvania
20th-century American women singers
American women pop singers
American women jazz singers
American jazz singers
Big band singers
Blues singers
Swing singers
Torch singers
Traditional pop music singers
RCA Victor artists
20th-century American singers
21st-century American women

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What makes The Gruffalo property an attractive one to work with?
The Gruffalo is a unique brand which allows us to create a unique programme of products.
We work very closely with Magic Light Pictures and agree a joint strategy for growth which everyone buys into. They are an incredible licensor who trust our judgement but equally have a very clear vision for the future. Our job is to deliver that vision.
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The property is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Why do you think the brand has endured for so long?
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What is unique about The Gruffalo compared to the other brands you work with?
There is no such thing as a Gruffalo – he's not a train, pig, cat, dog, rabbit, bear or buffalo. He is the Gruffalo! He's unique in every way. This allows us to create unique interpretations with some outstanding licensees.
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We work closely with them to support the growth through marketing such as the Giant Chocolate Gruffalo, by Thorntons, currently touring Sainsburys stores.
We are also able to operate directly with some of the best retailers in the UK to find new consumer touch points such as our partnership with Specsavers and The National Literacy Trust or our apparel, toys and gifting business with Sainsbury's.
You work with brands all around the world. Is it rare for one to maintain popularity for 15 years?
TLC focuses on building long term sustainable businesses for all of our brand owners. Maintaining popularity on a brand like Coca-Cola where it's the biggest brand in the world, serves two billion drinks a year and is a 127 years old is easy. Maintaining popularity on a publishing character brand over the long term is not easy.
It requires a lot of strategic input and involves some very difficult decisions. Luckily things are going to plan and we have a phenomenal new group of licensees launching in the next 12 months. We are extremely excited about the future of this brand.
How do you negotiate finding partners for The Gruffalo?
TLC spends a lot of time selecting and assessing each opportunity that we find for the brand.
We don't like to target typical licensees but actively pursue new manufacturers and branded businesses to create something unique.
We like to find a partner who shares the long term vision for the brand and will be committed to building something special. Retailers have so much choice and we need every Gruffalo product to earn its space on shelf.
Can you envision celebrating The Gruffalo's 30th anniversary?
I would expect to be celebrating The Gruffalo's 50th anniversary.
TLC have been particularly cautious with the categories, products, partners and retail channels over the last five years.
Building a long term sustainable business is our vision – we feel that the brand is already a modern classic and our challenge now is build the brand into new sustainable categories. This requires us to deliver award winning and unique products which will be enjoyed by every generation of kids.
We are well under way and the partners we sign are totally focused on the brand.
The Gruffalo has become an important source of revenue for them, whether it's a long term partner like Aurora on plush or a new partner like Christy on home textiles.


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Linda at the Hermosa Town Office, next door to the Library and the Post Office.
So because of the small town habit of keeping track of such things, Stacy saved me a 50-mile trip to Rapid City for a notary.
Later, when I went to the library, Bert the librarian had little boxes of fudge waiting to give as gifts to her library customers that day.
I could say smugly that this is one of the benefits of living in a small town but these incidents illustrate more than that. Both these women do their jobs extremely well but they also pay particular attention to the people with whom they interact. They respond firmly, gently and politely to people so furious they are literally spitting. They listen to laments, complaints, bad jokes and whining and they do it with a smile.
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Plans for the Trinity Eco Prayer Park.
Some retreat writers might recognize Ken Steinken's name from seeing it in the house journal. During the years when I didn't live on the ranch, Ken came often to Homestead House, at least once riding his bicycle twenty-some miles from Rapid City, to write in the retreat solitude. He signed the house journal, saying he'd tried to erase all testosterone from the premises before a women's writing retreat started.
Ken's new project is to help establish an Eco Prayer Park on one fourth of a city block now vacant on the corner of Fourth and Saint Joseph Streets, beside Trinity Lutheran Church in Rapid City.
"Our goal is to create a peaceful, natural place downtown that will preserve open space and enhance the vitality of the downtown experience," Ken says.
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I was a little concerned that the word "Eco" might be a little too political; it's a goofy, trendy word but it allows us to avoid "Sustainable" which is clunky; and "Natural" is just too vanilla. The word "Prayer" has been overused and abused, and may unsettle folks on both ends of the political spectrum, so it sets up a creative tension that I like. The official name collects all the elements, but perhaps the park will be best-known simply as Trinity Park, a place to reflect on how we relate to God, one another, and the planet.
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I'll be donating plugs of buffalo grass and other native grasses as well as any wildflower seeds the project needs and can find on my land.
Website for the Trinity Eco Prayer Park. This is a bare-bones Google Group website that has newsletter-type updates on the park and links for further information.
Read an article about the park in the Rapid City Journal. Includes a photo of the existing bare lot and depictions of what the park will look like.
In the latest issue, Sr. Hildegard has written about the abbey's efforts to produce as much of its own food as possible in "All is safely gathered in,/ ere the winter storms begin." This article, too, shows her characteristic gentle humor.
Finally, she encourages everyone to grow a little food of their own, even if it's just some basil or parsley seeds in a pot on the windowsill.
I'll be sending the newsletter to my co-editors of the Wind Anthologies because we've never met Sr. Hildegard and the newsletter includes a photograph of her canning produce.
The Abbey Wish List includes these items: ground coffee (regular), cereal, powdered milk, canned tomatoes and fish, honey, bathroom tissue, fragrance-free laundry detergent, potting soil, 16%-protein layer pellets for the chickens, battery powered wall clocks and vintage (not plastic) jewelry and rosaries. Contact the Abbey to contribute these or other items. You can read about the life of a nun, or learn more about the Abbey's schedule of group and individual retreats on their website.
Read about the western women's books co-edited by Linda, including Crazy Woman Creek which includes the story by Sister Hildegard Dubnick, on the Wind Anthologies Page of this website.
Put me in the "hates liver, loves liverwurst" camp. Would love to try it. When I was in college, I ate a lot of liverwurst because I was selling plasma for grocery money and I had to get my iron into range to keep doing it.


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Q: Getting attribute of a property where the property is from an implemented interface If I have a host of properties in an interface, but in the example I will just use one as it demonstrates what I am trying to achieve.
  interface IFoo
  {
    [Bar()]
    string A { get; set; }
  }
 class Base { }
 class Foo : Base, IFoo
 {
   public string A { get; set; }
 }

So when I do this:
Foo f = new Foo();
f.A = "Value";
Attribute b = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(f.GetType().GetProperty("A"), typeof(Bar));

I was expecting to be able to get the instance of my Bar attribute out. Most of this is being done in a generic class and I am using my attributes for a validation model so I can't implicitly cast to an interface then get the attribute of the property in the interface because I never know what type the interface will be or what type will implement it. I need some way of getting the attribute out of my instance of Base for example.
public void GenericMethod<T>(T instance) where T : Base
{
    //Get my instance of Bar here.
}

I hope whatI am trying to do is clear, thanks in advance.

A: This will give you the list of all custom attributes Bar applied to all properties in type of instance:
var attibutes = instance.GetType().GetInterfaces()
                    .SelectMany(i => i.GetProperties())
                    .SelectMany(
                        propertyInfo =>
                        propertyInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof (BarAttribute), false)
                    );

Is that what you are looking for?

A: The property Foo.A does not have any attributes. Only IFoo.A has the attribute. You would need to use:
Attribute b = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(typeof(IFoo).GetProperty("A"), ...);

The only other thing you can do is explicitly check the interface table via f.GetType().GetInterfaceMap(typeof(IFoo)), maybe checking each interface that is in f.GetType().GetInterfaces() that has an "A".
Something like (and this is messy):
var outerProp = f.GetType().GetProperty("A");
Attribute b = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(outerProp, typeof(BarAttribute));
if (b == null)
{
    var candidates = (from iType in f.GetType().GetInterfaces()
                      let prop = iType.GetProperty("A")
                      where prop != null
                      let map = f.GetType().GetInterfaceMap(iType)
                      let index = Array.IndexOf(map.TargetMethods, outerProp.GetGetMethod())
                      where index >= 0 && map.InterfaceMethods[index] == prop.GetGetMethod()
                      select prop).Distinct().ToArray();
    if (candidates.Length == 1)
    {
        b = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(candidates[0], typeof(BarAttribute));
    }
}

What this does is:

*

*if the original property didn't have the attribute...

*it checks what interfaces the type implements...

*and sees what interface-properties the class-property implements...

*and checks whether there is exactly one...

*and looks for the attribute on that

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Phase II of Bihar elections surpassed the previous record by 3 % , with 55 % polling despite Maoist threats.
Phase One of the Bihar assembly polls saw an outstandingly high percentage of female voters as compared to males, even as the overall attendance at the polling booths dragged around 57 per cent, 6 per cent more than the 2010 figures.
Phase one of the five-phase Bihar elections to be held from October 12 to November 5 has begun with a total of 586 candidates contesting for 49 seats and 1.35 crore voters ready to exercise their franchise.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked the Centre to declassify all files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at the earliest.
An FIR has been lodged against RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for alleged castiest remarks as the the Election Commission found them violating the model of conduct for assembly elections in Bihar.


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Sygnatariusz (od łac.  – 'podpisujący' od  'znak') – zwykle oznacza państwo podpisujące umowę międzynarodową i  zobowiązujące się w ten sposób do wypełniania postanowień zawartych w podpisywanym dokumencie. Sygnatariuszami nazywa się też osoby podpisujące umowę w imieniu swojego kraju.
W umowach międzynarodowych przyjmowanych w trybie złożonym, sygnatariusz przyjmuje traktat dopiero w chwili jego ratyfikacji lub zatwierdzenia.

Inne znaczenia
Sygnatariusz to także "osoba podpisująca jakąkolwiek umowę, oświadczenie lub memoriał".

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Brooke Shields as Morticia Addams – publicity photos released
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Actors Fund Gala will honour Bebe Neuwirth and Al Pacino
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Susan Stroman, Norbert Leo Butz and Sutton Foster win Astaire Awards
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rm -rf public
mkdir public
mkdir public/css
mkdir public/js

# Copy html and css files in the app folder into the public directory and preserve directories
# Add additional file extensions if needed i.e. images, fonts, etc..

nodemon -e html,css --watch app \
  --exec "cd app; find . -type f \( -name '*.html' -o -name '*.css' \) | cpio -pdvm ../public; cd .." &

nodemon --watch app/js \
  --exec "cd app; find . -type f \( -name '*.js' \) | cpio -pdvm ../public; cd .." &

# Copy bower_components js files
mkdir public/vendor
cp bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js public/vendor
cp bower_components/lodash/lodash.min.js public/vendor
cp bower_components/firebase/firebase.js public/vendor
###############################
# Jade (npm intalled locally) #
###############################

# Render Jade
./node_modules/jade/bin/jade.js app -o public -w &

###############################
# Sass (npm intalled locally) #
###############################

# Render main.scss
nodemon -e scss --watch app/styles \
  --exec "./node_modules/node-sass/bin/node-sass \
    --output-style compressed \
    --include-path styles \
    --include-path bower_components \
    --source-map-embed \
    app/styles/main.scss public/css/main.css" &

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The 5-HT1A receptor agonist F 13640 attenuates mechanical allodynia in a rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain
Kristof Deseure, Wouter Koek, Francis C. Colpaert, Hugo Adriaensen
The effects of acute intraperitoneal injections of the 5-HT1A receptor agonists F 13640 [(3-chloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)-[4-fluoro-4-([(5-methyl-pyridin-2-ylmethyl)- amino]-methyl)piperidin-1-yl]-methadone] and F 13714 [3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl-(4-fluoro-4-[[(5-methyl-6-methylamino-pyridin-2- ylmethyl)-amino]-methyl]-piperidin-1-yl-methanone] were studied in comparison with those of baclofen and morphine on responsiveness to von Frey hair stimulation after chronic constriction injury to the rat's infraorbital nerve (IoN-CCI). Following IoN-CCI, an ipsilateral hyperresponsiveness developed that remained stable in control rats throughout the period of drug testing. F 13640, F 13714, baclofen and morphine dose-dependently decreased the hyperresponsiveness; normalization of the response occurred at doses 0.63, 0.04, 5 and 10 mg/kg, respectively. Confirming earlier data, baclofen's effects further validate IoN-CCI as a model of trigeminal neuralgia. The effects of F 13640 and F 13714 are initial evidence that 5-HT1A receptor agonists produce profound analgesia in the IoN-CCI model. The present data extend recent evidence that high-efficacy 5-HT1A receptor activation constitutes a new mechanism of central analgesia the spectrum of which may also encompass trigeminal neuropathic pain.
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Deseure, K., Koek, W., Colpaert, F. C., & Adriaensen, H. (2002). The 5-HT1A receptor agonist F 13640 attenuates mechanical allodynia in a rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain. European Journal of Pharmacology, 456(1-3), 51-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2999(02)02640-7
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Deseure, K, Koek, W, Colpaert, FC & Adriaensen, H 2002, 'The 5-HT1A receptor agonist F 13640 attenuates mechanical allodynia in a rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain', European Journal of Pharmacology, vol. 456, no. 1-3, pp. 51-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2999(02)02640-7
Deseure K, Koek W, Colpaert FC, Adriaensen H. The 5-HT1A receptor agonist F 13640 attenuates mechanical allodynia in a rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain. European Journal of Pharmacology. 2002 Dec 5;456(1-3):51-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2999(02)02640-7
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The best way to set the azimuth is by ear (see the note at bottom of this page). Note that if you hear a defective azimuth adjustment as an obvious problem of balance--if the sound is predominantly to the left or the right--, that could be because the azimuth is off (er, check the balance on your preamplifier first, of course!). But there could be many other causes, such as problem with room acoustics, deficient electronic component in one channel, etc. It's best to first ensure that there's nothing unbalanced in the rest of the system before attributing the problem to azimuth. It is however true that a center image can sound slightly off center if the azimuth if not perfectly adjusted.
Use a mono recording with relatively sparse material (for example, of a female vocalist). As you adjust the azimuth, you will perceive that the voice has the best "presence" when the adjustment is right on; that indicates that the stylus is perfectly vertical and centered in the groove; if it is even slightly off, the voice will sound somewhat recessed and unfocused. There is a very fine line between being right on, or not quite there yet; usually, a fraction of a degree is all it takes. So you really have to be very subtle when adjusting this parameter. Start with the cartridge vertical. This is just a starting point; remember that with most cartridges, the stylus is not exactly vertical, so just looking at the cartridge won't help much. A perfectly vertical stylus is what we are trying to achieve, and that's not something you can see with the naked eye.
Before you start changing the azimuth, listen to a short excerpt (2-3 minutes) several times. Identify as many elements as you can: the different vowels the singer is singing, the consonants, the mouth noises; then listen to the instruments: try to pay attention to each one individually. Is there perhaps one that seems to be more separated from the others? Don't listen to instruments or voices in the low register, they won't tell you much in this process. Percussion instruments in the middle or high register can be very useful: listen to the attack, then the decay.
Once you think that you've identified one instrument/voice that you "know" well on that recording, modify the azimuth, in one direction or the other. Let's say, you start by going toward the left (armwand rotated counterclockwise); rotate the arm by a very small amount--when you get close to the right spot, the rotation can be a fraction of degree. Listen to what happened. Then move again, in the same direction. Listen again. Is the sound getting more present, or not? Is the instrument getting more 3-D like, perhaps moving to the front a little, perhaps gaining more separation from the others? Or perhaps nothing changed, or it got worse (more recessed, less focused). Modify again, in the same direction. If nothing is improving, you might be going in the wrong direction. Come back to vertical, (on the Talea™ you can follow your changes on the little scale in the azimuth window) and do the same procedure in the other direction (clockwise). At some point, the sound will seem to change for the better. If it isn't, remember that some cartridges are less sensitive than others to azimuth changes. Or perhaps, you're exhausted by now and can't focus anymore. Don't worry, leave it aside for a while, and just enjoy listening to music.
Note that it's not impossible that the best sound is with the cartridge perfectly vertical! Sometimes the stylus is perfectly aligned.
As with any fine adjustment, it takes time and patience to get it right. It's the same thing with tracking force and VTA/SRA adjustments: you can do it by eye, or follow the manufacturer's recommended setting, and hope for the best. Or you can experiment, try other settings just to see what happens, and suddenly discover uncharted territories. Through practice, your ears will get better at hearing the fine differences, and this in turn will take you to new heights of musical enjoyment.
Just as a performer needs to understand how to take advantage of his fine instrument, anyone who has engaged for a significant period of time with the setup of a sophisticated tonearm knows that it can take a very long time to understand how it reacts to minute variations and how to anticipate its reactions and play with them. The more you play with it, the more you realize what it can do and how to make it sound its best, and the more it gives you back. And when you get it right, you can sit back and enjoy the new level you've just reached in your analog experience!
I have heard mix results from a friend using the Fozgometer.The Clearaudio Azimuth Optimizer would be nice to try? Given the price difference you would expect accurate results!
If you heard the results compared with that from using the Feickert Adjust+ software you would put the Fozgo in the drawer.
Couldn't you use the same instruments that you use to adjust the azimuth on a tape machine?
Are you referring to the old CRT oscilloscope, that any one can get at eBay for less than $100?
I was thinking more on the lines of a Tektronix scope or the software O-scope that I use in my workstations. At least these can do phase and FFT at high sample rates.
with the Feickert Adjust+, could you not also see what different VTA's behave like at different settings?
Sshh! Don't tell Tom, He thinks all differences are due to tone and not actual information that has been previously hidden by equipment due to lack of resolution or setup.
I asked Chris Feickert this quite a while ago, and the answer is no and it's not a feature that can be added. Use your ears and/or a microscope.
Is that similar to blood splatters at homicide scenes ?
Not quite. They want sound that doesn't become thin at some volumes, which is what most passives do. An active preamp often doesn't lose body, weight, and dynamics. Yes, it can introduce colorations and distortions of its own.
"Our real customers care most about the experience they get when they sit down to listen to their music. We create amplifiers that we like to listen to, on the assumption that we share similar taste. We want our products to invite you to listen. We want you to enjoy the experience so much that you go through your entire record collection - again and again. This, by the way, is a very strong indicator."
Brian- Tom hasn't, despite repeated requests, shared how he sets up cartridges in his Yammie.
And Tom sadly doesn't know that you works with Teo that produces one of the better passive devices. So you're more than most, aware of their shortcomings. Not to mention the effect of the volume control.
Just Outside New Orleans, La.
So after all the drama is it the Fozgo or some other device? Is there a consensus on this???
I think the best save for an oscilloscope is the Feickert; the Feickert though is more involved to set up and there is a learning curve. The Foz is a little less money and much easier to use. You can get to the Feickert using the Foz by ear though. Eventually, however, Peter Ledermann will hopefully have his setup device finished too.


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The aim of the game is to get under the bar without letting any part of your body other than your feet touch the ground.
The maximum Height of the set is 1.5m, there are 16 coloured pegs which allow you to change the height of the crossbeam to increase / decrease the difficulty.
The Limbo Set is supplied complete with a nylon storage bag for ease of storage and transportation.


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CCOP approves divestment of govt's shares in KAPCO
ISLAMABAD - The Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCOP) on Saturday approved divestment of government's Residual Shareholdings in Kot Adu Power Company Ltd (KAPCO), and the sale of shares of Mari Petroleum Company Ltd through the domestic stock exchange or through the shareholders.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar chaired the committee's meeting. At the outset, Privatisation Commission Chairman Muhammad Zubair gave a presentation to the meeting on the privatisation programme, as envisaged by the commission in future.
The CCOP also approved proposals to include the Industrial Development Bank and Telephone Industries of Pakistan in the list of entities to be privatised on a priority basis.
The meeting had a detailed review of the matters pertaining to Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), and decided that response from the Sindh Government to the federal government's offer of acquiring PSM may be ascertained by June 10, 2016 so that further course of action could be decided in this regard.
The CCOP observed the government could not afford to just keep paying salaries to the employees without any production taking place, and that a decision had to be taken sooner to avoid the losses that were accumulating by the hour.
The committee had a detailed discussion on the matters relating to PIA. Dar gave instructions for completing, on priority basis, all necessary formalities to convert PIA from a corporation into a public limited company in the light of the bill passed by the parliament.
He said the government had the resolve to revamp and refurbish the national airline so that it could provide quality travelling and cargo services in accordance with the international standards.
PC fails to satisfy CCoP over HEC divestment
CCoP approves HBL divestment
CCoP okays transaction structure for divestment of GoP shares in ABL
Dar for speedy divestment of PSX shares
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Home News People Finest Sci-Fi Films and TV From Director Rachel Talalay
Finest Sci-Fi Films and TV From Director Rachel Talalay
Peggy Drood (Indya Moore) and Grand Guignol (Tom Felton) plot in opposition to youngsters in A Babysitter's Information to Monster Looking.
Photograph: Justina Mintz/Netflix
Rachel Talalay is, so far, the one girl to direct a movie in any of the most important slasher franchises. She additionally made a bona fide 1990s cult basic, and has helmed episodes of a number of TV exhibits we love (together with Physician Who). Talalay's newest function, A Babysitter's Information to Monster Looking, hit Netflix final month and impressed us to check out her prolific profession to date.
A Babysitter's Information to Monster Looking (2020)
Based mostly on Joe Ballarini's e book sequence, this Netflix Halloween launch skews extra overtly family-friendly than a lot of what Talalay has executed previously, however there are some acquainted motifs, together with a boogeyman who offers within the foreign money of nightmares. Babysitter's Information is a few geeky teen who will get a delicate however much-needed shove towards discovering her interior badass, alongside CG-enhanced monster mayhem, high-school social drama, and an endearing message that prioritizes brainpower and loyalty amongst mates above all else. (And should you watch very rigorously throughout the scene the place the heroine's dad and mom cellphone her from a Halloween celebration, you'll spot a reveler dressed as Freddy Krueger lurking within the background!)
Tank Lady (1995)
That is in all probability the film most individuals affiliate with Talalay at the start, with good motive: it's a fun-as-hell comedian e book adaptation beloved for its feminist themes and has lengthy since made up for its tepid box-office take by changing into a cult sensation. It's set within the post-apocalyptic yr of 2033, when the world has used up practically all its water (because of a comet strike, not local weather change by some means), with a sinister company run by Malcolm McDowell aiming to stomp out any rebels able to threatening their aquatic monopoly. Tank Lady (a memorably energetic Lori Petty) is, in fact, the best insurgent within the Australian outback, and gained't again down, particularly as soon as she begins constructing a misfit resistance.
A then-unknown Naomi Watts co-stars; you'll additionally see a then-unknown Catherine Hardwicke within the credit as manufacturing designer (on a film the place that component positively stands out)—however there are additionally some large names. Stan Winston's group dealt with the particular results make-up for the film's mutant contingent, and Courtney Love, then on the top of Stay By This-era Gap fame, assembled Tank Lady's raucous alt-rock soundtrack.
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Ghost within the Machine (1993)
Karen Allen (Raiders of the Misplaced Ark) stars on this horror story that takes the fundamental plot of Wes Craven's Shocker and offers it a cyber-themed replace which now, in fact, appears hilariously dated. A pc whiz/serial assassin referred to as the "Address Book Killer"—as a result of he actually selects his victims from stolen tackle books—dies after a automotive accident, however he's zapped with lightning throughout lifesaving efforts. He's then reborn inside "the network," which isn't fairly the web since he's in a position to journey into something that plugs right into a socket.
Even should you go away that dicey plotting out of it, Ghost within the Machine will not be a fantastic film—it mixes made-for-TV power with startling violence, and a few curiously written teenage characters. However to Talalay's credit score, there are some real nail-biting moments. The disembodied maniac's inventive manner of weaponizing electronics is spectacular, and a proto-Ultimate Vacation spot suspense wells up anytime the characters come inside vary of a microwave, an arcade recreation, a automotive cellphone, a public-bathroom hand dryer…you get the concept.
Freddy's Lifeless: The Ultimate Nightmare (1991)
Talalay's directorial debut was this sixth movie within the blockbuster Nightmare on Elm Avenue franchise—however she'd really labored on each Nightmare movie as much as that time, beginning with an assistant manufacturing supervisor credit score on the 1984 Wes Craven unique. Although each Nightmare movie dips into the surreal, Freddy's Lifeless is perhaps essentially the most exaggerated instance, seen even in "awake" scenes when the characters journey to a Twilight Zone model of Springwood. Additionally notable: the movie's use of 3D throughout a last-act sequence exploring the corners of Freddy's demented mind, through which we get to see Robert Englund out of his signature make-up for a change.
Talalay has a narrative credit score alongside Michael De Luca's script, so she undoubtedly had some enter in making Freddy's Lifeless an origin story for the gloved maniac. It's unclear if she had a hand in sequences like "Freddy transforms into a murderous video game boss" or the stunt casting of unique Nightmare star Johnny Depp, in addition to Roseanne, Tom Arnold, and Alice Cooper, however these are simply the sorts of bizarre touches that elevate this off-kilter entry in a sequence that had begun to really feel creatively depleted lengthy earlier than 1991 rolled round.
Physician Who
Talalay's feature-film resumé isn't too intensive, however she's racked up a ton of TV credit. Lately, she's directed episodes of superhero exhibits like The Flash, Doom Patrol, and Legends of Tomorrow, in addition to Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Of best be aware to io9 readers, nevertheless, might be the truth that she directed seven Physician Who episodes, all from the Twelfth Physician period, beginning with the two-part season finale for the eighth sequence, "Dark Water" and "Death in Heaven." She'd return for the two-part season finale for the ninth sequence, "Heaven Sent" and "Hell Bent," and once more for the tenth, "World Enough and Time" and "The Doctor Falls." Then, she oversaw the top of the Peter Capaldi period within the 2017 Christmas particular "Twice Upon a Time," which featured the historic debut of Jodie Whittaker in its closing moments.
For extra on Talalay—together with how her very first film gig led to her lasting friendship with John Waters (he was the officiant at her wedding ceremony!)—try this brief profile that Netflix put collectively forward of Babysitter's Information. She additionally will get into her lengthy historical past with the Nightmare on Elm Avenue sequence, explains what (and typically who) motivates her as a director, and offers some perception into her inventive course of.
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When you're receiving advice "free" or otherwise, it's wise to first evaluate the source. It's probably not the best idea to hire a squinting optometrist, a limping podiatrist, or a toothless dentist. If you're considering a heart surgeon and a search for his previous patients turns up too many graves, perhaps it's time to reconsider. In fact, if he's having heart pains, in all kindness perhaps you should call him a doctor.
In this vein, it seems time to examine a growing trend in this country. American officials still reeling from 9-11 and its escalating after-shocks are increasingly turning for help to Israeli "security experts." Every few months there seems to be another report of local police officers somewhere in the country- Rhode Island, California, New Jersey -traveling to Israel for training in how to make America more secure.
These trips are paid for, interestingly, by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization whose once worthy goal of opposing bigotry long ago was superseded by a very different activity: advocacy for Israel. This advocacy consists of both carrots and sticks. Our officials, understandably perhaps, are chomping on the carrots.
At the same time as these junkets to Israel, more and more Israeli security experts are being hired here at home to advise us on how to make our nation safer. They're popping up everywhere – at the local level, in state agencies, and throughout the federal government. They're offering their services to the state department, and military officers are visiting the highest levels of the Pentagon.
Israeli experts are assisting us abroad, as well. They helped us interrogate prisoners at Abu-Ghraib, for example, and are present at Guantanamo making us safer.
At some levels, none of this is surprising. It is certainly tempting for our financially strapped municipalities to avail themselves of a lobbying group's generosity, and there are all sorts of truisms to apply for example, "don't look a gift horse in the mouth." But the one that I suspect best fits is the old "there's no free lunch." Even more troubling, perhaps, are the cases where our over-extended federal government and struggling local ones are paying out good money for consultants whose merit is highly questionable at best.
It seems to me that before we go any further in this headlong rush for Israeli expertise to protect American citizens, it's important to ask how secure Israeli experts and their policies have made Israeli citizens.
Anyone who has paid any attention to the news, of course, knows the answer.
The truth is, despite Israel's enormous military might (paid for by American taxpayers to the tune of over $10 million per day), Israelis are among the most terrified populations in today's world. Israelis feel unsafe in their cafes, on their streets, in their homes. They're frightened to ride their own city buses. (The wealthy, of course, don't. They take taxis and private cars.) And going to the mall in many parts of Israel is an experience that not many Americans would be eager to replicate here. Being searched by armed soldiers in combat gear before being allowed to enter, and then shopping amid people with loaded rifles strapped to their backs as they peruse the toy section is not a delight many of us would wish to copy.
Of course, you might point out, Israelis are living luxuriously compared to Palestinians. "Only" about 1,000 Israelis have been killed in the past five years, not over 3,500. "Only" approximately 100 Israeli children have been killed compared to more than 600 Palestinian ones. "Only" 7,000 Israelis have been injured, not 28,000. The unemployment rate is "only" 10 % not 50%. Israelis aren't suffering malnutrition, being routinely imprisoned, grotesquely humiliated, regularly tortured.
There aren't dozens of children with eyes injured and shot out, and while there are growing numbers of Israelis in wheelchairs, they don't yet approach the hundreds of Palestinians whom Israeli bullets have permanently paralyzed. While many Israelis are maimed – arms missing, legs gone, faces mutilated – they're "only" a fraction of the number you find in Palestine.
Nevertheless, despite their relative comfort, Israelis are not living in a condition that I wish to emulate.
It's a very simple equation. The more that Israeli "experts" increase their actions to "protect" Israelis, the more they die.
Overall, in fact, Israelis have been so well served by their officials, that Israeli citizens are leaving the country in droves (hence, I suspect, the many "security consultants" now peddling their wares in the U.S. – security experts, too, know when to leave a sinking ship). In recent years, approximately ten percent of the population has left and some former American diplomats suspect the number of Israelis fleeing their country could easily be double that.
Personally, I'm proud of America's history as a refuge for those "yearning to breathe free," and I believe in doing our best to welcome those whom extreme need drives to our shores. I don't, however, want anyone to bring "security" policies and "expertise" to our country that caused them to flee their own.
I'm not surprised that so many Israelis are moving to the US. I only wish we'd stop consulting them about how to make our own nation as safe as the one they've just fled.
"Israeli experts are assisting us abroad, as well. They helped us interrogate prisoners at Abu-Ghraib, for example, and are present at Guantanamo making us safer".
What's happened to the USA, that they cannot run their own country without 'Expertise' from Israel? The numbers of Israeli 'experts' in the highest levels of the American government is staggering. No wonder the USA has to give Israel $3.8 Billion each year to pay for it all.
Wake up America. The 'White Ants" have almost destroyed your country, and nobody seems to have noticed…….


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Andira is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is distributed in the tropical Americas, except for A. inermis, which also occurs in Africa. It was formerly assigned to the tribe Dalbergieae, but recent molecular phylogenetic evidence has placed it in a unique clade named the Andira clade.

Compared to other Faboideae the genus has unusual systems of root nodules and fruits, which are drupes. In most species the fruits are dispersed by bats, and in some they are dispersed by rodents. They may also be dispersed on water.

Plants of the genus are used in traditional medicine in Brazil to treat fever and as purgatives and vermifuges. The treatments are toxic in high doses, however. Chemical compounds isolated from the genus include isoflavones, flavanols, glycosides, pterocarpans, chromone, and ursolic acid.

Species
Andira comprises the following species:

 Andira acuminata Benth.

 Andira anthelmia (Vell.) J.F. Macbr.

 Andira bahiensis N.F. Mattos

 Andira carvalhoi R.T. Penn. & H.C. Lima

 Andira cordata R.T. Penn. & H.C. Lima
 Andira coriacea Pulle—St. Martin rouge
 Andira cubensis Benth.
 Andira cuiabensis Benth.

 Andira fraxinifolia Benth.
 Andira frondosa C. Mart.
 Andira galeottiana Standl.

 Andira grandistipula Amshoff
 Andira handroana N.F. Mattos

 Andira humilis Mart. ex Benth.
 Andira inermis (Wright) DC.—angelin, cabbagebark, cabbagetree
 subsp. glabricalyx R. T. Penn.
 subsp. inermis (Wright) DC.
 subsp. rooseveltii (De Wild.) J. B. Gillett ex Polhill

 Andira kuhlmannii N.F. Mattos
 Andira landroana N.F. Mattos

 Andira legalis (Vell.) Toledo
 Andira macrothyrsa Ducke
 Andira marauensis N.F. Mattos
 Andira micans Taub.
 Andira micrantha Ducke
 Andira multistipula Ducke
 Andira nitida Benth.
 Andira ormosioides Benth.
 Andira paniculata Benth.
 Andira parviflora Ducke
 Andira parvifolia Benth.

 Andira pernambucensis N.F. Mattos
 Andira pisonis Benth.

 Andira riparia Kunth
 Andira rosea Benth.
 Andira sapindoides (DC.) Benth.
 Andira skolemora H. Kost.
 Andira spectabilis Saldanha
 Andira spinulosa Benth.

 Andira surinamensis (Bondt) Pulle
 Andira trifoliolata Ducke
 Andira unifoliolata Ducke
 Andira vermifuga Benth.
 Andira villosa Kleinhoonte

 Andira zehntneri Harms

Nomina Dubia
The following species are of uncertain validity:

 Andira araroba (Aguiar.) See Araroba powder, Mrs. M. Grieve. A Modern Herbal.
 Andira chigorodensis R.T.Penn.
 Andira chiricana Pittier
 Andira harfieldii Leschenault de la Tour
 Andira jaliscensis R.T. Penn.
 Andira macrocarpa R.T.Penn.
 Andira microcarpa Griseb.
 Andira oblonga Benth.
 Andira praecox Arroyo ex R.T. Penn.
 Andira taurotesticulata R.T. Penn.
 Andira tervequinata R.T. Penn., G.A. Aymard & Cuello

References

Faboideae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fabaceae genera


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Revenue up 13% to $69 million, driven by ads, a book deal, and a one-time gain, in middle of guidance range.
Operating loss narrowed to ($4.9 million) from ($10.4 million), versus (-$8.0 million) guidance.
Publishing division revenue up 27% to $46 million. Operating income up to $6 million from $2 million.
Broadcasting revenue down from $10.1 million to $8.8 million.
Online revenue minor and tepid: $3.3 million vs. $2.8 million. Operating loss also increasing: ($2.1 million) vs. ($0.8 million).
Cuts Outlook: Despite outperforming in Q3, company cut revenue guidance from $330-$340 million to $330 million and operating profit and adjusted EBITDA (the latter from $34-$37 million to $33 – $35 million.
IMPORTANT: This is the first media company we are aware of that has cut guidance specifically as a result of weakness in the housing market. We continue to fear this could be the start of a trend.
*UPDATE: On the conference call later on Friday, the company attributed the guidance cut directly to the KB Homes deal (MSO gets a royalty payment when houses are sold above a certain price threshold). The company also said that advertising in October and the first two days of November was strong. So it appears our initial concern about the guidance cut–that housing weakness was beginning to affect advertising spending–was unfounded.