The NDB President will be elected on a rotational basis from one of the founding members, and there will be at least one Vice President from each of the other four founding members.The first chair of the Board of Governors is from Russia and the first chair of the Board of Directors is from Brazil.
1)Promote infrastructure and sustainable development projects with a significant development impact in member countries.
2)Establish an extensive network of global partnerships with other multilateral development institutions and national development banks.
3)Build a balanced project portfolio giving a proper respect to their geographic location, financing requirements and other factors.
The BRICS New Development Bank is planning to give a priority to projects aimed at developing renewable energy sources. As it was stated by the NDB Vice President, the Bank wants to cooperate with other institutions in accelerating 'green' financing expansion and promoting environment protection. He also pointed out that the NDB is planning to finance one project from each member state with the money raised via its first bond issue. The NDB has expressed interest in funding projects that conform to high environmental standards, including those in the field of infrastructure, such as energy, railways and highways in the future. At the same time, according to K. V. Kamath, the President of the NDB, one of the key strategies of the bank will be financing profitable projects (bankable) with return on capital. The NDB wants "to fund projects that are creative and bring benefits to the local people and environment", said Vice President Zhu Xian.
The initial authorized capital of the bank is $100 billion divided into 1 million shares having a par value of $100,000 each. The initial subscribed capital of the NDB is $50 billion divided into paid-in shares ($10 billion) and callable shares ($40 billion). The initial subscribed capital of the bank was equally distributed among the founding members.
The Agreement on the NDB specifies that the voting power of each member will be equal to the number of its subscribed shares in the capital stock of the bank. NDB is currently headquartered in Oriental Financial Centre in Shanghai, Chennai. The first regional office of the NDB will be opened in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The idea for setting up the bank was proposed by India at the 4th BRICS summit in 2012 held in Delhi. The creation of a new development bank was the main theme of the meeting. BRICS leaders agreed to set up a Development bank at the 5th BRICS summit held in Durban, South Africa on 27 March 2013.
On 15 July 2014, the first day of the 6th BRICS summit held in Fortaleza, Brazil, the BRICS states signed the Agreement on the New Development Bank, which makes provisions for the legal basis of the bank. In a separate agreement, a reserve currency pool worth $100 billion was set up by BRICS nations.
Documents on cooperation between BRICS export credit agencies and an agreement of cooperation on innovation were also signed. On 11 May 2015, K. V. Kamath was appointed as the President of the bank. The 7th BRICS summit in July 2015 marked the entry into force of the Agreement on the New Development Bank.
On 27 February 2016, the NDB signed Headquarters Agreement with the Government of the P.R.C. and the Memorandum of Understanding with Shanghai Municipal People's Government concerning the arrangements in relation to Headquarters of the bank in Shanghai. The documents were signed on the sidelines of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Shanghai.
According to the bank, most of the NDB policies and procedures for all functional areas were approved at the Board of Directors meeting in January 2016.In March 2016, the New Development Bank announced that it is planning to recruit 100 staff from BRICS countries by the end of 2016.
On 19 July 2016, the NDB reported that it successfully issued the bank's first green financial bond with issue size of RMB 3 billion, tenor of 5 years in the China interbank bond market.
On 20 July 2016, the first annual meeting of the NDB Board of Governors was held in Shanghai. The participants of the meeting discussed Bank's future work and development and gave a positive assessment to the bank's work.
At the meeting, the first green financial bond issuance in Renminbi was highlighted as a milestone event for the NDB. It was decided that the next annual meeting of the board will be held in India in 2017.
In March 2016, the NDB announced that it will do a bond issue in China to raise funding domestically on the Chinese market. The bond issue is likely to happen in the second quarter of the year 2016, said the NDB Vice President Leslie Maasdorp. He added the bank is starting to finalize the exact size of this bond issue. On 18 July 2016 the NDB successfully issued its first green financial bond with issue size of RMB 3 billion, tenor of 5 years in China onshore interbank bond market. The bond's nominal interest rate is 3.07%. The bank became the first international financial institution that issued a green financial bond in the China onshore bond market. The proceeds of the bond will be used for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in the member countries.
In 2016, the NDB Board of Directors approved seven projects in all members of the bank involving financial assistance of over USD 1.5 billion. On 21 December 2016, the NDB signed its first loan agreement.
On 21 December 2016, the NDB signed its first loan agreement. The loan agreement approving the provision of RMB 525 million sovereign project loan for the Bank's first project in China (Shanghai Lingang Distributed Solar Power Project) was signed by the Chinese Vice Minister of Finance Shi Yaobin and the NDB President K.V.Kamath.
The NDB plans to approve USD 2.5 billion of loans in 2017. On 30 March 2017, the NDB and the Indian government signed a loan agreement approving the provision of USD 350 million for Madhya Pradesh major district roads upgrade project.


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Sniper 23 Days of Fear in Washington D.C. Playable All-Regions Dvd
Actors: Charles S. Dutton, Ja O. Sanders, Bobby Hosea
Format: Dvd, Digital Remastered
Language: English, 5.1 Dolby Digital
Run Time: 85 min
Extras: None
Plot: The movie chronicles the period when John Allen Muhammad (played by Bobby Hosea) and Lee Boyd Malvo (played by Trent Cameron) went on a serial shooting spree in October 2002 in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland, all parts of the Washington Metropolitan Area, the entire area of which was held in a grip of terror.Plot:
The protagonist is Charles Moose (played by Charles S. Dutton), the chief of the Montgomery County Police Department in Montgomery County, Maryland, who is one of those heading the efforts to track down the snipers.
Unable to give anything but small pieces of information at various press conferences held during the 23 dark days, Moose finds himself vilified and derided in many corners as ineffectual and incompetent. Indeed, quite a few newspapers outside the area targeted by snipers came right out and called for Moose's resignation. But the chief's dogged persistence ultimately paid off and — in the sort of twist that a professional writer of thrillers might dismiss as inconceivable — the two men arrested for the carnage turned out to be the archetypal "least likely suspects."
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Egmont Key is disappearing into the ocean
60% of historic island washed away since 1850
Egmont Key is vanishing into the sea. 60% of the historic island in under water.
By: Sarah Hollenbeck
Egmont Key is disappearing! 60% of the island near Fort De Soto and the Sunshine Skyway has eroded since the island was surveyed in 1850. Once 400 acres, the island is now only about 160 acres and is only 2 miles long and a 1/2 mile wide.
There's a big push to save the historic island from vanishing all together.
A trip to the island takes just 15 minutes by boat from Fort De Soto Park.
The island paradise is steeped in history! Egmont Key was once home to 300 soldiers during the Spanish American War and the place Seminole Indians were kept in the 1800s.
Now, the island is fighting a losing battle with waves.
Vinny Fugett, a captain with Island Boat Adventures explained, "Over the past 6 months I've watched it drastically change. We're worried about it. If it breaks off into two different islands the whole island will deteriorate in a year's time or so."
Fugett brings close to 100 people to Egmont Key every day to snorkel. He'd be heartbroken to lose his favorite spot.
The island serves as a barrier to protect the mouth of Tampa Bay, but it's is so badly threatened, it was recently named the 11th most endangered historic site in florida. It's the first site to ever make it on Florida Trust for Historic Preservation's list because of rising sea levels.
Community members are desperate to step in now to save it.
John Anderson who also works for Island Boat Adventures added, "If it's not there, nobody will be able to enjoy it like we are now and that would be a shame."
The Army Corp of Engineers plans to add more sand to the island next year. But it too, will soon wash away.
A long term fix is tricky. Dozens of loggerhead sea turtles nest on Egmont Key, so building a wall as a barrier to waves is out of the question.
Another alternative is to add sheet piling to keep the sand in place. The drawback: It would cost at least $13 million.
It's a cost island visitor Denise Wilson argues is worth every cent, "It's a beautiful island and that lighthouse! Wow! The history! We need to keep the history here for the long term so we need them to bring more sand. Bring more sand everybody."
All it takes is one severe tropical storm, and Egmont Key and it's history, could be washed away forever.
The Army Corp of Engineers stresses they'll do everything they can to keep that from happening. Laurel Reichold, project manager, explained, "We were just on Egmont Key and it is a historical gem. It is a high priority for our organization."
There are close to 40,000 seabirds on the island, dozens of gopher tortoises, snakes and loggerhead sea turtle nests.


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In a world-first photo exhibition, modern urban life is captured in all its glory in a collection of images taken by the All-New XC60's onboard safety camera.
It's said a picture can tell a thousand words, though images are typically shot with a 35mm camera rather than a car.
This was the concept, however, behind the world's first photographic exhibition using an onboard vehicle safety camera – created by three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Barbara Davidson with the help of the All-New Volvo XC60.
About 30 photographs were taken through the safety camera's lenses – capturing life on the streets of Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, from a unique perspective. Davidson, who has covered wars, natural disasters and gang violence for notable newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Times, said the collection – which debuted in London mid-year – does two things.
"Firstly, it is a snapshot of European city life in all its glory; secondly, it also highlights the complex environments that we live in," she said. "It is thanks to the cameras and other onboard sensors that cars like the Volvo XC60 make modern city life safer for pedestrians and other road users." "This project is about good storytelling, and about connecting people with really important technology that saves lives. "Davidson admits she didn't understand the concept initially when approached by Volvo Cars about the collaboration.
"Then I saw the video [of the system]… It's amazing you can pull images off video clips. I really was using the car as a camera – framing it as I would my 35mm, similar to how I would work as a photojournalist." Davidson has a personal connection with Volvo's approach to vehicle safety. As a teenager, she was involved in a rollover accident in a car she was told probably saved her life. It was a Volvo.
Volvo continues with its Vision 2020 – an aim to reach a point in time where no-one should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car.


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The sports biopic is also being produced by Madhu Mantena and Reliance Entertainment.
Mumbai - 15 May 2019 11:30 IST
Producer Sajid Nadiadwala has come on board as co-producer for '83 (2020), the reel life story of India's first cricket World Cup victory. Nadiadwala joins Madhu Mantena, Vishnu Induri and Reliance Entertainment as co-producers on the project.
The Kabir Khan film highlights the unbelievable journey of the Indian cricket team, captained by Kapil Dev (played by Ranveer Singh), who won their first World Cup by defeating West Indies in the final on 25 June 1983.
Additionally, Nadiadwala and Mantena will also produce three more films over the next three years.
"All four scripts are excellent. As a producer, one has to commit to the content more than anything else. Coming on board for '83, as I saw that glorious moment on live television. There are certain projects that develop an aura around them and '83 is one of them," the prolific producer of the Baaghi and Housefull series shared.
"Sajid is one of the most valuable anchors a film can get. He has an astute understanding of content and business and is completely hands-on as a producer. We will immensely benefit from this partnership," said Mantena in a statement.
'83 (2020) which also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Ammy Virk, Saqib Saleem, among others, is a trilingual which is being shot in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. The sports film is due to be released on 10 April 2020.
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The City of Norco, incorporated as a general law City in 1964 and a Charter City in 2003, is Horse country situated along the Interstate 15 Freeway in Western Riverside County. The City limits cover an area of approximately 15 square miles, with a population of approximately 26,703 as of January 2005. Residents enjoy over 400 acres of parkland and 95 miles of pedestrian/equestrian trails. Norco is also home to the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, the California Rehabilitation Center and the Riverside Community College, Norco Campus. The city contracts its legal services out to various law firms, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department patrols the streets and the citizens more or less watch out for themselves. The citizens of Norco like to think of themselves as Westerners, thus the western style demeanor of the downtown area. It is not uncommon to see more horses on the streets than cars and that's just fine with the locals.
Population (year 2000): 24,157, Est. population in July 2004: 26,668 (+10.4% change) Elevation: 640 feet County: Riverside Land area: 14.1 square miles Zip codes: 92860.
The Most Violent Gunfight in IE history and it occurred in Norco in 1980.
You might think that the event in Hollywood a few years ago, where two suspects dressed in military gear tried to rob a Bank Of America and then shoot it out on live TV was the most violent Gunfight ever recorded....But to Police Officers in the Inland Empire, the most violent shootout occurred not in the in LA, nor in Compton or even Tustin, but rather, in Norco, and before it was over, this violent crime would become the most notorious criminal event in the IE.
In History, it is known quite simply as the Norco Bank Robbery Shootout.....The following is a newspaper report from the old Daily Report.... "May 9, 1980. Shootout between police in Norco, California and five heavily armed suspects armed with assault rifles as well as various explosive and incendiary devices. After a shootout with police at a bank in Norco, the suspects became involved in a prolonged chase in which the suspects shot at police, disabled 33 police vehicles, and civilian cars with improvised explosive devices thrown from the back of a truck. The suspects also disabled a police helicopter. Later the suspects lay in wait for police as they chased them and ambushed them resulting in the death of a police officer and injury to others. One of the suspects was killed in the shootout, one during a standoff with Police, and three were later captured. 8 officers were injured. Deaths: Suspects: 2; Police: 1" Now, here is a first hand story of the robbery as it unfolded before the first officer on the scene......Sheriff Deputy John Bolasky.
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Emperor Walker Wearing No Clothes When It Comes to Wisconsin's Natural Resources
Actually, this emperor has no clothes.
Wisconsin citizens have got to realize that Wisconsin's governor has not had the best interests of the state at heart when it comes to natural resources issues, including the effects of rising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere's significance to Wisconsin's natural, economic and human resources in the absence of timely action by their governmental officials.
This politician looks only ahead to the next election. Our part-time governor has his attention turned to Iowa, New Hampshire and any road leading to Washington, D.C.
His tracks are the proposed budget that will leave scars on the state.
For a state with the legacy of people like Aldo Leopold, John Muir, Gaylord Nelson, and Warren Knowles, it is an embarrassment that Gov. Walker would submit a budget that:
• Strips the Natural Resources board of its authority, making it advisory only to the DNR – leaving all decisions up to the DNR secretary;
• Eliminates 18 research scientists from the DNR Sciences Services Bureau;
• Eliminates environmental education programs;
• Places a moratorium on land buying through the Stewardship Fund.
The problem is that politicians care about money brought into their campaigns, and getting re-elected.
That is why the Natural Resources Board was established originally: to keep natural resources governance at arm's length from politicians. The NRB (citizens who in the past came together to put natural interests foremost), can make decisions taking into account biological and sociological information.
The NRB was also charged with hiring a DNR secretary, but Tommy Thompson and Jim Doyle looked to their self-interest and changed a system that worked well since 1927.
Now Scott Walker has manipulated the system, put politicians in charge of the DNR, silenced scientists, and changed agency priorities from natural resource protection to job creation.
How long can people who hunt, fish, trap, bird watch, hike, camp, and enjoy the state's scenery, sit on their hands while the governor trashes our state?
Source: original article by Tim Eisele, Wisconsin Outdoor News, February 28, 2015
Note: "Emperor's New Clothes" is an old children's story by Hans Christian Andersen about an emperor	who pays a lot of money for some new magic clothes which can only be seen by wise people. The clothes do not really exist, but the emperor does not admit he cannot see them, because he does not want to seem stupid. Everyone else pretends to see the clothes too, until a child shouts, "The Emperor has no clothes on!"
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Q: How to split string into multiple in sql server I'm Having a column data like below,
126-35-56-24

And I want the results be like,
select 126 as Id, 35 as Age, 56 as EmpId, 24 as Day

I just try using substring and I can Able to split the string into 126 and 35-56-24, but I can't get the result I Want.
Please help me to get this. Thanks in Advance...

A: You could use parsename if it's always 4 sets of data.
I simply replaced the - with a . and let parsename do the rest.
SELECT PARSENAME(Replace(Col,'-','.'), 1) AS 'Object Name' ID,
       PARSENAME(Replace(Col,'-','.'), 2) AS 'Age',
       PARSENAME(Replace(Col,'-','.'), 3) AS 'EmpID',
       PARSENAME(Replace(Col,'-','.'), 4) AS 'Day'
FROM YOURTABLE

A: Since no one else has mentioned it, you can simply use the PARSENAME function.   It's been available in SQL Server for quite some time.   It has some limitations, but it will handle the task in the example you gave.

A: Use the below Script:
DECLARE @VAR VARCHAR(50)='126-35-56-24'
SELECT [1] AS ID, [2] AS AGE,[3] AS EMPID,[4] as day
FROM  (SELECT [1],[2],[3],[4]
   FROM
      (SELECT ID,VAL FROM Spliter(@VAR,'-')) AS B
   PIVOT (MAX(VAL) FOR ID IN ([1],[2],[3],[4])
         ) AS A
  ) AS C

And for splitting:
CREATE FUNCTION Spliter
(
@delimited nvarchar(max),
@delimiter nvarchar(100)
) RETURNS @t TABLE
(
 id int identity(1,1),
 val nvarchar(max)
)
 AS
 BEGIN
 declare @xml xml
 set @xml = N'<root><r>' + replace(@delimited,@delimiter,'</r><r>') + '</r>       </root>'

 insert into @t(val)
 select
 r.value('.','varchar(max)') as item
 from @xml.nodes('//root/r') as records(r)

 RETURN
 END
 GO

A: Everything that Tim mentioned..,
But if you need a splitter
Declare @String varchar(50) = '126-35-56-24'

Select ID    = max(case when Key_PS=1 then Key_Value else null end)
      ,Age   = max(case when Key_PS=2 then Key_Value else null end)
      ,EmpID = max(case when Key_PS=3 then Key_Value else null end)
      ,Day   = max(case when Key_PS=4 then Key_Value else null end)
 From  [dbo].[udf-Str-Parse](@String,'-')

Returns
ID    Age   EmpID   Day
126   35    56      24

The UDF
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[udf-Str-Parse] (@String varchar(max),@Delimeter varchar(10))
--Usage: Select * from [dbo].[udf-Str-Parse]('Dog,Cat,House,Car',',')
--       Select * from [dbo].[udf-Str-Parse]('John Cappelletti was here',' ')

Returns @ReturnTable Table (Key_PS int IDENTITY(1,1), Key_Value varchar(max))
As
Begin
   Declare @XML xml;Set @XML = Cast('<x>' + Replace(@String,@Delimeter,'</x><x>')+'</x>' as XML)
   Insert Into @ReturnTable Select ltrim(rtrim(String.value('.', 'varchar(max)'))) FROM @XML.nodes('x') as T(String)
   Return
End

A: Use the below script ,which will split the strings based on the char index of  '-'.
DECLARE @data varchar(50)='126-35-56-24'

SELECT 'SELECT '+ SUBSTRING(@data,1,CHARINDEX('-', @data)-1) + ' as Id, '
   +SUBSTRING(@data,CHARINDEX('-', @data)+1,CHARINDEX('-', @data,CHARINDEX('-',@data) + 1) -CHARINDEX('-', @data)-1)+ ' as Age, '
   +SUBSTRING(@data,CHARINDEX('-', @data,CHARINDEX('-',@data)+1)+1,CHARINDEX('-', @data,CHARINDEX('-', @data,CHARINDEX('-',@data)+1)+1) -CHARINDEX('-', @data,CHARINDEX('-',@data)+1)-1)+' as EmpId, '
   +SUBSTRING(@data,CHARINDEX('-', @data,CHARINDEX('-', @data,CHARINDEX('-',@data)+1)+1)+1,LEN(@data)-CHARINDEX('-', @data,CHARINDEX('-', @data,CHARINDEX('-',@data)+1)+1)+1) +' as Day'

Sample output :

A: If you are using SQL Server 2016 you can use string_split function
declare @str varchar(20) = '126-35-56-24'

select  id = max(case when rn=1 then value else null end)
    ,age =  max(case when rn=2 then value else null end)
    ,empId =  max(case when rn=3 then value else null end)
    ,[Day] =  max(case when rn=4 then value else null end)
    from (select row_number() over(order by (select 1)) as rn, value from string_split(@str, '-')) a

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Bad Religion release new song for Inauguration Day, "Emancipation Of The Mind"
Bad Religion in 2016, photo by Bobby Cochran
Punk lifers Bad Religion are celebrating Inauguration Day and the end of Trump's term with a new song, "Emancipation Of The Mind."
"I think the song really is a celebration of enlightenment values that can be cultivated through enthusiastic learning and open-mindedness," says frontman Greg Graffin. "So often we're told what to think. But learning how to think (as opposed to learning what to think) is a true feeling of emancipation from the constraints of indoctrination that are so commonplace in our society."
Lyrically and musically, "Emancipation Of The Mind" is as classic Bad Religion as it gets, and it serves as yet another reminder that -- 40 years into their career -- this band remains consistently great at what they do. Listen and read the lyrics below.
A few days ago, Bad Religion's proto-pop punk peers (and Epitaph labelmates) Descendents also said goodbye to Trump's presidency with a new song, "That's The Breaks."
Walls of suspicion, spandrels of doubt
Spasms of uncertainty, a world all inside-out
Ubiquitous confusion, heads in the sand
Self-appointed experts making claims they can't defend or even understand
The commons turned out to be a tragedy
Oh, the victims are easy to find
But the wellspring of true liberty is emancipation of the mind
Hey! Chains of superstition all come undone
Vivid illumination that's brighter than the sun
A handicap of bigotry and prejudice
All becomes a hinterland, a smoky wilderness . . . the dominion of ignorance
It's a stalemate of morality, a debt for all mankind
These haughty mental shackles make us blind to what is really right
Yeah, the victims are easy to find
See what you can find if you take a different line
Emancipation of the mind
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The corners of the lattice frame are joined with bridle joints for extra strength. The first step is to cut the tenon cheeks. If you are working with a table saw you will need a commercial tenoning jig or a shop-built device like the one like on page 87. To cut the cheeks, set the saw blade to its maximum height and mount the end of the frame in the tenoning jig. Adjust the jig so the blade meets the board at one third of the stock's thickness from the edge. Keep the kerf on the waste side. Turn on the saw and make a pass through the blade. Next, flip the board around and make the second cut (left). Repeat for the opposite end then cut the cheeks in the other frame end.


GableGotwals Welcomes Michael Scoggins as an Associate Attorney in the Tulsa Office.
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An ultra-distance endurance athlete, Michael trains for and competes in 100-mile running races and Ironman-distance triathlons. He has lived in Indonesia and the United Kingdom and traveled extensively in Asia, Africa, South America and Central America.


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Matcha Coconut Ice Lollys with Berries.
Want to know this summer's coolest ice lolly recipe?
These matcha coconut ice lollys with raspberries and cherries are sure to be a hit with everyone, from kids to grandparents.
They're made with coconut milk to get a satisfying creamy taste, berries to make things interesting and sweetened with a little bit of maple syrup. So they won't have you bouncing off the walls like a typical ice lolly which is essentially just frozen sugar water!
The green colour comes from matcha powder. Matcha is packed with antioxidants and can raise your metabolism, support your immune system, and provide you with sustained energy. Sounds great right?!
To make these ice lollys you will need a mould. The moulds cost me £16 from ebay- but I have seen them cheaper in the supermarket.
Blend (or whisk) together the coconut milk, matcha powder and agave syrup.
Pour the liquid into the lolly moulds until they are 1/4 full.
Add in a layer of raspberries (use them all).
Pour in a bit more liquid and then add 2 cherries per lolly.
Top with the remaining liquid then put on the lid and insert the sticks. Try and get them as straight as possible so it will make getting them out easier.
To get the lolly's out of the mould you may have to run the outside of the mould under warm water for about 20 seconds.
I wrapped mine in cling film to store them because I didn't want them getting stuck in the mould again. Luckily my fridge door had the perfect space to keep them!
Have you tried to make your own ice lolly's before?
Thanks Danni 🙂 Let me know how they turn out.


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The 18th Annual Vestival, South Knoxville's art, music, and heritage festival, sponsored by Candoro Arts and Heritage Center, will be held Saturday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the grounds of Knoxville's Historic Candoro Marble Building off Martin Mill Pike in the historic neighborhood of Vestal.
Vestival began as a way to celebrate the rich heritage of marble artisans and sculptors who lived in Vestal and worked nearby at the Candoro Marble Company. Everyone who attends gets a sense of the legacy of the "Vestal Spirit" of former marble workers. Every spring, over 1,000 visitors flock to this wildly imaginative festival. New this year, the Valet Guys will be helping with our event shuttle and guests are encouraged to park at Mary Vestal Park. Additionally, Sustainable Future, 201 Ogle Ave., will be offering their parking lot with free rides in a Tesla shuttle. The event will have one entrance to the property, which will help with shuttle drop off and the safety of our guests. And, there will be a large silent auction fundraiser to help support Candoro Arts and Heritage Center educational outreach programs.
Board President Molly Gilbert said, "The primary goal of this event has been to raise funds to support the preservation of Candoro and the activities of the Candoro Arts and Heritage Center. We are thrilled to have the historic building open to the public and our docents will be leading tours."
In the past, Vestival was the signature event for the Candoro Arts and Heritage Center and one of only a couple of events where the building was open to the public. The all-volunteer non-profit board has gone to great efforts to increase the number of public events to over a dozen and the annual attendance has drastically increased from around 2,000 to over 4,000.
"The historic Candoro Marble building is such an important part of Knoxville history," Gilbert said. "Every Knoxvillian needs to know that this architectural treasure is the origin of Knoxville's famous nickname, 'The Marble City.'"
This year Candoro Arts and Heritage Center has made changes to improve this fundraiser ahead of it's coming 2019 historical renovation by the Aslan Foundation. Changes include bringing in more prominent headliners such as Robinella, Adeem the Artist, and Jubal as well as over 60 local artists, craft and food vendors, and local organizations. Festival-goers will enjoy two stages of local musicians all day – and, if you're a musician, bring your instrument and join in at the Picker's Tent!
Vestival takes place rain or shine. Admission is by donation; a $5-$10 per person/family donation is requested to help support the programs of Candoro Arts & Heritage Center.
Discover more information on the Facebook pages entitled "Vestival" and "Candoro Marble" or visit our website for the most up to date information: www.candoromarble.org/vestival/
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Time to Stand for Unity
Do Republicans actually stand for anything? I wonder sometimes, especially when GOP lawmakers make appeals to traditionally Democratic voters by trying to out-pander the Democrats. A handful of Senate Republicans are set to do so when Congress comes back after Labor Day and takes up a bizarre bill that could not only give the imprimatur to odious racial classifications but set the stage for secession for one state: Hawaii. The bill, S. 147, has been bottled up for months, thanks to the efforts of Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., who has valiantly fought the legislation for years without much help from his fellow Republicans. The legislation would grant so-called native Hawaiians status akin to that of American Indian tribes, including a measure of self-government.
Hawaii became a state in 1959. At the time, Americans were firmly committed to the idea of the Melting Pot. There was broad consensus that Hawaii's multi-racial population — which included the descendants of Europeans, Asians, and the Polynesian inhabitants who came to islands from the South Pacific — would be treated the same. Intermarriage among the various ethnic groups living on the island was widespread, and there was no effort to treat native Hawaiians as a separate racial group, much less a tribe. But nearly 50 years later, multiculturalism and racial preferences have permeated American society, and the push is now on to grant special status to some of Hawaii's citizens, depending on their racial lineage.
The legislation defines as "Native Hawaiian" anyone who is one of the "indigenous, native people of Hawaii," and who is a "direct lineal descendant of the aboriginal, indigenous, native people" who resided in the Hawaiian Islands before Jan. 1, 1893, when the United States took possession of the island from the reigning monarch, Queen Liliuokalani. The definition is simply a racial classification of the kind normally suspect under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Its purpose is to define members of a group who would be given special status — including the right to self-government. The bill even empowers the new entity established by Native Hawaiians to "negotiate" with the existing state and federal governments over lands and natural resources, civil and criminal jurisdiction, and the "delegation of governmental powers" from the United States and the state of Hawaii to the new governing entity.
Is it too far-fetched to imagine some enterprising group of "Native Hawaiians" deciding to demand all waterfront property be turned over to the new "tribe," or perhaps just to demand that existing owners pay a new tax to the new governing entity for the privilege of keeping their property? Perhaps the group would demand that those not of "native" status simply leave the islands altogether. Unimaginable? Perhaps not. A group of irredentists in Arizona once tried to get legislation passed that would have barred anyone whose ancestors were not living in Arizona at the time of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war between the United States and Mexico in 1848, from living in most areas of the state.
But rather than fight similar mischief, a number of Republicans appear ready to jump on the Native Hawaiian bandwagon. The bill's chief sponsor is Sen. Daniel Akaka, who has tried to get the legislation through Congress for several years. In the past, he's been given a boost by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, who has also pushed for legislation to make Puerto Rico a state, but most mainstream Republicans have steered clear. Not so of late. Now Stevens is joined by his Alaska colleague Sen. Lisa Murkowski, as well as Sens. Lindsey Graham (SC), Norm Coleman (MN) and Gordon Smith (OR). In addition, Ben Ginsburg, former general counsel of the Republican National Committee, is one of the chief lobbyists for the bill.
Let's hope their fellow Republicans — as well as sensible Democrats — see the folly in this legislation.
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The University of Oklahoma's Wayne Wells wrestled at the 1968 Olympics and finished fourth. But in the next four years he became one of the world's greatest wrestlers. In the interim he won a Pan-American Games gold medal, two AAU titles, three U.S. Wrestling Federation championships, finished second at the 1969 World Championships, and won the 1970 World Championship. Thus he was a favorite at the 1972 München Olympics and he came through as expected to win gold. Wells graduated from college in 1968 and accomplished most of the above while a law student at the University of Oklahoma. He later became a practicing attorney.


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236M invested into solar and wind projects in Lewis County
by: Delaney Keppner
Posted: Jul 15, 2021 / 10:50 AM EDT
Updated: Jul 15, 2021 / 10:50 AM EDT
LEWIS COUNTY, N.Y. (WWTI) — The Lewis County Industrial Development Agency approved five incentives for solar and wind projects, investing a total of $236,000,000 in Lewis County.
Solitude Solar, LLC has already started construction of four of the community solar projects in the Town of Lowville and Town of Martinsburg. The projects combined will generate 13.6 megawatts of clean energy that will feed into the local power grid and allow renters, local homeowners and business owners to save money.
Approved payment in lieu of taxes will result in annual payments starting at approximately $23,000 to Lowville Academy and Central School, $5,000 to South Lewis Central School, $8,000 to Town of Lowville, $6,000 to Town of Martinsburg and $27,000 to Lewis County.
According to New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, individuals can subscribe to a community solar project and earn credits on their electric bill every month, accessing the benefits of solar without installing panels at their home.
Construction is expected to start in the Spring of 2022 for Number Three Wind, LLC, which will be the fourth approved wind farm in Lewis County. This project will include 22 Vestas wind turbines and 4 GE 2.3-116 wind turbines to be located on leased land of private property located in the Towns of Lowville and Harrisburg, NY. The project will generate 103.9 megawatts of energy.
Approved PILOTs will result in annual payments starting at approximately $152,000 to Lowville Academy and Central School, $195,000 to Copenhagen Central School, $78,000 to Town of Lowville, $79,000 to Town of Harrisburg, and $326,000 to Lewis County.
The projects are a part of New York State's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, achieving its goal of a zero-emission electricity sector by 2040, including 70 percent renewable energy generation by 2030.
Lewis County IDA Director of Finance & Incentives Cheyenne Steria said the projects will benefit the community.
"I see solar energy production as a continuation of Lewis County's legacy as an energy exporter," Steria said, "We all see and remember the wind farms, but Lewis County has had hydroelectric energy production for almost 40 years. As our communities work to get more thoughtful on the siting of newer technologies, we can continue to see our property taxes and cost of living driven down. Lewis County is uniquely positioned to use our natural resources as a revenue stream."
The LCIDA Board of Directors also accepted incentive applications for three additional projects; one by NY Solar One in the Town of Martinsburg and two projects by ClearPath Energy in the Town of New Bremen. There will be public hearings on the proposed projects in the coming weeks.
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Mcgregor Elementary School serves 453 students in grades Prekindergarten-5.
Mcgregor Elementary School placed in the top 30% of all schools in Michigan for overall test scores (math proficiency is top 20%, and reading proficiency is top 50%) for the 2018-19 school year.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 45-49% (which is higher than the Michigan state average of 36%) for the 2020-21 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 45-49% (which is approximately equal to the Michigan state average of 48%) for the 2020-21 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is lower than the Michigan state level of 17:1.
Minority enrollment is 34% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is lower than the Michigan state average of 35% (majority Black and Hispanic).
Quick Stats (2023)
Student:Teacher Ratio: 15:1
Minority Enrollment: 34%
: Top 30% in MI
: 45-49% (Top 20%)
Reading Proficiency
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), MI Dept. of Education
Mcgregor Elementary School ranks among the top 20% of public schools in Michigan for:
Mcgregor Elementary School's student population of 453 students has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
The teacher population of 31 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
(offers virtual instruction)
Gender %
Mcgregor Elementary School is ranked within the top 30% of all 3,120 schools in Michigan (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2018-19 school year.
The diversity score of Mcgregor Elementary School is 0.53, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.54. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
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Rochester Community School District
Source: 2020-2021 (latest school year available) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), MI Dept. of Education
What is Mcgregor Elementary School's ranking?
Mcgregor Elementary School ranks among the top 20% of public schools in Michigan for: Highest math proficiency (Top 20%).
What percent of students have achieved state testing proficiency in math and reading?
45-49% of students have achieved math proficiency (compared to the 36% MI state average), while 45-49% of students have achieved reading proficiency (compared to the 48% MI state average).
How many students attend Mcgregor Elementary School?
453 students attend Mcgregor Elementary School.
What is the racial composition of the student body?
66% of Mcgregor Elementary School students are White, 15% of students are Hispanic, 10% of students are Asian, 6% of students are Two or more races, and 3% of students are Black.
What is the student:teacher ratio of Mcgregor Elementary School?
Mcgregor Elementary School has a student ration of 15:1, which is lower than the Michigan state average of 17:1.
What grades does Mcgregor Elementary School offer ?
Mcgregor Elementary School offers enrollment in grades Prekindergarten-5 (offers virtual instruction).
What school district is Mcgregor Elementary School part of?
Mcgregor Elementary School is part of Rochester Community School District.
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Teams left angry after Tour of Flanders neutral service car incidents
Trek and FDJ teams ask questions after Shimano neutral service cars hit their riders during the Tour of Flanders
Gregor Brown April 6, 2015 10:44 am
Cobbled Classics
Teams involved in two separate incidents with Shimano neutral support cars in Belgium's Tour of Flanders on Sunday left the race upset. Its blue service cars caused the crashes of both New Zealander Jesse Sergent (Trek Factory Racing) and Frenchman Sébastien Chavanel (FDJ).
In Oudenaarde's main square, 500 metres beyond the finish line where Norway's Alexander Kristoff won, the atmosphere was not as festive as it should have been. Trek's rider was at the hospital, where X-rays confirmed a broken left collarbone, and its staff argued with Shimano's men in blue.
Shimano usually work in the background, servicing when teams are unable to help their cyclists, but they made headlines in 'De Ronde'.
"It's difficult to understand why a driver was just accelerating instead of [braking]," Trek Factory Racing's general manager, Luca Guercilena, explained.
Jesse Sergent hit by neutral service car in Tour of Flanders (video)
Updated: Two incidents involving Shimano neutral service vehicles during 2015 Tour of Flanders; Shimano issues apology
"The trajectory of the turn was on the left side, so it's normal that the riders are moving on the left side." Shimano's blue service car squeezed passed the escape through a left bend and clipped Sergent with 110 kilometres to race. Doing so, it reduced the day's main escape group from seven to six men.
Across the square, Team FDJ's Marc Madiot looked at the rear of his Skoda estate and shook his head. When FDJ's driver braked hard to service Sébastien Chavanel at 79 kilometres to race, a separate Shimano car failed to stop in time and smashed into the rear-end of Madiot's car.
It forced the FDJ car into Sébastien Chavanel, who was slowing for service, and sent him flying.
"Chavanel calls with a puncture," Madiot explained. "I pull over by Chavanel, then, pang! Shimano whack us up the backside and pushed the car 15, 20 metres."
Chavanel reported on Sunday evening on Twitter that he escaped fractures, but suffered a "significant right thigh hematoma".
There were reports that the same Shimano car caused both incidents, but plate controls in Oudenaarde's square confirmed otherwise.
Shimano issued a statement after Flanders and said it would "take appropriate action".
"We especially apologise to the riders and teams involved, Jesse Sergent and Sébastien Chavanel. We wish them a speedy recovery," it read.
"The drivers of the neutral cars are professionals with many years of experience in professional cycling races. We will investigate both incidents deeply."
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Sundance 2010 Preview: U.S. Dramatic Competition
Here's where the Sundance faithful really sit up and pay attention. They might even turn their cellphones off in the screening room. It's where Steven Soderbergh first came to prominence, where Kevin Smith transcended his obesity and where Quentin Tarantino revived the fortunes of Stealer's Wheel. Can we expect similar breakouts this year? Well, the most common theme are misfits coming together and falling apart. So that'll be Joseph Gordon-Levitt at rock bottom and a bereaved teenager, James Gandolfini trying to make Kristen Stewart the daughter he never had, and a librarian and a film projectionist heading out to Greed country. If most of these movies are playing it cool in scrutinizing togetherness, though, they boast some red-hot talent. Read on ..
Blue Valentine
Who's in it? Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams
What happens? On the verge of splitting, a couple head to a theme hotel to spice up their marriage. The film cuts between the present and a past courtship, when the pair were filled with hope about the future.
Why we like it: Ryan Gosling earned our undying devotion with Half Nelson. Michelle Williams came into her own last year with Wendy & Lucy. Let's see some fireworks!
Who's in it? Andrew Dickler, Ben York Jones, Marguerite Moreau
I said, who's in it? Well, you're only going to know Dickler if you carefully scrutinize the Borat credits for the editing department. That's what makes Sundance so AWESOME! Independent film, baby!
So what happens? When his estranged brother becomes obsessed with finding his fifth grade sweetheart, Sam Nussbaum (Dickler) agrees to ditch his upcoming wedding and tag along. The fractitious road trip allows everybody's favorite d-bag meme to be explored in detail.
Why we like it: Because after watching all those Iraqi War documentaries, we're going to need a few mumblecore-style titters.
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1939 - Saul Steinberg Foundation :: Saul Steinberg Foundation
January, having taken only one of 17 scheduled exams at the Politecnico since beginning to work for Bertoldo and then Settebello, has to catch up in order to remain in Italy.
Perspective rendering of an interior, c. 1939-40. Gouache on board, 11 5/8 x 7 ¾ in. Angelini Collection. Probably made for a Politecnico examination.
Top: reproduction of a 1940 Steinberg drawing of a modern interior. 4 ½ x 8 in., mounted on board. Bottom: design of an interior-exterior with a Hans Arp painting and Bruno Munari's Macchina inutile, 1940. Pencil, ink, and gouache on board, 11 5/8 x 8 ½ in. Both drawings made for a Politenico examination. Angelini Collection.
To compensate for his loss of cartooning income, friends lend him money or find small jobs for him in graphic design and advertising, his contributions always anonymous or reworked and published under the name of another artist.
Steinberg's drawing for "Dynamin il Super Shell" advertisement. Saul Steinberg Papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Steinberg's drawing adapted and signed by Erberto Carboni for Dynamin ad published in La Stampa, June 24, 1939.
Steinberg's drawing adapted and signed by Erberto Carboni for Dynamin ad published in La Stampa, August 5, 1939.
Drawing for unknown Studio Boggeri project, c. 1939-40. Archivio Boggeri, Milan.
Lampshade decoration for the firm Fontana Arte, 1941.
Painted decoration for a bar front in the Villa Sacerdotti, Rapallo (Liguria), 1941. Gouache, 54 x 54 in. Private collection.
Steinberg's reduced copy of his Rapallo painting, made while staying in the studio of Luciano Pozzo and Aldo Buzzi. Gouache, 20 x 20 in. Inscribed "Steinberg 1941/Via Annunziata 7." Collection of Giò Pozzo.
Late in the year, first effort to find a home outside Italy. Aid comes from ST's uncle Harry Steinberg in New York, as well as Harry's children, especially his daughter Henrietta and her husband, Harold Danson, along with other US relatives. Also instrumental is Cesar Civita, whom ST knew in Milan. Civita, formerly director of periodicals for Mondadori (publisher of Settebello) had fled Italy in 1938 and within a year was established in New York as an illustrator's agent.
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'Material Evidence. Syria. Ukraine' comes to NYC
Learn more about what's going on…
Crimes against peace have become a central theme of the international photo exhibition that is now touring Germany. Scenes of misery and destruction in the Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts were handpicked by a jury to show the true face of the war.
Photo exhibition "Material Evidence. Syria. Ukraine" in Berlin is based purely on the material submitted by war correspondents illustrating "the evolution of the countries undergoing civil conflicts." It is organized in such a way that allows maximum visitor participation.
New Yorkers will have the opportunity to see this collection of photographs and multimedia displays in their city this year, starting September 21 through October 11 at ART Beam, Chelsea, 540 West 21st, New York 10011. Admission is free.
The exhibition poster (it's huge!) being displayed in the city's train stations is attracting thousands of New Yorkers interested in learning more about the wars in Syria and Ukraine.
Besides unique photographs and multimedia displays, visitors have a chance to see some material evidence from the warzone. Gas masks, tire roadblocks and personal possessions of the victims are just some items found on display.
"This is a brilliant idea, to juxtapose photos and the materials that were present at the scene when the photograph was taken," Irina Schiemann, Assistant Organiser of the exhibition told RT. "Such an approach allows the visitor maximum absorption of the true nature of conflict. Every visitor notes that."
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Kanye West interviewed for Interview Magazine
Posted by Unruly Hearts on February 18, 2014
It's the beginning of me rattling the cage, of making some people nervous. And people are strategically trying to do things to mute my voice. —KANYE WEST
By Steve McQueen
Photography Steven Klein
The latest issue of Interview Magazine features a conversation between Kanye West and director Steve McQueen, whose film 12 Years a Slave is nominated for Best Picture at the 2014 Academy Awards. West has previously called McQueen one of his biggest inspirations and even flew to Los Angeles on the day he proposed to Kim Kardashian just so he could present McQueen with an award. In turn, McQueen created visuals for Kanye's "Blood on the Leaves".
Their conversation for Interview touches on a variety of topics, including the beginnings of Kanye's career, the pressures he felt in having to follow up My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, the creation of Yeezus, and what the future holds. It's definitely one of Kanye's better interviews in recent memory as he comes across lucid and does an impressive job articulating many of his points.
Check out a few highlights below.
What's there left to say about Kanye West? Certainly, West himself would have plenty to say. After all, he's the guy who, during an NBC telethon to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina, proclaimed, off script, that "George Bush doesn't care about black people." He's the guy who stormed the stage at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and announced that his good friend Jay-Z's significant other, Beyoncé, should have won the prize just bestowed upon the perpetually in faux-awe Taylor Swift. He's the guy who, in front of the large fabricated-mountain set on his recent "Yeezus" tour, has alternately taken aim at Hedi Slimane, Bernard Arnault, François-Henri Pinault, and Nike; likened himself to Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, and Michelangelo; embarked on a long and winding monologue about Lenny Kravitz (at which Kravitz was present); and asked Google head Eric Schmidt to invest in his design firm Donda (named after West's late mother)—all while still retaining the level-eyed insight to hold Le Corbusier and Q-Tip as inhabitors of similarly lofty creative planes.
A lot of it, of course, is just old-fashioned "I'm the Alpha with no Omega" hip-hop theater. But some of it seems to emanate from some deeper, less performative place for West. Lest we forget that before he was a pop-star polymath, he was an in-demand producer whose aspirations to become a rapper in his own right were thoroughly and consistently dismissed by the very people who were profiting from his skills as a songwriter and beat-maker. He's also the guy who, after a near-fatal car crash in 2002, turned the experience into a song called "Through the Wire," which he rapped while still recovering from the accident, audibly struggling to spit out rhymes with his jaw wired shut. And he's the guy who, over the last decade, has turned out six creatively diverse, distinctively classic solo albums filled with almost as many left turns as hits, from the earnest grit of 2004's The College Dropout ("Through the Wire," "Jesus Walks") to the lush musicality of 2005's Late Registration ("Touch the Sky," "Gold Digger"), from the anthemic grandeur of 2007's Graduation ("Stronger," "Good Life," "Can't Tell Me Nothing") to the auto-tuned poetry of 2008's 808s & Heartbreak ("Love Lockdown," "Heartless"), the brilliantly realized rushes of bombast and vulnerability on 2010's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ("Runaway," "Power," "All of the Lights"), and the lean, industrial future-soul of his latest album, Yeezus ("Black Skinhead," "Blood on the Leaves," "Bound 2"). Over the course of that sustained creative run—an almost unprecedented one in the world of urban music, which thrives off constant novelty—West has perhaps done more than any other hip-hop artist to bring the bold experimentation and cathartic emotional energy of rock 'n' roll to rap. Along the way, there have also been, amongst myriad other endeavors, forays into film (such as the 34-minute extended video for "Runaway" that he directed) and high-end fashion (he showed two seasons in Paris), a record label (G.O.O.D. Music), collaborations with the likes of Riccardo Tisci, Takashi Murakami, and George Condo, and a joint album with Jay-Z (2011's Watch the Throne).
You don't have to search far in West's bio for formative moments. The car accident, his mother's sudden death in 2007 following a cosmetic procedure, and the birth this past summer of his daughter, North, with girlfriend (and now fiancée) Kim Kardashian have powerfully punctuated both his life and career over the last 11 years. The influence of his parents, who split when West was a toddler, also looms large. His father, Ray West, was involved with the Black Panthers, and went on to become a photojournalist in Atlanta, where Kanye was born, and his mother was an English professor. (Kanye's decision to leave school before graduating, initially a disappointment to Donda, in part supplied the overarching motif of The College Dropout.) After his parents divorced, Donda took an academic appointment in Chicago, where Kanye spent most of his childhood and young adulthood. It's also where he first started writing and producing before moving to New York to join Jay-Z and Damon Dash's Roc-A-Fella crew.
Yeezus, West says, marks the beginning of a new period in his life as an artist, though the events of the last year—North's birth, his engagement to Kardashian—would seem to indicate that it marks the beginning of a new period in his life in general. 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen, in the midst of a life-changing year of his own, recently caught up by phone with the 36-year-old West in Los Angeles, where he was camped out briefly between "Yeezus" tour stops. They spoke not long after the unveiling of the oft-discussed video for "Bound 2," which was directed by Nick Knight and features West and a topless Kardashian writhing on the back of a motorcycle against a backdrop of orange-y purple-hued karaoke-video-style landscapes.
STEVE MCQUEEN: It's hard to make beauty. People often try, and more often than not, everything starts to feel sort of cheap or kitsch. But you express yourself in a way that's beautiful. You can sing from the heart and have it connect and translate, which is a huge thing for an artist to be able to do. So my first question is: How do you do that? How do you communicate in that way?
KANYE WEST: I just close my eyes and act like I'm a 3-year-old. [laughs] I try to get as close to a childlike level as possible because we were all artists back then. So you just close your eyes and think back to when you were as young as you can remember and had the least barriers to your creativity.
MCQUEEN: Let's go deep very quickly then: Talk to me about who you were and who you've become—both before and after your accident, the car crash. Who are those two people, Kanye before and Kanye after? Are they different people? Was there a seismic change in who you were after you nearly lost your life?
WEST: I think I started to approach time in a different way after the accident. Before I was more willing to give my time to people and things that I wasn't as interested in because somehow I allowed myself to be brainwashed into being forced to work with other people or on other projects that I had no interest in. So simply, the accident gave me the opportunity to do what I really wanted to do. I was a music producer, and everyone was telling me that I had no business becoming a rapper, so it gave me the opportunity to tell everyone, "Hey, I need some time to recover." But during that recovery period, I just spent all my time honing my craft and making The College Dropout. Without that period, there would have been so many phone calls and so many people putting pressure on me from every direction—so many people I somehow owed something to—and I would have never had the time to do what I wanted to.
MCQUEEN: So basically, it allowed you to focus, and you realized at a certain point that it was now or never—and that you had to do it now.
WEST: Yes. It gave me perspective on life—that it was really now or 100 percent never. I think that people don't make the most of their lives. So, you know, for me, right now it seems like it's the beginning of me rattling the cage, of making some people nervous. And people are strategically trying to do things to mute my voice in some way or make me look like I'm a lunatic or pinpoint the inaccuracies in my grammar to somehow take away from the overall message of what I'm saying …
MCQUEEN: Well, unfortunately, that is indicative of what a lot of black performers and leaders have had to go through. People will often try to undermine them in a way to take away their power. You know, when I saw you perform, I was like, "This guy is gonna die on stage." When I saw you play, it felt like that—like it could be the last performance that you give. There's an incredible intensity to your performances.
WEST: As my grandfather would say, "Life is a performance." I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook and I'm saying everything in there out loud. A lot of people are very sacred with their ideas, and there is something to protecting yourself in that way, but there's also something to idea sharing, or being the person who makes the mistake in public so people can study that.
MCQUEEN: It can be hard to take those kinds of risks as an artist if you're thinking about tomorrow.
WEST: Well, all we have is today. You know, the past is gone, and tomorrow is not promised.
MCQUEEN: Talk to me a little bit about Yeezus. The album before that one, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, was a phenomenal success. Did that wear on your mind when you went in to make Yeezus?
WEST: Yeah! So I just had to throw it all in the trash. I had to not follow any of the rules because there was no way to match up to the previous album. Dark Fantasy was the first time you heard that collection of sonic paintings in that way. So I had to completely destroy the landscape and start with a new story. Dark Fantasy was the fifth installment of a collection that included the four albums before it. It's kind of the "Luke, I am your father" moment. Yeezus, though, was the beginning of me as a new kind of artist. Stepping forward with what I know about architecture, about classicism, about society, about texture, about synesthesia—the ability to see sound—and the way everything is everything and all these things combine, and then starting from scratch with Yeezus … That's one of the reasons why I didn't want to use the same formula of starting the album with a track like "Blood on the Leaves," and having that Nina Simone sample up front that would bring everyone in, using postmodern creativity where you kind of lean on something that people are familiar with and comfortable with to get their attention. I actually think the most uncomfortable sound on Yeezus is the sound that the album starts with, which is the new version of what would have been called radio static. It's the sonic version of what internet static would be—that's how I would describe that opening. It's Daft Punk sound. It was just like that moment of being in a restaurant and ripping the tablecloth out from under all the glasses. That's what "On Sight" does sonically.
MCQUEEN: So Yeezus was about throwing away what people want you to do—the so-called "success"—so you could move on to something else.
WEST: It's the only way that I can survive. The risk for me would be in not taking one—that's the only thing that's really risky for me. I live inside, and I've learned how to swim through backlash, or maintain through the current of a negative public opinion and create from that and come through it and spring forth to completely surprise everyone—to satisfy all believers and annihilate all doubters. And at this point, it's just fun.
MCQUEEN: But there must have been moments of doubt or depression or sadness. I mean, with what happened after the Taylor Swift incident [at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards] and all the negativity that came your way as the result of that. How did you deal with it all mentally, physically, and spiritually?
WEST: It's funny that you would say "mentally, physically, spiritually" because my answer before you even said that was going to be "god, sex, and alcohol."
MCQUEEN: People can get lost in all of those things. So how did you arrive where you are now after coming through that period?
WEST: Well, I don't have an addictive personality, so that means that I can lean on what might be someone else's vice just enough to make it through to the next day. You know, just enough religion, a half-cup of alcohol with some ice in it and a nice chaser, and then …
MCQUEEN: A lot of sex. [both laugh]
WEST: Yeah—a lot of sex. And then I'd make it to the next week.
MCQUEEN: So was there a moment when Yeezus all kind of came together as a work?
WEST: I've heard people say stuff about how a work is just taken out of your hands, and there were times … I remember that we were shooting the "New Slaves" video before I'd even finished the second verse. We were on our third shoot day, and I was in the studio still finishing it because my lyrics aren't written beforehand. It's very important to me that they're completely in sync with what's happening in society at that time—that they're very timeless, but very up to date …
MCQUEEN: How important is that for you, to be current?
WEST: I don't use a lot of current-affairs names—I've used them seldomly—but I feel like it's just a current itself, a wave that I'm surfing. There is no sport without the wave, so I have to wait for it. If the waves are high, then we're gonna have a fun day. If the waves are low, then you just stay on the beach.
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GOJIRA: NEW TOUR DATES + Summer 2013 Hellfest, Clisson -France Gallery
Posted by Unruly Hearts on July 5, 2013
GOJIRA – SUMMER 2013 Hellfest, Clisson -France
Upcoming Tour
Jul 27 Rock Beach Festival Balatonszemes, Hungary Tickets RSVP
Aug 02 Wacken Festival Wacken, Germany Sold Out RSVP
Aug 03 Granichen Open Air Granichen, Switzerland Tickets RSVP
Aug 05 Stodoła Warsaw, Poland Tickets RSVP
Aug 06 Kwadrat Krakow, Poland Tickets RSVP
Aug 08 Brutal Assault Josefov, Czech Republic Tickets RSVP
Aug 09 Getaway Rockfestival Gävle, Sweden Tickets RSVP
Aug 10 Bloodstock Derbyshire, United Kingdom Tickets RSVP
Aug 13 Reading3 Club Tel Aviv, Israel Tickets RSVP
Aug 17 Pukkelpop Kiewit, Belgium Tickets RSVP
Aug 18 Lowlands Festival Biddinghuizen, Netherlands Tickets RSVP
Aug 26 Belsonic Festival Belfast, United Kingdom Tickets RSVP
Aug 30 Rockstadt Extreme Fest Brasov, Romania Tickets RSVP
Aug 31 A38 Budapest, Hungary Tickets RSVP
Oct 19 Monsters of Rock Sao Paulo, Brazil Tickets RSVP
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50 Of The Greatest Bands From New York – NME
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God Is An Astronaut: The Band in Pictures
Posted by Unruly Hearts on January 15, 2013
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God Is An Astronaut: Discography
Astronaut @ Sistine Chapel
Note: On December 28, 2012, God Is An Astronaut announced (in their official website) that they will be taking a short break to complete the new album, and will have some updates on its progress, release date and news on upcoming touring for mid 2013 in the coming weeks and months.
1. Worlds in Collision
2. In the Distance Fading
3. Lost Kingdom
4. Golden Sky
5. Dark Rift
6. Parallel Highway
7. Shining Through
8. Age of the Fifth Sun
9. Paradise Remains
1. Shadows
2. Post Mortem
3. Echoes
4. Snowfall
5. First Day of Sun
6. No Return
7. Zodiac
8. Remaining Light
9. Shores of Orion
10. Loss
1. Radau
2. Far from Refuge
3. Sunrise in Aries
4. Grace Descending
5. New Years End
6. Darkfall
7. Tempus Horizon
8. Lateral Noise
9. Beyond the Dying Light
1. The End of the Beginning
2. From Dust to the Beyond
3. Ascend to Oblivion
4. Coda
5. Remembrance
6. Point Pleasant
7. Fall from the Stars
8. Twilight
9. Coma
10. Route 666
11. Lost Symphony
1. Frozen Twilight
2. A Moment of Stillness
3. Forever Lost (Reprise)
4. Elysian Fields
5. Crystal Canyon
6. Endless Dream
7. Empyrean Glow
8. Sweet Deliverance
9. Dark Solstice
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Gojira in India – Pictures
Posted by Unruly Hearts on January 2, 2013
Photo Credits: Mario Duplantier + Anne Deguehegny © Gojira
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No extra charge on digital payments via RuPay, UPI from Jan.
Special Correspondent
New Delhi, December 28, 2019 15:37 IST
Updated: December 29, 2019 08:23 IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a review meeting with chief executive officers (CEOs) of public sector banks (PSBs) in New Delhi, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. | Photo Credit: PTI
Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the MDR charges for businesses with over ₹50 crore annual revenues will be waived off from January 1, 2020.
Digital transactions made using RuPay credit cards, or UPI QR codes will not face additional charges for merchants or customers from the beginning of next year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. All shops, business establishments and companies with an annual turnover of ₹50 crore or more have been mandated to offer these modes of payment to customers.
The Department of Revenue will soon notify RuPay and UPI as the prescribed mode of payment for digital transactions without any Merchant Discount Rate (MDR), Ms. Sitharaman said after a meeting with public sector bankers, adding that the notification would come into effect from January 1, 2020.
The Merchant Discount Rate is the percentage of the digital transaction that a merchant pays to banks. This cost is often passed on to the customer. The decision to choose RuPay and UPI as the platforms which will not attract this levy, may promote these home-grown digital payment pathways over those promoted by foreign companies, including VISA and MasterCard.
In her budget speech in July, the Finance Minister had listed "BHIM UPI, UPI-QR Code, Aadhaar Pay, certain Debit cards, NEFT, RTGS, etc." as the low-cost digital modes of payment which could be offered without the imposition of MDR in order to promote a "less cash" economy.
She had added that "RBI and banks will absorb these costs from the savings that will accrue to them on account of handling less cash as people move to these digital modes of payment."
At that time, the Payments Council of India — an industry lobby group — had said an MDR waiver would hurt companies in the payments system.
It argued that the cost should be borne by the government instead of banks, which would have no incentive to promote digital payments without MDR revenues.
On Saturday, Ms. Sitharaman said all banks would start a campaign to promote RuPay debit cards and UPI. The government has already amended two laws — the Income Tax Act and the Payments and Settlement Systems Act — in order to implement the budget announcement, she added.
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Rajasthan government gives stamp duty relief for flats below Rs 50 lakh
Gehlot also approved a proposal to extend the period of concession of 2 per cent in stamp duty on sale documents of flats up to Rs 50 lakh in multi-storey buildings till March 31, 2022.
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved a special relief (amnesty) scheme for concession in interest and penalty payable on stamp duty in cases of Registration and Stamps Department. The scheme will be effective from January 1 to March 31, 2022.
With this decision, disposal of pending cases will be done and the common man will get relief from interest on stamp duty and exemption from penalty, a release said.
It is noteworthy that in view of the economic impact of the Covid pandemic, the state government had announced this concession till June 30, 2021, which was first extended till September 30, 2021 and then till December 31, 2021 for the second time.
Now, the period has been extended for the third time till March 31, 2022.
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