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Amalgam (Watts / Clyne / Stevens / Guy)
Prayer For Peace [VINYL]
(NoBusiness - Lithuania)
Limited vinyl reissue of the legendary Amalgam recording with Trevor Watts, Jeff Clyne, John Stevens and Barry Guy performing at Advision London on the May 20, 1969.
Reordered on 1/15/2020
Shipping Weight: 16.00 units
Limited edition of 500 records.
Label: NoBusiness
Catalog ID: NBLP16
Packaging: Vinyl LP
Recorded at Advision London on the 20th May, 1969.
Trevor Watts-alto sax
Jeff Clyne-bass
John Stevens-drums
Barry Guy-bass
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"Trevor Charles Watts (born 26 February 1939 in York) is an English jazz and free-improvising alto and soprano saxophonist. He is largely self-taught, having taken up the cornet at age 12 then switched to saxophone at 18. While stationed in Germany with the RAF (1958-63), he encountered the drummer John Stevens and trombonist Paul Rutherford. After being demobbed he returned to London. In 1965 he and Stevens formed the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, which became one of the crucibles of British free improvisation. Watts left the band to form his own group Amalgam in 1967, then returned to SME for another stretch that lasted until the mid-1970s. Another key association was with the bassist Barry Guy and his London Jazz Composers' Orchestra, an association that lasted from the band's inception in the 1970s up to its (permanent?) disbandment in the mid-1990s.
Though he was initially strongly identified with the avant-garde, Watts is a versatile musician who has worked in everything from straight jazz contexts to rock and blues. His own projects have come increasingly to focus on blending jazz and African music, notably the Moiré Music ensemble which he has led since 1982 in configurations ranging from large ensembles featuring multiple drummers to more intimate trios. He has only occasionally recorded in freer modes in recent years, notably the CD 6 Dialogues, a duet album with Veryan Weston (the pianist in earlier editions of Moiré Music). A solo album, World Sonic, appeared on Hi4Head Records in 2005.
Watts has toured the world over numerous times, run workshops, received grants and commissions, and he has collaborated with some of the great jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Steve Lacy, Don Cherry and Jayne Cortez. As of 2011, he continues to travel and toured North American with Veryan Weston."
-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Watts)
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• Show Bio for John Stevens
"John William Stevens (10 June 1940 in Brentford, Middlesex - 13 September 1994 in Ealing, west London) was an English drummer. He was one of the most significant figures in early free improvisation, and a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME).
Stevens was born in Brentford, the son of a tap dancer. He used to listen to jazz as a child, but was initially more interested in drawing and painting (media through which he also expressed himself throughout his life). He studied at the Ealing Art College and then started work in a design studio, but left at 19 to join the Royal Air Force. He studied the drums at the Royal Air Force School of Music in Uxbridge, and while there met Trevor Watts and Paul Rutherford, two musicians who became close collaborators.
In the mid-1960s Stevens began to play in London jazz groups alongside musicians like Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott, and in 1965 he fronted a septet. Influenced by the free jazz he was hearing coming out of the United States by players like Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler, his style began to move away from fairly traditional be-bop to something more experimental.
In 1966 SME was formed with Watts and Rutherford and the group moved into the Little Theatre Club at Garrick Yard, St. Martin's Lane, London to develop their new music. In 1967 their first album, Challenge, was released. Stevens then became interested in the music of Anton Webern, and the SME began to play generally very quiet music. Stevens also became interested in non-Western musics.
The SME went on to make a large number of records with an ever changing line-up and an ever changing number of members, but Stevens was always there, at the centre of the group's activity. He also played in a number of other groups, drumming in Watts' group Amalgam and later forming bands like Freebop and Fast Colour, for example, but the SME remained at the centre of his activities.
In the latter part of 1967 Evan Parker joined the SME and worked closely with Stevens in the group, eventually becoming one of the longest standing members. He later summed up Stevens' approach to improvising in two basic maxims: if you can't hear another musician, then you're too loud; and there is no point in group improvisation if what you are playing doesn't relate to what other members of the group are playing.
Stevens also devised a number of basic starting points for improvisation. These were not "compositions" as such, but rather a means of getting improvisational activity started, which could then go off in any direction. One of these was the so-called "Click Piece" which essentially asked for each player to repeatedly play a note as short as possible.
Stevens played alongside a large number of prominent free improvisors in the SME, including Derek Bailey, Peter Kowald, Julie Tippetts and Robert Calvert, but from the mid-1970s, the make-up of the SME began to settle down to a regular group of Stevens, Nigel Coombes playing violin, and Roger Smith playing guitar. During the mid-1970s Stevens played regularly with guitarist and songwriter John Martyn as part of a trio that included bassist Danny Thompson. This line up can be heard on Martyn's 1976 recording Live at Leeds.
From 1983 Stevens was involved with Community Music (CM), an organisation through which he took his form of music making to youth clubs, mental health institutions and other unusual places. Notes taken during these sessions were later turned into a book for the Open University called Search and Reflect (1985). In the late 70s and early 80s John was a regular performer at the Bracknell Jazz Festival.
Aside from SME, Stevens also ran or helped to organise groups that were more jazz or jazz-rock based, such as Splinters, the John Stevens Dance Orchestra, Away, Freebop, Folkus, Fast Colour, PRS, and the John Stevens Quintet and Quartet. He also contributed significantly to Trevor Watts' group Amalgam and Frode Gjerstad's Detail, as well as collaborating with Bobby Bradford on several occasions.
The SME continued to play, the last time being in 1994 with a group including John Butcher. Stevens died later that year."
-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens_(drummer))
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"Barry John Guy (born 22 April 1947, in London) is a British composer and double bass player. His range of interests encompasses early music, contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, and he has worked with a wide variety of orchestras in the UK and Europe. He also taught at Guildhall School of Music.
Born in London, Guy came to the fore as an improvising bassist as a member of a trio with pianist Howard Riley and drummer Tony Oxley (Witherden, 1969). He also became an occasional member of John Stevens' ensembles in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Spontaneous Music Ensemble. In the early 1970s, he was a member of the influential free improvisation group Iskra 1903 with Derek Bailey and trombonist Paul Rutherford (a project revived in the late 1970s, with violinist Philipp Wachsmann replacing Bailey). He also formed a long-standing partnership with saxophonist Evan Parker, which led to a trio with drummer Paul Lytton which became one of the best-known and most widely travelled free-improvising groups of the 1980s and 1990s. He was briefly a member of the Michael Nyman Band in the 1980s, performing on the soundtrack of The Draughtsman's Contract.
Guy's interests in improvisation and formal composition received their grandest form in the London Jazz Composers Orchestra. Originally formed to perform Guy's composition Ode in 1972 (released as a 2-LP set on Incus and later, in expanded form, as a 2-CD set on Intakt), it became one of the great large-scale European improvising ensembles. Early documentation is spotty - the only other recording from its early years is Stringer (FMP, now available on Intakt paired with the later "Study II") - but beginning in the late 1980s the Swiss label Intakt set out to document the band more thoroughly. The result was a series of ambitious, album-length compositions designed to give all the players in the band maximum opportunity for expression while still preserving a rigorous sense of form: Zurich Concerts, Harmos, Double Trouble (originally written for an encounter with Alexander von Schlippenbach's Globe Unity Orchestra, though the eventual CD was just for the LJCO), Theoria (a concerto for guest pianist Irène Schweizer), Three Pieces, and Double Trouble Two. The group's activities subsided in the mid-1990s, but it was never formally disbanded, and reconvened in 2008 for a one-off concert in Switzerland. In the mid-1990s Guy also created a second, smaller ensemble, the Barry Guy New Orchestra.
Guy has also written for other large improvising ensembles, such as the NOW Orchestra and ROVA (the piece Witch Gong Game inspired by images by the visual artist Alan Davie).
His current improvising activities include piano trios with Marilyn Crispell and Agusti Fernandez. He has also recorded several albums for ECM, which often focus on the interface between improvisers and electronics, including his work in Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble and his own Ceremony.
Guy's session work in the pop field includes playing double bass on the song "Nightporter", from the Japan album Gentlemen Take Polaroids.
He is married to the early music violinist Maya Homburger. After spending some years in Ireland, they now live in Switzerland. They run the small label Maya, which releases a variety of records in the genres of free improvisation, baroque music and contemporary composition.
Guy's jazz work is characterised by free improvisation, using a range of unusual playing methods: bowed and pizzicato sounds beneath the bass's bridge; plucking the strings above the left hand; beating the strings with percussion instrument mallets; and "preparing" the instrument with sticks and other implements inserted between the strings and fingerboard. His improvisations are often percussive and unpredictable, inhabiting no discernible harmonic territory and pushing into unknown regions. However, they can also be melodious and tender with due regard for harmonic integration with other players, and at times he will even play with a straight jazz swing feel.
Similarly, in his concert works, Guy manages to alternate harmonic and rhythmic complexity worthy of 1960s experimentalists such as Penderecki and Stockhausen with joyous, often ecstatic, melody. Works such as "Flagwalk" for string orchestra and "Fallingwater - Concerto for Orchestra" display Guy's compositional skill in handling extended forms and writing for large instrumental groups.
Some of his compositions, such as "Witch Gong Game" for ensemble, use graphic notation in conjunction with cue cards to lead performers into playing and improvising material from numbered sections of the score.
He is also an architect."
-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Guy)
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1. Tales of Sadness 14:36
2. Judy:s Smile I 9:58
1. Judy:s Smile II 10:12
2. Judy:s Smile III 8:46
3. Prayer for Peace* 7:36
"[...] The first one is Amalgam's Prayer For Peace, recorded in 1969, and it might well be the re-issue of the year. The band is Trevor Watts on alto, Jeff Clyne on bass and John Stevens on drums, with Barry Guy playing bass on the title track.
"Tales Of Sadness" starts with arco bass and a wonderful melody on the alto, slowly, very slowly increasing the intensity till they're playing up a storm after a while,with especially Watts doing an extraordinary expressive piece while staying within the tune, overblowing like crazy, till absolute madness, relentlessly, without losing sight of the melody which suddenly comes shining back through the mayhem like a sudden smile breaking through the tears on a face full of agony and fear. This track is nothing short of phenomenal, and by itself worth buying the album for.
The second piece, "Judy's Smile 1", is less intense, yet equally beautiful, and it is continued on the second side of the vinyl LP with "Judy's Smile 2", which starts slowly with great bass-playing by Clyne, and perfect accents by Stevens for a quiet almost gospel-like melody on the alto. Then Stevens starts pushing up the tempo, and the piece gains again a strong momentum, going beyond bop in a more free fashion.
Also the last piece, with Barry Guy on arco, lifts the music into high spheres, fully delivering the title's content, without any need for further explanation, reverent, expansive, spiritual and full of inherent beauty and emotional depth. Magnificent!"-Stef, FreeJazzStef
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Kyle Kashuba's practice with Torys LLP in Calgary earned him the honour from Lexpert Magazine, a leading law magazine which names their Rising Stars annually.
Kashuba, formerly of Drumheller, was one of the country's lawyers to be named and was featured in a profile by the magazine.
He focuses on aspects of corporate restructuring and insolvency and also brings experience in real estate, retail, and manufacturing insolvencies. In his first year partnership, he was appointed as a counsel to the Court of Appeal of Alberta in a complex insolvency case, the magazine said. Kashuba also volunteers his time with Calgary Legal Guidance, where he regularly advises clients on a variety of matters and trains other lawyers on insolvency law matters. He has volunteered with the John Howard Society, Student Legal Services, and Pro Bono Students Canada. He serves as an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Restructuring Section.


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The PCICS curriculum consists of 4 components:
5 Core Modules To pass
2 Electives To pass
4 Skills Workshop To Complete
1 Practicum To pass
The PCICS academic modules are designed to help Asatizah apply critical thinking to the role of religion, religious traditions and texts, and contemporary social developments both in Singapore and globally. Asatizah will engage with a broader range of literature on religion especially from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences. The modules are designed as an innovative blended learning experience which would allow student-centred and independent learning.
SSC5101 UNDERSTANDING OUR SOCIAL WORLD - National University of Singapore
Social Sciences provide ways to understand human interactions in their respective social worlds. This module is an introduction to how social scientists study societies. Students will have an introduction, overview approaches and methodologies in the social sciences as well as the different social scientific methodologies to produce and analyse data. Through themes including family institutions, stratification and class structure, gender and social change, students will be exposed to some thinkers and theorists in the social sciences and learn about their corresponding ideas, approaches and research methods.
SSC5102 ISLAM IN SINGAPORE - Muis Academy
This module provides an overview of Singapore's social, historical, economic and geopolitical contexts and how they shape the principles of governance of meritocracy, secularism and multiracialism. It will focus on how Islam has evolved with respect to religious thinking and practice, administration of Muslim affairs and inter-religious relations in Singapore. This will cover the role of key institutions such as mosques, madrasahs and key policy developments in managing the socio-religious life of the Muslim community in Singapore.
CIS5101 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ISLAM - University of Jordan
This module provides students with the means to understand and address contemporary views and realities both theoretically and practically. Students will learn to appreciate the different religious experiences that will enhance the understanding of Muslim preachers especially in a multi-cultural and multi-religious societies. This module will also equip students with methodological skills necessary to address contemporary issues such as citizenship, human rights, gender, governance and the economy.
CIS5102 METHODOLOGIES OF TEACHING ISLAM IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES - Al-Azhar University
This module provides students with the methodology and means to understand, both theoretically and practically, the appropriate and effective messaging and teaching (Da'wah) of Islam in contemporary societies. It examines and analyzes emerging issues and thoughts, extremist ideologies, and ways to address these issues. Students will be familiarised with various methodologies and means of engagements, as well as the tools and skills of contextualisation. This module will address contemporary views and realities, as well as the different religious experiences that will enhance the engagement & discourse especially in multi-cultural and multi- religious societies.
CIS5103 CLASSICAL TEXTS IN PERSPECTIVE - Muis Academy
This module provides students with relevant knowledge and tools to critically and creatively examine the Islamic sources, and the rich and diverse Islamic traditions, particularly in plural societies. Through this, students will develop an appreciation for contextualisation in multi-religious and multi-cultural settings. Students will examine the varying texts and interpretations, as well as approaches to dealing with different jurisprudential school of thoughts. Key questions in this module include: how do we interpret religious texts in context? What are the challenges? What are some methodological tools in understanding religious texts? How can one be critical and creative in treating religious texts, yet remain true to the traditions? What are some of the critical apparatus? What is maqasid shari'ah? How do we apply these concepts and critical tools in the context of plural societies?
Students are required to read and pass two elective modules, one from Group A and one from Group B.
Elective Group A (Choose 1)
SSC5201 Religion in Contemporary Societies - Singapore University of Social Sciences
For more details on this module, please refer to https://www.suss.edu.sg/courses/detail/ssc251
SSC5202 Southeast Asian Islam in Historical and Sociological Perspectives - National University of Singapore
This module uses the socio-historical approach to examine the religious life of the Malays in Southeast Asia. It begins by discussing the dynamics of Islamisation in the region since the 14th century and considers different varieties of religious thought and their influence on Malay culture and institutions. The impact of colonialism in the 19th century and its approach to the administration of Islam will then be examined. This will be followed by an analysis of the work of relevant thinkers on issues of religion and reform, aimed at alleviating problems in the community. A critical analysis of the socio-historical meaning of the resurgence of Islam in the post-Independence era and its response to the demands of modernity and social, political and economic change will also be undertaken. Students will be introduced to major strands of religious experience in the region today and the extent to which they are able to strengthen and facilitate the community's development and its adaptation to the modern world.
Elective Group B (Choose 1)
CSL5201 Culturally Appropriated Counselling Skills - National University of Singapore
This module aims to provide knowledge and techniques for building relationship and intervening therapeutically in direct social work practice. Students are facilitated to learn and build on their self-reflections and awareness in relation to working with their clients in the different contexts.
SWK5201 Introduction to Social Work - Singapore University of Social Sciences
For more details on this module, please refer to https://www.suss.edu.sg/courses/detail/swk106
SWK5202 Human Growth and Life-Span Development (Birth to Adolescence) - Singapore University of Social Sciences
SWK5203 Human Growth and Life-Span Development (Adulthood to Old Age) - Singapore University of Social Sciences
SSV5201 Introduction to Social Services - Singapore University of Social Sciences
PSY5201 Everyday Psychology - Singapore University of Social Sciences
Being able to understand relevant concepts in psychology will help us to enhance our interpersonal skills, solve problems more effectively, and make informed decisions about dealing with real-life situations that affect us on a day-to-day basis. This fully online course will appeal to those who have always wondered what psychology is about and how it relates to everyday life. Using scenario-based learning, this course is designed to reveal direct links between theory and real-life situations so that students can learn about psychology through five different scenarios in everyday life covering some key concepts in psychology.
Skills Workshops
SKW1101 English Academic Writing - National University of Singapore
This series of ten workshops in academic writing aims to equip students with the fundamental principles and skills to write well-organised, clear and coherent academic essays. The first four weeks will focus on the foundation of academic English with the aim of teaching students the skills and strategies to write coherent paragraphs, refresh students' knowledge of English grammar with a focus on more commonly made errors in students' writing and develop students' academic vocabulary.
SKW1301 Introduction to Training & Education - Muis
Introduction to basic teaching and learning theories through selected learning frameworks. It will expose participants to various pedagogical approaches and assessment practices employed in classroom settings. It will also give them the opportunity to practise designing lesson plans taking into considerations the learning objectives, delivery strategies, learning activities and assessment methods.
SSG/WSQ Courses
In line with providing students industry-relevant future-ready skills, students will attend two Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) courses. A variety of courses covering various topics will be available for students to choose from including digital literacy, communication, critical and applied thinking, and teamwork and collaboration. Upon completing each course, students will receive a Statement of Attainment (SOA) from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). Relevant SOAs are stackable to achieve full WSQ Qualification. For more information on WSQ, please refer here.
Practicum (Choose 1)
As part of the PCICS curriculum, students are required to complete a practicum during their course of study. The practicum seeks to provide students with the opportunity to acquire and develop on-the-job work-ready skills for future roles in the workforce. Through the practicum, the students will be able to apply the competencies acquired during PCICS into the workplace context.
Students may choose to either enrol into an internship programme or embark on a work-based project in their final term. Alternatively, students who wish to work during the entire duration of their PCICS candidature may opt for the Work Experience Programme.
PRC5201 WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMME (WEP)
The WEP aims to offer students with practical vocational experience through a 10 to 12 months work placement. In addition to providing students with opportunity to acquire and develop work-ready skills, the WEP also seeks to provide opportunity for students to earn an income while enrolled in PCICS.
Students who desire employment throughout their PCICS candidature should opt for this module. The WEP module commences as early as your enrolment into PCICS, subject to organisation host's internal processes.
PRC5202 INTERNSHIP
The internship offers students with a minimum 2 months of work experience. Students will be matched to selected internship positions in the religious or adjacent sectors.
Students who desire to seek exposure to the workplace environment should opt for the internship module. Students are to complete this module in their final term.
PRC5203 WORK-BASED PROJECT
Are you currently undergoing an internship? Are you employed during your PCICS candidature? The work-based project module allows students to utilise their current employment as fulfilling the work-based project requirement, subject to approval. Students are required to submit a application, stating their current job industry and work portfolio for Muis Academy's consideration.
Alternatively, the work-based project also allows flexibility for students to self-source for relevant organisations to embark on a short-term 2-month project. A list of suggested organisation hosts may also be provided.
Students who prefer freelance work, are passionate in a project topic, or are employed during their PCICS candidature should opt to complete this module.
Students are to complete this module in their final term.
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Last weekend Kiesa and I wandered into Boulder Public Library, where we learned that the library features Wi-Fi. (The previous night I wondered if it in fact had such access, but I didn't think to check the library's website so I didn't learn of the existence of the wireless network until I checked out a book and saw the pamphlet sitting next to the desk.) This morning I decided to take advantage of the wireless access, so I headed into Boulder, found The Eyre Affair in the stacks, and headed upstairs to the array of study cubicles adjacent to the 800 section. I think the last time I used a notebook in this cubicle was three years ago when I biked down from CU after my economics class. Back then, I still used Yukon, and no one had heard of 802.11b.
The heat finally broke on Thursday, with some evening thunderstorms; after the rain, though, it was still warm and, the added humidity made it muggy. Kiesa and I headed to Boulder to check out furniture at the Danish Furniture Store (we're in need of a coffee table (or a cocktail table as they seem to be known these days) for our pair of notebooks; the couch worked ok for Elssbett, but now that we have two, it's not adequate); we've been shopping since Sunday and haven't found anything that worked. The ideal table would be not absurdly expensive, would match the rest of our furniture, and appeal to both Kiesa's and mine radically different tastes. Kiesa spent the afternoon in Boulder looking at furniture and found only one table that she thought would match our criterion. I took a look and decided that it wasn't speaking to me, and I didn't want to spend US$329 for a table that didn't speak to me.
After taking the network down, and leaving Willy with a bunch of Ethernet cable, two hubs (my original, six-year-old eight-port 10 megabit hub, and the noisy 10/100 hub "with switch" Scott found in CU's dorms four years ago), and the receiver for the terrestrial wireless broadband service my parents used for three years, Kiesa and I headed to Caffe Sole, where we joined with the Hacking Society crowd and managed to amuse ourselves.
Yesterday it was fairly cool and overcast; it didn't start raining until late afternoon. As reported nearby, Kiesa flew to Portland to attend a friend's wedding in Seattle today. I thought about driving her to DIA, and letting her take the bus back to a nearby park-and-ride (where her car would be waiting for her), but RTD's DIA-to-Boulder bus stops service at 2330, which is when her plane gets in on Monday. Instead, she drove to DIA and parked in outlying shuttle parking.
It rained throughout the evening. I played Legend of Zelda: The Wind Walker (which I rented on Sunday; I'll have to acquire this game) on my GameCube until I realized that I should go outside to prove to myself that the real world exists. There is one last Geocache on my list of nearby caches that I haven't found yet ("Walden Ponds", at the bottom), so I headed out for a twilight cache. It was raining lightly as I set out. I had the foresight to bring my rain coat, so I remained fairly dry until I had to push past wet overgrown weeds next to the trail. I had a nice three kilometer round trip to a cache that no longer exists and has not existed for a very long time.
My plan for the rest of the weekend remains uncertain. In a few minutes I'm going to head off to church (mostly for social reasons; careful consultation of my timestamps will reveal that I'm not showing up precisely on time); after that, I might join any number of people I see for some sort of outdoor afternoon activity. My packaging engineer friend Mike just got a GPS and is fascinated by the idea of Geocaching, or I might try to find someone to go rock climbing with. If all else fails, I'll head home, watch Babylon 5, play Wind Walker, and read The Eyre Affair (which I need to remember to check out on my way out the door). We'll see.
I'm downloading the pilot episode of Stargate: Atlantis, which I'm looking forward to seeing.
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Twenty-five years after Apple unveiled its first laptop, its CEO Tim Cook took to the stage in Cupertino, Calif., today to announce the company's latest MacBook Pro.
The Pro has not been updated since 2015, leaving many fans to question Apple's commitment to its laptop lineup. Today's updates assuage those concerns.
The new MacBook Pro comes in 13- and 15-inch sizes and is available in silver or space gray. The 13-inch is 14.9mm thin, which is 17 percent thinner than its predecessor. It weighs in at 3 pounds, a half-pound lighter than the previous version. The 15-inch version also slims down, at 4 pounds and 15.5mm thin.
The Force Touch trackpad on the new MacBook Pros are twice as big as those on last year's model, and the keyboard uses an updated version of the butterfly key switch mechanism that originally appeared on the 12-inch MacBook. The second generation is more responsive and gives a greater sense of key travel, according to Apple's marketing SVP, Phil Schiller.
Input options don't stop with the keyboard and touchpad, though. On the 15-inch and pricier 13-inch MacBook Pros, a "Touch Bar" sits just above the keyboard. This long, thin Retina display with multi-touch capabilities is Apple's answer to the touch-screen displays that have long been available in Windows machines.
It can set system preferences like screen brightness, but also adapts to the app you're using. In Safari, it includes a search field and a back button, similar to the conventional toolbar. In Photos, you can adjust orientation and size, apply effects and filters, and even scrub through video clips.
Touch Bar also supports Touch ID, which means you can now log in to your Mac by resting your finger on it. Covered with sapphire crystal, Touch Bar is powered by an Apple T1 chip, whose security allows purchase authentication and fast user switching for computers with multiple users.
The default view is system controls, along with a dedicated Siri and function icon that will call up traditional F1-F12 keys. When you launch an app, the bar automatically switches to specific controls for that app, including QuickType options, like you'd find on your iOS device. It even predicts email addresses. And, of course, there are emoji, which you can slide through with your finger or browse by category.
As you'd expect, you can customize which buttons show up on the Touch Bar. The process is actually a slick link between the main laptop display and the bar: using the touchpad, you drag the icon you'd like to add to the bottom of the screen and it drops into place on the bar.
Speaking of the main Retina display, Schiller said the new MacBook Pro's screen is brighter and has a wider color gamut than its predecessor; 2,560-by-1,600 resolution at 227ppi on the 13-inch and 2,880-by-1,800 resolution at 220ppi on the 15-incher.
The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID starts at $2,399 for a 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.5GHz, Radeon Pro 450 graphics, 16GB of memory, and 256GB of flash storage. Bump that to a 2.7GHz chip, 3.6GHz Turbo Boost, and 512GB of storage for $2,799.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID starts at $1,799 for a 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.3GHz, 8GB of memory, 256GB of flash storage, and Intel Iris Graphics 550. For $1,999, you get a 512GB PCIe-based SSD.
Both versions feature four Thunderbolt 3 ports; because they use the same format as USB Type-C connectors, any of the four can be used to charge the notebook or output VGA or HDMI signals for external displays. The machines will ship in two to three weeks.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar and Touch ID is 13 percent smaller than the current MacBook Air. Schiller said it's "better in every way," and implied that Air users looking to replace their laptop go with the new Pro. There's a 2.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz, 8GB of memory, a 256GB PCIe-based SSD, Intel Iris Graphics 540, and two Thunderbolt 3 ports for $1,499. It's shipping now.
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Obama's Bipolar Immigration Stance: Comprehensive Reform in the Future, Expanded Enforcement Now
While the Obama administration did nominate the first Latino Supreme Court Justice [who was just confirmed today], they have been repulsing a lot of their immigrant and Latino advocates for helped them win the election last November. According to an article by Julia Preston in the New York Times, the administration's decision to not only keep but also expand controversial Bush-era immigration enforcement measures has propelled several immigrant groups to begin a national movement to make them make good on campaign promises.
The Obama administration has initiated employee audits at more than 600 employers nationwide, expanded the E-Verify program, increased criminal prosecutions for immigrant violations [up over 30% since this time last year, according to a study by Transaction Records Access Clearinghouse], created a program that runs immigrant checks on everyone who enters a local jail in some cities, and extended the 287(g) program made infamous by Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Secretary Janet Napolitano, formerly governor of Arizona, stated that she wouldn't call of immigration raids entirely, though they have subsided since Postville, Iowa, little more than a year ago. Napolitano said, "We will continue to enforce the law and to look for effective ways to do it."
The problem lies in the fact that some of these programs are not "effective ways to do it." Immigrant and business advocates have sued to stop E-Verify because of its woeful inaccuracies. While the program touts a .3% error rate for the 137,000 employers now enrolled. With 6.4 million queries, however, a .3% error rate still means that over 19,000 legal immigrants or citizens have received false denials so far in 2009.
Additionally, the seriously flawed 287(g) program that deputizes local police agencies to carry out federal legislation encourages civil rights violations, racial screening, and vigilante justice. Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, the self-titled "toughest sheriff in America," is currently under investigation for his long laundry list of civil rights abuses, from parading prisoners through the streets in shackles, making prisoners wear pink underwear, feeding them green bologna, and racially profiling Latinos for "random" traffic stops.
While President Obama stated that immigration reform would be passed within the year, Napolitano's actions with the Department of Homeland Security have been anything but. Perhaps it is political jiujutsu, designed to convince certain political affiliations that this administration will be hard on those who break the law and will not allow another 12 million undocumented immigrants to enter the country again. However, by not only maintaining but actually revamping failed immigration enforcement mechanisms, the administration is sending a very mixed message about what that "immigration reform" will resemble.
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The late journalist Charles Kuralt made many wise observations in his day. My favorite? "You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars." Kuralt was a man after my own stomach. Yes, I have gone on road trips with their itineraries dictated by where I might try a burger along the way. A recovering pseudo-vegetarian, I've been searching for the world's best burger—and generally making up for the six years in my late teens and early 20s that were red-meat free—since reintroducing mammals into my diet over a decade ago. If there is a better food than a burger after a long day in the mountains or on the bike I have yet to find it. Thankfully, Jackson Hole has plenty of burgers to choose from, including a secret one that's not on the menu. (At the Snake River Grill, you just have to know there's a burger; consider yourself educated.) To save you from wading through anything inferior, here are the five best.
From beef to bison, turkey, veggie, and even ahi, Liberty Burger knows their patties. They also prepare them perfectly and sell them at a good price. Sides—fries, onion rings—are extra. The Big O rings are the valley's best food buy: $5 for a heaping plate. They're also delicious.
Right on the Town Square, Local restaurant has a burger for upwards of $20. In the attached bar area, you can get a pared down version using the same locally sourced beef for about $10. Also, the bar, U-shaped and giant, is more fun than the restaurant.
Snake River Grill
The Snake River Grill is the most lauded restaurant in town. Why? Even when it comes to something simple like a burger, they obsess about the details. Part chuck and part tenderloin—and all from the Mead Ranch here in the valley—their 10-ounce burger comes standard with Vermont white cheddar, Wisconsin applewood smoked bacon, and shoestring fries.
Teton Pines
This semi-private country club has a traditional burger made from ground beef and topped with bacon and your choice of cheese, but its grilled tenderloin sliders are even better. Get them medium-rare and the meat is so tender you'll think you're biting through butter.
Stiegler's
You don't usually go to an Austrian restaurant for a burger, but make an exception here. Made from trimmings of the tenderloins served in the main restaurant, the burger at Stiegler's bar (and only in the bar; not the restaurant) comes topped with Gruyere and bacon and—of course—on a Kaiser roll.
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If Complaintant believes they have a very STRONG case and does not want to take the chance that 1 idiot arbitraitor doesnt see it the same way - from a strategic point of view - dooes it EVER make sense for the Complaintant to file for a 3 person arbitration panel ?
It probably depends on your perceived value of the domain.
Or you can skip UDRP and go straight to filing a lawsuit against the registrant. An uncommon tactic, but it happens.
UDRP is optional; usually the ideal method though, since it's typically cheaper and faster than filing a lawsuit.
Regardless of the outcome of an UDRP challenge, both parties still have the option of going the lawsuit route.
IMHO, if your case is very strong (ie. 2nd level part of domain same as registered TM and domain clearly being used in bad faith), it's likely that even a respondent-friendly arbitrator will rule in your favor. And in the unlikely event they don't, you can then go the lawsuit route.
This comment interests me. I will give more specifics about the back story in a bit - - - but why would the perceived value of the domain effect your strategy of using a 3 person or not ? Lets assume the perceived value of the domain is high..
Many disputes aren't brought with an end goal of transfer and development.
EDITED: Changes are highlighted. In short, for a 1 person panel, the complainant chooses the provider, but not the actual panelist.
To directly answer your question, 1 panelist is usually better, since you can choose the arbitration provider and the panelist who will hear the case.
In contrast, for the respondent, it's often better to go with 3. There are exceptions to that, such as if the respondent believes their case is very strong and/or believes the 1 panelist chosen by the selected arbitration provider is likely to rule in their favor despite being selected by the complainant. Some panelists, while well aware of who pays the bulk of the bills, try to be fair in their rulings.
For the complainant, going with 3 can be potentially risky due to the selection procedure that takes place - the complainant nominates 3 panelists for the provider to choose 1 from, the respondent does likewise, and the provider chooses 1, with input from both sides, to preside over the 3 person panel.
While it's possible to research providers and panelists yourself (read past UDRP cases; google around), it's often better to hire an attorney experienced with UDRP and domain name related matters to do that, since a panelist who seems unsuitable may be for your case or vice-versa.
If you're having trouble getting in contact with an attorney shown in the sticky, try calling them too - will help to express a willingness to pay for an hour of consulting time, etc upfront and/or putting up a deposit / retainer ... money usually gets their attention.
Thank you for responding to my question so directly and so thoughtfully. It is very much appreciated.
I was not aware that the Complaintant could choose the single panelist. I had thought the single panelist was selected randomnly.
Wow !!! Do I understand you correctly - namely that my attorney can directly pick the Panelist we want to hear the case ?
Partly right but also partly wrong.
Thanks for catching that; I've updated my post. Not sure why I was thinking they could choose the particular panelist, which as you point out is incorrect.
With that said, when using a 1 person panel, are there many instances of the complainant successfully challenging the provider's selection, and getting a different panelist substituted?.
Are there other ways, when using a 1 person panel, of effectively narrowing down the field of panelists? ... such as to the point, that in effect, the complainant can practically, though not literally, choose the panelist.
I don't believe so. I think that the option to request a 3 person panel comes after the primary panelist is selected and both the complainant and the respondent have input on choosing those, 1 for each of them, with the original panelist selected by the provider as the third. ICANN spells this out pretty clearly in the rules for the UDRP process. I don't recall any mechanism for challenging a panelist selection either.
Yes, that's what I'm alluding to. Wondering how often that happens, and how much of an influence the complainant can have in selecting the substitute.
Here is the rules from WIPO: You're not likely to gain any traction challenging a panelist because you think they might actually be impartial and not automatically biased in your favor.
Seriously, if your complaint really does have merit, why bother with all the posturing? Just get an attorney to format and file it. The only reason I can think of for all this maneuvering around is that you don't really have a clear cut case and are trying to manipulate the proceeding to make up for that.
Thanks for the help fellas. I spoke to several attorneys today. There seems to be lots of information to come up with the correct strategy. I am going to take the advice of the above poster and let my attorney advise me from here on out. Thanks..


I grew up in DeLand my entire life, and I decided to stay in town while doing my undergraduate education at Stetson University. I was a regular in a local church, involved in youth group and other events with that church. Once I began at Stetson, most of my connections to that church dissipated. I was introduced to Ben Collins in my first week at Stetson and eventually became a part of Canvas, which would evolve into Collective.
This community became like family to me. It was a place of honesty and openness. As a new college student, I had questions and was just plain curious. I wanted to hear from people who didn't have the same beliefs, background or story as I did. The opportunity to articulate what I believed, and who I was, allowed me to learn a lot about myself. As Collective has come into being and developed, this has continued to be the case for me. I know Collective as my second family; a group of people, encouraging of self-discovery and understanding.
Encouraged and empowered by this environment, I have recently taken the next step on (what Collective regulars may call) my "path". I recently left DeLand, moved to Atlanta, and started my first classes at Candler School of Theology at Emory University, pursuing a Master of Divinity. During convocation, I heard a familiar message that I have come to value through my time at Collective.
The message spoke to the value of arguing with God: being in a place where you can be honest with your thoughts and beliefs while reflecting on the presence of a loving God.
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This is Collective to me, and this has always been Collective to me. It's a place to argue with God and yourself about who we are and why we are continually drawn to this mystery. I know that Collective has provided this space of self-reflecting, belief-shaping, and life-giving arguments for many people. I want it to continue on this path. This is why I pledge my financial support.
As a graduate student, my financial contributions can't be as high as I'd like. But, even my $10 a month can make an impact on this community. I'd encourage all of you to take some time this week to think about the influence that Collective has had in your life. If you can give more, awesome! Even the smallest amount can make a difference.
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The Observer discovered the children in a filthy sweatshop working on piles of beaded children's blouses marked with serial numbers that Gap admitted corresponded with its own inventory. The company has pledged to convene a meeting of its Indian suppliers as well as withdrawing tens of thousands of the embroidered girl's blouses from the market, before they reach the stores. The hand-stitched tops, which would have been sold for about £20, were destined for shelves in America and Europe in the next seven days in time to be sold to Christmas shoppers.
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From Little Green Footballs :
Here is their "recruitment" flier:
I hope UCLA won't cancel this conference as well, as others have done in the past.
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Plus ca change.
Talk about a time warp. This fellow has been well coached. The language is almost word for word identical, with only a name change, to the same crap I endured at UCLA in 1973 when I shoulted that the Communists should leave my country. Clearly, they didn't listen. (Although, I distinctly still recall the shocked face of the moron handing out literature who was so surprised to hear anyone on campus disagree with his propaganda.)
These yahoos never learn.
Incidentally, Pipes never actually said the last two quotations attributed to him:
http://www.danielpipes.org/cair.php
I shouldn't be surprised. Inventing damning statements is also one of their very old, tired tactics.
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Did anyone attend? I wasn't able to make it. How did it go?
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I was there and it went just fine.
There was excellent security. The speakers and moderator were directed to park in an obscure location, were driven from there to the venue under armed guard, and entered through a special entrance. Everyone else was wanded, bags and purses were searched, and everyone who passed inspection got an orange security bracelet. Three armed guards and a security person in plain clothes flanked the stage and the written program had a written notice that they would eject all disrupters.
Everything went well until about three minutes into Danial Pipes' first response. Then about 20-30 protestors, most of whom looked more like leftists than Muslims, got up and started yelling "Liar! Liar!" in unison. The security people escorted them out, which was a good thing because every one of the 400 seats was full and 20-30 people waiting outside were allowed to come in and sit in the now-empty seats. A little later I heard something going on outside and a drum beating, but it wasn't loud enough to bother anyone inside. Other than that, it was calm and peaceful.
Dr. Brook made some great points, not only with the audience, but with Dr. Pipes and Dr. Sultan as well. When Dr. Sultan said the U.N. ought to protect individual rights in Muslim countries, Dr. Brook got cheers from the audience and a big smile from Dr. Sultan when he explained why we ought to kick the U.N. out of the country and send them to Venezuela. There was just too many good things said to report them all but it was videoed and will be made available soon.
While I saw several dozen familiar faces, I suspect most of the 400+ people who came were not Objectivists. The event was announced on Little Green Footballs and many commentators said they were planning to attend. Many seemed to be there because they were fans of Dr. Pipes and/or Dr. Sultan. Outside the auditorium, the UCLA campus club had a table with ARI literature and free copies of Atlas Shrugged, and many people eagerly snapped them up on the way out.
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It's good to hear that everything went so well. Thanks for the report.
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Little Green Footballs provided a link to a video of the disruption, for those who are interested.
It looks like a full sized crowd on hand, as Betsy points out.
A complete video of the event has been posted on the Registered Users page on the ARI web site.
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I encourage EVERYONE to watch the full 2 hours at the ARI web site.
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Thanks Betsy!
What do leftists hope to achieve by such disruption? Do they believe that someone in the audience will think "Wow, if that protestor plays a drum, Dr. Pipes must be lying"?
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I doubt if they've thought about it even that much. They don't ever try to use rational arguments; shouting and beind disruptive is all they know how to do instead.
I think they just hope to use force to intimidate people into not speaking out. They've been doing this sort of thing for years: if somebody is saying something they disagree with, they'll respond with threats, violence, and if that doesn't work, just start shouting.
Having grown up when the "new left" was at its peak in the late 1960's, they have always reminded me of spoiled children. Maybe it's no more than that: they're just throwing tantrums because they aren't getting their way. They really don't like it when other people ignore them.
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Did the one poster say, "Don't Support Free Speech"??!!?
At least it might make sense, that he would be displaying that sentiment.
I just returned from George Mason University and John Lewis' talk. Yes, there were protesters there, and they acted somewhat like the ones in the video, except, unfortunately, the losers never left.
Dr. Lewis gave an excellent presentation titled, "No Substitute for Victory: The Defeat of Islamic Totalitarianism". You may read about it here: http://gmuobjectivistclub.blogspot.com/ I sat near a GMU employee who was video taping everything. I will try to post any links to videos I find.
The protesters were a tiresome lot of left-over, hippie-wanna-bes and (apparent) Moslems. When Dr. Lewis approached the podium, they all stood up with their backs to him. All I could think of was, "They have a choice to use their minds or their bodies, and which do they choose? They obviously have less respect for their own minds than they do for their backsides." They held up 8 1/2" x 11" "signs", (no, I am not making this up), with all sorts of ridiculous slogans, such as "Islam = Peace", (no doubt, they got that one from George Bush), and several criticizing Bush, as if Dr. Lewis would object to that! They were rude in general, talking in normal voices during the lecture. Several of them made comments throughout the lecture. The comments utterly lacked wit, and were totally ignorant of Dr. Lewis' true beliefs. What really killed me, was that they scoffed, grunted, and made derogatory comments when Dr. Lewis promoted individual rights. This did not seem to be mistaken, but actually _denigrating_ individual rights! The one thing I did find funny, is that if some avowed leftist had criticized Bush as Dr. Lewis did, they would have cheered themselves hoarse; when he did, they merely scoffed.
For any other campus club, I have several suggestions to minimize the disruptions.
1. Announce that if anyone leaves the room, he/she will not be readmitted.
2. Anyone standing in front of another guest will be immediately removed.
3. Have a moderator hold the microphone for questioners. DO NOT let them hold it themselves. All you get is another platform, rather than a question.
GMU had plenty of security; they just did very little to alleviate the pests.
I attended the talk at GMU -- I sat in the second row, right behind some of the College Republicans and Nick Provenzo.
I was stunned by how much irrationality was displayed by the disruptive students. I couldn't believe how much they were allowed to get away with.
Some of the more disruptive Islamists near the front were upset that I, and other supporters of Dr. Lewis, stood and cheered key points of his speech. In desperation, one stood up violently and hysterically accused me of "THREATENING" him when I told him, seated right behind me, to lower his voice (I had also said I would ask security to remove him). I responded that I had done no such thing. I stated my position to the audience and to the "security" when they arrived on the scene. Knowing they couldn't take me out on such a flimsy lie, a "security officer" told me, in a very polite tone, that he would like to "talk" to me near the questioners beside the stage.
I asked him why; he said he would just like to "talk." I saw the move coming but decided not to make a fuss. After I stood up and walked toward the question area, he then asked me to come outside with him. I asked him why, and he said one of the university officials had asked them to escort me out. I didn't even bother to ask why...the official in question was very likely one fatuous twerp who had introduced himself as the "Director of Student Life with regard to Multicultural Affairs" or something like that. I suspect he was working hand-in-hand with the disrupters.
Outside, I took up my case with the "officers." One of them - not the one who'd escorted me out - had the gall to lie outright to my face that he'd heard me threaten to "break [the Islamist's] neck." Since he was a law-enforcement officer, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and reiterated my innocence several times in the most polite tone I could muster under the circumstances. He then told me to leave. Suspecting they were looking for something to hang me with, I left the scene.
If this is what is considered a successful talk, then I shudder to think what the failed ones are like. The atmosphere was so charged I thought I was in the very early stages of a violent riot.
Dr. Lewis was under tremendous pressure, and it is my view that the talk should NOT have been conducted under those conditions. The disrupters interrupted throughout the talk, and Dr. Lewis broke the tenor of his speech several times to respond to the noises of these barbarians. They were disrespectful in the worst ways, and the two questioners I heard before I left (one of whom was my accuser) were downright insulting. I did not, and do not, believe their questions deserved responses. I don't mean to come down on Dr. Lewis, whom I admire very much, but he may have granted the "dissenters" too much.
I found the affair taxing, but I did see a few rational students face down one or two of the disrupters, in order to hear the points being made by Dr. Lewis. If those rational few were reached, perhaps the evening was a success after all.
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Outside, I took up my case with the "officers." One of them - not the one who'd escorted me out - had the gall to lie outright to my face that he'd heard me threaten to "break [the Islamist's] neck."
That an American cop would be so sympathetic to those vermin that he would manufacture a lie (not that there's *any* excuse for that, period), is the most hair raising thing of all.
Is there any university anywhere that isn't so much under the thumb of the multiculturists that an Objectivist group can specify the conditions, e.g. ejection of disruptive individuals?
Another thought as well: Were these "officers" employed by the university? Did they have uniforms explicitly showing that affiliation? It is conceivable that the Muslims could have enough external support (i.e. the Wahabis in Saudi Arabia) that they could hire their own thugs in uniforms posing as "security". I suspect though that it's simply the same sort of worthless idiots that let Cho prepare unimpeded for 2 hours after his initial shootings at VA Tech, onto an unprepared campus they were supposed to protect.
ARI and the UCLA club did exactly that, announced in the written program and before the event that disrupters would be ejected, and that is what happened. The disturbance lasted 3 minutes and the audience cheered as the protesters were thrown out.
Of course, that is not what happened previously at UCLA when they cancelled an ARI event for "security" reasons but allowed the protesters to demonstrate for hours. ARI fought back by going public, writing op-eds, going on talk radio, and eventually getting everything they wanted from UCLA.
These men wore uniforms, which is why I thought justice would be done, or at least be seen to be done.
No such hope. I think they were campus policemen though, but they had guns and wore black, so I could be wrong. My suspicion is that they were campus policemen also sympathetic to multiculturalism.
Excellent. I don't understand then why ARI doesn't do this for every event, anywhere. Hopefully Mercury will let ARI know what happened to him personally.
The GMU event wasn't sponsored by the ARI, but I have narrated my experience to Nick Provenzo who organized the talk.
He apologized, saying they will look into the matter, but I don't expect much to come from it. If the lying security-officer were willing to testify, it would be my word against his and the Islamist's. A few people seated around me may be willing to testify on my behalf, but, to be effective, they would need the courage of their convictions.
Nevertheless, rest assured: justice will be mine. This is only the beginning.
The poster said "Don't Support Hate Speech" - which is ridiculous.
I would like to know more about the GMU/Dr. Lewis event...some one who was present want to start a thread on it??
Take a look at the link I posted. Nick Provenzo added a good post today.
The most painful part of it all was the 'question' period. The first woman went on and on and on without asking anything. They really needed someone to say and enforce the Ford Hall Forum adage, "Remember, you are the questioner. The speaker is on the platform." One of the dolts accused Dr. Lewis of stating people have, "God given rights." I think he was so taken aback that someone would say that he said that, that he did not answer as forcefully as he normally would have. The most absurd was the guy Provenzo mentions. The man started out well, then went on to accuse Dr. Lewis of being 'angry', while his own pitch, volume, and seething crescendoed over the course of about a minute or two, (which seemed like several hours).
I could write more, but instead, I will try to find more links, including, I hope, video.
There's a summary post on Rule of Reason, if you're interested. Check out the comments also.
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Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 3:41 p.m.
Morgan County Sheriff's Office Patrol Lieutenant Eric Fields (left) often gets mistaken for movie star and pro wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. (Courtesy of Morgan County Sheriff's Office)
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Morgan County can definitely smell what the Rock is cooking, thanks to a lookalike in the sheriff's office.
Patrol Lieutenant Eric Fields happens to resemble none other than Dwayne Johnson, the world-famous movie star known for "Jumanji" movies and one of the most beloved professional wrestlers of all time.
The sheriff's office posted this on Facebook last week when a local fan had to see it for himself: "This gentlemen recently ran into Sgt. Mason and informed him he wanted to meet our Deputy that people say looks like "The Rock". Sgt. Mason passed that along and Lieutenant Fields was happy to swing by the Hartselle Wal-mart to see him. Tyler is one of their many hardworkers and it was great to meet him and some of his coworkers!"
Sure enough, that fan and many others feel the same way about the muscular law enforcement officer (who also shaves his head like Johnson), with some even posting comparisons on TikTok.
Fields, 37, has worked for the Morgan County Sheriff's Office for 17 years including at the jail, in investigations, in the special victims unit and with drug-endangered children before being sworn in as a Deputy U.S. Marshal. He was promoted to corporal and then worked from sergeant to lieutenant over patrol for which he handles tactical training and serves as firearms instructor.
Fields said it's been "a running joke" for a few years now, but the comparisons don't even stop at Johnson. "I've been called The Rock and Vin Diesel's love child," Fields said. "I go along with it. It's humorous. It's flattering. It could be worse people, I guess."
The self-described cut-up said he'll go along with it enough to do an impression of both Johnson and Diesel if pressed to do so. In the meantime, friends might call and ask "Can you smell what the Rock is cooking?" borrowing the former pro wrestler's famous catchphrase.
Last week, the Morgan County Sheriff's Office posted a photo of Fields and "fan" who just had to meet him. A colleague was at a local Walmart where he told someone he had a co-worker who looked just like The Rock. When he learned that person was a huge fan of his movies and wrestling career, he called Fields out to meet him in person. More than anything, he didn't want to disappoint the fan. But given the resemblance, he did no such thing.
"The blessing was really for me because he had a spirit that was just such a great person to meet.," Fields said. "He's the real celebrity. Everybody knew him and loved him. It was a blessing to me. I go trying to bless someone else, and I come out with the blessing of meeting him. I wish the actual Rock could meet this kid. He's the hometown hero."
Above all, Fields hopes it only allows him to further connect with the people in Morgan County.
"We really love to get involved with the community, cut up and be neighbors -- not just enforcement," he said.
He said his family even sees it, with his wife often buying him Dwayne Johnson paraphernalia for workouts. But despite people's expectations to get as close as they might ever get to meeting The Rock via Fields' resemblance, he said he wouldn't want to disappoint them and can only be himself.
"I don't want to disappoint anybody," Fields said. "I walk up one day and at a different angle, I don't know. It's flattering, but it's also a little nerve-racking as far as what others expect I guess.
"I just plan on being me. I'll cut up. I'm a big cut-up. If it comes up and somebody says that, I'll play along. I really couldn't be anybody but me. I'm just glad I could be part of someone's happiness and laughter."
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Q: A secure connection cannot be established because this site uses an unsupported protocol I'm not able to make my http requests to https requests. My server domain name is myservers.com. My seniors (left the office) brought wildcard ssl certificate from comodo RSA Domain Validation secure server CA. It is working fine when I use https://myservers.com, its showing a default page. Now my MD installed tomcat on the server and said to me make it https. So I uploaded my war file to webapps and its working fine http://myservers.com:8080/. But its not working fine when https://myservers.com:8443/ it showing This webpage is not available ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH.
All certificates are available in the location etc/nginx/ssl.
This is my server.xml
<Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
               connectionTimeout="20000"
               URIEncoding="UTF-8"
               redirectPort="8443" />

    <Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"
               maxThreads="200" scheme="https" secure="true"
               clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"
               keystoreFile="/etc/nginx/ssl/domain.keystore" keystorePass="changeit"/>

In my search I found these two files
1) myservers.com - in the location - etc/nginx/sites-available
2) myservers.com - in the location - etc/nginx/sites-enabled
Both files contains same code
server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

        listen 443 ssl;

    root /var/www/myservers.com/html;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    # Make site accessible from http://localhost/
    server_name myappdemo.com;
        ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/ssl-bundle.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/myservers.com.key;

    location / {
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        # Uncomment to enable naxsi on this location
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import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

import org.apache.cassandra.OrderedJUnit4ClassRunner;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

@RunWith(OrderedJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
public class StandaloneScrubberTest extends OfflineToolUtils
{
    private ToolRunner.Runners runner = new ToolRunner.Runners();

    @Test
    public void testStandaloneScrubber_NoArgs()
    {
        assertEquals(1, runner.invokeClassAsTool("org.apache.cassandra.tools.StandaloneScrubber").getExitCode());
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    }

    @Test
    public void testStandaloneScrubber_WithArgs()
    {
        runner.invokeClassAsTool("org.apache.cassandra.tools.StandaloneScrubber", "--debug", "system_schema", "tables")
              .waitAndAssertOnCleanExit();
        assertNoUnexpectedThreadsStarted(EXPECTED_THREADS_WITH_SCHEMA, OPTIONAL_THREADS_WITH_SCHEMA);
        assertSchemaLoaded();
        assertServerNotLoaded();
    }
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