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NC EH EH All-Canadian Female Teams
Published by: FTF Canada
FTF Canada announced the 2021 NC EH EH All-Canadian Team with players earning a myriad of individual accolades, including 1 NCAA National Championship, 3 All-America Awards, 14 All-Region Awards, and 28 All-Conference Awards.
The NC EH EH All-Canadian Teams are selected by FTF Canada, which is made up of representatives from across Canada.
Goalkeeper: Marika Laurendeau, College of the Saint Rose: Laurendeau finished her season with 11 clean sheets, 0.57 goals against average, and 0.857 save percentage. She was named the NE10 Conference Goalkeeper of the Year, as well as earning NE10 Conference First Team, NCAA DII All-East Region First Team, and NCAA DII All-America First Team honors.
Defender: Jayde Riviere, University of Michigan: Riviere registered 1 assist in 22 games, 19 of which as a starter. A stalwart at the back, she helped Michigan to 11 clean sheets and a BIG10 Championship.
Defender: Emma Regan, University of Texas: Regan started all 22 games this season for the Longhorns, helping them to a 11-5-6 record and 10 clean sheets. She earned All-BIG12 Conference Second Team and NCAA DI All-Midwest Region Third Team honors.
Defender: Gabrielle Carle, Florida State University: Carle played and started in 23 of FSU's National Championship season recording 1,908 minutes. She was instrumental in helping FSU to a 22-1-2 record, helping the team to 14 shutouts, while adding 3 goals and 6 assists.
Defender: Jayda Hylton-Pelaia, Arizona State University: Hylton-Pelaia started 16 of ASU's 20 games in 2021, featuring in 19. She scored 1 goal as well as pitching in with two assists while helping ASU to a 10-8-2 record. Hylton-Pelaia was selected 49th overall in the NWSL draft by Chicago Red Stars.
Midfielder: Sarah Stratigakis, University of Michigan: Stratigakis scored 2 goals and chipped in with 5 assists helping Michigan to a 18-4-3 record and a BIG 10 Championship. For her stellar season, Stratigakis was named to the All-BIG 10 2nd Team and earned All-North Region 2nd Team honours.
Midfielder: Julia Grosso, University of Texas: Grosso was a force in the BIG 12 earning All-BIG 12 Conference Tournament Team and All-BIG 12 Conference 1st Team, while contributing 6 goals and 5 assists for the Longhorns. Grosso was also named to the All-Midwest Region 1st Team, and the All-America 3rd Team.
Midfielder: Karly Hellstrom, Kent State University: Hellstrom was one of the most dangerous attacking players in the NCAA during the 2021 season. The Kent State midfielder scored 7 goals, adding 11 assists. Her season culminated in earning the All-MAC 1st Team and All-Midwest Region 2nd Team.
Forward: Amanda West, University of Pittsburgh: West was once again lethal in front of goal for Pitt in the ACC, scoring 10 goals, including 5 game winners, adding 3 assists. She was named to the All-ACC 3rd Team and the All-Atlantic Region 3rd Team at the end of her season.
Forward: Florence Vaillancourt, Niagara University: Vaillancourt finished the 2021 season with the 13th highest point total in the entire NCAA after netting 13 goals and adding 10 assists. Consequently, she was named the All-MAAC Offensive Player of the Year and an All-MAAC 1st Team.
Forward: Tanya Boychuk, University of Memphis: Boychuk made the most of her senior season earning All-AAC 1st Team and All-South Region 1st Team honours after scoring 6 goals, chipping in with 4 assists for Memphis.
Goalkeeper: Morgan McAslan, Samford University: McAslan recorded 10 clean sheets, 0.79 goals against average, and 0.814 save percentage. She was named to the SoCon All-Tournament Team, as well as the All-SoCon Conference 2nd Team.
Defender: Tianna Harris, Kent State University: Harris recorded 4 goals and one assist in 21 games for Kent State during the 2021 season. She was deservedly named to the All-MAC 1st Team and the MAC Defensive Player of the Year, as well as an All-Midwest Region 1st Team honour.
Defender: Maya Antoine, Vanderbilt University: Antoine started 19 games this past season at Vanderbilt helping the team to an 8-8-3 record and 6 clean sheets. She was named to the All-SEC 2nd Team, as well as the All-Southeast Region 3rd Team.
Defender: Payton Robertson, University of Buffalo: Robertson earned All-MAC 1st Team honours after scoring 1 goal and 1 assist while helping Buffalo to a 13-4-3 record. She was also named to the All-Midwest Region 2nd Team for her performance.
Defender: Andrea Tyrell, Mississippi State University: Tyrell started all 16 games for Mississippi State this past season, helping the team earn 4 shutouts, as well as contributing to 2 goals. She earned All-SEC 2nd Team and All-Southeast Region 2nd Team honours.
Midfielder: Ciera Lundy, College of the Saint Rose: Lundy was one of the best midfielders in the NCAA D2 last season culminating in NE10 Conference 1st Team, All-East Region 1st team, and All-America 3rd Team honours. She was a staple in the Saint Rose side that were NCAA National Finalists and NE10 Conference Champions, chipping in with 4 goals and 2 assists.
Midfielder: Ebony Clarke, Kennesaw State University: Clarke was an All-ASUN Conference First-Team lock after scoring 5 goals and 1 assist. She was well deserving of the All-South Region 3rd Team nod.
Midfielder: Grace Stordy, University of Memphis: Stordy 4 goals in the AAC for Memphis, including 1 game winner. However, she contributed more than just on the scoresheet, exemplified by earning All-AAC First Team honours.
Midfielder: Wayny Balata, Southern Methodist University: Balata was a huge threat for Southern Methodist scoring 6 goals, adding 2 assists. She was named to the All-AAC 2nd Team.
Forward: Nicole Kozlova, Virginia Tech: Kozlova was an absolute force in the ACC scoring 4 goals, including 3 game winning goals, adding 4 assists. She spread out her team contributions too, scoring or assisting in 9 of the 17 games she played in.
Forward: Emily Mijares, Mercyhurst University: Mijares was one of the most lethal strikers in the NCAA D2 during the 2021 season. She scored 15 goals and 3 assists, leading to being named the PSAC Rookie of the Year, All-PSAC First Team, PSAC Athlete of the Year, All-Atlantic Region Second Team, and CCA All-Atlantic Region First Team.
Goalkeeper: Kayza Massey, West Virginia University: Massey recorded a 10-5-5 record, while earning 10 clean sheets, 0.58 goals-against average, and a 0.813 save percentage. Deservingly, she was named to the All-Big12 Conference 2nd Team.
Defender: Zoe Burns, University of Southern California: Burns was a stalwart at the back for USC starting in 18 games while helping them to a 14-3-3 record and 8 clean sheets. Scoring 1 goal and 1 assist, she was aptly named to the All-Pac 12 Conference 2nd Team.
Defender: Ida Miceli, Niagara University: Miceli earned All-MAAC Conference 1st Team honours after scoring 3 goals and 2 assists from the back line. She was integral to Niagara holding a 13-4-1 record, while keeping 3 clean sheets.
Defender: Taylor Watson, Alabama A&M University: Watson was instrumental in helping Alabama A&M to a 10-8-1 record. During her 17 games played in, 15 as a starter, they kept 9 clean sheets. With 2 assists, she earned an All-SWAC Conference 2nd Team nomination.
Defender: Mackenzie Mix, Niagara University: Mix was Miceli's partner in crime at the back for Niagara starting 18 games, helping to earn a 13-4-1 record and 3 clean sheets. After contributing 2 goals and 1 assist, she was named to the All-MAAC Conference 2nd Team.
Midfielder: Markela Bejleri, Quinnipiac University: Bejleri started every one of Quinnipiac's games this past season scoring 5 goals and providing 4 assists as well. Unsurprisingly, she was named to the All-MAAC Conference 2nd Team.
Midfielder: Madelyn Robbins, Farleigh Dickinson University: Robbins was a mainstay in Farleigh Dickinson's midfield this past season in 20 games. Scoring 1 goal and 5 assists, she was named to the All-NEC 2nd Team.
Midfielder: Mya Jones, University of Memphis: Jones was named to the All-AAC 2nd Team for her performances over the 2021 season. She scored 2 goals, adding 2 assists in 19 games as a starter.
Forward: Jordan Faveri, University of North Carolina – Wilmington: Faveri was essential for UNC Wilmington's CAA Conference Championship. She scored 5 goals, 4 of which were game winners, chipping in with a whopping 9 assists.
Forward: Emma Davies, Niagara University: Davies was one the most creative players this past season after providing 7 assists, while adding 3 goals. Deservedly, she was named to the All-MAAC 2nd Team.
Forward: Olga Massombo, Wright State University: Massombo scored 3 goals and 2 assists in 16 games as a starter for Wright State. For her performances, she earned All-Horizon Conference 1st Team honours.
Goalkeeper: Laurence Gladu, Penn State University
Goalkeeper: Melody Mezzina, Western Carolina University
Defender: Emily Lazenby, University of Buffalo
Defender: Keyosha Donkor, Kent State University
Defender: Malikae Dayes, University of Maryland
Defender: Megan Howell, Prairie View A&M University
Defender: Molly Quarry, University of Montana
Defender: Reese Moffat, Louisiana State University
Midfielder: Alissa Stewart, University of Texas – San Antonio
Midfielder: Giulia Giovinazzi, Kent State University
Midfielder: Jasmine Vilgrain, Southern Methodist University
Midfielder: Jessica De Filippo, University of Arkansas
Midfielder: Michaela Iacono, Eastern Michigan University
Midfielder: Samantha Chang, University of South Carolina
Midfielder: Saorla Miller, University of Memphis
Midfielder: Sydney Brough, University of Central Arkansas
Forward: Cephana Deane, Jacksonville State University
Forward: Courtney Chochol, Quinnipiac University
Forward: Kennedy Faulknor, University of California – Los Angeles
Forward: Leah Pais, University of Pittsburgh
Forward: Melissa Lamanna, Lafayette College
Forward: Sarah Allen, Coastal Carolina University
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FTF Canada announced the 2021 NC EH EH All-Canadian Teams, with Niagara University's Florence Vaillancourt


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The Calypso is a semi-submersible personal watercraft (PWC) designed as a rescue vehicle for big wave tow-in surfing. It would use off-the-shelf Sea-Doo parts inside a new type of hull designed for this specific task.
The Origin of the Idea:
This idea was brought to me by Sebastian Campos Moller, one of my designers. He got it while he was surfing with his brother and realized safety could be improved by creating a vehicle that would keep the driver safe while rescuing fallen surfers more rapidly. This first concept is a fine result, but it would still
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The Calypso works similarly to a PWC propelled by a jet turbine, except the vehicle would be longer and its cockpit would be designed so that it could dive under and slice through huge waves, so it must have a strong canopy.
The Calypso's hull would be made of kevlar reinforced fiber or another type of lighter, cheaper, stronger material. The current design proposes meshed fabric openings on each side and a windshield, but this could be altered based on testing. The shape of the hull, fins, and other features will also need to be designed and developed so that the watercraft can slice or dive more easily through waves.
There would be an opening and space in the back for the surfer to secure his surfboard. With driver-less technology getting more affordable each year, I think it would be possible to develop a basic autopilot that would keep the Calypso aligned w
While the driver is helping the surfer get on-board. Bow thrusters are one potential option. At this point, the pilot could either head back to the beach or help the surfer catch another wave.
The Calypso would be able take on massive waves, and a single person would be able to carry out rescue missions in dangerous coasts and surf breaks and near rocks, where a quick response is crucial. Even if a series of waves kept rolling the vehicle, the driver would remain safe inside his cockpit. Developing such a machine would push the limits of existing Sea-Doos and open up new possibilities.
The Calypso concept was developed in July 2016 by Charles Bombardier in collaboration with Sebastian Campos Möller, an award-winning industrial designer from Mexico. Sebastian graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design and specializes in 3D and concept development for human-centered products. Sebastian also produced the concept images for the Solexa personal drone and the Recycle and Print concept (RNP).
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HomeThe 30 Day Song ChallengeThe 30 Day Song Challenge: Day 13
The 30 Day Song Challenge: Day 13
May 21, 2011 Leeann Ward The 30 Day Song Challenge 26
Today's category is…
A Leaving Song.
Here are the staff picks:
Leeann Ward: "She's Crazy For Leavin'" – Rodney Crowell
For me, this song plays out like a movie scene in one of those wacky romantic comedies. The guy is over-the-top trying to convince his girl not to go, saying that "she's crazy for leaving", while everyone else at the bus stop pretty much knows he's the crazy one and tells him to just let her go. I especially love the hook, "You can't stop a woman when she's out of control." Few can write tongue in cheek like Crowell and Guy Clark, I tell ya.
Dan Milliken: "She'll Remember" – Dwight Yoakam
The zany first minute never gets old for me.
Tara Seetharam: "Let Him Fly" – Patty Griffin
To me, one of the most beautiful songs ever written. It so perfectly captures the equally peaceful and equally crushing "beauty of just letting go."
Kevin Coyne: "Consider Me Gone" – Reba McEntire
Smart, adult, and even-tempered, this record claims the moral high ground while still managing to get in a subtle dig or two.
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One of my favorite leaving songs is Pam Tillis, "It's Lonely Out There." I love the storytelling – how at first she feigns indifference to her lover's decision to leave her. It goes from "Go on, walk away, but don't say I didn't warn you" to the desperate plea of "We got such a good thing here – Don't go now baby" as she realizes that she's going to be just as lonely as he is.
Occasional Hope
Martina McBride – Cry On The Shoulder Of The Road.
Hoggy from Oz
Ah, I love "She's Crazy for Leaving", as with the other songs on this list. All great songs.
Speaking of great songs, you could either think of it as a leaving song or the opposite, but Brad Paisley's "When I Get Where I'm Going (feat. Dolly Parton)" was the first song that came to my head when I saw the topic of this post. We're all set to leave for a better place sooner or later, but hopefully we all get enough time to sort out what we want to do here first :)
travis in va
Hands down Kathy Matter "Walking Away a Winner"
a lot of good ones here, but I'm going to give a nod to one song just because it was so different…"Down Came a Blackbird"–Lila McCann. I've always like songsthat tell the same story in a different way. A good recent example is "Alyssa Lies." Child abuse has been done, but the POV is the father of the new friend of the victim..cool.
Travis in VA. mentioning Kathy Mattea's "Walking Away a Winner" made me think of Trisha Yearwood's "Wouldn't Any Woman" since Bob DiPiero was a co-writer on both, with Tom Shapiro on the former and Michele McCord and Mark D. Sanders on the latter.
from "Wouldn't Any Woman":
I've loved you to the limits
of my self respect,
Now I'm Leaving with what's left
wouldn't any woman
"Already Gone," Kelly Clarkson
Julie Roberts – Break down here
Shelby Lynne _ I'm leaving
Faith Hill – Stronger
Erik North
"By The Time I Get To Phoenix", the Jimmy Webb-penned masterpiece that no less an authority than Frank Sinatra called "the greatest torch song ever written." Of course, there's Glen Campbell's definitive version from 1967, but not to be outdone was Isaac Hayes in 1969 (his version stretches out to nearly nineteen minutes!), and, later on, alt-country singer Heather Myles.
There are so many country leaving songs I wouldn't even know where to begin. One that stands out though is "He Oughta Know That By Now" by Lee Ann Womack. It really captures the sadness and hopefulness of leaving.
Other songs I think are worth mentioning:
"I'm Movin' On" – Rascal Flatts
"Georgia" – Carolyn Dawn Johnson
"Bye Bye" – Jo Dee Messina
"A Little Past Little Rock" – Lee Ann Womack
"Nothin' But The Wheel" – Patty Loveless
"Wide Open Spaces" – Dixie Chicks
"Much To Young (To Feel This Damn Old) – Garth Brooks
Lot Of Leavin Left To Do- Dierks Bentley
Karly
"Fly"- The Dixie Chicks
I've Got a Good Thing Going – Garth Brooks; killer wordplay.
Lonesome Dove – Trisha Yearwood
Walkaway Joe-Trisha Yearwood
Blue Angel-Aaron Tippin
Whole Lotta Love on the Line-Aaron Tipping
Three Chords and the Truth-Sara Evans
You Don't Even Know Who I Am-Patty Loveless
She Drew a Broken Heart-Patty Loveless
The Grand Tour-George Jones
If You Couldn't Get the Picture-George Jones
Letting Go-Suzy Bogguss
New Strings-Miranda Lambert
My all-time favorite George Strait song, "Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye" comes to mind
Travis in VIrginia
I forgot about "Down Came a Black Bird" That is one of my favorite songs of all time!
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Dierks Bentley – Settle For a Slowdown
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"There Goes My Everything" by Jack Greene (Engelbert Humperdinck also had a good recording).
I 'm torn between this song and "Sounds of Goodbye" which was recorded and released by three artists at roughly the same time, so it became a regional hit for each act (The Gosdin Brothers, Tommy Cash, George Morgan) without becoming a huge national it for any of them). One of the first songs written by Eddie Rabbitt, it did become a huge hit in the Pacific Rim, especially Australia, for a Malayasian born singer named Kamahl
I would also like to add "Adios", another Jimmy Webb song, this time done by Linda Ronstadt on her 1989 album Cry Like A Rainstorm. She has had a penchant of doing heartbreaking ballads like this, both pop and C&W, in her time; and this is one of her best (IMHO).
Goodbye- Steve Earle
Goodbye- Patty Griffin (if you include dying)
"Almost A Memory Now" and "Goodbye Says It All" by Blackhawk are both good. Oh yeah, and SHeDAISY's "Little Goodbyes" puts a nice little spin on the concept.
…chely wright's – "she went out for cigarettes"
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Sunny Sweeney's "Staying's Worse Than Leaving". So good.
Staying's Worse Than Leaving is my choice as well.
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A special profile id representing the profile of the currently running system.
Service name constant for the profile registry service.
Add the given profile to this profile registry.
Returns whether this profile registry contains a profile with the given id.
Return the profile in the registry that has the given id.
Return the profile in the registry that has the given id and timestamp.
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Remove the given profile from this profile registry.
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Set properties on a specific profile state.
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A special profile id representing the profile of the currently running system. This constant can be used when invoking getProfile(String) to obtain the profile of the currently running system. Note that a given profile registry may not have a defined self profile, for example if the running system doesn't have a profile, or resides in a different profile registry.
Return the profile in the registry that has the given id. If it does not exist, then return null.
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Return an array of timestamps in ascending order for the profile id in question. If there are none, then return an empty array.
Return an array of profiles known to this registry. If there are none, then return an empty array.
ProvisionException - if a profile with the same id is already present in the registry.
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Remove the given profile snapshot from this profile registry. This method has no effect if this registry does not contain a profile with the given id and timestamp. The current profile cannot be removed using this method. When a particular profile state is removed from the registry, the corresponding profile state properties for that particular state are also removed.
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Remove the given profile from this profile registry. This method has no effect if this registry does not contain a profile with the given id. When a profile is removed from the registry, all of its associated profile state properties are removed as well.
boolean true if the profile is current; false otherwise.
Set properties on a specific profile state. Overwrite existing properties if present.
Set a specific property on a specific profile state. Overwrite existing properties if present.
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Our beloved Latin teacher gave us so much more than Latin lessons. His knowledge base was so great that art, music, cultural analysis, poetry and word-perfect quotes co-mingled with Latin grammar and vocabulary. But the words. Oh, the words. Inevitably, in dulcet tones, he prefaced his remarks, "Now here's a word you will need to know." And I, silly girl who thought she had, ahem, an advanced vocabulary, would hear him pronounce a word I had never read, heard, seen, smelt or tasted. Never ever.
You know what would follow: that word would crop up here, there and everywhere within days and weeks of my learning it. But now I owned that word. It was mine.
And to this day it is a sweet delight to read a word taught to me by my beloved Latin scholar.
Palimpsest is one of those words. It means 'a manuscript on which two or more successive texts have been written, each one being erased to make room for the next.' Imagine a monk in a scriptorium with no skins to write on, but a vast library close by. He finds something he believes is obscure, scrapes the hide, and carries on with his copying.
Last night I found my old friend palimpsest in relation to a DOG (!) in Alexander McCall Smith's novel Love Over Scotland.
…Cyril [Angus's dog] was rapidly diverted from this agreeable fantasy to the real world of smells for a dog, and Drummond Place, though familiar territory, was rich in possibilities; each passer-by left a trail that spoke to where he had been and what he had been doing — a whole history might lie on the pavement, like song-lines across the Australian Outback, detectable only to those with the necessary nose. Other smells were like a palimpsest: odour laid upon odour, smells that could be peeled off to reveal the whiff below.
The request to swap Margaret Ernst's charming book In a Word put me into a panic. I loved this book and didn't agree with my former self who had decided to list it on Paperbackswap. But I resolved to be brave, and also to quickly read it through—one more time—before I sent it off.
The flow of language, the roots of words, the vicissitudes of meaning: I find all these fascinating.
The ability to see the secrets behind the letters of words, their nuances, their humble beginnings, is one compelling reason to study a foreign language.
Companion is one of my favorite words. It comes from the Latin com (together) + panis (bread). Thus, a companion is a person you share meals with. I know it. I love it. But I didn't know that pantry is a place where bread was made or kept.
I could bore you with a list of stuff I learned. I could tell you that mistletoe is from an Old German word for dung, because it was believed that the plant grew from bird droppings. I could go on with the word vogue which means to sail forth and comes from the swaying motion of a ship. Your eyelids could close listening to how calm comes from the Greek, burning heat, and how gossamer literally means goose summer. You could nod off to my voice noticing the relationship between climate, from the Greek word slope, and climax, from the Greek word ladder. Then you would bolt upright in shock when you heard the origin of the word testify, and how the King James Version euphemistically says that an oath is taken by placing the hand on the thigh.
Let's just stop one minute and focus.
Focus – straight over from the Latin meaning hearth, fireplace. I quote Margaret Ernst: In the days before we became nomads in the apartment-house era, the hearth was the focus of the home and home life. Now, like poor photography, we are out of focus. The word was first used in a mathematical sense in 1604 by Kepler, who likened the focus of a curve to the burning-point of a lens.
Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant 600 or 2,000 years ago. Think of it as looking at pictures of your friends' parents when they were your age. People will continue to use words as they will, finding wider meanings for old words and coining new ones to fit new situations. In fact, this list is a testimony to that process.
One advantage print books have over online resources is that they are easy to browse. This is a perfect, ahem, bathroom book, given you are one that keeps books in bathrooms. Perhaps it is a perfect bedside book, one you can spend a few pages with before sleep. Although this is a fun little book, it is not nearly as extensive as the Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins .
Last week I read PD James' autobiography, A Time To Be In Earnest. I came across a word I have no memory of previously meeting: susurration.
This quote is representative of her prose. I love the sibilance and onomatopoeia of susurration, a word spell-check is unfamiliar with.
since however long we have to live, there are never enough springs.
I carried this delicious word around in the pockets of my mind, taking it out, turning it over and examining it while I drove to the post office or made my bed.
I am finishing up Russell Kirk's autobiography, The Sword of Imagination, and lo! I found the down-pillow-of-a-word again! He writes of Clinton Wallace, a hobo whom they took into their home and lives for the last six years of Clinton's life.
I couldn't put enough quotes in my review of Island of the World . So here, with space to stretch and relax, are some I marked. I omitted longer sections and any spoilers. All are from the pen of Michael O'Brien.
Language should be, he says, as fluid as love and as stable as marriage.
There are times when it is hard to resist the world that is so rapidly changing all around him. It takes energy to resist, even if only within the privacy of his thoughts.
Life is strange. But God has the final word.
Europeans understand that flavor is not about sensory stimulation, it is about evocation. It is art and memory. It is reunion with exalted moments, and such moments are never solitary ones. In short, life without coffee is not really life.
The killers murder not only their immediate victims; they spread death into the souls of survivors.
Can you really see the future if you have not seen the past for what it was?
Can a dwelling place without books every truly be a home?
They like a bit of verse as emotional prompts on greeting cards or as page-filler in periodicals, but they do not dive deep. Perhaps they do not know the deep is there. The pace of modern life, television, subways, fast food–these all work against the sublime illuminating moment when the distance between utterance and reception is closed in an embrace.
They are enjoying the rather unusual experience of it all–the sensation of a time-tested and comfortable friendship that is only hours old.
It may be that he cannot always distinguish between his losses and blessings, and the release of tears reduces the pressure.
Truth is always embedded in beauty.
On Christmas morning, they awake to the sound of bells ringing throughout the city. This, doubtless, is illegal, but the government probably does not have the stamina to destroy Christmas utterly.
Is he alone? Yes, he is alone, and yet, not alone. Beyond all sorrows, he has the fire of Holy Communion with Christ, as well as friends and fishing and the central grace in his life–his mission to forgive.
We are born, we eat, and learn, and die. We leave a tracery of messages in the lives of others, a little shifting of the soil, a stone moved from here to there, a word uttered, a song, a poem left behind. I was here, each of these declare. I was here.


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APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County ordering distribution of an estate. W.P. Cary, Judge. Reversed.
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Sweet, Stearns Forward, Hamilton Lindley and Richard M. Kew for Respondents.
SEAWELL, J.
This is a contest between the heirs at law of John Jolly and Margaret Jolly, husband and wife, both deceased, as to whether the property, real and personal, ordered distributed, was the separate property of Margaret Jolly or was the community property of John Jolly and his said wife, Margaret. No children were born as the issue of the marriage. The judge of the probate court found that John Jolly died on or about the eleventh day of February, 1912, leaving no estate whatever, and that Margaret Jolly died intestate on April 4, 1922, leaving as her separate estate, the property in controversy, consisting of real property of the value of $9,000 and money in bank and other personal property of the value of about $19,418.90, and accordingly ordered that distribution of the whole of said estate be made to the heirs at law of said Margaret Jolly to the exclusion of the heirs of said predeceased husband, John Jolly. The appeal is taken from that order. It is the claim of appellants that the estate is the community property of said marriage and one-half thereof should be distributed to the heirs at law of John Jolly and the other half to the heirs of Margaret Jolly, as provided by section 1386, subdivision 8 of the Civil Code.
The evidence in the case as to many of the material facts ordinarily provable in this class of cases was not as fully developed as might be desired and therefore the determination of the issue must rest largely upon legal presumptions and inferences arising from the uncontradicted facts of the case. No evidence was offered by respondents tending to impeach the claim of the heirs at law of John Jolly, except two deeds of real property conveying certain lots in the city of San Diego to Margaret Jolly, executed in the years 1918, 1922, respectively. These conveyances were made a number of years after the death of the husband, John Jolly, and within four and two years, respectively, prior to the death of Margaret.
The depositions of Peter Jolly and Mary Duffy, brother and sister, respectively, of John Jolly, deceased, were received in evidence. These depositions furnish some assistance in determining the question as to the period in which the property inventoried as the separate property of the estate of Margaret Jolly was acquired. A determination of the issue is also aided by the law of presumptions as defined by sections 163 and 164 of the Civil Code. The history of the marriage of John Jolly and his wife (formerly Margaret Downey) and the situation of said parties at the time of and subsequent to said marriage, as detailed by the two witnesses at the hearing, is necessary for the application of the rules of law which we think must control the decision.
The evidence shows that the parents of both spouses were near neighbors, residing at Cleator Moor, England, where John Jolly and Margaret Downey spent their earlier years. Margaret's father died in her early girlhood, leaving the mother, apparently, as the breadwinner. Some mention is made of a sister and a brother, but the evidence indicates that the two last referred to were not permanently residing with Margaret and the mother. The mother conducted a jerry which received the patronage of the miners working in the near-by districts. The patronage was small. A jerry is described as a beer or ale inn. The evidence would indicate that the family was not in prosperous circumstances. Neither the mother nor daughter owned any real property or possessed any money or personal property aside from household effects of humble character. John Jolly, then a young man, resided with his parents. His father's family consisted of a number of children, male and female, in addition to the heads of the family. John was a young miner, doing contract work in conjunction with his father and a brother, in the mines of the neighborhood, and was earning a comfortable wage. He was also interested with his sister in conducting a hostelry. The evidence would not support an inference that either he or the family owned property of great value. John and other members of the family visited Margaret and her mother at the jerry where, it would seem, occasional social dances were given. A long story may be shortened by the statement that the tryst made at Cleator Moor, England, was consummated by marriage in America. At the time Margaret and her mother departed from Cleator Moor, the former was of the age of about twenty-four years. She and her mother located at or near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A check-up of events would fix their arrival in America on a day within the year 1870. John Jolly followed her to this country about one year thereafter. They were joined in wedlock at Philadelphia shortly following his arrival. The only evidence to be found in the record on the subject tends to show that John was a man of unusual earning ability and that he was sturdy and frugal in his habits, industrious, a good and dependable workman, and had saved quite a sum of money before he left England for this country. The couple resided for a time at or near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. John was engaged in working in the mining districts of Pennsylvania. Afterward they went to Illinois, then to Virginia City, Nevada. He arrived at Virginia City in the early seventies. At that time the gold mining industry was at its height. He worked as foreman and miner in the Comstock gold mines of Nevada for a period of about twenty years. He commanded good wages, receiving as much as $9 per day. Peter Jolly, whose deposition was read at the hearing, was a brother of John and his junior by thirteen years. He came to this country nine years after John's arrival, and visited the brother's wife, Mrs. Margaret Jolly, at Virginia City, in 1882. He, too, was a miner. John was at this time mining near Hawthorne, about 100 miles from Virginia City. The wife told him that John sent her his pay check each month. She also stated that all she had was his earnings; that John was working steady, and they were getting along as he was making "big money" as a miner. Peter did not see his brother John, as the wife advised him not to go to Hawthorne, as her husband was then working but one man in the mine and it would be unwise for him to make the trip. The inference is that she did not wish to have the brothers meet. She gave him $80 when he departed, after sojourning at Virginia City for about six weeks.
John and Peter met for the last time in 1911, at which time Peter visited him at San Diego, California. John was residing there with his wife. They owned their home and were comfortably situated. Peter did not make any inquiries into their financial affairs, but testified that his brother was then retired and was living comfortably and had the appearance of being in easy circumstances. He and his wife discussed in his presence the advisability of making a loan on certain real property. The amount of the mortgage was not named in the conversation. John Jolly died the following year, February 11, 1912. The record is silent as to what property he owned at the time of his death or what disposition was made of his estate at the time of or prior to his demise. The widow died ten years thereafter, April 4, 1922, leaving in her own name the estate in controversy, all of which was personal property, except a few parcels of realty, situated in San Diego, acquired by her August 8, 1918, and January 11, 1922, respectively, aggregating $9,000. The entire estate was appraised at $28,418.95.
Counsel in the case stipulated as follows: ". . . at the time of his (John Jolly's) death he and Margaret Jolly were husband wife and that after his death Margaret Jolly did not engage in any occupation and was in a poor condition of health from the date of the death of John Jolly until her own death and not able to work."
The record contains affirmative evidence to the effect that Margaret Jolly had at no time before or after marriage ever engaged in any business or occupation or performed any duties except household or domestic duties in her mother's family and in her marital relation. It does not appear that she ever owned or possessed a separate estate or an independent income from any source whatsoever or that she had acquired any property by gift, devise, bequest, or descent.
After John Jolly's arrival in this country he seldom communicated with his parents, who later followed the children to this country, or with his brothers and sisters. But a few letters passed between him and the other members of his father's family. Peter and Mrs. Duffy account for this dearth of correspondence on the theory that letters mailed to John were intercepted by the wife and did not reach him. According to their testimony she was not inclined to establish intimate relations with other members of the family.
The probate court found from the facts herein narrated that it was not true, as claimed by the heirs of John Jolly, that the property ordered distributed was accumulated subsequent to the marriage of the said parties, or that it was community property, but, on the contrary, found that the said John Jolly left no estate whatever at the time of his death and that there was no community property belonging to either spouse at the time of his death and that all of the property owned by the said Margaret Jolly or found in her possession at the time of her death was her separate property and estate. The question, therefore, is whether the evidence sustains the conclusion reached by the probate court, to wit, that all of said property was the separate estate of Margaret Jolly. In weighing the evidence consideration must be given to all of the well-established presumptions of law affecting the acquisition or the possession of real and personal property by the spouse during coverture and the increase thereof, as well as property found in the possession of the survivor, in the light of the circumstances appearing in each particular case. That portion of section 164 of the Civil Code which prescribes the rules of presumptions in community property cases provides as follows: "All other property acquired after marriage by either husband or wife, or both, . . . is community property."
"The disputable presumption raised by section 164 of the Civil Code is a form of evidence under the express terms of section 1957 of the Code of Civil Procedure. It may be controverted by other evidence, direct or indirect, but unless so controverted the court or jury is bound to find according to the presumption." ( Stafford v. Martinoni, 192 Cal. 724 [ 221 P. 919].)
"The community [property] generically embraces all property belonging to the spouses, except such as the statute specifically removes from its operation. Community property is the rule, separate property the exception thereto. Hence the presumption . . . follows . . ." (Ballinger on Community Property, p. 213.)
"No evidence of sufficient strength was adduced at the trial to overcome the presumption created by section 164 of the Civil Code. . . . The presumption of the wife's community interest in property acquired after marriage can be overcome only by the production of clear and satisfactory proof that the property in question was the separate property of the wife." ( Estate of Rolls, 193 Cal. 594 [ 226 P. 608]; see, also, Dimmick v. Dimmick, 95 Cal. 326 [30 P. 547]; Rowe v. Hibernia Sav. Loan Soc., 134 Cal. 403 [ 66 P. 569]; Freese v. Hibernia Sav. Loan Soc., 139 Cal. 392 [ 73 P. 172]; 5 Cal. Jur. 311-313.)
It will be remembered that every possible method or means by which the property in question could have been acquired by the wife since the husband's death has been stipulated out of the case except the bare possibility of gift, devise, bequest, or descent. There is no evidence tending to show or presumption of law tending to support a claim that she acquired any property in the four ways or means last above mentioned, and from the situation of the parties before marriage an inference of fact arises that the wife did not possess or own any property whatever before or at the time of marriage, and that the estate was, therefore, accumulated during coverture. Any other inference would be untenable under the uncontradicted evidence in the case. John Jolly and his wife Margaret enjoyed a matrimonial companionship for a period of about forty years. They had no children and the husband was an industrious, capable miner of economical habits, and, as before stated, it nowhere appears that the wife possessed or owned any separate estate before or after marriage. The fact would seem to be that she and the mother were in poor circumstances. Valuable property was found in her possession at the close of a span of life of about seventy-five years in duration, forty years of which were passed in the marital state and the last ten years in widowhood, broken in health. Admittedly, she engaged in no occupation during the latter period of her life. Under the affirmative evidence of the case, aided by the usual presumptions of law and with no evidence offered to overcome said presumptions, we must conclude that the estate ordered distributed to the heirs of Margaret Jolly as her separate property was the community property of said Margaret Jolly and her predeceased husband. The rule dominating the situation before us is well stated by the text in 31 C.J. 47, as follows: "Since the very basic conception of the community property system is that it is a species of partnership between a husband and wife, whereby they are to share equally in the benefit and enjoyment of the results of their joint or separate industry, labor and earning capacity, and, accordingly, `separate property' is defined in terms necessarily making it an exception to the usual estate held by the members of the community, every inquiry as to whether particular property belongs to the community, or to the separate estate of one or the other members thereof, begins with a prima facie presumption that it belongs to the former, especially where the matrimonial union has continued for a considerable length of time. . . . The burden of overcoming the general presumption in favor of the community is upon the party asserting separate ownership; . . ." Respondents insist that there is no evidence showing that the property was acquired during coverture. Admitting that there is no direct evidence on the question, but indirect or circumstantial only, this does not strengthen the weakness of respondents' position, as there is neither evidence of any kind nor presumptions nor inferences to support the conclusion that the property was acquired as separate property. The property in the possession of one of the spouses at the close of a long marital relation must be presumed to be community unless a better right can be established by the spouse claiming it to be his or her separate property.
Respondents take the position that in order for the presumption of section 164 of the Civil Code to apply it must be shown by direct evidence that the property was acquired during coverture; that is to say, it is not sufficient in the absence of any evidence whatever as to the character of the property to show merely that it was in the possession of the spouse during marriage unless the circumstances of its possession are such as to definitely indicate the character of the property upon the death of the other. Our attention has been called to no case in this state where this precise question has been passed upon. "Acquired" and "possessed" are used rather interchangeably in many of the decisions of this court. It must be admitted, however, that in all of the cases of this state in which the word "possession" was used as synonymous with "acquired" the facts were that the property actually came to either spouse during coverture. The Estate of Bollinger, 170 Cal. 381 [ 149 P. 995], presents such an example. (See, also, 5 Cal. Jur. 311, 312.) While the law strongly favors the indulgence of the presumption of community interest under ordinary circumstances of coverture, we do not think it necessary to extend the presumption prescribed by section 164 of the Civil Code beyond the language of the section, for the reason that the conclusion compelled in the instant case by the process of elimination and by the force of indirect evidence forecloses any other conclusion but the sole one that the estate is not shown to be the separate estate of either spouse and must for the reasons herein assigned be regarded as community property. The respondents failed to meet the burden of proof which the law casts upon them.
Respondents place emphasis on the fact that certain real property was purchased by the wife in 1918 and 1922. The grantee in those conveyances was the wife, the husband having been dead some years prior to the execution of said conveyances. This is not such a transaction as is dealt with in Fanning v. Green, 156 Cal. 279 [ 104 P. 308], or other cases in which one of the spouses deeded to the other or where one is made the grantee by a third party during coverture. Here there was but one surviving spouse, therefore the rule announced in those cases cannot be applied to the facts of the present case. From what we have said as to the character of the property it must follow that the realty purchased by the wife since the death of the husband must have been purchased with community funds. The fact that community property is sold and other property bought with the proceeds, or that such property is exchanged for other property, does not change the original character of the property; its character is determined by reference to the nature of the funds with which it is purchased, and so long as its source can be traced it retains the character of that source. (5 Cal. Jur. 294.) The funds or property that purchased the realty in question can only be traced to a community source.
The order distributing the whole of the estate to the heirs of Margaret Jolly is hereby reversed.
Shenk, J., Richards, J., Waste, J., Lawlor, J., Lennon, J., and Myers, C.J., concurred.


Someone is critical of Trump's border wall??? Ya don't say. Please tell us more.
1) The Commandant of The Marine Corps is critical of the plan to take money from Defense coffers. And I'd say his opinion is probably one to be taken seriously.
2) I know you probably never bothered to step foot in a recruiters office, let alone stepping on the yellow footprints. So you're unaware that it's not common for a Commandant to act outside of the chain of command like this. For that I forgive your ignorance.
It does seem like an extremely big deal for someone this high up in the military CoC to defy the president (his commanding officer) in this way. I mean everybody knows the whole "emergency" declaration was a farce from the word go, but still.
Everyone is such a bigger number than you apparently can imagine, Bird.
Well I mean we know you're a moron, but even still, rounding up, "everyone" is pretty accurate.


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Die weiße Schwester ist ein US-amerikanischer Stummfilm aus dem Jahre 1923 von Henry King mit Lillian Gish in der Titelrolle.

Handlung
Angela Chiaromonte ist die Tochter eines wohlhabenden italienischen Grafen, der infolge eines Sturzes vom Pferd verstarb. Laut Testament soll Angela ein großes Landgut erben, doch ihre ältere Halbschwester, die Marchesa di Mola, verbrennt den letzten Willen beider Vater und nimmt statt Angela das Erbe in ihren Besitz. Die kleine Schwester ist damit schlagartig verarmt. Immerhin findet die junge Frau ihre große Liebe in dem schmucken Offizier Giovanni Severini. Als er auf einen Feldzug nach Afrika entsendet wird, gerät Giovanni in die Hände von Arabern. Da man nichts mehr von ihm hört, wird der italienische Hauptmann schließlich für tot erklärt. Von tiefer Gram gebeugt, beschließt Angela ihrem weltlichen Leben adieu zu sagen und zieht das Gewand einer Ordensschwester an: sie wird zur "weißen Schwester".

Währenddessen ist es Hauptmann Severini gelungen, seinen Häschern zu entfliehen und kehrt nach Italien heim. Entsetzt darüber, dass er seine große Liebe an die katholische Kirche und Gott verloren hat, versucht Severini Angela zu entführen, akzeptiert aber schließlich ihre Entscheidung zugunsten ihres Nonnendaseins. Dann aber bricht plötzlich der Vesuv aus, und Hauptmann Severini kann seinen ganzen Wage- und Edelmut bei der Rettung der Bevölkerung Neapels unter Beweis stellen. Im allgemeinen Tumult wird die Marchesa di Mola schwer verletzt und robbt sich bis in eine Kirche, wo auch Angela Zuflucht gefunden hat. Nachdem ihre Halbschwester Vergebung für ihre Sünden erbittet, gewährt Angela ihr diese. Als die Lavamassen gewaltige Wassertanks zerdrücken, wird die Gegend auch noch überflutet. Bei der Rettung einer Mutter mit ihren Kindern ertrinkt Giovanni. Die weiße Schwester betet zu Gott, dass er ihn zu sich nimmt und sie und Giovanni eines Tages wieder vereint sein mögen.

Produktionsnotizen
Die weiße Schwester wurde in Italien gedreht und am 3. September 1923 in den USA uraufgeführt. In Österreich lief der dort gut zwei Stunden lange Film am 22. Mai 1925 an, in Deutschland konnte man ihn im selben Jahr sehen.

Die Filmbauten entwarf Robert M. Haas.

Kritik
In Paimann's Filmlisten ist zu lesen: "Im Vordergrunde steht die außerordentlich gut gelungene Zeichnung des Milieus und die darstellerische Leistung der Gish. Auch das übrige Ensemble spielt gut. Das Sujet ist sehr sentimental aber durchaus publikumswirksam gehalten, von einer großzügigen Aufmachung in den Szenen des vulkanischen Ausbruches unterstützt. Die Wassermassen wären hierbei besser aus dem Spiele gelassen. Dagegen wieder ist dem Regisseur die Darstellung der Stimmung vor der Katastrophe glänzend gelungen. Die Photos sind ungleich aber zufrieden stellend."

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Filmtitel 1923
US-amerikanischer Film
Schwarzweißfilm
Stummfilm
Abenteuerfilm
Katastrophenfilm
Filmdrama
Literaturverfilmung
Henry King

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Q: JS Timepicker set harmonious min and max times I have a timepicker from http://amsul.ca/pickadate.js/time/
There are two instances, start and finish:

    Start
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    Finish
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The JS sets the min and max times:

What I'm trying to do is have the min start time for start_time picker as a set 3:00 AM but the min for finish_time picker whatever was selected for start_time +15min. How would you go about doing this?

A: OK, your code would be something like this, but as I mentioned in my comment, you have to check if the start_time + 15min is in next day or not.
HTML

    Start
    <input name="start_time" id="start_time">

    Finish
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javascript
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        hiddenName: true,
        interval: 15,               // Interval between values (in minutes)
        min: '3:00 AM',         // Starting value
        max: '6:00 PM'              // Ending value
    });

    var start_time = $('#start_time').pickatime({
        //format: 'h:i A',          // Displayed and application format
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        hiddenName: true,
        interval: 15,               // Interval between values (in minutes)
        min: '3:00 AM',             // Starting value
        max: '6:00 PM',              // Ending value
        onSet: function(context) {
            var finish_time_min = context.select + 15;
            var hours = Math.floor(finish_time_min / 60);
            var minutes = (finish_time_min - (hours * 60));
            finish_time.pickatime('picker').set('min', [hours, minutes]);
        }
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Home Small Business Speedera Streams Into Mighty Amazon
Speedera Streams Into Mighty Amazon
By Michael Singer | June 29, 2001
Streaming media company Speedera Networks says it has reached an agreement with Seattle-based Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) to give the online retailer's customers high-quality streamed samples and previews of Amazon.com's audio, video and game products.
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Santa Clara-based Speedera's streaming package supports live and on-demand streaming and uses the most popular formats, including Windows Media, Real Media, QuickTime, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-4 and RTSP.
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"Digital media streaming has enormous long-term potential for online retail," says Jeff Blackburn, general manager of Amazon Worldwide Digital Group. "Amazon.com is increasingly using promotional music, video, and game streams to improve our customers' product discovery and purchase decision process. Our relationship with Speedera will help us make streaming media an even larger part of the shopping experience on our Web sites worldwide."


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I am an amateur filmmaker and have just finished my first documentary which was filmed in the slums of Manila.
My documentary contains a scene in which the protagonists sings a karaoke version of a Miley Cyrus song. The actual music recording is from some obscure Philippino Karaoke company and so I will probably not run into trouble in terms of the master rights ( I doubt that they would have proper licensing themselves) but I am worried about the publishing rights for these lie with BMG and Warner Chappell.
1) Does this use of the karaoke song fall under fair dealing?
2) Is it likely that these publishing companies will sue somebody for using a song like this in a nonprofit film in case no license is obtained?
3) What to best write back? Are they more likely to lower the fee if it branded a "charity project" or hike it up since then someone is making money with it, so to say?
Many thanks in advance for your reply, I really appreciate the work your doing here in the forum!
I'm not clear why both BMG and Warner Chappell seem to be involved here. Does one own the rights to the lyrics, and the other to the music? It is only the songwriter and composer (assuming they aren't the same person) who are entitled to any royalties for what are known as synchronisation (sync) rights. I suggest you would better discussing your needs with CueSongs initially, as they may be able arrange the correct licence, based on your intended use of your video. Make sure they are clear that the licence you require is for your actor's cover performance of the song, and not the use of Miley Cyrus's recording, as this should affect the level of royalties involved. The festival licence seems totally inappropriate, as is the one year term.
It is arguable that since your video is a documentary about the singer, then inclusion of this song in the background might be judged 'incidental' and therefore fair dealing which wouldn't require a licence. However it is entirely dependent on how much of the karaoke performance was included, and whether the singing was an essential part of the video, or just a small vignette. To be on the safe side you should discuss the issue with CueSongs. Make sure you tell them this is a charitable project, as I believe they offer special rates for that. Only if CueSongs advise you that they can't deal with sync licences in this instance, should you approach which ever it is between BMG and Warner Chappell that holds the sync rights for the song.
I don't think that it is worth taking the risk that your use of the song will be overlooked, especially as you propose to show the video on Vimeo where the song is likely to be spotted fairly quickly by the automated services operated by the majors to detect such usage. At the very least you are likely to find your video being taken down using a DMCA notice very soon after it first goes up.
cuesongs has advised me that I would have to deal with Warner/ BMG directly. Now I received the following replies from them.
We have a flat fee for a 1 year film festival licence of £250 a side based on 100% MFN with co-pubs and master.
this usually does not include online broadcasting.
Subject to approval for 1 year festival use we would suggest a fee of £250 for 100% publishing.
So BMG seem a bit more open to negotiation ( it is a charity project after all and I am a student) Can you give me a pointer as to how to proceed best and Warner means, when they say 250£ for 100% publishing? Would that mean I 'just' have to pay them and not BMG?
I really think BMG / Warners have misunderstood what you are asking for. I have no idea what they mean by '100% MFN with co-pubs and master'. I don't see where the 'master owner' comes into this because you are not asking to use the Miley Cyrus recording (the master).
Plus £250 seems ridiculously high. You need to explain that this is a karaoke performance, for which royalties have already been paid for the use of the music and lyrics (or even if they haven't as you suspect, that isn't your problem), and you just require a sync licence to include that amateur performance in your video. You do not, as I understand it, intend to broadcast the video, merely make it available via Vimeo (that is not 'broadcasting' in the sense the term is used in copyright law), and to submit it to film festivals, which again is not broadcasting. If the video is shown at a festival the organiser will be responsible getting a licence for that purpose.
Alternatively, you need get BMG/Warners to explain why the festival licence is the appropriate one for your needs, and what they mean by '100% MFN with co-pubs and master.' Unless any other forum contributors wish to chip in, I don't think we can give you any further advice.
"Most Favoured Nations (MFN) ensures parity between the rights holders. If the specified rights holder (co-publisher or master) quote higher, then our fee should be raised to at least equal theirs."
I agree with Andy that £250 seems prohibitively high for your usage though.
I would go back to Warner/BMG and ask what the 100% means, confirm that no other payments are necessary and see if they can move on this figure.


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Q: Is sklearn LinearSVC an SVM or SVC? I was watching a YouTube video to learn about Support Vector Machines (SVM).
In the video, he mentions that an SVM finds Support Vector Classifiers (SVC) for dividing the data as one step in their classifying process.
I have used LinearSVC from scikit-learn for classification, but I have a hard time understanding if the implementation of LinearSVC in scikit-learn is an SVM or an SVC, or if the description in the video is incorrect. I find contradicting descriptions on different sites.

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*The accepted answer in this question states that LinearSVC is not an SVM, but either it does not say that it is an SVC.

*On the description page of LinearSVC it says "Linear Support Vector Classification", but under "See also" on this page, it says that LinearSVC is "Scalable Linear Support Vector Machine for classification implemented using liblinear".

From what I can understand, LinearSVC and SVC(kernel='linear') are not the same, but that is not the question.
Thanks!

A: In terms of Machine Learning concepts LinearSVC is both because:

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*SVM is a model/algorithm used to find a plane that splits the space of samples

*this can be applied for both classification (SVC) and regression (SVR) - both SVC and SVR are kinds of SVMs

So, an SVC would be a kind of SVM and LinearSVC looks like a specific kind of SVC, although not extending a base SVC class in scikit-learn.
If you mean sklearn source code - the LinearSVC is in the svm module... so it's an SVM. It doesn't extend the SVC or BaseSVC classes but to me this is an implementation issue/detail and I'd rather think of it as an SVC.


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John David Kinnison
1880–1963 (Age 82)
Desdemona, Eastland, Texas, United States
The Life of John David
When John David Kinnison was born on 4 August 1880, in Desdemona, Eastland, Texas, United States, his father, Simeon English Kinnison, was 34 and his mother, Amanda Tennesee Tiner, was 27. He married Susan Arena Granger on 3 August 1900, in Gorman, Eastland, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1920 and Supervisorial District 2, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940. He died on 21 January 1963, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
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package org.eclipse.bpel.ui.adapters;

import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.bpel.model.BPELPackage;
import org.eclipse.bpel.model.MessageExchanges;
import org.eclipse.bpel.ui.BPELUIPlugin;
import org.eclipse.bpel.ui.IBPELUIConstants;
import org.eclipse.bpel.ui.adapters.delegates.ReferenceContainer;
import org.eclipse.bpel.ui.editparts.MessageExchangesEditPart;
import org.eclipse.bpel.ui.editparts.OutlineTreeEditPart;
import org.eclipse.bpel.ui.properties.PropertiesLabelProvider;
import org.eclipse.gef.EditPart;
import org.eclipse.gef.EditPartFactory;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
import org.eclipse.bpel.ui.Messages;

/**
 *
 * @author Miriam Grundig (MGrundig@de.ibm.com)
 */
public class MessageExchangesAdapter extends ContainerAdapter implements EditPartFactory,
	ILabeledElement, IOutlineEditPartFactory, ITrayEditPartFactory
{

	public MessageExchangesAdapter() {
		super();
	}

	/* IContainer delegate */

	@Override
	public IContainer createContainerDelegate() {
		return new ReferenceContainer(BPELPackage.eINSTANCE.getMessageExchanges_Children());
	}

	/* EditPartFactory */

	public EditPart createEditPart(EditPart context, Object model) {
		MessageExchangesEditPart result = new MessageExchangesEditPart();
		result.setLabelProvider(PropertiesLabelProvider.getInstance());
		result.setModel(model);
		return result;
	}

	/* ITrayEditPartFactory */

	public EditPart createTrayEditPart(EditPart context, Object model) {
		return createEditPart(context, model);
	}

	/* ILabeledElement */

	public Image getSmallImage(Object object) {
		return BPELUIPlugin.INSTANCE.getImage(IBPELUIConstants.ICON_MESSAGEEXCHANGE_16);
	}

	public Image getLargeImage(Object object) {
		return BPELUIPlugin.INSTANCE.getImage(IBPELUIConstants.ICON_MESSAGEEXCHANGE_32);
	}

	public String getTypeLabel(Object object) {
		return Messages.MessageExchangesAdapter_TypeLabel;
	}

	public String getLabel(Object object) {
		return Messages.MessageExchangesAdapter_Label;
	}

	/* IOutlineEditPartFactory */

	public EditPart createOutlineEditPart(EditPart context, final Object model) {
		EditPart result = new OutlineTreeEditPart(){
			@Override
			protected List getModelChildren() {
				MessageExchanges messageExchanges = (MessageExchanges) model;
				List list =  messageExchanges.getChildren();
				return list;
			}
		};
		result.setModel(model);
		return result;
	}
}

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7 Odia Players In National Team For Asia Rugby Women's Championship
Bhubaneswar: Rugby India on Sunday announced the 26-member squad for the Indian Women's Rugby XVs team for the Asia Rugby Women's Championship at Southern Plains Sports Field, Manila, Philippines from 17th June 2019 – 23rd June 2019.
Among them seven players are from Odisha. They are Meerarani Hembram, Rajani Sabar, Laxmipriya Sahoo, Parbati Kisku, Hupi Majhi, Sumitra Nayak and Subhalaxmi Barik.
Odisha Sports Secretary Vishal Dev said to Asiarugby.com, "It is also a matter of great pride that seven players from Odisha have made the cut to the national representation. We hope the team will demonstrate outstanding performance in Manila and bring laurels for our country."
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George Montagu-dunk,  comte de Halifax, KG, PC ( - ) est un homme d'État britannique de l'époque géorgienne. En raison de son succès dans l'extension du commerce américain, il devient connu comme le "père des colonies" . Président de la Chambre de commerce de 1748 à 1761, il aide à la fondation de la Nouvelle-Écosse en 1749, la capitale Halifax étant nommée en son honneur. Lorsque le Canada fut cédé à la Grande-Bretagne par le roi de France, en vertu du traité de Paris de 1763, il en réduisit les frontières et le renomma « Province of Quebec ».

Biographie
Fils de George Montagu, il est appelé vicomte Sunbury jusqu'à ce qu'il succède à son père comme comte d'Halifax en 1739 (ainsi appelé également usuel Lord Halifax). Éduqué au Collège d'Eton et au Trinity College, Cambridge  il s'est marié en 1741 avec Anne Richards (décédée en 1753), qui a hérité d'une grande fortune de Sir Thomas Dunk, dont il a pris le nom.

Carrière

Après avoir été fonctionnaire au service de Frédéric de Galles, il est nommé maître des Buckhounds et, en 1748, il devient président de la chambre de commerce. Tout en occupant ce poste, il aide à fonder Halifax, la capitale de la Nouvelle-Écosse, qui est nommée en son honneur, et il favorise les échanges commerciaux, notamment avec l'Amérique du Nord.

À peu près à la même époque, il tente sans succès de devenir secrétaire d'État, mais ne peut faire partie du Cabinet qu'en 1757. En , il est nommé Lord lieutenant d'Irlande et, pendant une partie du mandat qu'il occupe, il est également Premier Lord de l'Amirauté.

Devenu secrétaire d'État du département du Nord sous Lord Bute en , il passe au département du Sud en 1763 et est l'un des trois ministres à qui le roi  a confié la direction des affaires pendant le mandat du premier ministre de George Grenville. En 1762, à la recherche de preuves de sédition, il autorise une perquisition chez John Entick, déclarée illégale dans l'affaire Entick v.  Carrington .

En 1763, il signe le mandat général «des auteurs, imprimeurs et éditeurs» du numéro 45 du North Briton, en vertu duquel John Wilkes et 48 autres furent arrêtés et pour lequel, six ans plus tard, les tribunaux firent payer à Halifax des dommages-intérêts. Il est également principalement responsable de l'exclusion du nom de la mère du roi, Augusta de Saxe-Gotha-Altenbourg, du Regency Bill de 1765.

En , Halifax quitte ses fonctions avec ses collègues et revient au Cabinet comme Lord du sceau privé sous son neveu, Lord North, en . Il venait de retrouver son poste de secrétaire d'État à sa mort.

Cricket
Comme ses amis John Russell et John Montagu, Halifax est passionné de cricket. Il s'est engagé dans ce sport en 1741, lorsqu'il dirige le Northamptonshire dans un match contre le Buckinghamshire à Cow Meadow, à Northampton. Au cours de la même saison, Sandwich et Halifax forment l'équipe Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire qui bat deux fois le Bedfordshire, d'abord à Woburn Park , puis à Cow Meadow.

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Kathryn Williams
Sam Mackay
Kathryn Williams is a flautist and educator based in the UK. Earlier this month at Kammer Klang she performed selections from Coming Up for Air, a series of single-breath pieces written for her by different composers. The series emerged as a response to her experience of asthma and a chronic sinus condition, and now includes over 100 pieces.
I wanted to start by asking about how the pieces have been commissioned and written. It feels like a very open and social process. How have different composers approached it?
Coming Up for Air was originally 14 single-breath pieces from friends who generously took part. I then instigated an open call online, which has boosted the collection to over 120 pieces. The whole process has been really varied. With the open call, some pieces just land into my email already completed, and sometimes I'm asked to try out a range of ideas first. I always offer a recording and some feedback to every submission.
There are pieces which engage mainly with instrumental playing: the decay of sound, for example, when I run out breath. There are pieces which use the suspension of breath – that's when I temporarily stop the process of inhaling or exhaling, which makes pieces quite a bit longer. And there are pieces which factor in environmental constraints, so this is kind of taking away the focus on the breath, or the instrument, by imitating sounds that might be listened to, or environmental constraints to breathing. Such as Andy Ingamells' and my piece, which we filmed in the swimming pool at a local leisure centre. I have noticed though that many pieces only focus on exhaled material, which is actually only 50% of the piece. So now I'm trying to stipulate that there is at least an instruction or an engagement with what type of inhale goes with the piece.
Some of the most exciting pieces are the ones that come from unexpected places, such as teaching teenagers on a composition course, or just through conversations. Sometimes single-breath pieces are like seeds that can grow into larger-scale collaborations. Like with Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, where her PIXERCISE was just me doing as many sit-ups as possible while playing the highest note possible on the piccolo, and it's turned into a really large-scale collaboration where I've been training for 10 months and it's now a 20-minute exercise piece.
The whole project really is an invitation for composers to think about their own relationship with their bodies, breath and music-making. It's been really incredible so far to connect with so many musicians from around the world.
You mention the body. How much of the project do you think connects with the current interest in questioning what performance is about (e.g. foregrounding the performer as a human body and human subject)?
Single-breath pieces were partly initiated through the frustrations I had when phrases were too long for my body, when my respiratory conditions were at their most severe. These are bespoke pieces created for my breath, but I'm curious about how other flautists will sound playing them. There is a great deal of tension from both sides when the audience knows that pieces are to be performed in one breath; there is no room for error when the inhale and exhale must be so precisely spent. My breath often lasts significantly longer in live performance than in practice, so it can be infuriating trying to prepare some of these pieces when my body just can't make it until it's performed live!
In PIXERCISE, the sounds made through the piccolo are only possible by me performing various exercise moves, the first move being a forearm plank. The piccolo is taped onto a box around six inches high so that my mouth naturally rests on the headjoint while I am holding myself up in the plank position. I exhale into the piccolo for as long as possible, which lasts around 45 seconds. I played a recording of just this sound in a composition workshop recently and asked the group how they thought it was notated. Several guesses included a line for embouchure position, half or three-quarters breath, or fine microtones. When I told them the truth, there was a moment of astonishment and then the group was able to laugh a bit at themselves.
Much of written music assumes a great deal about the human being realising it. It is definitely cleaner and less leaky to ignore the human behind the instrument. I hope that in some way, my invitation to make single-breath pieces will bring back bodies into subsequent compositions.
One thing I really enjoyed in your set was how the pieces interlaced these different permutations of what a breath can be and do: a temporal frame but also a biophysical act or even something like an act of ritual (like in Eleanor Cully's pieces). How did you go about assembling the sequence of pieces?
I've performed short sets of six to 10 single-breath pieces plenty of times and usually the tension holds naturally for that length of time to go from piece to piece without applause. When putting together my 20-minute set to include 24 single-breath pieces I wanted to treat it like one long piece of sequential breaths, using the space creatively. I had to consider how physically demanding some of the pieces are and how long recovery takes when putting them in order (this is why Mark Dyer's Memento for Kathryn was last in the concert, as it stretches one breath to two minutes and 20 seconds). There are some overarching and overlapping categories for these pieces, at least how I've read them, which also feeds into my primary concept of creating something diverse, effective and practical. There are pieces which focus on the body, instrument or environment and pieces which address biographical concerns. I tried to make coherent connections between these throughout the set.
I had three different areas of the stage dedicated to three groups of pieces respectively. Each group began with a wish-making piece from Eleanor Cully (first on cotton grass, second on fairy dust, and third on a birthday candle which was blown out by a member of the audience who had a recent birthday). I used Stephen Chase and Amber Priestley's pieces to travel to the next location – Stephen's piece has me leaping across the room and I have to walk alongside Amber's nine-foot-long score while playing it. I also included three films, both so that I had time to recover and so I could show pieces that are (nearly) impossible to perform live. Andy Ingamells' and my piece is to be played in a swimming pool and Charlotte Marlow's piece is so intimate that it only shows my mouth.
One of the great pleasures of this project is that pieces come from all walks of life and all ages. This set contained eight world premieres, which is typical for the project, as pieces are often coming in and composers write more than one piece. Some of these pieces are collaborations that are agonised over for months, and others are written minutes before the performance.
Kathryn Williams is a flautist and educator based in the UK. A core member of The House of Bedlam, she has also performed with Distractfold Ensemble, Ensemble Voix Nouvelle, Ensemble 360, BBC Philharmoinc, The Hallé, Sinfonia Cymru, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and concertos with Manchester Camerata, Dayton Philharmonic, and Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble.
As a music educator Kathryn specialises in experimental performance practice and early-years education. Recently this has included guest lecturing at the Royal Northern College of Music and Ohio State University, contributing to courses for Aldeburgh Young Musicians and National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and long-term residencies at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Manchester Museum, and a central Manchester nursery. Working for organisations including Live Music Now, Peoplescape Theatre, Theatre in Prisons and Probation, and Music in Hospitals, Kathryn regularly devises and delivers performances and workshops in a wide variety of settings including care homes, museums, special-needs schools, prisons, and hospitals.
Kathryn earned a BMus, MMus, and International Artist Diploma from the Royal Northern College of Music and is currently studying for a PhD in Performance at Huddersfield University. Her current research, commissioning and performance project, Coming Up for Air, explores the creative possibilities that emerge when pieces are limited to one breath. Kathryn is also currently collaborating with composer Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh in the development PIXERCISE, a new solo piece for piccolo and exercise which brings together musical performance, physical theatre, performance art, and sport.
Upcoming releases and performances include Oliver Coates Shelley's on Zenn-La on RVNG International, Coming Up for Air on Huddersfield Contemporary Records/NMC, PIXERCISE at HCMF, and Coming Up for Air for the Kammer Klang series at Café Oto.
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