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2008 New York City Center 50th Anniversary Season
Christopher Zunner, 212.405.9028
czunner@alvinailey.org
Five-Week Celebration of Five Decades of Inspiring Artistry
with World Premieres, New Productions and Special Programs
Live Onstage Performances
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in
Ailey & Ellington
Sweet Honey In The Rock in a New Work by Ailey Company Member Hope Boykin
World Premiere by Mauro Bigonzetti
New Productions of George Faison's Suite Otis and Alvin Ailey's Blues Suite
Anniversary Highlights Special Program Celebrating the Genius of Alvin Ailey
December 3, 2008 - January 4, 2009
(New York) August 12, 2008 – Artistic Director Judith Jamison announced today that the 2008 New York City Center 50th Anniversary Season of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will celebrate five decades of inspiring artistry with live onstage performances by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis in Ailey & Ellington and by Sweet Honey In The Rock in a new work by Ailey company member Hope Boykin; a world premiere by Mauro Bigonzetti; three new productions of classic works; and Anniversary Highlights, a special program celebrating the genius of Alvin Ailey.
The five-week season at New York City Center, from December 3, 2008 through January 4, 2009, will launch with a 50th Anniversary Gala celebrating the Ailey legacy with Honorary Chair and Honored Guest Oprah Winfrey. The one-night-only program will culminate in Alvin Ailey's beloved Revelations with live music featuring Jessye Norman, Ella Mitchell, Richard Smallwood, Darius de Haas and Billy Porter.
For one extraordinary week, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will join the Ailey dancers in Ailey & Ellington, a joyous live music celebration of America's two great art forms – modern dance and jazz music. Featuring works from Alvin Ailey's legendary collaboration with the great Duke Ellington, the program will also include excerpts of works to Ellington music by Talley Beatty and Louis Falco.
Ailey company member Hope Boykin's world premiere Go in Grace is an innovative collaboration with Grammy-Award winning female a cappella musical group Sweet Honey In The Rock, who will perform their original score live onstage with the dancers. Italian choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti, praised for his fresh and inventive sensibility, brings his distinctly European flair and dramatic style to the Ailey repertory for the first time with a world premiere ballet.
New productions of historic works from the Ailey repertory will be shared with today's audiences: Alvin Ailey's masterpiece Blues Suite, first seen at the Company's premiere performance in 1958, brings to life "blood memories" of rural, Depression-era Southern Texas poignantly evoking the sorrow, humor and humanity of the blues; Suite Otis (1971), by Tony-Award winning choreographer George Faison, is ripe with the romance and humor of young lovers out on the town in a sizzling suite of dances to the timeless songs of Otis Redding; and Alvin Ailey's Masekela Langage (1969), a searing portrait of oppression, was recently revived for the anniversary year.
A retrospective of Alvin Ailey's phenomenal choreographic career will be presented in a new Anniversary Highlights special program that includes excerpts of favorite works and rarely-seen gems spanning each decade, from Blues Suite, the dance that launched the Company in 1958, to Opus McShann, his final piece thirty years later. The program will also include his masterpiece Revelations in its entirety.
In addition, the legendary Ella Mitchell and members of the Riverside Church Inspirational Choir will sing eight stirring performances of Revelations, conducted by Eric Reed. Kenny Brawner and the Brawner Brothers Band will perform live onstage for Blues Suite on four special nights.
Each performance throughout the season will open with a short film, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 50 – A Golden Anniversary Celebration, commemorating the Company's rich 50-year history. Ailey's 18-month 50th Anniversary celebration includes International and U.S. performances in 50 cities along with special commemorative merchandise, including: Hallmark Ailey greeting cards; Ailey/Celebration Calendar and Ailey Ascending, a photographic art book, by Andrew Eccles; Ailey Movado Museum Time Piece; A Young Ailey Dancer, a children's book by Valerie Gladstone and Jose Ivey; and an Ailey Barbie® Doll.
The Prudential Foundation is the sponsor of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 50th Anniversary New York Season.
WORLD PREMIERES
Go in Grace Premiere: Friday, Dec. 5 eve (Dec. 5, 10, 11, 13 mat, Jan. 2, 3 eve)
Choreography: Hope Boykin
Music: Sweet Honey in the Rock
Company member Hope Boykin weaves a gentle, affecting tale of community, family and growth that illustrates the African proverb "it takes a village to raise a child." To a commissioned score composed and performed live onstage by Sweet Honey In The Rock, Boykin casts the dancers and singers as members of a society who unite to move a young girl forward in wisdom and grace. Rooted in a deeply held commitment to create music out of the rich textures of African American legacy and traditions, this Grammy-Award winning female vocal ensemble possesses a stunning vocal prowess that captures the multifaceted sounds of blues, spirituals, traditional gospel hymns, rap, reggae, African chants, hip hop, ancient lullabies and jazz improvisation.
New Bigonzetti Premiere: Friday, Dec. 12 eve (Dec. 12, 13 eve, 14 eve, 24, 27 eve, 30, Jan. 2)
Acclaimed Italian choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti, praised for his fresh and inventive sensibility, brings his distinctly European flair to the Ailey repertory for the first time. With a highly dramatic style, complex partnering and seamless integration of classical and modern styles, Bigonzetti showcases the Ailey dancers' emotional intensity and technical prowess.
Blues Suite (1958) Premiere: Thursday, Dec. 4 eve / Live Music Premiere: Saturday, Dec. 13 eve
Choreography: Alvin Ailey (Dec. 4 / Dec. 13 eve, 16, 26, 28 eve)
Music: Traditional
With the rumble of a train and the toll of distant bells, a cast of vividly-drawn characters from the barrelhouses and fields of Alvin Ailey's southern childhood are summoned to dance and revel through one long, sultry night. Ailey's masterpiece, first seen at the Company's premiere performance in 1958, poignantly evokes the sorrow, humor and humanity of the blues, those heartfelt songs that he called "hymns to the secular regions of the soul."
Suite Otis (1971) Premiere: Tuesday, Dec. 9 eve (Dec. 9, 13 mat, 14 eve, 24, 27 mat, 30, 31, Jan. 2, 4 mat)
Choreography: George Faison
Music: Otis Redding
Otis Redding's timeless music sets the stage for George Faison's playful battle of the sexes. The yearning sensuality of soul stirring songs such as "Satisfaction," "Try a Little Tenderness," "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and other favorites burst through this six-part suite of dances ripe with romance and humor.
Masekela Langage (1969) New York City Center Season Premiere:Tues., Dec. 9 eve (Dec. 9, 26, 28 mat, Jan. 4 mat)
Choreography: Alvin Ailey
Music: Hugh Masekela
Alvin Ailey's searing portrait of oppression draws parallels between the era of South African apartheid and the race-induced violence in Chicago during the 1960s. As trumpeter and composer Hugh Masekela's driving music propels the dancers through a string of theatrical tableaus, the commanding choreography speaks of passivity, militancy, despair and defiance anywhere, at any time.
Ailey & Ellington: A Celebration with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis
For one extraordinary week only, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will join Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for a joyous live music celebration of America's two great art forms - modern dance and jazz music. The great Duke Ellington composed some of the most exuberant orchestrations ever set to dance. Sophisticated, sexy, lush and alluring, his music inspired Alvin Ailey's legendary collaboration, along with other major choreographers such as Talley Beatty and Louis Falco.
(All Ballets choreographed by Alvin Ailey unless otherwise noted)
Program A: Dec. 17, 19, 21 mat
Night Creature (1974); Reflections in D (1962); excerpts from Caravan (Falco) (1976), The Mooche (1975), The Road of the Phoebe Snow (Beatty) (1959), Pas de Duke (1976) , Three Black Kings (1976); Revelations (1960)
Program B: Dec. 18, 20 eve, 21 eve
The River; excerpts from Caravan (Falco), The Mooche, The Road of the Phoebe Snow (Beatty), Pas de Duke, Three Black Kings; Revelations (in its entirety)
Anniversary Highlights (Dec. 6 eve, 7 mat, 14 mat, 25, Jan. 1)
This new program features excerpts from many of Alvin Ailey's most popular and beloved ballets. Spanning each decade of Ailey's phenomenal career, from Blues Suite, the dance that launched the Company in 1958, to Opus McShann, his final piece thirty years later, this stunning retrospective demonstrates the tremendous range and resonance of one man's genius. Excerpts from Blues Suite (1958), Streams (1970), Choral Dances (1971), Mary Lou's Mass (1971), The Lark Ascending (1972), Hidden Rites (1973), Night Creature (1975), Phases (1980), Landscape (1981), For "Bird" – With Love (1984), Caverna Magica (1986), Opus McShann (1988), Cry (1971), and Revelations (1960) in its entirety.
Revelations (Dec. 3, 6 eve, 17, 18, 19, 20 eve, 21 mat & eve)
Blues Suite (Dec. 13, 16, 26, 28)
In addition to thrilling live music events featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Sweet Honey In The Rock, enjoy two of Alvin Ailey's treasured classics with live singers and musicians. The legendary Ella Mitchell and members of the Riverside Church Inspirational Choir will sing eight stirring performances of Revelations, conducted by Eric Reed. Kenny Brawner will belt the blues for Blues Suite on four special nights.
Other Season Highlights
50th Anniversary Opening Night Gala (Dec. 3 @ 7pm)
Oprah Winfrey, Honorary Chair and Honored Guest
A special one-night-only program celebrating the Ailey legacy and closing with Alvin Ailey's classic Revelations, featuring live musical performances by Jessye Norman, Ella Mitchell, Richard Smallwood and Yolanda Adams.
Target 1958 Night (Dec. 4)
In honor of Ailey's first performance, Target will sponsor a one-night-only performance with all tickets at a special price to help encourage access and participation.
Family Matinee Series (Dec. 6 mat, 13 mat, 20 mat, 27 mat, Jan 3 mat)
Give your family an Ailey experience to remember. A limited number of Family Matinee tickets are available for all Saturday afternoon performances for the special price of $20. Buy early for the best seat selection. Following each Saturday matinee performance, the entire audience is invited to engage in a free question and answer session with the Ailey dancers in the theater. Maximum purchase six tickets. Offer subject to availability. Not available online.
Celebrating Sylvia Waters (Dec. 16)
Sylvia Waters, Ailey II Artistic Director and former member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is celebrating her 40th Anniversary with Ailey and will be honored at a special performance featuring Blues Suite, Revelations and selections danced by Ailey II.
New Year's Eve Celebration (Dec. 31 @ 7pm)
Dance in the New Year with Ailey in a celebratory performance that culminates with the inspiring Revelations.
Season Finale (Jan. 4 @ 7:30pm)
The season finale program includes specially staged excerpts highlighting the season along with the quintessential Revelations in its entirety.
Season Repertory
In addition to the premieres, new productions, special programs and collaborations being presented during the 50th Anniversary season, the Company repertory will include:
Episodes (Ulysses Dove)
Firebird (Maurice Béjart)
Flowers (Alvin Ailey)
The Golden Section (Twyla Tharp)
The Groove To Nobody's Business (Camille A. Brown)
Love Stories (Judith Jamison, Robert Battle, Rennie Harris)
Memoria (Alvin Ailey)
Night Creature (Alvin Ailey)
Revelations (Alvin Ailey)
The River (Alvin Ailey)
Solo (Hans van Manen,)
Treading (Elisa Monte)
Unfold (Robert Battle)
Vespers (Ulysses Dove)
See attached calendar for full performance schedule.
(All programming is subject to change)
Opening Night Gala 7:00pm - Note earlier curtain time-
Tuesday evenings 7:00pm - Note earlier curtain time-
Wednesday – Saturday evenings 8:00pm
Sunday evenings 7:30pm - Note earlier curtain time-
Saturday matinees 2:00pm
Sunday matinees 3:00pm
New Year's Eve 7:00pm - Note earlier curtain time-
New York City Center is located at 131West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
Tickets are available starting September 2nd at the New York City Center Box Office, through CityTix® at (212) 581-1212 or online at www.alvinailey.org or www.nycitycenter.org. Great seats are available in all sections of the theater starting at $25. Discount tickets are available when purchasing tickets for more than one performance, for the family matinee series, students with an appropriate ID and groups of 10 or more.
For group sales, call 212-405-9082 or e-mail groupsales@alvinailey.org.
AILEY'S 50th ANNIVERSARY NEW YORK CITY CENTER SPONSORS
JPMorgan is the National Art of Learning Sponsor.
American Express is the Official Card and the sponsor of Ailey & Ellington:
A Celebration with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis.
Altria Group provides major support for the New Works Fund.
MetLife Foundation provides leadership support for "Go in Grace."
Target is the sponsor of Target 1958 Night.
Movado Group provides major support for the new production of "Blues Suite."
Citi provides major support for Ailey's Arts In Education programs.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 50 – A Golden Anniversary Celebration was made possible by the generous support of Citi.
American Airlines is the Official Airline of the Ailey Company.
The 2008 season is sponsored, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America's Cultural Ambassador to the World, was founded in 1958 and has performed for more than 21 million people in 71 countries and on 6 continents. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. is the umbrella organization which includes Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Ailey II, founded in 1974 as a junior performing company of emerging young dancers and innovative choreographers; The Ailey School, founded in 1969 and currently offering some of the most extensive dance training programs in the world; Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs which is committed to bringing dance into the classrooms, communities and lives of people throughout the world; and The Ailey Extension, a program that offers dance and fitness classes to the general public.


To blog on Blogger or WordPress? That is a question many bloggers to-be ask themselves, and even old bloggers still ask that question every now and again. So I decided to write a post telling you why I decided to go for WordPress, and why I will choose this platform again.
I started Fashion and Style Police on WordPress.com in 2012, and it has been the best blogging decision I ever made. I carried out an extensive research for weeks before deciding on which platform to blog on (yes it was that big a deal and I wanted to get it right first time), and I finally settled on blogging on WordPress. I believe blogging on a WordPress platform is better than on any other platform, and I will tell you why.
I read a lot of blogs on various platforms, and I compared them to blogs on WordPress, and the difference was clear. As far as I as know, no blog is as pretty as a WordPress blog, because the platform enables you – the blogger, to design as you wish.When it comes to many things, first impression is very important, so I wanted to make sure, my blog looked like how I wanted it to be described – simple, pretty and slick, and easy to read.
Here are the features that made me decide on setting up a blog on WordPress.
There is an abundance of themes both free and premium on WordPress, so you are sure to find a couple to suit your blog. I was spoilt for choice back in 2012, and I still am. I settled for a premium theme, that cost me £99, because the theme ticked al my boxes, and I am glad I did.
I love the professional look of blogs on WordPress. I find them so cool, with a great layout. I can always tell a blogger hosted blog from a WordPress hosted blog, just by looking at it. WordPress blogs are always prettier, with a slick layout. Blogs on Blogger are stuck with very few themes, so they look basic and amateur. There isn't much you can do with the layout as you cannot modify the themes. This is the reason why most Blogger blogs look the same.
The WordPress platform has a very user-friendly dashboard. You won't need a dummies guide, as every feature/category is laid out, and easy to navigate.
If you decide to go self-hosted (WordPress.org), you will find there is an abundance of plugins for almost everything you need, which is great.
Customer service and support means a lot to me, so I had to make sure my platform provide will be available to assist if and when necessary. While I was deciding on which platform to settle for, I did some research on the level of support each platform provided, and found out the level of support Blogger provided was limited, unlike WordPress, so I went for WordPress and they are yet to fail me.
In the early days, while I was trying to sort out my WordAds, and I didn't really know what I was doing, I got the support I needed within 24 hours, which was fantastic. There is also an active community support system, that usually provides most of the answers to many questions, so I don't have to send an email to support.
This still balls down to appearance but then again appearance is very important to me. I find ads on Blogger/Blogspot very crowded and tacky. They usually look all over the place, unlike ads on blogs on WordPress.
So these are the main reasons why I choose WordPress over Blogger and other platforms. Do you blog on WordPress? Which do you prefer? Share your thoughts in the comment section please.
You can also read more blogging tips, and how I make money blogging in my new book – How to Cash In as a Blogger, available now on Amazon.


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Smyslov, Bronstein, Geller, Taimanov and Averbakh: A Chess Multibiography with 220 Games
August 31, 2021 Richard James 3 Comments
Smyslov, Bronstein, Geller, Taimanov and Averbakh: A Chess Multibiography with 220 Games, Andrew Soltis, McFarland Books, February 2021, ISBN-13  :  978-1476677934
From the publisher's blurb :
"A crucial decision spared chess Grandmaster David Bronstein almost certain death at the hands of the Nazis—one fateful move cost him the world championship.
Russian champion Mark Taimanov was a touted as a hero of the Soviet state until his loss to Bobby Fischer all but ruined his life.
Yefim Geller's dream of becoming world champion was crushed by a bad move against Fischer, his hated rival.
Yuri Averbakh had no explanation how he became the world's oldest grandmaster, other than the quixotic nature of fate.
Vasily Smyslov, the only one of the five to become world champion, would reign for just one year—fortune, he said, gave him pneumonia at the worst possible time. This book explores how fate played a capricious role in the lives of five of the greatest players in chess history."
GM Andrew Soltis
"Grandmaster Andy Soltis, eight times champion of the Marshall Chess Club, New York Post editor and Chess Life columnist, is the author of dozens of chess books. He lives in New York City. He is the author of many books, including Pawn Structure Chess, 365 Chess Master Lessons and What it Takes to Become a Chess Master"
From the author's preface:
In this book I explored the interlocking careers of five men with a focus on the prime years when they might have become champion. Only one succeeded. But they represented an extraordinary class. All five men were ranked among the world's top 11 players when Vasily Smyslov became champion. All five players were ranked in the world's top 20 players for the next decade.
This book is a companion to my Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi and, like it, it pays tribute to the remarkable personal lives of great players during a remarkable era. They were not only competing with one another for the highest reward chess can offer. They were trying to survive in a brutal Soviet system. They lived through the Great Terror – which directly touched the lives of David Bronstein, Yuri Averbakh, Vasily Smyslov and Mark Taimanov – and World War II, which deeply affected them all.
Here, then, we have a group biography of five leading Soviet grandmasters, all born between 1921 and 1926. As Soltis explains, this was both a good time and place, and a bad time and place to be born. They grew up within a strong chess culture, where their talents were, albeit with deprivations during World War II and many restrictions in the brutal Soviet regime, allowed to flourish.
Smyslov became world champion, and Bronstein came very close. The other three were all world championship candidates, and, had things worked out slightly differently, Taimanov and Geller might have come closer to the title than they did.
Perhaps Smyslov, whose father was a strong player, would always have discovered chess, although, had his life turned out differently, he could have had a career as an opera singer. Taimanov, as is well known, did in fact have a parallel career as a pianist, performing with his first wife, Lyubov Bruk.
In another life, Bronstein would have been a mathematician and Averbakh a scientist. Geller was, in several ways, the outlier of the group. Unlike the others, he was a late developer, so only joins the story after several years and chapters have passed. Unlike the others, also, he seems to have had, apart from sports, no interests outside chess, even though he worked as an aircraft engineer and studied political economy at university.
As you'd expect, there's a lot of high quality and instructive chess within these pages. Here are a few, fairly random, examples.
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Taimanov and Bronstein adjourned this position, with White to move, in a 1946 Soviet Championship Semi-Final. Bronstein and Averbakh were staying at the same hotel, and set up the position on a board.
Soltis takes up the story.
Taimanov was so sure of victory that he told Bronstein he had sealed 1. Ra7+ and showed him how he would win after 1… Kh6 2. Rb7!. That looked convincing: 2… Ng3 3. Rb3 Nh5 (3… Nf5 4. Kf6) 4. Rh3! and then 4… Kg7 5. f5 Kf7 6. f6! wins. "But what if I retreat the king to f8?" Bronstein asked Averbakh.
The next day was free from play so they analyzed 1… Kf8 during it. They realized that if White traded pawns too quickly the result would be a position know to be drawable since an ancient game Neumann – Steinitz, Baden-Baden 1870. White did not seem to have a forcing win after 1… Kf8. But 2. Rd7! was a good waiting move. Then 2… Ke8 3. Rh7 Kf8 4. f5 would lose. So would 2… Ng7 3. Kf6 Nh5+ 4. Kg5! or 2… Ng3 3. Kf6.
This was discouraging. Bronstein and Averbakh looked at 2… Kg8 and unfortunately found 3. Ke6! Nf4+ 4. Kf6!. The clever king triangulation wins after 4… Nh5+ 5. Kxg6 Nf4+ 6. Kg5 Ne6+ 7. Kf6! Nf4 8. Rd4 Nh5+ 9. Kg6. Or 8… Ne2 9. Rg4+ Kf8 10 .Ra4 Kg8 11. Kg6 Kf8 12. Rc4 Ng3 13. Rc3 and so on. They kept analyzing and found that 3… Kf8 was no better than 3… Nxf4+ because of 4. Rf7+! Ke8 5. Rf6! or 4… Kg8 5. Ke7.
It was all so elegant and, simultaneously, depressing. "David didn't know what to do, to be happy or sad," Averbakh remembered. "Of course, it's painful to know you have a forced loss. But what an interesting path to victory!" And, besides, they were both proud to have solved such a mysterious endgame."
When the game was resumed, Taimanov played 1. Ra7+ Kf8! 2. f5? gxf5 and drew along the lines of the Neumann – Steinitz game.
As a result of this experience, Averbakh decided that he could combine his interests in science and chess by conducting research into technical endings such as this – and he would later become known as perhaps the world's leading authority on endgames.
The games are expertly chosen, for their excellence, excitement, historical or sporting significance, and annotated in Soltis's signature narrative style.
Some of them will be familiar to readers with a prior knowledge of games of the period, but others will be unfamiliar to most.
Look, for instance, at a couple of games from a secret training tournament held in the Georgian town of Gagra in 1953.
This is the game between Geller and Smyslov. Geller had outplayed the future world champion in the opening and early middle game, but his last move was an oversight. The last moves had been 25. Bb2-e5? Qc7-b6 26. Nf3xg5?.
Here's Soltis:
This would have won after 25… Qa5? because of Qh5; e.g., 25… Qa5? 26. Nxg5! Nxd5 27. Qh5! and mates. In the diagram Geller must have expected to win after, for example, 26… Bxg5 27. Qh5! Bh6 28. Rg3!. Or 27… Re7 28. Be4! g6 29. Bxg6 Rxg2 30. Bf7+ Kf8 31. Bg7+!. 26… Nxd5! 27. cxd5 But he had overlooked 27. Qh5 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Qg6!. No recovery is possible.
I have a couple of small issues with this. I find the back-referencing – something Soltis often does – slightly confusing. I'd have preferred the variation given in the first sentence here as a note to Black's 25th move. He also fails to mention that Geller would still have been better in the game after 26. Rb2!, when a nice variation is 26… h6 27. Nh4! gxh4 28. Qh5!, with a winning attack.
Smyslov went on to win a few moves later.
Here, from the same tournament, is a position from the exciting game between Taimanov and Averbakh, with Black to make his 38th move.
Now 38… b1Q would make a draw likely, after 39. Rxb1 Rxa4 (40. Rh1?? Ra2+ and 39. Qxb1 c2!). 38… f5?? 39. d7! c2 40. d8Q+! (The final shift would have been 40. dxc8Q+? Rxc8 41. Qxf5 c1Q and Black wins. 40… Qxd8 41. Qxd8+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ Black resigns
(Taimanov, in his notes to this game, claimed White was winning the diagrammed position, failing to mention the draw after b1Q or to query 38… f5.)
Soltis, as so often, has an anecdote at hand to add colour and context.
The secrecy surrounding these training tournaments was deeply felt. Alexey Suetin recalled how one of the Gagra players showed him a remarkable game but "outright refused to give the names of the players" or the tournament results. "Such was the Stalist regime," he said. Even when he wrote this, in 1993, Suetin refused to say who showed him the game. It was too dangerous.
In 1957 Bronstein was invited to a major tournament in Dallas, with the highest prize fund of any US tournament since New York 1927, but, according to Soltis, the State Department refused him a visa, apparently in retaliation for Soviet treatment of U.S. citizens seeking to travel in the USSR.
Instead, he had to make to with a weaker tournament in East Germany, where he reached this position with white against Bilek.
Soltis, again:
Bronstein has a deliciously subtle threat: 34. a4 would force the b6-rook to make a choice. Then 34… Rc6 would allow 35. Bf4 and Rb1-b8+. And 34… Rb3 would weaken f6 so that 35. Bh6! threatens 36. Qh7+ (35… Kf8 36. Qxf6+). 33… Kf8 34. g3 Re2 35. Bc1 Qe7 36. Kg2! There is no defence to 37. Rh1, 38. Rh7 and Bh6. The game could also end with 36… Re1 37. Rxe1 Qxe1 38. Ba3+. 36… Rc6 37. Rh1 Rxc3 38. Bf4 Ra3 39. Rc1! Black resigns.
(Bronstein has other threats in the diagrammed position: g3, Kg2 and Rh1 as happened later in the game, and also Bc1-a3. It takes older engines some time to realise White has anything more than a slight advantage, but Stockfish 14 immediately tells you almost any reasonable move is crushing.)
The narrative stops rather suddenly at the end of 1973, at which point our protagonists were in middle age and starting an inexorable decline. Unexpectedly, though, Smyslov would make another challenge for the world championship in his sixties. The remainder of their lives is chronicled relatively briefly.
What we have here is, as anyone familiar with this publisher will expect, a handsome hardback which will look good on any bookshelf. It covers an important and endlessly fascinating period of chess history, and is full of interesting (for all sorts of reasons) games, well researched and sourced history, entertaining and enlightening anecdotes and evocative photographs.
At the end of the book we have some useful appendices and other material. First, a chronology taking us through almost a century from Smyslov's birth in 1921 through to Averbakh (still alive as I write this at the age of 99) playing a 4-year-old in 2017. Then, the rankings (from Chessmetrics) of the players between January 1939 and January 1979. We have chapter notes and a bibliography: everything is fully sourced, using Russian and English language periodicals and a wide range of books. There are frequent contradictions between sources, and the players also contradicted themselves from time to time: all this is explained in the text. Finally indexes of opponents and openings, and a general index.
It would have been ideal if the games had been presented more spaciously and with a lot more diagrams to enable readers to follow them from the page. It would also have been preferable to print the photographs on glossy rather than matt paper. Of course, given the nature of the book, such luxuries are inevitably out of the question. It would, however, have benefitted from another run through to pick up typos, of which there are more than should be expected in a scholarly work of this nature. I suspect, for example, that Keres told Taimanov he was playing like Liszt rather than List.
Nevertheless, this is an outstanding book which can be highly recommended to anyone interested in this period of chess history. If you've read Soltis's earlier book on Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi you'll need no hesitation to add this title as well. Likewise, once you've read this book, you'll want to read the earlier work if you haven't already done so.
In my opinion, Andrew Soltis is a very much underrated author. It's understandable that we all tend to be suspicious of the quality of books produced by prolific authors, and in many cases these suspicions are justified. In the case of Soltis, though, even his more popular works are well written and, for their target audience, worth reading. His more serious and scholarly works such as this one are uniformly excellent. Soltis, with many years journalistic experience, knows how to write, and, most importantly, knows how to tell a story. Whether annotating a game or writing about chess history, he keeps his readers on the edge of their seats, eager to turn the page and find out what happens next. This book, like everything he writes, is extremely readable as well as rigorously sourced.
It's not the last word on the subject. There is without doubt a wealth of interesting information lurking within currently sealed Soviet archives. Although this book might not be flawless, it will more than suffice for the moment. There's nobody better qualified than Andrew Soltis to write on this subject.
This book doesn't come cheap, but, if you can afford it, it will be money well spent. I see it has just made the shortlist for the English Chess Federation book of the year, and rightly so as well.
Richard James, Twickenham 2 September 2021
Book Details :
Bibliographic Info: photos, diagrams, games, bibliography, indexes
Copyright Date: 28th February 2021
pISBN: 978-1-4766-7793-4
eISBN: 978-1-4766-4053-2
Imprint: McFarland & Company Inc.
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john cox says:
Nice review; don't agree about the presentation of variations though; I like Soltis' method.
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Marcos Olmedo (n. Guayaquil, Ecuador; 1 de junio de 1999) es un futbolista ecuatoriano. Juega de centrocampista y su equipo actual es el Club Deportivo Macará de la Serie A de Ecuador.

Trayectoria

Inicios
Se formó en las divisiones inferiores de Norte América de su ciudad natal, después pasó al Deportivo Azogues.

Aucas
En el 2017 es incorporado al equipo sub-20 de Aucas, dónde se mantuvo hasta el 2018. En la temporada 2020 bajo el mando del entrenador argentino Máximo Villafañe es alineado en el plantel principal para partidos del Campeonato Ecuatoriano.

América de Quito
En 2021 fue cedido al América de Quito de la Serie B de Ecuador.

Macará
En 2022 fue anunciado como nuevo refuerzo de Macará de Ambato, equipo de Serie A.

Estadísticas

Clubes
 Actualizado al último partido disputado el .

Participaciones internacionales

Referencias

Enlaces externos
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Futbolistas de Ecuador
Futbolistas de la Sociedad Deportiva Aucas
Futbolistas del Club Social y Deportivo Macará
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One Song at a Time: Lisa Coppola
Nick Christophers
The state of New Jersey has been home to many talented recording artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Frank Sinatra, Richie Sambora and many others. Their music has touched many worldwide and has influenced up and coming artist. One such up and coming artist had the pleasure of meeting one of her inspirations. Lisa Coppola the young artist was at her voice teacher's class in Manhattan when Bon Jovi was leaving and she was entering. Since then she has honed her skills and built on her love of music.
Lisa was always drawn to music and made it her goal to follow her dream. From the age of 16 she has channeled her energies to learn as much as possible about the music industry. She has managed to not only release her own music but has had the honor of backing and opening for major acts. Lisa released her first album in 2001 entitled "A Rose By Any Other Name" (Any Other Name Records). She was the lead singer and songwriter on the album. The album saw some success but she was not stopping there.
The album was awarded $2,500 from the B.E.A.M. (Benefiting Emerging Artists in Music program) which was sponsored by Jim Beam Bourbon. Her style of music has been coined Country Rock by many fans.
"I was brought up on both Country and Rock and sometimes my original music is a hybrid of the two. I appreciate the exceptional songwriting in Country today, but there is nothing more fun to me than singing my lungs out to a great Rock song. I think they categorize me as "New Country".
One of Lisa's major accomplishments was when she co-wrote the song "You Were Mine" with Mike Walsh. His album titled after his band "Departure" sold over 40,000 copies in the UK and Japan combined. She went ahead and opened for some major stars.
Her first taste of it came when she opened as a solo artist at the PNC Banks Arts Center in New Jersey. She opened for the Smothers Brothers to a packed audience. Then there was the "Southern Rock Festival" where she opened for the famous Charlie Daniels Band in North Jersey.
"I was performing with Vinnie Talarico who I had performed with a multitude of times before. It was oddly comfortable. As for opening for Charlie Daniels, it was a lot of fun – an outdoor festival in North Jersey. I actually had Mark Conklin on guitar at that show!"
The success with these performances led her to open for legends like Billy Joel, Pat Dinizio of the Smithereens, Marshall Crenshaw, John Eddie, Glen Burtnik, and Mitch Malloy. For Billy Joel she appeared with him on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and on his video "All About Soul". She continues to perform at major events throughout the New York metropolitan area and the Garden State; opening the show with the young finalists of "New Hope Idol", Hambletonian Day at Meadowlands Racetrack and the recurrent New Jersey's Official Memorial Day and Veterans Day Ceremonies at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, among them.
"When I first started I was just out there trying to make contacts and sing at anything and everything I could. I met Billy Joel's vocal arranger through my former husband. I met that former husband when my band was interviewing potential producers. I bumped into Pat Dinizio originally in a health food store, then the Post Office, then the liquor store when I lived in the same town as him. LOL, apparently fate was at work. I got to sing with Marshall Crenshaw, John Eddie and Mitch Malloy through Glen Burtnik. I met Glen when my band opened for him at Seton Hall University when I was fresh out of High School."
At first she was focused on being a solo artist but she joined forces with another recording artist John Zonars. They formed the band BROAD and released the album titled "BROAD: HUMAN CONFLICT". The album did well and as they managed to land record distribution deals in the territories of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland through Hamburg, Germany's ArtBeat Records label and BMG/ARIS. The album was also distributed in Portugal through Fabrica/Movieplay Records.
The band went on to complete media / concert tour in Germany which was well received. In turn, BROAD went ahead and established itself as being a sought after act on the New York club circuit. They had regular shows at iconic spots like Brownies, A / K / A, Spiral, The Bitter End and at the World Cup Tournament at Giants Stadium.
"John was the musical coordinator for Saturday Night Live and we struck up a conversation backstage because he liked my shoes! I went to see him do his solo set a couple weeks later and in the blink of an eye we formed a fabulous band. Ultimately we got signed in some European territories including major distribution and toured overseas for a short time. John now lives in LA so no, we are no longer active. What a great songwriter he is, though."
Recently, Lisa has completed a new album entitled "Wisdom from the Pain," named for the beautiful song co-written by Lisa, Mark Conklin and Anthony Krizan (formerly of the Spin Doctors). The album is considered a Contemporary Country Rock album and features two tracks co-written by Krizan and star singer / songwriter John Waite. One of the two tracks he co-wrote "When You Were Mine" was featured on the official European John Waite fan site. Soon Mark and Lisa will be judges for an upcoming contest called NJ Idol which will be held at the Watchung Arts Center in March.
She also heads Kitty Glitter, an all-female rock band. They recently did a piece with Lauren Collier for her show called "Pet Talk" on Stamford, CT's Channel 12. It got nominated for an Emmy, no less.
In the wings is an upcoming CD release that she co-wrote and produced with indie superstar John Taglieri (Queens of Heart Band). Lisa was and still is a member of New Jersey's "Party Dolls" (who do shows for the St. Jude Foundation) and is also a regular co-host on the The Late Night With Johnny P Show, a rock and roll music variety show on New York Time Warner Cable and Verizon Fios. Lisa is always on the move and has her goals set on one day appearing on X- Factor. But most of all she would love to do what she does best making music.
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Poitras had already been working on a film about surveillance for two years whenSnowden contacted her, using the name "CITIZENFOUR," in January 2013. He reached out to her because he knew she had long been a target of government surveillance, stopped at airports numerous times, and had refused to be intimidated. When Snowden revealed he was a high-level analyst driven to expose the massive surveillance of Americans by the NSA, Poitras persuaded him to let her film.


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Rice's ascent 'a victory for the hawks'
The appointment of Condoleezza Rice as US Secretary of State augurs further American belligerence in world affairs, according to analysts.
The newly appointed secretary of state is known as a Bush loyalist
Rice was nominated by US President George Bush on Tuesday to succeed Colin Powell, who tendered his resignation the previous day.
Rice has been a consummate insider in the Bush White House and is known to be very close to the president, leading some experts to worry that he might not be in a position to hear dissenting views.
Abd al-Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper, told Aljazeera.net on Wednesday that Rice's appointment is a victory for the hawkish neo-conservatives in the Bush administration.
He also warned it could lead to more wars against Middle Eastern countries which are at odds with the United States.
Neo-conservatives
"I was hoping that Bush would have learned from the mistakes of his first term, got rid of the neo-conservatives and put in more moderate people," Atwan said.
"But the only reasonable person who would have challenged the neo-conservatives [Powell] is now gone. So this is a victory for the hawks. It means that the views of the likes of Paul Wolfowitz, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld have prevailed. We can now expect more wars and mayhem during the next four years."
"[Rice's appointment] means
that the views of the likes of Paul Wolfovitz, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld have prevailed. We can now expect more wars and mayhem during the next four years"
Abd al-Bari Atwan,
Editor, Al-Quds al-Arabi
Atwan added that "Condoleezza Rice has no sympathy with the aspirations of the Arab people.
"We can expect the same tough policy towards Iraq and the same unequivocal support for the extremist policies of Ariel Sharon in Palestine.
"I also think that Bush will consider Iran and Syria as unfinished business and if they don't comply with US foreign-policy demands, he will hit them directly or at least allow Israel to hit them."
Dissident purge?
James Zogby, president of the Washington-based Arab American Institute, told Aljazeera.net that Rice's appointment is symptomatic of a wider purge within US government bodies.
"I think dissenting voices have been sidelined," he said. "We are currently seeing a purging of dissident voices within the CIA [Central Intelligence Agency] and this has already happened within the National Security Council.
Bush said Rice's main duty will be
to prosecute the 'war on terror'
"There is a distinct possibility that Condoleezza Rice's presence in the State Department will not be conducive to the kind of internal debate that Powell represented and that would not be a good thing."
He added: "Very few secretaries of state have shaped US foreign policy with the notable exceptions of Henry Kissinger and Jim Baker.
"Rice has no real record on foreign affairs and she is not an ideologue. I see her as less of an architect of foreign policy than an implementer of the president's vision."
Diplomatic priorities
When Bush nominated Rice as the next head of the State Department, he said the "secretary of state is America's face to the world, and in Dr Rice, the world will see the strength, the grace and the decency of our country".
Listing US diplomatic priorities for his second four-year term, Bush said Rice would prosecute the global "war on terrorism", pursue efforts to end the Arab-Israel conflict, and help spread democracy across the Middle East.
"Rice has no real record on foreign affairs and is not an ideologue. I see her as less of an architect of foreign policy than an implementer of the president's vision"
James Zogby,
President,
Arab American Institute
Rice would also inherit efforts to get Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions and North Korea to dismantle its atomic programmes, as well as efforts to quell deadly chaos in Iraq in time for elections set for January.
If confirmed by the Senate, Rice, 50, would become the first black woman to hold the top cabinet post, and the second woman overall after Madeleine Albright, Powell's predecessor.
Although she is expected to win confirmation, Rice may face tough questions from Democrats on the apparent absence of weapons of mass destruction cited to justify the war in Iraq, and on the failure to thwart the September 11 attacks.


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In Summer 201 6 Becca and Professor Michael Depledge worked with the British Academy to hold one of the regional Where We Live Now project workshops in Cornwall. The results of the project have now been released.
The British Academy is the UK's national body for the humanities and social sciences – the study of peoples,cultures and societies, past, present and future. It has recently focused on effective place-based policy making, considering how we can align the design and resourcing of policy at the most appropriate scale of place, in order to develop meaningful solutions, which improve people's lives.
The summary of the Cornwall workshop and the two reports 'Where We Live Now: Perspectives on place and policy' and 'Where We Live Now: Making the case for place-based policy' are available on the British Academy's Where We Live Now project website.
…We therefore urge the Government to pilot new approaches to place based policy-making which go beyond devolution, develop pioneering approaches to involving local people, insist that local and national government work together to better understand places and what they mean to people; and to agree the best level to make decisions to achieve a new definition of productivity, centered on our collective well-being and committed to improving the quality of life for all.


I was sadden thinking parents will not be here this time. With the climate being so cold, they decided to come ahead of their plans, which means they will be here and that's wow. Kids have been excited hearing that. I know my niece and nephew will miss them so badly. Wish they were here too this time. However being online makes life so close, we see them everyday!
Anyway I completely forget today being 3rd and time for the next BM. So I had to really rush with the preparation. I had planned to make this Cashew Besan Burfi for a long time. It's from Meenakshiammal book and she has a treasure grove for sure.
Have a greased plate nearby and immediately pour over the greased plate. If you don't pour it on time, you will end up burning the burfi.
The burfi looks too good and mouthwatering and I have not tried sweets with two thread consistency so far.Bookmarking it.
Mouthe watering burfi…..perfect for the festival season.
Wow! looks tempting and delicious! Yummy!
Besan bufi turned in to a rich and helthy delicious way with cashew looks too good Valli.
I should try making this….lovely..
Kaju barfi is one of my favourite sweets however, have never got down to making it myself. Will give it a try this time.
Burfi looks highly irresistible, quite a different combo and beautifully done.
Lucky you to have parents around for festivals. The cashew burfi looks awesome. Can really feel the diwali festival fiesta picking up and totally envy you!!!
that is so lovely!! such a simple and delicious sweet!!!
Burfi has come out perfect.. Looks amazing.
Brings back childhood memories :), I remember my mother going through the books and choosing something and sometimes making barfis. It tasted so good !


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1 year ago in Football by Brett Voss
Clifton Cubs celebrate Homecoming with dominating 41-3 victory over Florence in District 13-3A, DII clash
CLIFTON – Coming off a crushing defeat in Rogers last week, the Clifton Cubs responded with a dominating 41-3 victory over the Florence Buffaloes in a District 13-3A, Division II matchup to celebrate Homecoming Night Friday night at Cub Stadium.
With the resounding win, the Cubs (2-1 in district, 3-4 overall) moved into position to control their own destiny down the home stretch of a tough district finish.
"I'm really proud of the way the kids responded this week," Clifton football head coach Chuck Caniford said. "We had a very physical week of practice and that carried over to the game. In this district, you have to be able to turn the page quickly each week because there is no rest. We have to be able to do the same thing this week."
Clifton did exactly that in this game as Florence (0-2, 0-6) scored first on its opening possession when Buffalo running back Brenden Woljevach broke through for a 72-yard scamper on the first play from scrimmage before Cub Luis Rodriguez made a touchdown-saving tackle. But the Clifton defense responded immediately, coming up with a big stand to limit Florence to just a field goal.
After the first play from scrimmage that led to Florence's only points, the Cubs corralled the Buffalo offense the rest of the game. Sophomore Joe Taylor led Clifton with eight tackles, followed by sophomore Westen Urbanovsky with six takedowns, junior Griffin Phillips with five tackles and an sack, junior Jacob Rogers with five tackles and a sack, senior Devin Byrd with five takedowns and sophomore Carter Tunnell with an interception.
"That was a huge series to start the game," Caniford said. "They popped a big play, and we got a huge effort play from Luis Rodriguez that turned out to be huge when he ran their tailback down to keep him from scoring. We got the stop on the next set of downs and forced a field goal, which was a big momentum shift to start the game.
"I thought we played really fast and physical all night and were able to control the line of scrimmage."
From that point on, the game belonged to Clifton. Working to establish the running game, the Cubs did a good job moving the ball and dominating the time of possession while putting up 41 points.
Despite falling behind early, the Cub offense quickly responded and took control of the game by rolling up 274 yards on the ground and five rushing touchdowns. Senior Devin Byrd ran for two touchdowns while sophomore Joe Taylor finished with a game-high 111 yards on 12 carries and a score. Senior Tyler Anderson broke off a 27-yard touchdown run, and freshman quarterback Riley Finney rushed for 75 yards and a score while completing six of 11 passes for 65 yards, including a scoring strike to Rodriquez.
"I thought we executed about as efficiently as we have all year," Caniford said. "We played much better on the offensive line and were able to spread the ball around, getting all of our skill players involved. We didn't turn the ball over and had very few penalties. And when you do that you give yourself a chance to have a big night."
With the win, the Cubs take control of their own postseason destiny with three tough district games ahead, beginning with a trip to Buffalo to face the undefeated Bison (2-0, 6-0) this Friday before hosting seventh-ranked Franklin (3-0, 4-2) and closing out the regular season at eighth-ranked Lexington (1-1, 4-1). But the Cubs have proven capable of fighting back from tough situations all season long.
"This is a resilient group of guys, and they have done a great job handling adversity this year," Caniford said. "We are in a good position at this point and just need to keep getting better and take it one week at a time. Buffalo has a very good football team, but we feel like we are starting to hit our stride and are looking forward to taking another step forward this week."
Clifton High School Homecoming 2020
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Home » General Entertainment » Star David Harbour wasn't thinking franchise with 'Hellboy': "We just wanted to make a great movie"
Mark Rogers/Lionsgate(NEW YORK) -- Hellboy is in theaters today. It's a reboot of Guillermo del Toro's two-film series, which originally starred Ron Perlman as the red-skinned demon hero. This new version stars Stranger Things' David Harbour as H...
Star David Harbour wasn't thinking franchise with 'Hellboy': "We just wanted to make a great movie"
Mark Rogers/Lionsgate(NEW YORK) -- Hellboy is in theaters today. It's a reboot of Guillermo del Toro's two-film series, which originally starred Ron Perlman as the red-skinned demon hero. This new version stars Stranger Things' David Harbour as Hellboy, and he tells ABC Radio he was quite familiar with the DC Comics source material even before the movies came out.
"I just love the comics. I was sort of introduced to them...when I was very depressed in my early 20s in New York, in sort of a darker phase of life," Harbour says, referring to a time he'd battled alcohol addiction.
"And they really are very cathartic for that sort of thing, you know?"
In the movie, Hellboy is raised by a human father -- played by John Wick vet Ian McShane -- and becomes an agent for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD), a kind of Men In Black for the supernatural world.
As Harbour notes, "I mean it's a it's a crazy, dark sort of concept: a half-demon who was spawned by Nazi occultists and is meant to bring about the end of the world -- but has a good heart and wants to be a 'good guy.'"
But while Marvel has managed to create an entire decade of interconnected superhero movies, Harbour isn't going there.
"[T]here are some Easter eggy sort of things and some open threads, but we weren't trying to...set up franchise, or set up a universe," he explains. "We just wanted to make great Hellboy movie."
Still, he admits that the source material is rich for a sequel, noting, "Sure, like, in my wildest fantasies, there are so many threads...and so many great characters."
Hellboy, which also stars Milla Jovovich and Daniel Dae Kim, is now playing.
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No leader as tolerant as Buhari – Lai Mohammed
Wilfrey Morena October 08, 2021 247 Nigeria News Update, General News, News, Trends
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says he is "yet to see a leader as patient, tolerant and understanding as President Muhammadu Buhari", especially in the running of affairs of the country.
The Minister stated this on Friday in Abuja when he received a delegation from African Union Development Agency – NEPAP and Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
The News Agency of Nigeria reports the team is carrying out the second peer review of Nigeria as well as the country's self-assessment report and validation.
The minister noted that with the kind of challenges the country had faced in the past six years, it could only take the tolerance, wisdom and peculiar governance style of the President for the nation to move forward.
"The kind of challenges we faced in the last six year would challenge the most resourceful person.
The minister added: "I say this because in the last six years I have been attending the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
"The president will, on any issue, listen to the submissions of all the 43 ministers if they want to make contribution to any issue without betraying where he stands on the matter.
"Even when we know that some of our colleagues are not making so much sense on a topic, the president will listen attentively and will say thank you at the end of the contributions.
"I believe that it is his background and experience that moulded him that way and till date, you cannot see any minister that will say his view was never heard."No matter how pedestal it might be, the President will listen".
The minister explained that when the government took over in 2015, it faced the challenge of insurgency as the Boko Haram terrorists had taken over most part of the North-East region.
He said the administration also met an economy that had virtually collapsed while the oil price was down from 120 dollar per barrel to about 30 dollar per barrel.
The minister said critical infrastructure of the nation had also collapsed with little or no budget to fund them when the Buhari government took over in 2015.
Six years down the lane, Mohammed said Boko Haram had been decimated and their members were surrendering in droves while the government is winning the war against banditry and other forms of insecurity.
He said the administration had succeeded in diversifying the economy, with the non-oil sector – agriculture and the creative industry – doing very well and contributing more to GDP than the oil sector.
The minister said the country was able to exit recession even with the effect of COVID-19 pandemic because of deliberate economic policies introduced by the administration.
In addressing the challenge of poverty, Mohammed said the government introduced social welfare programmes like Trademoni, Marketmoni, school feeding programme.
The minister said the Buhari administration is building infrastructure across the six Geo-political zones, adding that no government in the county's history has surpassed its record in infrastructural development.
Earlier, the Coordinator of AUDA/NEPAD/APRM in Nigeria, Princess Gloria Akobundu said Nigeria was undergoing its second peer review following the President's approval of the process.
"Nigeria was first peer-reviewed in 2008 and since then to date, here we are for the second peer review."What we are doing is to assess Nigeria from 2008 to date to see what is being done differently, how have we implemented the previous report called the national programme of action.
"Barely 11 years down the lane, we can say we have consolidated democracy, we have done well in some aspects like infrastructural development, agriculture and diversification of economy," she said.
The lead panelist for the country's review, Dr Abdoulie Janneh said they had toured the country and had impressive meetings and diverse participation.
"For us, it was excellent and we commend the President for his passion."Nigeria is a big and diverse country and we are excited over the lead role Nigeria is playing, especially in the ECOWAS region.
"It is therefore important that Nigeria takes the lead role in the continent, because the other countries have a lot to learn from you," he said.
Janneh assured that the detailed report of the review would be submitted to the AU Heads of State during their summit in Addis Ababa in February 2022.


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Olympus Tough TG-6 Black
The Red Tough TG-6 from Olympus is a sleek point-and-shoot capable of handling a wide variety of adventures. Featuring a 12MP BSI CMOS sensor and TruePic VIII image processor, the TG-6 offers notable image clarity and low-light performance to ISO 12800, along with fast 20-fps continuous shooting, 4K30p video recording, and high-speed Full HD 1080p shooting at 120 fps. Beyond just imaging, the TG-6 also sports a robust set of features for withstanding the elements, tracking your adventures, and sharing your images. The camera is rated for underwater use, tested to withstand falls and crushing, and is hermetically sealed against dust and moisture when working in trying conditions. Using built-in Wi-Fi and the Image Track app, recorded data and the imagery can also be shared to a mobile device for posting online.The camera body design has been configured to permit direct operation while wearing gloves, included a large zoom lever, accessory lock button, and convenient dial control. Additionally, the processor avails a 20-fps continuous shooting rate in raw as well as the ability to record UHD 4K30p video and high-speed Full HD 1080p video at up to 120 fps. Additionally, image stabilization helps to minimize the appearance of camera shake by up to 2.5 stops to further aid in creating sharp imagery with slower shutter speeds.This data, along with the photos and movies themselves, can be transferred to a smartphone via Wi-Fi where the tracking data can be embedded or overlaid onto the images themselves using the Image Track app. Additionally, both photos and videos can be searched-for using recorded tracking data.In addition to wireless transfer, the built-in Wi-Fi also allows you to remotely control the camera and wirelessly share images to a linked smartphone or tablet.
Pixels 12 Megapixel
Sensor 1/2.3″ CMOS
Bit Depth 12-Bit
Movies: MOV
Image Stabilization Sensor-Shift
Lens Effective Focal Length: 4.5 to 18mm (35 mm Equivalent: 25 to 100mm)
Aperture: f/2 (W) to f/4.9 (T)
Zoom Optical: 4x
Digital: 2x
Focus Range Normal: 3.94″ to Infinity / 10 cm to Infinity
Macro: 0.39″ to Infinity / 1 cm to Infinity
ISO Sensitivity Auto, 100 to 12800
Shutter 1/2 to 1/2000 Second
4 to 0 Second in Night Scene Mode
Exposure Modes Modes: Aperture Priority, C1, C2, Intelligent Auto, Movie, Program, Scene Modes, Underwater
White Balance Auto, Custom, Underwater
Continuous Shooting Up to 20 fps at 12 MP for up to 14 Exposures (Raw)
Up to 20 fps at 12 MP for Unlimited Exposures (JPEG)
Up to 10 fps at 12 MP for up to 14 Exposures (Raw)
Up to 5 fps at 12 MP for up to 49 Exposures (Raw)
Up to 5 fps at 12 MP for Unlimited Exposures (JPEG)
Self-Timer 2, 12 Sec
Flash Modes Auto, Auto/Red-Eye Reduction, Fill Flash, Manual, Off, Slow Sync, Slow Sync/Red-Eye Reduction
Built-In Flash Yes
Video Recording Yes, NTSC/PAL
Resolution 3840 x 2160p: 30 fps, 25 fps
1920 x 1080p: 120 fps, 60 fps, 50 fps, 30 fps, 25 fps
1280 x 720p: 240 fps, 30 fps, 25 fps
640 x 480p: 480 fps
Video Clip Length Up to 29 Minutes
Screen 3.0″ LCD Rear Screen (1,040,000 Pixels)
Connectivity/System Requirements
Connectivity HDMI D (Micro), USB 2.0 Micro-B
Wi-Fi Yes, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Built-In
Waterproof 49.21′ / 15 m
Battery 1 x LI-92B Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Pack, 3.6 VDC, 1350 mAh
Weight 8.92 oz / 253 g
2 reviews for Olympus Tough TG-6 Red
Scott Jaxson – January 7, 2020
Best Point and Shoot Camera ever used, Far better than Canon, Fujifilm, and Nikon in Cost and performance. Saved a lot from S World Electronics and service was upto the mark. Thank You!
Rachel Gabriel – November 20, 2019
I love this camera. it is lightweight, water-resistant, makes beautiful photos. Must have one for travelling.
Olympus Li-50B Original Battery
The LI-50B battery is a replacement battery for Olympus Stylus, MJU, S, Tough, and X series cameras. The Olympus 50B is designed and tested for high performance and safety. The LI-50B battery is guaranteed to meet or exceed OEM specifications. Our LI50B battery can be charged with the original Olympus LI-50B battery charger, UC-50, or any other compatible third-party charger.
The black Tough TG-6 from Olympus is a sleek point-and-shoot capable of handling a wide variety of adventures. Featuring a 12MP BSI CMOS sensor and TruePic VIII image processor, the TG-6 offers notable image clarity and low-light performance to ISO 12800, along with fast 20-fps continuous shooting, 4K30p video recording, and high-speed Full HD 1080p shooting at 120 fps. Beyond just imaging, the TG-6 also sports a robust set of features for withstanding the elements, tracking your adventures, and sharing your images. The camera is rated for underwater use, tested to withstand falls and crushing, and is hermetically sealed against dust and moisture when working in trying conditions. Using built-in Wi-Fi and the Image Track app, recorded data and the imagery can also be shared with a mobile device for posting online. The camera body design has been configured to permit direct operation while wearing gloves, included a large zoom lever, accessory lock button, and convenient dial control. Additionally, the processor avails a 20-fps continuous shooting rate in raw as well as the ability to record UHD 4K30p video and high-speed Full HD 1080p video at up to 120 fps. Additionally, image stabilization helps to minimize the appearance of camera shake by up to 2.5 stops to further aid in creating sharp imagery with slower shutter speeds. This data, along with the photos and movies themselves, can be transferred to a smartphone via Wi-Fi where the tracking data can be embedded or overlaid onto the images themselves using the Image Track app. Additionally, both photos and videos can be searched-for using recorded tracking data. In addition to wireless transfer, the built-in Wi-Fi also allows you to remotely control the camera and wirelessly share images to a linked smartphone or tablet.
Casio EXILIM TR-M11 Green
The TR-M11 is a camera that was conceived around the concept of taking photos that will be popular on SNSs. With its evolved make-up functions and the addition of a new ring LED light, TR-M11 offers a photo environment that is like having your own dedicated make-up artist and being in the studio of a professional photographer. The design of TR-M11 allows you to easily carry it with you wherever you go, and to take selfies as you envision them at any time. You can also express yourself in even more individualistic and creative ways. By offering the Handy Beauty Studio as a personal tool, Casio supports all women who have made selfies a part of their daily lives.
Nikon Coolpix A10 Silver
The COOLPIX A10 Digital Camera from Nikon is a pocketable point-and-shoot featuring a 16.1MP 1/2.3" CCD image sensor. This sensor's design enables shooting high-resolution still photos as well as HD 720p videos, and also affords a sensitivity range of ISO 80-1600 for working in a range of lighting conditions. Additionally, the camera also incorporates a 2.7" 230k-dot LCD monitor for composing and reviewing imagery, and the Smart Portrait System and Scene Auto Selector modes automatically optimize camera settings for portraits or based on recognized shooting scenarios. Additionally, the sensor provides a sensitivity range from ISO 80-1600 for working in low-light conditions. Benefiting this reach is Electronic VR, which minimizes the appearance of camera shake to help realize sharp imagery when shooting stills or video. Smart Portrait mode optimizes your settings to produce sharp, well-exposed portraits.
Deal Zone, Digital Camera
Fujifilm FinePix X100F Black
The black X100F Digital Camera from Fujifilm incorporates a series of advanced imaging capabilities while still retaining its trademark design and intuitive handling assets. A built-in Fujinon 23mm f/2 lens provides a general wide-angle 35mm equivalent focal length, and its optical design utilizes aspherical glass to produce sharp imagery while a Super EBC coating resists flare and ghosting. Complementing the imaging specs is a range of physical attributes that are the hallmark of the X100-series. The Advanced Hybrid Viewfinder, which meshes both optical and electronic viewing means in a switchable manner, has been updated with adjustable magnification for the electronic rangefinder function for more precise manual focus control. Additionally, the rear of the camera sees the inclusion of a focus lever for faster focus point selection, and the majority of the physical controls, buttons, and dials have been moved to the right-hand side for easier one-handed use.
Fujifilm Instax mini 9 White
The White INSTAX Mini 9 from FUJIFILM has been updated for selfie shooters and features a range of convenient controls for producing credit card-sized prints. The sleek design incorporates a FUJINON 60mm f/12.7 lens, which offers a fixed focus from 2′ to infinity, and a small selfie mirror is built into the front of the lens design for accurately composing self-portraits. For general shooting, the optical viewfinder is available and incorporates a central target spot to aid in composing images. An automatic flash is built-in to provide additional illumination when shooting in low-light.


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package com.datatorrent.lib.util;

import com.datatorrent.api.DefaultOutputPort;
import com.datatorrent.api.Context.OperatorContext;
import com.datatorrent.api.Operator.Unifier;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This unifier consumes key value pairs, where the key is an object and the value is a number.
 * The unifier emits the minimum and maximum value for each key in a map at the end of each application window.
 * <p>
 * This unifier uses round robin partitioning.
 * </p>
 * @displayName Unifier Key Value Range
 * @category Algorithmic
 * @tags numeric, key value
 * @since 0.3.2
 */
public class UnifierKeyValRange<K, V extends Number> implements Unifier<KeyValPair<K, HighLow<V>>>
{
  /**
   * This is the output port that emits key value pairs which map keys to a minimum and maximum.
   */
  public final transient DefaultOutputPort<KeyValPair<K, HighLow<V>>> mergedport = new DefaultOutputPort<KeyValPair<K, HighLow<V>>>();

  /**
   * combines the tuple into a single final tuple which is emitted in endWindow
   * @param tuple incoming tuple from a partition
   */
  @Override
  public void process(KeyValPair<K, HighLow<V>> tuple)
  {
    HighLow<V> val = map.get(tuple.getKey());
    if (val == null) {
      val = new HighLow(tuple.getValue().getHigh(), tuple.getValue().getLow());
    }

    if (val.getHigh().doubleValue() < tuple.getValue().getHigh().doubleValue()) {
      val.setHigh(tuple.getValue().getHigh());
    }
    if (val.getLow().doubleValue() > tuple.getValue().getLow().doubleValue()) {
      val.setLow(tuple.getValue().getLow());
    }
  }

  HashMap<K, HighLow<V>> map = new HashMap<K, HighLow<V>>();

  /**
   * a no op
   * @param windowId
   */
  @Override
  public void beginWindow(long windowId)
  {
  }

  /**
   * emits mergedTuple on mergedport if it is not empty
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
  @Override
  public void endWindow()
  {
    if (!map.isEmpty()) {
      for (Map.Entry<K, HighLow<V>> e: map.entrySet()) {
        mergedport.emit(new KeyValPair(e.getKey(), new HighLow(e.getValue().getHigh(), e.getValue().getLow())));
      }
      map.clear();
    }
  }

  /**
   * a no-op
   * @param context
   */
  @Override
  public void setup(OperatorContext context)
  {
  }

  /**
   * a noop
   */
  @Override
  public void teardown()
  {
  }
}

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What he is likely to mean is that God remains a scientific reason we claim to be, no diffrent from many other reasons named by human race for scientific discoveries. So, what Stephen Hawking says is that, God is a scientific (& physics) phenomenon that's all. He further proclaims that it is therefore not possible to establish relationship with a God that's just a cold scientific phenomenon.
If what Stephen Hawking says is true, then he must be wondering why the "scientific reason" (God) had allowed him the conditions he is in.
On the contrary, for centuries mankind experienced God's presence beyond scientific reasons. Human virtues like determination, love, faith, aspiration, compassion, courage etc. are not scientific elements per se. Yet we knew very well that these qualities of human are different from the rest of living things on earth. Because we are made to be like God's image.
Since Adam (& Eve) had eaten the fruits of The Tree that did not give them wisdom indeed, but human race could start to "see" and discover the magnificence of universe, through developed knowledge (science & philosophy) from in-born element. So, where are the reasons for this? Why cave-men were able to progress and, finally become the world we are here today? The reason is, we are made to be like God's image. Otherwise, lions and tigers would become the masters of this planet earth.
Many people could not feel the existence of God because they want proof! And more proofs. Newton Issac knew that he could not possibly reason out everything no matter how he tried. For that, he also knew that the beauty and precision of this universe belongs to God. There might truly a Big Bang as claimed by scientists… but WHO ignited it? Scientists like Stephen Hawking would say, it was all the neutrons incidentally crahed together one day and then… If such a magical & historical event of the universe (if it is true as claimed) could just be a REASON of incidental happening, then reason itself carries not much meaning at all… and then why scientists seek reasons?
An evangelical pastor Stephen Tong who knows God and a much meaningful universe than what some scientists claim. God has his plan and reasons. God Is Not A Reason.


LONDON: Microsoft moved to build its presence in the booming Internet telephony market on Wednesday, purchasing Teleo Inc., a Californian company that lets users make calls from their computers to regular phones.
The Internet telephony market is heating up with the entry of leading search firm Google, which launched an instant message and voice chat service earlier this month to compete against AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft and Skype.
Skype is the current market leader in Internet telephony, also called Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. It has 51 million registered users and more than 2 million customers who pay for services like voicemail and connections with outside phone numbers.
Google, Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo all offer voice calls between computers, but not to outside phone lines.
Yahoo purchased an Internet telephony company called Dialpad earlier this summer, with plans to offer inbound and outbound phone call capabilities that are similar to Teleo's.
Analysts who follow VoIP have long predicted that Microsoft might buy Teleo, in part because Teleo's service is closely integrated with Microsoft products like Outlook and Internet Explorer.
Will Collins, global messenger product manager at Microsoft, said the company hoped to integrate Teleo's offerings into its products by the end of 2005. Microsoft may add "click-to-call" features to Outlook or Internet Explorer, so that users can automatically call a phone number by clicking on it, he said.
San Francisco-based Teleo also offers options to forward VoIP phone calls to a mobile phone or office number, or voicemail that can be emailed to the user. Outbound calls from a computer to a phone number cost $0.02 per minute. Terms of its deal with Microsoft were not disclosed.
Earlier this year, Skype Chief Executive Niklas Zennstrom spoke at a Reuters Telecoms, Media and Technology Summit and said his company had to build its user base as quickly as possible because much larger rivals were certain to enter the market.
"The biggest threat are the portals such as Yahoo and MSN," he said.
Teleo, Google and Skype all use voice-processing software from a Norwegian company called Global IP Sound.


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As with any good story, Lars Lange's images are a synthesis of place, character and moment, creatively combining depth and detail, bringing the memories to life in a different way every time you view... them. Based in Herefordshire, he builds a relationship with each client to develop an understanding of their personal style. His experience of landscape and portrait photography in the UK and abroad complements this to create relaxed and contemporary wedding and portrait images.


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Red Cross head would not debate use of chemicals
Written by ИТАР-ТАСС
Среда, 06 Ноябрь 2002
HEAD OF RED CROSS IN MOSCOW REFUSED TO TAKE PART IN CONTROVERSY ON CHEMICALS USED IN MOSCOW.
Swiss national Michel Minnig, head of the Moscow branch of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said that he was unwilling to "engage in polemics" concerning the special substances used to neutralize terrorists during the hostage crisis at the Dubrovka theatrical center. At a press conference in Geneva today, he stated: "It is not in our competence to either approve or disapprove of any decision that may be made in such a situation."
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A. Soldatov: "Intelligence reported about a terrorist attack"
Written by Михаил Фальков
Вторник, 05 Ноябрь 2002
Since the release of hostages from the bearing plant's theatrical center, there have been different assessments of the actions of the security services, both in Russia and abroad. Moreover, it is believed that capture of civilians in the capital is by itself one of the biggest failures in the history of Russian intelligence.
Relatives of hostages found their loved ones shot
Written by Newsru
There is still no precise information with regards to the number of hostages and terrorists killed. At first officials stated that during the course of the hostage rescue operation 37 terrorists were killed (RIA News). Then it was reported that the number was 34, and later — 42 (Interfax), and later still 50 terrorists: 32 men and 18 women. Since October 29th the last official tally has been 41 terrorists.
Two gases were used
Written by Алексей Хазбиев
During the storming of the theatrical center on Dubrovka, the gas was most likely a mixture of fentanyl and halothane.
Western governments continue to besiege the Russian Foreign Ministry, trying to find out the composition and formula of the gas used by security services during the storming of Dubrovka.
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The talk show 'Free Cheese'* discusses 'Nord-Ost'
Written by Виктор Шендерович
Суббота, 02 Ноябрь 2002
Anchorman: Viktor Shenderovich
Hello! I am Viktor Shenderovich, and this is 'Free Cheese', a program about Russia and whom it chooses to elect. We did not air on Saturday, as other matters occupied the country. On that day, the nation that three years ago simply chose no one has paid for its choice, though it does not seem to understand that. In Russia, and it was not I who noted this first, the most important thing is not what happens, but what you label it.
Getting rid of hostages
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Everyone loves a winner, but they still condemn him
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Is income tax being cut for 32 million people?
Published: 13th Dec 2018
The Conservatives are cutting income tax for 32 million people.
This is the number of people who will be paying less income tax in real terms in 2019/20 than in 2015/16. We haven't been able to exactly replicate the figure as some of the underlying data isn't publicly accessible – but it seems in the right ballpark.
"A tax cut for 32 million people…"
Philip Hammond, 29 October 2018
"We're cutting income tax for 32 million people"
Conservative party, 4 November 2018
A headline claim from the government's 2018 budget was that it was "cutting income tax for 32 million." This was repeated on the Conservative's Twitter account.
The Treasury told us that, rather than being due to a completely new policy introduced in the Budget, this is the number of people (both those in employment and pensioners who earn more than the threshold) who will see their income tax bill reduced in real terms between 2015/16 and 2019/20. So it's more an effect of the government's policies over a few years.
We asked the Treasury where the data comes from and they said it wasn't all in the public domain, because of confidentiality issues surrounding the data on taxpayers, and neither were their calculations.
It's inappropriate for Ministers to use figures that aren't in the public domain, so that anyone can check where they're from and how they're calculated. If it's not possible to publish the figures then Ministers shouldn't use them.
As a result we can't confirm the exact figure, but it does seem to be in the right ballpark.
Who benefits from income tax changes?
In 2015/16 the personal allowance (the income you don't pay tax on) was £10,600. If that figure had risen in line with inflation, the change in how much things cost over time, it would stand at around £11,520 in 2019/20. The government has actually increased it to £12,500 for the next financial year. So everyone who gets a personal allowance would benefit from income tax changes.
Some very high earners don't get a personal allowance, but they will still benefit from other income tax changes. That's because the higher rate threshold (the level above which you pay 40% income tax rather than 20% income tax) is also being increased by the government to £50,000 in April 2019. Back in 2015/16 the higher rate threshold was £42,385—if it had risen in line with inflation it would stand at around £46,220.
While the personal allowance is offset by the UK government, individual income tax bands in Scotland are set by the Scottish government (in this case the higher rate threshold).So UK government policy isn't responsible for any benefits to those without a personal allowance and paying the higher rate of tax in Scotland.
What all this means is that almost everyone earning above £11,520 in 2019/20 will be paying less income tax in real terms than they would have, had the UK government kept income tax changes in line with inflation.
So how many people would we expect to be in this category?
Because some of the information isn't publicly available, we can't forecast this perfectly. As a starting point, we can assume that's almost everyone who pays income tax at the moment (people earning over £11,850) will benefit—that's about 31 million people.
People earning between £11,520 and £11,850 would also benefit. That's the group who would have ended up paying income tax if the government hadn't increased the personal allowance above the level of inflation. We don't have figures on how many people this equates to, but it's not unreasonable to assume it's enough to push that 31 million figure up to 32 million.
The claim doesn't tell you how much people are saving
Saying how many people benefit from income tax changes doesn't give you any sense of how significant these changes have been. In theory, if the government increased the personal allowance by £1 tomorrow it would be reducing income tax for around 30 million people, though would only deliver a benefit of 20 pence each.
Between 2015/16 and 2019/20 the personal allowance is forecast to have increased by around £980 in real terms. That means that basic rate taxpayers (that's most people) won't have to pay 20% income tax on £980 of their income, that would equate to a reduction in the amount of tax paid to around £200.
What about other taxes?
Income tax is only one of the taxes people pay—other tax and benefit changes have affected some peoples' earnings to a greater extent in recent years.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies looked at the impact of tax and benefit reforms between May 2015 and May 2017 and found that benefit reductions somewhat offset tax reduction for the average household.
In total tax and benefit reforms between May 2015 and June 2017 benefited households by £111 on average per year. But this wasn't the experience of all household types: the benefit was primarily felt by richer households, while poorer households lost out on balance.
We've written more about tax and benefit changes since 2010 here.


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TEACH-NOW Fully Accredited by CAEP
We are pleased to announce that TEACH-NOW has been fully accredited by CAEP, the premier accreditation body for schools of education in the US. We are the first online program to receive this accreditation!
Fast Company: TEACH-NOW Founder Recognized Among 100 Most Creative People in Business
Education expert Emily Feistritzer has studied how best to prepare teachers for over 40 years, leading her to testify in front of Congress and state legislatures, brief members of presidential administrations, and now, push for accessibility in education. Feistritzer, who...
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TEACH-NOW Founder Listed Among 10 Innovative Women Shaking Up Their Industries
A 78-year-old former nun, Feistritzer learned a long time ago that she didn't like traditional teaching methods. So, in 2011, she founded Teach-Now to train and certify teachers online. Now with master's certifications in high-growth disciplines like early-childhood and special-needs...
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Overhauling Rules for Higher Education: Modifying Federal Definitions for Distance Education
The Education Department's proposals for upcoming negotiated rule-making process would narrow the responsibilities of accreditors and modify federal definitions for credit hour and distance education.
Read more: Overhauling Rules for Higher Education: Modifying Federal Definitions for Distance Education


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Top-secret during WWII, the underground Churchill War Rooms––now preserved to resemble as closely as possible their authentic state in the 1940s––were the command centre from which Winston Churchill directed Britain's efforts in the war. The rooms and corridors, once walked...
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Logo is a programming language developed in the 1960s for educational purposes. Or, as some have said, "Logo is a programming language plus a philosophy of education". It is based on the assumption that children can learn to program from a very young age.
We've been involved with Logo since the mid 1980s, and we're proud to say that it has been used by tens of millions of kids around the world. Chances are, if you were a 4th-grader in the late 1980s and had computers at your school, you've played with Logo.
Its best-known feature is the "turtle", an on-screen cursor (usually depicted as a turtle or triangle) which can be given movement and drawing instructions, and which allows for immediate visual feedback and debugging, making the programmed production of line graphics rather intuitive.
This is something of a hobby research project we have been developing with a few friends, including Robbie Berg (Wellesley College Physics).
It is an easily programmable and inexpensive electronic construction kit aiming to make the design of electronic inventions more creative and playful. What we call the LogoChip is the basic building block: an easily programmable and inexpensive microcontroller. It is currently in use in a few dozen schools.


If you shrink overnight or your ski-loving child hits a growth spurt, always refer to this guide to provide you with the tips you need to pick the perfect ski pole size you need on your next ski session. If you want to start cross country skiing and stop hitting the slopes, remember to revisit this guide.... Your old skis may have reached the bridge of your nose, and these new ones may reach over your head, but if you size your new skis the same way you sized your old skis, your new skis will feel too short, twitchy, and unstable.
Buying ski boots can be an experience fraught with uncertainty. As you wring your hands inside of your local ski shop and ponder whether or not to drop around $700 on the the boots on your feet, take some solace in the fact that you read this article first.... Determing the Right Ski Size for You. First ask yourself a few important questions so you know what will perfectly fit your skill level, height and weight.
Within your suggested ski size range there are several reasons to choose a shorter or longer ski. A shorter ski will be easier to turn but not as stable as a longer ski. A carving ski with a skinnier waist and a smaller turn radius can be skied at a shorter length than an all-mountain or freeride ski with a larger turn radius and fatter waist width. Rockered skis are easier to pivot between how to get food out of your lungs Ski Boot Sizing & Buyer's Guide (Size, Fit & Flex) Boots are the single most important component of your ski setup, and it's worth spending extra time and energy to get the right boot with the right fit.
Determing the Right Ski Size for You. First ask yourself a few important questions so you know what will perfectly fit your skill level, height and weight.