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Let England Shake
The protest song has fallen on hard times in the 21st century, at least compared to the century prior. PJ Harvey's Let England Shake sought to settle that score, steeping raw-boned folk in thick, deep murk while stridently ringing the alarm against empire. Harvey once sang of memory, sensation, and lust; that's all gone now, luxuries for the innocent. Let England Shake didn't save the protest song, let alone stop any wars. But it reminded us that a state of red-eyed wakefulness is better than the alternative, and that hopelessness can be transformed into its own kind of hope. —Jason Heller
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Real intimacy is a tough thing to cultivate. To hear Miguel tell it, it's all about fear—in order to get truly close, fear needs to be acknowledged, and then left behind. It's a dynamic that propels Kaleidoscope Dream, an album remarkably devoid of that fear on both sonic and lyrical levels. There's a bravery to his mixture of R&B, funk, rock, and swirling psychedelia, genres strung together by his daring and agile voice; he howls and whispers, begs and pleads, seduces and suggests. But the real courageousness lies in his willing to appear nervous, corny, jealous, and scared. He asks if you still believe in love, implores you to use him, shyly inquires if he's the only one in your life, invites you to smoke a joint to get over it all. These are normal questions that take a lot of confidence to ask on record, and in asking them, Miguel pulls us into his warm, assured embrace. —Jamieson Cox
Miguel: "Adorn" (via SoundCloud)
The-Dream
Love King
Befitting a man capable of the self-mythology required to declare himself the Love King, a bit of R&B mythos: it's been said that one's predilection for Love Hate or Love vs. Money, the first two installments of The-Dream's "Love" trilogy, boils down to a preference between Prince and Michael Jackson. Love King, its final chapter, is harder to pigeonhole. Sure, there's the requisite Prince worship worn proudly on his slick leather sleeve—never better than on "Yamaha", the album's clear showpiece—but it exists unmistakably within the universe of Terius Nash, a precarious balance of pop osmosis, obsessive songcraft, well-timed petulance, and Homeric tug-of-war between heart and dick. Appropriately enough, the album also has the most self-aware moment of Nash's career: "I'll never be a pop star, I'm too raw," on the spectacularly unsubtle "Panties to the Side". It's half brag, half lament, and it's not just prescient—it's liberating. —Meaghan Garvey
w h o k i l l
The nature of Merrill Garbus' appeal summarized in one line: "I can't believe I ate the whole thing." The bold, inventive auteur behind tUnE-yArDs drops that bit of pop culture ephemera in the middle of her brilliant second album w h o k i l l, and the line is an unintentional tribute to the decadent, spiky complexities that comprise her singular vision. In Garbus' world, every option is on the table—hand-claps, guttural growls, sing-song patter verging on the framework of rap, nursery-rhyme chanting—but there's nuance, too. With Nate Brenner providing low-end bedrock and the assistance of a trusty looping device or two, Garbus approaches a minefield of topics—police brutality, the relation between gender dynamics and sexuality, body-image issues, racial tokenism—and refuses easy answers. She also understands that if you're gonna shake things up, you'd better make some room to dance around, too. —Larry Fitzmaurice
Acid Rap
Overflowing with ideas, Acid Rap is everything and the kitchen sink stuffed into a 54-minute box, its contradictions jutting out at odd angles. Chance was world-building, and that meant a radical inclusiveness. It's the product of a detail-oriented MC whose art is equally a product of agency and accident. He knows his craft backwards and forwards, but he expresses it with the careening enthusiasm of the ultimate multi-tasker. Unapologetically earnest, Chance has an abiding faith in people and love's power. But Acid Rap is also shot through with doubt and a distrust of easy solutions. Eager and enthusiastic, but still reckless and juvenile, he smokes cigarettes like a badge but does drugs like an idealist. Improvisational in spirit yet carefully crafted, it's a record that utilized juke rhythms, a live band, Quincy Jones keyboards, Sun Ra funk, and comfortable Native Tongues boom-bap. It's eager to please, and at the same time it yields to no authority. —David Drake
Chance the Rapper: "Chain Smoker"
Andy Stott's early singles lurched between micro-genres of techno (tech-house, minimal, dub techno, and so on) like someone blotto at a club. But beginning with the EPs We Stay Together and Passed Me By, Stott brought his productions into deadly focus. His drums turned into bludgeons and the empty spaces filled with blackness and dread; it was dance music closer to Sunn O))) and Merzbow than the type you'd hear at a superclub. Luxury Problems added just a glint of light, which came in the form of Stott's old piano teacher, Alison Skidmore; she added operatic vocals and wordless sighs which Stott then submerged in his turbid productions. Here, Stott struck a perfect balance between angelic beauty and the body-pummeling beat. —Andy Beta
Andy Stott: "Numb" (via SoundCloud)
Nostalgia, Ultra.
It was by some misfire of either branding or timing that Frank Ocean was lumped in with emotionally deadened blog-bait avant-R&B, because his freebie debut Nostalgia, Ultra had a whole lot of life in it. The secret of Nostalgia is that it's not actually a genre-defying album. Yes, there's the Coldplay and MGMT beat-jacks that bookend the album, but the middle was mostly filled out with more organic offerings from radio staples like Tricky Stewart (Beyoncé, Rihanna) and Happy Perez (Miguel). Frank pushed forward through songwriting, not sonics, finding the midpoint between old school instincts and new school content. His narratives are naked and almost psychedelically vivid in the style of the best Prince or Marvin songs, but the themes of Coachella jaunts and fatherless childhoods are decidedly millennial. —Andrew Nosnitsky
Frank Ocean: "Songs For Women"
Beach House's early albums were dreamy, but slight; they suggested romance but didn't have the strength to commit to it. By Bloom, they had, well—let's say the title resonated across metaphors: floral, sexual, spiritual, developmental. Blame the rhythm section, which seemed to suddenly grow hips, or singer Victoria Legrand, who stalks the album with the certainty of a palm-reader you dread to admit was right all along. "One in your life," she warns on "Wishes"—"it happens once and rarely twice," dark cliffs and lightning bolts implied. Like the moon, she looks pretty up there but that doesn't mean she can't control the tide. —Mike Powell
Beach House: "Myth" (via SoundCloud)
Sky Ferreira
Night Time, My Time
Pop culture history repeats, first as irony, and then as simple truth: "I've got a lust for life," Sky Ferreira sighs, and it's less reference than resonance, a trace of the past that responds to the urgent needs of now. As with Haim's Days Are Gone (with whom it shares a producer), the soupy, smeared, and overdriven new wave pastiche pop-rock of Night Time, My Time imagines pasts that never existed. The Jesus and Mary Chain joining Transvision Vamp? Curve kidnapping Cathy Dennis? This slippery retro sound, instantly familiar but resolutely unplaceable, perfectly matches Ferreira's recurrent message, delivered to disappointing lovers and a judging public alike: you don't know me like you think you do. But even when the singer pushes everyone away, the nagging hooks and intoxicatingly viscous arrangements pull you back in; for once the pop star as car crash in slow motion narrative delivers a soundtrack to match. —Tim Finney
Sky Ferreira: "Everything Is Embarassing" (via SoundCloud)
Even though it's virtually the same image that appeared on his Klavierwerke EP a few months prior, there's something perfect about the blurred, two-faced portrait of James Blake that also adorns the cover of his full-length debut. Now cast in a cold, soft cerulean hue, Blake had announced his Blue Period—ambitious for a kid barely out of college with only a few EPs under his belt. But after covering so much ground over the course of those releases (CMYK's hyperkinetic pop, the knotting of his own voice and classically trained piano chops on Klavierwerke), he'd earned it.
James Blake is a document of an artist at a creative crossroads—a preposterous claim to make about a debut, if only we weren't talking about a brain that works as fast as Blake's. Instead of doubling down on his more idiosyncratic impulses, he used his big moment to pull back into himself, offering 11 tracks that were crestfallen and complicated, but never confused in their intent. James Blake is a singer-songwriter album at its core, with personal, simple songs fighting against the tug of the bleary, pitch-shifted present and the beat-fractured future. Maybe it wasn't what some wanted from the genre-shifting wunderkind, but from the aching futurist gospel of "I Never Learnt to Share" to the uneasy iridescence of opener "Unluck", Blake's blues proved to be not only definitive, but lasting. —Zach Kelly
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
A post-rock ensemble with orchestral ambitions and the heart of a squat full of Crass-patched crust-punks: Godspeed You! Black Emperor had no right to exist in the first place, let alone survive long enough to make Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!. But they did, and it's a damn good thing. As the indie world grew in size but shrank in scope, Allelujah! kicked open the airlock, letting the gravity of its vast, ragged sound vacuum the place clean. Then Godspeed filled that void back up with paranoia, wonder, and the transcendental sense that music may yet find a way to fuse with the soul. —Jason Heller
Mexican Summer
Replica is the sound of ambient music resurfacing: whipping its head around, sputtering for air, delighted at its own physicality. The album seems intent on throwing you off its scent, whether via its ghoulish cover art or its attack-on-memory conception: Daniel Lopatin famously sourced some of Replica's sounds from old VHS cassettes. So while all signs point to Replica being a treatise on reminiscence and reproduction, it's an album whose noises and voices feel bodily and present. Replica is the rare album of abstract, manicured sound that hovers instead of retreats. Even "Remember", which features a sampled voice instructing us to do just that, is an affirmation that memory diving is an active, participatory pursuit. It's a choice, one that Replica in turn gulps down and spits out, never allowing itself to slip into passivity. —Andrew Gaerig
Oneohtrix Point Never: "Replica" (via SoundCloud)
In 2012, Devon Welsh decided that he should make his and Matthew Otto's Majical Cloudz records "as simple as possible—down to just the emotions and lyrics." Simplicity is what gives Impersonator, an LP with sparse, unassuming instrumentation, its power. Welsh has a commanding vocal presence, and when he uses simple loops to embolden the emotions he's conveying in his lyrics, he demands attention. He stares directly into your eyes and professes his love. With urgency, he tells you that things won't end well. Sometimes he picks you up, sometimes he crushes you. A few times, he breaks the fourth wall, writing songs about what it's like to write songs that are this personal. By making himself vulnerable, Welsh conveys that it's OK for you to feel vulnerable, too. —Evan Minsker
Majical Cloudz: "Childhood's End" (via SoundCloud)
Flockaveli
Prodigy of Mobb Deep once called hip hop "heavy metal for the black people," but the analogy didn't become reality until the reign of Waka Flocka Flame. His Flockaveli was an all-engulfing affair, with Waka's capillary-popping battle cries and onomatopoeic gun sound adlibs bringing both gangsta rap and headbanging (or, if you will, dread-shaking) back. Much of this success can be attributed to producer Lex Luger, whose infinity thumps and rolling high hats would prove to provide the blueprint for the street rap that followed (and, more regrettably, the strain EDM known as "Trap.") But Flockaveli was also a communal space, a collection of minor posse cuts that afforded Brick Squad bit players like YG Hootie and the late Slim Dunkin the same shine as the headliner. Like most great gangsta rap (and gangs), it was more about loyalty than destruction. —Andrew Nosnitsky
Vampire Weekend's 2008 debut was precision engineered to inspire music critic hot-takes, stirring up a bonfire of class, race, privilege, and appropriation and leaving it coy and cloudy whether their country club aesthetic was oblivious or tongue-in-cheek. Opening Contra with a horchata/balaclava rhyme slyly threw gas on those flames, but by the end of the record they'd shown their true hand: an updated, musical interpolation of Less Than Zero, simultaneously condemning and participating in rich kid excess. The last two songs, "Diplomat's Son" and "I Think Ur a Contra", buttress their lyrical depth by stretching VW's sound far past chirpy, vocabulary test ska-pop and into the richer territory expanded upon in Modern Vampires of the City, placing Ezra Koenig's tenor within a sonic backdrop of chip-tune reggae, swirling strings, and unpredictable rhythms that feels lush but hauntingly hollow, a personality crisis in a popped collar. —Rob Mitchum
Free Bandz
In the last few years, Atlanta rap has spawned both huge street hits and quirky micro-trends that quickly cycle out of style, so there wasn't necessarily much reason to get excited about Future based on his early successes. His established sound was no accident, though, and the uncompromising Pluto proved it. "Same Damn Time" offers a Jupiter-sized turn up, but Pluto is at its best in deep space, when it relies on Future's imperfect croak of a voice and uses the chilling, robotic sounds of Auto-Tune as an effect to heighten emotions. The combination lets pain bleed through on "Permanent Scar", highlights triumph in "Straight Up", and draws a stellar picture of love on "Astronaut Chick" and "Turn on the Lights". Jump-starting the careers of producers like Mike WiLL Made It and Sonny Digital, Pluto wasn't just another Atlanta trend; it reinvigorated Auto-Tune's artistic potential and took the whole city's sound to outer space. —Kyle Kramer
Italians Do It Better
Kill for Love
Johnny Jewel doesn't just write albums, he tells stories like an auteur filmmaker. Kill for Love is less a big-screen blockbuster than it is an art-house cult classic. With 17 vignettes featuring glittering synth-pop, minimalist Italo, and flourishes of kraut and glam rock, Chromatics' 2012 LP illustrates a disconnected ensemble drama. It's an epic, a near hour and a half of vamps, tramps, lovers, and addicts awash in a metropolis illuminated only by flickering neon signs and dim street lights. Singer Ruth Radelet intoxicates you with cooed lines about bygone starlets and nocturnal passion, as Jewel crafts timeless soundscapes which feel as cinematic as they do immediate and unforgettable. No other album in the past five years evoked such vivid, detailed imagery with a sound palette so pointedly austere. —Patric Fallon
Chromatics: "Kill for Love" (via SoundCloud)
Roc-A-Fella
To get a sense of how greatly a Jay Z/Kanye West joint album loomed over the public's imagination, look no further than that album cycle's most definitive document: Funkmaster Flex's unveiling of Watch the Throne's first single, "Otis", live on Hot 97 the night of July 20, 2011. "For you new rappers, go back to the lab and reassess your whole album and career," Flex bellowed, sounding more ferociously fired up than ever. "Things have just changed for the summer. It's not our fault, it's yours!" He spun the track back countless times and then paused it to advise civilians to "go into the store right now and put your hand into the cash register for no reason," citing his own InFlexWeTrust.com traffic numbers: this is more or less how the next 22 minutes proceeded. The resulting album, Watch the Throne, couldn't top this moment, though it provided many memorable joints: "Niggas in Paris", "Gotta Have It", "No Church in the Wild", the bonkers deluxe cut "Illest Motherfucker Alive". Jay Z and Kanye pulled the Bored Rich Person's Gambit and made this album because they could, and what they create on Watch the Throne is thrilling fun that now stands as the hallmark for rap world opulence. —Corban Goble
Jay Z / Kanye West: "Otis" (via SoundCloud)
Wakin on a Pretty Daze
By most objective standards, Kurt Vile's music has grown increasingly "boring"—he hired a real producer and developed an interest in extended guitar solos, drum machines, and phaser pedals. His songs can last up to 10 minutes, and he talks about his kids a lot. At 11 songs and well over an hour, Wakin on a Pretty Daze is presumably where the indulgences of prog-rock and dad-rock align, but even if the terminally chill Vile were the type to be bothered by those critiques, he can only dignify them with a response of, "What's your hurry?" Vile canvasses the astoundingly trivial, the mundane, and the most important shit imaginable, and whether it's ruminating on "Air Bud", a forgotten friend, what it means to be a good father, or the meaning of life itself, these things take time. Vile gives you all the space you need, offering the occasional "whoo!" or classic rawk riff as encouragement, a reminder that all of this wakeful meditation can result in a physical payoff. The guy once said "Life's a while", and on Wakin On A Pretty Daze, he learned to take it as it comes. —Ian Cohen
Nothing Was the Same
"I'm just feeling like the throne is for the taking/ Watch me take it." Drake threw down the gauntlet with that line from "I'm On One", released just before the sun rose on the summer of 2011; a few months later, he would assume it with confidence thanks to Take Care, a sprawling, stylistically broad document of life as an ascendant young superstar. Nothing Was the Same, then, is a record hardened by the pressures of wearing the crown: it's darker, more muscular, laser-focused. Songs that shed light on a wide spectrum of emotion—think of "Marvins Room", proud and horny and jealous and lonely, and faded to boot—are replaced with concentrated bursts of feeling, with single-word descriptors: triumphant Drake, nostalgic Drake, lovelorn Drake, paranoid Drake. There are moments of light and charisma scattered throughout the record, of course—this is the work of one of this generation's great communicators, silver-tongued and agile, confident and self-aware, always making plays for both the bedroom and the block. But it's mostly the sound of someone reaching a summit and realizing just how lonely it can be at the top. —Jamieson Cox
Drake: "Hold On, We're Going Home" [ft. Majid Jordan] (via SoundCloud)
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Nederburg introduces new assistant white-wine maker, Jamie Fredericks.
The overseas trip she refers to was an opportunity to work in California after her studies. Her journey into wine, however, started some time before that.
She soon realised it wasn't for her. "The degree wasn't broad enough for me," she says. "So, I switched to Molecular Biology and Biotechnology."
Being in the heart of wine country, Jamie almost inevitably developed a social appreciation and love for wine too. "Wine is a big part of the Stellenbosch culture and learning and tasting different wines and all its different expressions led me to want to know more," she says.
Her BSc graduation was promptly followed by appointment in 2015 as a laboratory analyst intern at Distell's Die Bergkelder.
It has been a steep learning curve, although maintaining an objective view has helped. "I always look at a situation from both ends to find a solution," she explains, adding that she's most proud of the ability she's learnt to "not take things too seriously".
It's the reason for a very strong conviction: "For me, it's family over everything," she says.
The more recent addition of wine to her passions - along with Irish whisky - has expanded her epicurean tastes. Jamie expresses a passion for Chenin Blanc, "for its versatility". "The wine is used for the making of sparkling, dry, semi-sweet or sweet wine styles, as well as brandy; and, it can handle oak integration. It's is also less prone to oxidation," she says.
In pairing food and wine, however, she pursues that "perfect match" that brings body and aroma of wine into line with that of a well-made dish.
For her, the perfect matches with each of the five Nederburg Heritage Heroes wines, a gourmet range commemorating Nederburg personalities of the past, are simple: "I would pair The Anchorman Chenin Blanc, with a creamy pasta and side of salad. The wine has a rounder palate due to oak integration, but still shows fresh flavours such as apricots and nectarines."
"The Motorcycle Marvel Rhône-style red blend offers an explosion of warm spices such as cloves and cinnamon, yet still manages to hold ripe berry flavours. I would pair this well with spicy Cape Malay dishes. "
"The Brew Master Bordeaux-style blend is a very elegant yet full-bodied wine with dark chocolate, cigar box and vanilla flavours. It's a lovely match with red meats like roasted lamb, or even a lekker braai!"
"The Beautiful Lady Gewürztraminer is a supremely aromatic wine due to extended skin contact before pressing. It has bursts of Turkish delight and sweet litchi flavours. This wine goes well with charcuterie or even a dessert."
From gran and mum came much of Jamie's outlook on life. "It's important to love who you are and be yourself. Work hard, very hard. Even if you aren't the smartest or the most talented, hard work surpasses it all. Don't let past circumstances get in the way of realising your potential," she says.


In the last couple of years, Twitter has become arguably the digital world's forefront destination for immediate breaking news updates.
Users feeds are littered with updates from the world of news, sport, politics and current affairs as they happen, while ongoing stories are continually updated from news organisations and eye witnesses before traditional online and broadcast media are able to prepare their reports.
Now the social network wants to take this one step further by trialling ways to bring these breaking news updates directly to users without the need to check or refresh their news feed.
The company is working on ways to notify users of stories they may be interested in by sending updates via Direct Messages. Twitter has set up a new account called @EventParrot where users can sign up to become part of the experiment.
The first message sent to followers informed followed that "Rebels have kidnapped Libya's prime minister, his spokeswoman told CNN," along with a link to the CNN story.
Other than that, there has been no official comment from Twitter on the experiment, save for designer Paul Stamatiou's confirmation to The Next Web that the company is behind the project.
The launch of the EventParrot account bares resemblance to the social network's @MagicRecs initiative which sent willing users links to tweets they may be interested in via direct messages.
MagicRecs is now part of the Twitter mobile ecosystem, so it seems fair to suggest that if the EventParrot trial goes well then it could become the norm before too long.


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One, two, three - Dig In!
We hid the bike so The Little Prince wouldn't see it during dinner!
This was the best reaction I got where he wasn't jumping up and down!
Nine months old - don't care!
My niece and nephew bought their Mother's gift with their own money!
Never talked to us again after the dollhouse was unveiled!
My oldest daughter and my favorite grandchild!
I have to add that this is the daughter that almost died in July.
I'm so thrilled that she's well, thriving and living her life 4 months later.
I'm in the sewing cave for the next couple of days...hopefully I will have something more to share soon!
Looks like you had a fabulous day - and I look forward to seeing what comes out of the cave!!
It looks like you had a perfect Christmas.
Oh my gosh so happy to see your daughter doing great!
You have a beautiful family Carolyn!
Sweet pictures of your beautiful family. Looks like you all had a blast.
What a wonderful family you have, you are so blessed. Glad your daughter is recovering so well.
Absolutely beautiful family. So happy that it was joyous.
looks like perfection. that bike & dollhouse...perfect christmas surprises! so glad to see your lovely family all together & healthy!
Thanks for sharing your Christmas with us! Christmas is so much about the kids. I would have stopped everything too to play with that doll house! So glad your daughter is doing so well!
Thanks for sharing your Christmas with us. Beautiful family.
Thank you for sharing those wonderful pictures of your holiday with family. Just amazing and full of love.
So glad your daughter is doing great! Awesome Christmas memories!
You and your family looked like you had a fun and happy Xmas - lovely photos. I love that a blog can also be a memory book . Happy New Year.
Oh my goodness, what a beautiful family! You are correct, Carolyn . . . the joy of children DOES make the season brighter! Thank you for sharing your magical, happy photos. You are truly blessed.
What a beautiful Christmas celebration.
Made me smile to share your family's Christmas! You are incredibly generous as always. I wish all of your loved ones a happy and healthy New Year!
You are so right! Christmas with children/grandchildren makes it all worth the effort! I was asked the other day by a married father of twins nephew (his twins aren't quite old enough to know what time santa comes?) what time we get up on Christmas morning since we no longer have kids at home. I told him t was up to his uncle it would be 4:oo a.m...., lol he still is a kid at heart and can hardly wait for the excitement of the day. It's a good thing the grandkids wake up around 5; it would drive him crazy to have to wait much longer for them to show up at our house! Merry Christmas and have a wonderful and safe New Year! Seems to me... that Yes, you have had a wonderful blessing in your daughter regaining her good health.
Beautiful Christmas! Happy New Year!!!
That picture of the Little Prince finding his bike is awesome, not so much for His reaction, but the look of love and pride on his mother's face is amazing! True beauty there!
Melissa - actually that's my Sister! My daughter, the Little Prince's mother, is in the picture holding the baby.
You all had such a good time. Great to have little ones at Christmas.
You guys look like you had a wonderful celebration!! Merry Christmas and happy 2016!
What an Awesome Christmas and wishing You and Yours a Happy,Healthy & Prosperous New Year.


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Famed French Chef Loses Lawsuit Over Michelin Downgrade
Tracy Connor
Published Jan. 01, 2020 6:02AM ET
Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
A French chef has lost the legal battle he launched after the Michelin Guide downgraded his restaurant from its top rating of three stars to a merely coveted two stars. Marc Veyrat, who rules over the Alpine kitchen of Maison des Bois, demanded the Michelin reviewers turn over their notes and meal receipts—and claimed the demotion gave him a nervous breakdown, The New York Times reported. A court ruled this week that there was no evidence the restaurant, where a meal costs more than $300, had suffered by losing a star.
Read it at The New York Times

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Machine learning has increasingly gained more popularity with its incredibly powerful ability to make predictions or calculate suggestions for large amounts of data. We apply machine learning classification to 85 613 922 objects in the Gaia Data Release 2, based on a combination of Pan-STARRS 1 and AllWISE data. The classification results are cross-matched with the Simbad database, and the total accuracy is 91.9%. Our sample is dominated by stars, ∼98%, and galaxies make up 2%. For the objects with negative parallaxes, about 2.5% are galaxies and QSOs, while about 99.9% are stars if the relative parallax uncertainties are smaller than 0.2. Our result implies that using the threshold of 0 < σπ/π < 0.2 could yield a very clean stellar sample.


Matthew Hopkins, of Manningtree in Essex, was the self proclaimed Witchfinder General in East Anglia between 1644 and 1647. He was responsible for the persecution and unjust deaths of 300 women during this short period, and accounted for the majority of witch trials during this dark period.
The convictions were mainly obtained by forced confessions, and Hopkins gained considerable financial benefit from his activities. His book The Discovery of Witches influenced later atrocities in New England, most notably in Salem.
His brutal legacy was summed up by the eminent scholar Montague Summers who observed that "his crusade up and down the eastern counties, which created something like a reign of terror at the time, has caused his name to stink in the nostrils of all decent persons ever since".
Folk devils and moral panics are still with us, which is why 25% of the proceeds from the sale of the Witchfinder General tea towel are now being donated to the crowdfunded short film The Wick.Set in 1808, The Wick is a Universal and timely story of a strong woman, striving for justice and fighting for the rights of the under represented and misunderstood. A tale of deceit and persecution of a woman who fights for justice against a lawless witch hunter.
Hopefully the ironic legacy of Hopkins' abominations will be to at least support something valuable, and highlight the continued persecution of individuals today. The film will make a fitting memorial to those whose only crime was often simply to hold non conformist beliefs.


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New name for familiar brand
By The Oppenheimer Group
Oct. 22, 2012, Vancouver – While The Oppenheimer Group may be one of the
best known names in the international produce community, day-to-day the
industry has long called the full-service marketing and distribution
company something else altogether.
Oct. 22, 2012, Vancouver – While The Oppenheimer Group may be one of the best known names in the international produce community, day-to-day the industry has long called the full-service marketing and distribution company something else altogether.
"Our friends call us Oppy," said John Anderson, chairman, president and CEO. And as the organization began a brand-refreshment initiative earlier this year, the moniker resonated.
"Anyone who does business with us knows that we are less formal and organizationally nimbler than our full company name might suggest," he said. "Sometimes nicknames are more apt than official ones. Oppy is fresh and contemporary, and reflects the evolution of our business, now and moving forward."
Anderson also noted that Oppy is an easy shortcut that many of the company's international growers, customers and team members already use, so the shift will come naturally. The trade will have the opportunity to learn more about Oppy at PMA Fresh Summit in Anaheim this week.
The road to Oppy has been a long and storied one – though Anderson asserts that the new name is fully focused on the organization's future.
"Many know us as one of the oldest companies in the industry," he said. "We are proud of our longevity and achievements, of course. But we are more interested in staying at the forefront, and Oppy is symbolic of that.
"We are focusing on refining our supply chain to efficiently serve our growers and our customers even better. Using technology to simplify what it takes to go to market. By innovating flavours, pack styles and delivery systems."
Natural Insect Control
Stevensville, ON
Ogena Solutions Canada Corp.
Acti-Sol
Communities in Bloom winners announced
BioWorks partners with CanHorta Alliance


We removed existing roof material to deck and installed a 30 year GAF shingle in Weatherwood.
We located and patched 13 additional holes and patches.
We shoveled snow and ice, moved rocks to to inspect roof, and repaired multiple splits, seam, and holes in multiple locations.
We installed and resealed boot on upper section of roof.
We repaired 39 holes in upper south end between skylights and repaired seam on north side upper roof by drain.
We removed existing roof material down to wood deckin, installed a 30 year Architectural shingle in Grey Blend and installed new 7/16" OSB sheeting.
We installed gutter and downspouts, installed self-regulated de-icing cable on north side of house on eve of roof and in gutter and downspouts. Then we connected to inside panel and repaired the electrical line that is connected to the shed.
We removed snow and ice and probed leak in EPDM roof near drain.
We repaired roof on EPDM above unit 910. Then we removed rock and set aside. Finally, we installed EPDM patch and replaced rocks.


Silvero will participate in a panel led CAS arbitrator and partner at Baer & Karrer law firm Michele Bernasconi.
The conference is focussed on the recent amendments to FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players and will include a presentation on Just Cause, termination due to outstanding salaries and consequences of termination without just cause. Session topics will also look at the restrictions on the contractual freedom of the parties, execution of monetary decisions, and the new powers that FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber have.
With the summer transfer window fast approaching the conference is a timely reminder on the new guiding principles within the transfer market that FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said on a number of occasions needed revision.
The second day of the conference is dedicated to esports and the challenges they present to regulators and sports lawyers.
Sternhemier, now a partner at Morgan Sports Law, was formerly the deputy general secretary of CAS, and will bring his unique experience to bear on the issues of the incorporation of esport into the existing international structure of sports governance and sports tribunals.


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"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek gave an exclusive interview to "Good Morning America" on Wednesday about his recent cancer diagnosis, discussing both the highs and lows he has experienced since he announced in March that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
"People all over America have been sharing their good thoughts, their advice, their prayers, and I feel it is making a difference in my well-being," Trebek told "GMA" host Robin Roberts.
Trebek said that hearing from cancer survivors has been an inspiration to him.
"I've had so many contacts from people who have survived cancer for 10 years, 12 years, 14 years," Trebek said. "I am now a 30-day cancer survivor. I'm going to catch up to those other people."
Trebek also discussed some of the tougher parts of treatment, saying that chemotherapy has induced "surges of deep, deep sadness" that have brought him to tears, and that he feels "weak all the time."
"My oncologist tells me I'm doing well," Trebek said, "even though I don't always feel it."
However, the "Jeopardy!" host said he remained optimistic that he would be ready to host the show again this fall.
"It is something that I am afflicted with. We are dealing with it chemically and spiritually, and those are positives," Trebek said. "And hopefully everything is going to turn out well, and I'll be back on the air with original programming come this September."
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L'Anio vetus (o "Aniene vecchio") fu il secondo acquedotto costruito per l'approvvigionamento idrico della città di Roma, dopo l'acquedotto Appio, realizzato circa quarant'anni prima. L'aggettivo vetus (vecchio) gli venne attribuito solo quando, circa tre secoli più tardi, fu realizzato un altro "acquedotto Anio", appunto il novus.

Storia

Fu costruito con i fondi del bottino derivato dalla guerra vittoriosa combattuta da Roma contro Taranto e Pirro tra il 272 e il 269 a.C. dal censore Manio Curio Dentato che il senato aveva appositamente nominato "duumvir aquae perducendae" insieme a Fulvio Flacco, che però morì pochi giorni dopo il conferimento dell'incarico.

LAnio vetus fu restaurato tre volte, contemporaneamente all'acquedotto Appio: nel 144 a.C., dal pretore Quinto Marcio Re, in occasione della costruzione dell'acquedotto dellAqua Marcia (che rinforzava lAnio vetus con la cessione di 164 quinarie tramite un condotto secondario nella zona di Casal Morena); nel 33 a.C., quando Agrippa monopolizzò nelle sue mani il controllo di tutto l'apparato idrico della città; e tra l'11 ed il 4 a.C., ad opera di Augusto. Con quest'ultimo intervento venne costruita una diramazione sotterranea, chiamata "specus Octavianus", che, partendo dall'attuale zona del Pigneto, seguiva la via Casilina e raggiungeva l'area dove poi vennero costruite le Terme di Caracalla. Sempre con il restauro di Augusto la via percorsa dall'Anio Vetus e dall'Acqua Marcia venne contrassegnata con dei cippi numerati, che però non è escluso fossero già presenti fin dall'epoca della costruzione di entrambi.

È attestato qualche altro restauro nei primi due secoli d.C. In particolare, all'epoca dell'imperatore Adriano risale la costruzione di un ponte (noto oggi come "Ponte della Mola"), nei pressi dell'abitato di San Vittorino, realizzato per attraversare una vallata che consentiva un accorciamento di circa 1,5 km sul percorso. Si tratta di una struttura lunga 156 m e alta 24,50, con un doppio ordine di 29 arcate a cui vanno aggiunte due arcate iniziali singole. La parte centrale, per un tratto di tre doppie arcate, è crollata nel 1965, e una quarta doppia arcata adiacente è stata subito dopo demolita perché pericolante.

Percorso e caratteristiche tecniche

Captava le acque direttamente dal fiume Aniene (Anio) nei pressi di Tivoli, all'altezza del XXIX miglio della via Valeria, in un'area imprecisata che secondo alcune fonti potrebbe trovarsi circa 850 m a monte di San Cosimato, presso la confluenza nell'Aniene del torrente Fiumicino, tra i comuni di Vicovaro e Mandela (una regione della Sabina che era stata conquistata dallo stesso Manio Curio Dentato poco tempo prima), ma alla ricchezza della portata media si contrapponevano alcuni problemi, come la diminuzione della portata stessa in periodi di siccità o l'intorbidamento dell'acqua a seguito di grandi piogge e piene. Questi inconvenienti suggerirono, in epoca imperiale, di destinare lAnio vetus all'irrigazione di ville e giardini e all'alimentazione delle relative fontane.

Dal bacino di raccolta (230 x 165 x circa 5 m), posto a 262 m di quota, partiva il condotto, lungo 43 miglia romane (circa 63,5 km.), di cui 42,779 sotterranee. Il percorso, che terminava in città nella zona denominata "ad spem veterem", nei pressi dell'attuale Porta Maggiore, era in realtà molto più lungo del necessario, perché le tecniche costruttive, ancora poco avanzate, preferivano un percorso lungo e tortuoso, che seguisse per quanto possibile l'orografia del terreno per mantenere una pendenza costante, piuttosto che un tragitto molto più breve ma che costringeva alla costruzione di ponti e passaggi sospesi. E infatti, giunto fin nei pressi di Tivoli, il condotto raggiungeva la zona dell'attuale comune di Gallicano nel Lazio, quindi seguiva la via Prenestina fino a Gabii e da lì la via Latina nella zona dell'attuale Casal Morena, dove, con una "piscina limaria" (bacino di decantazione), una parte delle acque veniva smistata nelle ville rurali del circondario. Il condotto superava poi la via Tuscolana, la via Labicana ed attraversava la via Prenestina con l'unico tratto scoperto, pari a circa 330 m, fino "ad spem veterem"; da qui il percorso urbano, sempre sotterraneo, girava intorno all'Esquilino e, superando le aree dell'attuale Stazione Termini e di piazza M. Fanti, giungeva alla porta Esquilina, dove il "castello" terminale provvedeva alla distribuzione dell'acqua alle varie utenze pubbliche.

Il condotto, di 1,75 x 0,80 m, era realizzato in blocchi di tufo, e la portata era all'inizio di 4.398 quinarie, corrispondenti a 182.517 m³ giornalieri e 2.111 litri al secondo, ma a causa di dispersioni accidentali o abusive durante il percorso, e di un paio di diramazioni secondarie, la portata finale al "castello" di porta Esquilina era di sole 1.348 quinarie (55.942 m³ al giorno e 647 litri al secondo).

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Chris finally got the his custom colored PERRIN FMIC installed just in time for the first annual Big North West Subaru Meet and we had some time to do some dyno testing and also have some fun retuning his STI. No i am tuning, I swear, I am not just looking at the desktop....... Since our last dyno session back in March (cold out as well) we had installed a PERRIN Header as well as the FMIC. This is important to note because normally we see sligthly less response on the dyno after an Front Mount Intercooler is installed, but in this case that didn't happen due to the header being installed. Saying his boost tubes are turquoise sounds scary but they turned out really sweet and pretty much everyone at the show loved them. The red line shows the old Stage 2 custom tune we did a few months back. This tune was done with no header or FMIC installed. This HP is lower than it was in March, but that is to be expected as that was in Febuary/ March and its now 85F out. The turquoise line shows what Chris was able to extract from the car with the FMIC and header now bein installed. Most important thing to see is how there is MORE response with our HEADER and FMIC installed which in turn makes for more torque at lower RPM's. By far Chris's STI is making more WHP and TQ than any other stock turbo STI that has ever been on our dyno. Its even more than a couple of STIs done on Water Meth! We still have the turbo inlet hose to install and the EBCS Pro to install, which means more power!!


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Q: Guidance on producing multivariate Radar plots in ggplot I am currently attempting to make two different radar plots (see attached drawn representations).
Both plots use the same nested experimental design utilizing two independent variables: location and lithology, covering 36 experimental sites. Location has three levels (W,C,E) with each of the categories containing three lithologies (C,M,P).
Plot one is a representation of the distribution of altitude and orientation across sites with orientation being in degrees (0-360) and altitude being in meters.
Plot two will be used to represent the differing minerology of groups of site utilizing three minerals (A,B,C).
Drawn depiction of radar plot 1 with four cardinal directions, colours representing climate location (independent variable 1) and shapes representing lithology (independent variable 2).  Circles represent altitude with larger distance from the center indicating higher altitude
The second radar plot uses the same independent variables: location (W,C,E) and lithology (C,M,P) with the red highlighted area representing the quantity of mineral A and yellow indicating mineral B .
If anyone has any pointers, packages or guides which could help I would greatly appreciate it.
Edit:  The second plot doesn't seem too difficult to make but the first is still causing issues.  I have partially solved using polar plots but am now having difficulty adjusting the aesthetics.
Data head:
head(radar_plot_data)
climate  lithology     plot pos_lit  code altitude_m orientation_ao
1: Central Calcareous C.C.Pp.1      CC C.C.1       1150          150.8
2: Central Calcareous C.C.Pp.2      CC C.C.2        860           24.0
3: Central Calcareous C.C.Pp.3      CC C.C.3       1026           90.0
4: Central Calcareous C.C.Pp.4      CC C.C.4       1326           86.3
5: Central Calcareous C.C.Pp.5      CC C.C.5        966           87.5
6: Central Metapelite C.M.Pp.1      CM C.M.1        951           28.3
Current code:
`ggplot(radar_plot_data, aes(x = orientation_ao)) +`

geom_point(aes(x = orientation_ao, y = altitude_m,
shape = climate, color = lithology, stroke = 2.5)) +
coord_polar() +
scale_x_continuous(limits = c(0,360),
breaks = seq(0, 360, by = 45),
minor_breaks = seq(0, 360, by = 15))

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The Edges of Dreaming – Page 2 – (Formerly At Water's Edge) Weekly ambient and electronic music program on RadioSpiral and Second Life. Hosted by Rebekkah Hilgraves, Saturdays from 12-3pm Pacific Time/US.
With only a single entry for this week's "Harmonium" challenge, we draw heavily on the RadioSpiral library this week for a program inspired by glass in many states.
For the "Harmonium" challenge, artists were to take glass sounds (struck, rung, sung, blown, etc.) and make music of the sounds. We only received one brief entry (thank you, Cloudwalk!), but the topic inspired a fascinating show anyway.
On this edition of At Water's Edge, we are lost, we wander, and we are found.
In the North Carolina Highlands, also known as Asheville, forecasters are predicting snow this weekend. It stands to reason that "Snow" should be today's topic on At Water's Edge.
We'll hear all kinds of snow music from all kinds of artists in the RadioSpiral library, including a collaboration yours truly did with Scott Lawlor some years ago called "Recollecting the Snow".
This week's edition of At Water's Edge is another challenge episode. The requirement for the challenge was to create a winter track that did not rely on the usual audio tropes such as sleigh bells and so on.
The episode now takes on extra significance for personal reasons, and we are grateful for the outpouring of love and support.
Five artists stepped up to the challenge this time: playman54, Glenn Sogge, George L Smyth, Tony Gerber, and Palancar.
The second of a two part series, this week we focus on various kinds of courage: daring to dream, daring to look into the future, daring to leap, daring to love.
Last week we heard music about Truth and perception, and observed that telling the truth can sometimes make one vulnerable. So truth is, in fact, a kind of dare.


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Іва́н Ма́ркович Ковале́нко ( , село Пустовійтівка, тепер Роменського району Сумської області — , село Петрівка-Роменська Гадяцького району Полтавської області) — український радянський діяч, новатор виробництва в нафтогазодобувній промисловості, буровий майстер Глинсько-Розбишівської партії Миргородської контори буріння Полтавської області. Депутат Верховної Ради УРСР 7—8-го скликань. Герой Соціалістичної Праці (4.07.1966).

Біографія
Народився в селянській родині. Освіта неповна середня. Трудову діяльність розпочав у 1940 році колгоспником колгоспу «Більшовик» Роменського району.

У 1941—1943 роках працював на різних роботах в громадському дворі (створеного німецькою окупаційною владою), у 1943 році вивезений в трудовий табір міста Новгород-Сіверського.

У 1944—1948 роках — у лавах Радянської армії. Учасник німецько-радянської війни. У 1944 був важко поранений біля міста Варшави.

У 1948—1952 роках — буровий, верховий робітник, помічник бурильника, бурильник Засульської нафторозвідувальної партії тресту «Укрсхіднафтогазрозвідка».

З 1952 року — буровий майстер, бригадир бурильників Глинсько-Розбишівської дільниці Миргородської контори розвідувального буріння тресту «Полтаванафтогазрозвідка» Полтавської області.

Член КПРС з 1968 року.

З 1972 року — старший буровий майстер Глинсько-Розбишівської партії глибокого буріння Миргородської нафтогазорозвідувальної експедиції (контори буріння) тресту «Полтаванафтогазрозвідка» Полтавської області.

Звання Героя Соціалістичної Праці Іванові Коваленку присвоєно Указом Президії Верховної Ради СРСР від 4 липня 1966 року за успіхи, досягнуті при виконанні завдань п'ятирічного плану розвитку геолого-розвідувальних робіт, відкриття і розвитку родовищ корисних копалин.

Бурова бригада, очолювана Іваном Коваленком, систематично виконувала виробничі завдання. Уперше в тресті бригадою застосовано алмазні та гідромоторні долота і висококальцієві розчини, що дало економічний ефект у сумі 114 тис. крб. План 9-ї п'ятирічки бригада виконала достроково 1 квітня 1973 року, понад п'ятирічне завдання пробурено 2367 погонних метрів свердловин. За роки п'ятирічки зекономлено 1 млн 336 тис. крб., а продуктивний час доведений до 94,5 %.

Одним із перших в УРСР Іван Коваленко запровадив метод алмазного буріння глибоких свердловин. За досягнуті високі виробничі показники за підсумками соціалістичного змагання у 1976 році бригаді Коваленка присуджено перехідний Червоний Прапор Міністерства геології УРСР.

Обирався делегатом ХІІІ з'їзду профспілок СРСР (1963).

Потім — на пенсії в селі Петрівка-Роменська Гадяцького району Полтавської області, де й похований.

Нагороди
 Герой Соціалістичної Праці (4.07.1966)
 орден Леніна (4.07.1966)
 орден Трудового Червоного Прапора (27.02.1974)
 орден «Знак Пошани» (20.04.1971)
 орден Вітчизняної війни ІІ ст. (6.04.1985)
 медаль «ХХ років Перемоги у Великій Вітчизняній війні 1941—1945 рр.»
 медаль «ХХХ років Перемоги у Великій Вітчизняній війні 1941—1945 рр.»
 медаль «50-років Збройних Сил СРСР»
 медаль «За доблесну працю. На ознаменування 100-річчя з дня народження Володимира Ілліча Леніна»
 медалі
 лауреат Державної премії Української РСР (1976)

Посилання
 Коваленко Иван Маркович
 КОВАЛЕНКО Іван Маркович. Герой Соціалістичної Праці (1966)

Депутати Верховної Ради УРСР 7-го скликання
Депутати Верховної Ради УРСР 8-го скликання
Уродженці Роменського району
Члени КПРС


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I found this critter in my shower today, licking away. It's starting to become a habit of hers. If anybody is still checking my updates, you should know that the reason I haven't posted in so long is because I've been working hard making iPhone apps. Don't worry, Metropolei will still have updates but between programming and school they'll be a little more seldom until the summer comes. One of my apps is in the App Store now, TimeDroid announces the time every hour from your pocket. Go check it out and if you like it then know that buying it helps me pay for textbooks and make even better apps in the future.


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Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act
An Act to amend and codify certain parts of the law relating to minority and guardianship among Hindus.
1. Short title and extent
2. Act to be supplemental to Act 8 of 1890
3. Application of Act
5. Over-riding effect of Act
6. Natural guardians of a Hindu minor
7. Natural guardianship of adopted son
8. Powers of natural guardian
9. Testamentary guardians and their powers
10. Incapacity of minor to act as guardian of property
11. De facto guardian not to deal with minor�s property
12. Guardian not to be appointed for minor�s undivided interest in joint family property
13. Welfare of minor to be paramount consideration
(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu Kashmir and applies to Hindus domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are outside the said territories.
The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not, save as hereinafter expressly provided, in derogation of, the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890).
(1) This Act applies�
(a) to any person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments, including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or a follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj.
(b) to any person who is a Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh by religion and
(c) to any person domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi, or Jew by religion, unless it is proved that any such person would not have been governed by the Hindu law or by any custom or usage as part of that law in respect of any of the matters dealt with herein if this Act had not been passed.
Explanation.� The following persons are Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas or Sikhs by religion, as the case may be:�
(i) any child, legitimate or illegitimate, both of whose parents are Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas or Sikhs by religion;
(ii) any child, legitimate or illegitimate, one of whose parents is a Hindu, Buddhists, Jaina or Sikh by religion and who is brought up as a member of the tribe, community, group or family to which such parent belongs or belonged; and
(iii) any person who is convert or re-convert to the Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh religion.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the members of any scheduled Tribe within the meaning of clause (25) of article 366 of the Constitution unless the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, otherwise directs.
(3) The expression 'Hindu' in any portion of this Act shall be construed as if it included a person who, though not a Hindu by religion, is nevertheless, a person to whom this Act, applies by virtue of the provisions contained in this section.
In this Act,�
(a) "minor" means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years;
(b) "major" means a person having the care of the person of a minor or of his property or of both his person and property, and includes�
(i) a natural guardian,
(ii) a guardian appointed by the will of the minor's father or mother,
(iii) a guardian appointed or declared by a court, and
(iv) a person empowered to act as such by or under any enactment relating to any court of wards;
(c) "natural guardian" means any of the guardians mentioned in section 6.
Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act,�
(a) any text, rule or interpretation of Hindu law or any custom or usage as part of that law in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall cease to have effect with respect to any matter for which provision is made in this Act; (b) any other law in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall cease to have effect in so far as it is inconsistent with any of the provisions contained in this Act.
The natural guardians of a Hindu, minor, in respect of the minor's person as well as in respect of the minor's property (excluding his or her undivided interest in joint family property), are�
(a) in the case of a boy or an unmarried girl�the father, and after him, the mother: provided that the custody of a minor who has not completed the age of five years shall ordinarily be with the mother;
(b) in the case of an illegitimate boy or an illegitimate unmarried girl�the mother, and after her, the father;
(c) in the case of a married girl�the husband;
Provided that no person shall be entitled to act as the natural guardian of a minor under the provisions of this section�
(a) if he has ceased to be a Hindu, or
(b) if he has completely and finally renounced the world by becoming a hermit (vanaprastha) or an ascetic (yati or sanyasi)
Explanation.� In this section, the expressions 'father' and 'mother' do not include a step-father and a step-mother.
Comment: Mother can act as natural guardian of minor even when father is alive : Ms. Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India AIR 1999 SUPREME COURT 1149
The natural guardianship of an adopted son who is a minor passes, on adoption, to the adoptive father and after him to the adoptive mother.
(1) The natural guardian of a Hindu minor has power, subject to the provisions of this section, to do all acts which are necessary or reasonable and proper for the benefit of the minor or for the realization, protection or benefit of the minor's estate; but the guardian can in no case bind the minor by a personal covenant.
(2) The natural guardian shall not, without the previous permission of the court,�
(a) mortgage or charge, or transfer by sale, gift, exchange or otherwise any part of the immovable property of the minor or
(b) lease any part of such property for a term exceeding five years or for a term extending more than one year beyond the date on which the minor will attain majority.
(3) Any disposal of immovable property by a natural guardian, in contravention of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), is voidable at the instance of the minor or any person claiming under him.
(4) No court shall grant permission to the natural guardian to do any of the acts mentioned in sub-section (2) except in case of necessity or for an evident advantage to the minor.
(5) The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890), shall apply to and in respect of an application for obtaining the permission of the court under sub-section (2) in all respects as if it were an application for obtaining the permission of the court under section 29 of that Act, and in particular�
(a) proceedings in connection with the application shall be deemed to be proceedings under that Act within the meaning of section 4A thereof.
(b) the court shall observe the procedure and have the powers specified in sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 31 of that Act; and
(c) an appeal lie from an order of the court refusing permission to the natural guardian to do any of the acts mentioned in sub-section (2) of this section to the court to which appeals ordinarily lie from the decisions of that court.
(6) In this section, "Court" means the city civil court or a district court or a court empowered under section 4A of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890), within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the immovable property in respect of which the application is made is situate, and where the immovable property is situate within the jurisdiction of more than one such court, means the court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction any portion of the property is situate.
(1) A Hindu father entitled to act as the natural guardian of his minor legitimate children may, by will appoint a guardian for any of them in respect of the minor's person or in respect of the minor's property (other than the undivided interest referred to in section 12) or in respect of both.
(2) An appointment made under sub-section (1) shall have not effect if the father predeceases the mother, but shall revive if the mother dies without appointing, by will, any person as guardian.
(3) A Hindu widow entitled to act as the natural guardian of her minor legitimate children, and a Hindu mother entitled to act as the natural guardian of her minor legitimate children by reason of the fact that the father has become disentitled to act as such, may, by will, appoint a guardian for any of them in respect of the minor's person or in respect of the minor's property (other than the undivided interest referred to in section 12) or in respect of both.
(4) A Hindu mother entitled to act as the natural guardian of her minor illegitimate children may; by will appoint a guardian for any of them in respect of the minor's person or in respect of the minor's property or in respect of both.
(5) The guardian so appointed by will has the right to act as the minor's guardian after the death of the minor's father or mother, as the case may be, and to exercise all the rights of a natural guardian under this Act to such extent and subject to such restrictions, if any, as are specified in this Act and in the will.
(6) The right of the guardian so appointed by will shall, where the minor is a girl, cease on her marriage.
A minor shall be incompetent to act as guardian of the property of any minor.
11.De facto guardian not to deal with minors property.-
After the commencement of this Act, no person shall be entitled to dispose of, or deal with, the property of a Hindu minor merely on the ground of his or her being the de facto guardian of the minor.
12.Guardian not to be appointed for minors undivided interest in joint family property.-
Where a minor has an undivided interest in joint family property and the property is under the management of an adult member of the family, no guardian shall be appointed for the minor in respect of such undivided interest:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the jurisdiction of a High Court the welfare of the minor shall be the paramount consideration.
(1) In the appointment of declaration of any person as guardian of a Hindu minor by a court, the welfare of the minor shall be the paramount consideration.
(2) No person shall be entitled to the guardianship by virtue of the provisions of this Act or of any law relating to guardianship in marriage among Hindus, if the court is of opinion that his or her guardianship will not be for the welfare of the minor.


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The RNC Celebrates MLK Jr. and How Republicans Can Win Black Voters
Conservative politics can thrive in pockets of the black community. Republicans just have to work for it.
When Sen. Rand Paul (R–Kentucky) went to Howard University earlier this year to speak to African-American college students and commence his outreach to the black community, I—and others—were frustrated by his refusal to acknowledge the dual heritage of his political party. He wanted to claim the Great Emancipator ("We are the Party of Lincoln!"without acknowledging the cultural legacy of Ronald Reagan, who railed against "welfare queens," capitalized on white fear, and—as an opponent of the Voting Rights Act—stood on the wrong side of history when it mattered most.
With that said, Paul had the right idea: There is a reachable constituency for conservative politics in the black community. Republicans just have to work for it. But what does that look like? If yesterday's luncheon commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is any indication, it's a version of traditional black conservatism, with its emphasis on community building and uplift.
Organized by the Republican National Committee, this event was both a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, and a showcase for black Republicanism. The large majority of the attendees were African-American, and they included former congressman Allen West, T.W. Shannon (speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives), Alveda King (niece of Martin Luther King Jr.), and a large variety of party members and activists.
Figures like West have made themselves famous by decrying the "Democratic plantation" and attacking other African-Americans for their partisan affiliation, but that rhetoric was absent from the program. Instead, several speakers gave what essentially were sermons on community responsibility and uplift—language that wouldn't be out of place on a Saturday at the barbershop, or on Sunday from the pulpit.
"We need to be prayerful in reaffirming our commitment to making this a better nation," said Robert J. Brown, chairman of PR firm B&C Associates, "This nation was built on compromise, and if we don't learn how to get it all together, we're going to sink this ship." He was echoed by Robert L. Woodson Sr., president of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise. "Both political parties should compete on how they treat the least among God's children," he said, "We don't need outreach, but uplift."
And what would uplift look like? For Woodson and Brown, its working to invest in black neighborhoods and black businesses, and helping historically black colleges and universities recover from the damage of the recession. For James Kemp, son of Jack Kemp—one of the few Republicans to work closely with African-American leaders—it's using free-market ideas to revitalize cities like Detroit. And to Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R–Wisconsin) it's bringing congressional power to bear on key issues like the Voting Rights Act, which he pledged to "fix so that it's impervious to legal challenges from the usual suspects." Republicans who want to win black voters should take heed, since this looks like a viable agenda.
Conservatives don't need to abandon their values or change their core commitments, but they do need to work to advance the interests of African-Americans. A GOP that does that—and doesn't just dwell on the dead relationships of the past—is one that can contest the black vote, or at least, return to the electoral performances of George W. Bush or Bob Dole, who both won more than 11 percent of African-American voters.
There is a problem, however, and it's that the Republican Party is increasingly centered in Southern states, where racial polarization is the norm, and GOP politicians pass policies antagonistic to African-American voters. I have no doubt that Reince Priebus is sincere about outreach to black communities—he also endorsed a call to help save historic black colleges and universities—but he leads a party that supports voter identification, hates the Affordable Care Act, and can't shake its deep hostility toward President Obama. And for some at the luncheon, these Republican tics were an issue. "Identification laws can be a hindrance for outreach," said Ashton Randle, a younger attendee who agreed with Colin Powell's similar statement last week. "Bashing Obama closes people off," explained Jason Halliburton, vice chair of the Georgia Black Republican Council, "You need to be positive and rely on facts. They speak for themselves."
With all of that said, there is a specific tension that defines this particular outreach effort. The steps Republicans need to take to increase its share of the black vote aren't large. They amount, more or less, to a simple show of respect. Put another way, it's no accident that Chris Christie is with whites and blacks in New Jersey; he is one of the few Republicans to treat Obama with public admiration. And that's enough.
But for a party whose base is enamored of men like Ted Cruz and Ken Cuccinelli, it's a bridge too far. Which leaves pro-outreach Republicans in a tough spot. Aware of what it takes, but unable to do it.


Both Scott Aronson and Jim Garrow are presenting at the NHCPC where RPA is also a Silver Sponsor for this years' conference. The firm will be rolling out a demonstration of the RPA Navigator product at the conference. This Software as a Service (SaaS) product is currently in Beta testing with a multi-hospital system as the next evolution of the Mutual Aid Plan technology products released in 2008. The first module being released is the Emergency Management module and it will be followed by the Life Safety module in 2016.


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Australian Social Workers Call For States To Ban 'Gay Conversion Therapy'
Published: 8 February 2019
Published in QNews
Jordan Hirst
The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) has welcomed the Victorian government's recent pledge to outlaw gay "conversion therapy" and called on other states to look at similar bans.
The discredited "conversion" practices attempt to change or suppress an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity using psychological or spiritual means, and have been condemned by major health bodies around the world.
At the Midsumma Pride March last weekend, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced his government would work on new legislation to outlaw the "bigoted quackery" in the state.
AASW National President Christine Craik said they welcomed the move and said as long as the harmful practice remained legal it sent a message that LGBTIQ individuals are not "normal" and need to be fixed.
"These messages do so much damage and need to be stopped," she said.
The Victorian government's proposed ban came after an investigation into "conversion" practices by the state's Health Complaints Commissioner, who found those subjected to the practices experienced "long-term psychological harm and distress".
"This is something that social workers and other mental health professionals have known for many years," Ms Craik said.
"The Victorian Government's announcement sends a clear and positive message to young people who may be dealing with the stress and anxiety of knowing they are same-sex attracted and the social pressures that are associated with it in an unaccepting environment."
Ms Craik said the AASW wants other states and territories to follow Victoria's lead in outlawing the practices, and has called on the federal government to support states and territories by fully funding the Safe Schools anti-bullying program.
"We all have a role in taking a stand against homophobia, including internalised homophobia, which is when LGBTIQ individuals can sometimes believe the homophobic messages and attitudes around them," Ms Craik said.
"It causes needless harm and division in communities and can lead to poorer health and wellbeing outcomes in LGBTIQ individuals, which we have seen is sometimes fatal.
"This is why the Victorian Government's announcement is so important – it is a welcome step in continuing to affirm the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ Australians."
Last October, a report from La Trobe University documented the experiences of more than a dozen LGBT survivors of harmful "gay conversion" or "ex-gay" therapies over the decades, with the report claiming the practices remain a "real problem" in Australia's religious communities.
One participant underwent extreme "aversion" therapy in the 1980s that involved ice baths and electroshock therapy, but another survivor told researchers it was the "insidious and unrelenting ex-gay messaging" over a long period of time that "ate away" at their wellbeing and self-worth.
In Queensland, doctors Fiona Bisshop and Stuart Aitken set up a survey allowing Queenslanders to share their current experiences with the practices following a state government-led roundtable discussion on the issue.
In September, a coalition of survivors, LGBTIQ advocates and churches urged the federal government to address the issue, delivering a 50,000-signature petition calling for an inquiry into the issue, greater powers for health and consumer watchdogs, tougher regulations for counsellors, and a public health and awareness campaign.
(Photo courtesy of AASW)
Read the article of the QNews website.


Our guided tour was booked for 11.15 and lasted about 45 minutes.
even. It is surprising how much light they give and they create a pleasant atmosphere.
If you have a fear of darkness then this is not for you!!!!
The caves are at a constant temperature of 10 degrees so it felt a little chilly.
beds for all of them.
church, a hospital and some interesting carvings made 19 years ago by a lady from New Zealand.
we heard were Roger's jokes…..
way out of the car park with Roger muttering something about the Cutty Sark!
After the visit 12 of us met up in a pub called the Imperial Arms where we had a very nice lunch.
All in all it was once again a successful outing.


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CADA announces 2020 Fair dates and new venue
Compton Verney Art Gallery And Park
Event: The Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair
Organiser: The Cotswolds Art and Antiques Dealers' Association (CADA)
Venue: Compton Verney Art Gallery And Park, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ
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ABOUT THIS FAIR:
The Cotswolds Art & Antiques Dealers' Association (CADA) has announced that the 9th annual CADA Fair will take place at Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, Thursday 15 October – Sunday 18 October 2020, a move from the existing venue of Blenheim Palace.
Compton Verney, situated on the northern edge of the Cotswolds region in Warwickshire, has six permanent collections (Naples, Northern European Art 1450-1650, British Portraits, Chinese, British Folk Art & The Marx-Lambert Collection) and a schedule of thought-provoking changing exhibitions and events, it is an accredited museum, and is a registered charity.
The fair which represents the members of the last remaining regional antique dealers' association, has built a reputation for the very best quality outside the capital for each discipline. Member exhibits will include furniture, pictures, silver, early needlework and antique boxes, sculpture, bronze, clocks and barometers, carpets and textiles, glass, jewellery, English and Oriental ceramics, antiquarian and rare books, garden ornaments and statuary.
Alex Puddy, Chairman of CADA, said: "We are thrilled to be holding the CADA Fair 2020 at Compton Verney. We were unable to book Blenheim Palace this year as the roof at the Orangery is scheduled for repair during 2020 so we have actively been looking for a new venue. Compton Verney is just perfect and it also has a long association with art and antiques.
I am pleased to announce that Ingrid Nilson of The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited will be assisting with the planning and the organisation of the new fair to make sure that it is as prestigious as before. We are relaunching the fair with a new autumn date, a new venue, and a new organisational team, so we are looking forward to welcoming back our exhibitors and clients in this exciting new venue'.
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Ingrid Nilson told ANF: "I am honoured to be asked to join the team working with this prestigious event at such an exciting venue. I will be looking forward to building on the existing structure and bringing a fresh approach to the event."
Julie Finch, Director of Compton Verney says: "We are delighted to welcome the Cotswolds Art and Antiques Dealers' Association for their annual fair. It will take place in our galleries where visitors and exhibitors will be surrounded by the sumptuous art we have in our collections. It is a spectacular setting both inside and out and I'm sure the fair's new location here will enchant and delight attendees."
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Q: Searchable tuple with a yes/no loop function added - Python So this is what i've got, but the issue seems to be that the yesno variable is not being defined even after the user enters a correct value?
tuple = (#tuple containing list we want to search#)

for i in tuple:
    print(i,end=' ')

def main():
    Enter_Name = str(input('Enter Search:'))
    if Enter_Name in tuple:
        print('Yes its in there')
    elif Enter_Name not in tuple:
        print('No  its not there')

main()

def yes_or_no():
    yesno = str(input("Would You Like to Search Again?")).lower
    yesChoice = ['yes', 'y']
    noChoice = ['no', 'n']
    if yesno in yesChoice:
        main()
    elif yesno in noChoice:
        print("Goodbye")
    else:
        print("Please Enter either yes or no")
        yes_or_no()

yes_or_no()

thanks in advance

A: Try adding parentheses to the call to .lower()
It's a method, so you have to use the parentheses to actually call it. Right now yesno is just a reference to the method and not the value after it is evaluated.


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Anyone spending any time in Danyang is sure to catch occasional glimpses of Ondal (온달), the town mascot – you'll see him, and his huge eyebrows, on everything from restaurant signs to toilet doors. According to local legend, he was the town fool until wooing a local princess (perhaps using those eyebrows) to one of the town's caves for an underground tryst; after their subsequent marriage, Ondal became a soldier of such skill that he eventually found himself promoted to general, fighting fierce battles at the fortress up the hill. The extremely Korean moral of the story seems to be that anything is possible with a good woman at your side.