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I'm also exploring that ever insensitive post modern trope of appropriation - also known as stealing other people's art and claiming some kind of ownership... you know the one; it justifies plagiarism!
It reads 'Happee Birthdae Harry' - it was mostly hilarious because it wasn't in fact for anyone with such a wizardly name. Please note the quality cake construction.
This was my first foray into appropriation, stolen from my infrequent collaborative partner and generally delightful painty friend.
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Song Review: BTS – IDOL
Posted on August 24, 2018 by Nick	37 Comments
My descent into K-pop obsession was not an immediate one, and songs I now consider classics didn't seem that way the first time through. There was a time when K-pop was decidedly weird, and I'd come away from a track genuinely confused about whether I loved it or hated it. This dizzying experience was what ultimately hooked me all those years ago, but it's been less and less prominent of late. With so many acts trying on variations of the same sound, too many comebacks have become predictable.
And then you have a track like IDOL. As K-pop's biggest export, BTS could have easily played it safe with their follow-up to May's Fake Love. Instead, they've delivered a big, noisy collage of sound that feels destined to polarize listeners' opinions.
IDOL draws heavily from the South African musical genre Kwaito, fusing that percussive drive to the group's familiar hype song structure and adding a touch of traditional Korean instrumentation. It's a dense blend, which gives the instrumental an overpowering, overstuffed feel. On the plus side, this sense of production bombast fuels an unending supply of energy. IDOL never lets up. It's like they took the climactic, chant-heavy portions of their past hype tracks and strung them together one after another. Rather than employ a familiar EDM-style build the way we might expect, IDOL starts at 100 and maintains that intensity until its closing flourish.
So what makes the song so polarizing? For me, IDOL's biggest misstep echoes an issue I've had with BTS's music (and pop music in general) over the past few years. There are simply too many filters and too much autotune. I welcome the anything-goes sense of adventure supplied by IDOL's instrumental, but its vocal arrangement could learn some restraint. BTS have an incredible vocal line, but they sound far less incredible when warped by computer trickery. The second verse is especially grating, as effects pile on top of effects and threaten to extract any sense of individuality from the performance. This arrangement also limits IDOL's ability to deliver melody. Its hooks rely more on sing-song energy than potent pop magic.
With this said, I came away from IDOL with a sense of genuine confusion — the kind I really haven't felt since first discovering K-pop's charms. This alone makes the song a success. It bucks trends even as it embraces others, and unapologetically leans into pop music's more-is-more mentality. Love it or hate it, there's certainly no ignoring it.
Hooks 8
Longevity 9
Bias 9
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I've only heard Idol once and, as I've mentioned before, my first listen can never be taken as my final opinion, but I'm really disappointed in this song, honestly. I understand your points and definitely agree with most of them, but the whole song just kind of reminds me of a rejected iKON track from a year or two again. Good or bad (right now, bad, at least to me), it just doesn't sound like BTS-and not in the way that DNA and Fake Love didn't sound like BTS. It's polarizing, and that's often a good thing, but they've taken some of BTS' biggest strengths and all but eliminated them (i.e. Suga not getting to showcase his incredible flow, Jungkook's vocal lines getting completely covered by autotune and effects). The whole atmosphere of the song feels less like the confidence and independence they were going for (which, great concept for them! BTS get lots of hate just for being popular) and more like they're simply trying too hard to tell people that they don't care about their critics. I'm sure it's partially due to the high expectations I had for this song, but BTS, the most influential group of the last few years, could have done any style and concept of any quality they wanted and still have been successful, and I feel like they took that too much to heart. I genuinely want this song to grow on me as much as possible. Hopefully, after some more listens, I'll be able to separate the initial disappointment from whatever charms I find.
Alli says:
100% agreed. I was disappointed that their incredible rap line didn't get much chance to show here! Was also put off by the 'we dont care about the haterz' vibe, idk but when celebrities release songs like that I feel like it does not come across as confident, but rather the opposite.
rinwanekodesuyo says:
In something very contrary to K-Pop, I actually found the song better while listening to it without watching the MV. Coupled with the video, there is just too much going on. It's a sensory overload in a bad way. Usually I find that a lot of songs fall flat when you separate them from their videos. I also appreciate BTS experimenting at this point in their career when they could easily play it safe, although they did cast a bit of a safety net, especially for the Western audience, with the Nicki Minaj version of the song.
shythom says:
I also first listened to the song several times before watching the M/V for IDOL. I'm glad I did – and walked away loving both! It's quickly my top 5 BTS songs.I was actually just waiting for an energetic, intense song from BTS. I suppose this is all subjective and it depends on what we all like but since FIRE is my ultimate fave song of BTS, IDOL fit my taste of music. MIC Drop Remix is great as well.
beautifulbluelight says:
Hey, personally I felt that this comeback wasn't as good as before 😦 the vocalists didn't get to showcase their voices with all the effects and (sort of?) rapping, and there were only small bits of melody… But I have to agree that the song does bring much hype 😀 The song reminded me of Big Bang's Bang Bang Bang, so I was wondering if they were aiming for that vibe, or is it meant to be a summery song?
Would you check out the other songs though? I felt that the non-title tracks were some bit better (and they released full versions of serendipity, euphoria, and epiphany 0.oooo), with the rapper line going into the vocal territory and the other 2 tracks giving off a more familiar(and thus comfortable) vibe (referring to Spring Day for Love Myself, and Save Me for I'm Fine).
C. Obleman (@MCobleman) says:
personally I think the song is Weki Meki-levels of mess but whatcha gonna do
So, I'm the only one who thinks that this can easily be the follow-up for Not Today (which means they're playing *very* safe)? Its chorus sounds exactly the same. The rest of the song is a patchwork of nonsense hip hop verses and noise, and the video is a compendium of what you can do with just a green screen and a mobile app of editing.
They would have experimented something if they had chosen a title track like So What with a retro-future style they never experienced before.
It's oh *SO CLEAR* BTS have become a lemon to be squished until the last drop in the shortest time with 5 minutes productions developed every 5 months.
Kinda history repeating like most of western boybands who followed exactly the same path.
Risk 1: they will collapse.
Risk 2: they will split.
Risk 3: they will break with their agency.
I get the feeling I'm the only one who love it from the start. The mv is sensory overload, add that noisy song, then I'm hook to it. I can see why some might hate it. But I love hype songs, the performances are gonna be great.
You're not the only one – I LOVE IT! Still do and it's now in my top 5. Along with FIRE and MIC Drop Remix.
Qing says:
Wow, I thought you would give a lower grade. This song is a complete mess. Worst title track of theirs. I cannot see any appeal from it. Furthermore, the lyrics are just horrendous. Is this what loving yourself all about ? I really don't think so.
I believe this is a fun, over-the-top kinda narcissistic way to deliver the message. They are telling to people (haters) can talk all they want, they are enjoying themselves, in a exuberant way. I get why some people may don't like it but in my opinion is a quite interesting they decided to approach it in this way instead of the usual sensitive and emotional stuff artists put out there when it comes to this topic.
Maybe you're right, I guess it's just my personal opinion that the lyrics are as messy as their musical arrangement. I don't appreciate lazy kind of writing like "I am an artist, I am an idol. So what. You guys can talk all about me but I'm still successful. I love myself". This is too shallow and narcissistic for my liking. This kind of song can easily send wrong message to young teens out there. We have enough of Mic Drop and Cyphers and even Ddaeng. Considering that BTS have the actual LY campaign with UNICEF, this is pretty funny to see this is the best thing that they can do. Lyricism with underlying bullying, low key passive aggression, as well as over-the-top narcissism. It's nothing but hypocritical of them.
That's a quite extreme way of seeing the lyrics/concept but I guess it's a matter of perspectivee. "this is pretty funny to see this is the best thing that they can do." I don't think this is the best they can do cause they have already proved they can produce high quality stuff when it comes to lyrics and it would be silly to they can't write anything else for this topic just 'cause they decided to approach it in a different way that doesn't fit your taste.
From my point of view, when I first heard the song I felt like the way they wrote the lyrics is exactly how haters sound and they are just mocking haters by being just like them and because of the explanation of the lyrics from the DKTV is just proof they are doing so. They used a lot of korean and culture references maybe that's why intl people don't get it right.
I don't think I'm seeing it in an extreme way, since that's what they were trying to promote right from Day 1. And of course, this is just my opinion.
Well, the song is just not my style, so I don't think any explanation can add my enjoyment to it. Lols. I thank you for your reply anyway.
cc0c0 says:
I pretty much agree with all that you said. Kpop feels weird again and I'm really enjoying that. Of course I can't know how the song will sit with me as I hear it more (and more) but as of now I like it quite a bit.
Also because I just read the comment above mine:
"There are tens and hundreds of myself in me
I welcome another me today
After all, all of them is me
I just go at it rather than to sit on it"
I liked this one. It offers a satisfying resolution to the negative sentiments surrounding questions regarding which parts of the individual are genuine or molded to fit an ideal–found in Fake Love. Actually probably a favorite from BTS.
I love that part too! Its the lines that stands out for me, plus the beginning line of RM, its the second time he mentioned the "artist vs idol" thing and how he doesn't care. Glad he have that kind of perspective.
moodysilent says:
What is wrong if they attempt nonsense, and leave your brain kind of music once, they have already risked it and could have played safe, I completely agree that the vocal arrangement is messy but the music is good and is hyped which suits this song, no matter you love or hate it you can't ignore it!
Only thing is it was quite unexpected from BTS!
i think the voice enhancement trick is necessary for thi kind of song. this is not ballad or those cheesy type songs. this is a crazy ass song. imagine them using their "normal" singing voice in idol, it'll sound flat, lifeless and boring. since they pushed this kind of beat, their vocals need to hype up also or else everything will suck. if you wnna hear their "normal" vocals, that what the other tracks are for.
I didnt like it at first, it was too much and there's the autotune and filters they have used in the past that I really dislike. But after a few listens, I like it, it's something different than what other groups are releasing so that just adds extra points to it and it's quite interesting. I dont think it's my favorite BTS track tho.
Darko Barbarejski says:
I think this is their "I Got A Boy" moment where they've released a horrible mess of a song but they're at that kind of level of popularity where it's still gonna be more successful than anything else being released rn. Let's just hope it doesn't make K-pop crash and burn like back in 2013…
oh come on….its true the MV was all over the place but its different….. its something no one can expect from BTS….I love them cos they are ready to try out new things and take risks….the song is amazing and their voice were arranged…..let's just wait and see how they perform it on stage….its gonna be dope…they did wat all k pop artist are afraid to do….try new things and embrace another culture…
KpopLover9222 says:
Lets be real BTS music has been going downhill since Spring Day. DNA sucked, fake love was trash. i honestly thought that Fake Love would have been their worst title song but i STOOD corrected. But that is to be expected when their music production routine is being rushed. All of their previous song that took time to come out had a better production process. And that made them better at least to me. BTS is not a bad group esp for fans like me who have been following them since DEBUT and PRE-DEBUT. But as they are trying new sounds i think we need to give them a little more time to figure out which way they would like to go in terms of their musical direction.
how did you even know that they rushed making these songs?
I suppose that's your own point of view. The numbers and sales say otherwise. I wasn't a huge fan of DNA but that's just because it's not my style. I don't hate it though. But I love Fake Love and IDOL. People who want BTS to create music like they were in their earlier years need to realize that they are evolving as they evolve and as they grow since they started when they were just very young guys.
Anyway, Nick: there's LOVE MYSELF that deserves for sure a "Buried Treasure" review… Don't you think the same? 🙂
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I was disappointed. Usually BTS wows me with their comebacks. This song sounded way to messy for me to enjoy. All I liked was the chorus and even that is pushing it a bit. I get that they're trying to explore new sounds but this one was just not doing it. i like bts because of their unique vocal line and hyped rap line. But… i feel like the craziness in this song overpowered both and i'm probably not going to listen to Idol anymore. 😦 So sad.
JYHB says:
Wow is this just not good. Now every time BTS releases a song all I can think about is how good they used to be.
Just realized this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v1QrZNDn64
I'm not saying it's a copycat or anything but I definitely hear similarities in the saxophone part.
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Random Osmosis (@random_osmosis) says:
I enjoyed the video, but the song is a headache-inducing mess. Probably their worst track to date.
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quieressaberunsecreto says:
"Love it or hate it, there's certainly no ignoring it". That is the best resume to the song. It's not one of the best. But, unlike most of them, is the one that have us talking about it, and is not because it's BTS.
sakurasundays says:
I love the way you carefully worded your post to not be too offensive towards the group themselves. I completely agree with you on the fact that the use of autotune really dulls down their vocals, they all have such beautiful voices and their full potential is not being shown with that mask over it. Overall, your post is very well written. Thank you for sharing your opinion!
Thanks! I make a conscious effort never to level unneeded criticism on the artists themselves. I know how hard these acts work, from the rookiest of rookies to the biggest of superstars.
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#5 /home/pctekcom/public_html/cron.php(77): Mage::dispatchEvent('default')
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I've tried with different times and weekly/daily with the same affect. A manual backup works (takes a long time though, many items) but Automatic fails with this same error message.
I posted this last week with no answer. Maybe this week someone might see and know whats wrong. Thanks

A: Reason 1: UTC timezone
Timezones can always be a bit of a headache when it comes to scheduled tasks and server locations. Magento stores it's cron tasks in UTC, but checks the locale of your (admin) store to see if the time has already passed. Therefore it is advised to set the time of your store to UTC, but the time of your separate websites/store views respectively to their locale.
Reason 2: The 'missed if not run within' -parameter
If you want to know how Magento determines if a task is 'too late for the schedule' take a look at Mage_Cron_Model_Observer::_processJob(). This is the part of the code that is responsible for the message:
$scheduleLifetime = Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_SCHEDULE_LIFETIME) * 60;
$now = time();
$time = strtotime($schedule->getScheduledAt());
if ($time > $now) {
    return;
}

...

if ($time < $now - $scheduleLifetime) {
    $errorStatus = Mage_Cron_Model_Schedule::STATUS_MISSED;
    Mage::throwException(Mage::helper('cron')->__('Too late for the schedule.'));
}

...

// (execute the chain of tasks)

The self::XML_PATH_SCHEDULE_LIFETIME -parameter is the 'missed if not run within'-value which is set in the configuration in 'System > Config > Advanced > System > Cron':

The code itself is pretty self-explanatory:

*

*It takes the time of the scheduled tasks.

*If the time of the scheduled task is in the future it does nothing.

*If the time of the scheduled task is in the past (=older than the current timestamp minus the 'missed if not run within'-value) it throws the error.

*Otherwise it just runs the task as required.

Effectively, when the 'missed if not run within'-parameter is set to 15 minutes, this means that if the scheduled task is older than now – 15 minutes, it will not run, but instead throw this error. Needless to say, when this value is lower than the time your cron runs (for example: if your cron runs every 5 minutes, but this value is set to 2 minutes), this will obviously throw this error.
You probably didn't do this, but it is good to know this inner mechanic of how Magento handles crons. Especially the part that Magento checks the schedule prior before running any tasks. And in the next reason I'll explain to you why:
Reason #3: External plugins
This is the part where I was pulling my hairs. My timezone was correct, my configuration was correct, but my cron schedule was still showing the 'too late for the schedule'-message. So what was happening?
On further inspection, I noticed that there were some tasks from external plugins who where starting (the executed_at -column in the database revealed this), but were never finishing (the finished_at -column stayed NULL  for these tasks). So something was preventing these tasks from being finished (probably causing a crash in PHP or something) and therefore stopping the entire chain of tasks!
The next logical thing that happened of course, was that after 3 tries (15 minutes later), the time for all the scheduled tasks that where further on in the chain all became too late. Too late for the schedule to be exactly. Up until the task that was causing the problems itself also became too late.
So how did I solve this?
Well, in my case I had to debug and fix the tasks of 2 external plugins that were throwing notices and warnings. For some reason even a notice or a warning (so not just an exception) caused my cron to fail silently. Perhaps the fact that I was on HHVM instead of PHP had something to do with this, but I'm not sure (yet).
In conclusion
After you did an investigation and it still not working. You can try increase your PHP memory_limit.
UPDATED
In AOE Scheduler I was seeing weird bars where it looked like a certain cron was running for a really long time but according to logs they were only running for a second or so. I checked in that cron and it had the code:
date_default_timezone_set('Australia/Brisbane');
The cron itself was overriding the Magento timezone which was causing following cron tasks to think they'd missed their chance to run..
Hope it helps.


You had an opinion and didn't need to delete it. However, you pulled an image from a Model's gallery and not from my worked displayed in my personal portfolio on Supershoots.com website.
I think this is a reasonably artistic treatment of an amateurish snapshot. So, I can't decide if I like it or not. There is certainly merit to it, but it is not what I would call a fashion shot, nor is it beneficial to the model's career. Sorry.
but it is not what I would call a fashion shot, nor is it beneficial to the model's career. Sorry.
well, I don't claim to be an expert on what is fashion or not.. but, I think you are very wrong here..
Manuels shot does not compare in the least to your example of Pepe Jeans catalog. Just because it's edgy or processed or shot differently than a normal portrait doesn't automatically compare it. Manuels shot is of a pretty girl looking down with an expression in a landscape crop that is shot and processed with high contrast and noise. That's it. It is what it is. Doesn't mean it's bad. It is what it is.
Manuels shot does not compare in the least to your example of Pepe Jeans catalog.
...and that's fine but it doesn't make it fashion because it's haute couture or haute concept or whatever. Again, edgy from a technical or artistic side does not make it fashion. I am not the fashion police and certainly not trying to be one but let's not confuse the on going battle of what is fashion and what is not based on technical or artistic presentation.
ok, I'll bite. What makes picture fashion then?
I don't know, but I know when I see it. Your link to Pepe answers your question in one regard.
There are sub-catagories to fashion. There is no clear answer. No words can describe it but many will try. It's not a technical or artistic reasoning alone. An image used in an ad can simply take an image and automatically turn it into fashion. Many images put into context will define it specifically. Images standing alone is just that, an image of a pretty girl or subject. It could have a response of feeling to the viewer that can relate to fashion or it could speak for itself such as the example you provided with Pepe.
Fashion, by definition, is photography designed to showcase the clothing. There is no possible way that a shot wherein the clothing is a blocked-up mass of black without any detail is fashion. The entire purpose of fashion photography is to make someone want the clothing. Nobody will want the clothing that they can't see, which is why this isn't fashion. It is artistic, it might even be edgy (not to my mind, but that is another can of worms, and I don't claim to be an expert on "edginess"), but it is not fashion.
So, by no means I'm no expert, but I happen to have a bookshelf full of different catalogs, with the funkiest one having foodplates in pictures while they are advertising couture clothes... So I think you just proved my point, thank you very much.


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RUSSIAN WAR CRIMES: Hundreds of Ukrainian Civilians Executed | David Thornton
By David Thornton
Over the weekend, there was disturbing news from the areas of northern Ukraine that have been newly liberated from Russian occupation. As Ukrainian forces reclaim territory held by the invaders for the past few weeks, there are reports of atrocities by the retreating Russians.
Many of the reports are centered on the towns of Bucha and Irpin, which are located to the northwest of Kyiv. The Kyiv Independent has compiled pictures of dead civilians together with reports of mass graves, booby traps, and of course, looting and wanton destruction.
Bucha and Mosul
Russian troops executing Ukrainians the same way ISIS were executing Iraqis. #Ukraine https://t.co/o5f2aP7G4F pic.twitter.com/F12oAigvKJ
— Alexander Khrebet/Олександр Хребет (@AlexKhrebet) April 3, 2022
The pictures are hard to look at. Bodies litter the streets randomly with no weapons in evidence. Some of the dead appear to have been executed, their hands securely bound behind their backs. One man's body was found trapped in a sewer where he was apparently tortured. Partially buried bodies are visible in a mass grave. There are reports of mass rape, even involving children, and the alleged massacre of all military-age males aged 16-60 in Bucha.
As a word of caution, not all of the new mass graves are the work of Russian forces. There are reports that Ukrainian forces have collected Russia's victims that were left in the streets and buried them in common graves. Likewise, Ukrainians killed in the sieges of Mariupol and other cities have also been buried quickly in mass graves between artillery barrages and air strikes.
These were not our first indication of Russian atrocities. Over the past few weeks, there have been reports of Russian forces targeting schools, hospitals, and civilian bomb shelters. Beyond that, the entire war on Ukraine, based on lies and begun in blatant violation of international laws and norms, is a criminal act in and of itself.
Through it all, the only time I've heard of Russia investigating any aspect of the Ukraine war as a criminal act was a Ukrainian counterattack. When Ukrainian helicopters struck oil facilities in Belogorod, across the Ukrainian border in Russia, Tass reported that a criminal investigation into the attack was being opened.
Russia claimed to come into Ukraine as a peacekeeping force on a humanitarian mission. To date, thousands of Ukrainian civilians have died at the hands of their "liberators" while tens of thousands have reportedly been kidnapped and deported to parts unknown.
While this behavior might seem shocking to us, it's par for the course for Ukrainians. Those who know the their history will remember that just over the past hundred years, Ukraine has repeatedly played the victim to its powerful neighbors. In the 1930s, Ukraine's Russian "brothers" intentionally inflicted famine on the nation. Nearly four million Ukrainians died in the Holodomor. Russian treatment of Ukraine was so harsh that many Ukrainians were sympathetic to the German invaders in World War II, at least until the Nazis proved to be just as brutal as the Soviets.
Today's Russian government is proving to be the moral and ethical heir to the Soviet government. The Soviets were responsible for millions of murders throughout their reign of terror including the Stalinist purges, the Holodomor, and the massacre of as many as 15,000 Polish prisoners at Katyn. The barbarism of the Putin regime may not have reached these heights yet, but when the massacres of Chechnya are included, Putin is well on his way.
While the world has mostly rallied to Ukraine's aid against the "Orcs" (as Ukrainians have taken to calling the invaders), it has not been enough. While the West worries about escalating the conflict, Putin's Russia escalates with mad abandon.
Putin's Russia is showing the world that it is not a civilized nation. The Putin government should be treated like the barbarians that they are.
Obviously, there are limits to what Russia's opponents can do without risking nuclear war. We aren't going to launch a WWII-style drive on Moscow to topple the Putin regime.
We can do a lot more than we've been doing however. Isolating Russia with sanctions and providing Ukraine with military aid has been pivotal in the war so far, but it's time to kick it up a notch.
With Ukraine's survival assured and Russia in retreat, we need to up the ante. Ukraine needs to get the fighter jets that it has been asking for. They also need to get other weapons to help them push the Orcs back to Mount Doom. Ukraine needs to get tanks, helicopters, drones, surface-to-air missiles, and even volunteers that will enable them to push the invaders back across the border.
The sanctions need to be expanded. The world needs to find alternatives to Russian oil. Russian banks need to be cut off from SWIFT. Allied countries should also ratchet up the pressure on nations that are not participating in the sanctions. Congress should also mandate the withdrawal of American companies still doing business with Russia.
Russia must be completely isolated.
Russia needs to permanently lose its place on the G8 and lose its seat on the UN Security Council. This is a difficult prospect but not an impossible one. The United Nations needs to condemn and punish Russia for its aggression. Russians who participate in or order attacks on civilians should face prosecution in the International Criminal Court.
The West needs to communicate unequivocally that further escalation will mean that NATO directly enters the war. If the attacks on civilians continue, if Russia uses WMDs, or if one piece of ordnance lands on a NATO country, the US and NATO should respond swiftly, strongly, and directly.
Above all, Ukraine needs to be welcomed into the European Union and NATO, if not immediately then at the conclusion of the war. Other possible Russian targets such as Finland and Sweden should be granted membership as well.
The Russian war on Ukraine is unlike anything the West has seen since WWII. For Russia, however, the atrocities in Ukraine are not unlike its wars in Chechnya.
Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to benefit from his aggression in Ukraine. While it's unlikely that Putin will ever swing at the end of a rope like Saddam Hussein, he and his country need to be international pariahs. His aggression and crimes against humanity cannot stand.
Too often, the West has failed to stand against aggressive dictators, Putin included. Now, the world (and particularly China) is watching to see what happens. If Putin gains from his illegal and immoral war because the West fails to stand firmly with our ally, we may inadvertently usher in a new era of brutal and aggressive wars as the Pax Americana draws to a close. And it is highly probable that one of those wars will eventually result in the nuclear exchange that we sought to avoid.
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Posted on November 19, 2020 by Wilmington News Journal
Feds charge 3rd Cincinnati councilman with corruption
By Dan Sewell - Associated Press
FILE - In this May 14, 2015, file photo, Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld speaks outside of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio. Sittenfeld, who has been planning to run for mayor, has been indicted on federal corruption charges, and faces six federal counts related to bribery and extortion. It states that Sittenfeld solicited $40,000 in payments to his political action committee to "deliver the votes" in the city council for a proposed downtown real estate development. (Courtney Hergesheimer/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
CINCINNATI (AP) — A Cincinnati city councilman who has been planning to run for mayor has been indicted on federal corruption charges.
An indictment Thursday shows that Democrat P.G. Sittenfeld faces six federal counts related to bribery and extortion. It states that Sittenfeld solicited $40,000 in payments to his political action committee to "deliver the votes" in the city council for a proposed downtown real estate development.
U.S. Attorney David DeVillers discussed the case at a news conference late Thursday morning. He said FBI agents had arrested Sittenfeld earlier. His whereabouts weren't made public immediately. A voice mail for comment was left at his council office, and an email was sent without immediate response.
"Mr. Sittenfeld was no longer working for the citizens of Cincinnati, but working for Project 1," DeVillers said, referencing the proposed real estate project. FBI agents disguised as developers gave Sittenfeld the $40,000 bribe, which DeVillers said remained in the PAC fund.
Earlier this year, Democrat Tamaya Dennard resigned from city council after her arrest. She is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to a wire fraud-related charge. Republican Jeff Pastor was arrested Nov. 10 on bribery, extortion and money laundering charges. His attorney has said the councilman will fight the charges.
Sittenfeld, often active on Twitter, said on the social media after Pastor's arrest that "This is a sad day for our city," and spoke previously in a video about his mayoral hopes about the importance of principled action.
Cincinnati will have elections in 2021, including for mayor. Democratic Mayor John Cranley is term-limited.
Sittenfeld, who finished far behind former Gov. Ted Strickland in the 2016 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, had been considered a top contender to succeed Cranley. Strickland lost in the general election to Republican Sen. Rob Portman.
Associated Press writer Farnoush Amiri in Columbus contributed to this report. Amiri is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues
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FILE – In this May 14, 2015, file photo, Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld speaks outside of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio. Sittenfeld, who has been planning to run for mayor, has been indicted on federal corruption charges, and faces six federal counts related to bribery and extortion. It states that Sittenfeld solicited $40,000 in payments to his political action committee to "deliver the votes" in the city council for a proposed downtown real estate development. (Courtney Hergesheimer/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
https://www.wnewsj.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2020/11/web1_125805753-8444a6dc5f0a48fbad88f711f82c7637.jpgFILE – In this May 14, 2015, file photo, Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld speaks outside of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio. Sittenfeld, who has been planning to run for mayor, has been indicted on federal corruption charges, and faces six federal counts related to bribery and extortion. It states that Sittenfeld solicited $40,000 in payments to his political action committee to "deliver the votes" in the city council for a proposed downtown real estate development. (Courtney Hergesheimer/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
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All in a days work! The Teachers just hanging around with the Late Great Robert Underwood, owner of Studio Of Dance, Inc., located off Cypress Creek Pkwy. Elizabeth Gilmour use to run the Pilates Program when the studio was under Gil Rome, until he retired and sold the Studio Of Dance to Robert Underwood and remained the Pilates Practitioner training ballerinas from around the world. We are proud to have this wonderful photo of all 4 Professional Teachers hanging up in our studio at Pilates Of Champions.
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The EAKGilmourMethods™© have certainly elevated the standards of Pilates original teachings, where EAKGilmour is now a personal brand!
A personal brand is when you put your branding efforts behind yourself, as opposed to a company or run-of-the-mill standard industry such as Pilates. In turn, through decades of study, long hours of continued research, world traveling, sitting in long medically based physical therapy and university kinesiology courses to learn & earn CEU's Elizabeth Gilmour (Lissa) has become an expert in this field; she has become, "One of a Kind" a "Top Of The Line Pilates Boutique Studio." People don't come to her or her Practice for basic Pilates or even Athletic Training, they come to her because of the way she thinks issues through at lightening speed for her clientele, and the continued outcome she gets for them, surpass their wildest expectations!
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The Render TOP is used to render all 3D scenes in TouchDesigner. You need to give it a Camera object and a Geometry object as a minimum.
The Geometry object needs to have a Material assigned to it. Materials can be pre-packaged ones like the Phong material, or they can be OpenGL GLSL shaders. All textures and bump maps in TouchDesigner materials are TOPs, i.e. files must be read in via Movie File In TOPs.
Rendering in TouchDesigner ties in nicely with compositing via the Render TOP and all other TOPs.
The Render TOP renders in many RGBA and single-channel formats, in 8-bit fixed-point up to to 32-bit floating point per pixel component.
It can render transparent surfaces correctly using Multi-Pass Depth Peeling. See below: Order Independent Transparency.
Multiple Cameras: The Render TOP is able to render multiple cameras (more quickly than separately) in a single node. You specify multiple cameras in one Camera parameter, and use Render Select TOP to pull out those camera results. This feature is even faster on GPUs that support Multi-Camera Rendering.
See also Rendering, all the articles in the Rendering Category, the Render Pass TOP, and the troubleshooting page Why is My Render Black.
NOTE: If you are doing non-realtime GPU-intensive renders (ones that take multiple seconds to render a single SOP), see the note in Windows GPU Driver Timeouts in the Movie File Out TOP.
Camera(s) camera - Specifies which Cameras to look through when rendering the scene. You can specify multiple cameras and retrieve each camera image using the Render Select TOP.
Multi-Camera Hint multicamerahint - ⊞ - Helps the Render TOP optimize rendering when multiple cameras are used. Controls the Multi-Camera Rendering behavior for this node.
Automatic automatic - The node will decide based on the GPU and setup if Multi-Camera Rendering can be used and enable it if possible. Currently Multi-Camera rendering works for 2D and Cube Map renders on supported GPUs. For 2D renders multiple cameras can not be rendered in a single pass if their 'Camera Light Mask' parameters don't result in the same lights being used in the scene. Use of Depth Peeling or Order Independent Transparency will also disable Multi-Camera rendering.
Off (One Pass Per Camera) off - Forces Multi-Camera Render to be disabled, so each camera is rendered one pass at a time.
X-Offset Stereo Cameras stereocameras - Should be set only if the pair of cameras have transform/projection matrices that result in a difference only in the X-axis after being applied, as is the case for most VR headsets. Other differences between the cameras such as FOV, near/far plane etc will be ignored, and the values form the first camera will be used. This hint allows the TOP to run faster for this particular case, when appropriate hardware is available.
Geometry geometry - Specifies which Geometry will be included in the rendered scene. You can use Pattern Matching to specify objects using patterns. Example: geo* ^geo7 will render all Geometry components whose names start with geo except geo7.
Lights lights - Specifies which Lights will be used to render the scene. You can use Pattern Matching here as well.
Anti-Alias antialias - ⊞ - Sets the level of anti-aliasing in the scene. Setting this to higher values uses more graphics memory.
Render Mode rendermode - ⊞ - You can render different projections: normal 2D, Cube Map, Fish Eye (180), or Dual Paraboloid. The Cube Map renders 6 views as needed for environment maps in the Phong MAT and Environment Light COMP.
See also the Cube Map TOP and the Projection TOP.
Dither dither - Dithers the rendering to help deal with banding and other artifacts created by precision limitations of 8-bit displays.
Color Output Needed coloroutputneeded - This is an optimization if you don't actually need the color result from this pass. Turning this off avoids a copy from the offscreen render buffer to the TOP's texture. When anti-aliasing is enabled, turning this off will also avoid 'resolving' the anti-aliasing.
Alpha-to-Coverage alphatocoverage - This is a feature that allows you to control how the anti-alias is resolved by using the pixel's alpha value. Say the anti-alias setting is set to 4x. This means that for each final pixel color, it will blend the color values of 4 pixels from the anti-alias buffer. When Alpha-to-Coverage is enabled, the alpha value controls how many pixel samples will be used to create the final pixel value. If your alpha value is 0.75, then 3 of the 4 pixels will be used. If it's 0.5 then 2 of the 4 pixels will be used.
# of Color Buffers numcolorbufs - Any shader you write can output to more than one RGBA buffer at a time. For GLSL 3.3+ you would use the layout(location = 1) specifier on an out variable in the pixel shader to write to the 2nd buffer. In GLSL 1.2 instead of writing to gl_FragColor in your shader, you write to gl_FragData[i] where i is the color buffer index you want to write the value to.
Allow Blending for Extra Buffers allowbufblending - Controls if blending (as enabled by the MAT common page setting) will be enabled for extra buffers beyond the first one. Often the extra buffers are used to write other types of information such as normals or positions, where blending wouldn't be desirable.
Depth Buffer Format depthformat - ⊞ - Use either a 24-bit Fixed-Point or 32-bit Floating-Point depth buffer (single channel image).
Override Material overridemat - This allows you to specify a material that will be applied to every Geometry that is rendered in the Render TOP. It is useful for pre-processing passes where we are outputting information about the geometry rather then lighting them and outputting RGB.
Depth Peel depthpeel - Depth peeling is a technique used as part of Order-Independent Transparency. This parameter enables rendering depth-peels, but without combining all the layers using blending to create order independent transparency. Instead is keeps all the layers separate and they can be retrieved using a Render Select TOP. Depth peeling is done by first rendering rendering geometry normally and saving that image and depth. Then another render is done but the closest pixels that were occluded by the previous pass are written to the color buffer instead. This can be done multiple times, each time peeling back farther into the scene. If you are rendering a sphere the first render will be the outside of the sphere, and the second peel layer will be the back-inside of the sphere.
Order-Independent Transparency orderindtrans - Helps to render transparent geometry in proper depth order. This eliminates the need to sort the geometry based on distance from camera. This process is multi-pass. For every pixel the closest surface is rendered in the first pass, the second closest surface second, up to the number of passes specified by the Transparency Passes parameter below. Turning this option on will disable some advanced features in the Render TOP, as well as anti-aliasing.
The feature is a pixel-based approach, not object-based. So its performance is not directly related to the number of objects, but rather how they are layered.
It uses a technique called Depth Peeling. First you render the normal frame. On your next render you peel away all of the pixels you saw in the first frame, and reveal the pixels underneath them. The next frame you do the same, peeling away the pixels you could see from the 2nd render. And so on. Once all of the renders are done, you re composite each layer Over the other, starting at the farthest back layer.
If you take a sphere for example, you'll need to do 2 passes, the first one for the front of the sphere, and then 2nd will be the inside of the sphere.
If you have 10 spheres, one behind the other. You'll need 19-20 passes to get the correct image.
If you have 10 spheres, each next to each other across the screen, you'll only need 2 passes.
In reality though you will only need 3-5 passes to get an image that's acceptable. It may not be 100% correct, but it'll look pretty close to correct.
Each pass is a full render, so each pass adds significant overhead.
Transparency/Peel Layers transpeellayers - Number of passes the renderer will use when Order Independant Transparency is turned on.
Crop Left cropleft - Positions the left edge of the rendered image.
Crop Right cropright - Positions the right edge of the rendered image.
Crop Bottom cropbottom - Positions the bottom edge of the rendered image.
Crop Top croptop - Positions the top edge of the rendered image.
The GLSL parameter page allows passing of TOPs (samplers) and uniforms into GLSL MATs in a global fashion, instead of having to bind them to each and every MAT in the system. This is useful for multi-pass techniques. If a MAT defines a sampler/uniform of the same name, the one in the MAT overrides the one in coming from the Render TOP.
Sampler Name sampler0 - This is the sampler name that the GLSL program will use to sample from this TOP. The samplers need to be declared as the same dimensions as the TOP (sampler2D for a 2D TOP, sampler3D for 3D TOP).
Refer to the Texture Sampling Parameters article for more information on the parameters exposed by pressing the + button. The parameter prefix for each of the parameters is top0 up to top4.
Uniform Name uniname0 - The uniform name, as declared in the shader.
Depending on how the uniform is declared, only some of the values of the 4 available per parameter are passes to the shader. For example, if the uniform is declared as a vec2, then only the first 2 values are passes to the shader, the other 2 are ignored.


On 3rd August 2017 whilst in the care of St Margaret's Nursing Home, Eva aged 92 years. The dearly loved wife of the late George, a much loved mum of Maureen, Angela and Gillian, a dear mother-in-law of Pete, Steve and the late Brian, a fun loving nanna of Jayne, Lorna, Michelle, Lee, Martin, Jimmy, Michael and their partners, a loving great-nanna, a dear sister, aunt and a good friend to many. A service to celebrate Eva's life will be held at the Grimsby Crematorium on Monday 14th August at 10.20am. Floral tributes or if desired donations in lieu with cheques made payable to 'Dementia UK' will be gratefully received by Sentiments Funeral Home, 17, Chantry Lane, Grimsby, DN31 2LP. Tel: 01472 242783.
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Suddenly, on the 23rd July 2017, in the care of the Doctors and Nurses at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby, Eileen, sadly passed away peacefully aged 83 years. The beloved and devoted Wife of the late Nick, dearly loved Mum of Chris and Joanne, and Andy and Debbie, and the much loved and treasured Nan of Joe, Maddison & Kurtis. A service to celebrate Eileen's life shall be held at the Grimsby Crematorium on Thursday 3rd August 2017 at 11.40am. Eileen is now resting at Sentiments Funeral Home, 17 Chantry Lane, Grimsby, DN31 2LP where floral tributes or donations in lieu made payable to 'British Heart Foundation' will be gratefully received. Tel: 01472 242783.
On Monday 17th July 2017 in the loving care of Brooklands Care Home, Grimsby, Joan aged 94 years passed away peacefully. A much loved wife of the late William, devoted sister of Freda, Marjorie and Anne, a loving sister-in-law, auntie, cousin and good friend to many. A celebration of Joan's life is to be held at Grimsby Crematorium on Tuesday 1st August 2017 at 1.40pm. Family flowers only please but if so desired, donations in lieu with cheques made payable to St. Andrews Hospice will be gratefully received by Sentiments Funeral Home, 17, Chantry Lane, Grimsby, DN31 2LP. Tel: 01472 242783.
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Peacefully whilst at home on 11th July 2017, surrounded by his loving family, John aged 71 years sadly passed away. A much loved husband of Val, a loving dad of Michaela, Debra and Ricky, a dear father-in-law of Cliff and Zoe, a treasured grandad of Leah, Stephen, Beau and Declan, a dearest brother, brother-in-law, uncle and a good friend to many. A service will be held at the Grimsby Crematorium on Monday 31st July at 11.40am. By request family flowers only please, but if so desired donations in lieu with cheques made payable to the "Blue Cross" which is being collected on behalf of the Grimsby Animal Hospital and will be gratefully received by Sentiments Funeral Home, 17, Chantry Lane, Grimsby, N.E. Lincs DN31 2LP. Tel: 01472 242783.