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Tyler, the Creator: Horsing Around
Jeff Weiss March 28, 2013
"Are there do-rags here? I want the horse to wear a do-rag."
A crisis emerges midway through the taping of bumper spot skits for the second season of Odd Future's Loiter Squad. Downtown's industrial district is do-rag-less. There are bandannas and snapbacks but no do-rags, and Tyler, the Creator, the Adult Swim show's star, wants to drape a do-rag around the pony neighing next to him.
If this doesn't make sense, take a step back. Ask yourself: Is the juxtaposition of a pony in a polyester skullcap and a 6-foot-2, 22-year-old black man (Tyler) in a woman's bathrobe and shoulder-length blond wig, inherently funny to you? If the answer is no, you're probably perplexed by Odd Future. Odds are your ADD-addled little brother or cousin feels otherwise. To them and innumerable self-identified teen outcasts, Tyler's sophomore record, Wolf, out April 2, is as anticipated as the PlayStation 4.
In two years, the hip-hop collective has emerged as likely the most organically popular in America. Without radio or major-label promotion, Tyler's Odd Future Frankenstein yielded a Billboard Top 10 debut (Tyler's Goblin), a record label, a popular cable show, an MTV Video Award (for "Yonkers") and a streetwear line with a flagship boutique on Fairfax. OF member Frank Ocean released last year's most acclaimed album and won a Grammy Award.
Tyler is a voice of his generation, rasping rebellious gospel to kids kicked out of class, the ones unable to identify with Girls.
"Last time I saw you, we was broke," Tyler greets me with a smile as canary-eating as the cats on the OF brand hoodies. "Now everyone's eating. We paid."
The barbarians stormed the gates to make a quarter of a million dollars selling socks. Tyler insists that he's not rich yet, "just financially stable." But the trappings are altered. He owns a four-story house and a Range Rover, and records in professional studios. When I first met him in the fall of 2010, he was sleeping on the dog hair–strewn couch of his mom's place and recording in a spartan back house owned by the parents of his engineer, Syd the Kid.
Tyler still dresses and acts the same, no jewelry, no frills — except he's half an inch taller and designs the logo on his garments.
Beyond the house and car, he's avoided major expenditures. Tyler describes money's greatest attribute (beyond eliminating worry) as the ability to "walk into Amoeba and buy anything I want." When asked what he wants most, he replies, "Good health."
It's as unaffected by fame as you can be when you're close friends with Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Pharrell. Odd Future are a terrarium at the edge of the mainstream, equipped with its own carnival. The group has even launched its own branding company, in which Tyler will direct a commercial for Mountain Dew.
"I was talking with Dave Wirtschafter [board member at talent agency William Morris Endeavor] and he said, 'What's the difference between Odd Future and an advertising company?' I said, 'Nothing,' " recalls Christian Clancy, the group's manager. "Tyler writes, takes his own photos, draws, makes great videos, and I'm sure will make great films. Love him or hate him, he's one of the most creative kids alive, and his following appreciates his honesty."
Somewhere in his world travels, Tyler acquired the nascent maturity and self-discipline required to properly play the game, as much as you can call someone mature who bites into a Subway sandwich (as he did at the shoot) and exclaims, "I heard white bread gives you AIDS."
This sort of sentence incited a hundred think pieces branding Odd Future as some sinister amalgamation of N.W.A and A Clockwork Orange upon their initial ascent in early 2011. When a domestic-violence group protested them at 2011's Pitchfork Music Festival, Tyler sent them red velvet cupcakes. Meanwhile, New Zealand's Big Day Out Festival banned OF from performing due to "extremely homophobic, misogynistic and hateful lyrics."
The irony is that Odd Future include two openly LGBT members, two more than any rap crew ever. And both Syd and Frank Ocean probably would tell you that their sexuality is too complicated to be boxed into a contrived, four-letter acronym.
"I'm so glad that's over," Tyler says, wearing a pink and teal OF donut hoodie, black jeans, Vans and a green hat. "I wasn't using 'fag' to refer to gay people. If I call a piece of lettuce a faggot, am I homophobic? I might be anti-lettuce but …"
If this seems absurd, that's the point. Tyler's absurdist at the core, incorporating midgets onstage and shooting trailer trash in tutus for his videos. That's why he's an ideal fit on the cable network that pioneered the first animated milkshake detective. During his first hour at Willow Studios, he asks if he can call me Dad and whether I want a lap dance. In his Howlin' Wolf Haley baritone, Tyler gurgles: "I don't like having random purses around."
Beyond the non sequiturs, there's a steel-trap mind. Clancy declares him one of the most aware people he's seen. Tyler knows that some people think "I'm a joking piece of shit. … They don't understand that I'm smarter than them."
You only see the full extent of his intelligence in person. His memory is photographic, and his improv ability equals anyone at Upright Citizens Brigade. Before the do-rag dilemma, he riffed for 45 minutes at his latest creation: a bi-curious, hot dog–worshipping thug rapper from New York. Writers are credited on Loiter Squad, but many characters, concepts and lines spring from Tyler.
"I have so many characters in my head," he says, beaming. "I don't even know their names yet."
Despite the controversy and cursing, Tyler smiles more than any other rapper I've met. Whereas many of his peers wallow in their success, Tyler's attitude is perennially "so fucking stoked." His biggest complaint is that people take things seriously now.
On cue, a production coordinator interrupts to inform him that do-rags have been procured and he has to return to the shoot.
"I'll be there in two minutes," he replies.
"After you draw that dick?" she points to a paper where he has gone Superbad, drawing "I [heart] D-12," several phalluses and a donut.
"I'm just going to give it a squirt."
The coordinator exits and Tyler flashes the first frustrated look he's shown all afternoon.
"That's the only thing that's changed," Tyler says. "I could've got a 5-D [camera] and shot this like I used to do. It's a funny video, not a music video. If it's too clean, it's not funny."
Then he draws the squirt, stands up and bounces back toward the cameras.
"You're a monster!!" Tyler's eyes bulge and he's fake-sobbing and screaming at the brown and white pony, which vacantly gazes back at him. No do-rag.
Horses can't wear do-rags. The trainer claims that wrapping anything over the horse's ears could make it bolt out the third-floor window. The cameras focus on Tyler, wearing a dirty blond wig and floral print robe, kneeling over the prostrate body of a small girl, who presumably has been murdered by the reckless, would-be do-rag'd pony.
"How could you do this? You're a fucking animal," Tyler roars, extending his middle finger at the placid equine. Someone says cut. People stir and start talking again. Tyler extends his hand to the horse. "No hard feelings."
Between horse whispering and Kurt Cobain wigs, it's easy to forget the significance of this month for Tyler. There's the second-season premiere of Loiter Squad, the release of his second album and a sold-out, first-ever solo tour.
"I'm nervous as fuck," he admits in an office area concealed within the 150,000-square-foot commercial studio. "Hodgy [Beats] not being on tour with me is kind of scary."
Tyler and Hodgy were the stage-diving and ski-masked cavalry leading Odd Future's original attack. It was the closest thing 21st-century rap had to a Sex Pistols moment, a generational shift sparked by Tumblr, YouTube and a devoured roach. So strong was their wave that it washed over everything, from A$AP Rocky's stage show to Lil Wayne's adoption of skateboarding. Even Diddy vainly changed his name to "Swag."
Credit Tyler for knowing when something is dead. "Swag" has left his vocabulary. Nor does he exhibit nostalgia for his days of anonymity. He had to be famous. There's too much restlessness. He's always avoided drugs and alcohol; there's no need when your brain is always firing. At any minute, it feels as if he could bolt out of his chair and shatter the framed photos hanging in this ersatz office.
"The album sucks," he preempts discussion of Wolf. He's not playing it for press — not even his publicist has heard it. I ask if he really believes that, and he mischievously raises his eyebrows.
Tyler wants to make radio pop but on his own terms. Maybe an album with Justin Bieber or collaborations with Tame Impala and Toro y Moi. He plays piano and the drums, and plans to learn guitar. He'd rather sing, but his voice is too low to hit his ideal timbres à la Stevie Wonder, Pharrell or Prince. Instead, it's gnarled and hellish, which makes it perfect for rap.
"The lyrics are the same stupid shit … still rapping about dicks," Tyler continues drawing. "The only difference is that I brag about how much money I made last year."
This is partially a self-defensive pose. When asked what happened to the furious kid of Bastard, the free mixtape that launched his career in the summer of 2009, Tyler replies: "I was pissed, and then life kinda started getting good. But Wolf is emotional. It's bright and dark. I brag about having a four-story house but being lonely."
The loneliness isn't emotional but an inability to relate to anyone. It's a form of creative salvation. No matter how deep he goes inside the system, he can retreat to whatever weird, tie-died sanctuary makes him unique.
"Even if I'm at the Grammys, I feel like I'm an outsider. I don't really think about shit until someone brings it up. I can't explain how it is. I'm not lonely, I just don't have anyone to relate to," Tyler says. "I'm the same dude. I'm still regular. This shirt must've been washed a hundred times."
He can't relate to anyone and neither can his fans, so they fall for him. I ask my 14-year-old cousin why she has "I [heart] Odd Future" on her Instagram and she offers as good an answer as any: "I like how their sound is different from other artists. I like Tyler's humor and how he's his own unique person. Everything else feels fake."
Tyler relates to these stories the most. He still responds to fans' questions on a personal Formspring account, ranging from his favorite theme park (Magic Mountain) to what color fans should dye their hair (green). Mr. Kill People Burn Shit Fuck School even occasionally offers the old-fashioned advice to get off the Internet, go play outside with friends, and eat ice cream.
His eyes particularly light up when telling the story about a girl who wanted to be a ballerina but abandoned her dreams to focus on studying for college.
"She sent me a letter saying that I gave her the courage to try out and win a ballerina scholarship," Tyler says. "We put so much confidence in kids. I just want them to be themselves. I don't know how I did it. … But it's cool."
The production coordinator interrupts again to tell Tyler to prepare for the last skit. So he wraps orange and blue do-rags around his head and slips on a shirt with an airbrushed piece of bread. Printed in bubble letters is: "RIP JOHN JOHN."
Tyler explains that the skit's genesis stemmed from wondering what would happen if your best friend were made of bread and he died. He lets the ridiculousness of the question linger for a second, shrugs his shoulders, grabs a votive candle and goes off to mourn John John.
The good news is that it's pretty easy to put a do-rag on a piece of bread.
7-Figure Wealth Coach and Entrepreneur Coach Legend Tends to Over-Deliver


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Tag: Organization Service Award and Special Service Award
Les Tupper Awards Nominations Open
Local residents are invited to nominate candidates for this year's prestigious Les Tupper Awards. Each year since 1969, the La Cañada Flintridge Coordinating Council has presented awards to individuals, groups and students who have provided exemplary service to the La Cañada Flintridge community. These awards are named in honor of Les Tupper, a civic leader who cared deeply about education, youth and enhancing the quality of life in LCF.
Nominations may be submitted by individuals or organizations. Criteria for nominees include a "long-term and broad-based involvement in LCF community services," a spokesman said. "Nominations cover the areas of education, youth activities, cultural pursuits, religious, business and civic or social services. Qualifications should include demonstrated leadership qualities and roles that bring positive recognition to themselves and to the LCF community."
The categories are Individual Service Award, Student Service award, Organization Service Award and Special Service Award.
Nomination forms and detailed criteria are available on line at lcfcc.info. Nominations should be submitted by mail to LCF Coordinating Council, P.O. Box 264, LCF, 91012, or by email to LesTupper@lcfcc.net. Nomination forms are also available at the LCF City Hall, the Chamber of Commerce office and the library.
Nominations are due online by midnight or postmarked on or before Friday, Feb. 23. Fairness requires that there can be no exceptions.
The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in JPL's Von Karman Auditorium.
For more information, visit president@lcfcc.net.

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MUSIC REVIEW BY John Kelman, All About Jazz
It's easier to impress listeners with virtuosity than subtlety and nuance, but thankfully there are those who take the road less traveled. Along the Way, the second release by Scenes, is the result of three musicians being comfortable in their own skins and having nothing to prove. The vibe may be relaxed and the delivery spacious, but this music proves that one should never mistake comfort for complacency.
Guitarist John Stowell has had a lengthy career with a series of milestones, but he's never attained the widespread fame of contemporaries like Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny or John Scofield. While these three guitarists all have roots in the elegant and deceptive simplicity of Jim Hall, Stowell's reference point is clearer. Like Hall, Stowell's command of the language may be inescapable, but he uses it in such a selfless way that every note feels paramount.
Bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop have worked together frequently over the past few years in a variety of contexts, and both are supple and responsive players. Still, this is not a case of guitarist and rhythm section�it's an interactive three-way conversation. There's never a sense of anyone lobbying for dominance. Instead, camaraderie and an ever-present sense of equity predominate, even during clearly defined solos.
The tempo rarely gets beyond medium and the trio members' stance is never aggressive. Bishop, a textural player who never loses sight of the pulse, plays in an understated fashion throughout, making the few occasions where he lets out the stops all the more dramatic. Johnson's "Studio City" and "Lonely Blue Angel" are as fiery as the trio gets, and while the energy is unavoidable, so too is an underlying commitment to focus and thematic development.
Stowell's easygoing "When Jasper Grows Up" brings to mind some of Scofield's trio work, but with a cleaner, warmer tone and phrasing that bears no resemblance to Sco's bluesy mindset. There's nothing sharp or harsh about his style, so even his close voicings and occasional hint of dissonance remain wholly approachable.
There's an airy, ECM-like feel to much of the album, at times reminscent of guitarist John Abercrombie's trio with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Peter Erskine, but more in its aesthetic than any direct stylistic reference.
Along the Way doesn't stand out in the literal sense. It's neither obvious nor exaggerated. Instead, it's an honest and unassuming record filled with memorable writing and committed playing. One of those rare records that almost insidiously creeps its way into the subconscious on repeated listens, it will, no doubt, remain relevant long after any "style du jour" passes from favor.
Jazz Radio 247 by Rick Holland


The foundation would like to thank Glamorgan NFU for their generous donation of £1000 given during a charity lunch on the Vale of Glamorgan Show Field on Sunday 5th August.
The shone on for our reorganised Walk the Vale on Monday 7th May. Just over 188 walkers took part choosing either the long or short walk, taking in the beautiful views of the vale. Many Thanks to Paula and all the staff at The Plough and Harrow, Monknash for letting us take over their garden and providing complimentary tea, coffee and water for those taking part. Thank you to all who took part, we have raised just over £2000 for the foundation the miles walked are still being calculated.
The Foundation are pleased to support Tenovus in donating £25,000 to their 'Closer to Home' Appeal to build a third mobile ssupport unit. The new unit will be more than just somewhere patients have their chemotherapy. Patients will benefit from a complete package of cancer treatment, support and care. All designed to help them get better, all in one place.
The new Mobile Support Unit will be over 60% bigger than the first one, making it the largest mobile chemotherapy unit in the world. It will have space for eight patients at a time to recieve treatment and during its lifetime this unit could deliver over 125,000 treatments.
Due to the significant amount of our donation the foundation will be able to have a room named within the unit.
We would not have made this donation without the continued support and generous donations from family, friends and the wider community.
Friday 29th December saw the annual Clay Pigeon shoot take place. A cold and wintery day saw 50+ shooters arrive to compete for the Ed Evans Memorial Trophy. Many Thanks to Phil Ash and Brian Daniels who continue to support and help organise this event and to Guy and Tina at the Horseshoe, Marcross who always provide a much needed pint and a curry. Peter Morris was the winner of the Farmers competition with Phil Ash winning the professional shoot. Second place was awarded to Ben Lindell and Matt Featherstone won the wooden spoon!
Many Thanks to all who helped with the organisation and running of this event and we look forward to seeing you all again in December.
This year the foundation, along with Marie Curie was chosen as one of Sally Hanks, Mayor of Llantwit Major's charities to support whilst in office. We would like to thank Sally and everyone who has supported the events over the past few months.
Sue was delighted to accept a cheque of £2500 on behalf of the foundation.
Representatives from both charities recieving their cheques from Sally Hanks, Mayor of Llantwit.
This year was our 10th Anniversary Walk the Vale event which saw 241 walkers walk 1932 miles to raise awareness of Brain Tumours. Once again we started from The Plough and Harrow, Monknash, many thanks to Paula and her team for letting us take over the pub garden and for providing complimentary tea, coffee and water to everyone taking part. Thank you to everyone who took part and helped to raise a fantastic £1750 which will go to support Brain Tumour research.
On Tuesday 27th December 87 shooters took part in the annual Ed Evans Foundation Clay Pigeon Shoot. In a change from previous years we had two competitions running simultaneously; one for the club shooters and one for the farmers. The winner of the farmers competition was Owain Williams, with Phil Ashe as the club winner. Everyone retired to The Horseshoe Inn, Marcross where Tina and Guy provided a much needed curry along with a few pints or two. Thank you to all who came to help set up, participate or support the event we managed to raised £1700 for the foundation.
Storm Katie didn't put off the 129 walkers who joined us for our annual walk on Easter Monday, a total of 751 miles were walked with £1200 being raised. Many thanks to Michelle from The Brain Tumour Charity who once again came to help sign everybody in. We would also like to thank Paula and her team at The Plough and Harrow for providing a much needed pint and a hearty meal.
We had a very successful concert on December 4th with a full house at Wick Village Hall. An enjoyable evening was had by all and we raised £870 towards our charities.
The foundation were very pleased to make a donation towards a specialised trike for Jack Vincent from Llantwit Major. Jack has a form of 'dystonic cerebral palsy', resulting in multiple disabilities including severe mobility problems. Pictured is Sue Evans from the foundation along with the representatives of the other contributors and Jack's parents Deb and Mark.
On Easter Monday 6th April, over 250 walkers took part in the annual Ed Evans Foundation Walk the Vale event. With the sun shining on us walkers chose to either undertake the short 6 mile walk or the long 11 mile walk both taking in the stunning scenery of the Vale of Glamorgan. The final total of miles walked is still being calculated and we raised just over £2000 for the charity. Many thanks to Michelle, Alice and Ian for helping to register and sign everyone back in, we couldn't have managed without you! Also many thanks to Paula and her staff at The Plough and Harrow for hosting the returning walkers and their continued support of the foundation. Here are a few photos from the day, a final total of walkers and mileage will be uploaded soon!
Sunday 28th December saw 67 shooters compete for the Ed Evans Memorial Trophy. Unlike last year the weather was kind to us bright and sunny with no wind although it was a little cold! At the end of a good few hours of shooting the top ten scorers took part in the shoot off. This was won by Phil Ash, with last years champion Luke Morgan taking second place and winning the John Sedgebeer Memorial Cup. Many Thanks to Brian Daniels and Phil Ash for their support in organising the event and South and West Country Sports. Jonathan Morgan provided some additonal prizes including Top Female Shooter and Top Novice Shooter. Once again our thanks go to Tina and Guy of The Horseshoe Inn, Marcross for their continued support and for providing a lovely much needed curry.
Thank you to all who supported this event and we look forward to seeing you all again next year.
Thank you to all the friends, family and supporters who came to the dinner dance at St Donats Arts Centre on Saturday 18th October. A lovely meal was served by Town and Country Caterers and there was dancing to The Neil Diamond Tribute and The Lounge Lizards. During the evening the foundation donated £5000 each to Cancer Research Wales and The Brain Tumour Charity. The total raised on the night is approximately £3000, many thanks to all those who gave generous donations and helped make the night a great success.
On Wednesday 4th June friends and family of the foundation attended the launch of The Brain Tumour Charity Services in Wales. The launch was hosted by Jane Hutt AM and held at The Senedd in Cardiff Bay. During this event we heard from The Brain Tumour Charity who spoke about their research and the services they will be providing across Wales, Neurosurgeons from University Hospital Wales and Sue Evans of the foundation. Sue gave a personal account of when Ed was diagnosed and the lack of support and information available for patients and families. During the evening The Ogmore Valley Male Voice Choir who are great supporters of the foundation performed. The foundation were also pleased to present The Brain Tumour Charity with a cheque for £5000 which will be used to fund the position of Operations Manager in Wales.
The foundation were pleased to donate an Ipad Air to Sophie Staniland from Llantwit Major. 16 year old Sophie is visually impaired and the Ipad will help her to revise for her upcoming GCSE's.
The foundation would like to thank The Tractor Boys of Aberthin who have once again held a tractor run in aid of the foundation. Once we have total raised we will let you know.
The foundation would like to thank the 209 walkers who joined us on Monday 21st April to raise awareness of and money for research into Brain Tumours. The final mileage is still being calculated with approximately £2000 being raised to support The Brain Tumour Charity. Once the mileage is finalised it will be sent to The International Brain Tumour Alliance who will add it to their 'Walk around the world for brain tumour awareness' total. Many Thanks to all who helped out on the day and of course to all who took part in either the long or shorter walk. Many Thanks to Paula and her team at The Plough and Harrow pub for providing tea and coffee before people set off and a much need pint or 2 on their return!!
Friday 27th December saw 52 shooters brave the wind and rain to compete for The Ed Evans Memorial Trophy. After a good few hours of shooting at some challenging traps which were made harder by the wind the top ten highest scorers took part in a shoot off. Luke Morgan eventually won with a clear round with Nathan James winning the John Sedgebeer Memorial Cup as runner up. Many Thanks to Brian Daniels and Phil Ash, who as always help us to set up and run the day. Thank you to South & West Country Sports for their continued support. We would also like to thank Tina and Guy of The Horseshoe Inn, Marcross for their continued support and for providing a much needed curry at the end of the day.
Luke Morgan winner of The Ed Evans Memorial Trophy with Howie, Ed's brother.
The foundation are very pleased to announce a scholarship fund in Ed's memory.
Cancer Research Wales was always a charity close to Ed's heart and one we continue to raise money for to aid further research.
Below is further information about the scholarship programme from Cancer Research Wales.
Monies will be made available for one scholarship grant in memory of Mr Ed Evans who supported CRW before his premature death from brain cancer in 2007 and whose foundation still continues to provide funding. Therefore, this year, Cancer Research Wales particularly encourage projects that will undertake innovative brain cancer research. The Scholarship may take the form of a 3 year PhD studentship or a 1-3 year post-doctoral project.
On 14th September I have entered the chillswim Coniston end to end swim. it is held on Coniston waters, the lake district, the length of the lake is 5.25 miles and it looks bloody cold!
please sponsor me for these two very worthwhile local charities. I am grateful for any amount no matter how small, but if I could raise £100 per mile total that would be outstanding".
The foundation were very pleased to donate a wheelchair to Kiana McKirdy who lives in the Vale. Kiana is 5 and has been diagnosed with Perthes Disease leaving her unable to walk. Kiana's wheelchair means she can get back to school and out and about with her family. Sue Evans from the foundation is pictured with Kiana and her mum Suzanne.
233 walkers braved the cold on Easter Monday to join our annual Walk the Vale event. Starting from The Plough and Harrow in Monknash walkers could choose a short 6 mile route or the longer 12 mile route taking them along the coast to Llantwit Major and back to Monknash. A total of 1668 miles were walked and these will now be added to the International Brain Tumour Alliance's World Walk Challenge to see how many times they can circle the earth. The money raised from this event will be used as part of our commitment to support the post of a development co-ordinator based in Wales to support patients and families affected by Brain Tumours. We would like to thank all of the team at The Plough and Harrow for their continued support.
What hat will you be wearing?
Many Thanks and Congratulations to Lloyd Morris who has completed the Lanzarote Ironman Challenge, raising money for the foundation. So far he has raised £800.
(Ed's Cousin) on her completion of the Cardiff Half Marathon. Louise completed the marathon in 2 Hours and 32 Minutes, raising funds for the foundation.
Louise with her well deserved pint and medal. Thank You!
The Foundation are very pleased to present Seth Jorgenson, who lives in Wick with an IPad which will allow him to communicate better with those around him.


Responding to the exhortation to involve DBCLM as part of BREADS Bangalore in WORLD CLEAN UP DAY 2018, a global environmental initiative, a cleanliness drive was organized by DBCLM, Davangere. The staff came together days before to finalize the location where the mission has to be accomplished. After much discussion and debate it was decided to start at home and therefore a locality just outside the compound wall where in the newly constructed household around pile up their litter and thrash was selected for cleaning.
Mr Basanna, the local corporator and Adv Arunkumar were the chief guests of the occasion. The guests spoke on the importance and necessity of such initiatives and invited the whole public to join hands in this noble venture especially in a scenario where in the whole country is moving towards a Clean India. Mr Manjunath B, the chief architect behind this mission requested the corporator to do something to solve this issue of litter and trash of the locality permanently on behalf of the children, staff and the people around. Soon after the inauguration of the event all participated in the cleaning mission and contributed their might to make this world a better to place to live in.


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Prince William finishes three weeks' work experience in London's financial district
Prince William has finished three weeks of work experience in London's financial district, where he met insurers, traders and even fishmongers, his father's office said Sunday.
Banking giant HSBC organized and hosted the program, designed to provide a glimpse of the inner workings of the City, as London's financial district is known.
"After a very busy three weeks spent in the City, I now have a much better understanding how all the different financial institutions work and how they fit together," William said in a statement released by Clarence House, his father Prince Charles' office.
"Spending every day with people who contribute so much to this country's economy gave me the chance to experience the atmosphere of the City and to see, as best as I could, what it's really like to work there," he said. "And I won the stock picking competition!"
William, 23, graduated from Scotland's St. Andrews University in June, and plans to attend the elite Sandhurst military academy to train to become an army officer. His younger brother Harry also studies at Sandhurst.


Please watch these even if you don't agree with all of it because I think Michael wants us to really know what he has been through, his good and bad decisions so we finally know him and our lives the way it really is.
Watch all of them in line so that you can understand the references and know what to look for in the future.
They are done sensitively but they are also disturbing on many fronts. Also there is some things I didn't know before seeing this and it makes a lot of sense now that the pieces fit. Also another must watch after these..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yCOFggd030 - This is Torture - Jackson 5 and I was too young to know this but it is really creepy and NOT what you would expect from the Jacksons - Watch for the totally 'in your face' illuminati symbols.
# ex-illuminati talks about the music industry and why its addictive.
thanks , always worth a try....!
Didn´t you knew this documentary? It is really old..hm.
Joeseph has said it by himself that he has done i and that at this time it was just normal for parents to behave like that . I can´t take this anymory, this lies.
Amazing Site MJ info you NEVER knew!!!!
Sweet - "A Story of Michael Jackson and Neverland"


Ink Node: Emily Pettit, "HOW TO RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU HAVE BEHAVED BADLY AND BEHAVE BETTER"
to see below. It is always shaking where I am.
What do you know from the shoulder up?
make mistakes too, maybe. And our memories.
I know memory is remarkable and unpredictable.
And I am meaning to be better with what I know.
I know now is not the time to take up flying.
You say, I'm watching you. And I say, No, I'm watching you.
I mean to let you forgive me.


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Foreman Focus Friday: Dave Gordon (Retiring)
Jun 28, 2019 | Source: Hermanson Marketing Foreman Focus Friday
June's Foreman Focus Friday is bittersweet as we recognize an amazing leader while also wishing him a happy retirement.
Dave Gordon has spent the twilight of his career at Hermanson over the past eight years. He grew up in a family of tradesmen, including his grandfather and uncle who were plumbers and a pipefitter brother. At age 19, Dave joined Local 32 as a helper and soon finished his apprenticeship. He has spent his entire career working in the mechanical industry.
Dave considers communication with clients to be his strong suit and credits support from Hermanson's Safety Team, Detailing and Shipping/Receiving departments and Fab Shop in his success. "They are the best!" says Dave, "Knowing that I have a team that will work around the tight schedules required on a downtown project makes my job much easier."
Dave may be retiring, but he has no plans to slow down. He will simply have more time to devote to music. For the last 22 years, Dave has played the piano for various groups including the Silverbacks, an R&B/rock 'n roll cover band, and for an Elvis impersonator. Retirement will mean more time performing, tutoring and volunteering for children's theatre productions. There will also be more time to spend with family, including Dave's wife, three grown children and so far, one special grandchild.
Dave's parting advice going into retirement – take advantage of your 401(k) options. "Your retirement will be here before you know it, so maximize your contribution now!" Dave advises.
"Dave is one of the best foremen to ever have worked at Hermanson, he is solid in every category," notes Fitting Superintendent, Nick Zuclich, "He will be greatly missed as a true leader and committed steamfitter to his core."The Hermanson family wishes Dave a very happy retirement and acknowledges his part in Hermanson's success!


Picture a family owned restaurant that has been around for generations, a restaurant where you can go in, sit down, and be treated like you've been part of that family the whole time. You're picturing Grimaldi's.
The service at Grimaldi's was attentive and all-around excellent! They were nice, funny, and extremely attentive. My water glass was never empty and the food came with perfect timing. We started with a side salad with crumbly bleu cheese and homemade balsamic vinaigrette. For an appetizer, we couldn't refuse to try out the Calamari Grimaldi with lightly fried with tomatoes, olives hot cherry peppers in a light butter sauce. Our entrees were both safe and surprising at the same time. Where else can you get a Ceaser Salad with shrimp, haddock, and SWORDFISH? Plus the Penne Bolognese was hearty and spicy! To finish it off we chose a desert with some heat.. and we're talking spicy heat! Chocolate Aztec Cake infused with cinnamon and cayenne pepper. Plus a little hot pepper on top with some pepper seed sprinkles. Surprisingly delicious and surprisingly hot! Definitely check out Grimaldi's if you haven't already!


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Amanda Purcell is reporting for Columbia-Greene Media Dr. Andrea "Cricket" Coleman, of Claverack, has resigned as Columbia County Coroner, effective July 13. Coleman held the office since January 1, less than eight months. she said her resignation was for "personal reasons." Coleman replaced long-time county coroner Angelo Nero by beating former Germantown town supervisor Roy Brown in November. "It has been an absolute privilege to have run and become elected here, but mostly a privilege to have been able to serve those that I have, even if for such a short time," Coleman said in a statement. "I have learned a tremendous amount about the people of Columbia County and am a better person for it." Coleman will move back to New York City to work as a medical examiner there, she said. Coleman and her husband took up full-time residence in Columbia County in 2014. She was previously employed as a medical examiner at the Dutchess County Medical Examiner's Office in Poughkeepsie. Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chairman Matt Murell said he will consult with the county Board of Elections and the county attorney to determine next steps. Read the full story at HudsonValley360 [dot] com.


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APENFT, the App-Enabled Entertainment Network, is expanding into the gaming world with a new wireless solution designed to provide content to gamers on the go. WINkLink, a new service that leverages the latest 4G LTE technology, is designed to allow gamers to access and play games that they purchase on their mobile devices.
APENFT is a new tech company that is expanding into the game industry with its own cryptocurrency, WINK. With this new tech, they will be able to provide a peer-to-peer payment system for gamers, something that is desperately needed in this day and age. This system will allow gamers to play games that do not have a way to pay for them, and as such, many gamers will be able to enjoy the game they have always wanted to play, and the games that they have been unable to play.
The cryptocurrency revolution continues to grow. A few weeks ago, a new ICO launched under the WinkLINK platform which seeks to integrate cryptocurrency payments into the everyday world. We thought this was an interesting development in the industry, and wanted to take a closer look.
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In the TRON ecosystem, APENFT will team up with WINkLink to enter the areas of GameFi and NFTfi. TRON creator Justin Sun anticipated that GameFi, like DeFi, will become the next big thing in the blockchain sector, and that WINkLink and APENFT would go all-in on this new potential.
The TRON public chain will fuel this collaborative effort of APENFT Foundation and WINkLink into GameFi and NFTfi, which will use the BTFS protocol and the JUST financial ecosystem. The NFTs produced by APENFT and the WIN tokens issued by WINkLink will be utilized in the NFT game that the two companies are planning to launch. The game's prototype is expected to be finished in Q3, and the combined product will be accessible to consumers in Q4.
Since 2023, two developing popular DeFi and NFTfi combos have been GameFi and NFTfi. NFTfi refers to blockchain initiatives containing NFT components, whereas GameFi refers to "gamified finance," a completely new sector of business in the gaming industry. According to analysts, NFT adds DeFi to rarity-based distinct assets, and DeFi, in turn, endows NFT with commercial value via financing. Some initiatives pushing DeFi's cross-industry applicability, particularly those combining it with NFT, have already unlocked enormous potential.
According to publicly available statistics, the NFT market's trading volume in Q2 2023 was $754 million, up 48 percent from the previous quarter, and the number of traders surpassed 130,000. Because NFT is a token by definition, it has significant asset characteristics. As a result, it offers liquidity to art assets by allowing on-chain lending and borrowing using NFT. It also takes use of DeFi's decentralized features to provide credit and evidence of existence. GameFi, which combines NFT with DeFi, is generally acknowledged in the industry as having the potential to be the next frontier for NFT innovation.
With their combined entrance into GameFi, APENFT and WINkLink, two popular initiatives in the limelight, grab a new opportunity in the sector. Furthermore, with Justin Sun's help, the two partners will accelerate the development of their GameFi project, which will be supported by the complete TRON ecosystem.
The APENFT goal of registering world-class artworks as NFTs on the blockchain is supported by the underlying technology of top-tier blockchains Ethereum and TRON, as well as support from the world's biggest distributed storage system, BitTorrent. With a combined worth of almost $31 million, the charity holds a collection of works by well-known artists such as Pablo Picasso and crypto artists Beeple and Pak.
The TRON ecosystem's first system-wide oracle project is WINLink. It offers data, events, and payment systems in the real world, as well as trustworthy, unpredictable, and verified random numbers. It is responsible for moving off-chain data onto the chain and guaranteeing the data's authenticity as part of TRON's DeFi ecosystem's interconnectivity with off-chain data. WinkLink's goal is to link virtual space and reality by bridging the gap between the physical and digital worlds.
APENFT's Background
APENFT was founded with the goal of registering world-class artworks on the blockchain as NFTs. We want to create a link between top-tier musicians and blockchain technology, as well as promote the development of native crypto NFT artists. APENFT, by converting top artists and art pieces into NFTs, not only improves the way artworks are hosted, but also transforms them from elite-exclusive items to something that truly belongs to the people and reflects their aspirations, similar to how blockchain democratizes finance like never before. APENFT is a universal art form.
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The Apenf Technology Group (APENFT) has announced that it has joined forces with the WINkLink firm to release a new device called the WINkLink that is designed to provide a mobile platform for gaming. The WINkLink will allow for the use of various games and applications for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to: Finance, Service, and Entertainment.. Read more about just nft fund and let us know what you think.
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Powerball April 14 Jackpot $67 Million; Falling Stars Align For NM Winner
Written By Staff on April 13, 2021 - Last Updated on April 14, 2021
The Powerball jackpot increases yet again, for tonight's drawing.
The Wednesday, April 14 drawing has an estimated jackpot of $67 million or a cash value of $46 million.
Winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, April 14
Powerball drawings take place twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays after 11 p.m. EST. Tonight's winning numbers are posted below.
Winning numbers: 13 – 30 – 33 – 45 -61 Powerball: 14
Multiplier: 2X
Stars align for New Mexico million-dollar winner
On Feb. 11, E. Alakbarov of Albuquerque, NM had his wish granted. Alakbarov has a strong belief that if you see a falling star, you should make a wish. Imagine when he saw three green falling stars across the New Mexico night sky and made a wish to become a millionaire.
Shortly after, that wish came true with a $1 million Powerball winning ticket. While the drawing was for Jan. 23, Alakbarov did not check his ticket until a few weeks later. Often, he waits to check until bringing the tickets to a retailer.
At the retailer, the ticket flashed, "Go to Lottery headquarters." Alakbarov thought at the time, the winner may be around a few hundred dollars. Therefore, he headed home to immediately check his numbers.
He stated, "At first, I didn't even realize what was happening. I saw all the zeros and thought I won $1,000. Then, I realized there were six zeros and it was $1 million!"
Online lottery automatically notifies winners
However, there is a faster and even automatic way to be notified of winning lottery tickets by playing online. The PA online lottery not only notifies you of winning tickets, but in most cases, automatically pays out winners to your player account.
However, Pennsylvania is not the only state where online lottery tickets are sold:
Online or buying tickets through a physical retailer, we want to remind you to play responsibly.
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The time has come when you're ready to put away your work clothes for good and enjoy your golden years doing whatever you want – no longer answering to an employer. This means it's time to compose your letter of retirement. Exactly what you put in this letter will depend on the job and experiences you have had, but there are a few general guidelines to follow.
Before you sit down to your laptop to write your letter, gather together all the financial information you have for your place of employment. This includes retirement plans, pensions, employee savings plans and annuities. Also include lump sum payments and compensation for unused leave due to you when you leave the company. Likely, by this point, you've already had several meetings with your supervisor or the head of human resources to discuss your interest in retiring and gathering pertinent information. If you haven't, do so, as these are the terms of your retirement.
Open the letter by addressing your supervisor cordially and mentioning who you are. If you've spent the last 20 years in a small company where you've eaten at your boss' house on a regular basis, you won't need to go to great lengths to identify yourself. Mention your name, your job title and the number of years you've worked for the company. If you've worked for a large organization, you may need to include your employee identification number or similar items.
Let the company know that you intend to retire, and give them the specific date on which you plan to leave. Depending on where you work, your employer may prefer that you give them ample warning. The University of Arizona, for example, wants retiring teachers to provide at least six months' notice. How much you need to provide will have been explained to you in your meetings with human resources. Mention the terms of your retirement and let the company know if you plan to continue contributing to medical, dental or other retirement plans, if available.
Express your gratitude for the job you held, and even mention a few colleagues you enjoyed working with or a few memorable moments you couldn't have experienced if you hadn't worked there. End your letter by wishing the company much future success.
Julia, Brooke. "How to Write a Notice of Retirement Letter." , https://careertrend.com/how-6559561-write-notice-retirement-letter.html. 05 July 2017.


Vital Films presents their new ski movie If you want to fly. Filming on this one is good. It also has nice music, really good riding and an easygoing pace. Really impressive effort considering they had no sponsors or even a budget. This young generation of filmmakers from the US really impress me at times. Definitely worth a watch.


Then on Saturday the main event will begin and the schedule is loaded with 8 tracks and 40 presentations!
In this session, we will discuss the changes that are coming and the new features that are provided with the Power BI Designer as Microsoft continues its roadmap with self-service BI. If you haven't seen this yet, Power BI features are now available in a standalone application outside of Excel! You will see with the new designer that you will be able to easily integrate data, create stunning and interactive visualizations, and even create cloud based Power BI dashboards to share and it is even Free!!
Mastering queries into XML data.
If you've never queried an XML column you definitely want to attend. While targeted to beginners this isn't a "Just do this" session. After this hour I'd like you to truly understand even subtle nuances of basic query syntax. Seasoned veterans stand a fair chance of learning something new.
So what are you waiting for, head over to the event site and checkout what is going on and follow the hashtag #sqlsatMadison – SQLSaturday Madison #387 event home.
In the first post, Getting Started with Power BI Preview, I discussed briefly the "new" Power BI and went over how to get access to this service. Now that you have access I want to go over the layout of the land and show the different items you have access to on the Power BI Preview site.
1. Microsoft Power BI Public Preview – this is your landing / home page. If you access other areas such as getting data, reports, datasets, etc. you can click on the top right to return to the home page to view your currently selected dashboard.
2. Get Data – using the Power BI Preview web site interface this is the area where you will be able to bring in your data to create datasets, reports, and eventually dashboards. In the next post of this series we will explore this area in more detail.
3. Content Pane – you have the ability to search and filter the existing content you have available in the datasets, reports, and dashboards. These areas expand and collapse and the plus sign next to the datasets will send you to Get Data and the one next to Dashboards will allow you to create a new dashboard. Once you create a new dashboard you can then get data, create reports, and pin items to it.
4. Dashboard Title & Share – the current dashboard title you are viewing and a link that allows to to invite others to view as well as possibly share your dashboard you have created along with the data.
5. Q&A – this is the natural query language capability, the same one that is provided in the current Power BI in Office 365. You have the ability to ask questions of your data just like asking questions on Bing or Google to get results.
6. Dashboard content – this is the content that has been selected from the reports that were developed on the dataset as well as results possibly from Q&A that have been pinned. These items (tiles) can be resized and rearranged once they have been pinned. This reminds me of the Windows 8 and Windows Phone start screen – live tiles.
7. Support, Help, and Feedback menu – just grouping these last remaining items together that are in the top-right.
The first icon which looks like the typical settings / configuration icon we are used to is actually the download area and will provide access to the Power BI for iOS app, Power BI Designer Preview, and the Analysis Services Connector Preview.
The second icon is the Support / Help icon which gives you access to Getting Started material, Contact Support (email the team), What Should We Build Next (forum and voting area), Help Topics, Power BI for Developers (yes there is a developer area and API information), About Power BI (version number information).
The third icon is simply the feedback one to rate and let the team know what you think of the Power BI Preview.
The final icon is your account and provides option to sign out.
Next up, we will go over creating your first dashboard, dataset, and reports. Stay tuned for more!
This 5 part blog (3rd part was broken out into 3 separate parts) series on Data Security was written by Senior BI Consultant and colleague Rick Bielawski from my BI team. I wanted to share the series and hope you find it interesting and make you think when it comes to the data that you work with and are in responsible for.
This blog is the first in a three-part series describing how to properly assess your data security needs. Like buying any insurance, there is no reason to pay for protection you don't need. Yet, your business can't afford to leave significant risk on the table. To get all (and only) useful protection, you must become your own actuary, quantifying and prioritizing potential losses and then developing a plan to mitigate loss cost effectively.
In this series, part one covers sources of risk. Part two gives you an idea of the significant number of attack vectors possible. Part three talks about the mindset needed to design proper protections and how to look at the extent to which various protection types mitigate various risks.
I hope you find the information useful.
Last year Microsoft began working on a "new" Power BI version / capability. This was released to a limited group of users for feedback and then last December was released within the U.S. and I posted this first post – Installing Power BI Designer Preview Experience. Now this past week it is available in over 140 countries – Power BI Preview now available worldwide.
So what it so special about this new experience?
Well first of all to get started using Power BI you no longer need to use Excel. Excel has been the main driver of Power BI capabilities and the container where data and reports would be created to then share with others through SharePoint and/or Power BI in Office 365. Now the data can be collected using either the new Power BI Designer or directly through the new browser based Power BI preview experience.
The next item that makes this interesting / attractive is the price. Yes, how much does this end up costing you? Well to get started all you need is to create an account and the rest is actually free. Yes, that is correct, free. Of course the "Free" version does come with some limitations, but for the most part you have the same capabilities as the version that is the paid Pro service of $9.99 user/month. And that is price cut from the previous Power BI online experience of $40/month. Here is more information about the new pricing and feature comparison between the Free and Pro paid versions – Power BI Preview Pricing.
Now in my case this is actually a personal Microsoft account and not provided by my organization, I am simply using my work email for my Microsoft account. I will now switch over and login with my organization provided email, I just wanted to show what the process would look like to get started with the process.
That is all it takes, so in less than 15 minutes or so you can be logged in and ready to roll. Next up, we will go over a quick tour of the layout of the site. Stay tuned!


World Travel Market London 2016 Excel "Western Gateway Royal E16"
Registration is now open for the new-look three-day World Travel Market 2016, the leading global event for the travel industry.
Complete your registration to receive your free e-badge to join us in November at ExCeL London.
Network, meet and conduct business with 50,000 travel professionals.
Hear latest insights in more than 80 seminars plus brand new WTM Inspire .Theatre, a 300-seater amphitheatre.
World Responsible Tourism day (Tuesday) – agenda includes keynote, round-table, interviews and awards.
UNWTO and WTM Ministers' Summit will be celebrating its tenth edition (Wednesday).
One event, unlimited destination. bring together over 2,800 exhibitors and 26,000 visitors from around the world, Arabian Travel Market is the leading Middle East B2B exhibition to meet. network and do business for the travel industry.
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March 3 - Stevedores at the Port of Antwerp took just half a day to unload a 69 m distillation column destined for a new production location at Evonik Degussa's Antwerp port distillation plant.
German petrochemical company Evonik Degussa provides continuous process catalysts (CPC) for the industrial chemical and intermediates industry.
The column, with a diameter of 4 m, weighed 260 tonnes and will be used in the production of isobutene. The unit arrived by barge at the port where unloading was commenced at dawn and completed by noon. The Port Authority's BRABO floating crane, which can lift project cargo and other heavy loads of up to 800 metric tonnes, was used for this shipment.
The production plant is located within the perimeter of the port so hinterland transport was not required.
A second column, slightly larger in dimensions, is planned to arrive in early May. Deliveries to the new installation will continue over time until completion of the project.


Geothermal Photo Contest - Your best geothermal photos can now be submitted to this year's Amateur Photo Contest. The purpose of the contest is to showcase quality photography featuring geothermal energy around the world. Send us your best shot! Deadline is August 2.
Kenya: Chinese Company Wins EPC and O&M Contracts for 35 MW Sosian Menengai Geothermal Power Project - SMGPL is building the facility in the Mennonay volcanic geothermal block in Nakuru, Kenya, and has an agreement in place to sell the electricity generated there to Kenya National Power. It already has a license to generate power from the Kenyan government.
Germany: New Publications on Re-Using Oil & Gas Wells for Geothermal Energy - How can abandoned oil and gas wells continue to be used? What role can geothermal energy play in this and how can such boreholes contribute to the energy transition?
USA: Internship Available for Pre-Feasibility Geothermal Study for a Site in Alaska - Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) is offering a summer internship under the supervision of Dr. Viktoria Gisladottir.
Philippines: Bacon-Manito Geothermal Power Plant to Provide Electricity for Pipe Factory- Neltex Development Co. Inc., the country's largest plastic pipe manufacturer, tapped Energy Development Corp.'s Bacon-Manito Geothermal Project in the Bicol region to supply electricity for its factory in Dasmariñas, Cavite.
Republic of Ireland: Downhole Data Confirms 260 Degrees F Offshore Geothermal Resource - Integration of seismic and well data support the potential presence of a large offshore geothermal resource (c. 7 Billion Barrels) with further upside potential.
New Zealand: Mokai Geothermal Power Plant to Help Produce Hydrogen - The "green" (carbon neutral) hydrogen will be generated using electricity from stable, cost-effective geothermal energy in Mokai, Taupo, located adjacent to an existing Tuaropaki power plant (owned by the Tuaropaki Power Company and operated by Mercury Energy).
Ethiopia: New Bill Eases Registration and Licensing Processes for Geothermal Development Companies - Drafted by the Ethiopian Energy Authority last year, the draft regulation categorises the resource into two sections depending on the capacity of energy.
Science & Technology: Geothermal Energy Can Serve as a Sustainable and Effective Energy Source for Food Production - While geothermal energy is predominantly known for power generation and district heating, it can serve as a sustainable and effective energy source for food production by heating greenhouses and aquaculture ponds.
United Kingdom: Opportunity for Deep Geothermal to Compete for Contracts for Renewable Projects - The registration process for the next allocation round under the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) scheme is now open.
Germany: Deadline for Nominations for International Geothermal Association Board is Next Week - Nominations for Board Term 2020 – 2023 are now open. Get the guidelines, get nominated, and run for election.


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TPD Seeking Suspect Who Stole SUV With Infant Inside
The Tuscaloosa Police Department is asking for the public's help to identify a man who was caught on camera stealing a car with a 16-month-old toddler inside Sunday night.
The suspect gets out of the passenger side of a sedan parked at the Lucky Dollar convenience store on Crescent Ridge Road and enters a Ford Expedition that appears to have been left running before he drove out of the parking lot.
The vehicle he stole was not empty, though -- a 16-month-old boy was in the back of the SUV in which the man drove away.
Police were alerted to the kidnapping and were in the process of issuing a statewide AMBER Alert when the Expedition was found abandoned on Shaw Drive. The child was fortunately still in the vehicle unharmed, and he has been returned to his family.
Investigators have shared the video in the hopes that someone recognizes the man or the sedan in which he arrived.
Anyone with information is asked to please contact TPD at 205-349-2121, the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit at 205-464-8690 or CrimeStoppers at 205-752-STOP (7867).


Center boss for your own hand-made shield.
Ideal for the re-enactor crafting his own shield, our 14-gauge steel bosses are spun and then polished to remove the spinning marks before being pre-drilled for attachment to the shield. The dome shape is slightly flattened on the top. Its 7.5" diameter works well as a useable center boss. It has enough clearance for a gloved hand or a small hand with a gauntlet.


Next Season Rov Rum at milmoor, talking balls day out first game of the season.
why do we always play ipswich near xmas/new year?
Sunderland at home me reckons.
i think Ipswich at home.
Yeh but it's not exactly Portsmouth, Grimsby etc is it?
Derby at Home is the first fixture next season.


On Monday the 8th of August, Barcelona Software Craftmanship organized a coding dojo to practice the Device Driver Kata of Emily Bache and I had the luck and pleasure of attending it and got the opportunity to learn and improve my knowledge in pair programming and TDD.
The members of Barcelona Software Craftmanship regularly organize those types of events. Actually, almost every week you can find some kind of practical event related to software development and good practice, usually on Mondays or Thursdays.
In general, the events are held in the offices of some of the many companies that are involved and interested in the Software Craftmanship movement and good practices in software development. In this case, Magento offered their office and we were able to proceed with the meetup.
A coding dojo is a meeting of software developers and people interested in software development to practice exercises and improve their techniques when it comes to building quality software. The idea is to solve a software problem in a collaborative way, getting to know different techniques and mechanisms to reach a solution to a specific problem.
Here, the idea was to develop the Device Driver Kata of Emily Bache. A kata is a methodology of martial arts where we conduct an exercise performing a sequence of repetitive steps to complete it. The constant repetition of the exercises in question improves coordination and agility of the participant and it allows him to do the exercise in a more effective way.
For software development, the idea is to solve a given problem doing pair programming development, techniques, extreme programming and TDD. This allows the developer to improve his understanding of software problems and find common patterns to solve problems and therefore be more effective and "agile" when proposing technical solutions to different problems in his professional life.
The idea of the kata was to simulate the functioning of a device that reads and writes data on a flash memory system. The aim of the practice was to learn to identify what type of test doubles exist and what is the best option to use in each case of this type of test. Another objective was to know and learn to use the different libraries of the existing mockups in different languages and offer the best possible solution to the problem.
Once we arrived at the offices of Magento, the organizers explained how the process of coding dojo works. They told us to go in pairs, trying to match with people with whom we usually work or with whom we had already done some kata, as one of the main objectives of this type of exercises is to know different points of view when considering possible solutions to a problem by doing pair programing. Another fun thing of a kata is that it tries to make people get out of their "comfort zone" and get them to know and practice other languages that they don't normally use in their professional field to develop their professional skills. In my case, I worked with Jesús Salas, a .NET developer, so we decided to solve the exercise using Microsoft tools (Visual Studio and C# as a programming language).
On the website of the kata, the conditions that have to be fulfilled by the system are indicated and therefore the way to follow to propose a possible resolution of the problem.
Usually, each condition is translated to a unit test and from that, you start writing the minimum code that allows to overcome the test.
We decided to start with the option of solving the problem of the reading of the device. We created a test that by passing by a defined direction of memory would return the data contained in that direction.
After defining the required test we created a test double of type "fake" that would return the corresponding data.
We then attacked the problem of the writing method and we solved in a fairly quick way the first premise, but then we got stuck in the second premise because our solution was not the most appropriate (using a dictionary to go on keeping the relationship between the position of the memory and the data). At the end of the kata, we discovered that our proposed solution wasn't bad but for the writing part, it would have been better to use a list instead of a dictionary.
Anyways, the goal of a kata and dojo itself is not about reaching the best possible solution to a problem, it's about knowing different types of solutions in different languages and see the point of view of everyone and what things must be taken into account or not.
At the end of the exercise, the teams that want can present their solutions and contrast with others the design and implementation decisions that were taken and the reason why they were taken. This results in a very rich debate about what good ideas address that kind of problem.
To conclude, the Device Driver Kata meetup was a really nice experience for me. But I would like to add that such events boost the sharing of ideas on software development and on how to improve the construction and design of software, using techniques and recommendations from other developers. It is also a good way to meet other working environments and other tools and to answer questions and exchange opinions about what is or is not correct when creating software. Personally, I believe that every developer who likes her profession should participate once in a while in such events because they enrich your knowledge and they give you the opportunity to discover different points of view and different ways to solve problems that would otherwise be more difficult to find on your own.


The park; the youth club building; the banner across the street.
In the world of Jewish memories and experience, this time of year has an especially stressful character. It's a very hot Friday here in Jerusalem at this moment. The Sabbath will settle in as the sun sets, and the following 25 or so hours of disconnect from the surrounding world, always welcome, will be especially so because of what follows it on Saturday night: the observance of the ninth day of Av.
Av is a difficult month for people who live by the traditional Jewish calendar. The ninth day of Av is when the Babylonians destroyed the one-and-only Jewish temple in Jerusalem, bringing an end to independent Jewish life in what we call Israel today and killing some 100,000 Jews while exiling almost all the others. Some 640 years later, in the year 70, it was the turn of the Roman empire to conquer Israel and for the second time the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. This time, some two million Jews were killed; a million more went into an exile that lasted many centuries. An independent Jewish nation in its own land did not arise again until the establishment of modern Israel 64 years ago.
Av the ninth is marked by a sunset-to-sunset absolute fast that begins this coming Saturday night. There are mournful prayers, deliberate physical discomfort and a great deal of personal and community introspection. Beyond the ancient history aspects, the same date has been associated with some of the Jewish people's blackest moments: on this day, the entire Jewish community of Spain was expelled in the fateful year 1492. On this day in 1942 in the city of Warsaw - one-third of whose entire population was Jewish at the time - the Nazi Germans began to liquidate the ghetto and send its inhabitants to their deaths in the Treblinka factory of death.
Once the ninth of Av is safely behind us, the rest of the summer for most religiously observant Jews gets easier and more enjoyable. The relaxation doesn't quite reach our family, unfortunately. In 2001, our eldest daughter Malki, 15, was killed in a Hamas terrorist outrage in the center of Jerusalem. Even as most Jews breathe a sigh of relief with the end of the fast (this year, that means this coming Sunday night) we prepare ourselves for the annual pilgrimage to her grave and the public commemoration of the anniversary (called the azkara in Hebrew) of her murder.
We feel indescribable pain, but we are not morose or neutralized. We're terribly sad, even overwhelmed by the feeling of loss. But we have full and constructive lives to live.
It's not self-evident. With so much death and anger around, and a full-time industry of propagandists declaiming about the unbearable insults suffered by their pride, a person might be forgiven for thinking that in a community like ours here in Jerusalem, where hundreds of young people were killed in terrorist attacks, the mood would be characterized by vengeance and confrontation. It simply isn't so.
Malki died alongside her best friend. They were two beautiful young girls, busy with a day full of good deeds, standing at the counter of a bustling pizza shop at lunchtime. For the past eleven years, they lie side by side in Jerusalem's soil. Their friends from the neighbourhood and from their youth organization – many of whom were as close as teenage friends get to both girls – suffered an incomprehensible double blow.
I have heard people say over the years that they could easily imagine passionate young people reacting to the vicious and deliberate killing of their closest friends by resorting to their own acts of hate-based violence. The reality, as anyone who knows anything about Israeli society, is far from that. Here is what the friends actually do.
Every August for the past ten years, the graduating group at Malki's youth organization (it's called EZRA) sits down and organizes a public fun fair and bazaar. It runs from mid afternoon until late at night, and it takes place in a small and pleasant public park just near where we live on Jerusalem's north side.
The park happens to abut the building that serves as the clubhouse for EZRA in our part of town. When the building was still just a few weeks old back in 1997, we rented it for an evening and held Malki's bat mitzvah party there. On the awful night of August 9 eleven years ago, the same building was filled with hundreds of youngsters conducting a prayer vigil while the search went on for the two girls in other parts of our city. We knew by then that Malki and her friend Michal had both been inside Sbarro that afternoon. But it took some hours (12 in the case of our daughter) for the friends and the families to learn the bitter outcome.
And it was in that same park, on a hot September night some thirty days after the Sbarro massacre, that we held a public memorial event there, an azkara, to allow our friends, our neighbours and us to express our grief, collectively and privately, at the loss of two such beautiful, innocent, good lives. The agony of that evening was greatly sharpened by the events that had kept most of us glued to our televisions throughout the afternoon and evening leading up to it: this happens to have been the night of September 11, 2001.
The EZRA fun day is held annually in memory of Malki and Michal, and with the stated intention of giving all the proceeds to charity. This year's will be the tenth such fair. It is set for Monday afternoon, July 30, and will run from 4 in the afternoon until 10 at night. The banner announcing it is already stretched across the road leading into our community to create awareness (photo above). The Hebrew words state the message of the fair: "To give when you love".
It's a message which puzzles me, year after year. Why do the children in our community here in Jerusalem who have lost parents, siblings, friends to acts of overt hatred, respond by doing acts of charity, declarations of love? It's not so obvious. They're busy kids. The boys are weeks or months away from starting their army service, so they probably are grappling with complicated thoughts. Most of the girls will be starting their national service (most girls of religious orientation do this in place of army service, but some do go into the military) and are aware of the challenges ahead. Still, when they take time out to do something as a cohort of friends, a collective action, it's about charity and remembering and – their choice of word – love.
It's hard not to make invidious comparisons with what we see in the news from other parts of our region: grief stricken young men and women, strapping bombs to their chests and expounding on how anger and pride demand that they kill people and perhaps themselves as well. We're all too familiar with the horrifying dynamic.
But over here, the dynamic is about recruiting vendors who will set up tables to sell school books, pens, small household appliances, decorative objects and works of art, clothing and gifts. They find jugglers, food-stall operators, people who will install inflatable bouncies in the shape of castles or large animals which delight the toddlers who are brought by their mothers. The volunteer team, all of them barely out of high school, advertise the event by flyers distributed throughout Jerusalem; by ads in bus stations, synagogues, message boards and other key locations.
It's not just in our neighbourhood either. People of all ages have addressed the painful memories of their own lost loved ones by creating worthy undertakings, concerts, park benches, small libraries, and on and on throughout Israel. Our Malki, all of fifteen years old when she did it, served as youth leader for a group of nine year old girls in a city that is an hour's bus ride from here. This coming Monday, the youngsters of that city too are holding their own memorial fair (proceeds to charity) in Malki's memory as they do year after year. The cohort of friends now taking charge were only seven or eight when Malki was alive, so they cannot really have known her. Yet they understand the symbolism and it clearly resonates with them.
A society that chooses to honour the lives of its murdered children through constructive acts of remembrance, joy and charity has a special resilience. Their pain is not removed or even lightened; their hopes and dreams are not necessarily granted to them; and the men (and women… and children) with the bombs strapped to their chests are not thwarted. But the strength of a society that knows how to remember is something to behold. It is a privilege to be living in its midst.
The Hebrew banner adjacent to the local EZRA youth organization branch reads "Latet K'sh'ata Ohev", "To Give When You Love". That has been the slogan of the annual bazaars in memory of Malki and Michal for ten consecutive years.


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Design a data structure that supports all following operations in average O(1) time.

1. insert(val): Inserts an item val to the set if not already present.
2. remove(val): Removes an item val from the set if present.
3. getRandom: Returns a random element from current set of elements. Each element must have the same probability of being returned.

### Example:
```
// Init an empty set.
RandomizedSet randomSet = new RandomizedSet();

// Inserts 1 to the set. Returns true as 1 was inserted successfully.
randomSet.insert(1);

// Returns false as 2 does not exist in the set.
randomSet.remove(2);

// Inserts 2 to the set, returns true. Set now contains [1,2].
randomSet.insert(2);

// getRandom should return either 1 or 2 randomly.
randomSet.getRandom();

// Removes 1 from the set, returns true. Set now contains [2].
randomSet.remove(1);

// 2 was already in the set, so return false.
randomSet.insert(2);

// Since 2 is the only number in the set, getRandom always return 2.
randomSet.getRandom();
```

## Solution
- We need an array to store the values to support O(1) getRandom().
- We need a map of item value to index of array to support O(1) insert and delete.
- When deleting,
  - Swap the index of to-be-deleted with the last one.

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News comes that MacKenzie Scott, ex of Jeff Bezos, can't give her money away fast enough. Despite dropping $2.74 billion the other day, she keeps getting richer.
What a problem to have.
No need to remind you that Ms. Scott's former husband is the genius behind, and principal proprietor of, Amazon.com. He is also the world's richest man with a fortune estimated at $177 billion, mostly in Amazon stock.
Amazon's market value is $1.7 trillion. That's trillion with a T.
In 2019, Ms. Scott walked away from the marriage with 4% of Amazon's stock, trading at some $2,000 a share at the end of that year. Amazon's stock is trading at $3,403.49 as I write these words, so do the math.
But back to Ms. Scott who, with a net worth of $57 billion her ownself, is the third wealthiest woman in the world. She has pledged to give it away "until the safe is empty." I'd say she's not trying hard enough.
She is trying hard though. This latest tranche went to places that maybe never saw a handout of any sort, let alone googobs in the $10-million-and-up range. Places like the College of the Desert, a community college in Palm Desert CA with about 12,500 students, mostly part-time. I had to look that one up.
I also had to look up William Rainey Harper College and Kennedy-King College, both of which turn out to be in or near my hometown of Chicago.
Yet all is not peaches and cream for MacKenzie Bezos. She caught flak from one Maribel Morey, founding executive director of the Miami Institute for the Social Sciences. "MacKenzie Scott is a private citizen but she is playing a public role," Ms. Morey was quoted in today's New York Times, which is where I get most of the facts for this rant (Wikipedia too plus good old Doctor Google). "Much as a judge has to explain their [sic] logic, or a senator has to answer to their constituents [sic, sic], a philanthropist owes it to the public to explain how and why they [sic! sic! sic!] came to their [uh, you know] decisions."
Well, now.
A judge is an elected or appointed public servant, accountable to his or her constituents. Same for a senator. MacKenzie Scott is a successful novelist, ex-wife of the world's richest (and baldest) man, and stone babe. According to common courtesy, not to mention the Iron Law of Beauty, she doesn't need to explain herself at all.
MacKenzie Scott, stone babe (r.), and Baldy (l.). Source: Kubilive.com.
No. What MacKenzie Scott is, is John Beresford Tipton, "The Millionaire."
Remember "The Millionaire"? Wonderful show. Ran on CBS from 1955 to 1960. Every week the fabulously wealthy Tipton would give away a million smackeroos ($9.66 million in 2020 dollars) to some totally unsuspecting but immensely telegenic and deserving individual or individuals.
Poster for "The Millionaire." Source: IMDB.com.
You saw how the money affected their lives (spoiler: usually heartwarmingly) but you never saw Tipton. Heard his voice, saw his arm hand the $1 million check to his executive secretary to deliver, that was it. Like the College of the Desert, which I daresay never saw MacKenzie Scott coming.
It is true that MacKenzie Scott hasn't been going by the book. Unlike Bill and Melinda Gates, The Times notes, she doesn't have her own foundation, saving her the bother of a big staff and a lot of stuff to fill out. She simply writes a blog post on Medium giving a hint as to why she's doing what she's doing, then does it.
This time she gave lots and lots of money to obscure two-year colleges like That of the Desert, as well as bigger pops ($40 million) to more recognizable but ill-endowed higher-eds such as the University of Illinois-Chicago. Last year she gave $800 million to a bunch of HBCUs and other cash-starved higher-eds serving Black, Latino, Native American and other minority communities. But she also gives to food pantries and Jazz at the Lincoln Center. I mean, sheesh. What's not to like?
Rock on, MacKenzie.
I'm left wondering about Maribel Morey, the grammar-challenged individual quoted above. I think she's jealous. I certainly am. What about you?
Frank S. Joseph, Author, The "Chicago Trilogy"
P.S. Publication of the "Chicago Trilogy" proceeds apace. Just this morning, TouchPoint Press notified me that my editor will be one "Mallory" and that I'll be hearing from her shortly. Onward!


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Michael Jackson's Doctor Conrad Murray Convicted
The physician is led out of the courtroom in handcuffs; he's ordered held without bail
By Howard Breuer November 07, 2011 04:20 PM
Credit: Reuters/Landov
Dr. Conrad Murray was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the June 25, 2009, death of Michael Jackson.
A bewildered-looking Murray was handcuffed and led out of the courtroom. He was held without bail pending sentencing.
"This is a crime where the end result was the death of a human being," said Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor. "That factor demonstrates rather dramatically that the public should be protected."
Earlier, Murray showed no emotion as the clerk read the verdict, which was reached after 10 hours of deliberation.
As the verdict was read in the courtroom, Jackson's sister La Toya said, "Yes!" His mother Katherine dabbed tears with a tissue. Other Jackson family members and fans shouted in joy.
Labeled a Reckless Doctor
At his sentencing on Nov. 29, Murray faces a penalty ranging from probation to four years in prison.
Throughout the six-week trial, prosecutors portrayed Murray, 58, as a reckless doctor who, for $150,000 a month, sold out the Hippocratic oath, and to treat Jackson's insomnia, gave the King of Pop a nightly drip of propofol, an unpredictable and potentially fatal anesthetic.
RELATED: Michael Jackson's Family: Tears and Relief After Guilty Verdict
"It's bizarre behavior from anyone, let alone a doctor, this extreme criminal negligence," Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney David Walgren told jurors in his closing argument Nov. 3.
During the case, prosecutors attempted to show that Murray set the stage for tragedy by also failing to use proper monitoring equipment and devices to help Jackson breathe under heavy anesthesia.
The doctor, they said, also repeatedly left Jackson's bedside to check emails and make phone calls, which Walgren characterized as "abandonment."
The Doctor's Defense
Defense attorneys showed that before Jackson hired Murray as his personal doctor for his planned This Is It concerts, he'd concluded that propofol was the only treatment for his insomnia. The attorneys and their medical expert, Dr. Paul White, suggested that Jackson injected extra propofol and swallowed several tablets of the sedative lorazepam during moments that morning when Murray's back was turned – causing Jackson to die so suddenly that Murray could not have saved him.
They also suggested that Murray was in the difficult position of safeguarding the health of a past-his-prime pop star who got routine demerol injections from his dermatologist and who was under extreme pressure to perform 50 sold-out concerts in London. When Jackson paid the ultimate price for his peculiar pharmaceutical predilections, Murray became the fall guy, they said.
"He was just a little fish in a big, dirty pond," defense attorney Ed Chernoff told the jury.
Conceding that Murray didn't do everything by the book in his treatment of Jackson, Chernoff said Murray nonetheless should be acquitted because the prosecution failed to prove that these shortcomings caused Jackson's death.
Walgren said that even if the jury believed that Jackson took the extra drugs behind Murray's back, Murray still was responsible for Jackson's death by leaving fatal drugs within reach of someone he believed had a drug addiction or obsession.


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Tourists visiting the square at Rustaveli Street in Moscow can now view a monument to Soviet-era processed cheese.
An "energetic sequence" of seismic activities at Yellowstone has now reached more than 430 earthquakes since June 12.
But most of the earthquakes are smallish.
And scientists reassure us that the odds against a major eruption within a year are 730,000 to 1.
In other news, a farmer in Rusper, England, is celebrating the birth of quintuplet lambs, beating odds of a million to 1.
"It's quite unusual," he said.
Think of the story as Today's Chuckle.
Don't know much about this Shakespeare.
But he's not one of us.
An "energetic sequence" of 30 earthquakes magnitude 2 and larger hit Yellowstone late last week as part of a sudden swarm of more than 230 quakes.
Wait. Does Donald Trump owe money to ISIS, too?
On this day in history 802 years ago, King John placed his seal on Magna Carta.
Which makes it a good time for a reminder that there is never a "the" in front of Magna Carta.
And there is no "the" in Smokey Bear.


My Sacco boots - and shoes- have traveled the world as they're all I need to keep me in both great comfort and style. In a town known for walking, and its fabulous fashion sense, this NYC retailer has developed a collection that lets you literally pound the pavement and be chic doing so. Sacco's collection of heels, boots, and flats will take you from a day of exploring into an evening on the town, with styles covering all the bases.
Good fashion knows no borders as women all over the globe have stopped to ask me about my Sacco shoes. As I've said before, I refuse to compromise my style just because I'm on the road. I also refuse to be that stereotypical American tourist running all over Europe in my sneakers. Dressing like a local will help you fit in and get a truer sense of a city, trust me.
The website can tell you all the ways in which Sacco footwear's been developed from the finest components to provide the most possible comfort. I'll just tell you that for a fraction of the cost of other chic and trendy labels, you'll look and feel like a million bucks.
I'm not Imelda Marcos or anything, but admit I've collected my fair share of Sacco shoes because they're that winning, rare combination of practical and chic! Nothing can kill an outfit faster than the wrong pair of shoes - being on the road is no excuse for being a Glamour magazine 'fashion don't'.