PARIS (Reuters) - A massive fire consumed Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday, gutting the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world, but firefighters managed to save the shell of the stone structure and its two main bell towers from collapse. Macron said France would launch a campaign to rebuild the cathedral, including through fundraising efforts and by appealing to "talents" from overseas to contribute. The cathedral, which dates back to the 12th century, features in Victor Hugo's classic novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame". The archbishop of Paris called on all priests in Paris to ring church bells as a gesture of solidarity for Notre-Dame. Built over a century starting in 1163, Notre-Dame is considered to be among the finest examples of French Gothic cathedral architecture.


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This new song encapsulates the Tech Zeitgeist - " I know how to fix it- "turn it off and on again" - who hasn't heard that said to them in a hundred different accents?
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Death, Taxes and Miles: Where do your frequent flyer miles go when you're gone?
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When someone passes away, usually their next of kin, agent or fiduciary will begin to compile a list of the decedent's assets. Rarely will such a list include the decedent's frequent flyer miles. However, depending upon how many miles have been accrued during the decedent's life, frequent flyer miles can be worth hundreds, maybe even thousands, of dollars. In such cases, heirs or beneficiaries of the decedent's estate may wish to benefit from the value the decedent has amassed in frequent flyer miles.
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Most airlines allow for mileage transfer among the living, but it is usually an expensive task to accomplish, often accompanied by fees and yearly limits. The transferability of frequent flyer miles upon death is no more simple. Susan Stellin, the author of a New York Times article entitled "The Afterlife of Your Frequent Flyer Miles," stated "I asked six airlines if they allow transfers
What Is An "Unforeseen Circumstance" That Might Permit Trust Termination?
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Last year we delved into some of the problems associated with trust termination. And we learned that some jurisdictions, like Maine, abolished the presumption that a spendthrift provision is a material purpose of a trust. Therefore, in states like Maine, a spendthrift clause may not necessarily prohibit the termination of a trust.
Today, we turn to Arkansas, a state that – unlike Maine – has codified the common law presumption that "[a] spendthrift provision in the terms of the trust is presumed to constitute a material purpose of the trust." Ark. Code Ann. § 28-73-411(c). But, that's not our focus today. Today, we want to look at what type of situation might permit termination of a trust when a statute permits trust termination where "the trust's purposes, as expressed in or implied by the circumstances surrounding the trust, as a result of circumstances not foreseen to the
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It's questions like these that cause us to pay close attention when one of the rare 'expert opinion' decisions gets issued in a breach of fiduciary duty case. Just this week in Sierra v. Williamson (2013 WL 228333), the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky gave us
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In the first appearance of Norman v. Gober before the Georgia Supreme Court in 2011, the Court decided that eleven-year-old William Howard Norman, the grandson of Margaret Susan Scheer, lacked standing to challenge Scheer's will because Norman was not an heir-at-law when the caveat was filed. Norman was a contingent residuary beneficiary under Scheer's will. In other words, even if Norman's caveat was successful, he would still take nothing. As the Georgia Supreme Court put it, Norman was not "a person who will be injured by the probate of [the] [W]ill, or who will benefit by its not being probated." Actually, Norman would have benefited by the probate of
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We've all probably seen some coverage of a few recent highly publicized disputes about charitable gifts supposedly not being used for their intended purpose. 2012 opened with country-music legend Garth Brooks scoring a $1 million jury verdict against Integris Rural Health, Inc. over a donation that was allegedly not used for its intended purpose. And, 2012 closed with another dispute involving a music legend getting resolved when Albany State University returned $1.2 million in donations from the Ray Charles Foundation because the school did not use the money to build a new performing arts center.
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The Illinois Appellate Court in In re Estate of Doman issued a ruling on October 11, 2012 that once more clarifies why it is important to have a Will and, depending on circumstances, potentially a revocable trust. (See our prior posts on Why Do I Need a Will? (Part 1 and Part 2) and Why Do I Need a Trust?)
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In the Doman case, Sara and Mark Doman were in the home stretch of their divorce when Mark died on July 4, 2011. On June 10, the trial court had issued a written dissolution judgment and reserved ruling on the ancillary issues, with a status hearing set for July 11. Sara's attorney called the court on July 5 to inform the trial court of Mark's death and the trial court entered a docket entry that stated, "Cause set for 7/11/11 is
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Since 2001, the transfer tax laws have been in a state of flux, with ever-changing exemptions, rates, expirations and sunsets. Now, for the first time in over a decade, the 2012 Act
A Trust Is Still Not A Legal Entity Under Georgia Law
It's a pretty common mistake for litigators in Georgia unfamiliar with fiduciary litigation – naming a trust as a party to a lawsuit. Apparently, as we recently saw in Ford v. Reddick, it's a mistake made in real estate transactions, too.
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Christoph Graupner (13. ledna 1683 - 10. května 1760) byl německý cembalista a skladatel vrcholně barokní hudby. Když v Lipsku roku 1723 obsazovali místo kantora, Graupner funkci v konkursu získal, ale poté, co mu dosavadní zaměstnavatel zlepšil finanční podmínky, zase ji odmítl, a tím uvolnil místo pro Johanna Sebastiana Bacha.

Život
Graupner, který se narodil v Hartmannsdorfu poblíž saského Kirchbergu, dostával první hudební lekce od svého strýce, varhaníka jménem Nicolaus Kuester. Pak na univerzitě v Lipsku studoval právo (stejně jako mnoho skladatelů té doby) a dokončil svá hudební studia u Johanna Kuhnaua, kantora u sv. Tomáše v Lipsku.

V roce 1705 Graupner opustil Lipsko a hrál na cembalo v orchestru hamburské opery pod vedením Reinharda Keizera po boku Georga Friderica Händela, tehdy mladého houslisty. Kromě hraní na cembalo složil Graupner v Hamburku šest oper, některé ve spolupráci s Keizerem, populárním skladatelem oper.

V roce 1709 přijal Graupner post u dvora v Hessensku-Darmstadtsku, v roce 1711 se stal kapelníkem dvorního orchestru (Hofkapellmeister) a strávil tam zbytek své kariéry. K jeho práci patřilo komponování hudby což dělal téměř půl století, od roku 1709 do roku 1754, kdy oslepl. Zemřel v Darmstadtu o šest let později.

Graupner nechtěně sehrál klíčovou roli v dějinách hudby tím, že uvolnil Bachovi místo v Lipsku. Finanční krize dvora v Darmstadtu v 10. letech 17. století si vynutila redukci hudebního života. Opera byla uzavřena a platy mnoha dvorních hudebníků včetně Graupnera byly v prodlení. Po mnoha marných pokusech o vyplacení platu si Graupner, živící několik dětí a manželku, požádal v roce 1723 o místo kantora v Lipsku. Telemann byl vybrán jako první, ale žádost o místo stáhl poté, co mu v Hamburku zvýšili plat. Ve druhém konkurzu vyhrál Graupner na základě svého Magnificat, který zkomponoval ve stylu svého učitele, mentora a předchůdce Kuhnaua. Graupnerův patron lankrabě Arnošt Ludvík ho však nechtěl propustit. Nechal mu v plné výši vyplatit dlužnou mzdu a ještě mu zvýšil plat; a Graupner dostal slib, že u dvora zůstane, i kdyby byla rozpuštěna jeho kapela. S tak příznivými podmínkami zůstal Graupner v Darmstadtu, čímž uvolnil cestu pro Bacha, aby se stal kantorem v Lipsku.

Poté, co se dozvěděl, že místo získal Bach, napsal dne 4. května 1723 Graupner laskavě městské radě v Lipsku a ujistil ji, že Bach "je hudebníkem stejně schopným při hře na varhany, jako je znalcem církevní hudby a skladeb pro orchestry" a že je mužem, který "bude čestně a řádně vykonávat funkce, jež mu byly svěřeny".

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Graupner byl pracovitý a plodný. V seznamu jeho prací je asi 2000 dochovaných děl, včetně 113 sinfonií, 85 předeher (suit), 44 koncertů, 8 oper, 1418 náboženských a 24 světských kantát, 66 sonát a 57 cembalových partit. Téměř všechny Graupnerovy rukopisy jsou uloženy v ULB (Knihovna technické univerzity) v Darmstadtu v Německu.

Graupner psal i pro exotické kombinace nástrojů, včetně hoboje, flétny d'amore a violy d'amore. Více než polovina jeho sinfonií vyžaduje žestě a tympány, přičemž asi 25 sinfonií vyžaduje 3 až 4 tympány, jedna (sinfonia G dur GWV 611) 5 tympánů a další, sinfonia F dur (GWV 566), je složena pro 6 tympánů.

Graupnerova po smrti upadl z mnoha důvodů do zapomenutí. Jeho rukopisy se staly předmětem dlouhé právní bitvy mezi jeho dědici a panovníky Hessenska-Darmstadtska, takže zůstaly veřejnosti nepřístupné. Kromě toho se zanedlouho dramaticky změnil hudební styl. Pozitivní je však to, že tím, že panovník zabavil Graupnerův hudební odkaz, zajistil jeho kompletní dochování. Například k hudebnímu odkazu J. S. Bacha osud tak laskavý nebyl. Dalším faktorem, který přispěl k Graupnerovu zapomenutí, bylo to, že měl kromě Johanna Friedricha Fasche jen velmi málo žáků, kteří by pokračovali v jeho hudebním odkazu.

Jak shrnul kritik David Vernier, Graupner je "jednou z nešťastných obětí osudu a okolností - současník Bacha, Händela, Telemanna atd., který zůstal z velké části - a nespravedlivě - opomíjen".

Počínaje počátkem 20. století začal Willibald Nagel výzkum Graupnerových sinfonií. Ve 20. letech 20. století publikoval Friedrich Noack svůj výzkum Graupnerových kantát. Baerenreiter publikoval v 50. letech několik sinfonií a jednu předehru. Na začátku 80. let editoval Myron Rosenblum čtyři sinfonie pro rozsáhlý projekt Barryho Brooka The Symphony, 1720-1840: A Complete Collection of Full Scores (New York: Garland, 1979–85), 60 vols. V roce 1988 vyšla studie Oswalda Billa o Graupnerovi s několika články od takových odborníků na Graupnera, jako je Peter Cahn (o sinfoniích), Joanna Cobbová Biermannová (hudebníci a platy v Darmstadtu), a zdrojovými dokumenty o dvorním životě v Darmstadtu. Pro graupnerovský výzkum byly velmi důležité tři disertační práce: studie H. Cutlera Falla o kantátách pašijového týdne, studie Reného Schmidta o vánočních kantátách a studie Vernona Wickera o sólových basových kantátách. Christoph Grosspietsch publikoval v roce 1994 rozsáhlou studii o Graupnerových předehrách.

Přes veškerý tento výzkum bylo pro širokou veřejnost k dispozici jen poměrně málo nahrávek. To se změnilo v roce 1998, kdy Hermann Max nahrál CD Graupnerových děl pro značku CPO. Montrealský cembalista Geneviève Soly narazil v roce 2000 na Graupnerův rukopis v Beineckově knihovně na Yaleově univerzitě a začal hrát a nahrávat Graupnerova díla. Graupner byl "vždy na špičce své doby a byl velmi inovativní ve své harmonii, notaci a používání nástrojů," jak poznamenal Soly. "Musíte vzít v úvahu jeho různé styly ve vztahu k té které době a myšlenkám, které měl v daném okamžiku zájem rozvíjet. Velikost jeho opusu v tomto ohledu přináší další potíže, protože jiný skladatel mohl psát stejně dlouho, ale pouze v jednom stylu."

V dubnu 2005 vydalo nakladatelství Carus Music tematický katalog Graupnerovy instrumentální hudby (editory byli Oswald Bill a Christoph Grosspietsch). Existují plány na katalogizaci Graupnerovy vokální hudby. V roce 2010 vydal belgický dirigent a muzikolog Florian Heyerick online prohledávatelný digitální katalog instrumentálních a vokálních děl.

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Literatura
 Oswald Bill, Christoph Großpietsch (Hrsg.): Christoph Graupner: thematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke; Graupner-Werke-Verzeichnis; GWV. Band 1: Instrumentalwerke. Carus, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-89948-066-X.

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Němečtí hudební skladatelé
Němečtí operní skladatelé
Barokní skladatelé
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Narození v roce 1683
Narození 13. ledna
Úmrtí v roce 1760
Úmrtí v Darmstadtu
Úmrtí 10. května
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What a beautiful and peaceful pattern of Nanami. Because of the dots and stripes it looks very special. This beautiful print of birch stams is inspired by the nature of Greenland. How cool is that! With the special pattern you will make a real artwork from your gifts. We also have this beautiful pattern in flatbags and wrapping paper.


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Mag. 3.3 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 70 km west of Illapel, Provincia de Choapa, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Wednesday, 30 September 2015 at 23:22 (GMT)
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EMC Appoints Teresa Miller as Chief Human Resources Officer
DES MOINES, Iowa (Jan. 14, 2022)—EMC Insurance Companies has announced that Teresa Miller has been promoted to senior vice president – chief human resources officer. In this position, Miller will oversee all human resources strategy and activity, including the areas of talent acquisition, talent management, total rewards and organizational effectiveness.
"We are so fortunate to have someone with Teresa's experience and expertise in this leadership role," said Executive Vice President Beth Nigut. "For over 25 years, she has demonstrated that she puts EMC team members first, which has contributed greatly to our culture and success."
Miller joined EMC in 1985 and most recently served as vice president – team member lifecycle. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa and holds a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation.
EMC Insurance Companies has more than 2,400 employees and is among the top 60 property/casualty insurance organizations in the country based on net written premium. Employers Mutual Casualty Company (EMCC) was organized in 1911 to write workers' compensation protection in Iowa. Today, operating under the trade name EMC Insurance Companies, the company provides property and casualty and life insurance products and services throughout the United States and writes reinsurance contracts worldwide. EMCC is licensed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. For more information, visit emcins.com.


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Opening of the Kiel Canal (also known as Inauguration of the Kiel Canal by Kaiser Wilhelm II) is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary news film directed and produced by Birt Acres which documents the opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895. It was filmed between June 1895 and July 1895.

Unlike most of the films made by Birt Acres on this occasion, the video of this film survives and the original negative is held by the Science Museum in London.

Synopsis
The film opens with a shot of the North Sea Canal with a winged statue on the far side. Three men row towards the shore in a small rowing boat while a small boy waits on the quayside and then turns to face the camera.

Legacy
Film historian Nicholas Pronay has cited this film as one of the "archetypes of the newsfilm", as it was not "visually exciting", but interested audiences because it documented "an event over which there was already public sensitivity and which the mind of the audience would invest with great fascination".

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As the market feels some relief I added a little more defense.
Earlier today I bought the Cambria Risk Tail ETF (TAIL) for clients to increase the size of their hedge/decrease their net long exposure. The intense declines into Christmas Eve made a snapback of some amount inevitable. While I do not know if the snapback will continue past today I decided last night that I would fade a strong open by buying TAIL.
The way this (what I think is a) bear market has unfolded I've taken defensive action by buying several inverse-type products, gold which I always keep has also been generally doing what it usually does (that is it tends to go higher when equities struggle) and we've done very little selling.
If the market keeps going down then I would expect our hedges (TAIL, SH, BTAL, GLD, also PTLC switched to cash a couple of months ago) to go up in value thus growing to hedge more of the portfolio. If the bottom was put in then those hedges would shrink relative to the portfolio, being less of a drag as the market works higher (assuming I don't sell them). Obviously, I would hope that the bottom is in but this looks like how previous bears have started. In that environment I want the portfolio to be less volatile than the market in hopes it goes down much less than the market.
Depending on how things shake out I can always still do some selling but for now, I like the idea of having the opportunity for better up capture in case the market does rocket higher from here.
If you've been reading my blog long enough then this is your second go around with me during a bear market (again, I believe a bear market started in May). A huge part of my process is that I do not know what will happen, no one does. My trigger point is an objective indicator that at times can give false positives and how I proceed from there is based on personal experience/observation with a priority placed on mitigating the consequence of being wrong. Ten years ago there were fewer tools to hedge portfolio than there are today and I did more selling back then. For now, I think the above-mentioned funds are getting the job done but there may be a need to do more selling, we'll see how things develop.


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A national treasure and a cultural and literary icon, Mark Twain was called "the father of American literature" by William Faulkner. His beloved works include The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and 26 other books. His inimitable prose seamlessly weaves together humor, insight, vivid details, and memorable characters. Along with these published works, Twain, who was also a journalist, produced approximately 40 to 50 pocket notebooks and wrote countless letters, essays, travelogues, and lectures in his lifetime. Mark Twain's Notebooks is the first collection to gather these writings and combine them with dozens of Twain's rarely seen sketches, doodles, and diagrams, as well as facsimiles of his original journal pages, letters, and essays. The result is page after beautifully designed page of some of the best littleknown writings of Mark Twain. Organized by topics such as science, literature, health, family life, and food, the collection also includes intimate letters that describe the home he built in Hartford, Connecticut; his travels across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States; and his agony over the death of his favorite daughter.
The writing and art is selected by book and publishing veteran Carlo De Vito, who provides fascinating commentary and insights into the material throughout the book.


There have been a lot of ups and downs in the realm of General Aviation over the past several years, but Rhett Ross, President and CEO of Continental Motors Group, says he's excited about the industry's future.
Speaking with Aero-News Editor in Chief Jim Campbell at AirVenture 2018, Ross said that at Continental Motors, they are now moving forward with focus. The customer service team and global sales team are being built out, and the engineering team is doing some really "awesome stuff" ... which of course he can't discuss.
But next year, he said, "we're not going to stop talking from the first show of the season all the way to the end of the year" about new products and services.
The company is constructing a new manufacturing facility. The company said in August that building a new factory is only one part of the $75 million plan to profoundly transform Continental Motors and the way the company designs, manufactures, certifies, and supports diverse product line. CMG is also building a new customer and technology development infrastructure that will allow its team members to better focus on building customer satisfaction and develop innovative new products.
Ross said that Continental Motors is committed to the GA industry, and offers a full range of engines for nearly any application. But the overall message for this year was "stay tuned for 2019.


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Florence Is a Mobile Game That Captures the Power of Touch
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Florence is rendered in an art style that's much like a sketch comic book.
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Florence is a romance you unravel with your fingertips.
Based on the first love of its titular character, the mobile game takes that most classic of coming-of-age tales and does something special. Using the touchscreen interface, it guides players through all the waxing and waning of Florence Yeoh's relationship: falling in love, learning about her creativity, understanding where she wants to be. As they navigate the experience—the latest from Ken Wong, the designer of Monument Valley, and his team at Mountains—the game focuses in on the role that touch, tactility itself, plays in memory and growth. Florence is a story about holding things in your hands, and about letting them go.
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For instance: On Florence's first date, she has trouble talking. In the game, rendered in an art style like a sketch comic book, this is represented as a puzzle. Arrange the colored pieces inside Florence's speech bubble, and she talks, the conversation flowing along. At first these puzzles are more complex, slower, with five or six pieces. Then, four. Then, three, then two and down to one, as Florence and her date grow more in sync, conversation growing faster and more fulfilling.
The touch play here serves two purposes. It keeps the player engaged in the story, yes. But it also centers touch itself, bringing the body, the movement of the player's fingers and hands, into the experience, connecting touch with the game's emotional tenor. With your own hands, you make this story happen. You open boxes and help Florence's boyfriend unpack when he moves in. You brush Florence's teeth. You share food. With gestures and taps, you interact with the world the way Florence does, with your own two hands.
This is special, in the context of a story like this, because it mimics the emotional trajectory of experiencing a sentimental moment and then recalling it later, placing the player as a sort of storyteller alongside Florence. You remember touching that photograph, eating that food, doing that busywork at Florence's job. It lives in your fingertips, driven into muscle memory, the same as it is for her.
The rise of the touchscreen has made touching and gesturing frequently feel devoid of context. They're neutral, a means of getting from one digital point to another. No more interesting than pressing a button, really. But Florence is a reminder of the power of touch as expression itself. Taking something into your hands. Feeling someone's touch against yours. Picking up that photograph of you and someone you lost and holding it, just for a second, before putting it back down. These moments are special, and they take on a unique resonance for being tactile. Florence draws a substantial amount of power from remembering that.
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First, two distinct issues surround the overall user fee debate; the first concerns fee proposals to cover Operation and Maintenance costs (O&M-overhead) such as the aforementioned $1 per gallon barge fuel tax which was estimated to collect an additional $460 million per year from the industry. The other issue concerns the existing fuel tax funding program for navigation- related construction projects associated with the waterways, currently prescribed by the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-662). Pursuant to this landmark legislation, 50 percent of the construction costs for inland river transportation structures are financed from revenues taken from the Inland Waterway Trust Fund, which is financed through a diesel Curtis Whalen fuel tax levied on the towing industry at an annual escalating rate (currently at 19 cents per gallon, set to reach 20 cents per gallon in 1995) which extracts from the industry approximately $80 million per year. As part of the negotiations which led to passage of this cooperative publicprivate financing program, Congress specifically agreed that "...The federal share of the costs of operation and maintenance of any project for navigation on the inland waterways is 100 percent." Subsequently, following lengthy industry and Corps of Engineers negotiations, an additional agreement to include 50 percent Trust Fund financing for major rehabilitation projects—which are expected to comprise a major portion of the Corps' waterways construction budget in the years ahead — was incorporated by the Congress in the Water Resources Development Act of 1992.


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The Song of Swans
Captain PaRel has left the USS Pathfinder, and some of the senior staff move on to new positions elsewhere as well.
USS Pathfinder is docked at Pandora Station, awaiting Command's decision about a new Commanding Officer, after Captain X'ok PaRel's departure a few months earlier. Over the course of those months, a few other senior staff positions had opened up as some of the crew moved on to pursue new adventures and opportunities, some filled again, others also still awaiting new crew.
OOC - Farewell
A huge thanks to all of the players who created the adventures of the USS Pathfinder; and the USS Calhoun, USS Odyssey, USS Arakov, USS Valkyrie, Pandora Station, USS Atlantis, and Yeager Colony before that. Probably not many of the old-timers who were there at the start in 2000 could have imagined everything we and our characters have accomplished over the last eightteen years.


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Series Cast. I never thought I'd be here again. Drama & Film Winners Of The 56th Baeksang Arts Awards. Delicious Rendezvous is a program that develops new menus using low demand local specialties to help farmers. The main game consists of listening to a song and determining the correct lyrics for a part of it while employing different hints to get closer to the solution. The cast and guests play games to win and enjoy different foods from a featured outdoor market in Korea. Enjoy the look into local food while serious supply and demand issues are brought to the attention of the viewers and the visitors to the rest stops. It is to give hope to peasants and … Jay Park revealed why he didn't join the cast of 'Delicious Rendezvous'.On the February 27th episode, the 'Delicious Rendezvous' cast members picked up Jay Park at the Yeosu Airport after wrapping up his world tour. Enjoy the look into local food while serious supply and demand issues are brought to the attention of the viewers and the visitors to the rest stops. The goal is not just to develop and sell food, but to promote consumption and improve the perception of local specialties. "Jay Park continued, "At the time, it felt like I just worked hard, and everything ended. He expressed, "I'm an original member. Dawn French. Edit Translation, The show develops new menus using local specialties and sells food at meeting places with lots of transient visitors, such as rest areas, airports, and railway stations. © 2007 - 2020 6Theory Media, LLC. 2 of Farmvengers and trustworthy student of Baek Jong Won, the beloved clean-up manager Kim Hee Chul, and Kim Dong Jun the mascot in charge of promoting specialty! I'm curious how much the show has changed." It is. I came along because they need more helpers. Every failed attempt means more food for YouTube mukbang star Small-mouthed Haetnim. I … When asked why he dropped out, he joked, "Because it was tough," adding, "It's because I had my world tour planned after filming the pilot. There was no time to talk. Iain Glen. The goal is not just to develop and sell food, but to promote consumption and improve the perception of local specialties. TIA, since he guested, i'm totally going to watch. On the February 27th episode, the 'Delicious Rendezvous' cast members picked up Jay Park at the Yeosu Airport after wrapping up his world tour. Baek Jong Won, Yang Se Hyeong, Kim Hee Chul, and Kim Dong Jun, also known as the Farmvengers, and the main cast. He expressed, "I'm an original member. The goal is not just to develop and sell food, but to promote consumption and improve the perception of local specialties. Delicious Rendezvous is a Korean cooking variety show that features a star-studded cast including Super Junior's Kim Heechul, ZE:A's Kim Dong Jun, Yang Se Hyung and Yoo Byung Jae. ", Anyone knows why Baek Jin-Hee also didn't join the cast? Find TV listings for Delicious Rendezvous, cast information, episode guides and episode recaps. The show develops new menus using local specialties and sells food at meeting places with lots of transient visitors, such as rest areas, airports, and railway stations. Fan who works part-time at a burger restaurant goes viral after EXO's Baekhyun tweets he'll be there some time soon, Doppelgängers BTOB's Minhyuk & TXT's Soobin finally snap selcas + share behind stories about their encounter, Henry earns sympathy from viewers as he visits the dentist after cracking his front veneer teeth on 'I Live Alone', Another visual artist accuses aespa's art team of plagiarism, AESPA's Winter proves to be an ACE with her new fancam record, EXO's stylist compliments Baekhyun for his hair/accessory ideas + Baekhyun names his favorite past hair styles, EVERGLOW show off their charms on their first ever 'Yoo Hee Yeol's Sketchbook' appearance, 'Webtoon goddess' Yaongyi, the author of 'True Beauty', meets Yoo Jae Suk & Jo Se Ho on 'Yoo Quiz on the Block', City of Daegu residents are worried about sasaeng fans who might ignore social distancing to see BTS & other artists at the '2020 SBS Gayo Daejeon in Daegu', Chinese newspaper suggests BTS was nominated for Grammys thanks to China, suggest they "think twice before voicing their opinions in public", Plastic surgery accusations come up after netizens discovered how different the Aespa members looked pre-debut, '2020 APAN Awards' announces this year's top 10 artists, global popularity icon, & more.
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A: JavaScript for webpages runs in the browser (client-side), means the browser needs to download the file and executing so it must have access to the "original" JS file. So you cannot really stop another developer to look at your code.
What you can do is to make more difficult for peoples to understand and debug your application.
Some possibilities available are:

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*Various techniques for code obfuscation.

*Code hiding using web-socket or similar.

*Disable debugger tools like console.log() by overwrite them, example:

(function() {
  // disables the use of `console.log`, `console.info`, `console.error`, `console.warn` and others by replacing them with empty functions,
  // this makes the use of the debugger harder.
  var empty = function() {};
  Object.keys(window.console).forEach(function(prop) {
window.console[prop] = empty;
  });
  console.log('log');
  console.info('info');
  console.error('error');
  console.warn('warn');
})(window);

Some interesting projects and articles:
https://github.com/javascript-obfuscator/javascript-obfuscator
http://www.jsfuck.com/
How to prevent your JavaScript code from being stolen, copied, and viewed?

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Posole takes its time, so a slow cooker is the ideal way to fix up a batch with no muss and no fuss. If you don't have a slow cooker, that's okay too. Just place the posole in a large pot and follow the rest of the directions.
You've got to hand it to the French. They take ham and cheese and give it a fancy-pants name like Croque Monsieur and suddenly it sounds all oh-la-la. But you know what?
A Croque Monsieur is pretty incredible because it's more than a grilled ham and cheese sandwich. The egg batter makes it puff up slightly, so it's all crispy on the outside and yummy on the inside. And this version is even better because the green chile gives it a nice kick.
Our thanks to Laurie Nielsen Neumayer for this recipe.
The real star here (besides the chile!) is the onion. You need to cook them nice and slowly so they caramelize. They give a hint of sweetness to the dish that is fantastic.


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Data from: Genotyping-by-Sequencing for Populus Population Genomics: An Assessment of Genome Sampling Patterns and Filtering Approaches
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Martin P. Schilling, Utah State University
Aaron M. Duffy, Utah State University
Hardeep S. Rai, Utah State University
Carol A. Rowe, Utah State University
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Bryce A. Richardson, Utah State University
Continuing advances in nucleotide sequencing technology are inspiring a suite of genomic approaches in studies of natural populations. Researchers are faced with data management and analytical scales that are increasing by orders of magnitude. With such dramatic advances comes a need to understand biases and error rates, which can be propagated and magnified in large-scale data acquisition and processing. Here we assess genomic sampling biases and the effects of various population-level data filtering strategies in a genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) protocol. We focus on data from two species of Populus, because this genus has a relatively small genome and is emerging as a target for population genomic studies. We estimate the proportions and patterns of genomic sampling by examining the Populus trichocarpa genome (Nisqually-1), and demonstrate a pronounced bias towards coding regions when using the methylation-sensitive ApeKI restriction enzyme in this species. Using population-level data from a closely related species (P. tremuloides), we also investigate various approaches for filtering GBS data to retain high-depth, informative SNPs that can be used for population genetic analyses. We find a data filter that includes the designation of ambiguous alleles resulted in metrics of population structure and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium that were most consistent with previous studies of the same populations based on other genetic markers. Analyses of the filtered data (27,910 SNPs) also resulted in patterns of heterozygosity and population structure similar to a previous study using microsatellites. Our application demonstrates that technically and analytically simple approaches can readily be developed for population genomics of natural populations.
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Paul G. Wolf https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4317-6976
Aaron M. Duffy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0530-6191
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Schilling, M.P., Wolf, P.G., Duffy, A.M., Rai, H.S., Rowe, C.A., Richardson, B.A., Mock, K.E. Genotyping-by-sequencing for Populus population genomics: An assessment of genome sampling patterns and filtering approaches (2014) PLoS ONE, 9 (4), art. no. e95292. Available at 10.1371/journal.pone.0095292
Wolf, P. G., Schilling, M. P., Duffy, A. M., Rai, H. S., Rowe, C. A., Mock, K. E., & Richardson, B. A. (2014). Data from: Genotyping-by-Sequencing for Populus Population Genomics: An Assessment of Genome Sampling Patterns and Filtering Approaches. Utah State University. https://doi.org/10.15142/T33882
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Celebrating our 60th episode as Redkorn returns for the first time in 17 episodes to moderate round 1 of an actor versus actor showdown. This week, between Robert De Niro and Jeff Bridges. Rookie goes to his first weed shop, and deals with some irregular dreams. Also, some New Year's resolutions, and more of Pip's hate mail.


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California recommends pausing a batch of Moderna vaccines after possible 'severe' allergic reactions
California has distributed less than a third of its allocated vaccines. PHOTO: AFP
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LOS ANGELES (NYTIMES) - The California state epidemiologist has recommended that the state pause the distribution of more than 330,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine after a "higher than usual" number of people showed signs of a possible severe allergic reaction.
The recommendation comes at a dire moment in California, which is experiencing one of the most acute outbreaks in the nation.
About 40,000 people are testing positive each day - the equivalent of the daily caseload for the entire United States as recently as September - and California's hospital beds are filling up.
The state epidemiologist, Dr Erica Pan, offered few details about what happened but made the recommendation "out of an extreme abundance of caution" after several people who received the vaccine at one community clinic needed medical attention in the span of 24 hours.
Each appeared to experience a possible "severe" allergic reaction, and officials recommended not using other vaccines from that batch until an investigation was completed, the health department said in a statement Sunday (Jan 17).
According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, an example of a severe allergic reaction is if a patient needs to go to a hospital or be treated with epinephrine.
California health officials did not respond to a request for comment Monday, and it was not immediately clear how the delay would affect the state's overall rollout of vaccines, which has been choppy and plagued with confusion.
The possible allergic reactions had stemmed from the same batch of Moderna vaccines, which included more than 330,000 doses, among 3.5 million vaccines allocated to the state.
California has distributed less than a third of its allocated vaccines, below the national average, with 2.2 per cent of the state's population having received a first dose, according to a New York Times vaccine tracker.
Allergic reactions are a rare response to some vaccines. Some estimates suggest that for a similar type of coronavirus vaccine, made by Pfizer-BioNTech, the risk of severe allergic reaction is about 1 in 100,000.
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Don't "No-Fly" Libya
What would a no-fly zone in Libya mean? A bit of history may provide some perspective.
Libyan demonstrators, flying the Kingdom of Libya flag, in the main square of Benghazi on 28 February 2011. (Photograph: Tiago Petinga/EPA)
Today in Libya, civilians are being killed by a besieged and isolated dictator. Libyan warplanes have been used to attack civilians, although the vast majority of the violence has come from ground attacks. The Libyan opposition's provisional national council, meeting in Benghazi, is debating whether they should request military support from the international community, maybe the UN or NATO, starting with a no-fly zone. The Arab League announced that it was also considering establishing a no-fly zone, perhaps with the African Union.
It is unclear what casualties the airstrikes may have caused. The anti-regime forces have some access to anti-aircraft weapons, and Qaddafi has already lost planes and pilots alike to the opposition — but it is far from clear where the military balance lies.
Powerful U.S. voices — including neo-conservative warmongers and liberal interventionists in and out of the administration, as well as important anti-war forces in and out of Congress — are calling on the Obama administration to establish a no-fly zone in Libya to protect civilians.
A Libyan activist writes in The Guardian, "we welcome a no-fly zone, but the blood of Libya's dead will be wasted if the west curses our uprising with failed intervention." He says that his hopes for a happy ending are "marred by a fear shared by all Libyans; that of a possible western military intervention to end the crisis." He seems to believe that a U.S. or NATO no-fly zone would mean something other than a Western military intervention.
Ironically it was Secretary of Defense Robert Gates who warned that establishing a no-fly zone "begins with an attack on Libya." It would be an act of war. And the Middle East doesn't need another U.S. war.
Bombing Tripoli
The year was 1986. People had been killed, this time in a terrorist attack in Europe. The Libyan government, led by Muammar Qaddafi, was deemed responsible. The U.S. announced air strikes directed at "key military sites" in Tripoli and Benghazi. Exactly the kind of targeted air strikes that would precede a no-fly zone. But according to the BBC, the missiles hit a densely populated Tripoli suburb, Bin Ashur. At least 100 people were killed, including Qaddafi's three-year-old daughter. Qaddafi himself was fine.
Libyans remember.
Fast-forward half a decade. The 1991 Gulf War in Iraq was over. A besieged and defeated Arab dictator was posturing, threatening force, and the victorious U.S. decided to intervene again, officially for humanitarian reasons. The U.S. and Britain established unilateral "no-fly zones" in northern and southern Iraq. (U.S. and British officials consistently lied, claiming they were enforcing "United Nations no-fly zones," but in fact no UN resolution ever even mentioned one.) During the twelve years of the no-fly zone, hundreds were killed by U.S. and British bombs.
Iraqis remember. So do Libyans.
Assume the "attack on Libya" preceding a no-fly zone succeeds in its very specific purpose: to eliminate the anti-aircraft weapons that could threaten U.S. planes enforcing the zone. But does that mean it also eliminates all anti-aircraft weapons in the hands of the opposition, the defectors from Qaddafi's air force? What would the consequences be of that?
And then there are the "what if" factors. What if they made a mistake? The 1986 U.S. airstrikes in Libya were supposed to be aimed at military targets — yet more than 100 people, many of them civilians, were killed; why do we assume it will be any different this time? What if a U.S. warplane was shot down and pilots or bombers were captured by Qaddafi's military? Wouldn't U.S. Special Forces immediately be deployed to rescue them? Then what?
And that's just the military part. That's just the beginning.
No-fly zones, like any other act of war, have consequences. In Libya, though it is impossible to precisely gauge public opinion, a significant majority of people appears opposed to the regime and prepared to mobilize and fight to bring it down. That is not surprising. While the Libyan revolt is playing out in vastly different ways, and with far greater bloodshed, it is part and parcel of the democratic revolutionary process rising across the Arab world and beyond. And just as in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain, and elsewhere, there is no evidence that the Libyan population supports foreign military involvement.
To the contrary, although at least part of the anti-Qaddafi leadership is indeed calling for some kind of military intervention, there appears to be widespread public opposition to such a call. Certainly there is fear that such foreign involvement will give credibility to Qaddafi's currently false claims that foreigners are responsible for the uprising. But beyond that, there is a powerful appeal in the recognition that the democracy movements sweeping the Middle East and North Africa are indigenous, authentic, independent mobilizations against decades-long U.S.- and Western-backed dictatorship and oppression.
There have been broadly popular calls for international assistance to the anti-Qaddafi forces, including support for a UN-imposed assets freeze and referral to the International Criminal Court for top regime officials. And despite the breathtaking hypocrisy of the U.S., which embraces the ICC as a tool against Washington's current opponents but rejects it for war criminals among its Israeli and other allies and refuses its jurisdiction for itself, the use of the Court for this purpose is very appropriate.
But there is no popular call for military intervention. Human rights lawyer and opposition spokesman Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga was crystal clear: "We are against any foreign intervention… This revolution will be completed by our people." And Libyan General Ahmad Gatroni, who defected to lead the opposition forces, urged the U.S. to "take care of its own people, we can look after ourselves."
Indeed, if the U.S. is so worried about the bombing raids against civilians, perhaps the Obama administration should take another look at Afghanistan, where nine Afghan children, ages seven to fourteen, were killed by U.S. attack helicopters in Kunar province on March 1st. If the Congress is so eager to follow the wishes of Libya's opposition, perhaps General Gatroni's call for the U.S. to "take care of its own people" could mean challenging another stark reality: the people of Wisconsin, facing a $1.8 billion budget deficit, will pay $1.7 billion in taxes this year just for their share of an already-existing war, the one in Afghanistan.
Global Opposition
Internationally, there is widespread public and governmental opposition in influential countries, such as India, to establishing a no-fly zone. In the United Nations, many governments are reluctant to order an act of war that would significantly escalate the military conflict underway in Libya. The Security Council resolution that passed unanimously on February 27 condemned the violence and imposed a set of targeted sanctions on the Qaddafi regime, but did not reference Article 42 of the UN Charter, the prerequisite for endorsing the use of force.
Instead, the Council relied on Article 41, which authorizes only "measures not involving the use of armed force." Passage, let alone unanimity, would have been impossible otherwise. Russia's ambassador specifically opposed what he called "counterproductive interventions," and other key Council members, including veto-wielding China as well as rising powers India, South Africa, and Brazil, have all expressed various levels of caution and outright opposition to further militarizing the situation in Libya.
So far, the Obama administration and the Pentagon appear to be vacillating on support for a no-fly zone. An anonymous administration official told the New York Times"there's a great temptation to stand up and say, 'We'll help you rid the country of a dictator'… But the president has been clear that what's sweeping across the Middle East is organic to the region, and as soon as we become a military player, we're at risk of falling into the old trap that Americans are stage-managing events for their own benefit."
In fact that "old trap," seizing control of international events for Washington's own benefit, remains central to U.S. foreign policy. It's becoming harder these days, as U.S. influence wanes. But key U.S. political forces are upping the pressure on Obama to send the troops — at least the Air Force. Those rooting for war include right-wing Republican warmongers eager to attack Obama as war-averse (despite all evidence to the contrary), as well, unfortunately, as some of the strongest anti-war voices in Congress (including Jim McDermott, Mike Honda, Keith Ellison, and others), who presumably believe that the humanitarian necessity of a no-fly zone still outweighs the dangers.
It doesn't. Humanitarian crises simply do not shape U.S. policy. If they did, we might have heard a bit more last week when the Baghdad government — armed, financed, trained, and supported by the United States — killed 29 Iraqi civilians demonstrating against corruption. We might have seen humanitarian involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where millions of civilians have been killed in Africa's longest and perhaps most brutal war. And we might have seen, if not direct U.S. intervention, at least an end to the U.S. enabling of the Israeli assault on Gaza that killed more than 900 civilians, 313 of them children.
Rather, "humanitarian" concerns become a tool of powerful circles to build popular support for what would otherwise bring massive public outrage — "really, while the costs of existing wars have already brought the U.S. economy to its knees, you want to launch another U.S. war in the Middle East??"
Whose Humanitarianism?
It's not that there are no real humanitarian concerns; Libyan civilians are paying a huge price in challenging their dictator. But powerful U.S. interests are at stake, and few of them have anything to do with protecting Libyan civilians. Certainly oil is key; not so much about access to Libyan oil (the international oil market is pretty fungible), but about which oil companies will gain privileged positions? Will it be BP and Chevron who win the lucrative contracts to develop Libya's enormous oil fields, or will Chinese and Russian oil companies take their place? What pipelines will a new government in Libya choose, and which countries and corporations will benefit?
And it's not only about oil. The Libyan uprising is one of many potentially revolutionary transformations across the Arab world and in parts of Africa, where long-standing U.S.-backed dictatorships are collapsing — what kind of credibility can the U.S. expect in post-Qaddafi Libya? Washington may be betting that it can win credibility with the opposition by jumping out in front with an aggressive anti-Qaddafi "military assistance" campaign, perhaps starting with a no-fly zone. But in fact Washington risks antagonizing those opposition supporters, apparently the vast majority, determined to protect the independence of their democratic revolution.
The future of Libya and much of the success of the democratic revolutions now underway across the region, stand in the balance. If the Obama administration, the Pentagon, war profiteers and the rest of the U.S. policymaking establishment continue to define U.S. "national interests" as continuing U.S. domination of oil-rich and strategically-located countries and regions, Washington faces a likely future of isolation, antagonism, rising terrorism and hatred.
The democratic revolutionary processes sweeping North Africa and the Middle East have already transformed that long-stalemated region. The peoples of the region are looking for less, not greater militarization of their countries. It is time for U.S. policy to recognize that reality. Saying no to a no-fly zone in Libya will be the best thing the Obama administration can do to begin the process of crafting a new, demilitarized 21st century policy for the U.S. in the newly democratizing Middle East.


Generations Young Adults is a dynamic group of individuals whose aim is to have the name of Jesus known through all Generations. Generations Young adults comes together once a month to hear the word of God, join together in worship and of course to have some fun!
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Fans of the Twilight series of vampire/teen romance books can vote with their feet in northern Utah. Black Island Farms in Syracuse, Utah, has cut two mazes in its cornfields. One is for "Team Jacob;" the other is for "Team Edward." The gentlemen in question are the heroine's paramours in Stephanie Meyer's novels.


Over the past couple months I've been working with Conteu Magazine to come up with my ultimate 12 hour guide to Johannesburg and it's finally here! I love working on fun projects like this that celebrate South Africa just for the hell of it! The lovely Emma Jane from Emmajanenation and BESETdurban team have also collaborated to create similar guides for Cape Town and Durban.
You can shop the guides here and keep them for yourself or send them on to a loved one for Christmas, especially if they're visiting Joburg anytime soon because we all know it can be a little hard to find your feet in the city if you don't know where to go. My guide centres around food, a little shopping, spending some time outdoors….and then straight back into food. They're only R95!
"Last week I was in an aeroplane and not for one second did I stop to appreciate that I was hurtling through the air in a metal tube, an act that would have been impossible just over a hundred years ago. Just like the flying, I've become accustomed to Joburg.
I've lived in Joburg my entire life. I think it's the human condition to become accustomed to the place you live in. You stop seeing the wonder in the every day, stop appreciating all the little things that make it work or the idiosyncrasies that don't. You start to look beyond for inspiration and stimulation.
This year has been an interesting year for me, one aspect being that my once rather passionate relationship with Joburg came under a little strain. I wanted more from it, I wanted new things and I wanted better. As the year comes to a close, I realise that it's not Joburg that's changed — it's me. I stopped showing up to the party. Joburg doesn't have the sea, we don't even have a mountain (excluding numerous mine dumps) but what Joburg does have is a culture and a spirit and you can only tap into it if you make an effort.
Once you make the effort, you'll discover a truly African city with a spirit you'll be hard-pressed to find elsewhere.
Here's to doing more cool things in and around South Africa next year, high five to the Conteu ladies for always producing such incredible work. High five to Philippa Tully for the illustrations and Warwick Kay for the design.
Don't forget to check out the Johannesburg guide here.


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2022--Civilized
2019--Magnificence
2014--Shakespeare Crackpot
2011--Teaching Hamlet
2010--Rant Demon
2008--Teaching the Fringe
2006--Teaching As You Like It
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2004--Lunatic Van Beethoven
2003--Teaching Witchcraft
2002--Is Shakespeare Dead?
2001--Teaching Detroit
1999--Teaching Shakespeare
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French Translation of
Teaching Shakespeare:
Fou de Shakespeare
BIOGRAPHY - KEIR CUTLER, PhD
Keir Cutler is an actor, writer, director and scholar who has been performing his original works in Canada, the US and the UK since 1999. He is also an actor in TV and film, and the author of the hit, anti-racism monologue, "Civilized" performed by John D. Huston and directed by Paul Hopkins.
Pull quotes about Keir from theatre reviews,
"an assured and mesmerizing monologist." (Jim Burke, Maisoneuve Magazine. Montreal, QC. 2019)
"absolutely flawless." (Anna Fuerstenberg, Montreal Rampage. Montreal, QC. 2019)
"master storyteller." (The Senior Times, 2019)
"one hell of a storyteller." (Vue Weekly, Edmonton, AB. 2016)
"as funny as he is intelligent." (Insideott, Ottawa, On. 2016)
"purest theatrical gold." (London Yodeller, London, On. 2016)
"intelligently hilarious." (Vue Magazine, Edmonton, 2015)
"funny and engaging ... a saavy veteran." (Edmonton Sun, 2015)
"a fine storyteller . . . an amazing lesson." (The Charlebois Post, 2014)
"a seasoned performer with precise and playful comic timing." (CBC Manitoba, 2014)
"gloriously funny." (Orlando Sentinel, 2013)
"funny, informative, and entertaining." (NOW Magazine, Toronto, 2013)
"brimming with insight, social satire and laughs." (theatromania.ca, 2013)
"simply fantastic." (bloodyunderrated.net, 2013)
"brilliant." (Mooney on Theatre, Toronto, 2010.)
"a phenomenal performer." (winnipegonstage.com, 2008.)
"supremely witty." (Edmonton Journal, 2008.)
"consistently intelligent." (CBC, Edmonton, 2008.)
"one of solo theatre's superstars." (Montreal Gazette, 2007)
"captivating." (Saskatoon Star Phoenix, 2006.)
"riveting." (Montreal Mirror, 2006.)
"absolutely hilarious." (Victoria Times Colunist, 2004)
"a real theatrical gift." (Ottawa Citizen, 2003.)
"a cunning performer." (drama.ca, 2003.)
"a masterful entertainer." (Winnipeg Free Press, 2001.)
"a marvel to watch." (Toronto Sun, 2000.)
"formidably delightful." (Off-Off Broadway Review, New York, 2000.)
"a penetrating presence." (Backstage, New York, 2000.)
"blisteringly funny." (Hour, Montreal, 1999.)
Keir has an M.A. and Ph.D. in theatre from Wayne State University in Detroit, a playwriting diploma from the National Theatre School of Canada and has a B.A from McGill University. He is the author of the ebook, "THE SHAKESPEARE AUTHORSHIP QUESTION: A CRACKPOT'S VIEW" and three other ebooks which are available on Kindle.
He is the playwright/performer of ten monologues as well as several plays. His solo works include the multiple-award-winning, "Teaching Shakespeare: A Parody" (French translation, "Fou de Shakespeare"), "Teaching Detroit," a monologue adaptation of "Mark Twain's Is Shakespeare Dead?," "Teaching Witchcraft," "Lunatic Van Beethoven," "Teaching As You Like It," "Teaching the Fringe," "Rant Demon," "Shakespeare Crackpot," "Magnificence," and "CIVILIZED" written by Keir and performed by Metis actor, John D. Huston. Keir is also the author of the comic two-hander, "Teaching Hamlet," and the dystopian science-fiction play, "2056." Keir has performed his works across Canada, in New York City and other American cities. Four of his solo shows are on video and have been broadcasted on television by BRAVO!/CANADA.
He is a signatory of and videospokesman for the "Declaration of Reasonable Doubt About the Identity of William Shakespeare." .
Keir performed at Shakespeare's Globe lecture hall in London, UK as part of the Shakespearean Authorship Trust 2016 conference. In attendance were Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Mark Rylance.
Sir Derek Jacobi (left) Keir Cutler, PhD (center) Sir Mark Rylance (right) photographer Evelyne Soulard
He has appeared in many local television and film projects filmed in the Montreal area. Notable performances include work with Ben Stiller in "Brad's Status," Jennifer Love Hewitt in "The Audrey Hepburn Story," and with Julien Poulin in "Bob Gratton- Ma Vie My Life."
In the late 1970s, Keir played football at McGill University. He once scored three touchdowns in a single game against Concordia University. He was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, but did not make the team.
Keir is married and lives in the province of Quebec, Canada.
Keir is six foot five inches tall, which is not much compared to a California Redwood.


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filed: July 7, 2008 • England
Anger over Ulley wind farm plan
Credit: Guardian, www.dinningtontoday.co.uk 7 July 2008 ~~
Dozens of residents came together to discuss controversial plans for a windfarm site in Ulley.
Almost 50 people came together for the meeting which was held at Holy Trinity Church, on Main Street to voice their feelings about the potential site on Penny Hill.
Residents against the proposal have formed The Ulley Windfarm Action Group to try and tackle the plans themselves.
"I'm definitely opposed to it," said Jeff Blades, of Aughton Lane, Aston who is part of the steering group.
"We want to keep our countryside and the wildlife – we don't want great big industrial windfarms created, we think it's wrong."
"I have seen them out in the sea which is an ideal spot for them and there's plenty of wind for them to operate."
"They will be the size of Blackpool Tower. It's something I feel very strongly about. People often complain about something after it has happened, but we are going to make it clear that we are dead against this from the beginning."
The group, which is running a petition against the windfarm, say they have so far come across three people who are in favour of the plans and nearly 400 who are against.
Graham Hinchcliffe, another resident who has been co-ordinating the initial meetings against the plans says the turbines would be far too close to people's homes.
"They are absolutely colossal in size," said Graham.
"We are against it on environmental and safety issues. They would be right next to the motorway and there has been proof that wind turbines can cast a shadows across large areas."
"There are eight lanes of traffic there with around 60,000 cars each day so this could cause major problems."
"We are starting to collate relevant information and we are confident we can get a very good case together."
"They are going to be very close to residential properties on the edge of Ulley. European guidelines say that the nearest dwellings have to be a particular distance away and these come are closer than that."
But Banks Developments who are submitting the proposal to Rotherham Council say they are keen to take all issues into account and that beliefs that the turbines will be of such a great size are inaccurate.
"The public consultation process that we are undertaking is designed to give members of the local community the opportunity to express their opinions around our proposals for Penny Hill, and we will do everything we can to examine and address the issues raised," Rob Williams, renewables projects director at Banks Developments.
"We collected a range of feedback from the 130 visitors to our recent public exhibitions in Aston, Ulley and Thurcroft, who expressed both positive and negative views about our proposals, and we are taking this into account as we draw up more detailed plans, which will be exhibited in the autumn in advance of their submission."
"We can, however, say that the notion that any wind turbines would be as tall as the 158m-high Blackpool Tower is not accurate, and current indications are that turbines with hub heights of around 80 metres will be proposed."
Source: Guardian, www.dinningtontoday.co.uk 7 July 2008


"Marilyn Floral Two-Piece Sun Suit"
Colored pencil drawing of a vintage sun suit. Cheery red hibiscus flowers on a turquoise background. This was a nice 40's and 50's halter and skirt combination that had many variations.


Tremendous versatility that gives clubs the flexibility to use one gun for several members. Fits from small to large hands and the grip, palm shelf and thumbrest are ambidextrous. But clubs aren't the only ones that can benefit from the flexibility of the Walter LP400 Club pistol.
If you've got more than one shooter in your family but want an extremely accurate air pistol so everyone can get small groups, this should be on your short list. World-class precision at an affordable price.


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Are government policies putting UK businesses at risk?
Posted 22 February 2016
How does government policy affect your business? According to the director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the current policy framework is placing a "cumulative burden" on businesses which could threaten economic growth.
CBI director general Carolyn Fairbairn cited policies including the National Living Wage, apprenticeship levy and pension auto-enrolment as placing "a number of strains" on UK business. Fairbairn also criticised "wrong-headed" visa policies.
The National Living Wage, a higher rate of minimum wage, is set to rise to £9 per hour by 2020. Business leaders have said it will increase pressure, particularly on small businesses and low-pay sectors such as hospitality.
Business leaders are also concerned about the government's apprenticeship plans, which will be funded by a levy on companies. The number of apprenticeships is forecast to rise to three million under the scheme, with industry covering the cost of training.
Pension auto-enrolment is a rolling process. Larger employers are already required to be compliant, while smaller businesses are required to set up pension schemes by 2018 according to a phased timetable.
Fairbairn said: "Overall, UK policymakers need to deliver regulatory stability and predictability. Businesses struggle to invest when the rules repeatedly change – as we have seen in the energy sector where policy shifts have chilled investment."
The CBI director general also said politicians should "reform the UK's wrong-headed visa policies that are keeping global talent from our growing firms and global students from our world class universities.
" Fairbairn also cited the "abject failure" of the government to make a decision over airport expansion in the South East as an example of policy risking economic development, saying: "Good business needs good infrastructure – yet the UK currently ranks 24th in the world, according to the World Economic Forum. We have fallen badly behind over many decades – we must catch up and then pull away."
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Bob Wygant, who many feel is the father of Texas art, offers this refreshing piece featuring elk crossing a river in the mist of early morning. The day will be sunny and bright, but bitter cold. Snow covers the bushes that border the river giving the piece a delicacy not often seen in such pieces. Wygant's paintings hang in many corporate collections in Texas and surrounding states. Although he has been best known for his cowboys, many of his works feature elk and deer in magical settings. This print is from an edition size of only 95 in this series.


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Lawrence Park, bordered by Yonge Street to the west and Bayview Avenue to the east, and from Blythwood Ravine on the south to Lawrence Avenue on the north has been ranked one of the wealthiest neighbourhood in all of Canada. In 2011, Canadian Business magazine named it the wealthiest postal code in Canada by household net worth, averaged at $3.88 million. Most of the homes in Lawrence Park were built between 1910 and the late 1940s and include a variety of architectural styles including English Cottage, Tudor Revival, Georgian and Colonial style designs. (Source: Wikipedia )
Interesting facts & History:
Notable residents in Lawrence park:
Paul Beeston, former president of Major League Baseball and also former president of the Toronto Blue Jays
Roberta Bondar, first Canadian female astronaut
Isadore Sharp, Founder and Chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Steve Stavro, late owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs
John A. Tory, late Canadian lawyer and corporate executive, former president of The Woodbridge Company
John Tory, Canadian businessman, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, current mayor of Toronto
Karen Stintz, Toronto former City Councillor, representing Ward 16. Previous Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission. (Source: Wikipedia )
Lawrence Park was first advertised as an 'aristocratic neighbourhood', 'four hundred feet above Lake Ontario', and 'Far from the Lake Winds in Winter'. In 1907 The Dovercourt Land Company purchased the north parcel of Lawrence Park from John Lawrence, after whom this neighbourhood is named. It was designed as a neighbourhood for the 'well to do'.
However, even with all the fanfare, Lawrence Park's development was sporadic. Development of this neighbourhood was interrupted by two world wars, a recession, and a depression. Finally, by the 1950's that this neighbourhood was completely developed. (Source: Your Guide to Toronto Neighbourhoods )
The City of Toronto breaks down the demographics of Lawrence Park into Lawrence Park North & South. The combined population is 29,786. The average income when you combine North and South is 39.35% making $200,000 and above. And the diversity in language with French, Cantonese and Mandarin leading the way. (Source: City of Toronto )
Lawrence Park North
Schools in Lawrence Park Toronto
Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute located in Lytton Park
Blythwood Jr. – 2 Strathgowan Crescent (public)
Sunny View Jr. & Sr. – 450 Blythwood Road (public)
Bedford Park Public School – 81 Ranleigh Avenue (public)
The Toronto French School – 296 Lawrence Avenue E (private)
The Crescent School – 2365 Bayview Ave. (private)
Crestwood School – 411 Lawrence Ave. E (private)
Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School – 101 Mason Blvd. (Catholic separate HS for girls)
Blessed Sacrament – 24 Bedford Park Ave. (separate)
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Q: Access 2010 keeps opening as 2007. Can't reference correct object library Can't create an Excel 2010 spreadsheet in Access 2007.
I'm an experienced Access VBA programmer. I'm trying to create an Excel spreadsheet from Access, which I've done a dozen times before, but I keep getting an error saying my libraries aren't included.
Here's the crux. The Office suite is 2010. Excel and Word open as 2010. Access start bar entry point says 2010 too, but when I open it, Access opens as 2007.
I can Dim an Excel application as a New, but when I try to Set it, error (incorrect library).
I can Dim an Excel application by CreateObject(). This allows me to Set it but my first command (visible = true) sets of the same error.
My object libraries are version .14 (2010) so I guess Excel would be happy. But Access 2007 wants object library .12, hence my error. Object libraries .12 aren't in my list of references.
I'm working on database in a Cambodian village for a charity school so there is now way I can reinstall the 2010 Office suite.
I've been all through the registry and can only find CurVer set to .14. I've registered msadox.dll. That's fine.
I see two solutions...

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*How do I stop my Access 2010 from opening as 2007.

*How do I get my object libraries .12 to list in my references along side my object libraries .14.
Here's my code...
Private Sub Command_Create_Click()
    Dim app As Excel.Application
    Dim wb As Excel.Workbook
    Dim wks As Excel.Worksheet
    Set app = New Excel.Application
    app.Visible = True
    Set wb = app.Workbooks.Add
    wb.Activate
    Set wks = wb.ActiveSheet
End Sub

The code falls over at Set app with Run-time error '-2147319779 (8002801d)': Automation error Library not registered.
Any help appreciated. Please remember I'm working in a third world village and many options (reinstall, download, setup) are unavailable to me without travelling to the nearest city.


I like to think I've been a part of the electronic dance music scene for quite a while. I've been to lofty trance raves, hard electro shows, and even the occasional dubstep party. I have had more fun dancing nights away to my favorite DJs than at any rock or hip hop shows I've attended. Suffice it to say that I'm sold on the music and on the scene, I live and breathe it. As such, I've always dealt with the same questions from those outside the scene: Doesn't it all sound the same? How can you tell the difference between one track and another? For a long time I dismissed them as simply close minded. They didn't understand the scene and all its subdivisions the same way I did. Then the scene blew up. Almost overnight, more and more acts and DJs came crawling out of the woodwork. Each one sounded more like last, and in a way, DJs of the trance, electro, and dubstep persuasions became more like stereotypes of the genres themselves instead of possessing unique sounds or identities. I began to ask myself the same questions my non-electronic friends posed.
Then, I discovered Buraka Som Sistema. One night in Los Angeles, I happened to walk into a HARD event right at the start of their set. I had never heard of them, but after their performance, I made sure to never forget them. They were so new to me, so fresh, and with a sound that had me moving in ways that I had never truly known before.
In 2006, Portuguese DJs and musicians Kalaf Ângelo, Rui Pité, and João Barbosa, came together with Angolese hip hop DJ Andro Carvalho to form Buraka Som Sistema. This new collective strove to fuse the hard electronic sounds and melodies of European Electro with the fast paced beats of the African Kuduro genre. The result is a brand of music that has a little bit of everything, whether its a slow, dubby track with pronounced percussive qualities or fast, wild, and danceable songs that'll have you moving until the next morning. Either way, I guarantee that they aim to please both in their productions and their live shows.
They released their first full length album, Black Diamond, in 2008. The album showcased the essence of Buraka Som Sistema with tracks like "Kurum," and "IC19." The album even has collaborations from rappers and vocalists M.I.A., DJ Znobia, Deize Tigrona, and Pongolove, which give a very complete feel to the tracks to which they contribute. Their song, "Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)" was even featured on one of those very popular FIFA Soccer videogames.
Whatever your previous EDM inclinations happen to be, you owe it to yourself to check these guys out. Because, let's face it, this music scene isn't the same as it was. It's become as cannibalized and copied as any other genre, and if you don't think so, a truthful reality check may be in order. The fact of the matter is, very few acts out there today have the drive and audacity to break out of the formulaic molds, especially molds created within the electronic genres. So if you're hurting for new sounds, for a break from the typical build ups and breaks, look up Buraka Som Sistema, and I assure you, you'll be wildly impressed.


Children buried in the Ancient Egypt necropolis of Saqqara 2,000 years ago may have suffered from anaemia, tooth decay and chronic sinusitis, archaeologists have discovered.
Saqqara is a vast burial ground which was used throughout antiquity, as the necropolis for Memphis, the ancient Egyptian capital. Inhumations dating back to the late Old Kingdom Period (5th and 6th Dynasties, 2750 – 2181 BCE) and Ptolemaic and early Roman Period (332 BCE – 1st century CE) have been identified there. The later graves coincided with the end of the ancient Egyptian civilisation.
At its beginnings, the site was mostly used to offer the city's elite impressive burials – and indeed rich and elaborate rock tombs dating to the Old Kingdom have been found in the past. However, it was later extended to bury people from more modest backgrounds, among them young children.
Dr Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin, from the University of Manchester joined the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological Mission working in a small area of the site in 2006, to study human remains, both mummified and skeletonised.
Archaeological research at the necropolis focuses on investigating life and death in the region during two time periods (Old Kingdom and Ptolemaic-Early Roman Period). Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin's work was to conduct in-depth analysis of human remains to study the link between social status and physical health of the population at Saqqara, and more recently, the effect of the environment on human health.
"Given the close dependence of ancient Egyptian agricultural systems on the River Nile, environmental fluctuations may have had adverse impact on population health in the ancient Nile Valley", she told IBTimes UK.
"My study was based on a small assemblage of 29 individuals aged 12 years or under at the time of death that were recovered from a Ptolemaic cemetery at Saqqara. Although the assemblage is rather small, it presents an important contribution to the body of research on the Ptolemaic-date populations from Egypt that to date remain understudied".
Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin was able to establish that the youngest of the 29 children she studied was a few weeks old and the oldest 12-years-old, but the majority were aged between three and five. From macroscopic - or naked-eye - observations, she was able to learn more about their diets and the kind of environments they would have lived in.
Her analyses revealed the presence of the most commonly observed indicators of physiological stress in archaeological populations. Looking at the orbital bones, she found that they were porous in 70% of the children - a condition known as cribra orbitalia. This could be indicative of anaemia caused by a deficiency of minerals, such as iron or vitamin B12 and B9. Half of these children were between the age of three and five, so the archaeologist believe that the condition may have arisen when they stopped being breastfed and switched to a poorer, unhealthy diet.
"Feeding and weaning practices spread widely across ancient Egypt could have been largely responsible for the high prevalence of cribra orbitalia in the present skeletal assemblage. Weaning a nursing infant placed it at risk, including increased morbidity and mortality as a result of infectious and parasitic diseases. Therefore, the later supplementary or solid foods were introduced into infants' diet, the greater it chances of survival", she explained.
The other hypothesis is that cribra orbitalia was caused by a parasitic disease like malaria. Although this disease is not present in Egypt today, there is a growing body of evidence that suggests it was widespread in antiquity.
Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin also discovered evidence of tooth decay among the children. "A quarter of the children with preserved dentition were affected by dental decay, and the majority were individuals age three to five at the time of death. One of the staple foods in the ancient Egyptian diet was bread; diets where sugars are mixed with starches could be more cariogenic than sugar on its own", she said.
Famines are believed to have occurred from time to time in ancient Egypt, especially when the Nile River was not high enough to ensure a good harvest, and there was not enough food for everyone as a result.
Finally, the researcher also looked at the children's sinuses, finding evidence that they might have suffered from chronic sinusitis.
Although the research has yielded very interesting clues about the health of the children buried at Saqqara, there is still much to learn.
Like all foreign archaeological missions working in Egypt, Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin faced restrictions by the Ministry of State for Antiquities in terms of the kind of investigations she could do - researchers are not able to send remains for analysis in foreign labs without obtaining a special permission.
"My method of examination of the human remains was therefore limited to macroscopic observations. For that reason, my findings about the health of the children at Saqqara are based on evidence of pathological changes on bones alone. we have more questions about diet and health of the children in this past population. For example, there are diseases that leave no trace on bone but can be detected through molecular studies or histological examination of soft tissue. More advanced studies require a laboratory environment and sampling, for which we have no permission at the moment", Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin concluded.


There's nothing worse than a tired, cranky toddler refusing to snooze. Relax! We've got the sleep solutions to send him off to dreamland.
No matter how mightily kids resist, though, most experts agree that daytime sleep is critical. Children this age are constantly on the move, and naps give them the energy they need to work on building their skills. While you can't explain to a toddler why he needs to sleep, you can keep naptime from turning into a nightmare with these tantrum tamers.
Ideally, a 1-year-old should have two naps a day: one in the midmorning and another in the afternoon. But each child is different, and finding the best schedule can be tricky. Many parents fall into the trap of waiting too long to put their toddler into the crib. "By the time some kids yawn or get fussy, they've already become overtired and won't be able to drift off as easily," says Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Nap Solution.
Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Nap Solution. suggests paying attention to your toddler's tired signs. Watch him closely the hour after he wakes up for a morning or two. Then, compare his well-rested behavior with the way he acts between dinner and bedtime (when he'll be fatigued). If he loses interest in people or toys before bed at night, for example, you can look for these cues during the day to find the best naptime.
Toddlers are creatures of habit and don't deal well with unexpected change. Keeping a predictable nap routine will reassure your little one, and she'll be more likely to cooperate when it comes time to go down. "Incorporate some of the things that work for her at bedtime by creating a mini naptime ritual that is similar," says Jodi Mindell, PhD, Parents adviser and author of Sleeping Through the Night. "If you read or sing to her every night, you should do the same for naps."
If you're feeling stressed as you put your child into his crib, he'll pick up on your anxiety and have a harder time dozing off. Take a couple minutes to relax first, and allow your kid to also calm down: Give him a gentle massage or play soothing music on busy days. Close to naptime, avoid things that will get him riled up, like TV or a big meal. If you have to run errands, do it after his morning nap. That way, he'll have time to unwind from all the excitement.
If your kid wakes up during naps, fight the urge to rush in as soon as she cries. Toddlers can fall back to sleep on their own, but they'll only learn how to do this if you don't step in every time, says Judith Owens, MD, Parents adviser and associate professor of pediatrics at Brown University's Alpert Medical School, in Providence, Rhode Island. Instead, give Baby a minute to quiet down by herself. If she doesn't, check in on her but don't pick her up or rock her back to sleep -- or she'll expect this every time she wakes up. The next day, wait for several more minutes before going in (and so on for a week). Eventually, she'll get tired of waiting for you and will fall asleep on her own.
As your child closes in on 2, you'll most likely discover that one snooze a day is enough. If your kid is resisting a nap because he's active, not cranky, it's probably a good time to rethink his schedule. Consider changing from two shorter naps to a longer midday one. You can make the transition easier by putting him to bed earlier at night. Doing this will help him feel well rested throughout the morning and he won't need to nap until early afternoon.
Originally published in Parents magazine.