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Kristofer Marinus Schipper (Järnskog, Zweden, 23 oktober 1934 – Amsterdam, 18 februari 2021), ook bekend als Rik Schipper en in China als Shi Zhouren, was een Franse sinoloog van Nederlandse afkomst, gespecialiseerd in het taoïsme. In 1968 werd hij op Taiwan als eerste westerling bevestigd als taoïstische meester. Na zijn terugkeer in 1970 werd hij hoogleraar Chinese religies aan de École pratique des hautes études. In 1982 publiceerde hij Le corps taoïste, corps physique - corps social, waarmee hij bekend werd als kenner van de levende tradities en rituelen van het taoïsme en waarvoor hij in 1985 de Prix Stanislas Julien van de Franse Academie ontving.

Tussen 1993 en 1999 was hij tevens hoogleraar Chinese geschiedenis aan de Universiteit Leiden. Sinds zijn emeritaat woonde hij in Fuzhou in de Volksrepubliek China. Daar stichtte hij in 2001 met zijn vrouw Yuan Bingling de eerste bibliotheek in China gespecialiseerd in Westerse literatuur en sociale wetenschappen. In Nederland is hij sinds 1995 lid van de Afdeling Letterkunde (Sectie Taal- en Literatuurwetenschappen) van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. In Frankrijk ontving hij in 2004 de ridderorde van het Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur. In hetzelfde jaar ontving hij de Vriendschapsprijs van het Chinese Volk voor zijn bevordering van de verspreiding van de Chinese cultuur buiten China.

Biografie
Schipper werd geboren in 1934 in Järnskog (sinds 1971 deel van de gemeente Eda) in Zweden. Hij was de tweede zoon van de bewust ongehuwde moeder Johanna Engelberta Kuiper (1896-1956), kandidate in de theologie, letterkundige en telg uit het geslacht Kuiper. Zij trouwde een jaar na de geboorte van Kristofer met dr. Klaas Abe Schipper (1906-1949), Nederlands Hervormd predikant in Etersheim (N.-H.). Hij echtte Kristofer en zijn halfbroer Willem Frederik (Wim, 1924-1993). Beiden waren volle neven van Taco Kuiper (1941-2004).

Kristofer groeide op in Etersheim en in Bilthoven op de Werkplaats Kindergemeenschap van Kees Boeke en volgde het gymnasium aan het Montessori Lyceum in Amsterdam. In zijn jeugd raakte hij geboeid door de kunst van China en Japan en ging daarom na zijn eindexamen naar de École du Louvre in Parijs voor een gespecialiseerde opleiding in deze materie. In Parijs studeerde hij verder Chinees en Japans aan de École nationale des langues orientales vivantes, Chinese godsdiensten bij Rolf Stein en Maxime Kaltenmark en antropologie bij Roger Bastide. In 1962 promoveerde hij aan de École pratique des hautes études, deel van de Sorbonne met het proefschrift Han Wou-ti nei-tchouan. La vie intime de l'empereur Wou des Han en kreeg hij een aanstelling als wetenschappelijk onderzoeker bij de École française d'Extrême-Orient.

Verblijf op Taiwan

Eveneens in 1962 werd Schipper toegelaten als Visiting Scholar aan de Academia Sinica te Taipei, waar hij werkzaam was aan het Institute of Ethnology. Dit stelde hem in staat om in de oude stad Tainan, in het zuiden van Taiwan veldwerk te verrichten. Hij was geïnteresseerd geraakt in de Chinese volksgodsdienst en wilde de ceremoniën en rituelen behorende bij de beoefening van het taoïsme tussen de mensen zelf bestuderen. Aanleiding voor deze stap was zijn belangstelling voor het Chinese marionettentheater, dat volgens hem banden had met taoïstische rituelen.

In het voorjaar van 1964 kreeg Schipper de kans om in een tempel in Xigang ten noorden van Tainan een groot collectief ritueel bij te wonen. Dat was een "zuiver offer" (qingjiao, 清醮) dat slechts eenmaal in drie jaar plaatsvindt en vijf dagen lang duurt. Deze klassieke liturgische traditie, die binnen de Taoïstische Canon een uiterst belangrijke plaats inneemt, was nog niet eerder geobserveerd. Teneinde het hem mogelijk te maken deze traditie te bestuderen werd Schipper geadopteerd binnen een clan van Taoïstische meesters. Kennis van de rituelen kon alleen binnen een familie worden doorgegeven. Schipper ontdekte zo dat er binnen families van meesters een traditie van doorgifte van teksten uit de taoïstische canon bestond die buiten de formele structuur terugging tot aan het begin van de Weg van de Hemelse Meesters.

In 1968 werd Schipper ingewijd als meester in de  Zhengyi-school van het taoïsme. De bevestiging vond plaats in Tainan in de Tempel des Hemels Tiantan  door Zhang Enpu (1904-1969), afstammeling in de 63e generatie van de eerste Hemelse Meester Zhang Daoling.

Academische loopbaan
In 1970 keerde Schipper terug naar Parijs waar hij werd benoemd tot hoogleraar Chinese religies aan de École pratique des hautes études. In 1973 richtte hij aldaar het Centre d'Étude et de Documentation sur le Taoïsme op. Dankzij de steun van de European Science Foundation kwam daar het internationale onderzoeksproject tot stand voor het maken van de eerste volledige wetenschappelijke inventarisatie en analyse van de meer dan 1500 werken uit de taoïstische canon (Daozang, Wade-Giles: Tao-tsang). Hieraan gaven een dertigtal onderzoekers uit Europa, China, Japan en de Verenigde Staten hun medewerking. Dit project werd in 2004 afgesloten met de publicatie van The Taoist Canon. A Historical Compendium to the Daozang, in samenwerking met Franciscus Verellen.

Tussen 1979 en 1985 leidde Schipper de onderzoeksgroep Bibliographie taoïste binnen het Centre national de la recherche scientifique. Dit resulteerde in de publicatie van een aantal concordanties op taoïstische teksten.

In 1982 publiceerde Schipper Le corps taoïste. Corps physique, corps social, waarmee hij ook bij een groter publiek zijn naam vestigde als specialist van het taoïsme. Samen met Wendela Schipper-Gorter bezorgde hij in 1988 de Nederlandse vertaling van dit boek onder de titel Tao. De levende religie van China. De illustraties zijn overgenomen uit de oorspronkelijke Franse uitgave en waren gemaakt door zijn dochter Johanna Schipper. Een Engelse vertaling (The Taoist Body) verscheen voor het eerst in 1993.

In 1993 werd Schipper aangesteld als hoogleraar Chinese geschiedenis aan de Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. Hier leidde hij de werkgroep Peking als heilige stad, een onderzoek naar de maatschappelijke structuur van religieuze gemeenschappen binnen de stad Peking. Dit werd gesteund  door de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) en de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW), alsook door het Franse Centre national de la recherche scientifique en de École française d'Extrême-Orient. Aanvankelijk werden de onderzoeksresultaten gepubliceerd in het jaarboek Sanjiao wenxian. Matériaux pour l'étude de la religion chinoise. Revue annuelle, een gemeenschappelijke uitgave van de École pratique des hautes études en het Center for Non-Western Studies van de Leidse universiteit. Tussen 1997 en 2005 zijn vier delen verschenen. Sinds 2011 worden de resultaten gepubliceerd door Marianne Bujard en Dong Xiaoping in de serie Temples et stèles de Pékin van de École française d'Extrême-Orient en de Université normale de Pékin (Pedagogische Universiteit van Peking). Tot 2015 verschenen er drie delen.

In 1999 ging Kristofer Schipper met emeritaat.

Emeritaat
Vanaf zijn emeritaat woonde Schipper in Fuzhou in de Volksrepubliek China. Hij was hoogleraar aan de Fuzhou University, waar hij world civilization doceerde. Hij stichtte daar in 2001 met zijn vrouw Yuan Bingling het Fuzhou University Global Civilization Research Center and Library of the Western Belvedère, meestal afgekort tot De Westelijke Belvedère Bibliotheek (西观藏书楼, Xiguan cangshulou), de eerste bibliotheek in China gespecialiseerd in Westerse literatuur en sociale wetenschappen. De bibliotheek werd officieel geopend in 2003 en is een verwijzing naar De Oostelijke Belvedère, de oostelijke toren van het keizerlijk paleis in Luoyang, waar het keizerlijk archief van de Oostelijke Han-dynastie was gevestigd en dat bekend is gebleven door het historische werk Optekeningen van de Han uit de Oostelijke Toren. De bibliotheek wordt ondersteund door de Universiteit van Fuzhou, de regering van de provincie Fujian en de in Leiden gevestigde Yimen Stichting.

Op 27 september 2004 ontving Schipper de Vriendschapsprijs van de Chinese regering, de hoogste onderscheiding die een buitenlander in de Volksrepubliek kan ontvangen. Zijn vermaardheid in China bleek verder toen hij in 2008 werd uitgenodigd om een van de fakkeldragers te zijn bij de fakkeloptocht ter gelegenheid van de opening van de Olympische Zomerspelen in Peking. Op 30 augustus 2011 ontving hij voor zijn inzet de Special Book Award of China.

Nadat Schipper in 1997 de innerlijke geschriften van de Zhuangzi in het Nederlands had vertaald, volgde in 2007 de vertaling van het volledige werk. Dit was voor het eerst dat de Zhuangzi direct vanuit het Chinees naar het Nederlands werd vertaald. In 2010 volgde een vertaling van de Tao Te Ching. Beide werken behoren tot de belangrijkste geschriften van het taoïsme.

In 2011 kondigde hij aan de Gesprekken van Confucius te gaan vertalen. Schipper zag de levensbeschouwing van Confucius als de grondslag van de Chinese beschaving. Hij voltooide zijn vertaling begin 2014 en zag dit als de aanvang voor een nieuwe vertaling van de Vijf Klassieken, de canonieke boeken van het confucianisme.

In 2013 namen Schipper en zijn echtgenote het initiatief om de Aishan Foundation op te richten. Doel was het behoud en het bestuderen van 108 natuurheiligdommen van het taoïsme in Zuid- en Centraal China, de "hemelse grotten" (dongtian,  洞天) en de "gezegende plekken" (fudi, 福地). Zij werden hierbij ondersteund door het Wereld Natuur Fonds.

Schipper overleed op 18 februari 2021 in Amsterdam, omgeven door zijn familie.

Bibliografie
 (2014), Confucius. De gesprekken, gevolgd door Het leven van Confucius door Sima Qian (ca. 145-86 v.Chr.), vertaald vanuit uit het Chinees en toegelicht, Amsterdam (Uitgeverij Augustus), ISBN 978-90-457-0485-2.
 (2010), Lao Zi. Het boek van de Tao en de innerlijke kracht, vertaald vanuit het Chinees en toegelicht, Amsterdam (Uitgeverij Augustus), ISBN 978-90-457-0291-9.
 (2008), La religion de la Chine. La tradition vivante, Parijs (Fayard), ISBN 978-2-213-63191-2.
 Bundeling van essays verschenen na 1982 (waaronder La tradition vivante, pp.13-97).
 (2007), Zhuang Zi. De volledige geschriften. Het grote klassieke boek van het taoïsme, vertaald vanuit het Chinees en toegelicht, Amsterdam (Uitgeverij Augustus), ISBN 978-90-4570085-4.
 In 2010 ook verschenen als luisterboek, voorgedragen door Kristofer Schipper, ISBN 978-9-047-60288-0.
 (2004), Schipper, Kristofer en Franciscus Verellen (red.), The Taoist Canon. A Historical Companion to the Daozang, Chicago (University of Chicago Press), 3 delen:
 1. Antiquity through the Middle Ages, ISBN 0-226-73811-6.
 2. The Modern Period, ISBN 0-226-73813-2.
 3. Biographies, Bibliography, Indexes, ISBN 0-226-73817-5.
 (1997), Zhuangzi. De innerlijke geschriften, vertaald vanuit het Chinees. Amsterdam (Meulenhoff), ISBN 90-290-5619-3.
 (1993), The Taoist body, Berkeley (University of California Press), ISBN 0-520-05488-1 (pbk ISBN 0-520-08224-9).
 Engelse vertaling van Le corps taoïste. Corps physique, corps social door Karen C. Duval, met een voorwoord van Norman Girardot met details over het verblijf van Schipper op Taiwan. Bevat in tegenstelling tot de Nederlandse uitgave een  aantal door Schipper genomen foto's van taoïstische rituelen.
 (1990-1996), Anne-Marie Blondeau en Kristofer Schipper, Essais sur le rituel. Colloque du centenaire de la Section des sciences religieuses de l'École pratique des hautes études, [Paris, 23-25 septembre 1986], Leuven (Peeters), ISBN 90-6831-808-X, 3 delen (deel 1, 1990, deel 2, 1990, deel 3, 1996).
 (1988), Tao. De levende religie van China, Amsterdam (Meulenhoff), ISBN 90-290-7731-X (5e druk 2006).
 Door Wendela Schipper-Gorter en hemzelf verzorgde Nederlandse vertaling van zijn Le corps taoïste. Corps physique, corps social.
 (1982), Projet Tao-tsang. Index du Yunji qiqia, Parijs (École française d'Extrême-Orient), reeks: Publications de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, 131, ISBN 2-85539-731-6, 2 delen:
 1. Traits 1-8,
 2. Traits 9-33.
 (1982), Le corps taoïste. Corps physique, corps social, Parijs (Fayard), ISBN 2-213-00785-3.
 (1979), Schipper, Kristofer en Piet van der Loon, Une collection de manuscrits de pièces de théâtre d'ombres chinoises / a play for the shadow theatre, Parijs (European Association of Chinese Studies), reeks: Occasional papers (European Association of Chinese Studies), 2.
 (1977), Neighborhood cult associations in traditional Tainan, Stanford, Ca. (Stanford University Press).
 Overdruk uit: Skinner, William (red.), The city in late imperial China, Stanford, Ca. (Stanford University Press), 1977, pp. 651-773.
 (1975), Concordance du Houang-t'ing king. Nei-king et wai-king, Parijs (École française d'Extrême-Orient), reeks: Publications de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, 104.
 (1975), Le Fen-Teng. Rituel taoïste, Parijs (École française d'Extrême-Orient), reeks: Publications de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, 103.
 (1975), Concordance du Tao-Tsang, Parijs (École française d'Extrême-Orient), reeks: Publications de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, 102.
 (1970), Concordance du Pao-p'ou-tseu wai-p'ien, Parijs (A. Maisonneuve), reeks:  Institut des hautes études chinoises de l'Université de Paris. Travaux d'index, de bibliographie et de documentation sinologiques, 3.
 (1965), Concordance du Pao-p'ou-tseu nei-p'ien, Parijs (A. Maisonneuve), reeks: Institut des hautes études chinoises de l'Université de Paris. Travaux d'index, de bibliographie et de documentation sinologiques, 2.
 (1965) L'Empereur Wou des Han dans la légende taoiste. Han wou-ti nei-tchouan, Parijs (École française d'Extrême-Orient), reeks: Publications de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, 58. (Dit is de handelseditie van zijn proefschrift Han Wou-ti nei-tchouan. La vie intime de l'empereur Wou des Han uit 1962.)

Literatuur
 De Meyer, Jan A.M. en Peter M. Engelfriet (red.), Linked Faiths. Essays on Chinese Religions and Traditional Culture in Honour of Kristofer Schipper, Leiden (Brill) 2000, ISBN 90-04-11540-4. (Reeks: Sinica Leidensia, deel 46).
 In haar voorwoord geeft de Amerikaanse sinologe Harriet T. Zurndorfer een beknopte biografie van Kristofer Schipper.
 Franciscus Verellen: 'In Memoriam Kristofer Schipper' (Website L'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO), 20 febr. 2021).

Externe links
 Weblog van Kristofer Schipper.
 Lijst van vroege publicaties.
 Drie artikelen met interviews.
 Schipper krijgt "verblijfsvergunning voor onbepaalde tijd" in China in 2005.
 Fakkeldrager bij de opening van de Olympische Zomerspelen 2008.
 Radio interview met Kristofer Schipper naar aanleiding van zijn vertaling van de Daodejing door Jacqueline Oskamp voor de Boeddhistische Omroep Stichting, uitgezonden november 2010.
 deel 1,
 deel 2.
 Interview (02:00-28:30 min.) door Theodor Holman met Kristofer Schipper in "OBA Live" (Human), uitgezonden op 28 mei 2014.
 Website van de Library of the Western Belvedère.
 施舟人饶宗颐五经翻译感动中国, dankwoord door Kristofer Schipper tijdens de uitreiking van de Fifth Special Book Award of China op 30 augustus 2011.
 Marathon radio interview van de VPRO Chris Kijne interviewt Kristofer Schipper, 24 december 2016.

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"Bank of America employees sue to get overtime pay"
Daily Journal, November 6, 2017
A former Bank of America employee is suing the company, claiming she and her peers were subjected to unreasonable workloads that required 12-hour days and weekends, but were not compensated with overtime.
The suit claims that the bank misclassifies "client advocates" and similar positions as exempt from overtime pay. Client advocates are tasked with forwarding received Bank of America customer messages, often complaints, to appropriate departments to be answered. The responses would then be returned to the advocate, who would collate them and send the final message to the customer.
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"This is another example of a big company cutting corners, trying to cram too much work onto the plates of front-line workers without paying them for it," Bryan Schwartz of Bryan Schwartz Law, who represents the lead plaintiff, Sharon Gamble, said in a press release on Thursday.
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Tape-Delayed from Aschaffenburg, Germany. Leture at 2016 Kongress "Freude am Glauben" (Joy of Faith), on theme of '"Das Lebenszeugnis der Christen erneuert die Welt" (Papst Franziskus) – zur weltweiten Christenverfolgung' ("The witness of life of Christians renews the world" (Pope Francis) – the worldwide persecution of Christians), delivered by Michaela Koller, IGFM.
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Live from Rome, Italy. Youth Rally for the Jubilee of Boys and Girls, during the Extraordinary Jubilee Holy Year of Mercy, from the Olympic Stadium.
Live from Aschaffenburg, Germany. Roundtable Discussion at 2016 Kongress "Freude am Glauben" (Joy of Faith), on theme of 'Das Gesicht unserer Kirche im 21. Jahrhundert' (The face of our Church in the 21st century).
Tape-Delayed from Aschaffenburg, Germany. Lecture at 2016 Kongress "Freude am Glauben" (Joy of Faith), on theme of 'Maria – Pforte des Himmels' (Mary – Gate of Heaven), delivered by Fr. Winfried Abel.
Live from Belluno, Italy. Holy Mass on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, for the Installation of Renato Marangoni, as Bishop of Belluno Feltre, from the Cathedral of San Martino.
Live from Washington D.C, USA. Holy Mass on the 5th Sunday of Easter, for the One-month Anniversary of the death of Mother Mary Angelica, from the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Presided by Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe MVFA.


Well, let's look at my day to day life. Although I am indoors, I have LOADS of room to move about. Did you know that indoor rabbits with access to a room or rooms get more exercise than those kept outside, therefore making them fitter and less likely to develop osteoporosis and painful spinal arthritis? I am over 10 years old now and have no intention of slowing down and still get about as well as I did when I was younger. I also have the benefit of access to a large garden - ideally, your rabbit should have somewhere outdoors where they can run around and munch on grass.
My lifestyle and those of my two (human) housemates seem to go hand-in-hand. Bunnies are crepuscular which means we are most active at dawn and dusk, so in the morning when they get up, I'm already up and about in the kitchen, looking bright and alert (unlike them!) After they go to work, I keep myself occupied until late morning when I'm ready to start settling down to some beauty sleep, which will normally last until one of them gets home about 5pm. After that, we have lots of time for interaction, as well as the opportunity for me to pop into the garden for some grass munching - nom, nom!
Rabbits are social animals and enjoy companionship with humans. You will find that the more time you spend with your rabbit, the better the bond you'll develop with us (which means happy bunny and even happier human!) Having your rabbit used to being in the house makes it easier to sit down with them for grooming and cuddles because let's face it, when it's raining or when it's cold, who wants to go into the garden to visit bunnies in their hutch?
Easily litter trained and, once trained, will always use our litter tray. Even when I'm in the garden I will go indoors to use the litter tray!
Clean - rabbits thoroughly groom themselves several times a day. I always like to look pristine, especially after a good digging session.
Affectionate - who doesn't love bunny kisses when they get home from a long day at work?!
Entertaining - I may not sing or tell jokes but my housemates seem pretty entertained by watching me. Hell, even the gasman forgot what he was in for the other day as he was so taken by me!
Below are some ideas for indoor set-ups for your rabbit - in fact, it's given me some ideas that I'll be passing on to my housemates (#Granddesigns).
P.s. remember to bunny-proof your house!


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Q: Use Mac OS X Server As Development Environment I've installed Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 on my laptop to use as my normal OS. I do a lot of web development and thought it would be handy to run OS X Server so I could more easily manage my local development environment (Apache Virtual Hosts, Hostnames for each local site, etc).
I'm really enjoying the new setup except for one problem. DNS. My ideal situation would be to add a site (some-site.local) in the Web Service and then go to the DNS Service and add a primary record for the new site.
I actually got this working at one point but after a reboot it stopped working! The records look the same as they did before the reboot but the site doesn't come up in Safari.
Here is a list of my needs:

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*Need to be able to add new domains at a whim

*Domains always map to a site on the same box's Web Service

*Local & External IPs often change

*It would nice if it worked on any network (i.e. WiFi at the airport or coffee shop)

*Sites only need to be accessible locally

*Configuration should stay put even after rebooting

I've done some googling and used this as a bit of guide.
In the past I've used MAMP and then just a local Apache/PHP/MySQL install with a manually managed hosts file. I'd rather not go back.

A: There is absolutely no need to run OS X Server just to get a web development environment.  In fact there are a few good reasons not to!
Just run normal OS X and add the sites to your Hosts file and add the virtual hosts to your Apache conf.  If you use Xampp or MAMP (as the built in OS X Apache is a bit rubbish) it's very easy to set up.

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*Domains always map to a site on the same box's Web Service - Check

*Local & External IPs often change - Check

*It would nice if it worked on any network - Check

*Sites only need to be accessible locally - Check (Just turn on the firewall or set Apache to only serve pages on localhost)

*Configuration should stay put even after rebooting - Check

*Need to be able to add new domains at a whim - Admittedly not as friendly as the OS X server interface, but still not very hard to use.
You just do not need OS X server for a personal web development, as you have found out changing IP address will screw up DNS resolution.  Also OS X server is optimised for background (service) applications, far from ideal when developing.
Also since you get OS X with your Mac and OS X server costs $500+ it's not really worth it...

To actually answer your question!
Don't use the DNS server use the host file - this ensures that you will get to your virtual hosts regardless of your IP address with the minimum of fuss.
Although... if you had to use OS X Server's DNS server you could create a virtual Ethernet interface assign that a static IP address and use that IP address for your DNS A records.  I haven't tested this though.

A: Is your network config set to use 127.0.0.1 as the DNS server? If you are using an external DNS for name resolution you won't use the DNS records on your local box, even if it is running DNS.

A: Lots of reasons to use Mac Server as a dev environment rather than regular Mac OS. Apple does not permit virtualization of the regular OS, only the Server. There are tons of advantages to doing development in a VM. You can snapshot it. You back it up regularly and when your laptop gets stolen or dies you don't need a week to get your environment back to where you had it. Fellow developer changes jobs? Just take his VM and set it up on your box and go.

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Rising jazz pianist Connie Han's new album is an interpretation of ancient Mesopotamian myth
Frank Fiolek
When one considers the vast landscape of modern jazz in all of its varied idioms, the area nestled between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is generally not the landscape one envisions. Ancient Mesopotamia, once located between these two rivers, is often considered one of the birthplaces of modern agricultural society. It is a land steeped in history and myth, and it is from one of these myths that rising jazz pianist Connie Han draws inspiration from on her latest album, Secrets of Inanna.
The album is a jazz interpretation of the ancient Mesopotamian epic The Descent of Inanna, translating the rich oral history of the poem into a beguiling mix of hard bop and forward thinking modern jazz. Inanna is the Sumerian goddess of love and war, sensuality and power, a figure of strength, courage, and grace, and listening to the album it's not hard to understand why Han feels an affinity to the goddess.
Much of Han's playing on the album is tough and muscular, full of quick, angular phrasing that skips across the keys with virtuosic flourish. It is self assured, confident, and emotionally expansive. Moving back and forth between electric and conventional pianos, sometimes in the same song, Han's playing sounds deeply rooted in the classic hard bop tradition, but still manages to sound modern. To call her a traditionalist would be a disservice. Her musical language is uniquely her own, as strong and sensual, defiant and willful as the album's namesake, Inanna. One wonders if Han's focus on mythology is, in part, an attempt to position herself inside the continually growing mythology of modern American jazz, and given her drive and her skills, this position seems all but secured.
Two years ago, Han was named a Steinway Artist, a title given by the legendary piano maker to some of the best and brightest pianists in the world. JAZZIZ magazine named her an artist to watch in 2019, and in the few short years since she has burst onto the international jazz scene her profile continues to rise. Secrets of Inanna is her fourth album, and like the previous three, it is already garnering rave reviews.
Han claims Chick Corea as one of her influences, and you can hear this influence in the playful chordal phrasing, at times delicate and lyrical, other times proud and nearly angry sounding. Han and band cover Corea's "Desert Air", from his 1972 ECM album with Gary Burton, Crystal Silence. The only other cover song on the album is a track originally played by Hubert Laws, "Morning Star", from Laws' 1972 album of the same name. It's interesting that both of these covers come from albums released in 1972, and the lyrical expansiveness of Secrets of Inanna shares some kinship with these classic albums from the early days of jazz fusion.
In translating to music the story of Inanna's journey from heaven to the underworld and then back out again, Han enlisted a small group of jazz luminaries as her backing band.
On drums, the album features her long-time collaborator and producer, Bill Wysaske, who's expansive and deft playing fills the spaces and keeps the band hurtling forward. His drumming is propulsive yet it leaves the band room to breathe and stretch out, especially on the slower numbers, such as "Wind Rose Goddess", and on the previously mentioned cover of Hubert Laws' fusion classic "Morning Star". Wysaske plays a short, just under a minute, drum solo on "Ninshubur's Lament", and it's lovely and unexpected to hear a drum solo, which are usually brash and frantically paced, as a lament.
Legendary bassist John Patitucci fills out the rhythm section. Patitucci has had a long and storied career, and has played with Wayne Shorter, Chick Correa, and Herbie Hancock, among others. He knows instinctively when to lay down a solid backbone and when to get expansive.
Rich Perry has tenor saxophone duties, and lays down quieter, more stately paced riffs that help to balance out the often snappy pace of the rest of the album. This thoughtful approach is most apparent on the track "Vesica Piscis", a duet with Han, where the pianist builds a solid foundation and lets Perry unfurl his notes into long slow lines. It's a beautiful moment, and the interplay between the two is breathtaking.
Katisse Buckingham plays alto flute and piccolo on a few tracks, including on the album's call to arms and opening song, "Prima Materia", and then again final track, "Enki's Gift". This expansion of the album's instrumentation in the first and last track helps illustrate and define the thematic hero's journey Han used as inspiration for the album.
As the weather turns cold this fall, and you find yourself longing to stretch out, to go on a little journey, you could do a lot worse than following Han and crew as they set to music Inanna's winding path down to the underworld and then back out again. It will take you through some twists and turns, some highs and lows, but it will be a journey you'll be glad you took.
Secrets of Inanna is out now on Mack Avenue Records.
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Jeanine Pirro currently hosts Justice with Judge Jeanine(Saturday, 9PM/ET). She also serves as a legal analyst for FOX News Channel (FNC) where she provides legal insight across the network's programming. She joined the network in 2006 and is based out of New York.Read More
Prior to joining FNC, Judge Pirro was the host of a syndicated weekday court show distributed by Warner Brothers, for which she won an Emmy Award. Her notable legal career spans over 30 years. In 1975, she became an assistant district attorney for Westchester County, New York and was the first female to prosecute murder cases there. In 1990, Pirro was elected as the first woman to serve as a Westchester County Court judge.
In addition, Pirro started the first domestic violence unit in a prosecutor's office in the country. In 1997, she was appointed by then-Governor George Pataki to chair the New York State Commission on Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board, whose research helped pass increased protection for domestic violence victims.The Republican Party chose her as its candidate for New York State Attorney Generalin 2006.
Pirro earned a B.A from the University of Buffalo, magna cum laude, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) law degree from Albany Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review.
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Nylén var under 2005 programledare för Aftonbladet TV:s dokusåpamagasin Dokukoll. Har också medverkat två gånger i Dolce Vita på Kanal 5 samt läst kändisnyheter i TV400. Sedan våren 2007 är Nylén Aftonbladets utrikeskorrespondent i London.

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The art of hanging art on your walls
Real Estate // Home Design, Home Improvement & Garden
There's an art to presenting a collection of diverse treasures
Susan Fornoff, Chronicle Staff Writer
Aug. 6, 2008 Updated: Feb. 9, 2012 12:16 p.m.
1of13These figures by John Whitworth Robson are arranged in a "Paris hang." Grouping art for a powerful presentation is one feature at this year's Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park, Calif. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Photo by Mark Costantini / The Chronicle.Mark Costantini/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of13A "mosaic hang" mixes art of different mediums and sizes for a powerful presentation at this year's Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park, Calif. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Photo by Mark Costantini / The Chronicle.Mark Costantini/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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6of13Affixing vintage faucet handles on a piece of lumber to create a hook bar is one feature at this year's Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park, Calif. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Photo by Mark Costantini / The Chronicle.Mark Costantini/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
7of13A teen's headboard made out of a panel created to showcase a dozen album covers is one feature at this year's Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park, Calif. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Photo by Mark Costantini / The Chronicle.Mark Costantini/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
8of13Hanging interesting hooks from Anthropologie at a jewelry station for necklaces is one feature at this year's Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park, Calif. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Photo by Mark Costantini / The Chronicle.Mark Costantini/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
9of13Using Vinyl Designal film to create privacy glass in master bath is one feature at this year's Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park, Calif. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Photo by Mark Costantini / The Chronicle.Mark Costantini/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
10of13Using Vinyl Designal film to create privacy glass in master bath is one feature at this year's Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park, Calif. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Photo by Mark Costantini / The Chronicle.Mark Costantini/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
11of13Turning an oddly shaped hall space into a family study/homework area is one feature at this year's Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park, Calif. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Photo by Mark Costantini / The Chronicle.Mark Costantini/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
12of13Blending old/new/ikea in the living room, with dramatically painted walls is one feature at this year's Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park, Calif. on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Photo by Mark Costantini / The Chronicle.Mark Costantini/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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As if choosing, placing and hanging a single painting weren't challenging enough, the Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park went over the top with an entire wall of art in the dining room.
Not literally over the top, of course. But from the very top to almost the bottom of the niche wall, and from side to side, hangs a diverse collection of art and art forms, including portraits, a seascape, a cast metal piece, a clay figure and a copper enamel mosaic.
"Most people will not go out and buy a houseful of art," said Idea House interior designer Kelly Barthelemy. "We wanted to show a way of displaying the art you have, your partner has, your grandmother left you, and this is one idea of how you can put it together."
That way is a "mosaic hang," said Lost Art Salon proprietors Gaéton Caron and Rob Delamater, who assembled and presented the art in the house. Lost Art Salon in San Francisco specializes in art and art objects dating from the turn of the century to the 1960s, with prices from $200 into the thousands, averaging about $450 for a piece in a restored, vintage frame. Caron and Delamater also consult ($75 an hour) in the arranging and hanging of a homeowner's own collection.
The mosaic hang, Caron and Delamater said, makes sense in city apartments and homes without a lot of wall space.
"It's really appropriate in San Francisco because people tend to have small homes," Delamater said.
"And with all the architectural elements the Victorians have, there's a perfect wall to do this," Caron said.
They said another way to present a collection, one not used in the Sunset house, is the "salon hang," which is similar to the mosaic hang except that its edges are not aligned, so it has a more ragged look.
Yet another way surfaced in an upstairs hallway, where five early 20th century figures by John Whitworth Robson were presented in a "Paris hang," characterized by a row of frames, each butting up against the next.
Interestingly, there was no warning anywhere in the Idea House that said, "Don't try this at home." So we consulted with Caron and Delamater at their Lost Art Salon - appropriately, a not easily found third-floor studio South of Market - for some presentation pointers.
How to create the mosaic hang
Gaétan Caron and Rob Delamater, proprietors of the Lost Art Salonin San Francisco, detail what goes into creating a wall of art like the one they built for the Sunset Idea House in Menlo Park, shown above.
1 The niche here "makes a natural frame," Delamater said. But you could make your own by taping off a section of wall and painting it a contrasting color.
4 Choose about three anchor pieces, Caron said. The large pieces here - a seascape and two abstract paintings - occupy almost a third of the wall.
5 Mostly small portraits are used to run across the top, with a larger, central secondary anchor oil painting they haven't identified but call "the spirit."
3 Strive for a mix of small, medium and large pieces. "Large is relative to the space, but all small would be ticky-tacky and all large would be overwhelming," Delamater said.
2 The best place to map out the plan is on the floor - right in front of the wall, if there's room. Caron and Delamater spent about two hours on this step alone. Remember, Delamater said, "there are always many solutions, but which is the one that feels like home?"
6 Start by aligning the outer edges and then work your way in toward the center.
7 "The spacing becomes irregular as you get toward the middle," Delamater said. "But it works because the edges are aligned."
8 Also aligned are the bottom edges of the space created for the furniture. This hang stopped 16 inches above the baseboard.
How to create the Paris hang
1 Frames needn't match, but these are all vintage early 1900s, as are the John Whitworth Robson figures within.
2 This wouldn't look as good if each frame were the same size and squared off at the top and bottom. "You need balance," Delamater said.
3 This hang is biggest in the middle and gets smaller as it goes out, but it could be biggest on the outside and smallest on the inside, or the sizes could alternate, or they could be in order of size.
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Lost Art Salon's library
Much of the library can be viewed online at www.lostartsalon.com. The studio, at 245 S. Van Ness Ave., third floor, San Francisco, is open noon-5 p.m. Tues.-Wed. and Fri., noon-7 p.m. Thurs. and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.
The Sunset Idea House
The house in Menlo Park is open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday through Sunday through Aug. 31; general admission tickets: $15. Parking is at 85 Willow Rd. (800) 786-7375, www.sunset.com/mpih.
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Sync Music Is Bouncing Back In 2021 — But What are the Emerging Trends?
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Sync Licensing — for Rollercoasters? (photo: dlohner)
Sync licensing is a major source of income – and exposure – for both well-established acts and the stars of tomorrow. But contrary to the commonly held belief, there's much more to the fast-growing music industry sector than film, television, and commercials.
Earlier this year, we published a comprehensive introduction to the exciting world of sync licensing, including who and what are involved with the corresponding deals. To summarize, sync licensing refers to the process of matching your music in any type of visual media. Carefully selected songs bring video games' fast-paced battle sequences to life and complement most every film's credits, for instance.
And with platforms like Hulu, Netflix, HBO, and Amazon continuing to ramp-up their content production in the streaming age, additional sync opportunities are becoming available to artists. Another key component of sync is its obtainability for all creators.
The reason is that music supervisors employ a "fit, not a hit" system when selecting tracks, prioritizing works' suitability for their project as opposed to commercial prevalence. Moreover, the exposure that sync licensing delivers often proves significant for artists, many of whom experience a popularity boost following a placement that makes an impression on viewers.
But this isn't to say that TV, film, adverts, and gaming are the only visual-media spheres where sync licensing is thriving.
The quick-expanding sync space now encompasses an array of outside-the-box placements, to the benefit of artists around the world. During a recent "Happy Hour" livestream event, music licensing and distribution platform Songtradr welcomed two individuals who've achieved considerable career success via placements that break the mold.
The panel's first guest, producer and songwriter Joseph Crow, has worked with talent including Adam Lambert, The Veronicas, and Korn's Jonathan Davis, to name just some. Towards the hour-long discussion's beginning, Crow described his extensive experience crafting stomp music. Stomp, the former WNBA DJ Crow explained, refers to music made using real-world, non-instrumental sounds – and in his case, those that come from the workplace.
The unique process begins when the Regional Emmy winner's agency connects with corporate clients and films their places of business. Crow, in turn, uses the captured audio to develop tracks, and these works complement the edited footage and are typically played during industry gatherings and companywide functions.
One past client, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, received a stomp song featuring the sounds of drills, saws, hammers, and the other noises that you'd hear in shops and on worksites. (Crow said that he took the track in a rock direction.)
And notably, the Oklahoma native and 10-year LA resident struck on a point that previous Happy Hour guests have mentioned when disclosing tips for other sync- and placement-minded persons.
"You need to be very familiar with what the client is expecting," said Crow. "Above anything else, the person who's paying, you need to make sure you know what they are hoping to get out of the project. … It's not what I want, I'm serving what their needs are. So just being familiar with the 'project link,' what the emotion is of it, you know, it's all super, super crucial."
Brandon Christy, who composed and produced the Access Hollywood theme for 17 years, joined Joseph Crow for the Songtradr sit down. After noting that he transitioned to behind-the-scenes music industry roles following a period as an artist, the frequent Robbie Williams collaborator explained that he helped conceive and tailor the on-ride music for the new-and-improved Space Mountain. Golden Globe-winning composer Michael Giacchino, who's scored multiple Mission: Impossible and Jurassic World installments, tapped Christy to join the project.
Building upon the assignment's "tailoring" aspect, the panelist emphasized that passengers' total weight affects each ride's duration and timing. Heavier trains proceed uphill at a comparatively slow pace (and descend quicker than light trains), and simply hitting "play" would cause more than a few riders to hear music at the wrong moments.
The solution was to divide the score into segments triggered by the train itself, Christy relayed. A strings section plays – looping if necessary, depending upon the passengers' progress – until the train triggers a brass piece, and so on. Needless to say, the unexpected consideration represents one of the many obstacles that accompany mold-breaking placements.
The multi-instrumentalist Christy also told viewers of another unforeseen obstacle that he's overcome during his 25-year-long career – this time when he was creating music for SeaWorld's Shamu Rocks show. "And this was of course before the documentary Blackfish, which exposed all the animal cruelty," Christy specified at the outset.
The lucrative placement opportunity went according to plan until Christy and his associates – composer Adam Cohen and Hannah Montana songwriter Jeannie Lurie, in this instance – realized that they'd forgotten to account for the most important (and largest) stakeholders.
"The one that we forgot was the whales, the orcas themselves. We did this very nice song, sort of light, light rock. It was called 'Black and White.' And we found that after a few months, we got contacted. They asked us to remove the beats, because the beats were upsetting the principal stakeholder that we'd forgotten about, which was the whales themselves.
"And then they kept asking us to remove more and more of it. I hope it didn't make them angry and cause any of the unfortunate stuff that eventually happened," joked Christy. "I don't think so. But there are always stakeholders that you are going to forget about that are going to be vital. … With unusual placements, it's always going to be odd. So you've got to think of everything."
The advice is undoubtedly worth bearing in mind, as traditional sync licensing opportunities and their outside-the-box counterparts are becoming increasingly abundant with each passing day. For artists and other creators, the industry-wide shift will bring more gigs, a greater amount of exposure, and a wider variety of ways to achieve professional results. Accordingly, there's never been a better time to read up on secrets for scoring sync deals and maximizing revenue, as well as surprising lessons from two established sync licensing songwriters.


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C. J. CHENIER'S 'CAN'T SIT DOWN'- ZYDECO LIVES!
The first time I saw Clifton Chenier play was at Antone's blues club in Austin, TX in 1975, back when it used to be down on Sixth Street, back in the 'cosmic cowboy' days, back when a plate of BBQ out on Burnside Road would set you back a cool $3, more than the minimum wage btw. It was a revelation, though, the zydeco music, that is, named after the lowly snap bean, staple food 'down there'. This was something neither country nor blues, but somehow somewhere in the middle, with a detour through N'awlins, where it picked up a whiff of the French and a flair for funk. Still it was something completely different, closest in genre to the Cajun music of the era, but not really, not exactly. Something entirely new had been born, and this was the man who'd midwifed it, the Bob Marley, the Chuck Berry, the Leadbelly of zydeco. It was being refined and defined and expanded and expounded while I sat there watching and listening. The only question was: What next?
When Clifton died in 1987, would zydeco die with it, like so many other sub-genres? Enter C. J. Chenier, hot on the heels of his father's success, even taking over his father's band upon his death, and automatically inheriting much of his success. But that was the '90's; what about now? Fast-forward to the present and much water has passed under the bridge, the old Mississippi River Bridge at Vicksburg. Zydeco's changed, with Clifton long gone, and a succession of pretenders to his throne having already given their best, a list with names as illustrious as their music- Buckwheat, Queen Ida, Rockin's Sidney and Dopsie, and many others, not just in southwest Louisiana, but also on the West Coast and even in Europe. And of course, the recording industry has undergone a near-collapse, leaving live performance the only constant in a rapidly-changing music scene. But the best news of all is that C. J. Chenier has gone back into the studio and done an entirely new album in one swift session.
C. J. Chenier's new album is called 'Can't Sit Down', and while it may not be the "second coming" of zydeco, it's pretty darn good. Of course, the 'boogie factor' is primary, and that's present in full force, but there's more than that. Lately zydeco has become more and more a close cousin to Tex-Mex, not surprising considering their geographic proximity in southeast Texas, and their mutual love of that German import for all things polkaic, the accordion. This album changes all that, moving it back toward its original blues roots. This album starts out with the title song, a rockin' number by long gone daddy Clifton, complete with killer guitar solo, the signature style for modern blues-rock, and waving a flag for what's to come. 'Baby Please Don't Go' by Joe Williams is nothing but wailin' gutter blues, accordion taking the parts normally assigned to guitar. Then things get really interesting, the reason I wanted to listen to this album in the first place- ready for this? How about 'Clap Hands' by Tom Waits? Now I'm not a TW freak, but I do like this song a lot, so anxiously awaited a listen. Expecting something approximating Screamin' Jay Hawkins, I was disappointed at first, but upon re-listen… no, CJ got it right, nailing it with a 20 oz. claw hammer.
At clean-up position in the lineup, 'Ridin' With Uncle Cleveland' is probably CJ's best self-penned song on the collection, a credit shared with Denise LaBrie, sweet and slow and soulful. Here CJ references his father's brother and frottoir washboarder par excellence, he and his ever-present bottle of Crown Royale, out on the town. 'Red Shack Zydeco', a rockin' instrumental, kicks the tempo back up again, coincidentally the name of the studio the album was recorded in, and something of an exercise in zydeco fundamentals, complete with guitar solo. 'Trouble in Mind' by Richard M. Jones, has a slick bluesy urban groove, and then CJ covers dad's classic 'Hot Tamale Baby'. 'Dusty Road' by John Lee Hooker continues the blues theme, and CJ pays tribute to his influences with a cover of arguably the first zydeco song ever, 'Paper in My Shoe' by Boozoo Chavis.
My only mild complaint of CJ, and zydeco in general, is ironically CJ's own complaint back in the days when he was a music student at university while Dad was rockin' the honky-tonks: sometimes it all sounds too similar, a complaint that could also be lodged against many other of the smaller genres, including blues, jazz, even country. It's no surprise then that they often cover rock and pop hits, even to this day, as this is where much of modern music's creativity lies. Blues' inability to do so has bequeathed it a lower status over the years. Novelty sells- that's the first law of business. Not surprisingly some of the juiciest nuggets on this album are loaners from other genres. Surprisingly blues is often the loan of choice. That's the way it should be, the way it was always intended. The results are good. The album is called 'Can't Sit Down' by CJ Chenier, out now on World Village Records. Check it out… standing up.
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package org.apache.spark.scheduler

import java.io.{InputStream, IOException}

import scala.io.Source

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException
import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods._

import org.apache.spark.Logging
import org.apache.spark.util.JsonProtocol

/**
 * A SparkListenerBus that can be used to replay events from serialized event data.
 */
private[spark] class ReplayListenerBus extends SparkListenerBus with Logging {

  /**
   * Replay each event in the order maintained in the given stream. The stream is expected to
   * contain one JSON-encoded SparkListenerEvent per line.
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   * This method can be called multiple times, but the listener behavior is undefined after any
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  def replay(
      logData: InputStream,
      sourceName: String,
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    var currentLine: String = null
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              throw jpe
            } else {
              logWarning(s"Got JsonParseException from log file $sourceName" +
                s" at line $lineNumber, the file might not have finished writing cleanly.")
            }
        }
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      }
    } catch {
      case ioe: IOException =>
        throw ioe
      case e: Exception =>
        logError(s"Exception parsing Spark event log: $sourceName", e)
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    }
  }

}

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We plead guilty-and gladly-to no names
By Pat Jenkins - The Garden Island | Friday, July 7, 2000, 12 a.m.
The letter writer got right to the point, like the 20 or so other people who have written or called the Garden Island in protest since we stopped publishing names of people arrested on Kaua'i.
"Your Police Beat section is so very incomplete…We want names like before for theft, DUIs, drug offenders, family abusers, etc. Educate or inform us of all the bad eggs on our island and make them become better people … No one wants their names printed." Many thanks to everyone who has asked to bring back the names. We're always open to readers' viewpoints. And we welcome any opportunity to explain why we do what we do. This is one of those times.
About a month ago, we decided to no longer include the names of suspects in our weekly roundup of Kaua'i police reports. At the time of their arrests, these people are only suspected of committing a crime. That alone is not a good enough reason to tell the whole island that they were arrested.
The American criminal and judicial system is full of incidents in which people were wrongly arrested and accused. If that happens to someone on Kaua'i, we don't want to add to the indignity by tarring an innocent person unncessarily. Their reputation could be permanently ruined if we printed their name and they were subsequently cleared. Despite being victims of a bad bust, in the minds of others they could be forever branded as a lawbreaker. Chances are that no amount of news coverage pointing out the opposite would ever change that perception.
It's a different story in cases when someone is formally charged and a court determines their innocence or guilt. In fact, Garden Island readers can expect to start seeing the names of people convicted of drunk driving and domestic violence-crimes that don't always make headlines, but nevertheless tear at the social fabric of a community and thus deserve public condemnation.
Back to our Police Blotter.
Its role is to give the public a general heads-up about their neighborhoods: Things like why a police car showed up a few houses down the street, or that there's a rash of burglaries going on. The reports can also help remind people that incidents such as purse snatchings or bike thefts are a daily possibility, and to take precautions against being a victim.
One thing we don't want to do with the blotter is to embarass anyone or use it as a bully pulpit to change people's behavior. There is no evidence (no pun intended) to indicate the blotter has that effect. As one gentleman volunteered over the phone, he-and no doubt others-get a kick out of looking through the dirty-laundry list for names of people he might know. Well, at least he's honest.
The Garden Island is Kaua'i's newspaper, not its police department. We'll leave law enforcement to the trained professionals while we focus on reporting what they're doing to keep the peace.
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Turkey crackdown: deep unease in Fethullah Gulen's home village
People are fearful in Korucuk, former home of US-based cleric blamed for July's failed coup
Fethullah Gulen's family home in Korucuk, eastern Turkey. Photograph: Stephen Starr
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Mon Nov 14 2016 - 14:23
Off the main highway 28km east of Erzurum in eastern Turkey, a hail storm whipped up by an icy gale beats down on the ploughed ground.
The local bus service doesn't leave the highway and so visitors must walk the final 5km stretch to the village of Korucuk, where Fethullah Gulen, one of the Islamic world's most popular clerics, was born and raised.
"They were a family of thinkers," said a dairy farmer in the village who asked not to be named as he feared repercussions from the authorities.
Fethullah Gulen's family home, damaged following the failed military coup last July. Photograph: Stephen Starr
US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen: Turkey blames his followers for the failed coup in July. Photograph: Greg Savoy/Reuters
"They were good people. They came from nowhere, they had no water, nothing," he says, pointing out the Gulen family's former home, made from clay and rocks.
The events of July 15th marked a new chapter of unrest and instability in a country already reeling from terrorist bombings and a political crackdown. Putschists took control of Istanbul's Bosphorus bridge, three warships and fighter jets, and they bombed the parliament in Ankara. More than 300 people were killed.
Government purge
Before the short-lived coup was even over president Recep Tayyip Erdogan directed blame towards Gulen and his backers in the so-called Hizmet group, all of whom had been designated members of a terrorist organisation six weeks previously. Following the tumultuous events of July 15th, Ankara immediately sought Gulen's extradition from rural Pennsylvania where he has lived in self-imposed exile since 1999.
The scale of the purge of those perceived as threats to the Turkish government is difficult to grasp: 105,000 people have been fired from their jobs, including more than 6,000 academics and 3,600 judges and prosecutors; 74,000 people have been detained and 34,000 arrested, including 133 journalists; 186 media outlets have been closed.
On top of this, a state of emergency allows the government to bypass normal constitutional processes and places power in the hands of the president. The last fortnight has seen a ramping up of repression, with reporters and editors at Turkey's oldest newspaper, Cumhuriyet, detained, in addition to 11 Kurdish members of parliament, in what may amount to a final salvo of the root-and-branch deconstruction of free speech and independent opposition in Turkey.
In Korucuk, where Gulen, the son of a popular Islamic scholar, gave his first sermon in his teens, these events echo loudly around cattle sheds and inside modest homes. Locals say in the days following the attempted military takeover, men from nearby towns and cities descended on the village and set fire to the cleric's home.
Because of the government's insistence that Gulen planned the failed coup, a view now broadly accepted by many Turkish people, Korucuk is perhaps the most hated village in the land.
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That sentiment is on the minds of many villagers, and few are willing to offer their opinions on the cleric. "If the government takes me away," says a farmer on his knees gathering potatoes, putting his wrists together to simulate being handcuffed, "who is going to do this?" He points at a mound of recently harvested potatoes.
A cousin of Gulen's was arrested in nearby Erzurum in July while his brother was detained outside Izmir on October 2nd.
The farmer's words are replicated by others in Korucuk as a reason for not speaking. The community of about 250 people clearly feels afraid and marked by its association with terrorism, for decades a label applied only to separatist Kurds.
Rumours have circulated that the Gulen family home, rebuilt four years ago with a view to hosting seminars and religious talks, is to be turned into a public toilet or knocked down following the failed coup. Locals say, however, that this will not happen, and that no one from the village has yet been detained or investigated in relation to the coup or ties to the scholar.
In a graveyard on the western fringe of the village lie Gulen's father, uncle and brother. Old street benches have been placed around his father's grave. Long grass and weeds have swallowed much of the space.
"Gulen had nothing to do with the coup. Even the government doesn't know who did it," insists the dairy farmer.
Just feet away, freshly turned sod marks a recent death: a 23-year-old villager killed fighting Islamic State in northern Syria on September 9th is buried here. "No-one came to pay their respects, no one [local representatives] came from Erzurum," the dairy farmer says ruefully before turning to walk back to the village.
"Everyone thinks we are bad people."
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Singapore banking stocks rise after MAS lifts dividend restrictions
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SINGAPORE: Shares of Singapore's banks edged up on Thursday morning (Jul 29), after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said it will lift dividend restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
At about 10.40am, DBS shares were trading at S$30.15, up about 0.27 per cent. OCBC gained 0.9 per cent to S$12.19, while UOB rose 0.6 per cent to S$26.08.
They were among the most actively traded counters by value on the bourse in morning trade.
The broader Straits Times Index was 0.5 per cent higher at 3,157.28.
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Since July last year, the MAS has called on local banks to cap their total dividends per share for FY2020 at 60 per cent of the previous year's level and offer shareholders the option of receiving the remaining dividends as shares instead of cash.
This was done as a "pre-emptive" move to bolster the resilience of banks and ability to support lending under the current economic downturn.
However, the global economic outlook has since improved, the central bank said on Wednesday.
In a press release announcing its decision to lift dividend restrictions, the MAS said: "While some uncertainties remain, Singapore's economy is expected to continue on its recovery path, given strengthening global demand and progress in our vaccination programme."
It added that local banks have maintained strong capital adequacy ratios and continued to meet the credit needs of individuals and businesses despite higher levels of provisioning made during the pandemic.
Analysts said the Singapore central bank's move followed similar relaxations by other central banks, such as the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve this year.
"The removal of dividend caps by the MAS is a sign that the economic conditions in Singapore have improved and the banks are well capitalised," said Mr Eugene Tarzimanov, vice-president and senior credit officer at Moody's Investors Service.
Moody's in March had changed its outlook on Singapore's banking system to stable from negative, acknowledging the improving economy, upside in banks' earnings and broadly stable asset quality.
"We expect the large Singaporean banks – DBS, OCBC and UOB – to increase dividend payments to around pre-pandemic levels of around 50 per cent of their net income," Mr Tarzimanov added.
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Cannabusiness: Ohio Businesses Are Ahead of Lawmakers in Green Economy
byMike DiPaola
Laws regulating marijuana are changing dramatically and quickly all over the U.S. and, with a few ignoble exceptions (thanks for nothing, North Carolina), the changes have been for the better. Four states, plus the District of Columbia, have now eased up on recreational-use laws, and more states are lining up to follow, with Ohio likely to be the next to join the ranks of the legal—possibly by November of this year.
Some ganjapreneurs in the Buckeye State are preparing for the inevitable changes in legislation. Crain's Cleveland Business reported recently on the diversification of asset manager Darrin Farrow, who has been investing in business opportunities associated with the cultivation and production of medical marijuana. Farrow co-founded MAD Farmaceuticals, which, among other things, will support cultivators with software to monitor and analyze their operations.
Farrow said property-owners and investors who are eager to convert real estate into cultivation facilities are calling him regularly and often.
"It's just like post-Prohibition," he explained. "There are a lot of ancillary opportunities. This is the fastest-growing industry in the world, and by far the fastest in the U.S. There are not many things that have been illegal for so many years and are now becoming mainstream."
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ResponsibleOhio has the backing of a number of real estate and financial investors, as well as some local athlete-celebrities, such as former NFL player Frostee Rucker, who played for both the Browns and the Bengals, and NBA Hall of Famer and former University of Cincinnati star Oscar Robertson. It also just scored the support of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, representing some 30,000 workers from supermarkets, drug stores, food processing and packing plants and health care facilities in Ohio and neighboring states.
Also moving in on Ohio action will be the state's most famous surname: Taft. The brothers Woody and Dudley Taft—descendants of President William Howard Taft and cousins of former Senator Robert A. Taft Jr. and former Governor Robert A. Taft III—recently announced they would be investing in NG Green Investments, one of the lucky 10 companies that would own and operate a growing site, theirs on 40 acres in Butler County.
While Ohio voters are in favor of legalization, Governor John Kasich is not.
"We're not going to do that if I have any say about it," he said last fall, idiotically conflating marijuana with prescription-drug abuse and heroin. Hopefully he won't have any say about it, and Ohio cannabusinesses will flourish.
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Q: How to access a repository from a case class in dependency injection We are busy upgrading some play 2.3 (anorm) apps. In our case classes, we have many convenience methods or lazy vals which do things such as look up the "parents" or "children" of an instance. The ones in question are at the model layer and often make calls to methods in a companion object which will go to the DB. For example, currently we might have:
case class Product(id:Int, name:String, productTypeId:Int) {
  lazy val productType = ProductType.findById(productTypeId).getOrElse(ProductType())
}

Then, whenever one has an instance of a Product, you can simple refer to product.productType, be it in a view, a controller, another model, etc.
If producType were a method rather than a lazy val, it would seem possible to have an implicit parameter. So productType might become:
def productType()(implicit productTypeRepository:ProductTypeRepository) = productTypeRepository.findById(productTypeId).getOrElse(ProductType())

Then every place that references this (now) product.productType() would have to have the productTypeRepository implicit in scope. The value of the lazy val, however, seems to be lost in this case.
It is not clear in a dependency injection world, how (or even whether) to implement these. How would one inject an instance of ProductTypeRepository into the case class? Or is there another way of achieving this approach?

A: So, it seems that classes can have implicit parameters, separately from their ordinary parameters. This is something I haven't seen before. In this case, it may be as simple as defining the required implicits, for example:
case class Product(id:Int, name:String, productTypeId:Int) (implicit productTypeRepository:ProductTypeRepository){
  lazy val productType = ProductTypeRepository.findById(productTypeId).getOrElse(ProductType())
}

Then in any code that constructs new instances of the case class, an implicit productTypeRepository will have to be available. This doesn't seem to break any rules for me - it's just saying that whenever you want to create an instance of a case class, you need to make available any dependencies that it requires.
In fact, simple references (product.productType) remain intact (no changes to their containing object signatures even)! Places that create instances should have the dependencies available. E.g. the controller in this case:
class Products @Inject()(productRepository: Product,
  cc: MessagesControllerComponents)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext,
  productTypeRepository: ProductTypeRepository) //-- required to instantiate Product

  ...
  val product = Product(id,name,productTypeId)


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Tim Farr Wins GNCC Finale in Can-Am Maverick 1000R
Valcourt, Quebec, Canada, November 12, 2015– BRP's Can-Am brand dominated during this year's Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) racing season, bringing home six titles, including a repeat of the prestigious GNCC XC1 Pro SxS and 4x4 ATV Pro class championships.
"It's extremely difficult to repeat as GNCC champion, but Maverick 1000R side-by-side pilot Kyle Chaney and Renegade X xc 800R racer Bryan Buckhannon took full advantage of the unmatched capabilities of their Can-Am vehicles to defend their XC1 Pro SxS and 4x4 Pro ATV championships," said Bernard Guy, BRP vice-president, regional general manager, North America. "These prestigious Pro class titles, and several 2015 GNCC amateur championships, highlight that our Can-Am vehicles offer industry-leading performance, exceptional reliability and remain the vehicle of choice for racing enthusiasts."
Chaney, who also recorded two regional racing championships this season, kept up his winning ways in 2015 by securing the 2015 XC1 Pro SxS class title with a strong fourth-place finish at the final round of the GNCC series. Chaney, with six total wins in 12 rounds over a two-year span, now has two consecutive championships behind the wheel of his TurnKey UTV / Fox Shocks / Can-Am Maverick 1000R side-by-side vehicle.
Can-Am Maverick 1000R XC1 Pro class racers swept the top four overall spots in the class on the year to reinforce the vehicle's class-leading performance. Tim Farr won the final two XC1 Pro SxS class events in his Can-Am Maverick 1000R side-by-side vehicle to ensure BRP's Can-Am brand won all six rounds in 2015 and 10 of the last 12 rounds over the past two seasons.
Can-Am Renegade X xc 800R ATV racer Bryan Buckhannon saved his best performance for last, outlasting 10 other 4x4 Pro class riders to record his third victory of the year and the 2015 championship. Buckhannon put the Rotax engine-powered Renegade ATV, the industry's most race-ready 4x4 with unmatched durability and performance, on the podium at all 13 events to earn his second consecutive class championship, despite facing his stiffest competition yet.
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Jerrod Kelley
PR & Media Relations, Can-Am Off-Road
jerrod.kelley@brp.com
Valerie Bridger
Senior Communications Advisor, BRP
valerie.bridger@brp.com
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