Sweep Away All Professors! Make China's Universities Safe Spaces!
Chu Shulong is also a professor in the Political Science and International Relations Department at Tsinghua's School of Public Policy and Management as well as being Deputy Director of the Institute of International Strategic and Development Studies. For many years he jointly taught a course with Xu Zhangrun titled 'Chinese Politics and Law'.
Superficially at least, the English translation of 牛鬼蛇神 niú guǐ shé shén, 'Cow Demons and Snake Spirits', or 'Ghosts and Monsters' would appear to be slightly comic; there's even something of the trill of otherworldly orientalism about it. In the grinding political reality of China's People's Republic, however, it is a dark formula that was used with murderous effect to de-humanise enemies. It was part of a language of vituperation and politically egregious behaviour that legitimated attacks on, as well as the persecution and even murder of academics, intellectuals, cultural figures and Party apparatchiki alike.
Recently, ghosts and monsters have been presented on the stage. Some comrades have become very worried by this spectacle. In my opinion, a little of this doesn't matter much; within a few decades such ghosts and monsters will disappear from the stage altogether, and you won't be able to see them even if you want to.
The stormy cultural revolution now under way in our country has thrown the imperialists, the modern revisionists and the reactionaries of all countries into confusion and panic. At one moment, they indulge in wishful thinking saying that our great cultural revolution has shown that there are hopes of "a peaceful evolution" on the part of China's younger generation. A moment later, they become pessimistic, saying that all this has shown that Communist rule remains very stable. Then again, they seem to be fearfully puzzled, saying that it will never be possible to find genuine "China hands" who can promptly pass accurate judgement on what is taking place in China. Dear Sirs, your wishful thinking invariably runs counter to the march of history.
The generic term 'Cow Demons and Snake Spirits' included everyone deemed to be a class enemy, including landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements, Rightists, capitalists, blackguards as well as 'reactionary academic authorities', not to mention traitors, spies, capitalist-roaders, along with the children of anyone who had been denounced.
What follows may appear to be little more than a tongue-in-cheek guide to the kind of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) that have been much in vogue in recent years. Here too, perhaps, China's innovative, high-tech, politically beclouded future will be able both to reflect and intermesh seamlessly with global neoliberal best practice.
My thanks, as ever, to Reader #1 for alerting me to the latest round of embarrassing typographical errors in the original text.
This material is collected both in The Best China and in the The Xu Zhangrun Archive of China Heritage, under Projects. For the contents of 'Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University', see the list at the end of this chapter.
Since today is the 1st of April, April Fool's Day, some readers may be tempted to think the title of this essay is a joke. But, let me assure you: it's not. Year in year out we are subjected to all kinds of humour — be it black, white, red or yellow — and every form of sarcasm, from the most biting to the casually sardonic, as well as the laid back and pseudo disinterested. But, today, we need to get serious and admit it's high time that universities got rid of professors.
The modern university had its origins with the founding of the University of Bologna on the Apennine Peninsula in the late-eleventh century. It started out as a relatively modest institution founded by a guild of students: no grand lecture theatres or dormitories, and no independent financing. Without having state-funded stipends lecturers had to get by on student fees. Back then, universities in Europe were more like workshops, and they featured a kind of master-pupil or master-disciple relationship. But that was a millennium ago and things have changed. Moreover, in recent times there have also been significant technological advances. In fact, universities have enjoyed transformative change in every regard, except one. Students are still being taught by teachers in a classroom setting. It is something that is simply out of kilter with the times and requires urgent reform.
There are many problems inherent in the whole embodied teacher-student situation. Like everyone else, teachers are only human and, like all human beings, they are flawed creatures. For instance, people like them often seem determined to think for themselves and they resist efforts to make them comply with the system. This is a particularly glaring problem among university lecturers. Since most of them have spent a few more years studying than everyone else they frequently end up having rather strong opinions in regard to a wide range of issues, be they academic or non-academic. Their views do not necessarily coincide with the ideas and positions required in the contemporary Chinese university environment. When teachers like that reveal their ideas to students who are fairly clueless about the world it can have the most unfortunate consequences. That's one of the things that keeps university administrators awake at night, and it's why they have had no choice but to install CCTV cameras in every lecture theatre. As a result, both university Surveillance Centres as well as members of the university leadership team can, via their desktop computers, observe every statement and every action, each twitch and shrug of their employees. University professors have nowhere to hide. Moreover, university authorities have been forced to compile exhaustive lists of rules and regulations that cover everything from how teachers should take roll in class and assign homework, to actual lecture topics and exam questions, right up to instructions that offer oversight regarding the marking of tests and the logging of examination results, as well as guidance pertaining to practical assignments and the writing of theses — it's an all-encompassing approach with rigorous requirements leaving nothing to chance.
However, even with all the spy cameras in the world, you can't watch everyone all the time. As for regulations, they require invigilators who constantly monitor compliance, to maintain seamless vigilance regular inspections are also necessary. To ensure timely, on-the-spot surveillance it has also been necessary to train up members of the student body so they can also keep an eye on their lecturers, take notes on what transpires in class and report infractions upwards.
Although such measures have, to date, proved to be relatively effective, outstanding problems remain. In the first place, doing all of this costs an absolute fortune! Apart from lecturer's salaries — unfortunately, an unavoidable expenditure — the purchase and installation of all that surveillance equipment requires a considerable capital outlay. Added to that is the cost of employing surveillance personnel who have to be suitably trained. Devising the aforementioned detailed administrative guidelines and procedures is also something that doesn't come cheap, and that's without factoring in the costs of organising and overseeing appropriate personnel to implement and police them. Then there is a veritable plethora of unseen, 'transactional costs', including the large amount of time involved in getting an integrated system like this up and running. Generally speaking, the limited resources allocated to the higher-ed sector should ideally be spent on such obvious necessities as the construction of new buildings, setting up new specialist courses, acquiring lab equipment and attracting more students. Wouldn't such things benefit a university far more than devoting all this money to keeping an eye on the professoriate?
Heightened levels of surveillance really do go to show that university professors are downright dangerous. And think about it: What other kind of business would necessitate bosses installing large CCTV cameras so they could keep an eye on each and every employee? Would they also have to allocate dedicated resources to watching their every move and listening in to every utterance? Would they too be obliged to train paying customers to provide oversight of their staff and report on their employee's behaviour. But, university professors? They require just this kind of 360-degree oversight. They have even learned to accept the fact that they're at the mercy of their own students.
It's glaringly obvious from all of this that university professors are simply relatively low-quality people. As a group they are not deserving of our trust because [by employing all of the above methods of control and surveillance] we are tacitly admitting that they are simply incapable of doing their assigned jobs in an adequate and unsupervised manner. Furthermore, that's exactly why, I believe, that it is wrong-headed to allow a group of people who under constant surveillance the privilege of educating the young men and women of China, the very future of our Fatherland! The present system has got everything back to front.
What's more, even with all of this seamless surveillance in place, some teachers are still misbehaving! They make unscripted remarks to students that can have the most deleterious impact. Don't forget, students come to university to study, yet they are being instructed by a pack of untrustworthy characters. On top of that, we now require the students to be on constant high alert themselves. We are, thereby, imposing unreasonable physical and mental demands on our young people, and they are stressed out by it. It's unfair and detrimental to normal and wholesome development. Yet here we have a situation in which as soon as there is any interpersonal contact between students and teachers, or face-to-face encounters in the lecture theatre, the young feel that they must be on their guard. I believe that we have to deal with this problem once and for all. Drastic circumstances demand that drastic action be taken with unbending resolve.
Let's consider how to deal with problem from a different angle: these days technology is so advanced that I believe we can now replace university professors entirely. Appropriately vetted and pre-approved audio-visual presentations can easily be screened in lecture theatres, thereby doing away with any need for embodied lectures. As is already the case with the use of standardised text books and teaching materials nationwide, homogeneous, pre-recored audio-visual lectures covering each course and discipline could be similarly employed.
In one fell swoop we could bring about the long-cherished hope to create a level playing field between elite universities on the one hand and local colleges on the other. As for student attendance: that can be dealt with by requiring students to use swipe cards or through the installation of facial recognition technology in the classroom. Homework, exams? Establish a centralised national Exam Archive, teacher-administrators can then devise course-appropriate examinations at the drop of a hat. All exam answers that conform with set industry standards will be awarded appropriate grades. Hey, presto: there'll be no more agonising over semester-end evaluations or overall assessments. What about the laborious task of invigilation at exam venues or the marking of tests and giving scores? All of these, too, can either be done by automated devices or, where necessary, small numbers of administrative staff can be deployed. No problemo!
Inevitably there will be nay-sayers. Some may argue that during a lecture only real-live teachers can effectively evaluate the ability and needs of individual students and adjust course delivery accordingly, and that's something that cannot be achieved by standardised audio-visual pedagogy. I would counter that claim by pointing out that, even now, so-called 'needs-based teaching' is, by and large, little more than an attractive fiction. Moreover, 'needs-based pedagogy' presumes that teachers will adjust their approach according to the personality and talents of individual students. But our educational aims place an onus on forging useful talents. What, precisely, do we mean by 'useful'? 'Useful' for whom, you ask? Useful for the State, of course! That's why students should be educated in accordance with the needs of the State and not in a way that allows teachers to mollycoddle as part of some kind of 'needs-based education'.
Similarly, there will also be those who point out that during an embodied lecture a professor can discuss issues that arise in class in real time; they can resolve any questions students may have on the spot. The reality, however, is that most of the time the vast majority of students remain silent; they never ask anything; they just sit there passively waiting to be questioned by the instructor. More pertinent is the fact that, since a student who has asked a question expects the teacher to respond then and there, a situation may arise that has the potential to be beyond the appropriate control of the professor. This could lead to unnecessary classroom risk and therefore it is something that must not be encouraged. If a student is determined to ask a question they can just as easily do it via an online system. The Ministry of Education will have an appropriate system in place that ensures that a relevant specialist will be at the ready to formulate a standardised response, one that can subsequently be shared publicly.
There will also be the inevitable objection that. apart from imparting knowledge, teachers play a key role in training students in acquiring the skills needed both for effective study and for research.
And, there will always be an objection that unless they can be assured of the direct encouragement of a professor who is physically present in the lecture theatre students may well feel less enthusiastic about their studies. But, let's face it: those lecturers are under strict surveillance and are constantly being egged on to do their jobs in a responsible manner. What gives them the moral authority to oversee or encourage students? Anyway, with the technological advances available today there are many other ways to enthuse students. For example, if primary and middle-school students are issued with Smart Wristbands, supervisors will know about and control everything they do. That's a far more efficient approach than having a teacher in your face all the time.
Granted, there's no denying the practical difficulties in realising the plan I'm proposing. And, indeed, there are some subjects that, for the time being at least, cannot entirely do without the physical presence and on-hands guidance of a lecturer or professor. One thinks of anything involving scientific experiments, practical exercises, conversational English, physical education, music and painting, for example. Without doubt, all of that is a headache, for now. But AI capabilities are developing rapidly, so there is little doubt that, given time, such temporary setbacks will gradually be addressed. For the moment, however, subjects like philosophy and most of the social sciences can all but do without professors. There's also some science and technical subjects that don't require laboratories so, there too, lecturers could be eliminated or their numbers reduced.
Then again, some will invariably express a view that, if this proposal is instituted, will people be bothered to go to university at all? Why not just study by oneself at home? Needless to say, this too is erroneous. If students think they can just sit at home studying what they want, how will we be able to evaluate whether they are studying the kinds of things required by the State? More importantly, only universities can issue degrees. You can't get a university degree just by paying a fee for it, nor will you be awarded one solely on the basis of your Gaokao exam results. There's simply no getting away from the fact that you have to spend a few years at a university; you need to put in the time and demonstrate your sincerity.
To sum up, the best way forward right now and in the long-run is to make sure that professors fade from university lecture theatres and gradually become extinct. Such a development will lead to a dramatic reduction of the burdens presently shouldered by universities; it will also enhance effective risk management. No longer will administrators have to be anxious about professors in their charge committing ideological errors, or be fearful that certain professors aren't up to their jobs. There will be no more 'teaching malfunctions' in the classroom. The merits of implementing my proposal will be immediately evident as well as proving to a true contribution far into the future.


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Building collapse in war-damaged Syria city kills 16
Aleppo, Syria (AFP):
A building collapsed in Syria's war-damaged second city of Aleppo, killing 16 people including children, on Sunday.
Much of Aleppo was destroyed during Syria's conflict that began nearly 12 years ago and left many of the remaining structures in a decrepit state.
"The number of victims of the residential building collapse… has risen to 16 dead," said state news agency SANA. A war monitor said they were Syrians who had been displaced during the war.
Four people were rescued alive from the rubble, SANA reported, saying they were injured.
It gave earlier on Sunday an initial death toll of 10 people that increased throughout the day.
Dozens of rescue workers toiled at the site as darkness fell, an AFP correspondent said, and some used their bare hands to dig into the grey rubble.
Earth movers scooped up the pieces of building material, sending dust into the air, the correspondent added.
A Kurdish news agency reported five children were among the dead. One of them was an infant, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
According to the interior ministry, the five-storey building was home to seven families. Locals told AFP about 35 people lived there.
Buildings in Aleppo, Syria's pre-war commercial hub, often collapse due to the dilapidated infrastructure as well as little oversight to ensure safety of new construction projects, some built illegally.
SANA quoted a police source as saying that the building, in the city's Sheikh Maksoud neighbourhood, had collapsed "due to a water leak" in the foundations.
The neighbourhood is predominantly inhabited by Syrian Kurds.
The British-based Syrian Observatory reported the victims were displaced people from Afrin, further north, where neighbouring Turkey carried out an offensive in 2018.
Nearly half a million people have been killed in Syria's conflict which began in 2011 and displaced about half of the country's pre-war population.
Many of those forced from their homes had to move into buildings that are structurally unsound, resulting in frequent collapses.
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New Zealand needs 197 runs to avoid England's defeat, In Abu Dhabi Test, Kawey needs 197 runs to avoid an innings defeat while eight wickets are left. According to details, the last day Pakistan and New Zealand Kyle scored 131 runs for two wickets following the second innings of the second Test between Kirwin, and New Zealand needed more 197 runs, while eight wickets left. In reply to 418 runs in the first innings of the day, New Zealand's entire team scored only 90 runs. New Zealand scored 24 for the first time in his innings. Opening batsmen scored 50 runs for the first time, but Yasir Shah bowled first opener winner Rawul for 31 runs and then sent Pellin to the next over the batting line of the team. After breaking the day, Yasir Shah also finished 4 more players, while Hassan Ali also performed a pavilion for one player. Neighborhood 6-in-the-five-matches got out without opening the account.
Pakistan beat the guest team after 90 runs in the first innings of 90 runs. Pakistan made innings after making Pakistan 418 runs on 5 wickets, the middle-order batsman Harris Sohail tested by the national team. The second innings of the career was while Bob scored the career of the first innings. Harris Sohail Career got the best score 147 runs when Bob scored out on 127 for the first time. Pakistan had decided to win the toss against New Zealand before it, but the oping batsman would not retire for a long time, Al-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez scored nine, 9 runs. Later Azhar Ali took out 81 runs in an innings.


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Kira Trevino
Jeffery Trevino's Trial For Wife's Death Starts MondayNearly seven months after Kira Steger was first reported missing, her husband Jeffery Trevino will stand trial for her murder.
5K For Dani J Lifts Family, Raises Money For Domestic Abuse ProjectSaturday's 5K was a run that carried a much deeper meaning than exercise. The "5K for Dani J" race was for Danielle Jelinek, who was found dead near her boyfriend Aaron Schnagl's home in May. Schnagl's in jail on drug charges. The event had her name all over it -- from the fast tunes to the footwork.
Trevino Murder Trial Delayed Until JulyThe trial of a man accused in the death of his 30-year-old wife has been delayed until July. Kira Steger Trevino's 39-year-old husband, Jeffery Trevino, appeared in court on Wednesday. He appeared expressionless, not once glancing out at the courtroom observers.
Updated Charges: Trevino's Husband Knew Of Another ManNew details have been released in the death of a 30-year-old St. Paul woman who was last seen on Feb. 21 before being found in the Mississippi River last week.
Hundreds Search For Matula, Including Kira Trevino's FamilyThe search continues at 10 a.m. Saturday for a missing Eden Prairie woman. Mandy Matula has been missing since last Wednesday after she was seen with her ex-boyfriend David Roe.
Court Documents Reveal Details In Kira Trevino's DeathLess than 24 hours after the body of a missing St. Paul woman was pulled out of the Mississippi River, court documents revealed chilling details in the death of Kira Trevino. Her body was discovered Wednesday along the Mississippi River in St. Paul by a worker near Shepard Road and Roberts Street.
Although Kira's Body Was Found, It's 'Not A Day To Celebrate'The search for 30-year-old Kira Trevino is finally over. For more than two and a half months, Trevino's family had been left wondering what happened to her. During an interview with WCCO in February, just days after she went missing, her mom, Marcie Steger, said Kira could bring out the best in everyone.
Body Pulled From Mississippi Identified As Kira TrevinoSt. Paul Police say they will hold a press conference Thursday afternoon to reveal the identity of the body that was pulled from Mississippi River Wednesday. Authorities wouldn't give any details about the identity -- or if the body was a man or a woman -- but said they will hold a press briefing at 3:15 p.m.
3 Missing Women, 3 Families Fighting For AnswersIf you are starting to think these missing woman searches have become a regular thing in the metro, you're correct.
$5K Reward Offered To Help Find Kira Trevino On Friday, Kira Trevino's mother and father talked with reporters to reignite search efforts for their missing daughter, and St. Paul police announced a $5,000 reward is now offered to anyone who can help find Kira.
Crews Search Lake For Trevino, Nothing FoundIn their first search since the ice thawed, authorities sent a single boat out on Keller Lake Tuesday to search for the body of a missing woman.
Warm Weather Means More Volunteers For Kira Trevino SearchSeveral searches are planned this weekend to find evidence related to the disappearance of Kira Trevino - the St. Paul woman who was last seen on Feb. 21.
Police Search Water Near I-494 In St. Paul In Trevino CaseAuthorities are continuing the Kira Trevino search Thursday near the Interstate 494 bridge in St. Paul.
Volunteers Search Vadnais Heights Park For Kira TrevinoVolunteers were out searching again Saturday for the body of Kira Trevino, who was last heard from on Feb. 21.
Trevino Enters Not Guilty Plea As Search For Kira Continues The St. Paul man accused of killing his wife and hiding her body entered a plea of not guilty to charges in Ramsey County Court Friday.


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Whincup helped 'investigate' early SVG problem
Jamie Whincup was in the prime location to help diagnose an early problem for Red Bull Holden Racing Team partner Shane van Gisbergen in Saturday's Watpac Townsville 400 race.
Van Gisbergen and Whincup ran fifth and sixth through the first stint of the 70-lap affair, but the former reported front-end vibration in the early stages.
Whincup was able to help the team understand the problem, having seen van Gisbergen brush the wall at Turn 2 and able to spot that the left-front rim was damaged.
"Shane clipped the wall coming out of Turn 2 on the left and it buckled the rim, the rim was wobbling around all over the place," Whincup said.
"I think he was very lucky not to have suspension damage.
"I was just driving down the straight trying to give it a bit of an inspection to see what was going on to give the team a heads-up for when he came in for the pitstop.
"If you've mangled a wheelnut, you need to be prepared for it at the stop.
"I had the best spot to see it, so debriefed the damage and maybe it helped, maybe it didn't."
Here's the culprit! SVG has proved that whatever vibration he was feeling is not affecting his passing moves 🕺🏻#RedBullHolden #VASC pic.twitter.com/XoJk5BLsFs
— Red Bull Holden (@redbullholden) July 6, 2019
From sixth, Whincup opted for an undercut strategy that put him in the lead from the second stint.
He led until lap 50, when winner Scott McLaughlin got past, and went on to finish second.
"We were very aggressive with strategy, which is dangerous, but we pulled it off today," he said.
"The only strategy better than what we did was to have a faster car, which is what happened with Car 17 and why we ran second.
"Unfortunately we haven't made a step forward, but we've made a step sideways, so there might be a bit more fish in this pond we're fishing now.
"I'm much happier doing that than just belting round doing the same thing."
Van Gisbergen's strategy was effectively the opposite, running long before making his second pitstop.
That gave him an 18-lap run to the flag on fresher rubber, in which he rose from seventh to fourth, getting Fabian Coulthard on the last lap.
"In some ways I'm disappointed but happy with the race," he said.
"We didn't get the strategy right, but I had good battles and I was able to fight with people and Jamie got second, so it's pretty exciting.
"But on the other hand, I had a much better car than fourth, so that's why it's exciting, but disappointing because we didn't make the most of it.
"I had a bent rim in the first stint, but it didn't really affect me.
"Then we got caught out running long in the middle stint, with all the people who had taken their second stop with good tyres trying to pass us, so we lost a few seconds there, which cost us a podium."
The Red Bull Holdens remain fifth and sixth in the championship, but with Whincup now ahead based on Saturday's results.
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Celebrated conductor Yuri Temirkanov brought his talents from the former Soviet Union through Europe, and to the United States. In 1999, he accepted a position as the principal conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra while retaining simultaneous positions as the principal conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London. Temirkanov is recognized globally as a precise orchestral conductor, highly knowledgeable of musical composition and intuitive in his direction.
Temirkanov was born Yuri Khatuyevich Temirkanov on December 10, 1938, in Nalchik, the capitol city of the southern Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, on the Northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains. He was born to Khatu Sagidovich Temirkano and Polina Petrovna Temirkanova. Khatu Temirkano was the minister of culture for the republic. The family lived in Nalchik until 1941, when Khatu Temirkano was executed during the German invasion. Just prior to his death, the composer Sergei Prokofieff and his future wife, Mira Mendelson, lived for a time with Temirkanov's family. Prokofieff was involved in writing the score of War and Peace at the time.
At the command of the Soviet regime, Temirkanov began to study music at age nine. It was the young boy's teacher who selected the violin as Termirkanov's instrument. At age 13 he went to Leningrad, sent by his teacher, to the School forTalented Children. Temirkanov studied both viola and violin and went on to the Leningrad Conservatory (Conservatoire). He graduated in a violin program there in 1962. Temirkanov came to consider Leningrad as home since he moved there at age 13. Beginning in 1961, he played violin with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra until 1966. Between 1966 and 1968, he was a conductorfor the Maly Theatre and Opera studio in Leningrad. During much of that time he continued at the Conservatoire in a post-graduate program of conducting, while working under Evgeny Mravinsky as an assistant conductor with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Temirkanov graduated in conducting in 1965, and debuted with the Leningrad Opera that same year.
From 1968 until 1977, Temirkanov led the Leningrad Symphony (a different group from Mravinsky's Leningrad Philharmonic). He then took over as the chief conductor of the Kirov Opera and Ballet Company in 1977. His most memorable operatic productions included Shchedrin's Dead Souls, Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades and Eugene Onegin at Kirov; as well as Porgy and Bess earlier at Maly. Temirkanov made his recording debut in 1973, performing Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 with the Royal Philharmonic, a popular rendition that was re-released in 1998 on compact disc. American
Born Yuri Khatuyevich Temirkanov, December 10, 1938, in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian republic); son of Khatu Sagidovich Temirkanov and Polina PetrovnaTemirkanova; married Irina Guseva (died 1997); one son, Vladimir. Education: Leningrad Conservatoire, graduated 1962 and 1965.
First violinist, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, 1961-66; conductor, Maly Theatre and Opera Studio, Leningrad, 1966-68; chief conductor, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, 1968-76; Kirov Opera and Ballet Company, 1976-88; professor, Leningrad Conservatoire, 1979-88; artistic director, Leningrad Philharmonia Orchestra (later St. Petersburg Philharmonia), 1988-; signed with BMG/RCA, 1988; chief conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 1992-; music director, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1999-; principal guest conductor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Philadelphia Orchestra; guest conductor numerous countries; opera productions: Porgy and Bess; Peter the Great; Dead Souls; Queen of Spades, Eugene Onegin, 1979.
Awards: First Prize, U.S.S.R. All-Union Conductors' Competition, 1966; Moscow National Conducting Competition Winner, 1967; Glinka Prize, U.S.S.R State Prize, 1976, 1985; U.S.S.R. People's Artist, 1981.
Addresses: Business —State Philharmonia, Mikhailovskaya 2, St. Petersburg, Russia; c/o Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Record Guide's Philip Haldeman called the performance "warmer [and] more passionate" than other interpretations. In 1979 Temirkanov joined the faculty of the Leningrad Conservatoire as a professor and served there until 1988. In 1979, he was named the principal guest conductor of the Royal Philharmonic of London, and in 1988 he assumed a position as the chief conductor and music director of the Leningrad Philharmonic, behind his mentor, Mravinsky. Temirkanov retained his position with that orchestra throughout the 1990s. In 1992 he added to his credits the title of chief conductor of the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, an organization which he formerly led as principal guest conductor.
Temirkanov's made his conducting debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 1992 and began a lasting affiliation with that organization. He returned in 1995, 1996, and 1998. In 1999 he assumed a position as the music director of the orchestra, and later that year he was appointed to succeed David Zinman as principal conductor of the Baltimore Symphony. In addition to his permanent positions, Termirkanov was named to a host of guest conductor positions, including principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. He served as guest conductor to orchestras around the world, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, L'Orchestre de Paris, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, as well as orchestras in Scandinavia and in Sweden in 1968. Additionally he has held positions in the United States—in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles since 1981.
In 1988, under an exclusive contract to BMG/RCA Records, Temirkanov recorded the Stravinsky ballets and Tchaikovsky symphonies with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. His other sound recordings included performances of Shostakovich and Prokofieff, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, and Sibelius with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. He is well known for his performances on four continents, including Europe, South America, Japan, and other Asian countries. A critically acclaimed tour to the United States took him to Philadelphia, Cincinnati, San Francisco, and Minneapolis. Although audiences worldwide appreciate his presentations and interpretations of the works of the great Russian composers, Temirkanov is equally at ease with the music of non-Russian composers. He avers wholeheartedly that music is an international phenomenon that should not be compartmentalized by nationality.
Temirkanov came to the conductor's post of the Leningrad Orchestra in 1968. His appointment followed 50 years of leadership by Mravinsky, a brilliant conductor who brought that orchestra into its standing as a world-class organization even amid the turmoil of World War II. Mravinsky led the orchestra until his death in 1989. Temirkanov patiently resurrected the long-lost vigor of the famed musicians and restored the orchestra to its legendary brilliance. In 1991 Temirkanov was quoted in American Record Guideas saying, "Mravinsky was the one who made the orchestra's name. [It was my job]… to persuade the musicians to trust me." Under Temirkanov's leadership the orchestra was revitalized and took on new qualities. In 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the official name of the city of Leningrad was restored by popular vote to St. Petersburg. Temirkanov restored the name of the Philharmonic to follow suit, and the orchestra again became known as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. The collapse of the Soviet regime brought new freedom for musicians to travel freely abroad without the overbearing security and surveillance tactics characteristic of the old government. Since that time Temirkanov has retained his Russian citizenship, but has performed as much as possible in the United States. Regretfully he acknowledged that the situation in Russia resulted from the poor civic and economic climate of his motherland following the political upheaval of the 1990s. Many Russian musicians were unemployed during the 1990s, while others who were fortunate enough to secure work were paid only rarely, if ever. Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic were among the fortunate few to secure rewarding assignments. They received a commission from RCA Victor in 1995 to create a restored soundtrack for the early film classic, Alexander Nevsky. Stalin originally produced the film in 1938, the year of Temirkanov's birth. Ironically the movie was released as a propaganda vehicle to warn of the looming danger of a German invasion—the very circumstance that became a tragic reality in 1941 when Temirkanov was three years old. Stereo fìew'ewcompared the luster of the completed stereo soundtrack led by Temirkanov to the restoration of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling in Vatican City.
In 1995 Temirkanov conducted the San Francisco Orchestra through the Prokofieff soundtrack of the Sergei Eisenstein epic, Ivan the Terrible. American Record Guide critic Marilyn Tucker, called the music "extraordinary," and said that "Temirkanov sketched the scenes with a brush that painted up the immense scale and vitality of both the film and the music."
Temirkanov has been the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, even during the years of repressive rule by the Soviet government. In 1966 he won first prize in the All Soviet-Union Conductors' Competition, and he was named the winner of the Moscow National Conducting Competition in 1967. Temirkanov received the Glinka Prize, aState Prize awarded bythe former Soviet Union, in 1976 and in 1985. In 1981 he was also named the People's Artist of the Soviet Union.
Temirkanov has one son, Vladimir, who plays violin for St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Temirkanov's wife, Irina Guseva, died in 1997.
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, RCA Victor, 1995.
(with St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra) Shostakovich:Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad," RCA Victor, 1996.
(with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 1998.
(with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra) Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2.
(with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra) Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade/Russian Easter Overture.
(with St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, with Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman) Tchaikovsky Gala.
American Record Guide, January-February 1996; January-February 1998; March -April 1998.
San Francisco Chronicle, November 16, 1997.
Stereo Review, May 1995.
Washington Post, April 18, 1999.
"Gramophone Chat Transcript," http://www.gramophone.co.uk/chats.html (March 19, 1999).
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Temirkanov, Yuri, outstanding Russian conductor; b. Nalchik, Dec. 10, 1938. He received his training at the Leningrad Cons., where he graduated as a violinist in 1962 and as a conductor in 1965. In 1965 he made his first appearance as a conductor at the Leningrad Opera. After capturing 1st prize in the All-Union Conductors' Competition in 1966, he appeared as a guest conductor with many Russian orchs. and opera houses. From 1968 to 1976 he was music director of the Leningrad Sym. Orch. He also appeared as a guest conductor abroad, making his Salzburg Festival debut in 1971 with the Vienna Phil. In 1977 he made his London debut as a guest conductor with the Royal Phil., and subsequently appeared with the major British orchs. From 1977 to 1988 he was artistic director of the Kirov Opera and Ballet, which he also led on tours. In 1978 he made a tour of the U.S. In 1979 he was named principal guest conductor of the Royal Phil. In 1988 he became chief conductor of the Leningrad (later St. Petersburg) Phil. In 1992 he was made principal conductor of the Royal Phil. while retaining his position in St. Petersburg. During the 1992-93 season, he conducted the St. Petersburg Phil. on a tour of Europe and Japan and the Royal Phil. on a tour of the U.S. and Germany. Temirkanov has won particular renown for his brilliant and idiomatic performances of works from the Russian repertoire.
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Temirkanov, Yuri (b Nalchik, 1938). Russ. conductor. Cond. début Leningrad Opera 1965. Won USSR All-Union conductors' comp. 1966. Cond. Leningrad SO 1968–76, Kirov Opera and Ballet 1977. Salzburg Fest. 1971. Amer. tour 1978. Prin. guest cond. RPO 1979, prin. cond. from 1992. Chief cond. Leningrad (now St Petersburg) PO from 1988.
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The Pope demand ecumenical unity
Pope tells Anglican-Catholic commission that the "cause of unity is not optional".
Pope Francis greets Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. A lot of apostate protestants return back to their mother.
Divided Christians honor the sacrifice of their martyrs when they try to live according to the Gospel and work together to share the Gospel, Pope Francis has said.
The witness of modern martyrs, "victims of persecution and violence simply because of the faith they profess", is a bond among Christians that is stronger than anything still dividing them, the Pope said during a meeting with members of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission.
The recent experience of Christians in the Middle East is not the only example of the "ecumenism of martyrdom", he said. "I think also of the martyrs of Uganda, half Catholics and half Anglicans," who were killed in the 1880s.
"The cause of unity is not an optional undertaking" for any Christian community, he said, and "the differences which divide us must not be seen as inevitable. Some wish that, after 50 years, greater progress toward unity would have been achieved. Despite difficulties, we must not lose heart, but we must trust even more in the power of the Holy Spirit, who can heal and reconcile us, and accomplish what humanly does not seem possible."
Source: The Catholic Herald.
The Anglican Church has accepted the Vatican II council of 1965. The Pope called all protestants "separated brethren". That is the status they will get, if they can accept the "Holy see" as a seat of a Christian leader.
Next: The Pope demands that what has been separated must unite. The Popes logic is that only the leader of the largest and oldest Church can unite all Christians.
Today the Pope use the ongoing Islamic Jihad to promote Him self as the leader of the martyrs. Evangelical Christians must not be tricked to think that death by the sword of a Muslim, is a prof of righteousness. Muslims first and foremost slaughter their own Muslim brethren. Also Roman Catholics and Evangelical Christians are being victims of pure acts of barbarianism.
The Pope him self is the main reason for why Evangelicals can not accept Roman Catholic's as Christians. His claimed infallibility is nothing but blasphemy. The Vatican statehood was gifted to the Pope by fascist leader Mussolini in 1929, as a partnership deal to govern Italy and the World. Millions of people died because of this satanic alliance.
Mark 3: 28-29.
Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin."
The Pope worship "Catholic Mary "as the Queen of Heaven". This kind of lawlessness makes the Pope a pagan, and the leader of a non-Christian religion. The Roman Catholic Church misuse the name of "Christ". The "Holy see" has lead a billion souls into slavery to sin and lawlessness.
Do not accept the Pope and his paganism. Be faithful to the Word of God, and honor Jesus of the Bible as the only mediator between God and man.
The only replacement of the Messiah on Earth is the Holy Spirit. Not the claimed Vatican replacement, the "Vicar of Christ", who also is calmed to be "The Holy father". To elevate the Pontiff in Rome and accept his claimed authority is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. A sin that is mortal, and will never be forgiven. A hundred per cent sure path towards the eternal fire of Hell.
Please remember that I loved you enough to tell you the truth.
May 2, 2015 May 2, 2015 ivarfjeld1
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Hello Ivar, and may the Lord Jesus bless you.
It is love to tell people the truth, even when they don't like it, believe it, or want to hear it. Most of us have been through the same thing. Please be encouraged to continue doing what you are to refute this anti-christ pope and his Marian cult.
As for me, I will never bow in obedience to him, but only to my Lord and Savior, Yeshua.
ivarfjeld
Shalom and love in Yeshua.
Thanks for blessing me. Return to sender. Love and grace.
They look like the new face of the old hypocrisy.
Matt 23:5 "Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;
Substitue crosses for phylacteries.
Matt 23:6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
Matt 23:7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called 'Rabbi' ( 'Father') by others.
Matt 23:8 "But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
chaircharacter
these ecumental ministers all seem to have the spirit of zedekiah.
"I will go and be a lying spirit in the mouths of those prophets"
Why didnt the pope mention those whose murders were officially authorised by the catholic church because they refused to submit to catholic doctrine -and were burned instead? Even clergymen such as John Bradford (who was executed just up the road from here), Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley weren't spared. Why? Because they were biblically literate and spent time studying what the bible said rather than just accepting at face value what centuries of catholic tradition flsely presented as "the truth". It must have been horrifying AND exhilerating in equal measure when they realised that actually the catholic church was a false religious cult that far from offering the hope of eternal life, was actually a religious system that not only presented a false gospel with false hope, but systematically and actively sought to root out any one who preached true Biblical righteousness-and that salvation from sin actually DIDN'T depend on a grubby roman priest dispensing bread and wine and coercing the people into believing the lie that it was now the body and blood of Jesus. It was a glorious wonderful gift of God that was to be received by faith, not because of religious observances and good works…
The lying catholic spirit tells us "oh it was the SECULAR authorities who were responsible for those executions, not the catholic church" conveniently forgetting that a monarch was fully expected to willingly submit him or herself to the authority of rome (to defend what was termed "the catholic faith") and ultimately put the interests of the papacy ABOVE domestic and national ones. Church and state wasnt seperate in pre reformation mary's dowry England…..
Those reformers all realised that the "mass" which claimed to present the ACTUAL body and blood of Christ, "in and under the forms of bread and wine", was a neo-pagan deception, an idol feast. That and the insistence of idolising mary and worshipping her image. Those men received the revelation that catholicism was false when they simply went back to the Bible and seriously questioned, and ultimately rejected the traditional catholic dogmas..
When push comes to shove, the papacy will smugly stand and watch while preachers of true righteousness are executed-just so long as their power grabbing ambitions are not harmed. They always have and always will.
Because ISIS is enemy of Iran, the western powers can work with Iran. Because ISIS kills Christians and Catholics, we can unite with Catholics. ISIS is helping the new world order come faster.
Dear tommy
Shalom, and love in Jesus.
Thanks for this comment:
Christians who pray for less persecution of Christians, are often those who have compromised and are not persecuted. The persecuted Christians pray for power to endure persecution. There has never been a single momment, when the true diciples of Jesus was not hated.
The Pope wants to be loved my all. The ultimate man of compromises and lawlessness.
Yes, this is the truth. The majority of the people on Earth will walk into this deception. Because they have rejected he truth, and have made Satan their master. Either they understand what they have done or not. Many young people have never heard the gospel. But if they search, they shall find. And if they knock, the door will be opened.
Praise Jesus….
The catholic cult has been working on this for years. so many thousands fall for this satanic cult. so sad. yet we are to keep praying and to reach out to the lost..G-d bless you Ivar. I have always wondered how anyone can pray for forgiveness for their soul to a satanic man who calls himself holy father. much less pray to mary and other s they call saints. why would anyone believe all these cults who changed the Word of G-d to no effect and still believe they will be saved?? It is thru the Son, no one else as HE IS the ONLY way to heaven. Aoostasy is the last thing to come before Christ. the great falling away. Cathoiic say Christ will die at the end of this age?? well the pope or false prophect will claim to be G-d and sit his self in the Temple of G-d..the antic christ. who talks with a forked tounge. the gospe is so sweet that even a chlld can understand yet people believe all these cults with their own bibles are the only truth. REv tells us abyone who adds to or takes awat from G-d Word is curse..like Job , we need to keep on praying , forgivening and telling the truth. Time is short shalom
Belinda Erasmus Elliott
i agree mama bear!!
I think we are all united by Christ but divided by popes claiming authority which belongs to Christ who died for us on the cross.
marwanyafi
I think this Jesuit pope will bring more"Killing in the world" much more than before 1871. This Jesuit pope is of so great authority and power that "HE CAN MODIFY, explain, or interpret EVEN DIVINE LAWS"
(Lucius Ferraris, Prompa Bibliotheca, Article "Papa", II Vol 6, page 29)
The pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is "JESUS CHRIST, HIDDEN UNDER A VEIL OF FLEIH"
The Catholic National July 1895.
 Why all these fountains in Rome for each pope?
Each has a "fountain of abundance holy waters of the tree of life!
job3627
Roman Catholicism is NOT true Christianity, marwanyafi. True Christianity is derived from Holy Scripture and the Roman Catholic Church has long since departed from that standard–preferring the dictates of men. Read the Bible and pray to have God's Holy Spirit convince you of the truth. Almighty God is faithful even when men are treacherous. "True, some of them were unfaithful; but just because they were unfaithful, does that mean God will be unfaithful? Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him,
'You will be proved right in what you say,
and you will win your case in court.' "
(Romans 3:3-4)
keith dunahay
Dear Ivar,
Yes the pope and the roman chatholic religion is pure pagan, not christian. But you are quoting a false bible. A false gospel is a false Christ. Please don't be like most "Christians" and say they love GOD but hate the truth. Watch these videos on youtube by Mike Hoggard.(which bible),(king james code)(another jesus)(another gospel)(another spirit) Every Christian I know hates the truth and loves Satans(the worlds) lies. Please stop worrying about the pope and catholics, they hate the truth more than Christians. Why not take the time to learn the truth while you still have time?
"Freemasonry by Theosophy" the Biblical False Prophet to Zech 5: The flying scroll & the wickedness in an Ephah, Freemasonry through QE1off that 'ole iniquity governed by Theosophy through the Ukranian Helena Blavatsky the wickedness, lifted up between heaven & earth denoted by the "Wickedness in heavenly like places through tibetian or familiar spirits that influenced her, lifted up by two women (Alice Baley/Annie Besant) with stork like wings denote spiritual uncleanliness, to be established in shinar denote the masonic chained statue of liberty in New York(one of the 3 parts that babylon is divided spiritually) winding its way into the Theosophical prayer room(False Prophet) in the UN, in secret raising Islam against Christianity prying on respective sentiments, in order to pit one against the other. The mole is the Anglican & its Episcopals off that rebellion, fallen into Sodom pulling the Catholic by Francis into the pit, through addressing a heavily compromised US Congress in Oct by the UN in the principals of the False Prophet, is but giving unto Caesar that is to God.
The many alters figured in the British Freemasonic israeli supreme court denotes much of "The Principalities & powers rulers of darkness & the wickedness in heavenly like places", revealing that 'ole golden calf in the desert.
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Mike Pompeo criticized by former Republican officials and Democrats after comments on the transition.
By Jonathan Edwards on November 13, 2020 Us Politics
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been reprimanded by former GOP officials and several Democrats after he said Tuesday evening that his department was preparing for a "smooth transition" to a second Trump administration.
Three days after several news agencies called the election of President-elect Joe Biden, a reporter asked Pompeo if the State Department was preparing to work with the Democratic transition team as is the norm.
"There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration. We are ready," the Foreign Minister replied. "The world is watching what is going on. We will count the votes, and when the process is complete, the voters will be chosen. There is a process, the Constitution sets it out quite clearly."
He added that world leaders should have "every confidence" that the State Department will continue to be "successful" when the next president takes office in January next year. It is unclear whether Pompeo was joking when he said there would be a "smooth transition" to a second term of President Donald Trump.
President-elect Biden won the election by a margin of more than 5 million votes and has so far secured 290 votes in the electoral college, crossing the 270 vote line for a White House term.
Regardless of whether or not Pompeo joked about a "smooth transition" to a second Trump administration, several democratic legislators struck at the top official in the State Department because of his remarks.
"This is not just delusional – it is dangerous. The peaceful transfer of power is a cornerstone of our democracy," twittered Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. "Joe Biden won this election, and this government must accept the results and let him get to work.
The minority leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, similarly urged Pompeo at a press conference on Tuesday to accept the reality of Biden's victory.
"Look at the reality. Secretary Pompeo, Joe Biden has won. He has won the election, now move on," Schumer said. "Let's bring this country together and get things done, we have a COVID crisis that is raging, we don't have time for this kind of game.
The New York Democratic congressional colleague, Eliot Engel, chairman of the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee, also said Pompeo should "not play along with unfounded and dangerous attacks on the legitimacy of the election.
"Indeed, all administration officials should drop their false claims of election fraud and the GSA should release the resources and support necessary to ensure a smooth transition that protects our national security," he said in a statement. "The State Department should now prepare for the transition of President-elect Biden.
Virginia Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger called Pompeo's remarks "shocking" and "dangerous" and implied that the secretary of state "denied" the results of the election.
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At least two former Republican officials have also weighed in against Pompeo, with the former national security adviser to President Trump in a CNN interview describing the Secretary's statements as "delusional.
Former Republican Senator William Cohen, who also served as Secretary of Defense under former President Bill Clinton, said the Trump administration's behavior was "more like a dictatorship" when responding to Pompeo's remarks.
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A clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.A clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.A clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.
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The scene featuring a flooded coal mine (just before Sardar Khan is born) is shot in a real coal mine that was actually dry. Using the sound of water dripping and people wading through water, and actors walking as if struggling to cross water, they created the illusion of flooded mine in the darkly lit shot. There is not a drop of water inside the mine in reality now.
(at around 28 mins) When Danish goes to Rajhans Mansion to kill his father's murderer's apprentice you can see "EZYPAY" poster on the left side of the screen with Mobile's picture in it. At that point of time as per movie even pagers were not around in India it was some years later that pagers were introduced and Faizal comes to know about it and it took some more years for mobile to be known in India.
Sardar Khan: No matter how big the balls becomes, it stays under the penis.
The opening credits are in black and white and distorted, to reflect the style of the times in which the opening is set.
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The movie of the year
It has been nearly 5 years since I went and saw a movie first day first show in the theatres. But such was the level of anticipation with "gangs of wasseypur" that I found myself standing in front of the ticket counter at quarter to nine. The movie, which is 160 minutes long, starts with a shoot-them-up which may be the most authentic shoot-to-kill scene in Hindi cinema. The movie tells the story of rivalries between different sects of Muslims: the butchers, Qureshis, and the Pathans, Khans and extend over a period of three generations. The story starts from the pre- independence era when the British owned the mines in Dhanbad. After independence, these mines pass on to the wealthy landlord who hires an exiled Pathan to act as his strongman. The pathan, the father of Sardar Khan (Manoj Vajpayee) has been kicked out of his village, Wasseypur, after a confrontation with the local musclemen, the Qureshis, and is now forced to work in the mines of Dhanbad. He starts becoming too big for his shoes and is bumped off by the landlord thus beginning a series of killings and counter-killings. The acting by the "star" cast is stunning with Manoj Vajpayee leading the pack in as good as a performance as "Bheeku Mahatre" in Satya. When he stares lustfully at the back side of Reema Sen (here resurrected after being in the wilderness for nearly half a dozen years), you can feel the lust as a physical thing. He is backed by a very strong ensemble cast. The real strength of the movie is its dialogues. The words, replete with the choicest of abuses, feel as if they were wiretapped. The conversation rings true to life and had me laughing at the sheer vulgarity of it. The patois is captured very faithfully. The only negative point about the movie is its length which could have been edited somewhat in the second half when the third generation takes up (like the long Godfather III, if you may). Anurag Kashyap has put his soul into the movie and that is visible from every frame of the movie. The direction is the best I have seen this year in Hindi cinema and will only increase the expectations from the second part of this opus. And that is why I am jealous of the lucky bastards at the Cannes film festival who got to see both the parts back to back. The movie ends at a tantalizing junction and the prospect of meeting with these barely lovable characters for a second outing left me salivating.
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TCS acquires STAR collection adding more than 40,000 drawings to its catalog!! TCS acquires STAR collection adding more than 40,000 drawings to its catalog!!
TCS acquires STAR collection adding more than 40,000 drawings to its catalog!!
Many of you might recall the most innovative and unique printing company: STAR of Oltrona San Mamette, founded in 1935.
Star was the precursor of photographic looks into fabrics, before anybody else they lead this segment for many decades utilizing an innovative and patented technology.
Unfortunately they had to close down few years ago, in spite of their great business and an important customer base, it was more of a political reasons and mismanagement since they were part of a big textile group including brands like Pepper, Cerutti 1881, Frette, etc.
We are pleased to announce that we acquired the entire Star archive of drawings counting over 40,000 designs!
The main reason we wanted this collection was the heritage to be continued, in fact despite our small size we humbly believe that we are the natural descendents of STAR, we feel we share the same passion and creative DNA: distinct, unique, bizarre, innovative… therefore a perfect match!
We would like to thank the over 100 workers that made it possible for STAR to become an unique company: their efforts and energy was never produced in vain and their memory and sacrifices will live for many more years thanks to TCS!
We can say that a new STAR is born!
The Italian creativity in the world… will never die.


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Egg unboiling machine enables graphene battery development
The Australian researchers who successfully unboiled an egg are turning their attention to capturing the energy of graphene oxide (GO) to make a more efficient alternative to lithium-ion batteries.
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The Flinders University team in South Australia has partnered with Swinburne University of Technology in Victoria, Australian Stock Exchange-listed First Graphene Ltd and manufacturer Kremford Pty Ltd.
The collaboration is developing a GO-powered battery, a super-capacity energy storage alternative to emerging lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology.
Graphene is the lightest, strongest, most electrically conductive material available and has been predicted to generate revolutionary new products in many industry sectors. But so far unreliable quality and poor manufacturing processes has prevented an industrial graphene market.
In 2015, Flinders University scientists were awarded an Ig Nobel Award for creating the Vortex Fluidic Device and using it to unboil an egg.
The device has also been used to accurately slice carbon nanotubes to an average length of 170 nanometres using only water, a solvent and a laser.
It has also been used to process graphene to a high quality for commercial use.
VFD creator and professor of clean technology at Flinders University Professor Colin Raston said the production of GO from graphite ore with minimal waste was an important part of the collaborative project.
"This project aims to develop the manufacturing specifications for the commercial production of a graphene oxide super-capacitor with the 'look and feel' of a LIB but with superior performance across weight, charge rate, lifecycle and environmental footprint factors," Professor Raston said.
The AU$3.45 million project is being supported by a $1.5 million Cooperative Research Centre Project grant through the Australian Government's Advance Manufacturing Fund.
First Graphene will use the Flinders University technology to produce the highest-quality graphene at scale and to become a global supplier of graphene nanomaterials products.
Egg unboiling machine used to speed up molecule development
Researchers at Swinburne's Centre for Micro-Photonics are working on a commercially viable, chemical-free, long-lasting safe GO-based supercapacitor, which offers high performance and low-cost energy storage capabilities.
South Australia is a global leader in renewable energy and is also the home of the world's biggest lithium-ion battery. The 100MW/129MWh Tesla battery at Neoen's Hornsdale Wind Farm in the state's Mid North was switched on this month.
Professor Raston said there was significant global research to improve energy storage capability to support its role in the development of sustainable energy storage systems.
"For example, we're seeing the rapid rise of LIB around the world, notably with South Australia's significant investment in the new storage facility near Jamestown in this state," he said.
First Graphene managing director Craig McGuckin said the funding would propel the company's innovative approach to finding real-world applications for graphene.
"The success in the fourth round of the CRC-P funding demonstrates the high regard in which the company's research efforts are held," Mr McGuckin said.
"It also shows the robustness of the programs designed by FGR's university partners."
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This Reading Room contains all of the documents produced to date in Knight Institute v. DHS, a FOIA lawsuit the Knight Institute filed on October 4, 2017, seeking records on how the Trump administration is implementing the president's call for an "extreme vetting program."
Our FOIA lawsuit sought records from the agencies charged with developing the program: the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of State (DOS). We requested documents concerning the program and the government's asserted power to exclude individuals on the basis of their speech, beliefs, or associations.
In response, the agencies released over 300 documents, many heavily redacted, and hardly any referencing the extreme vetting program itself.
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Memorandum listing individuals subject to the lifting of visa restrictions on individuals associated with the 2009 coup in Honduras.
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Here are ten ways in which you can be a stay-at-home mom and still foster a working advantage.
Everyone knows that being a stay-at-home mom is a 24/7 job. While caring for your kiddos can be all consuming, you should still try to keep a connection to your previous life as a working gal.
Update your LinkedIn profile. Just because you're currently employed as Mom (household CEO), you shouldn't abandon your professional LinkedIn profile. First, pour through your profile and complete any missing areas. Once your profile has been updated, reach out to former colleagues and add them as connections -- you might even ask for a recommendation as well.
Go back to school. One or two nights a week, dust off your textbooks and get schooled. It's crucial to know the latest updates in your industry, even if you're taking a mommy sabbatical. Being in school will refocus your thinking in a new way, adding energy, knowledge, and inspiration to your life.
Stay connected to former colleagues. Sure, you miss your former work place pals, but being a SAHM is no reason to cut those office ties. Send a quick IM on Google chat or text your former cube mates to see what they're up to. Staying in the know socially is just as important as staying abreast of all the latest cutting edge technology in your industry.
Offer to teach. You were a hit at Career Day when you showed the kids how to make a pinhole camera from a milk carton. So offer to teach some classes to various grades at your child's school. Talking about your career -- and teaching it to young minds -- will reinforce your passion and be a great detail to add to your resume.
Join a professional association. When you were in high school, you loved hanging out with the students in the drama department. You'd sit and gab for hours about soaps and celebs. Similarly, joining a professional association allows you to be with like-minded people who are passionate about the exact same things as you are. It's an excellent opportunity to meet new people, network, and get out of the house -- without having to bring a stroller and diaper bag.
Talk with other SAHMs. Nothing beats advice from those who have walked a mile in your shoes. So the next time your kids are playing in the park, talk to some of the moms nearby to get a sense of how they stay connected to their former lives as career women. You might discover a really great idea that you can customize to fit into your lifestyle.
Challenge yourself. Before you decided to stay home to raise your family, you worked as one of the best bakers in the city. Now, you whip up dessert by opening a box and adding water. Don't let your skills sink to the bottom of the brownie bowl, though. Instead, set small weekly (or monthly) goals for yourself to keep your mind sharp and your creativity challenged. Not only is it a great way to express your originality, but it will also help keep you moving forward, both personally and professionally.
Stay social. Today, everyone has a social media footprint. If your only foray into social media is occasional updates of your kid's t-ball wins, take advantage of this time to build up your media presence. You can create a Facebook page or form a Twitter feed to fill with some of your previous work accomplishments, as well as some of your most recent endeavors. If you choose to head back into the world of job interviewing, you have a ready-made online portfolio that you can use to highlight your work -- and show off your social media skills.
Find a flex job. There's no better way to stay competitive than to actually be out there in the market. Try finding a part-time telecommuting position that will allow you to work when you want to, but still be a stay-at-home mom to your family. That way, you'll have the best of both worlds.


Yuma, Arizona.- Music and culture is thriving in Yuma. The Alement in Yuma, Arizona hosted their first musical performance January 11th, 2019 with East Los Angeles Ska staples, Matamoska, the Imperial Valley's own, EPIC XVIII, and for the first time in the United States Los Motosiacos, Rockabilly from San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MX. The Multiple Arms Productions' event brought together an eclectic mix of greasers, skankers, and music lovers from all walks of life.
Audience members could not ask for more Friday night. Los Motosiaco's started the evening with a traditional rockabilly set which included a Roy Orbison and Johnny cover for the classic rock 'n' roll lovers. For their for the first time ever in the United States, this Mexican Rockabilly band understands what it takes to get the crowd moving and jiving to the music. With only a year under their belts as a band, this band is still fresh to the scene.
Unlike, the opening act, EPIC XVIII (EPIC 18) is no stranger to Yuma and The Alement, having played at the venue a little less than a year ago with the Koffin Kats and at other various locations in the area. This up-and-coming ska group's offers their own blend of ska, incorporating Jazz, Funk and Rock into their two-tone sound.
They progressively increased the intensity of their set finishing with an original song, "Outlaw" that got the crowd dancing and skanking about. Playing an all original set on Friday night, EPIC XVIII said they are currently in the process of re-recording their first full-length album set to be released in mid-April and slated for another full-length album expected to be completed following their first albums re-release.
This collection of Imperial Valley educators and business owners is also the house band for the Late Late Later Show with Garry Bushell coming later this year.
Headliners and East Los Angeles Ska staple, Matamoska, made sure that everyone at The Alement understood why they have been movers and shakes in the ska scene, both domestically and afar, for over the last 18 years.
In an interview with frontman and rhythm guitarist, Jose Padilla, he spoke about the music scene in Yuma and what is to come in 2019 for Matamoska. "In Yuma, it feels like you connect with people better," stated Padilla. Matamoska must connect well with Yuma because of the 75 people in attendance for the touring act, their skanking pit took up a large portion of the front half of the venue.
Fans of Matamoska will be happy to know that in 2019, the band is already preparing to release a brand new full-length album and will be touring around the country including a set at Ska by Skawest and upcoming shows with Mustard Plug and La Banda Skalavera.
Although The Alement may not be the largest venue in town, they have hosted some of the most well-known and up-and-coming acts in the Ska, Rockabilly, Reggae and Latin Rock genres. With the help of owner and operator of Multiple Arms Productions, Jose "El Kooks" Ruiz, the 2019 event calendar will continue building from the success of 2018. Together last year, the production company and venue organized over 40 live events inviting artist such as the Koffiin Kats (Detroit Psychobilly), Be Like Max (Las Vegas Ska), and international artists like The Bar Stool Preachers (UK Punk) to play for the small Arizona bordertown; they are also paving the way for local entertainment by supporting musicians from Yuma, Mexicali, Sonora, and the Imperial Valley.
For more information about upcoming events at The Alement or from Multiple Arms productions follow them on their social media.


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THE PARKE PLACE MAGAZINES
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
PUBLISHER RICHARD HARNEY
THE PUBLISHERS WERE RICHARD AND MARY JO HARNEY OF THE SENTINAL AND TORCH NEWSPAPERS.
Dick and Mary Jo Harney and daughters, Megan and Jessica, moved to Rockville in October of 1970 having purchased their first newspaper, The Rockville Tribune from George and Dorothy Schwin. Shortly after, in February of 1971, they purchased The Rockville Republican from Billy Hargrave who had owned the paper for years with his father, A.A. Hargrave. Dick Harney died in November of 1999, and the Sentinel paper is currently being published by Mary Jo Harney.
THE FIRST FIVE MAGAZINES WERE PUBLISHED IN 1981. THE 1981 EDITIONS WERE REFERRED TO AS VOLUME ONE ISSUES AND NUMBERED AS NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE. THE TWELVE ISSUES OF 1982 ARE LABELED VOLUME TWO ISSUES AND NUMBERED ONE THRU TWELVE TO MATCH THE MONTH OF ISSUE. THE TWELVE ISSUES OF 1983 ARE LABELED VOLUME THREE ISSUES AND NUMBERED ONE THRU TWELVE TO MATCH THE MONTH OF ISSUE. AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 85 PARKE PLACE MAGAZINES PUBLISHED, EACH WITH A CARTOON ON OR INSIDE THE BACK COVER BY ARTIST HERMAN DAVIS.
THE PARKE PLACE MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEBUTED IN AUGUST 1981 AND SOLD FOR 75 CENTS. THE PRICE INCREASED TO $1.00 IN 1982 AND TO $1.50 IN AUGUST OF 1985. THE LAST TWO ISSUES WERE DOUBLE MONTH ISSUES PUBLISHED JULY/AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1988 AND SOLD FOR $2.50. THE MAGAZINE PROVIDED PICTURES, INFORMATION, BIOGRAPHIES, HISTORY , LOCAL POETRY AND INTERESTING STORIES COVERING A MULTITUDE OF SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO, AND ABOUT, AND CONTRIBUTED FROM PARKE COUNTY RESIDENTS.
A SPECIAL "THANKS" TO MARY JO FOR ALLOWING US TO RE-PUBLISH THESE COVER PAGES AND A WEALTH OF PARKE COUNTY HISTORY ON OUR WEBSITE, AND FOR ALLOWING US TO DEDICATE THIS SECTION TO HER HUSBAND, RICHARD HARNEY.
AND A SPECIAL "THANKS" TO ROX ALUM JIM (CLASS OF 1943) AND WINIFRED WARREN FOR SHARING THEIR COPIES OF THE PARKE PLACE MAGAZINES.
AS TIME ALLOWS, WE WILL BE ADDING INFORMATION REGARDING THE MAGAZINES AND INFORMATION BENEATH EACH ISSUE DESCRIBING THE PICTURE ON EACH COVER.
THE FIRST EDITION
The first edition focused mostly around the history of the Parke County Fairs, both at the old fairground north of 36, then the fairs moved to the court house square in 1921 and the fairs at the new fairgrounds out on 41 starting in the 1950s.
The Rockville High School Womens Basketball team approx. 1906. Front row, third from the left is Mary Francis Ferguson (Collings), grandaughter of Solon Ferguson (Ferguson Lumber Co. founder). Mary was the daughter of Will E. Ferguson of Ferguson Lumber Co. Mary later married Brooks Collings Class of 1909.
Rockville Fire Truck
Sheriff William Mull, back row with a star on his chest. He was murdered by shotgun on duty on the north side of the square along with Deputy William Sween in 1896 by Pete Egbert. The picture below was cropped from the picture above.
Retirement Party of publisher A. Hargraves.
The Bridgeton Covered Bridge during a flood looking north. The dam is under water where the water flows over it.
The Peoples Band of Marshall, Ind.
Drawing of the Rockville Presbyterian Church on the southwest corner of the square.
PARKE COUNTY MINERS. This month's cover photograph was taken at old Greens' Creek mine southwest of Grange Corner (1910-1915). Kneeling Francis Crowder, George "Chock" Crowder, Andy Perone, Mr. Duscin and Fred Leatherman. Standing, Mort Thompson, John Swindler, Alford Blacketer, George Crowder, Tom Jack Nolan, Jim Moore, Jack Crowder, Ned Crowder. Photo courtesy of Everett Crowder, Lafayette, son of Ned Crowder and grandson of George Crowder. The picture is mute testimony to the hard work miners did for such a low pay. Their clothes were in rags and some shown here didn't even wear shoes.
Five generations of ladies in the life of Artist Barbara Flock Malone. Pictured is Barbara setting left, her daughter in the arms of Barbara's great great grandmother, Barbara's mother and grandmother standing,
Mr. Tenbrook
The Bridgeton Covered Bridge, the damn and the Mill looking south.
WWI Statue on the inside southwest corner of the Rockville Court House lawn.
Actors dressed up for a performance
Coxville's Tex Terry with famous TV cowboy star Roy Rogers. Tex Terry played "the bad guy" on TV and in many movies opposite Roy Rogers and Gene Autry in the 1950's. After retirement from Hollywood, Tex owned a restaurant in Coxville. He was often seen around Rockville in the early 60's driving his bronze colored Cadillac adorned with rifles mounted on the front and rear fenders, horse shoes as door handles, longhorn steer horns mounted on the top, and saddle type engraved leather seats. Later he had a convertable decked out with the same. Tex is buried in Coxville.
NASA test pilot Tom McMurtry, Rockville Class of 1953. Tom was inducted into the Rockville High School Hall of Fame in January 2011.
Rockville home of former Indiana Governor Joseph Wright. The home is now on display at Billie Creek Village.
Drawing of the first "brick" Parke county court house. Built in 1832, this 60 X 60 ft. brick court house stood until the present limestone court house took its place in 1882. The first court house was of logs and served from 1825 till 1832. The log court house stood for many years after 1832 until it burned.
Drawing of the First National Bank at Market and Ohio (U.S. 36). This location was setting of "Rays Tavern".
Before Rockville existed, this area of wilderness was known as "Ray's Tavern". Andrew Ray built a double log house/tavern in 1823 where the National Bank now stands on the northeast corner of what is now Market and Ohio streets. It was in Ray's Tavern on Feb. 20, 1824 that the official decision was reached for this area to become the county seat and a more suitable name was needed for the new town.
The log house/tavern stood 44 years until 1867 when a 3 story National Bank Building took its place. The tavern was moved one block north to York Street. The 3 story bank building burnt and was replaced in 1906 with the present 2 story bank and office building.


A CONTROVERSIAL free school has been rapped for its financial and governance arrangements.
Durham Free School, which only opened in September last year, was hit with a Financial Notice to Improve after an Education Funding Agency (EFA) review found "significant weaknesses".
The school, based in Gilesgate, Durham City, has been temporarily stripped of some powers and given a list of issues it must address, including recruiting more parent governors and establishing an audit committee.
If the school fails to satisfy the order, it could have its funding agreement terminated.
A spokeswoman for the school said it was preparing a plan to address the issues identified and this would be submitted to the EFA by Friday, December 19, as required.
"In addition, we are already taking action to resolve the specific matters raised and putting improved arrangements in place to ensure complete compliance with the EFA requirements.
"We welcome the EFA's advice and our own auditors have confirmed that the Trust's finances are in good order.
"We are confident that all outstanding matters can be resolved quickly," the spokeswoman said.
Durham City MP Roberta Blackman-Woods has called for its closure.
It currently has aBOUT 90 pupils, across years seven and eight, but is still awaiting a permanent site.


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Brenda's appearances for Bawds include THE CRUCIBLE (Ann Putnam),THE WINTER'S TALE (Cleomones), THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III (Queen Charlotte), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Abbess Francesca), LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Mme. de Rosemonde), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Guest at Fred's party), Brenda also played Mrs Dilber and one of the Narrators, THE WINSLOW BOY (Grace Winslow) JANE EYRE (Lady Ingram), NORTH OF BOSTON (ASM / Prologue), THE MOONSTONE (Mrs Bruff, Lady Verinder and A Chemist) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Miss Prism), NEVER THE SINNER (Dr Bowman) and THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (Member of Court / Voice), PYGMALION (Mrs Higgins), and DAVID COPPERFIELD (Mrs Heep). Brenda was also part of the Costume team for THREE MEN IN A BOAT and the Props Team for UNDER MILK WOOD; other acting appearances include THE BORROWERS (Great Aunt Sophie), NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (Crummles Actor, Narrator & others), BLITHE SPIRIT (Mrs Bradman), WYRD SISTERS (Mrs Vitoller), CALENDAR GIRLS (Jessie), THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP (Miss Monflathers) and CRANFORD AT CHRISTMAS (pictured above as Miss Matty Jenkyns).
Brenda made her directorial debut for the company in February 2000 with 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, other directing credits include THE SECRET GARDEN, THE DEEP BLUE SEA, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, THE CHERRY ORCHARD and THE LAST YANKEE.
Brenda has also assisted backstage with a number of shows, including TREASURE ISLAND (Properties), CELEBRATION & MONOLOGUE (ASM Properties), REBECCA (Wardrobe), INCIDENT AT BOULONVILLIERS (Prompter), ONE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER (Costume Supervisor) and AN AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY LARK (Costume Supervisor).
Productions for other companies include AMADEUS, THE LAST YANKEE (Karen), LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD (Various characters), GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Miss Havisham), BROKEN GLASS (Margaret Hyman), RACING DEMON (as Prompter), ON THE BREAST OF A WOMAN (Consuelo Lorente) a play by James Walker based on the novel AURA by Carlos Fuentes, FROM GHOSTS TO GURUS (Prince / Agnes / 30s Figure / Dancer/ Village Lady), THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (Frau Fahrenkopf) , PYGMALION (reprising her role as Mrs Higgins) and ROMANCE IS DEAD (Celia).
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