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According to Stephen Walt, a Professor at Harvard University, the main cause of the French Revolution was the French fiscal collapse, which was due France's financial and military support to the war of the American Independence against the British (1775-1783). See "Revolution and War", chapter "The French Revolution".
The American colonies believed that it was unconstitutional to pay taxes to Britain, and in 1778 the Americans signed an alliance with the French King Luis XVI, according to which France would offer financial and military aid to the American rebels, in order to hurt her great enemy i.e. England, and to take revenge for her defeat in 1764 (Seven Years War).
The British were finally tired by the American War of Independence, and the British Parliament voted for abandoning military operations in America in 1782.
The French support to the American Revolution economically exhausted France, and the French King had to increase taxes, something that exhausted the French people and led to the French Revolution of 1789.
Napoleon the Great, an army officer, was one of the heroes of the French Revolution, and he became the new dictator of France. Napoleon the Great was for the 18th Century what Hitler was for the 19th Century. Like Hitler, Napoleon almost conquered all Europe.
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On June 24th 1812 Napoleon started his campaign to Russia. On June 22nd 1941 Hitler started his campaign to Russia. Both dictators were hoping to conquer Russia before the Russian winter, and that's why the started their campaigns on June, but both were defeated by the Russians.
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In both cases the Russians initially allied with the dictators against the British, but in the end they changed sides and allied with the British against the dictators.
In the first case, Tsar Alexander signed with Napoleon the Treaties of Tilsit in 1807. However Napoleon did not allow the Russians to import goods from England, and England was the great industrial and economic power of the time. The Russians were at some point tired from Napoleon's restrictions and they broke the alliance with France by starting again to import goods from England, and Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812.
In the second case the Russian Communists allied themselves with the Nazis and Hitler in 1939 ("Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact"). But the oil that the Communists were shipping to the Nazis was not enough for Hitler's army. Therefore Hitler broke the alliance with the Communists in 1941, and invaded Russia, in order to get hold of the oil of Azerbaijan, which at the time was a communist colony.
"Treaty of Alliance (1778)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alliance_(1778)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War
"American Revolutionary War"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
"Treaties of Tilsit"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties_of_Tilsit
"Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact
Author Iakovos AlhadeffPosted on April 28, 2016 April 28, 2016
11 thoughts on "The Causes of the French Revolution (1789)"
Wop says:
Don't exaggerate, Napoleon is not comparable with Hitler!
Both of them were dictators, but while the former wanted to reform the world, somehow like Julius Caesar in the Roman era, the latter just wanted to destroy it. And in fact the reason why Hitler decided to invade Russia was not mainly for getting the Russian natural resources, but rather for "ideological coherence", since the Russian Communism was the antithetical enemy of the German Nazism.
Iakovos Alhadeff says:
You are wrong. For the period 1939-1941 the communists proved to be a very reliable ally for the Nazis. The whole invasion was aiming at the oil of Baku. The Nazis were fighting all over the world. They could not count on the generosity of the communists
In 1939-1941 the communists basically hoped that the war between UK/France and Germany could weaken both parties and so strengthen their own position, since they envisaged a new Great War stuck in the trenches of the Franco-German border….So they supported Hitler's purpose of having no trouble on the Eastern front, unlike what Germany had to deal with during the Great War, which was alleged by the Germans the main reason for their defeat in that war.
Invading Russia was just the biggest strategical error of Hitler, who, frustrated by the unsuccessful war against the Britons, hoped to get a new and psychological important victory against that melting pot of Nazism ideological enemies represented by Russia: Slavic + Communism + Jewish. Seizing Baku's oilfields was a secondary target that came up only later, when Germany's war effort started to become heavy, in fact in the start the German invasion of Russia was headed towards Moscow and only in 1942 it was diverted towards the Caucasus mountains….
Most of it was about Baku silly. Wake up
ronster12012 says:
What you say makes sense regarding the Soviets hope for a war between Germany and Britain/France, and they could come in later and sweep the field.
Victor Suvarov, a former Soviet intel analyst wrote in Icebreaker ( http://www.jrbooksonline.com/pdf_books/icebreaker.pdf ) that Stalin planned to get Germany and the Allies involved in war. He also states that the Soviet Union was poised to invade westwards when preempted by Germany. This helps explain why the Germans has such initial great success as the Soviet forces were preparing to invade and had limited defensive capabilities. If this is in fact true then the invasion of the Soviet Union was a defensive measure forced on Germany and not some impulsive blunder by Hitler as is often stated.
If the Germans had not invaded the Soviet Union, outnumbered as they were, then eventually the Soviets would have invaded westwards, and they would not have stopped at the Channel.
Dear Alhadeff,
I think your interpretation of the History is too much marxist and materialist. XD
Not everything in History happens because of oil and trade in general!
I think your interpretation of History is too marxist and materialist!
P.S. don't call silly who has ideas different than yours! 😉
I never said that oil determined human history. On the contrary, oil only had a minor impact on human history. Oil only shaped the 20th centrury, and it keeps shaping the 21st century. But if you exclude the 20th and 21st centuries, oil had no impact on human history.
Dear ronster12012,
I find an alleged plan of invasion of Europe by URSS in 1930-40's quite unlikely. The URSS was not that strong industrially at that time (infact even during the WW2 it had to rely on Anglo-American aids sent through Iran) and its army was still recovering from Stalin's purges.
Hi Wop
Thanks for that response. Have a look at his book at the link I posted…it's only 300 pages…lol, (but is hard to put down).
He basically lays out his thesis that:
1/ The Soviet Union under Stalin was expansionist, with global ambitions.
2/ As you alluded to above…"In 1939-1941 the communists basically hoped that the war between UK/France and Germany could weaken both parties and so strengthen their own position, since they envisaged a new Great War stuck in the trenches of the Franco-German border…." though I don't know why they would expect it to have been a rerun of WW1. They could hardly have missed the development in technology and tactics(ie. dive bombing demonstrated in the Spanish civil war).
As you say, strengthen their own position… what could be more strengthening of one's own position that to successfully invade another? In this case the prize was the whole of Europe(then the world), as Stalin has stated many times. If one can envisage a war between others to strengthen one's own position then why not fully capitalize on it and take the lot while they have exhausted themselves fighting each other. Why give them time to recuperate and be a threat to oneself??
3/ Stalin had described Hitler and the Nazis as their 'Icebreaker', one who gets the ball rolling.
4/ When the communist uprisings in Germany (and elsewhere) of the early 20's failed, another way was sought.Stalin needed the chaos of war to move. This was why the Soviet Union supported the Nazis during the 1930's with military training, then banned under the Treaty of Versaille. Nurturing the "Icebreaker'…
5/ Stalin needed a common border with Germany. The joint invasion of Poland accomplished this…yet only Germany was blamed. Stalin postponed his involvement for two weeks and avoided blame…though the decision to go to war with Germany had already been taken by Britain and France(and most likely the US) long before.
6/ Stalin had ordered the removal of thousands of square kilometers of defenses in preparation of an attack westwards…which was why the Germans did so well initially despite being outnumbered and out gunned.
7/ Stalin was much more cunning and perfidious than Hitler.
And many other interesting points…..
I do place a certain amount of credibility on what he says as I find it hard to believe that any country would remove defenses against an ideological foe unless they were planning to attack them, as the USSR did. There is no other explanation other than preparations for attack.
You suggest that Hitler became frustrated with the war against Britain and so turned east. I would suggest that Hitler never wanted a war against Britain in the first place, hence the ' Phony War' period. Also letting 300k enemy soldiers escape at Dunkirk is not consistent with a country intent on attacking an enemy. Nor is the many peace offers that Germany made to Britain including the peace offer delivered in person by the second in command, Rudolf Hess.
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146 Athletes Advance to the 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Dec. 22, 2020) - U.S. Figure Skating today released the athletes who will compete at the 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships set for The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas from January 12-21.
Athletes qualified for the U.S. Championships by receiving byes, or qualifying through the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series presented by Toyota. Announced in August as an alternative to U.S. Figure Skating's traditional qualifying season, the 2021 U.S. Championship Series presented by Toyota was scheduled to begin the week of Nov. 9 in Norwood, Mass.; Blaine, Minn.; and Spokane, Wash. Due to COVID-19, the competition transitioned to a virtual format. Byes were awarded to senior athletes who placed in the top-five in the same event at the 2020 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships per the U.S. Figure Skating Rulebook, or finished in the top-four in U.S. Figure Skating's International Selection Pool (ISP) Points Challenge.
A fill list of qualified athletes can be found here.
The 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series presented by Toyota can be seen on Peacock Premium. Senior competition can be viewed starting Tuesday evening, and junior competition will be available the week of Dec. 28. Results can be found here.
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I was looking over the lists and don't see Ilia Malinin anywhere. Is he injured or didn't he qualify for some reason?
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macy said:
why is it so difficult to just congratulate these skaters who worked so hard and did the best they could
It's a joke. Very few people support the skaters more than I do. When I say half of them should be cut from the lineup until they can measure up to Russian levels of skating, in what world do you think I am being serious? Apparently most people around here are incapable of detecting humor though, since a mod already decided to delete the post and your reply. I guess I'll have to put a *humor* tag on any such posts in the future, and ruin the joke by explicitly stating it's meant to be facetious and not literal.
el henry
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So great to see these lists and that USFS is doing what they can to qualify skaters and get them to Nats. From this old cranky fan, bravo!
and Jordan Moeller qualified fourth? And Dinh Tran third? I need to see these skates
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ladyjane
Weathergal said:
Same question here...I expected him to be here after his success at SA.
Gia_Sesshoumaru
Ilia Malinin did not compete in the Championship Series, and I have no idea why, but he was not among the competitors.
SylviaUnseen said on Twitter that as Ilia did not have a bye, he must have withdrawn or not submitted a video. But we don't know why:
https://twitter.com/SylviaUnseen/status/1341476484234555394
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Not that I'm an old jaded New Yorker or anything, but with these being taped, what's to stop someone from doing the program multiple times until it's good?
happycamper2554
alexocfp said:
They have to have a proctored session with an official. You get one shot
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Eric Sjoberg qualifying first has got to be one of the biggest surprises of this event. I think his FS score of 159.03 puts him in 5th this season for US men behind Nathan, Vincent, Jason, and Tomoki. This after finishing 14th at the 2019 JGP Russia.
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moonvine
My Gracie! So proud. I'm up here at the vets crying. But no Andrew Austin?
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HB Spud
Skates were officially scheduled and Official USFS proctor was assigned and present to time-stamp the start on camera, observe each skate, and immediately submit coach, skater and proctor affidavits. If it weren't so tightly organized and executed as it were then I'd expect you would have found a lot of clean performances
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Gia_Sesshoumaru said:
el henry said:
Thanks everyone for the info. I hope all is well with him!
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Apparently most people around here are incapable of detecting humor though, since a mod already decided to delete the post and your reply.
Damn straight it was removed. Stating that skaters should be put in "internment camps" because they don't measure up to the Russian ladies is not funny. At all. It was offensive, tasteless, and inconsiderate given what Japanese-Americans went through. There was no humor in that at all.
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katymay
Was hoping to see Haley Scott-either in singles or pairs....bummed.
Just saw a tweet from TSL. Apparently Malinin had a foot injury and couldn't participate in the qualifying competition but has since recovered.
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Watch links are now live. The kitties and I are preparing to watch our Gracie. And it looks like Andrew Austin did not submit a video.
Wow...can't they clear the ice for literally 4.5 minutes so these ladies can skate? Caroline Harris, the lady right before Gracie looked like she had an entire LTS class weaving around her.
I have to say that I do understand why this had to be done this way. But I hope USFS doesn't get a wild hair and decide this method is easier/cheaper because I HATE it. No emotion. Music sometimes difficult to hear and random skaters skating all around and through the long program. (I do know the skaters are used to that but as a spectator who plunks down money to watch this stuff on Peacock it was VERY distracting - hey, there's a guy that looks like he might be my age practicing his single jumps and he has a mask on! Way to go! Oh yeah this is supposed to be someone's long program).
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Where are the links?
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1. The Door of the Harvest Is Open – Matthew 9:38
2. Walk In & Release the Kingdom of Peace – Romans 14:17
3. Push the Restart Button – Proverbs 24:16
4. "Come Again, Holy Spirit" Time – Joel 2:28-29
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8. It Is a Speech Activated Kingdom: Speak To Your Mountain With Shouts of Grace! – Mark 11:23; Zechariah 4:6-7
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1. It Is a Time of Fire - A Fresh Baptism of Fire
(Matthew 3:1; Acts 2:2-4; Leviticus 6:9-13)
Recently the voice of the Holy Spirit came to me, stating, "I am releasing renewed weapons of spiritual warfare: Fire, the Catapult, and the Battering Ram." The fire of the Holy Spirit will fall, resulting in conviction of sin and fresh power encounters. Some will be catapulted into the future to bring back treasures into their now. At the same time, the old-time battering ram used to break down the enemy's resistance, resulting in what was closed doors – in this year of the door – will be bashed open.
This past Day of Atonement, Prophet Bob Jones saw an egg being given to him (to read the word on The Elijah List, click here). As the egg broke open, fire was contained in the egg. We have had the wine of the Spirit, and now we will begin to experience the fire of the Lord. Live coals of fire from the altar of the Lord will be released in Jesus' name, purging our lips and commissioning people to take the Gospel of the Kingdom to unreached people groups.
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There will also be a renewed, local-Church prayer movement centered around the words of Jesus, "Could you not tarry one hour?" The three streams of the Global Prayer Movement are: the local Church, Houses of Prayer, and Networks of Prayer. They will learn to cooperate together in a greater measure.
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Recently the presence of the Lord came upon me, and the Lord stated, "The seeds sown by the seers and prophets into a young generation decades ago have now come into fruition. A detailed word of knowledge will be released again, creating an atmosphere of the fear of the Lord, and awe, and wonder."
Watch for and welcome the revelatory gifts of the Spirit of a word of knowledge, word of wisdom, and discerning of spirits.
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Last year, one of the major words I released was, "The Holy Spirit is 'Pushing the Reset Button.'" In a similar manner, my heart beats with the word, "I will restore!"
According to Acts 3:19-21, Jesus will be retained in Heaven until the restoration of all things, spoken by the holy prophets of old. This includes the restoration of the Message, the Messengers, and the Method.
This work of "restoration of all things" includes: The restoration of Israel, the restoration of fire on the altar (the global worship and prayer movement), the full restoration of the supernatural, the restoration of compassion that acts, the synergy of the generations, the Kingdom mandate, and the Church's original commission: the harvest of souls to win for the Lamb the reward of His sufferings.
This is part of what I have been hearing, sensing, seeing, and knowing that the Holy Spirit is doing in this hour. We each only see in part, and even the best only prophesy in part. But when we each bring our piece of the puzzle to the table we will see with greater clarity the vision of things to come.
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Prophetic Conference (Russian)
with James Goll, Paul Keith David, Jason Hooper
Transformation Center Church Int'l
20811 84th Ave South #104, Kent, WA 98032
February 24, 2014 (7:30pm)
with James Goll
Grace Center – Main Sanctuary
2420 Bethlehem Loop Road, Franklin, TN 37069
Contact: 615-599-3838 x35
Women on the Frontlines 2014
with James Goll, Patricia King, Cindy Jacobs, Heidi Baker, Stacey Campbell, Iverna Tompkins, Roberts Liardon, Dr. Clarice Fluitt, Faytene Grasseschi
Church for the Nations
6225 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85012
Worship & Intercession Gathering
with James Goll, Daniel Chua
"The City" Church
14 Arumugam Road, Lion Building C – #07-01, Singapore 409959
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CONYERS, Ga — In 1957, Rockdale County officials opened the doors to the new Pine Street Elementary school and 60 years later, it is now the oldest public school in the county. Recently, county officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new state-of-the-art facility that will soon replace the old elementary school with space for 900 students. The new two-story, 170,000 square foot facility will be unlike any other in the state of Georgia. The school has been designed with flexibility in mind as learning can happen everywhere. Classes can be held in any of the 51 classrooms, the corridors, the rotunda, the media center, the cafeteria, courtyard, and outside. Writable walls, tackable wall surfaces, a colorful exterior with brick stones, LED lighting, as well as integration of the latest technology-based education tools, have also been incorporated into this $22 million project.
Lewis Contracting Services started site development work at the site of the elementary school in May 2017 and the school is slated to open for the 2018-19 academic year. Lewis Contracting Services will clear the site of existing trees, shrubs and vegetation ensuring positive drainage to be maintained on site to prevent ponding. They will provide complete erosion control, grading, underground utilities, sanitary and storm sewers and systems, and water systems.
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Tension seems to mount unbearably sometimes and now with the stress of winter weather, sub zero temperatures…what to do?
We are hard wired to react to danger with our adrenals pumping out fight or flee hormones. Unfortunately, we don't fight or run, so our bodies are searching for ways to express this extra energy. Keeping constant contact with our electronics adds to the tension, as the brain never has a moment to rest.
Breathe. Yes, really, try taking a deep breath when the computer doesn't work, the news pounds at you, or any other stress trigger. The key here is to intend to be AWARE of when you have stopped breathing and are tensing up.
Exercise. Dance, swim, ride, run, jump on a trampoline… Do something, and do a little each day. Try the 15 minute workout. Just get into the gym or down to your trend mill.
Eat: Food affects your moods. REDUCE starches – breads, pastas, potatoes, chocolate, pastries, candies, alcohol. Their relief is temporary at best and then after the crash, you are back at it, powerless. Stop the "cycle of crave, consume, and crash." INCREASE spinach, lettuce greens, kale, broccoli, squash, cabbage, bok choy and protein. Whatever protein you like; eggs, chicken, beef, fish, beans… Protein will help break the carbohydrate cycle.


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Ames Bros.
July 19/20, 2013
First set:
Nothingman
Second set:
Do the Evolution
Setting Forth
Mind Your Manners
State of Love and Trust
Even Flow
Unthought Known
Rearviewmirror
Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns
Wasted Reprise
Rockin' in the Free World
Pearl Jam redefines the faithful at Wrigley Field
By NICK TAVARES
STATIC and FEEDBACK Editor
I spent a week panicking.
When the announcement of a Pearl Jam show at Chicago's Wrigley Field came this past January, I had a few moments of wishing I could make it. After a few key conversations, that became the realization that I had the ability to make the trip and experience what had the potential to be a tremendous night.
The appeal was enormous. With three years gone since my last Pearl Jam concert, I was itching to see the band live again. As a lifelong baseball fan, an opportunity to see Wrigley Field couldn't be missed, much less for an event with this kind of historic pull. And I had a few close friends who have moved to the city independently of each other, many of whom I'd met thanks to traveling around watching and writing about Pearl Jam.
The city itself was a draw. The planning for the trip evolved from a long weekend into a nine-day trek that included visiting a lot of friends, eating lots of incredible food and taking down more than a few sturdy drinks in the company of said friends and food. As far as eating goes, Chicago is likely my favorite city in which to eat, with incredible restaurants dotting the streets up and down the grid. There were plenty of bizarre meats and interesting veggies and weird seafood concoctions I hadn't had before, and like any great dining experience, tackling it all with a bunch of cool people made the evening what it was.
The drawing for fan club tickets began on Jan. 23, and a week later, my name was pulled and my credit card duly charged. I had two seats in my name for Wrigley's upper deck on July 19. The Chicago trip was a go.
Understanding the financial potential inherent in these shows and declaring that I'm not naive to the fact that these gigs bring in an incredible amount of money, it's still possible to appreciate the marriage of these historic venues and musicians who have crossed into the "living legend" threshold. Bruce Springsteen's stand at Fenway Park last year was an incredible musical display made all the better by Fenway's open, cozy confines. Friends of mine have seen Springsteen and Paul McCartney in Wrigley Field's unique layout in the past couple of years, and the reports have been the same. There aren't many classic stadiums still standing in America, but Boston and Chicago lay claim to two of the more iconic venues.
In the past, I've referred to the overwhelming sense of significance surrounding everything related to this band as the mayhem. The first visible sign of that came on Wednesday afternoon, when the pop-up merchandise stand opened up outside Wrigley Field along Addison Street. With most of the t-shirts and hats and only two of the four limited-edition posters on sale, there was still a line stretching down the street and back to the corner when I arrived around 4 p.m., and it took just over an hour to reach the front.
Thankfully, Pearl Jam fans tend to be friendly folks, and I met a nice couple from Calgary who had also made the trip for the show. For the next hour, we talked music and hockey and swapped stories on some of the other places we'd been and shows we've seen. It was a nice reminder that, beyond the bizarre competitiveness that some of the faithful tend to display online — one-upping each other with show counts and how many times they've heard "Hard to Imagine" live and other such nonsense — rarely bubbles up in person. In the moment, the garbage goes away and we're all just sweaty dudes and dudettes and conceivably adults standing in 90 degree heat waiting for t-shirts.
That level of dedication and resolve would be called into duty in ways none of us would have expected later. That roiling heat and humidity built to a cacophony of thunder and lightning that decided to glide over Chicago's North Side a little past 9 p.m., throwing a wrench in Pearl Jam's set and leaving most fans sweating and annoyed for more than two hours.
The scene just after 2 a.m., during "Rockin' in the Free World."
The setting that Wrigley Field provided was almost overwhelming, especially to a first-time visitor. The blue-tinted statues of Ernie Banks and Ron Santo and Billy Williams greets baseball (and, occasionally, rock) fans through the gates. Even with a stage planted in center field and the base paths covered up by blue tarp, the aesthetic of a venue that's been host to so much baseball history came through. The centerfield scoreboard was visible to the fans sitting in the lower sections through the backdrop-free stage, and the clock peeked above its awning. And there's the ivy, of course, running along the outfield walls.
That Pearl Jam was going to be playing this place was a lot to take in. Walking up the ramp and along the concourse, I involuntarily stopped myself mid-sentence to mutter out loud.
"Goddamn it, this is Wrigley Field."
And shortly after that, the show was off, and immediately, there were surprises in the setlist. With the sun beginning its descent behind the third-base stands, the band began the slow roll into "Present Tense," the third in a string of songs meant to methodically lure in the audience in what became an opening set, of sorts. But the minimal structure of "Present Tense" that builds into this momentous release of sound and energy became a harbinger of sorts for the night. The band kept the mid-tempo material running until they were hurried off the stage and Wrigley security officials ordered the field audience into the concourses before the thunder and rain hit.
And that's how it was for the next two and a half hours. A mass of people huddled together, hurried and confused and waiting.
There isn't much else to be said about the rain delay other than to say it was miserable. The band did the right thing, and with their history safety is and always will be paramount, but the actual mechanics of the delay weren't ideal. There were reports from folks I spoke to about confusion and lack of direction on the field as fans were ordered into the tunnels and under the outfield bleachers. Up in the stands, all we could do was sit there, sweat and, hopefully, talk and try to pass the time.
Updates didn't come from the stage from most of that time, and with phones dying left and right, it was hard to get any information the band might've been putting out through social channels. The Wrigley concession folks had run out of bottled water, and it took an unnecessarily long conversation to convince them that, because it's 10 p.m. and it's still 95 degrees out here somehow, yes, I would like to buy a cup and I want them to fill it with ice and water. Earlier in the week, it had been hot in the city in that way that sweltering summer days are hot. In Wrigley's upper deck, it felt more like some kind of bizarre science experiment to pack 45,000 bodies in one space and see how they react to temperatures near 100 with a humidity index somewhere south of the rainforest. It was uncomfortable, to say the least.
Around 11 p.m., we started to really get antsy and less optimistic that this would really happen. A rescheduling wasn't in the cards — Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean had the place booked for Saturday — and with me leaving the city on Sunday morning, even if there was another show, I wasn't going to see it. When I started to finally run out of Pearl Jam and baseball and history trivia, I started to feel like this night might be doomed.
Then, finally, signs of life. Roadies suddenly flooded the stage and started taking the tarps off the instruments and amps. The giant PA towers were raised back into their position at the top of the rig. The fans who had been crammed into tunnels were unleashed back into the pit. And while the last few fans were working down the rows, Eddie Vedder came out to pay tribute to the Cubs, Wrigley Field and some lofty legends.
The band has always been acutely aware of history, whether it's the reputation of a city or venue or the story of the songs themselves. On this night, Vedder's love of the Cubs and the respect shown Wrigley Field was obvious, and homage was paid as the fans were being scuttled back to their rain-drenched seats on the field. Vedder, changing into Jose Cardenal's no. 1 Cubs jersey, sang "All the Way," his ballad to the field and the team and the notion that someday, for Cubs fans, that big payday is coming and it will have made all the waiting worthwhile.
Meanwhile, the band proper had work to do after a two-and-a-half hour delay nearly squashed the night. The setlist was thrown out, I imagine, and the songs came pumping out furiously. "All Night" was an obvious choice to restart the festivities, and "Do the Evolution" really worked to get the crowd back into it.
Amidst all that, the bizarre setlist variations continued. Vedder's solo "Setting Forth" gave way to a furious, extended "Corduroy." "Faithfull" served as an affirmation of the fans' dedication for sticking through the rain and confusion during the long break. And, amazingly, scanning the crowd it was hard to tell who, if anyone, bailed and left during the pause. Even when the house lights came on for the closing "Rockin' in the Free World," the stands and field looked as packed as they had for the opener. We were all here for the same reason, and it didn't take much to get that party vibe back.
Those that stuck around were treated with some truly rare bits from the Pearl Jam archive. Mike McCready's soloing during "Eruption" gave Vedder a moment to inconspicuously grab his accordion for "Bugs," just the third-ever live rendition of that song. Their cover of Pink Floyd's "Mother" popped up in the encore. "Hold On" made one of its infrequent appearances in the opening set, and three songs from the upcoming Lightning Bolt — "Mind Your Manners," the title track and "Future Days," which featured Brendan O'Brien on keyboards — were included in a setlist that was absent the radio-heavy hits like "Alive," "Better Man" and "Daughter" that might be expected at a stadium show.
And in the process, they acknowledged some of their own history. Following "Mother," an emotional Vedder spoke of the amazing sense of freedom he felt the first time he walk into the park as a child, how it felt to be accepted into Seattle's music scene and by the band members themselves, and how grateful he was for the opportunity. And from there, the band trickled into "Chloe Dancer," the piano-driven introduction to Mother Love Bone's "Crown of Thorns," a poignant reminder of the tragic circumstances that inadvertently led to the formation of the band.
All this goes to say, this wasn't a typical stadium show, and the band's response to the lengthy delay showed a willingness to reward the hardcore fans who stuck with it (and again, most did) and the ability to take a set of some of their stranger material and burn through, leaving the sensation that nothing had happened. Truly, in the middle of "All Night," it felt as though they had been playing all night long.
Around 2:15 a.m. the process began of winding through Wrigley Field's ramps to the gate and finally Clark Street to find our way home began. I met up with the rest of our group outside a Taco Bell, and we started walking in the general direction of home while trying to find a cab, pointlessly at first and eventually successfully when we reached the intersection of Ashland and Irving Park. But that walk, with the streets dotted with exhausted, elated fans and more than a couple of folks screaming for reasons only explained by the fact that it was now 2:45 in the morning, was another glimpse of this city at work. It's gigantic, its blocks and neighborhoods seem to go on forever, and even when things are closed, it's still working and moving and making statements. It was one more chance to appreciate the scope of an impressively huge city. And it left plenty of time to process everything that went down.
There's a lot to think about when it comes to this show and this week in total. There was plenty of waiting — waiting for the days to mark down, waiting at the bar outside the park, waiting for the band to start, waiting for the lightning to stop, waiting for a cab, waiting, waiting, waiting. But most of that built up to the first moment the band walked on stage in one of the bigger shows they've done in this country, in this 99-year-old stadium and in a city where they have so much history.
The band took their spot, and the opening strains of "Release" filled the air while the sun still shined down on a sweat-drenched crowd, and in that second, all that waiting felt like it had been nothing. I stood there and hoped that no one noticed that I might've been getting mildly emotional and that the water in my eyes was not, as it had been all week, perspiration. It was a cathartic moment, seeing the band and hearing that song.
Waiting dominated most of the time, with all actions and decisions meant to properly fill up the time until some sort of objective had been reached. And with the first notes of that song, everything that had gone into planning that trip, hopping on planes, eating at restaurants, taking in great works of art and just hanging with friends came into focus; the realization that this is what started all that was momentarily overwhelming.
The final night was spent at a friend's house, and for most of the evening there were six of us, first outside for a cookout and later inside, braving more heat and humidity to spin some records, drink wine and scotch, tell stories and jokes, hang out, laugh, make promises and, at the base of it all, enjoy the company we had.
The heat, the lack of information, the long hours and the miles trekking around the city were all small prices to pay for the time spent with people I care about deeply. It was reinforced several times over before and after the concert, but sitting in that upper deck and hearing the refrain of that song was a blunt reminder that I had this opportunity because I happened to take to this band in high school, that I followed it through as I got older, that I made contact with members of the community and found some amazing people that I now get to call friends.
None of this happens quite the way it has if I hadn't picked up that first cassette. The band would have played this show or not played regardless of my presence in the stands, but without the band, I wouldn't have made the friends I've made and been in quite the position I am today. It goes beyond mere fandom. It has had a tangibly positive effect on my life. On a personal level, even before they stepped on the stage at Wrigley Field, this show was a celebration. I just didn't immediately realize what I was celebrating.
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INXS were an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. They began playing covers in Western Australian pubs and clubs, occasionally playing some of their original music. Mainstays were main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarists Tim Farriss and Kirk Pengilly, bassist Garry Gary Beers and main lyricist and vocalist Michael Hutchence. For twenty years, Hutchence, whose "sultry good looks" and magnetic stage presence made him the focal point of the band, fronted INXS. Initially known for their new wave/pop style, the band later developed a harder pub rock style that included funk and dance elements.
In 1980, INXS first charted in their native Australia with their debut self-titled album, but later garnered moderate success in other countries with Shabooh Shoobah and a single, "The One Thing". Though The Swing brought more success from around the world, its single "Original Sin" was even greater commercially, becoming their first number-one single. They would later achieve international success with a series of hit recordings in the 1980s and the 1990s, including the albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X, and the singles "What You Need", "Need You Tonight", "Devil Inside", "New Sensation", and "Suicide Blonde".
This conversation was recorded in 1984 with guitarist Tim Farriss and lead singer Michael Hutchence during the bands visit to London to promote their album, The Swing.


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developed further from being a father of 4, where the skill of balancing many different opinions simultaneously is key. Born in Stockholm he now resides in Southern Sweden, Malmö/Lund, close to Copenhagen Airport.


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an interview with Rogga Johansson
Does anyone have more bands than Rogga Johansson? Metal Archives lists an astounding 23 projects - and that doesn't even include the new one he announces at the end of this interview. Since there's a new Ribspreader album coming out through Horror Pain Gore Death, as well as an album under his own name coming out through Transcending Obscurity, I decided to hit the most prolific man in death metal up to find out more. Rogga was kind enough to answer my questions in record time.
Dreams of Consciousness: Please introduce yourself to those who may not know you - who are you, where are you from, and what kind of music do you make?
Rogga Johansson, from Sweden; do way too much death metal the generic way, according to a lot of people. Luckily enough, for me, there's also a lot of people that like the crap I do, and in all honesty, I do it because it's fun and to please myself.
DoC: You have a really distinctive growl. How did you develop it? Do you use any particular techniques to achieve such a low timbre?
Thanx man, that's a good compliment indeed. Well, I did as I guess most us us did in the Nineties: I went to a rehearsal space with some friends and made some noise, the first times it was indeed a sore throat and blood taste, but after a few times you get the hang of it, I guess if you're meant to do those sorta vocals. I mean I can't sing for shit, but growls come easy.
My good friend, and legend, Dan Swanö is the other way around: He can both sing and growl like a master, but each time he growls he blows out his voice and can't do anything for weeks; so that's why he just does clean vocals these days.
Entrance to the Otherwhere (Death Metal) by ROGGA JOHANSSON (Sweden)
DoC: You have an album released under your own name coming out in July. Tell me about Entrance to the Otherwhere - where was it recorded? How does it compare to your other work? How did the Indian label Transcending Obscurity get involved with the release?
I have a couple more done under my own name actually, from before. One double album collection and also my first solo album called Garpedans, which came out on Chaos Records a few years back. This album is a follow up conceptually to that album, you could say.
As how it compares to my other work, I would say maybe there's much more melody involved; not that it's not death metal still, or that it is softer, but that it has more melodic parts and layers of notes here and there. We signed Paganizer to Transcending Obscurity, and Kunal at the label really jumped at the opportunity to then also sign a few other of my projects, including my solo album that was already made for over a year or so by then. I have two more solo albums already recorded, mixed and mastered...just laying around, haha.
Crawl And Slither by RIBSPREADER
DoC: In addition, Horror Pain Gore Death is putting out a new Ribspreader collection called Crawl and Slither, which compiles 2 previous EPs. How did this release come about?
Well one of the EPs was meant to be out on VIC Records, but it got delayed so much, and then we had this other one that we didn't even had planned to release laying around, [so] I talked to Mike and he was very interested in doing them both as one album length release, and I couldn't do more than agree, really. It's a solid effort, and it's material that otherwise might just have been laying around.
From the mouth of madness by Johansson & Speckmann
DoC: You've collaborated with Paul Speckmann of Master on a number of albums. How did the two of you decide to collaborate? Are there plans for future Johansson & Speckmann albums?
Well, we met many many years ago, but the idea to collaborate didn't come until I recorded the first Megascavenger album where I wanted to have different guest vocalists on each song, so I asked him and he agreed; and after that I think he thought it was really cool, so either him or me said, "Let's do some more stuff together."
Yes I think in the future we will at least do one more Johansson & Speckmann album - at least we have talked about it, but said that we might wait at least a year or so.
DoC: What is your songwriting process like? With so many different projects, how do you differentiate your style when creating music?
Songwriting process is just sit my ass down and pick up the guitar, and then mostly I write a song from start to finish. Either I have an idea for a riff or the first riff just comes and then the rest. And mostly, but not always, I sorta know what type of riff I'm gonna do, and what project it would fit into. But sometimes I can just make almost an entire album of material, and then just think, "Hmmm, what would this really be," haha.
DoC: You've worked with a number of notable death metal figures (including Dave Ingram from Benediction, Kam Lee from Massacre, and the aforementioned Paul Speckmann). Is there anyone you'd like to collaborate with that you haven't had a chance to work with yet?
Don't forget Dan Swanö, haha, that man is a legend. Well yeah sure, it'd be fun to collaborate with many different people, also not in the death metal scene.
But if I should mention one it would be awesome to write an album for Chris Barnes. The first three Six Feet under album are classics to me, and on the following output they also do loads of great stuff. But I'd like to write something like Warpath again for him: True neanderthal death metal that fits his vocals so fucken well.
DoC: Old school Swedish Death Metal is more popular than it's ever been - you can find bands in that style everywhere now, from Venezuela to Malaysia. How do you feel about this? Has the widespread popularity/ proliferation of the style affected the scene in Sweden?
I live between Stockholm and Gothenburg, so even if I listened to the music I was never part of one of those scenes, so my faves also differ I guess from what the usual crowd goes for. For instance I love Edge of Sanity, Hypocrisy and Furbowl, while I don't care so much for Entombed or for that matter anything really from the Gothenburg sound.
But to answer your question, which i apparently didn't do there, I don't feel anything about this really, I mean it's cool that more people like it and that more people incorporate that style in their music, but I don't think it is something that I've really thought about much. And as for affecting the scene, I'm so out of the scene its not funny haha, so I don't know man.
DoC: You've had a long career in metal, going back more than three decades. What were your goals when you started, and have you achieved those goals yet? If so, what keeps you writing/releasing albums?
It's been a long time yeah haha, and I guess I've achieved the goals I had back then as a teenager, which was doing demos, then albums and then going out playing gigs both in Sweden and other countries. I've done all that, and really grown quite tired of it too, haha.
The thing that keeps me going is that I just have a need to write music, I don't spend much time working on it: It just comes out, and it feels like a need, really. I'd do it even if it didn't get released; I still have bunches of old demo stuff and riff tapes from the Nineties in a closet that will never be used or come out, but it felt good doing them. I like to drink beer and I like to make really shitty music, haha. I guess thats what sums me up, besides hanging out with the kids, the dog and maybe the wife too, haha.
Ah shit man, I don't know, haha. I think I have accumulated like 7 releases that will be out this and next year on Transcending Obscurity, so be sure to check out their Bandcamp or homepage.
Besides that, I have just released the Ribspreader comp cd, and an instrumental cd where I do my worst to not sound like Mortiis did back when I liked his stuff. I also have two finished solo albums just hanging around, and me and Håkan of Wombbath just today finished an album I'd call an homage to stuff like Impetigo - that will be out this autumn on HGPD too; it's called Ghoulhouse and I think you're the very first to know about this actually. Prepare for caveman grind, haha.
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Crawl and Slither through HPGD Bandcamp
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Desert Research Institute and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego | 2008
This website (Calclim) develops and maintains a data set of long-term meteorological and hydrological measurements in CA for climate change studies. Calclim is sponsored by the California Energy Commission and is a joint effort between …show more the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Western Regional Climate Center.
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Climate Change Scenarios for the San Francisco Region
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego | 2012
Climate model simulations were used to investigate possible changes in regional climate over California. To accomplish this, the model simulations were downscaled from the coarse global climate model resolution (usually 150 kilometers [km] …show more or greater horizontal grid spacing) to about 12 km horizontal grid spacing over the California region, using statistical techniques. The global model output was used in a statistical modeling scheme to produce sea-level projections for selected California coastal sites. Six global climate models and two greenhouse emissions scenarios, the medium-high emissions Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) A2 and the lower emissions SRES B1 were considered. By the end of the twenty-first century, the envelope of warming in the models projections, as an annual average, ranges from about 2°C to 6°C (about 3.5 °F to 11°F). On average, mean annual temperature of the A2 scenarios is about 1.5°C (about 3°F) greater than that of the B1 scenario. There is greater warming in summer than in winter. All simulations indicate that hot daytime and nighttime temperatures (heat waves) increase in frequency, magnitude, and duration from the historical period and during the projected period through the first half of the twenty-first century. Projected precipitation is marked by considerable variability between years and decades. In the southern half of California, the models show a decline in annual precipitation. Sea level, at hourly intervals for the historical through the projected twenty-first century, is estimated for selected tide gage sites along the California coast, with rises in the sample of simulations considered here ranging from 27 to 48 centimeters (cm) (11 to 19 in) over historical levels by 2050, and ranging from 77 cm to 140 cm (30 to 55 in) over historical levels by 2100. The rise of mean sea level would provoke an increase in extreme events, as gaged by exceedances above a relatively high or rare historical threshold. Such events become much more frequent and have longer durations than has been seen historically. This is a state-funded research study sponsored by the California Energy Commission.
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Climate Scenarios for California - FINAL REPORT
Climate change simulations show warmer temperatures over California, with little change in overall precipitation, but more rain and less snow. This is a state-funded research study sponsored by the California Energy Commission.
Creating and mapping an urban heat island index for California
Altostratus | 2015
In order to further evaluate the factors that can influence thermal environmental stresses, a characterization of how urban areas affect local microclimates, air temperature in particular, is necessary. To assist the CalEPA in evaluating …show more the thermal impacts of urban areas in California, this study characterizes the urban heat island (UHI) and quantifies an urban heat island index (UHII) for each census tract in a number of urban areas. For this purpose, detailed multi-scale meteorological modeling was carried out and a UHII definition was developed. The analysis indicates that the UHI can be exacerbated during warmer weather and that, in turn, can exacerbate the health impacts of heat events in urban areas. Along with other available environmental data, such as from CalEnviroScreen or other region-specific assessments, the UHII can provide information to help identify and prioritize areas for mitigation. This study does not propose mitigation measures or suggest certain control strategies, nor does it assess their potential effectiveness or positive and negative impacts; it only is a characterization of the UHI and UHII in various urban areas in California under existing conditions. This is a state-funded research study sponsored by Cal EPA.
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Current and Future Impacts of Extreme Events in California
Stanford University | 2009
This study synthesized existing research to characterize current understanding of the direct impacts of extreme events across sectors, as well as the interactions between sectors as they are affected by extreme events. It_x000B_also produced …show more new projections of changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme events in_x000B_the future across climate models, emissions scenarios, and downscaling methods for producing_x000B_regional climate information, for each California county. This research evaluated historical and_x000B_projected changes for a suite of temperature and precipitation-based climate indicators and_x000B_conducted a return level analysis to investigate projected changes in extreme temperatures. A_x000B_final analysis discusses the future likelihood of events similar in magnitude to specific historical_x000B_events, such as the July 2006 heat wave._x000B_This is a state-funded research study sponsored by the California Energy Commission and CAT.
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Recent Advances in Regional Climate System Modeling and Climate change Analyses of Extreme Heat
This study uses new modeling and climate simulations to study climate change analysis using the IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenarios. Results indicate that California cities will see increases in the number of heat wave and temperature …show more threshold days from two to six times. This is a state-funded research study sponsored by the California Energy Commission.
Winter Orographic-Precipitation Ratios in the Sierra Nevada - Large Scale Atmospheric Circulations and Hydrologic Consequences
This study looks at the extent to which winter precipitation is orographically enhanced within the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, and how it varies from storm to storm and season to season, from occasions when precipitation rates …show more at low and high altitudes are almost the same, to instances when precipitation rates at middle elevations can be as much as 30 times more than at the base of the range. This is a state-funded research study sponsored by the California Energy Commission.
A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada
EcoAdapt | 2014
This 2014 vulnerability assessment for the Sierra Nevada region is an initial science-based effort to identify how and why focal resources (ecosystems, species populations, and ecosystem services) across the region are likely to be affected by future climate conditions.
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A Spatial Synoptic Classification Approach to Projected Heat Vulnerability in California Under Future Climate Change Scenarios
Kent State | 2011
Excessive heat significantly impacts the health of Californians during irregular but intense heat events. Through the 21st century, a significant increase in impact is likely, as the state experiences a changing climate as well as an aging …show more population. To assess this impact, future heat-related mortality estimates were derived for nine metropolitan areas in the state for the remainder of the century. First, oppressive weather events were predicted for future years by first correlating past surface weather types with circulation patterns, and then predicting them in the future using projections of future atmospheric circulation at three levels. Second, we estimated heat-related mortality by initially determining historical weather-type mortality relationships for each metropolitan area. These were then projected into the future based on predicted weather types. Estimates account for several levels of uncertainty: for each metropolitan area, mortality values are produced for five different climate model-scenarios, three different population estimates (along with a no-growth model), and two different levels of acclimatization (along with no acclimatization). Results show a significant increase in heat events over the 21st century, with oppressive weather types potentially more than doubling in frequency, and with heat events of two weeks or longer becoming up to ten times more common at coastal locations. Major urban centers could have a greater than tenfold increase in heat-related mortality in the over 65 age group by the 2090s.


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Q: Pronunciation of "inquiry" with first syllable stress? I am an American and I always pronounce "inquiry" with second syllable stress.  After hearing more and more Americans say it with first syllable stres, along with British people saying it the way I do, I though I was pronouncing it the British way.  But when I consulted wiktionary and all the American dictionaries, I realized that they prefer the second syllable stress, or "British way".  Does anyone know why people pronounce it with first syllable stress and why it is so widespread among educated Americans when no American dictionary prefers it?

A: The educated Americans I know all say "inquiry" stressing the second syllable.  I think many in the media believe stressing the first syllable is more "sophisticated" for some reason -- but it's
not.  Then some of the "educated public" repeat what they hear from the media, thinking the media must know better -- but they don't.  Interestingly, both Nancy Pelosi and Lester Holt stress the second syllable.  Personally, I cringe everytime someone stresses the first syllable.  How about dispensing with "inquiry" completely and substituting "probe"?

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Finance at Simon Business School deals with problems of corporate financial policy, individual consumption-investment choices, and capital market equilibrium in an uncertain environment. The principles of price theory, mathematics, and statistics provide the basis for analyzing these problems. The methodological approach taken at Simon Business School places strong emphasis on formal modeling of problems and empirical testing of alternative theories.
The first year is designed to give students solid training in microeconomics and econometrics and to introduce them to the basic issues in finance. The Finance Seminars introduce students to the current research topics. Students will be required to take courses offered by Simon Business School as well as an Economics Sequence offered through the University of Rochester's Economics Department. Students are also required to prepare a first year research paper that they will present in the fall of the second year.
The second year is designed to deepen students' knowledge of finance. Students are expected to take PhD-level courses in Finance. In addition, participation in Finance and Applied Economics seminars is required. This training prepares the student for the Qualifying Exam. The Qualifying Exam, given at the end of the second year, tests students' abilities to integrate class material and reading requirements by requiring the students to present an original research paper.
In the third year, students move from course work to active research. Continued participation in all Finance and Applied Economics Seminars is required throughout the program.
Students become PhD candidates by receiving a recommendation from the Finance area coordinator by the end of their fourth year.


Research & Accountability produces a variety of comprehensive reports throughout the 2015-2016 school year on class sizes, assessment results, graduates, program evaluations and many other topics. Presentations at 2015-2016 School Board Meetings are also provided.
This presentation provided a summary of district level results on the Alaska Measures of Progress (AMP) taken by Fairbanks North Star Borough School District students during the 2014-2015 school year. Due to the use of a recommended alternate approach to reporting performance by race/ethnicity, an overview of the research on race and ethnicity was discussed. The "two or more races" group has doubled in size over nine years as other racial groups' sizes decrease dramatically (due to students being reported per federal requirements as two or more races and none of the races they've identified).
This presentation provided district level results on the Alaska Measures of Progress (AMP) and the TerraNova (TN) taken by Fairbanks North Star Borough School District students during the 2014-2015 school year. Performance by attendance and race/ethnicity, gender, economic disadvantage, disability, and english proficiency is provided. A short summary of schools' performance on the Alaska School Performance Index (ASPI) from 13-14 is also referenced.
This presentation provided a detailed review of the Early Warning System (EWS) developed by Dr. Ott. At the beginning of each year, every student districtwide is identified as Low, Medium, or High risk of dropout (color-coded as green, yellow, and red). The information used to determine risk includes attendance rate, Grade Point Average (GPA), assessment scores, suspensions, high school credits (if applicable), and retention within the previous two years. Almost 2/3 of dropouts are High Risk students despite being only 11% of all students. They are 27 times more likely to dropout than a Low risk student and only about 10% graduate. Through statistical analysis (propensity score matching) dropout rates have been shown to be cut in half with the provision of interventions for High risk students. The EWS is argued to level the playing field and is a game changer for reducing district-wide dropout rates (when first implemented with the Graduation Success Program, district-wide dropout rate was the lowest it had been in 20 years). A summary of a survey of staff concerning the EWS was reviewed as well. Also, a longitudinal trend of graduation and dropout rates was provided.


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Cynthia Johnston (born 11 October 1968) is a Canadian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She attended Bishop's University in Quebec where she was named four time Bishop's University Female Athlete of the Year as well as two time conference most valuable player. Following her graduating in 1991, she played semi-professional as well as professional basketball in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and Spain for nine years.

Awards and honors
Top 100 U Sports women's basketball Players of the Century (1920-2020).
 Bishop's Gaiters Wall of Distinction: Inducted in 2016
Greater Saint John Sports Hall of Fame (2021 inductee)

References

External links

1968 births
Living people
Canadian women's basketball players
Olympic basketball players of Canada
Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Calgary

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If you cross by using the belief that any kayak trolling motor is like any other one and they may be all of the identical, then you ought to likely examine this newsletter. That's because no longer every trolling motor for kayak boats are identical. In fact, there can be big variations among the different sorts and fashions that can be found in your neighborhood wearing items keep or on the Internet.
There are a few matters that you'll need to take note of while shopping for a troller. There's the kind of motor to do not forget, amount of thrust you want, whether or not it's hand or foot controlled and numerous different things which I'll talk about near the end of this newsletter in the segment dedicated to extra standard statistics. There is top guide trolling motor for a kayak. So click here to get more resource about the top trolling motor in the kayak fishing.
Why Do You Want A Trolling Motor?
Ever visible a kayak that actions on its own without having to paddle? Well, this is when you install a trolling motor.
A trolling motor is a self-contained unit with a propeller, a controller and electric powered motor. It's commonly present in small and large boats, however, can be established on a kayak too.
It's essentially used for game fish in kayaks because it provides auxiliary power for correct maneuvering which enables anglers to forged their bait without difficulty.
And, what if the weather modifications and you need to move lower back to the shore fast? Paddling won't assist and also you may not have enough energy to do it extremely good rapid.
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Culinary Innovators: 5 Austin-Based Food Startups
In April 2015, Nerdwallet proclaimed Austin one of the most innovative of all culinary scenes in the continental United States. Chefs in the Texas capital share a sense of curiosity and exploration when it comes to food, but there was one aspect pushing Austin's innovative streak: food startups.
"Startups find new ways to change how we view and consume food."
As the MIT Technology Review explained, these startups are interested in finding new ways to change how we view and consume food, from creating substitutes to reducing environmental impact and many other projects.
If you're a professional chef and a follower of the Austin culinary arts scene, it's important to understand these groups that are responsible for changing food and cooking as we know it.
1. Briggo Coffee
Founded in 2011, Briggo as a company has rather grand aspirations: to automate the coffee-buying process. Having already raised several million dollars in venture capital, Briggo has rolled out several one-stop coffee kiosks, where people can use smartphones to purchase rich, gourmet coffee with fully customizable options and have it available for pickup at their convenience. While this takes away interactions with baristas, the folks behind Briggo want to put the power back in the hands of people, to offer the best coffee on their terms.
Briggo is changing the way people get their coffee.
2. Crickers
If the name of this Austin-based startup made you think "cricket," that's because its founders absolutely meant to. Crickers sells a line of sustainable snack foods. including chips and chocolate bites, made entirely from cricket flour. The crickets are sourced from a local farm, where they're raised on a diet of organic, non-GMO grain, and each bug is killed humanely via stasis freezing. So, why use crickets when there's regular flour? Well, it takes much less water and feed to raise crickets, plus these insects are chock full of protein (70 grams in one cup), iron, calcium and vitamins B12 and B6.
3. Culinary Cowgirls
The work of two long-time Austin chefs, Culinary Cowgirls provides for a very specific cooking niche: slow cooker sauces. These sauces are made of all-natural, locally sourced ingredients, and come in a number of varieties. There is Roadhouse Ribs, which combines subtle spices and citrus, the extra tangy Texas Brisket and the subtly spicy Smoky Chipotle. Plus, there is a line of barbecue sauces and salad dressings, each with vegetables mixed right in. Culinary Cowgirls' products may seem deceptively simple, but what they offer are tasty sauces made with the best ingredients, geared toward the increasingly popular slow cooking market.
"Companies like Rio Bites donate revenue to charities."
4. Rio Bites
Austin's some 4,326 miles away from Brazil, but residents of Bat City can still enjoy one of the country's true delicacies thanks to Rio Bites. The company, which was founded in 2002, sells brigadeiros, bite-sized fudge treats named after famed Brazilian politician and military leader Eduardo Gomes. Rio Bites' brigadeiros come in a number of varieties, including pecan, almond, confetti, Oreo and traditional. Plus, Rio Bites pledges to donate five percent of all sales to aid charities like the Texas River School and Southwest Key Program.
5. Texas Sake
Sake is a traditional Japanese rice wine. You wouldn't exactly expect it to be made in the heart of the Lone Start State, but the brains behind Texas Sake are bringing this classic Japanese beverage to a whole new audience. And while Texas Sake uses ancient brewing techniques to create its batches, the company has geared its sake toward pairings of both the Eastern and Western variety. The batches rotate often, and one popular brew is a mixture of the extra sweet Nigori and the flavorful Junmai. Guests are free to stop by the Texas Sake offices for the occasional sake party and to chat with master brewer Toji.


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Q: Finding a matrix relative to nonstandard basis
For the linear transformation $T : \Bbb R^2 \to \Bbb R^2$, given by $$T(x, y) = (x + 2y, x − y)$$ find the matrix $A$ for $T$ with respect to the basis $B = \{ (1, 1), (1, −1) \}$ of $\Bbb R^2$.

Don't I need another basis?
In my book, the problems are like this:

More importantly, on a high level, what is going on here?

A: When your transformation goes from a space to itself (for instance: the transformation in your question goes from $\Bbb R^2$ to $\Bbb R^2$), then we can talk about transformations with respect to one basis.  In particular, the problem you've led with is asking you to use the basis $B = \{(1,1),(1,-1)\}$ as a "starting basis" and as an "ending basis".
If $B = \{v_1,v_2\}$, then we describe the matrix $A$ of the transformation with respect to $B$ (sometimes denoted $[T]_B$ or $[T]_B^B$) as
$$
A = \begin{bmatrix}[T(v_1)]_B & [T(v_2)]_B\end{bmatrix}
$$
In your example, we have $v_1 = (1,1)$ and $v_2 = (1,-1)$, so that
$$
T(v_1) = T(1,1) = (3,0) = \frac 32 \cdot (1,1) + \frac 32 \cdot (1,-1)
$$
That is, we see that $T(v_1) = \frac 32 v_1 + \frac 32 v_2$.  So, the coordinate vector $[T(v_1)]_B$ is given by
$$
[T(v_1)]_B = \begin{bmatrix}\frac 32\\ \frac 32\end{bmatrix}
$$
and this column will be the first column of our matrix $A$.


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Self-contained hand washing stations help Navajo and Hopi families who lack running water
by Mark Duggan | Aug 14, 2020
Frequent washing of hands helps prevent the spread of COVID-19. But that can be difficult for many Navajo and Hopi families that don't have running plumbing. (Photo by Redfeather Development Group) Listen to the Interview...
COVID-19 case counts in Colorado and the Four Corners: by the numbers
by Mark Duggan | Aug 7, 2020
What's the data behind coronavirus case counts in Colorado and the region? Here's the latest numbers, as of August 1, 2020 and compared with our last measurement July 7. County numbers indicate total positive COVID cases. I'm reporting on local and...
Fundraiser update for Kayenta Arizona's Navajo elders
by Mark Duggan | Jun 3, 2020
A GoFundMe campaign was recently launched to get food and other supplies to Navajo elders who may be quarantined or sheltering at home. The successful campaign has already paid for groceries and other supplies. Since being set up on May 5, the fundraiser has netted...
Indian Health Service Director visits Navajo Nation to measure COVID response
by Mark Duggan | May 29, 2020
On the Navajo Nation, the COVID-19 curve is flattening. Efforts to trace the spread of the disease are working. But challenges remain, and federal native health officials are responding with more funding. Rear Admiral Michael Weahkee, the Director of Indian Health...
Keeping people fed during a crisis
Hunger is hard enough. It's even more challenging to face during a global pandemic. As unemployment has skyrocketed, so has people's reliance on food programs. From daily meals services to community food pantries, volunteers say they've seen a sharp increase in people...