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Supporter Survey, Spring 2013
Send a Cow is a local charity that was set up over 25 years ago to help African communities to build new lives free from poverty and hunger. By providing training, livestock, seeds and support, the charity aims to restore hope and create stronger communities for the future. They achieve this through the "Pass it on" principle, where families working with Send a Cow pass on young livestock, seeds or training to others, with the result that communities develop skills and continue to thrive in a sustainable manner.
The charity has a religious foundation, with donor recruitment largely taking place in churches, but it does not make this overt in its communications.
The charity sector has been experiencing a decline in donation value due, in part, to external socio-economic factors. Against the backdrop of a biting recession Send a Cow had to continue to achieve fundraising targets with lower budgets. In order to develop the fundraising strategic direction and plans, Send a Cow needed to understand their donors' motivations for supporting the charity.
To do this we needed to test four hypotheses:
That Supporters are aligned to the central proposition that SAC helps those in need to help themselves
That Supporters feel close to the cause because they have experience of Africa, either through working there, holidaying, etc.
That Supporters support the practical nature of the work and can see how their donations have made a difference and how they are spent.
That Supporters support the notion of "pass on".
Very little reliable personal information existed on the Supporter database, so the survey represented an ideal opportunity to update and add key personal data onto the database. Send a Cow also wanted to understand whether its faith base was important to its Supporters.
The survey was to be printed on both sides of A4 folded to C5, thus the number of questions have to be limited in order to make best use of the available space without resorting to a tiny font size which, given the average age of the Supporter base, may have been a deterrent to responding. Thus, the questions needed to be focused on the primary and secondary objectives of the research at all times.
a) The Survey design
We designed a two page, 10 question online and printed survey that was inserted into the Spring edition of the Lifeline magazine.
A balanced mix of dichotomous, Likert scale, ordinal, ranked response and free text questions were used to ensure that interest was maintained, to avoid "happy ticking."
The question battery focused on the three objectives:
To establish the top 3 motivations to support Send a Cow to help develop the public fundraising case for support"
How important is it to Supporters that the charity has a faith base
Confirmation of lifestage/lifestyle and charities they support
b) The analysis
Aszent data captured and analysed the responses, using FastStats to structure the data, create data tables and Word Clouds for easy analysis and interpretation. Three levels of analysis were undertaken:
Level 1 – study statistics, response rates and distributions to each question
Level 2 - cross tabs of respondents to two specific for deeper insights
Level 3 – isolation of respondents who share traits to determine whether:
a connection with Africa is important
a faith based foundation is important
The survey results were enlightening for the charity and were used to craft the design of their next Lifeline magazine, as well as individual campaigns. Highlights are as follows:
11% overall response rate
Online respondents were younger and male dominated
The top three motivations for supporting the charity were established as:
The charity helps people to help themselves
My donation would be used effectively and wisely
I was concerned about poverty
The four hypotheses were proven by the results, although the link to Africa was not as strong as had been thought
The respondents did not consider that the faith base of the charity as motivating or an incentive to supporting its work, indeed it was the work itself that motivated Supporters
The survey results showed that Supporters tend to have a repertoire of charities that they support, mainly medical research and overseas development charities.
" We want to say a huge THANK YOU for all your work on our Supporter Survey…we have learned a lot about our Supporters and have already been able to make better informed decisions based on the results."
Clare Walsh
Fundraising manager, Send a Cow


Any dwindling hope that Florida drug laws (found in Florida Statute 893.13) would be found unconstitutional took a major (fatal) blow with the Adkins ruling. State of Florida v. Adkins (No.SC11-1878) dealt with the constitutionality of the Florida Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. This act provides that knowledge of the illicit nature of a controlled substance is not an element of any offenses under the chapter but that the lack of such knowledge is an affirmative defense.
A court in the 12th circuit ruled it was unconstitutional and began dismissing drug charges such as possession of cocaine or trafficking in oxycodone.
Here in Pinellas County, many St. Petersburg criminal defense lawyers filed what has become known as a Sheldon motion, named after the case. Sheldon, 6:07-cv-00839-MSS-KRS, was a federal case from the middle district court. Sheldon had appealed his earlier drug conviction and argued the changes Florida made to Statute 893.13 in May of 2002 made the statute unconstitutional. By making this change, Florida became the ONLY state in the country to eliminate mens rea, or intent, for drug charges! The court ruled in favor of Mr. Sheldon and these Sheldon motions to dismiss became rather common in the Pinellas and Hillsborough criminal courthouses.
there was a brief time when the courts were not sure how to rule. A few drug cases in Manatee county were dismissed but no Sheldon motions were granted in Pinellas or Hillsborough counties. With this most recent ruling, it appears the Supreme Court in Florida has spoken.
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Q: Compactly supported functions and Sobolev spaces on manifolds It is well-known that if a complete Riemannian manifold has bounded curvature and injectivity radius bounded away from zero, then the space $C^\infty_c(M)$ is dense in the Sobolev spaces $W^{k, p}(M)$ for $k=0, 1, 2$.
My question: Is this an if and only if? That is, if $C^\infty_c(M)$ is dense in these Sobolev spaces, does $M$ necessarily have bounded curvature and injectivity radius bounded away from zero?

A: The general answer to this question is no. Global bound on the Ricci curvature is not necessary for the density of smooth functions with compact supports.
Indeed, when $(M,g)$ is a smooth complete Riemannian manifold with positive injectivity radius and lower bound for the Ricci curvature, then the smooth functions with compact support are density in the Sobolev spaces for $p$ equals 2. This can be found for instance on Emmanuel Hebey's book: Nonlinear Analysis on Manifolds: Sobolev Spaces and Inequalities.

A: I'd say it is always dense.
Certainly, for any point $x\in M$ there is a nbd $U$ such that any $f\in W^{p,k}(M)$ supported in $U$ can be approximated by smooth functions supported in $U$ (e.g. for the same result you are quoting: we could modify $M$ in the complement of $U$ to make it compact, and nobody that lives inside $U$ would realize it).
Smooth partitions of unity do exist in any Riemannian manifold $M$. Therefore, any $f\in W^{p,k}(M)$ can be written as a locally finite sum $f=\sum_n f_n$ with $f_n\in W_c^{p,k}(U_n)$, for some locally finite open cover $\{U_n\}_n$ of $M$, by small nbd's $U_n$ were the density is true. Given $\epsilon>0$,  we can choose $g_n\in C^\infty_c(U_n)$ such that $\|f_n-g_n\|_{p,k}\le 2^{-n}\epsilon$, so that the corresponding $g=\sum_n g_n$ is a smooth function with $\|f-g\|_{p,k}\le\epsilon$.

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"This is not a new thing. The opioid problem has been around for quite some time, but it's now reached epidemic proportions," said Hunter Shkolnik.
In December, Shreveport City Council approved the final passage of a resolution authorizing a retainer agreement with Napoli Shkolnik, PLLC and Kenneth M. Carter, APLC. They will serve as joint outside legal counsel in the opioid lawsuit.


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George Brown Theatre School Survivors
Student Rights Are Human Rights
Please consider submitting a message of support for those students and former students who may still be experiencing the effects of abuse and trauma. Messages of support can be published under your real name, an alias, or anonymously.
Martha Henry, Actor & Director
My support for the students of George Brown who have encountered harassment is unreserved. This kind of abuse was an acceptable norm 60 years ago. We have grown up a bit since then. It sounds as though this unfortunate teacher was – and perhaps still is – trapped within an ethos which was supported in the mid-1900's. It is not, and will not be, supported now. My heart goes out to the young artists who have endured this kind of behaviour. It is courageous of this website and of the people who have shared their stories to provide a safe space that will help to combat any future behaviour of this kind.
Allen Hernandez, Patron & Supporter
My love of stage and theatre began a few summers back, when a beautiful friend introduced me to the magic of the Toronto Fringe Festival. In that one weekend, I experienced: wonder, joy, confusion, sadness, suspense, laughter, awkwardness, inclusion, bravery, courage. To know now that some of those players, as well as many others in this amazing community, have come through or have been witness to darkness where there should have been light and nurturing, and yet manage to bloom forth beauty in their work and lives, speaks to the incredible resilience of the human spirit.
To those who endeavour to follow their passion and place themselves underneath the unforgiving spotlight – please continue to bring joy into our lives. We love you. To those who have voices that are on the cusp of speaking out, please know that you have so many supporters out there. We stand with you. To those who have shared their experiences, messages of support, or who make this safe space possible and work to right this shameful history, we thank you. This story is just beginning.
Rob Norman, Instructor: Second City
It is our responsibility to listen, believe and protect the victims of harassment. Your theatre education should be additive: building upon the already amazing assets you possess when you walk into that room. No student should ever feel belittled, shamed, or attacked. No theatre instructor is qualified "To tear you down, to build you back up again". That is abuse. Great workshops leave you feeling empowered, challenged, and excited for what's next. If something feels wrong, it probably is wrong. Talk to someone.
Christopher McCron, Supporter
I fully support any individual that has endured harassment while attending George Brown. Coming from an improvisational theatre background, I know that supportive and trusting theatre environments are possible; it is sad to hear that this was not the same experience for others. I sincerely hope that those who spoke out years ago find justice, along with those who have spoken out recently. I commend the bravery of those who have already come out of the shadows, and I would encourage others to follow suit. You will be supported.
Olive, Performer & Supporter
My love and support goes out to all the survivors of harassment and abuse at George Brown. Sadly, these are not isolated incidents of instructors who are supposed to be teaching, taking advantage of their power and influence. Art is supposed to be about creating and personal growth. It should never deepen our wounds or worse, create new ones. It should never dim our light. To contribute to the diminishment of someone's joy, to halt their ability to express and release, or to stifle someone's passion because of your own selfishishness is the ultimate transgression. I hope those affected can find a way to heal and begin to rebuild their relationship with their art. You are strong. You are beautiful. You are believed.
Anonymous, Supporter
Hearing about the abuse happening at George Brown Theatre School is shocking, but unfortunately not surprising. As someone who previously worked many years in theatre and comedy, I've personally seen and been a victim of harassment, verbal abuse, and much more. If theatre is about speaking truth to power, then we are failing miserably when it comes to our own community. A real investigation needs to take place at George Brown, and procedures implemented to protect vulnerable students. This is urgent and important and I support Patrick's courage and work in this regard.
Hayley Kellett, Improv Incubator Director: The Making-Box
It's vastly important to create a space where everyone is welcome and accepted. In theatre we ask each other to step outside of our comfort zones, into vulnerable places on stage. As leaders in this community, it is our responsibility to foster trust and respect so we can do our best learning and performing. It is our responsibility to create a space where our community can be honest and know their comments will be heard. When someone steps forward to share a story of disrespect and inappropriate shaming we need to listen to them and do better as a community. I'm fiercely proud of Patrick for bringing these events forward and standing up for what he believes in. As someone who attended theatre school and dropped out due to negative experiences, I'm proud to stand with him. This kind of behaviour needs to stop.
Patricia, Performer & Supporter
My endless support to all of those who in a place of vulnerability have been victims of individuals who took advantage of their position to ruin careers and even lives. Also victims of an institution that chose to naturalize reprehensible ways and actions over basic human rights for their community. Every faculty member should guarantee a safe space for students, especially when training young performers, where the level of personal exposure can be really high. Sadly, for a lot of theatre teachers, humiliation is part of the syllabus. It's a lie that you need that to become a strong actor. You need just the opposite. Support and tolerance build confident performers and kinder human beings.
Thanks to those brave ones who shared their experience to build awareness; it may be a long journey but thanks to you it's already in motion.
Karen Rathwell, 28 Year Teacher and Elementary Administrator
This site has brought to mind many stories, but one long forgotten came to mind from my high school days. A music teacher, respected by many, acted in this very way towards his students. In one such incident, he called my fellow Gr. 10 alto sax player a "cheapy piece of baggage". Although I was sitting beside her, I could not figure out what she had done to deserve such a comment. I never spoke up to defend her and always have regretted my cowardliness at not doing so. My solution was to keep my head down and get out of the music program the next year.
In my many years as an educator, I purposely promoted anti-bullying programs in the schools where I worked and have many personal experiences of the corruption of "power" to fulfill someone's need for ego boosting. No one can learn under this amount of stress. Not the student or faculty member being bullied or the bystanders that do not condone the practice, but don't know what to do and don't want to be the next target! Teaching young students how to stand up for themselves and others was a key area of curriculum in my drama classes.
Rosamund, Playwright & Supporter
Thank you so much for gathering and sharing these stories. They have been very moving and helpful for me to read now, during a very difficult time in my professional life.
Anonymous, Playwright & Supporter
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Rob Lewin, Instructor: The Making-Box
My love and support goes out to victims of abuse in the theatre community and beyond. It is the prerogative of not only the leaders, but of every member of the community to believe survivors and to hold accountable the abusers who have for too long acted as institution gatekeepers. I hope that survivors find justice and peace of mind. I am incredibly grateful to those who made the choice to come forward and share their stories, and I hope the many more who carry their trauma as a silent burden know that they are not alone.
It is necessary and possible for creative spaces to be safe spaces, and it is the responsibility of instructors to curate such spaces. It is time for change, and I am proud to stand with survivors.
Judith Thompson
Artistic Director Rare Theatre
Playwright, Director
Professor of Theatre Studies, University of Guelph
Finally, the revolution is here, because of the brave young women and men who have spoken up about their experience of abuse in the GB theatre program. They spoke truth to power, well aware they were risking not only disbelief and the fury of the accused and their allies, but career opportunities. I experienced the same climate of fear and emotional abuse during my three years at the National Theatre School from 1976-1979, but I never had the courage to tell. There would have been no point, because nobody would have cared. It is deeply gratifying to know that people do care, and that the reign of fear in theatre schools in Canada is over. I bow to those who broke the silence.
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Adam Sandler plays a man who finds out his finance has cheated on him on his wedding day. Since that point he has been sleeping with lots of women by using the power of his wedding ring and claiming that his wife is evil. Until one day he meets a young blonde woman, played by Brooklyn Decker, who he wants to settle down with. However things aren't that easy and he has to use his receptionist, played by Jennifer Aniston, and her kids to help him get the girl of his dreams.
This is a typical Adam Sandler film, lots of messing about and Adam Sandler being Adam Sandler. Brooklyn Decker looks amazing in the film. I can't really say anything else about this film. Its predictable, not that funny and nothing special. Not worth watching apart from when Brooklyn Decker comes out of the sea in her bikini.
Adam Sandler's fiancée at the beginning of the film who is cheating on him is played by Adam Sandler's real-life wife.


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Climate change in theatre
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25 years ago, the conversation around climate change and global warming was beginning to take off in earnest among scientists and policy-makers. Then, in the early 90s, a well-organised campaign driven by the fossil fuel industry began to target the science and scientists behind what had until then been a relatively undisputed scientific phenomenon. Suddenly, the existence and extent of humanity's impact on the earth system became a topic of contention and dispute. A scientific debate became a political debate and the issue has become a divisive issue in popular culture.
While there are no shortage of examples of the environment as a subject in theatre, the current climate crisis has generated its own unique array of theatrical responses. Rather than attempt to survey the entirety of a huge and swiftly-growing field, I want to explore the topic of climate change in performance from the perspective of a theatre-maker, looking at some of the challenges and opportunities created by the form and highlighting some specific lessons from plays which I have a personal experience of.
Why do people choose to create theatre about climate change? From my own perspective, and through numerous conversations within Boho, I can see compelling arguments for and against choosing to address the topic through performance at all.
On the one hand, there are few topics less amenable to theatrical presentation. Theatre thrives on personal tales, narratives of family, domesticity and the like. Climate change is abstract, impersonal, incomprehensibly massive in scale and with hugely diffuse impacts that occur over a timescale of decades. Trying to condense a massive global phenomenon into a show of an hour or less is an intimidating challenge, and it's hard to figure out where you can even find a starting point.
On the other hand, there are few topics more engrossing, vital and important for artists in the 21st century. In one weird way, climate change is the story of our generation – you can tell it badly, tell it well or refuse to tell it, but you can't deny its resonance – people used to feel about nuclear war in similar terms. So for many artists, Boho included, it's sometimes worth the risk of diving in and getting it wrong.
So how do you apply the narrow focus of theatre to the colossal specimen of climate change?
The Landlords – Bringing Some Gum To A Knife Fight
The Melbourne duo of Sam Burns-Warr and Jordan Prosser comprise The Landlords, and their 2011 show Bringing Some Gum To A Knife Fight responded to the challenge of the enormity of the topic by focusing on a very specific and concrete aspect. Their acerbic black comedy took place on the island of Tuvalu, the Pacific nation with the dubious honour of being the lowest country in the world, and consequently the first to be completely submerged in the event of sea-level rise.
Bringing Some Gum takes the form of a presentation by two Australian scientists to the Tuvaluans, informing them of their impending doom and assisting them to come to grips with their own extinction. By taking on the role of enlightened western scientists, Jordan and Sam provided a well-observed and devastating satire of Australia's self-interested attitude towards its own welfare. The most brutal moment in the entire piece came with the awkward reminiscence that Australia had rejected Tuvalu's appeal for sanctuary for its small population, as it was not commensurate with Australia's stance of climate denial.
Bringing Some Gum offered neither solutions, nor hope. Instead, it was a measured and all-too-recognisable satire of Australia's current political strategy of ignoring and minimising the issue at all costs. In this way, the theatre can provide the vital and ongoing task of highlighting and lampooning the failings of its society and times. At this stage of the debate, satires such as Bringing Some Gum are an equally if not more effective means of countering the activities of the carbon lobby than engaging with them in formal debate.
Tom Doig – Selling Ice to the Remains of the Eskimos
Writer/performer Tom Doig's one-man show Selling Ice to the Remains of the Eskimos offered a vastly different take on the subject, both more ambitious and doomed to fail. More of a series of interconnected sketches and stories than a single play, Selling Ice's battery of high-energy theatrical experiments examine the issue of climate change from a range of perspectives. From Tom's apocalyptic entrance in a wetsuit on a bicycle fleeing from a biblical flood, to a wholly politically incorrect depiction of an Inuit humiliating himself for money, to a Cormac Mcarthy-esque Winnie-the-Pooh story, to a fight with a dolphin staged in a one-man tent; all try and all fail to convey the significance of the crisis.
These tricks and wildly varying setpieces are not merely captivating and entertaining to watch – they are a showcase of Tom's extensive exploration into how to express the catastrophe of climate change on the stage. This restless search is made explicit in the show's most moving moment, when Tom stops mid-scene and addresses the audience directly, confessing how afraid and concerned he is about his subject, and how helpless he feels as a performer to convey the full seriousness and impact of the issue.
Selling Ice is admittedly, defiantly imperfect, but for me it is a vital addition to the body of work on the topic of climate change. To any theatre-makers interested in the subject, Selling Ice is a laboratory showcase of what works and what doesn't, as well as being an absurd and entertaining performance on its own terms.
Third Ring Out
Zoe Svendsen and Simon Daw's Third Ring Out is an interactive module looking at the consequences of climate change at the regional level, taking place in a shipping container with a playing audience of twelve. Developed in 2009 with the support of Tipping Point, Third Ring Out has toured extensively throughout Britain over the last two years. Over one hour, the audience are seated around a table and presented with a simulated series of climate-triggered crises. Starting with rising food prices and escalating to heatwaves and tidal surges, the audience are invited to vote on a series of measures responding to these disasters, managing growing problems with finite resources.
Originally growing from research into fallout shelters and training simulations preparing people for nuclear war, Third Ring Out is based on the concept of practice. The audience are presented with the scenario in the guise of a training simulation, and invited to consider what decisions might be necessary or desirable in that situation. In this way, Third Ring Out avoid a lot of the baggage and contention that comes with making predictions or assumptions about the likelihood or consequences of climate change and simply asks, 'If this crisis occurs, what should we do?'
Like the creatives behind these three productions, Boho has been drawn to this topic. Both A Prisoner's Dilemma and Food for the Great Hungers touched on issues relating to climate change, and True Logic of the Future specifically constructed a what-if scenario for Australia in a changed climate. In a future post, we will discuss and explore in more detail why we covered this territory with True Logic, and the lessons we learned from it. For the moment, I want to conclude by suggesting that the struggle of theatre artists to effectively grapple with the issue of climate change may be a measure of society's capacity in general to understand and engage with the topic. Perhaps when we see sophisticated, coherent and nuanced theatre about climate change, it will be a sign that our culture is itself properly engaged with the topic.
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The Combination of Chicken and Cheese is truly a match made in heaven. The Chicken is grilled to perfection along with mouth watering cheese sauce and Mashed Potato.
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Milk, Plain Flour, Butter and Strong Cheddar Cheese.
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When it comes to Lunch and Dinner, we want our meals to be scrumptious and tasty. What about healthy? Well, we tend to ignore that aspect as long as our taste buds are happy. This perception has affected the health of millions and has opened the gates to various health problems and has also led to shorter life expectancy. If you want to increase the number of candles on your birthday cake each year, then it is important that you start eating healthy. Take your first step towards eating healthy with Grilled Chicken served with Cheese Sauce and Mashed Potato.
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Mashed potato contributes to the health quotient greatly as it is high in potassium and Vitamin C and low in Fat. Cheese Sauce adds cheesiness to the meal.


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Appearing in Magistrates Court today [Aug 18], 24-year-old Princeton Burrows plead guilty to unlawfully assaulting another man in October 2014, causing him bodily harm.
The Crown Prosecutor told Magistrate Chin that Burrows had struck the other man and had knocked him to the ground.
Speaking for himself, Mr. Burrows told the Magistrate that he had apologized to the victim who was, in fact, his neighbour.
Burrows's defence counsel told the Magistrate that the victim's injuries were not serious, and involved puffy lips, minor scratches, and abrasions.
The Magistrate sentenced Mr. Burrows to four months in prison, with time served on remand taken into consideration.


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Welcome to Wildkitten Den Preschool and Pre-K classrooms! We look forward to getting to know you and your family. It is our goal to prepare your child to enter kindergarten and be successful! In the preschool and pre-k classrooms we follow the Arizona Early Learning Standards and use Beyond Textbooks to guide our curriculum. Portfolios documenting student progress are updated weekly with work samples, photos, and artwork. These portfolios will follow your child through their time here at the Wildkitten Den. When they move on from our care, we will send the portfolio home with you. Our lesson plans are posted weekly and copies can be made for you upon request. Also, weekly newsletters will be sent home with information about the upcoming week, special events, and other necessary information. We will meet together twice a year for a parent/teacher conference to discuss goals and any questions that you may have about the classroom and your child. We are always available to meet at any other time upon request.
We only have a few requests as far as dress code expectations. Please remember in warmer months that a long lasting sunscreen needs to be applied at home. Closed toe shoes, like tennis shoes, are highly recommended. No flip flops or open toe sandals are allowed. There are a lot of little feet running around, bikes being ridden and toes get hurt easily. If dresses are worn, please make sure that shorts are worn underneath.
Every child will have an assigned cubby, so please check regularly for papers and treasured art work that needs to go home. We understand that accidents happen, so a change of clothes is necessary. For children that are three years old, there is a required quiet or nap time. So if your child wants it, a small blanket from home may be brought. Naps are not necessary in the Pre-K room as we are preparing your child for full day Kindergarten. Although, if a nap is needed….they are welcome to nap with the younger class.
We are big on communication, so please feel free to ask or bring any concerns, questions, or compliments that you may have. We are here in partnership with you to help your child be successful.
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Festive pumpkins add color to harvest or Halloween! Italian stripe gourds in bright fall colors. Sets comes packed in a reusable crate, sized right for 18" doll hands.
Includes 1 large and 1 small pumpkin and 1 green/gold and 1 gold/cream gourd ready for 18" dolls to harvest.
Each 18" doll accessory is sculpted of polyresin and painted in realistic detail.
Large pumpkin measures 2.75" in diameter. Small is 2.25" in diameter. Large gourds measure 3"H. Small gourd measures 2 7/5" H. Scaled for 18" doll play.


Amazon and eBay were recently implicated in hosting ads to ship banned invasive species into the UK.
The sites carried listings for aquatic plants that are popularly used in ponds and aquariums, including floating pennywort, water fern and parrot's feather. All are native to the Americas, and all are invasive species in the UK that have been banned from entering the country.
Persistent High Lake Levels Set Stage for Big Flood - Heavy rains caused widespread flooding in the Madison area. When Lake Monona crested, officials began harvesting the aquatic vegetation in an effort to increase the water flow out of the chain of lakes. Staff used ten mechanical weed harvesters to remove over 270 loads of aquatic plants. That doubled the flow of water leaving the chain of lakes, so more water is leaving the Yahara chain than what's entering, allowing lake levels to stabilize.


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Jonah Bergan's Off-World
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If you haven't read Jonah Bergan's Off-World yet, you should. It's an interesting story that isn't a romance at all, but still very engaging and intriguing. He stops by today for an interview that was so fun to do. There may have been a nerd reference or two. After the interview, read all about this fascinating book and an extended excerpt that will make you want to read more. At the bottom enter for a chance to win a paperback copy of the book.
Amanda C. Stone: Good morning Jonah! Thanks for joining me today. Anyone can buy the rights to name a star. What would you name a star bought for you?
Jonah Bergan: Here. I'd name it "Here." That way when people looked at a star map they would see a little arrow pointing to "Here." Of course, now that I think about it, if I did that then I'd want to buy the rights to a second star and name it "There." That way, people could come to Here and then go to There. Starship navigators might be irritated with me for doing that, but the idea of it makes me smile a little bit. After all, once people went Here and There, they get to come home again and that's always nice.
ACS: I like the way you think. Those names are all kinds of fun. If you could snap your fingers and have an invention to do anything you want, what would you want it to do?
JB: I suppose I could answer in a socially responsible manner and make a "world peace" generator, but then we get into the whole issue of free will and so on, and you really don't want me to get started down that road. There was a Science Fiction story about something like that—it was called "The Lathe of Heaven." A scientist used someone with the psychic power to alter the world through dreams in order to solve social problems. It's been years since I read that story, but as I recall it didn't turn out too well—something about everyone becoming gray-skinned. In the end, I think we have to generate world peace and promote social change the old fashioned way, so no, not a world peace generator.
ACS: While world peace sounds nice in theory, I'm with you in that I don't think it would be as good as it sounds.
JB: Let's see… how about a "replicator?" From Star Trek, I mean, not Stargate SG1.
ACS: Had a total nerd moment there because you know those two references. For all the readers out there that DON'T get the difference or reference, you definitely need to look them up!
JB: A Star Trek replicator would be a handy device. We could solve hunger and homelessness and undermine greed and corruption all in one shot. Meeting everyone's materialistic needs would really give us a boost in terms of social evolution. All that energy has to go somewhere, right?
ACS: If we use the Star Trek replicator to do all those things, we might get closer to at least world happiness if not world peace. You are traveling with The Doctor (or any other time traveling person). Would you visit the past or the future?
JB: The past I think. I imagine, me being a science fiction writer, that would surprise some people, but without the past as reference, the future loses its context. Imagine someone from just one hundred years ago looking at our society now—the technology we have now and the products of technology that we take for granted, how would they integrate that information? I imagine that someone springing up in the future, without the evolution of context to give that future meaning would bring about some significant cognitive dissonance. Even just someone from the forties, for example, seeing a Gay Pride parade or learning about gay marriage or even a black President, I don't think they'd be able to find a way to cope with any of that. They'd adapt eventually, but it would be very difficult for them. Their world view simply wouldn't allow them to integrate that information with ease—they'd have to give up a piece of who they are. Also, I'm really curious about where we came from, so that's something I'd like to see firsthand. That'd show us something about where we're going.
ACS: I have to agree. It's amazing how quickly things change, and how our world view shifts with those changes. Seeing how things were in the past would definitely help to appreciate what we have today. If you could have a cocktail with someone from history, what drink would you have? NO! Just kidding. Who would you have a drink with?
JB: Shakespeare, Vonnegut, these guys were real masters of the craft of storytelling, so instantly my imagination leaps to them and the insights I might gain from them over cocktails. Maybe River Phoenix or Shannon Hoon, the lead singer from a band called "Blind Melon," or any of the millions of wonderfully beautiful and talented people who have killed themselves either intentionally or with drugs. I'd love to show them how life is worth living. I'd like to tell them that their pain is part of their talent and that if they can master it, they can be happy. There's no way out, but there is a way through.
ACS: I am in love with your answer. So many people you could touch in that way. If we both picked just one, the impact would be astounding. Who would you want to have as a stripper at your birthday party?
JB: Pretty boys? That's a sure way to lighten my mood. Oh, but not a stripper though. That'd be fun for everybody at the party but me. Last year some friends decided to throw a surprise party for my fiftieth, it was just a cake and some mandatory singing—I turned beet red. A stripper? They'd have to carry me out on a stretcher, so no, not a stripper. Let's say, poolside. I could sit in the shade, he could tan and we could chat a little—enjoy one another's company. I'd want to do that with Jason Behr, I think. The lead from Roswell—I saw him in a film called "Shooting Livien." He was just magnificent. I mean, you can't help but appreciate someone's beauty, but when they are talented too? How could you not want to spend a little time with them?
ACS: Agreed. When someone is talented that way, their attractiveness factor doubles! Thank you so much for stopping by today. I loved having you.
What really brought Taine to that backwater little world? Taine's a hunter. He's a red-skinned, black-eyed Lowman by nature, and a hunter by trade. Some hunters work in flesh, others in secrets, and some few work to set right what's been set wrong. It's a big galaxy and there's always plenty of work for a hunter like Taine, so you got to wonder, what with all that at his feet, what really brought Taine to that backwater little world?
Off-World is a M/M science fiction action/adventure set in F/M dominated space. The story takes place in an arm of the galaxy where slavery (sexual and otherwise) is legal and commonplace. Strictly speaking, it is not a BDSM novel in that consent is not a matter of concern for the characters, but those with an interest in BDSM should enjoy the story. Due to explicit content, Off-World is not recommended to readers under eighteen years of age.
"You his father?" Taine asked.
"Uncle," the man said, glancing toward his wife. She looked away, a terse expression on her face. He looked back at Taine, bringing his chin up defiantly. "By marriage," he said. "I did right by the boy."
Taine shrugged. It made no difference—these backwater worlds, with their backwater cultures, none of that mattered to him. It was bad enough he had to ride in from the starport on horseback. Bad enough he had to dress the humble part just to avoid offending these rubes. Still, if he'd come blasting into town in his Hover, he'd have found half the doors shut to him, and the other half damned slow to open. Taine was a hunter, a Lowman—a red-skinned and black-eyed alien, and his kind wasn't welcome everywhere, no matter how much they paid for what they bought. No point in making things worse by flaunting wealth in a place of such poverty.
Taine turned his attention back to the human he was here to inspect. He took a quick inventory of the boy. Pretty face, decent frame, all good starts, but the boy was un-groomed, pale and too lean for his age. Malnourished, Taine thought. Most likely in body and mind both. That might be correctable, might not. Sometimes that kind of damage can't be undone no matter how much you pay to fix it. Still, the boy looked appealing enough despite the slight frame—long legs, long arms and a pretty face with a halo of wild blond hair like the rays of some golden sun. He's young, but not under, Taine thought. Taine checked the boy's teeth, running his finger under the boy's lips and along the gums. He tugged a tooth or two—still solid.
"How old?" Taine asked.
"Nineteen now," the boy's uncle said. "Twenty soon. Been here more'n half that time."
"Lazy?"
"Hard worker," the man snapped. "Wouldn't have lasted otherwise."
"So why are you selling?"
"Hard times," the uncle said, "and harder coming." This brought a scowl from the missus, but she didn't say a word. She'd had enough of the gambling, and the drinking, and she'd said so often enough that the words seemed to have lost all meaning. If her husband had saved his earnings, instead of squandering them, none of this would have been necessary. When he said, "It's him or me," she didn't argue. After all, it wasn't an ultimatum, it was simply true. She consoled herself by thinking about the money. It would help them get off-world before the aftermath of the war came upon them like some kind of tidal wave, and swept both of them away from her. Choose one or lose both, bane or burden. It had been an easy choice, at least until now.
Taine slipped his middle finger deep into the boy's mouth. The boy closed his eyes, and his face blushed red, but he yielded, relaxing his jaw and taking the finger as though it were a cock. Taine moved his finger in and out, fucking the boy's face, watching him blush and tear up. Taine had good reason for doing it, but he earned a sharp look from the missus anyhow. She nudged her husband and glared at him. He scowled, and turned back toward Taine.
"You buying or not?" he snapped.
"Maybe," Taine said. "Hard to tell with him all covered up."
The uncle grunted and stepped forward. He tugged at the waist of the home weave the boy wore. The coarse trousers loosened and then slid down the boy's long legs. A gentle tug and the shirt came loose in front. The uncle slipped it over the boy's shoulders and let it fall the floor.
"There," he said. "No need to make a show of it. Buy, or get out."
Taine felt the boy's tongue start moving against his finger. It surprised him, and he drew his finger back, but the boy sucked at it, trying to keep it in him. Taine obliged the boy, sliding it in and out a few more times and smiling as he felt the boy's tongue bobbing and dancing beneath his finger. The boy wouldn't speak, wouldn't make eye contact either. His uncle had taught him that well enough, but the boy doing what he was doing with his tongue spoke volumes. That's him just about pleading, Taine thought. What must life in this little hell be like, for the boy to yearn for a sale off into the unknown?
Taine leaned forward, drawing in just a taste of the boy from the air around him. He sampled the first scents of the boy's essence. Sweet, Taine thought. Like honey must taste. It was a thick and golden flavor, and it made Taine smile. That's all he needed to know to buy any boy—that there was something either savory or sweet in them that was still strong enough to reach the surface. The rest would be up to the trainers—the professionals back at the Temple on Taine's home-world. But the boy's dancing tongue sparked Taine's curiosity, and he wanted to know more.
He reached up with his free hand, taking hold of the boy at the back of the head and began slowly moving his finger in and out. He knew he was humiliating the boy before his family, but Taine closed his eyes, and drove his awareness deeper. There were other ways to open a human. Most of those were forceful, and some were downright violent. The uncle and aunt might not understand, but for a Lowman, this was an act of kindness. It was the gentlest way to break through to the only thing a Lowman truly valued.
Taine pressed his awareness into the boy, moving through the ebb and flow of the boy's many complex flavors. He was careful not to feed, not to take any of it in. As was so with most humans, the boy was a stormy wash of conflict within. Taine found urges and desires and regrets, a mind in constant turmoil, and rife with fear—predominantly fear. Some of that fear had been earned, and some had been instilled and it lurked in the boy, like shadows in some dark wood. Taine pressed forward beyond all that and went deeper, reaching toward the source of the boy. Taine found his way blocked. It was expected, a barrier—an obstacle to turn him back. It had a scent and a flavor—something akin to the bitterness of burned toast, but its aspect was like a sharp blade bearing a dark stain, it stabbed at him, threatening him and warning him to turn back. Taine instinctively flinched away from it, slipping around and behind it, evading it, and driving himself closer to the wellspring. He found and followed the predominant scents—that of seaweed, dark and rich, and the flavor of saltwater, and he found himself standing on hot sand, feeling the sensations of an empty beach, and the heat of a brilliant and golden sun. It was a rich and delicate feeling, and a smell, and a taste—the smell and taste of sunshine. Yes, Taine thought. That is who he is. Sunshine.
Taine slowly opened his eyes and withdrew his finger. He wondered then, and not for the first time, why humans waste their children so, as though darkening them would brighten the world. Didn't they know the world would be less hard with fewer hard people in it? It's not an easy thing to change, it takes some real effort, but didn't they know it could be changed? Didn't they know those dark urges could be controlled and even used?
The boy had given him nothing but the idea of burnt toast between him and the seashore. Not much to glean from that, Taine thought. To learn more he'd have to feed, and that wasn't something he'd be doing, not with an uncultivated and feral human. Still, he was curious.
"You about done?" asked the uncle. The aunt had turned away, and the uncle was glowering.
"Not by a long measure," Taine said.
The uncle shook his head and waved Taine on. "Just get it over with," he said.
Taine ran his hands across the boy's chest and down his flat stomach. The boy's breathing quickened as Taine fondled his cock, teasing it to life. It responded by thickening and rising, though maybe not as fast as it should. The boy never raised his head, never moved a muscle, he just stood there like Taine had every right to touch and use his body. Taine gave the balls a firm squeeze, and the boy tensed, rising on his toes a little, but he never once raised his arms, never once tried to defend himself. Good submissive spirit, Taine thought, that'll be important if we're gonna heal him up.
Taine took the boy by the shoulders and turned him around. He meant to plunge his finger into the boy, just to check for damages, and maybe make the boy's cock grow up full-sized, but the two cheeks were crossed with welts, some fresh and still white where the switch had marked him recently. Maybe not born to it after all, Taine thought. Maybe all that submission was just beaten into him. No way they nurtured it, no way they cultivated it, not the way the Lowmen would have with such a delicate specimen as this one.
Taine considered the welts across the boy's ass. There were older ones across his back, a few sores, in-growns and pimples across his shoulders; nothing that couldn't be tended to, and probably should have been before they offered him. These people had no idea what they were doing, but that wasn't a surprise either, was it?
Taine would've slipped his finger in right then, but by the scent of things they hadn't cleaned him, so he traced his fingers along the welts on the boy's ass instead, and then looked up at the uncle.
"Trouble maker?" Taine asked.
"No," he said. "That's just from his dailies."
Taine nodded. "So, what's your price?"
"Sixty," the uncle said.
"Waste of time," Taine said. He snorted and turned for the door.
"Sixty's fair," the uncle said, raising his chin. "More'-n-fair."
"Yeah," Taine said, "Not for that."
"Now, don't be disrespectful," he said. "The boy's family after all."
Taine turned and looked the man squarely in the eyes.
"I'm interested, so you name me a real price and I'll consider it," Taine snapped, "but sixty is just plain fantasy."
The man stepped close. That was a brave act, or maybe just a desperate one. Not many people dared approach a Lowman hunter, not with their alien looks and their reputation for violence. The solid black eyes and all that red flesh intimidated humans—something about their ancient myths. Still, Taine had gone to a great deal of trouble to make himself approachable to these backwaters, and now he wondered if maybe he'd done that a little too well.
"Boy sucks cock good as any," the uncle said, keeping his voice low, as if keeping it from his wife."He's a good earner, and that backside's got years of action left to it. I wouldn't be selling if I didn't need to, and I know you got your own expenses, so you tell me what's fair."
"Ten," Taine said.
The man grimaced.
"Ten and you're lucky to get it," Taine said. "He's nineteen, nearly twenty, easily a year past prime, and by my guess, he's spent that time squaring up plenty of your debts. You've done nothing to develop him. By the time I'm done fixing what you've botched, I'll be lucky to clear a slender profit. So that's my offer, ten, or I'll head over to Jenkins Creek where I hear there are a set of twins coming up prime."
"I can't take ten," the man said, shaking his head. "I gotta have fifteen, and that's a loss for me, Mister. I had him ten years under my roof. Fifteen don't half cover it, but I'm willin' to concede some, if you are. So there we are, it's fifteen, or I'll wish you a safe trip over to Jenkins Creek."
Taine reached for the door handle, but hesitated. He thought about Shilandra, and what he had done to her. The memory returned, unbidden and heavy, like betrayal. He still had some of the boy's scent with him, so he turned and looked back. The boy was standing there just about trembling—his head down, and face red, and his cock still jutting up. Would she even accept this one? He thought.
The boy was as lean a colt as Taine had ever seen, but the flavor of him showed promise. It'd take some work, bringing this one up, but there was something alluring about him—a hint of what might be found in him by skilled hands. He'd already found the boy's name: Sunshine, and that was no small thing. Making him live up to that name, that'd be some hard work, and some expensive work as well, but if he did, if the boy did live up to that name, he'd be valuable well beyond his family's reckoning of wealth, and well worth Taine's time and investment. She'd recognize that at least, Taine thought.She'd see the value in him, wouldn't she?
"I know I'm going to regret this," Taine muttered. "You got his papers drawn up?"
"All but the price and date," the man said smiling.
About Jonah:
Jonah Bergan is a freelance writer living in New England. His publishing credits include a ten part serial, multiple short stories, and a collection of anecdotal humor. He has also published MMORPG game reviews and content, hypnosis scripts, online user manuals, and advertising texts. Please visit jonahbergan.com to learn more about him.
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No joy for the Vodafone Warriors as they fell to a 14-30 loss to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in today's second-round Intrust Super Premiership encounter at Mount Smart Stadium.
The contest played out in similar fashion to the earlier Jersey Flegg Cup match between the two clubs.
In that game the Vodafone Junior Warriors were 10-4 up at halftime but finished up 10-28 losers.
And in the ISP match-up, the Vodafone Warriors were ahead 8-4 at the break only for the Dogs to come roaring back with 26 unanswered points to lead 30-8 inside the last 10 minutes.
There was some consolation for the home side, coming back well to engineer a lovely try for young fullback Hayze Perham, running onto a sweet short ball from standoff Chanel Harris-Tavita.
The same duo combined in another slick set play in the first half, Jazz Tevaga feeding Harris-Tavita who shipped a wonderful inside pass to a flying Perham.
Perham also caught the eye in the first half when he fielded a kick in his in-goal and scorched 50 metres upfield.
Early in the match left wing Lewis Soosemea, who scored a hat-trick against North Sydney last week, made it four in two games with a well-taken try wide out.
The second half, though, was another matter.
The Vodafone Warriors' discipline was found wanting as they conceded a crippling penalty count giving the Dogs a mortgage on possession.
With a pack led by wily former Kiwi Greg Eastwood, the Bulldogs made the most of the ball, working their way into good field position and putting together four more tries.
The Vodafone Warriors couldn't provide any answers but did hang in to finish the scoring with Perham's second touchdown.
Vodafone Warriors 14 (Hayze Perham 2, Lewis Soosemea tries; Mason Lino 2 conversions).
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30 (John Olive 2, Jack Nelson, Jayden Okunbor, Fa'amanu Brown tries; Rhyse Martin 3 conversions, 2 penalties).
Vodafone Warriors | Hayze Perham; Lewis Soosemea, Joseph Vuna, Cole Waaka, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad; Chanel Harris-Tavita, Mason Lino (c); Albert Vete, Jazz Tevaga, Agnatius Paasi; Matiu Love-Henry, James Bell (c); Chris Satae. Interchange: Manaia Cherrington, Patrick Sipley, Sione Afemui, Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck.


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Copenhell 2019 – Ten Years In Hell – part 2
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Day number three was opened by Matt Heafy and Trivium on the main stage, and the chaos around it. The inflow of crowd surfers during their show was the highest until that moment at Copenhell. Trivium delivered a high-quality performance as they always do. Matt is an amazing performer, he has this ease in getting connected with the audience, so even those not familiar with Trivium were able to enjoy the performance.
After a faster introduction of the day, it was time for something softer to go on the Hades stage, it was time for the British djent group Tesseract. With Daniel Tompkins on vocals, Tesseract played a totally different setlist than during their latest headline tour — which was mostly built around their last record 'Sober'. Tesseract's performance started with a big part of 'Concealing Fate' and finished with 'Juno'. The highlight of the performance was Daniel Tompkins' first attempt to jump into the crowd, which ended up with an unplugged wireless microphone, after which Danny quickly returned to stage laughing on his failed attempt.
The next show on the Helviti stage was the only Danish show performance on the main stage at Copenhell 2019 – the hard rock band Pretty Maids. The band still has many fans and not only in Denmark, which was clearly visible by assessing the number of fans gathered in front of the stage. Pretty Maids did not disappoint, they entertained the audience with all of their hits including 'We Came to Rock', 'Future World' and 'Love Games'. May√be the guys are getting older, but they have proved they still got rock in their blood.
Bæst, another Danish band, much heavier than Pretty Maids, was for me one of the most anticipated performances of Friday. Mostly because I have had the bad luck of missing their previous shows in the area. The performance was simply crazy. The vocalist Simon Olsen behaves as if he just drunk a six pack of red bull and tries to transmits his energy into the crowd. This show kept the security guys busy, as the army of crowd surfers started to arrive in the front of the stage pit. I was not disappointed with my first meeting with Bæst and I will be sure to catch their next show.
Bæst
Alien Weaponry was something exotic I just had to see. Coming from New Zealand, the band started the show with the haka dance and a lot of references to the Maori culture, including sections of the lyrics that are sung in Maori language. The young guys' performance was an interesting experience, and it was obvious that the band members were enjoying the show as much as the fans.
Alien Weaponry
One of the first headliners of Friday was Lamb of God, led by Randy Blythe. The band nailed this show, delivering one of the best performances of the day. 'Uncle' Randy was executing his usual routines, jumping, kicking, and screaming. The stage was still soaked in the sun, which took out a bit out of the dark power that usually accompanies this type of performance, but Randy and company couldn't care less. They started with 'Omerta', and the audience went into total craziness when Blythe introduced the next song, 'Walk With Me in Hell'. The circle pit was for sure the biggest one of Copenhell 2019. I think for many metalheads there, Lamb of God show was the highlight of the day. Before leaving the stage, Lamb of God 's vocalist invited all the fans to join the show of his friends from Clutch on the stage located right from the Helviti.
Clutch was the next in the schedule and I need to mention, it was my number two band of the entire Copenhell 2019 following Tool. Neil Fallon and company started with 'Ghoul Wrangler' with a lot of fuzz and pantomimic expressions of the crazy lyrics done by Neil. And this was the best party you could receive. Quickly after that, Clutch played another great track: 'Noble Savage.' The biggest surprise was delivered in the final section of the set, where the band introduced a special guest. This was none other than Randy Blythe of Lamb of God. The audience went crazy seeing their idol again. This time without extensive jumping, Randy performed one of the oldest Clutch songs presented this evening 'Passive Restrain'. The whole show closed with 'Gimme the Keys', and one could witness only smiling fans moving back to the main stage for the main course of the day.
Slipknot, the crazy, masked metal gang gathered the biggest crowd of the entire festival. It looked like everyone who was on Copenhell premises showed up to see this crazy band. First, we could only see the stage hidden by a huge banner with the band's logo, and clouds of smoke coming from behind. Then we could hear the '(515)' from the tape, which smoothly transitioned to first notes of 'People=Shit,' and the banner sharply pulled up after no more than 30 seconds of the song. This started a massive pogo dance with the audience starting to jump, cheer, and scream together with Corey Taylor. The hits were coming one after the other, as expected for Slipknot 's good portfolio of great festival songs. 'Before I Forget', 'Psychosocial' or 'Duality' were combined with the material from Slipknot's upcoming album. The stage set-up was quite simple for Slipknot 's standards, but there were still a lot of things happening on stage: fire, running, crazy percussion sets, it was all there. The evening was closed with 'Spit It Out' and 'Surfacing' and all the fans could go home. Corey Taylor delivered a great show as always, and all the props to Copenhell for booking Slipknot as one of the headliners.
The final day of the festival was set as a total mixture of styles and with no much time to rest. The schedule for the final day was perfectly planned and the shows were starting one after another on the two big stages.
The day started with a bit of folk metal played by Eluveitie. The mixture of classic instruments like the Celtic harp, violin, hurdy-gurdy, and all kind of pipes and whistles sparked with metal tones spread out throughout the audience. They delivered positive vibes for the start of the day. In their brief set, Eluveitie delivered a few hit songs including the amazing 'The Call of the Mountains' or 'Worship' which is another connection to Randy Blythe, who added vocals to the album version of the song. This year Randy was all around the Copenhell.
A slight change of style occurred on the main stage with the performance of funk metal veterans from Living Colour, followed by another style change with legendary Glenn Hughes performing classic Deep Purple hits from when he played with MK3 and MK4.
After this short break from metal sounds, Amon Amarth took us back to the world of heavy sounds. These crazy Swedish Vikings initiated the journey through the cold seas with 'The Pursuit of Vikings', with most of the audience chanting 'Oden! Guide our ships'. The next song, 'Deceiver of the Gods' featured the first fire spectacle of the day, flames were thrown in the air following the rhythm of the song. 'Guardians of Asgaard' featured the guest performance of LG Petrov from Entombed. The Viking show was closed with 'Raise Your Horns' and 'Twilight of the Thunder God'.
Next performance was a special event prepared by Copenhell called 'Ten Years In Hell' to celebrate 10th edition of Copenhell. Musicians from the most popular Danish bands, including members of Bæst, Pretty Maids and Hank Shermann from Mercyful Fate, performed hard rock and metal standards of AC DC, Motorhead or Death. The show was quite interesting and transitioned like a massive karaoke while the whole audience was singing along.
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Rob Zombie was the last performer I saw on the main stage (I have decided to skip Scorpions since I saw them twice on the same tour already). Rob was supported by two ex-Marilyn Manson musicians: marvelous guitarist John 5, and drummer Ginger Fish. Covered under his hair and huge hat, Rob Zombie looked like a character from a post-apocalyptic movie. He kicked and danced while delivering his best hits, including 'American Witch', 'Living Dead Girl', 'More Human Than Human', and 'Dragula'. Poor Rob had the sun shining directly in his eyes for a major part of the set, and asked the crowd several times: 'Denmark, does this sun never set?'. The show was closed with two cover songs: 'Enter The Sandman' and 'Schools Out'. The whole show was much better than the performance delivered at Copenhell a few years ago, so it was strong return from Mr. Rob.
The last show for me on this year's Copenhell was Dimmu Borgir, which added the final component to the total mixture of styles on the final day of the festival. The show featured a nice light showcase, lighting up the dark space in front of the stage. This was, for me, a nice closure of Copenhell, a proper dose of metal music after all this different genres presented during the day.
Copenhell 2019 delivered a huge mixture and variety of styles. Maybe it was not as extreme as last year, where we even got some classic music!. But the festival organization proved once more that they don't want to close themselves in the metal festival frame and keep aspiring to expand into other hard music genres. In my opinion, that's a very good move, and this year everyone was able to pick something for themselves. To the "Copenhell guys": Thank you for the accreditation, good job and see you next year!
Text & Photos by Kasper Pasinski
Managing Editor: Elsa Marques
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Q: For an arbitrary function, how can I tell if the eigenvalues are positive or negative at a critical point? I was given the following "bonus question" on my homework.

So I set up the determinant to find the characteristic polynomial
$$\begin{vmatrix}
f_{xx}(a,b)-\lambda & f_{xy}(a,b)\\
f_{yx}(a,b) & f_{yy}(a,b) - \lambda
\end{vmatrix} = (f_{xx}(a,b)-\lambda)(f_{xx}(a,b)-\lambda)-f_{xy}(a,b)^2= 0$$
So then
$$\lambda^2 - \lambda (f_{xx}(a,b)+f_{yy}(a,b)) + \det(Hf(a,b)) = 0$$
So I used the quadratic formula
$$\lambda = \frac{((f_{xx}(a,b)+f_{yy}(a,b))\pm \sqrt{((f_{xx}(a,b)+f_{yy}(a,b)))^2-4\det(Hf(a,b))})}{2}$$
But I don't know $f$. How can I judge whether the eigenvalues are positive or negative assuming that I know $f(a,b)$ is a specific type of critical point (e.g. local max)?
As you answer my question, if you can answer so it is applicable to an $n$ dimensional Hessian matrix, that would be ideal. I would prefer the generalized form, not just 2x2

A: Hint: If both $\lambda$'s have the same sign, then their sum has that same sign as well.


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Q: Java: How could we convert an ArrayList to XML? Hello and thank you for reading this question:
I will explain the use case first and the approach I have tried:
I have an ArrayList which holds Courses'data and it is being created in the FrontServlet and it is being stored in the session.
I would like to convert the ArrayList to XML to show it as HTML transforming it with XSL.
Mi doubt is: how could we convert an ArrayList to XML?
I have studied how to annotate classes to transform them: https://www.mkyong.com/java/jaxb-hello-world-example/
I have used an static XML to convert it and show it: Java: Implementing Transform View pattern, to convert XML to HTML with an XSL file
I have read a good post about extending ArrayList<> to be able to transform it: Why my ArrayList is not marshalled with JAXB?
I first tried with:
/*
 * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
 * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
 * and open the template in the editor.
 */
package org;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

/**
 *
 * @author YonePC
 */
@XmlRootElement
public class Curso {

    @XmlElement
    public void setTitulo(String titulo) {
        this.titulo = titulo;
    }

    @XmlElement
    public void setAutor(String autor) {
        this.autor = autor;
    }

    @XmlElement
    public void setAsignatura(String asignatura) {
        this.asignatura = asignatura;
    }

    @XmlElement
    public void setDuracion(String duracion) {
        this.duracion = duracion;
    }

    @XmlElement
    public void setVideo(String video) {
        this.video = video;
    }
    String titulo, autor, asignatura, duracion, video;

    public Curso(String titulo, String autor, String asignatura, String duracion, String video) {
        this.titulo = titulo;
        this.autor = autor;
        this.asignatura = asignatura;
        this.duracion = duracion;
        this.video = video;
    }

    public String getTitulo() {
        return titulo;
    }

    public String getAutor() {
        return autor;
    }

    public String getAsignatura() {
        return asignatura;
    }

    public String getDuracion() {
        return duracion;
    }

    public String getVideo() {
        return video;
    }

}

But I do not need the Curso class itself, I need to convert the ArrayList which stores them.
In addition, I currently stores the courses being created in the session. How could we get the session's info in a servlet? I mean, we can access them from the servlet where it has being currently created, and from JSP pages, but how do we do access into servlets?
I ask the previous question because in all the examples I found about converting Java to XML, they showed new instances and not how to convert previous stored ones.
The code I have tried:
/*
 * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
 * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
 * and open the template in the editor.
 */
package frontController;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import javax.xml.transform.Result;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
import org.Curso;

/**
 *
 * @author YonePC
 */
@WebServlet(name = "CourseInfoCommand", urlPatterns = {"/CourseInfoCommand"})
public class CourseInfoCommand extends FrontCommand {

    /**
     * Processes requests for both HTTP GET and POST
     * methods.
     *
     * @param request servlet request
     * @param response servlet response
     * @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");

    }

    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="HttpServlet methods. Click on the + sign on the left to edit the code.">
    /**
     * Handles the HTTP GET method.
     *
     * @param request servlet request
     * @param response servlet response
     * @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        processRequest(request, response);
    }

    /**
     * Handles the HTTP POST method.
     *
     * @param request servlet request
     * @param response servlet response
     * @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        processRequest(request, response);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a short description of the servlet.
     *
     * @return a String containing servlet description
     */
    public String getServletInfo() {
        return "Short description";
    }// </editor-fold>

    @Override
    public void process(HttpServletRequest request) {
        try {

            File file = new File("C:\\Users\\YonePC\\Videos\\ASAPLICACIONCURSOSPRACTICA1\\src\\java\\frontController\\Cursos.xml");
            ArrayList courses = (ArrayList) session.getAttribute("cursos");

            JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(ArrayListCourses.class);
            Marshaller jaxbMarshaller = jaxbContext.createMarshaller();

            jaxbMarshaller.marshal(courses, file);

            TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
            StreamSource xsl = new StreamSource(new File(""));
            Transformer newTransformer = factory.newTransformer(xsl);

            StreamSource xml = new StreamSource(new File(""));
            PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
            Result result = new StreamResult(writer);
            newTransformer.transform(xml, result);
            writer.println(writer.toString());

            forward("/CourseInfo.jsp");
        } catch (ServletException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(CourseInfoCommand.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(CourseInfoCommand.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (TransformerConfigurationException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(CourseInfoCommand.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (TransformerException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(CourseInfoCommand.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (JAXBException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(CourseInfoCommand.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
    }

}

Thank you for your help.

A: You can use xstream to transform the object to xml.
Maven dependency:
 <dependency>
        <groupId>xstream</groupId>
        <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.2</version>
    </dependency>

XMLTransformer:
public class XMLTransformer {
    private XStream xstream = null;

    private XMLTransformer() {
        xstream = new XStream();
    }

    public static XMLTransformer getInstance() {
        return new XMLTransformer();
    }

    public String toXMLString(Object object) {
        return xstream.toXML(object);
    }

    public Object toObject(String xml) {
        return (Object) xstream.fromXML(xml);
    }

}

Main class
public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        XMLTransformer transformer=XMLTransformer.getInstance();
        Employee e1=new Employee("gati","id");
        Employee e2=new Employee("gati","id");
        Employee e3=new Employee("gati","id");
        List<Employee> employeeList =new ArrayList<>();
        employeeList.add(e1);
        employeeList.add(e2);
        employeeList.add(e3);
        String str=transformer.toXMLString(employeeList);
       System.out.println(str);
    }

}

public class Employee {
    private String name;
    private String email;

    public Employee(String name, String email) {
        this.name = name;
        this.email = email;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getEmail() {
        return email;
    }

    public void setEmail(String email) {
        this.email = email;
    }
}


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US Mag : Tell us a little bit about yourself. Your background, education etc. ??
I am a pop singer ,born in India, brought up in London . I learnt classical music from ABRSM,London. I'm in grade 11 , based in Los Angeles now.
US Mag : We been hearing a lot about you, so we notice your starting to gain a lot of attention how does it feel?
It feels good to be noticed by people especially when they compliment me on my music and tell me which song they loved. Now I have to be more cautious and work harder to live up to their expectations. I am thankful to everyone who likes my music since it's very hard to make a place with original songs , without any manager ! Mostly the artists get noticed when they come up with a big label behind them, I never had that support ! I'm happy with whatever I have and thanking God for that.
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My album perpetual is about mixed emotions and how they are never ending. Sometimes you feel like you need someone and you want them to be there with you. Other times it's about missing the ones you have lost. Sometimes you feel like saying "boy look at me when I'm talking to you", but sometimes you feel like saying "don't look at me like that with your pretty eyes". Sometimes you just wanna have fun and be alive. So there are many emotions that are in this album.
I grew up with not having my dad around as much because he was and still is traveling around the world for his concerts. So apart from my mom I had my grandparents, whom I lost at the age of 5. So basically, I missed most of the affection which I crave so bad and that emotion reflects in running and I believe.
Pretty Eyes was actually inspired by Justin Bieber's dreamy eyes. I was casually watching his music video "Boyfriend" and I didn't realize that I was falling for his eyes, and I guess that's how the song came to be.
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This album took 3 years to come out.
When the summer comes is about being relaxed and enjoying nature and summer! It's about forgetting all the stresses in your life for a while and spending time with your friends and family.
US Mag : If you could perform anywhere, in the world, where would it have to be?
I would love to perform everywhere in the world because I love traveling and I love performing for my fans but if I have to choose I would go for Times Square NY.
US Mag : Who are your musical inspirations ?
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US Mag : Can you please tell our readers more about your father ' Kumar Sanu ' ( Award winning vocalists in Bollywood ) ?
It's hard to describe my dad's achievements in few words but he won more then 1,100 awards including 5 consecutive film fare awards and top 4th civilian award by the (Gov. of India). He has a day called "kumar Sanu day" which is celebrated in Dayton Ohio on 31st March. He has achieved Guinness World book of records for recording 28 original songs in a day! And the list goes on…
US Mag : What were your feelings when you released your first solo song in May 2014 ?
Honestly it was never planned and it just happened after my sis Annabel wrote some beautiful lyrics and I came up with the melody ! Dad heard me humming and he thought this song should be discovered. I was pretty nervous if people will accept me or not. It was hard as well since I was getting compared to dad and I still do but my dad told me that I should just concentrate on music and not getting affected by them. I still get disturbed sometime but I know my parents are always with me and that's my strength !
US Mag : Do you have any advice for anyone wanting to be a professional musician?
First of all I am too young to give advise to anyone however I would only say that perseverance and patience is the key along with hard work and a positive attitude. There are gonna be a lot of people who would want to see you fail and would discourage you but you have to keep going forward and not care about the haters, take in the good criticism and throw away the bad ones. Stay focused and always try to do better than before. Never give up on yourself. My dad always says one thing, "You never get anything before the right time and more then what is in your luck/faith."
So right time is very important along with talent.
US Mag : Everybody needs time out. What do you do in your free time ?
Honestly when I am not recording I hang out with my friends or I'm on my phone and I go to gym. I love coloring, It sounds so childish but it is very therapeutic and it helps me build my concentration on one thing rather then putting my brain everywhere. I also listen to music to relax. I love going to the park and the beach for fresh air.
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facebook.com/Shannonksinger
instagram.com/shannonksinger
twitter.com/singershannonk
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