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The hot new face of New Zealand hip hop feature this Sunday 24 November in the semi finals of the TV ONE hit show New Zealand's Got Talent.
IDentity Dance Crew have had a whirlwind year taking out the National Hip Hop Championships and representing New Zealand at the world Hip Hop Championships in Las Vegas where they brought home the silver medal in their first ever appearance on the world stage. To achieve this, Identity competed against 67 teams from 40 countries and missed out on first place by a mere1 /100th of a point.
They have also just featured in the Tempo Festival "Out Of The Box" Hip Hop Showcase and have been travelling to Dance studios across the country as guest choreographers to help develop up and coming dancers.
IDentity has also toured the country with the Primal Youth UNDEFEATED teen suicide prevention campaign. The boys performed in over 17 high schools, across 5 cities reaching over 8,000 young people with an inspirational hip hop showcase and positive message of hope encouraging youth to reach out for help.
"It's been a full on year! We are stoked to be part of NZGT competition and hope to make the final. We are amping to go back and take out the gold next year at the World Hip Hop Championships. We want to continue to push the boundaries of hip hop dance and do NZ proud! We also want to continue giving back to the community and seeing the next generation in NZ be inspired to not hold back but to work hard at going after their dreams" says crew leader Josh Cesan.
Be watching IDentity Dance Crew in the NZGT semi finals this Sunday 24 November on TV 1 and text your vote through from 7:30pm (voting open for 24 hours).
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Bruce Lee: Ultimate DVD Collection review
posted Feb 16, 2013, 6:23 AM by Vu Sleeper
BRUCE LEE: ULTIMATE DVD COLLECTION (HK)
Fortune Star
Although Bruce Lee starred in countless Hong Kong pictures when he was a child, and then transitioned into television, he's only really made four movies between 1971 and 1972. Granted, they are four spectacular movies, and one could only imagine what his future movies would've been like if he had not died in 1973.
You can get various Bruce Lee boxsets in the world, but I ended up buying the Fortune Star/Golden Harvest set because it was remastered and came with a bonus disc, a booklet, and six movies: The Big Boss (1971), Fist of Fury (1972), Way of the Dragon (1972), Game of Death (1972), Enter the Dragon (1973) and Game of Death II (1981).
You can find a US version of this boxset that includes all the movies except for Enter the Dragon (which is owned by Warner Brothers and available on Blu-Ray and various formats). I've seen this set at Walmart for cheap, like $10… if I see it again for that price, I will likely pick it up because I wouldn't mind having the English dub.
Having said that, the Region 3 boxset does not include English tracks (except for Enter the Dragon and Game of Death because they were English productions). The other movies do include English subtitles, so you can still enjoy the films if you don't speak Chinese.
Based on the lineup, you can probably toss out Game of Death and Game of Death II, since I don't really consider the first film an actual finished product - while Game of Death II was clearly just a money grabber. If you didn't know, during the filming of Game of Death, Lee died so the movie was later re-cut and edited with another actor. It's simply awful. Most of the fight sequences are Bruce Lee, so for completists, Game of Death is a must-have.
While Fist of Fury (known as The Chinese Connection in the USA) is probably more famous in Hong Kong, considering that there was a sequel (New Fist of Fury), and several remakes, including a Jet Li version (called Fist of Legend) and a Donnie Yen version (Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen).
My favorite movie in the set is Way of the Dragon (it's re-titled as Return of the Dragon in the USA because it was released after Enter the Dragon and they wanted to capitalized on the hit film). What set this movie apart from Lo Wei's previous, more dramatic movies, is that Way of the Dragon was written, directed, and starred Bruce Lee. You can tell right away that this was a different Bruce Lee film. Set in Italy, a nice nod to spaghetti westerns, and included "comedy" that lighten the mood.
Anyway, I'm sure all of you already own these films on one format or another. I personally would love to see a deluxe edition in Blu-Ray for these the "trilogy": The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, and Way of the Dragon. I believe all these films are available in Blu-Ray in the Asian market.
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With summer just around the corner, I wanted to highlight some summer fun activities I created that were featured on the ASHASphere blog a couple of years ago. There are lots of ideas and FREE resources for you to download! Please feel free to pass on the free downloads — just link back to my site if you do. Thank you and ENJOY!
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Thanks for sharing this! We are bout to head into summer soon so some of these will be great.
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Kim Richards is the eighth member of the Yogscast.
Kim has black hair and brown eyes. Sometimes, her eyes will turn purple when she uses her powers.
Kim either puts on her Totoro hat or flower hair clip and inserts her purple contact lens and says "Kim Richards, Purple Fire Wielder! GO!"
"Well, light travels from the sun. Then, bounces off of our planet, and back into our eyes so we can perceive color."
"Get him, get him, get him!"
"Do you wanna try gettin' some?"
"The reason why I have these purple marks on the left side of my face and my left arm is because they represent how powerful my fire powers are. But they can get a little out of hand, sometimes."
"I thought you were behind us this whole time."
"Don't mention it. It's fine."
"We probably couldn't hear you because of the cloud density."
"Duncan, what are you doing?"
"I love you BECAUSE you're an idiot. You make me feel like a genius."
"When I shout FIRE, it's not because my powers are getting out of control, it's because I need you guys to show what you've got and attack the enemies!"
"Ugh, I don't know, but I don't like it. He really needs some fresh air."
"Sure, catch me if you can!"
"Who? Me? So silly. Alright, let's do it."
"Yeah, I heard him. What was that? It's not funny at all."
"Maybe... What could it have been? Ah! Do you remember when we got completely naked, and frantically ran around in the farmer's cabbage patch? Hehe! That farmer got crazy mad!"
"Do you like this better?"
"Are you joking? You are not even worth my disdain."
"Too bad. It was so fun!"
"Don't be too excited about this."
"I told him that his Vietnamese noodles were too tough before he went missing. Why did I say such a thing? What if something bad happens to him? The last conversation we had was that his noodles were bad."
"Sorry. Guess I've eaten too many noodles."
"What if he attacks you with a knife?"
"Eh, Yeah. Don't worry about me. I'm perfectly, perfectly fine. Let's go. Get up!"
"I don't think this will work. You should go alone. I'm just a burden to you."
"It's fine. That was my fault for hiding it."
"Ai-ya! He makes a fuss whenever it's not necessary."
"Oh, right! I got something that can be helpful!"
"It's getting too dark. Go see what he's doing."
"That's not a polite thing to say to an Asian woman."
"Let's see if you can dodge my flame bullets!"
Sometimes, purple marks will appear on her left arm and the left side of her face. This is because of her powers, as they are powerful and can get a little out of control at times.
She has two different alter ego forms compared to the rest of the Yogscast, who have one alter ego form.
She is presumably the only Asian member of the Yogscast.
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Interested parties can shop at Sephora. Battery Gardens and Chipotle Mexican Grill are some of the restaurants in the area. You can find Beckett's Bar & Grill nearby.
This apartment is $480 more expensive than the median price for 2BR / 2BA apartments in Financial District with Doorman, Elevator, which is $5,400.
This listing has a HopScore of 73.7 and was posted 4 days ago. The listing quality and manager score is outstanding. Some of the contributing factors to the HopScore are listed below.
The apartment is a unit offered at a monthly price of $5,880. This is a luxury doorman / elevator building. The building also boasts a fitness center to help residents stay in great shape. The unit interior features hardwood floors. The person posting the listing did not specify that any pets were allowed. It may be the case that pets are ok and the manager simply has not yet filled out all the details. The kitchen conveniently includes a dishwasher. This is a No Fee apartment, meaning the manager or agent should not ask you for a broker fee (there may still be deposits and other move-in fees paid to the landlord).
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Hightown offers motivated graduates a rewarding career path
Graduates with a 'can do' attitude seeking a rewarding and challenging career in housing are being given the chance to apply for Hightown Housing Association's Graduate Scheme.
Hightown is looking for motivated graduates who can demonstrate energy and enthusiasm together with good verbal and numerical reasoning, report writing and communication skills as well as the ability to use their own initiative.
Successful candidates will embark on a two-year training programme giving them experience of the full range of work carried out by Hemel Hempstead-based Hightown. Supported by line managers and mentors, they'll have responsibility for their own projects with progress monitored against agreed objectives.
During their second year, they'll be given the option to build on their experience with an extended placement in either one or two service areas. Towards the end of the scheme, they'll have the opportunity to apply for permanent jobs at the growing organisation, with many eventually moving into senior management roles.
Former graduate trainees include Natalie Sturrock, who now has a senior role as Hightown's Head of Housing. She joined the scheme in 2008 after graduating from Exeter University with a degree in sociology.
She said: "The programme gave me lots of experience in different areas of the business, which helped me to develop my understanding of the whole organisation. I had a mentor who was able to offer advice and support, but also found all staff were friendly and supportive."
Building on her interest in the customer-facing side of housing, she became a Home Ownership Officer in 2010. After a number of promotions from there, she took up her current post in 2015 and now has overall responsibility for Hightown's housing management, lettings and income recovery services.
She added: "The scheme gave me a strong foundation of skills, knowledge and experience that have enabled me to pursue a successful career in housing and achieve a senior position at Hightown."
Current Graduate Trainee Ben Cottingham joined after graduating with a degree in English Literature and Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. He said: "I've been given real responsibility from day one, and had the opportunity to work as part of enthusiastic and supportive teams who have pushed me out of my comfort zone to work through a range of challenges.
"Working in different departments has given me a greater understanding of how a variety of roles interact, and ultimately, how this helps our tenants or service users. It has also allowed me to grow as an individual, as well as gain an insight into Hightown's drive to provide affordable homes and support people in housing need."
Reuel Thompson entered the current scheme after graduating with a law degree from Dundee University followed by a spell of travelling and then temporarily pursuing other career paths.
He said: "What appealed to me most about Hightown was the opportunity to learn about the housing industry, as well as the flexibility and variety of tasks which graduates can be given.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed the scheme – especially the project work which gives you the opportunity to speak with the Directors and present your work and findings in a professional manner. The support you receive is first class, with regular one-to-one's and invaluable feedback."
The closing date for applicants for the scheme, which has a starting salary of £21,441, is 5pm on 31st May.
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We've all heard about, or even witnessed, the devastating flood crisis that our adored North Queensland has seen over the recent years. Long after the water has receded and the mud has been swept out of homes, the communities of this region continue to be affected. In response, My QLD Holiday is donating $50 from the sale of each package below to St Vincent de Paul Society (Vinnies) North Queensland Appeal, whereby every dollar raised will go directly to people disadvantaged by the floods.
Despite past events, North Queensland continues to impress visitors with its vibrant coastal cities, idyllic islands and bays, charming wildlife, lush forests and striking coral reefs. Whether in Tropical North Queensland, Townsville, Magnetic Island or Whitsundays, couples and families alike can expect a holiday like no other. When you book with My QLD Holiday, you'll help make a difference to the people of North Queensland, so there's never been a better time to visit!
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A Fender acoustic in with a broken headstock. Part of the break follows the scarf joint and then on the bass side it goes vertical. Fortunately it was a nice clean break and hinged on the overlay (ie still attached).
My glue of choice on a clean headstock break is hot hide glue. It dries super hard and is not susceptible to creep like yellow or white glues. Creep is when the glue joint slowly deforms under load.
Check out the video below for the repair and subscribe to my Youtube channel.
A beastly Ibanez 5 string bass in for an intermittent short circuit and fret buzz. I traced the output issue to a bad 25k volume pot that needed to be replaced (see video below for the replacement). As for the fret buzz, treble side fret ends 12-20 were playing it high and loose. The inexpensive fix was to glue and clamp them back down. Doing a fret level after they were locked back down would have further improved clean playing up the neck.
Gluing down some loose / high frets on a 5 string Ibanez bass.
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These small particles of unknown material compacted into a fireball can surprise almost everyone. Our radars have spotted new fireballs built from material never seen before. We are not sure, but it seems that it's not natural. Probably it's created by aliens in their factories. They want to scare us. Your mission is to avoid them and continue exploring the space. Maybe we will find out why aliens don't want us there. A hint for you is that you should expect unexpected. Fancy fireballs are just the beginning. You can distinguish them by the movement. No natural body stops midair.
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Campaigners from across Europe will be meeting in central London on 19 May 2018, the day of the royal wedding, to discuss plans for a monarchy-free Europe.
The International Republican Convention is part of a four-day meeting of the Alliance of European Republican Movements (AERM). The UK's campaign Republic is hosting the event this year and will be welcoming guests from Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and Spain. Speakers from the Commonwealth are also expected to be involved in the convention.
Graham Smith, CEO of Republic, which campaigns for an elected head of state, said: "Despite the fanfare and media hype, monarchies across Europe are facing an uncertain future. The age of deference is gone, scandals are more commonplace and demands for more democracy are stronger than ever."
"Here in the UK fewer than half 18-34 year olds support the monarchy, according to a recent YouGov poll. Most support for the royals is tied to the Queen personally, the prospect of Kings Charles will only make our job easier."
"In Britain the democratic crisis is more acute than it has been for decades. We have a creaking constitution that is not fit to deal with the huge challenges of the modern world."
"That's why I'm calling for a new constitution – one that's democratic top to bottom, one that rebalances power and gives us a useful, elected head of state."
Republic is a founding member of the Alliance of European Republican Movements, which was formed in 2010.
The AERM annual convention rotates around the member groups. Last year the event was in Sweden, next year it will be in Denmark. The last time the UK hosted the event was the weekend of the royal wedding in 2011.
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Gloria!
A Christmas Concert Featuring
JOHN RUTTER'S GLORIA
& Other Seasonal Works
& Audience Carols
Rideau Chorale with Brass Ensemble & James Caswell, Organ
Matthew Larkin, Guest Conductor
Saturday, December 3, 2022 @7:30PM
Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave, Ottawa, ON
Visit the concert page for live streaming information and the post-performance recording
Program | Word of Welcome | Program Notes | Program Texts | Biographies | Brass Ensemble | Members of Rideau Chorale | Artistic Leadership | Special Acknowledgements | Executive Leadership | Special Acknowledgments | Donors | Sponsors | Support
Gloria John Rutter
I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
II. Domine Deus, Rex Caelestis
III. Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus
O Come, All Ye Faithful Arrangement by David Willcocks
Sans Day Carol Arrangement by Terry Brynaert
I Wonder as I Wander Arrangement by Andrew Balfour
In the Stillness Sally Beamish
The Snow Lay on the Ground Arrangement by Julian Wachner
Still, Still, Still Arrangement by Matthew Culloton
Lully, Lulla, Lullay Philip Stopford
The Rideau Carol David Rain
Festival First Nowell Arrangement by Dan Forrest
I am so pleased to welcome you to Gloria!, Rideau Chorale's first concert of the 22/23 season, and a fitting way to launch the holiday season.
We are once again so fortunate to have Matthew Larkin as our Guest Music Director for this fall. The choir has grown, in number, and more importantly, in its musical development under his leadership, and we are extremely grateful to him for taking on this role amidst all his other varied musical endeavours here in Ottawa and elsewhere.
We are also grateful for the inspiring rehearsals led by James Caswell, who joins today as organist. And we are always thankful for Carson Becke, our accomplished accompanist.
Rideau Chorale is a volunteer-run, charitable organization, and relies on audience turnout and the support of generous patrons to keep the music alive. So we thank you for being here, for allowing us the pleasure of singing for you and sharing this musical experience together. Thank you to our many local corporate sponsors, and our donors, who have helped us to be able to finance our concerts and engage the professional leadership and support to make these performances happen. Thanks as well to our many hard-working volunteers, including my fellow Board members.
We continue to welcome aspiring choristers from the Ottawa-Gatineau region. I invite you to check out the choir's website for news, updates, and details on how you can help support our music and efforts.
I hope you enjoy tonight's performance! Best of the season to all of you.
Elizabeth Tromp
Chair, Rideau Chorale Executive
Perhaps one of the best-known passages in the biblical New Testament comes from an account by St. Luke. In the second chapter of his Gospel, he writes (originally transcribed in Greek) epi gēs eirēnē en anthrōpois eudokias (ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας), or being translated, on earth, peace to men (people) of good will (the whole scene is laid out in Luke 2:8-20). These words are spoken by a company of angels, as they appear to shepherds tending their flocks in the hill country around Bethlehem. From Luke's telling of it, the shepherds then make their way to the manger where the Christ Child is lying in the loving arms of his mother Mary, with the ever-faithful Joseph standing watch. At first, given the sudden appearance in the sky of a chorus of angels, the shepherds are alarmed at the sight. But from the first notes of angel-song, Glory to God in the highest, they realize that this spectacle comes to them as a blessing. In that moment, the whole world is changed, setting in motion a multi-century quest by humanity to find a better way of being and living. This is rooted in a faith quest that is not necessarily defined by a particular doctrine, orthodoxy, or culture, nor by an episcopal or apostolic succession, nor by how we look, what we eat, or wear, or whether we go to church. We all want to believe in something, and learn more of what that something is. Luke's message assures us that what we truly seek, we will surely find – if our hearts and minds are open to revelation and redemption. Of particular importance is that the angels appeared to shepherds – not kings, bishops, emperors, potentates, bankers, politicians, or property owners. This resonates fully with Luke's account of another famous song, found in the first chapter of that same Gospel. In her Magnificat, Mary sings, he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the humble and meek (Luke 1:46-55).
The early theologians knew the power of these words and sentiments, and it is for this reason that Luke's account of the angel-song was written up as one of the first great hymns of the church, the Gloria in excelsis. The Gloria is the first hymn (or canticle) heard in the rubrics of the Holy Eucharist (or the Mass), and these powerful words have been set by composers many more times than can likely be counted. John Rutter put his pen to paper in 1974 (on a commission from the Mel Olson Singers of Omaha, Nebraska), and what resulted was the composer's first "major" composition, with the text spread over three movements – each with an exultant and reverent character, and scored for full chorus, a large brass choir, percussion, and organ. Rutter's contributions to the world of choral music cannot be understated. After being educated at Highgate School in London, he attended Cambridge University (and Clare College), where he sang in the chapel choir and began to write and arrange music. His first compositions were published by Oxford University Press when he was barely eighteen, and it is fair to say that he hasn't looked back. His music appears on nearly every chorister's bucket list, and particularly at Christmas. Anyone attending carol services and concerts this December will almost certainly encounter something composed or arranged by John Rutter. He really is that big.
So much of the Nativity narrative has to do with traveling. Just as family and friends travel to see us (or we them) at this time of year, so did the shepherds – having been beseeched by the angels – travel from the hill country to the stable in Bethlehem. So did the Magi come from the East, guided by the Star, visit the manger and offer their gifts of rare devotion. So did the beasts themselves enter the stall, and pay homage to the Christ Child. We hear and recite the story of these experiences in well-known Christmas hymns, such as O come, all ye faithful, and The First Nowell. Audience members will have the opportunity to "sing along" tonight, with these two 18th century classics – both of which have been given modern readings in arrangements by David Willcocks and Dan Forrest. In carol settings such as Cree composer Andrew Balfour's I wonder as I wander, a lone traveler gazes at the night sky, and ponders the immense mystery that is God descending to earth to suffer and die for our redemption. What kind of ruler does something like that? It's humbling to consider, yes, but it's empowering too. That realization has a powerful quietness to it, as heard in British composer Sally Beamish's intimate setting of Katrina Shepherd's poem, In the stillness, which in turn complements American conductor Matthew Culloton's ravishing arrangement of the German carol Still, still, still. Thrown into the mix is the multi-fun (and somewhat chaotic) setting by Hawaiian composer and organist Julian Wachner of The snow lay on the ground, in which a somewhat trite Catholic children's song takes on mammoth and epic proportions. Once again, the traveler is invited to share in the miracle that has happened, and stands back to describe the scene either in private contemplation or public exuberance.
But then, not all travel is happy travel. Some travel is essential, and necessary for survival. And this is part of the Christmas story, too. When the Magi brought their gifts to the manger, included among them was myrrh, which in those times was frequently used as a burial spice. Not only did this foretell what death Jesus was to suffer, but also his ultimate victory over death when he rose from the tomb. But in the meantime, there were more pressing matters. Herod, the ruler of Judea, was intensely threatened by the rumours of an Infant King, and so he set out to find and kill the Child before things went any further. Because he wasn't sure where Jesus was, or what he looked like, his order was carried out indiscriminately. This gave rise to an exodus of refugees seeking safety in Egypt, and these included the Holy Family themselves. English composer Philip Stopford's setting of the old Miracle Play song, Lully, Lulla, Lullay, is a reworking of the traditional Coventry Carol (named for the city in which the play was first performed). It captures the sorrow and tenderness of the text beautifully, and serves as a reminder to us that no life is complete without some measure of uncertainty and even suffering. But in the end, we will rise victorious, just as Jesus did.
Local composers Terry Brynaert (a member of the choir) and David Rain have contributed two highly individual and colourful renderings of equally vivid texts. Terry's Sans Day Carol is an appropriately rustic treatment of a "traditional" Cornish poem, which in term references the panoply of human experience – from birth even to death – that Jesus shares with us, through the imagery of the holly tree. David, in setting some poetry of his own, effectively captures a more secular experience of the season in his Rideau Carol, with the hustle and bustle of the shops, the crowds, the figurines, and the manger scenes, all found in a Byward Market that will perhaps see again the better days that he describes. All in all, the themes of this concert are to explore and display in full colour the experience and magic of Christmas. It's more than just having a holiday – it's about having faith in ourselves and one another, and a message for the living.
Lastly, my thoughts turn to the community that is the Rideau Chorale. I have been honoured and privileged to be entrusted with the choir's musical leadership and stewardship for the past fifteen months, and over three concerts. Thank you to all of the singers, the leadership, to Liz, to Carson, and to my conducting colleagues James and Kevin who have stepped in during those times I've needed to be working elsewhere. I wish you nothing but continued success and growth as we part ways after tonight, and may your music always be blessed, tonight, tomorrow, and in the coming seasons and years.
Matthew Larkin, FRCCO, STD
Founding Artistic Director, CAELIS Academy Ensemble, Ottawa Resident Conductor, New Opera Lyra
Custodian for Music, St. Andrew's Church
Concert Organist and Conductor
PROGRAM TEXTS
Gloria (from the ordinary of the mass/translation from the Book of Common prayer, 1662)
1. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Laudamus Te. Benedicimus te. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.
(Gloria in excelsis Deo.)
Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee. We bless thee. We worship thee. We glorify thee. We give thanks to thee for thy great glory. (Glory be to God on high.)
2. Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens. Domine Fili unigenite Jesu Christe. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.
O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesu Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.
3. Quoniam tu solus sanctus. Tu solus Dominus. Tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe. Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris. Amen. (Gloria in excelsis Deo. Amen.)
For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. (Glory be to God on high. Amen.)
O Come, All Ye Faithful Arrangement by David Willcocks *AUDIENCE INVITED TO JOIN
Oh, come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant!
Oh, come ye, oh, come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him
Born the king of angels
Oh, come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
God of God, Light of light,
Lo! He abhors not the Virgin's womb,
Very God, begotten, not created.
Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God
In the highest:
Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be glory given!
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing!
Now the holly bears a berry as white as the milk,
And Mary bore Jesus, all wrapped up in silk,
And Mary bore Jesus Christ our Saviour for to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly.
Holly! Holly!
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly!
Now the holly bears a berry as green as the grass,
And Mary bore Jesus, who died on the cross,
Now the holly bears a berry as black as the coal,
And Mary bore Jesus, who died for us all,
Now the holly bears a berry as blood is it red,
And Mary bore Jesus who rose from the dead,
1. I wonder as I wander, out under the sky,
How Jesus the Savior did come for to die
For poor ordinary people like you and like I.
I wonder as I wander, out under the sky.
2. When Mary birthed Jesus, all in a cow's stall,
Came wise men and farmers and shepherds and all,
And high from the heavens a star's light did fall;
The promise of the ages it then did recall.
3. If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing,
A star in the sky or a bird on the wing,
Or all of God's angels in heaven for to sing,
He surely could have had it, 'cause he was the king.
In the stillness of a church Where candles glow,
In the softness of a fall Of fresh white snow,
In the brightness of the stars That shine this night,
In the calmness of a pool Of healing light,
In the clearness of a choir That softly sings,
In the oneness of a hush Of angels' wings,
In the mildness of a night By stable bare,
In the quietness of a lull Near cradle fair,
There's a patience as we wait For a new morn,
And the presence of a child Soon to be born.
1. The snow lay on the ground, the stars shone bright,
When Christ the Lord was born on Christmas night.
Venite, adoremus Dominum,
Venite, adoremus Dominum.
2. 'Twas Mary, Virgin pure of holy Anne,
That brought into this world the God made man.
She laid him in a stall at Bethlehem;
The ass and oxen shared the roof with them. [Refrain]
3. Saint Joseph, too was near to tend the child,
To guard him, and protect his mother mild:
The angels hover'd round, and sang this song:
Venite, adoremus Dominum. [Refrain]
4. And thus that manger poor became a throne;
For he whom Mary bore was God the Son.
O come, then, let us join the heav'nly host,
To praise the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. [Refrain]
1. Still, still, still
One can hear the falling snow.
For all is hushed,
The world is sleeping,
Holy Star its vigil keeping.
Still, still, still,
2. Sleep, sleep, sleep,
'Tis the eve of our Saviour's birth.
The night is peaceful all around you,
Close your eyes,
Let sleep surround you.
Sleep, sleep, sleep
3. Dream, dream, dream,
Of the joyous day to come.
While guardian angels without number
Watch you as you sweetly slumber.
Dream, dream, dream,
Of the joyous day to come
Lully, lulla, lully, lulla
Lully, lulla, lully lulla
By by, lully lullay
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
O sisters too,
How may we do
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling
For whom we sing,
By by, lully, lullay?
Herod, the king,
In his raging,
Charged he hath this day
His men of might
In his own sight
All young children to slay
By by lully lullay
That woe is me,
Poor child for thee!
And ever morn and day
For thy parting
Neither say nor sing
By by, lully lullay!
Chut, chut, chut, chut, chut, chut, chutes
Il est, il est né, l'enfant est né.
Chantent, chantent, chantent nos trois flûtes.
As the icy curtain descends, et la Veille de Noël daylight ends,
To the wise old Outaouais river flow both frozen canal and rivière Rideau.
A child is born this winter's night, three flutes proclaim it soft and light.
La joie de la nuit (no need to feel rushed) amène la paix, in tones most hushed.
Autour de la Colline et la grande Galerie, festive lights ev'rywhere and a giant Christmas tree.
We gaze at window scenes of stables and creches. The Market's alive, "All aboard", les calèches.
We ski, we skate, we slip and we slide. Was sailing, was sailing in stairwells. Caroling, caroling, caroling with pride. Mais l'hiver est long (of this we too sing). Dreaming of the warmth that's to come next spring.
Festival First Nowell Arrangement by Dan Forrest *AUDIENCE INVITED TO JOIN
The first Noel, the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay,
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep, on a cold winter's night that was so deep.
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell! Born is the King of Israel.
They looked up and saw a star shining in the east beyond them far.
And to the earth it gave great light, and so it continued both day and night.
Then let us all with one accord sing praises to our heavenly Lord,
That hath made heaven and earth of nought, and with His blood mankind hath bought.
Matthew Larkin, Guest Music Director & Conductor
Matthew Larkin was born in Oxford, England, and came to Canada shortly before his sixth birthday. He was educated at Lord Strathcona School in Kingston, Ontario, and received his early musical training as a chorister at St. George's Cathedral, later serving as assistant organist.
He attended the University of Toronto as organ scholar of Trinity College, where he was a student of John Tuttle, and subsequently the Royal College of Music. One of Canada's most influential liturgical musicians, he has held appointments in Toronto, Ottawa, and Victoria, and was director of music at Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, for fifteen years.
Active as a choral director and conductor, he founded the Caelis Academy Ensemble and has served as musical director of a number of other noteworthy Canadian ensembles. His recital work has taken him worldwide, and his collaborative projects have produced commercially successful recordings on several labels, including his most recent release on the ATMA Classique label.
He is conversant in a number of musical genres, and is well-known as a composer, arranger, and educator. Matthew is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists and has served as a member of its Examinations Committee. He currently serves as Custodian for Music at St. Andrew's Church in Ottawa, dividing his time between there and Toronto, while attending to choral, conducting, recital, recording, and live-streaming projects.
Matthew Larkin is represented by Domoney Artists Management.
James Caswell, Organist
James Caswell is the vocal and choral performance teacher at Canterbury High School, a position he has held for 22 years. He is also the director of the Canterbury Trebles Women's Ensemble, and the Minister of Music at Glebe-St. James United Church. James has a strong passion for exploring choral music of a wide range of styles and he puts particular emphasis on building community and creating safe, collaborative spaces in the ensemble setting.
James has directed the Anglican Chorale of Ottawa, on six performing tours of cathedrals in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. James was the music director of the Canadian Centennial Choir for 15 years, and previously was the music director and organist at First Baptist Church, Ottawa. He has been a guest conductor and clinician for many ensembles in the Ottawa region and is very excited to find renewed opportunities as a collaborative organist/pianist.
Carson Becke
Canadian pianist Carson Becke ( www.carsonbecke.com ) has performed worldwide.
He holds a doctorate in musicology from the University of Oxford, and is the director of Pontiac Enchanté, a concert series in Quebec. His recordings can be heard on Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.
He forms one half of Duo Octavian, a two-piano ensemble that he co-founded with fellow pianist Suren Barry in 2016. Duo Octavian seeks to expand the two-piano repertoire with their own arrangements of various works and with arrangements/commissions by other performers/composers.
Carson is committed to raising awareness about climate change and other environmental challenges through music. He is enacting those ideas through his directorship of the Pontiac Enchanté concert series: environmental sustainability is one of the cornerstones of its mission.
Carson lived in the United Kingdom for fifteen years: first in London, and then in Oxford. In 2019 he moved home to Ottawa, Canada, where he currently lives with his partner Madeline, and their dog Jerry.
Trumpets: Malcolm Horava, Michelle Ash, Andrea MacDougall, Bruno Godère
Horn: Patrick Cauthers
Trombones: Eric Prodger, Sam Gervais, Leonard Ferguson
Tuba: Keith Hartshorn-Walton
Timpani: Dominique Moreau
Percussion: Zachary Pulak
MEMBERS OF RIDEAU CHORALE
Soprano: Lucia Marc*, Susan Ambrose, Holly Bickerton, Loretta Keeves Cassidy, Kathy Dobbin, Laetitia Dongmo, Hilary Esmonde-White, Julie Fletcher, Paula Hurtig, Liz Irvine, Frances Isaac, Aditi Magdalena*, Anne McGorrian, Nancy Savage, Krisha Séguin*, Elizabeth Tromp, Anna van Holst Pellekaan, Susanna Wiens, Dorothy Wood, Allison Woyiwada, Hiroko Yokota-Adachi*
Alto: Mary Wilson, Miriam Bayly, Elspeth Butterworth, Hélène Caron, Tara Dentry, Rachel Grattan, Janice Gray, Isabella Grigoroff, Natalia Jaworska, Angela Kelly, Andrea Lockwood, Joanne Maika-White, An Ngo*, Mary Nightingale, Monika Rahman, Susan Rich, Susan Robertson, Pamela Robinson, Linda Russell, Margaret Schatzky
Tenor: Tug Williams, Keith Bider, Guy Bujold, Lawrence Cumming, Neal Hill, Alexander Joubert, Chris King, Michael Koros, Janice Manchee, Yves Menard, David Oliver, Peter Robb
Bass: Mark Olo, Tomo Adachi, Terry Brynaert, Jorge Dastis, David Dawson*, Don Leek, Greg Lopinski, Martin McCurdy, Tim Schobert
*Soloists
Guest Music Director & Conductor: Matthew Larkin
Accompanist: Carson Becke
Rideau Chorale and its members respectfully acknowledge that the land on which we gather, rehearse and perform our music is the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. We are grateful to have the opportunity to be present in, and to perform on, this land.
Chair: Elizabeth Tromp
Treasurer: Hélène Caron
Membership Coordinator: Susan Robertson
Secretary: Greg Lopinski
Members-At-Large: Rhona Einbinder-Miller, Hilary Esmonde-White, Frances Isaac
Front of House operations: Rosmarie Gerber and her team
Graphics and Social Media: Monika Rahman
Website: Emily Walpole, Alexander Joubert, Natalia Jaworska, Hilary Esmonde-White
Sponsorship, Fundraising and Communications: Janice Manchee
Staging: An Ngo
Choir Marshall: Anna van Holst Pellekaan
Program Compilation: Hilary Esmonde-White
Ticket Sales: Hélène Caron
Audio & Video: Mike Mullin
Technical Support: Reid Smith
DONORS, SUPPORT & SPONSORS
Rideau Chorale wishes to acknowledge the generosity of our valued donors in helping us to present this concert. Gifts such as these make it possible for the choir to cover the considerable costs involved. In particular, we wish to acknowledge the generosity of Rena Upitis. If you are interested in making a donation (tax-deductible), learn more on our website.
We are grateful for the support of Allegra Printing and Diffusart
We would also like to thank the Ottawa businesses whose generous sponsorships have supported this concert. We encourage you to patronize our sponsors and let them know that you appreciate their support of Rideau Chorale.
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We are dedicated to the musical development of members, the pursuit of artistic excellence, and the presentation of beautiful music to the community.
Rideau Chorale
©2015-2023 Rideau Chorale
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to bring it out in her. Even though her and Tea Cake's relationship ended in a tragedy, she knew that he really loved her for who she was. She didn't need to be with him for protection, or she didn't need to be the leading lady of a town or a mayor's wife, she just needed the right kind of love and affection to bring out what was best in her.
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package io.eels.component.orc
import com.sksamuel.exts.Logging
import com.sksamuel.exts.OptionImplicits._
import io.eels.schema.StructType
import io.eels.{Row, Sink, SinkWriter}
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, Path}
case class OrcSink(path: Path,
overwrite: Boolean = false,
bloomFilterColumns: Seq[String] = Nil,
permission: Option[FsPermission] = None,
inheritPermissions: Option[Boolean] = None,
rowIndexStride: Option[Int] = None)
(implicit fs: FileSystem, conf: Configuration) extends Sink with Logging {
def withBloomFilterColumns(bloomFilterColumns: Seq[String]): OrcSink = copy(bloomFilterColumns = bloomFilterColumns)
def withRowIndexStride(stride: Int): OrcSink = copy(rowIndexStride = stride.some)
def withOverwrite(overwrite: Boolean): OrcSink = copy(overwrite = overwrite)
def withPermission(permission: FsPermission): OrcSink = copy(permission = Option(permission))
def withInheritPermission(inheritPermissions: Boolean): OrcSink = copy(inheritPermissions = Option(inheritPermissions))
override def writer(schema: StructType): SinkWriter = new SinkWriter {
if (overwrite && fs.exists(path))
fs.delete(path, false)
val writer = new OrcWriter(path, schema, bloomFilterColumns, rowIndexStride)
override def write(row: Row): Unit = writer.write(row)
override def close(): Unit = {
writer.close()
permission match {
case Some(perm) => fs.setPermission(path, perm)
case None =>
if (inheritPermissions.getOrElse(false)) {
val permission = fs.getFileStatus(path.getParent).getPermission
fs.setPermission(path, permission)
}
}
}
}
}
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Volvo Cars is pleased to announce that the issue of its EUR 500 million bond closed on 18th May, 2016. The senior unsecured notes mature on 18th May, 2021 and carry a fixed coupon rate of 3.25%. Interest will be payable semi-annually.
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VOLVO OPENS SCANDINAVIAN POP-UP SHOPS FOR FIRST UK PREVIEW OF NEW S90 AND V90
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Volvo S90 wins prestigious Production Car Design of the Year 2015
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Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, expects to make record sales in 2016 for the third consecutive year, Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo Cars' President and Chief Executive said.
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Volvo Car Group profit trebles to SEK6.6bn in 2015
Volvo Car Group, the premium car maker, trebled its operating profit for 2015 to SEK6.620bn compared with SEK2.128bn for the same period in 2014. Revenue for the year was SEK164,043m, up from SEK137,590m in 2014.
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Volvo Cars launches its new S90 premium saloon in Detroit, highlighting its commitment to the US
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The Ely Mine, which operated from 1821 to 1905, and its area of downstream impact constitute the Ely Copper Mine Superfund site. The site was placed on the National Priorities List in 2001. The mine comprises underground workings, foundations from historical structures, several waste-rock piles, roast beds associated with the smelting operation, and slag piles resulting from the smelting. The mine site is drained by Ely Brook, which includes several tributaries, one of which drains a series of six ponds. Ely Brook empties into Schoolhouse Brook, which flows 3.3 kilometers and joins the Ompompanoosuc River.
The aquatic ecosystem at the site was assessed using a variety of approaches that investigated surface-water quality, sediment quality, and various ecological indicators of stream-ecosystem health. The degradation of surface-water quality is dominated by copper with localized effects caused by iron, aluminum, cadmium, and zinc. Chronic water-quality criteria for copper are exceeded in the surface water of four of the six ponds on the Ely Brook tributary, and all of Ely Brook and Schoolhouse Brook, and of the Ompompanoosuc River downstream of the confluence with Schoolhouse Brook. Comparison of hardness-based and Biotic Ligand Model-based water-quality criteria for copper yields similar results with respect to extent of impairment. However, the Biotic Ligand Model criteria are mostly lower than the hardness-based criteria and thus suggest a greater degree of impairment, particularly in the Ely Brook watershed, where dissolved organic carbon concentrations and pH values are lower. Surface-water toxicity testing correlates strongly with the extent of impact. Likewise, riffle-habitat benthic invertebrate richness and abundance data support these results through the stream environment. Similarly, the index of biotic integrity for the fish community in Schoolhouse Brook and the Ompompanoosuc River document degraded habitats throughout Schoolhouse Brook from Ely Brook down to the Ompompanoosuc River.
The sediment environment shows similar extents of impairment also dominated by copper, although localized degradation due to chromium, nickel, lead, and zinc was documented on the basis of probable effects concentrations. In contrast, equilibrium-partitioning sediment benchmarks indicate no toxic effects would be expected in sediments at the reference sites, and uncertain toxic effects throughout Ely Brook and Schoolhouse Brook, except for the reference sites and site EB-600M. The results for site EB-600M indicate predicted toxic effects. Acute toxicity testing of in situ pore waters using Hyalella azteca indicates severe impacts in Ely Brook reaching 100 percent lethality at site EB-90M. Acute toxicity testing of in situ pore waters using Chironomus dilutus shows similar, but not as severe, toxicity. Neither set of in situ pore-water toxicity tests showed significant impairment in Schoolhouse Brook or the Ompompanoosuc River. Chronic sediment toxicity testing using Hyalella azteca indicated significant toxicity in Ely Brook, except at site EB-90M, and in Schoolhouse Brook. The low toxicity of EB-90M may be a reflection of the low lability of copper in that sediment as indicated by a low proportion of extractable copper (1.1 percent). Depositional-targeted habitat invertebrate richness and abundance data support these conclusions for the entire watershed, as do the index of biotic integrity data from the fish community.
The information was used to develop an overall assessment of the impact on the aquatic system that appears to be a result of the acid rock drainage at the Ely Mine. More than 700 meters of Ely Brook, including two of the six ponds, were found to be severely impacted, on the basis of water-quality data and biological assessments. The reference location was of good quality based on the water quality and biological assessment. More than 3,125 meters of Schoolhouse Brook are also severely impacted, on the basis of water-quality data and biological assessments. The biological community begins to recover near the confluence with the Ompompanoosuc River. The evidence is less conclusive regarding the Ompompanoosuc River. The sediment data suggest that the sediments could be a source of toxicity in Ely Brook and Schoolhouse Brook. The surface-water assessment is consistent with the outcome of a surface-water toxicity testing program performed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Ely Brook and Schoolhouse Brook and a surface-water toxicity testing program and in situ amphibian testing program for the ponds.
Seal, R.R., II, Kiah, R.G., Piatak, N.M., Besser, J.M., Coles, J.F., Hammarstrom, J.M., Argue, D.M., Levitan, D.M., Deacon, J.R., and Ingersoll, C.G., 2010, Aquatic assessment of the Ely Copper Mine Superfund site, Vershire, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5084, 131 p.
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Ayla/Wrecking Ball
< Ayla
This guide is for an Ayla Rage build, one that uses Rage as its primary means of dealing damage. It's important to make note of who your opponents are when deciding which build to use. If the enemy team is composed of mostly passive/defensive 'Nauts (Gnaw, Voltar, Genji...), 'Nauts without a lot of knockback potential (avoid Coco, Lonestar, Skolldir, and Ted), and/or 'Nauts that don't specialize in assassination (Froggy, Leon, Vinnie, Penny), then this is a good option for a build. If you're up against a Gnaw and/or a Voltar, it's preferable to AAyla, as it can clear out weedlings and is immune to bodyblocking teammates.
Despite what many newer players might argue, Rage has many weaknesses, and can leave Ayla very vulnerable against opponents who know what they're doing. That's why it's critical to make note of who is on the enemy team before committing to it as your damage-dealer. There are some team combos that leave themselves more vulnerable (or rather, present less of a threat) to Rage Ayla than to AAyla, and those are the teams to use this build against.
1 Recommended Loadout
2 Purchase Order
2.1 Game Start
2.2 Early Game
2.3 Mid Game
2.4 Late Game
3 Play Style and Tips
4 FINAL NOTE
Recommended Loadout[edit | edit source]
Purchase Order[edit | edit source]
Game Start[edit | edit source]
Piggy Bank, Rage, Evil Eye, Space Air Max
These four right out of the starting gate. As with most 'Nauts, it's important to get both abilities ASAP, and this is especially true for Rage Ayla as they're both going to be her main methods of attack, with only rare AA use. With a good drop in the beginning of the game, you should have just enough Solar for all four of these upgrades. If you missed some on your way down and find yourself short, go and farm a quick Solar nickel or two and then come back. Space Air Max increases Ayla's movement speed and jump by a greater amount than any other character in the game, the jump being critical to being able to move around the map quickly.
Early Game[edit | edit source]
Blue Three-wheeler, Angry Drawings, Power Pills Turbo, Rip-apart Bear
Wasting no time, max out Rage. Evil Eye is very important, but doesn't have the added benefit of usefulness against droids/creeps that boosting Rage has. Blue Three-wheeler is the most important purchase to make first, as it will vastly improve your mobility (and thus area control), allow you to chase down enemies low on health and finish them off, and most of all, allow you to escape a sticky situation consistently when needed.
After Blue Three-wheeler, go for Angry Drawings to boost Rage's power and DPS (damage per second). The sooner you can get this, the better, as it can start a serious snowball in your team's favor and, if enemies aren't upgraded enough, allow you to take on whole teams 1v3. Not that you should try that if you're not sure you can get away with it, of course.
Angry Drawings is both offensive and defensive, as the higher your DPS, the more lifesteal you receive, and the better you are at sustaining yourself. This is why it's more important than Rip-apart Bear.
Don't go for Fiery Jawbreakers. While it's true that it will boost your damage dealt, it increases your self-damage by a much greater amount than it increases your dealt damage, making it a liability.
It's a good idea, either during or immediately after your Angry Drawings purchases, to upgrade Power Pills Turbo, as well. It's a fairly cheap upgrade by this point in the game, and helps make Ayla much less squishy. Either intersperse them with your Rage purchases or max them out as soon as you finish buying both Angry Drawings.
Rip-apart Bear helps you survive longer while in Rage mode. If you're doing well in the match and have a snowball going, buy this defensive upgrade to keep it rolling. If you're on the defensive side, it might be better to hold off on this until later in the game and start upgrading Evil Eye.
Mid Game[edit | edit source]
Toothbrush Shank, Fake Family Pictures, Biter Mask
With Rage powered up, it's now time to give Evil Eye a little love, as it's very useful in combination with Rage or by itself. While Biter Mask is useful to increase EE's slowdown effect and set up for a Rage chase, most would argue that its burst damage is more useful, so first max out Toothbrush Shank to get the most bang for your Solar buck.
Fake Family Pictures is almost as effective as Toothbrush Shank and will allow you to reach those higher damage thresholds, faster. If you're liking how that burst feels, go for this upgrade next. If you'd rather improve the slowing effect to set up your Rage kills, feel free to get Biter Mask instead. These three upgrades will allow you to ambush incoming enemies with deadly precision, if used well.
Don't forget to get those Rip-apart Bears if you opted out earlier in the game.
Late Game[edit | edit source]
Thief Tools, Explosive Neckband, Hungry Zurian
With both Rage and Evil Eye souped up, you'll be dealing some heavy damage and hopefully getting a good number of kills, whether you're attacking or defending. With little else to do, it's time to start upgrading your turret-smashing power, Demolition Ayla style. Go for Thief Tools first; both it and Explosive Neckband increase Ayla's AA DPS by approximately the same amount while Thief Tools is much cheaper.
With that maxed, then start on Explosive Neckband.
Hungry Zurian isn't nearly as important as it is on AAyla, but it can help keep you alive when tearing down turrets if a group of enemy droids wander into your path, so make that your third AA purchase.
Play Style and Tips[edit | edit source]
As most Ayla Rage guides will tell you, early game Ayla is rather vulnerable. She doesn't have a lot of HP, and using Rage in combat can hurt more than help in many situations. This is when Ayla must rely heavily on her team, and focus on hit-and-run tactics with Evil Eye and Rage. Evil Eye has a slowing effect which can make it difficult for enemies to escape from Rage, or make it difficult for them to chase you. Most of all, though, it can be used as a surprise burst to wipe out enemies when both of you are low on health. This is risky to pull off, but Ayla is all about risk. Practice your aim well and be ready to back off if things get too hairy. Deal some damage when you're sure you can get away with it, back off at the first sign of serious danger, and always watch your back for assassins. Fortunately, they haven't powered themselves up much yet either, but they're still Ayla's greatest threat. Above all else, though, farm. Kill every droid in sight. Hog the neutral creeps from enemies. If it moves, kill it. If there's one thing Rage Ayla excels at, it's killing groups of droids and creeps. Get as much Solar as you can to propel yourself into an advantageous position (helping your team along the way, of course) and get those upgrades as soon as you can to start the landslide.
Once you've got your three-wheeler, you'll be significantly more mobile. At this point in the game, that's best used for escaping (and continued farming—get to those creeps before the enemy!). When you get that chunk of solar needed to max out Angry Drawings, then you'll be ready to take the offensive. As the game progresses, you'll slowly be able to start pushing more, relying less on hit-and-run tactics. But for now, keep your guard up, and make it a slow transition, and as with almost any strategy, try to stick with your teammates most of the time. Continue farming droids and creeps when you have the time and you'll build your solar up to the point of maxing out Rage (and your HP). It's important to note that, despite its self-harming, when you're trying to escape from enemies, DO NOT drop out of Rage and start running. This is what many new players intuitively want to do, but the flight, added mobility, and defense boost from Rage (once you've gotten Tear-apart Bear) make it a much stronger escape option, and leave you less vulnerable than trying to flee on foot. Absolute worst case scenario, better you've killed yourself than let an enemy last-hit you.
When this happens, you'll be a force to be reckoned with, and with some game smarts, you'll be able to start reeling in the enemy Awesomenaut kills. Mid-game is Ayla's time to shine, as she easily gets kills on lesser-prepared or lesser-upgraded enemies one after another. Be wary of ambushes and surprise attacks, and again, when in doubt, keep your team about. If a Rage Ayla is too much of a threat, often a team will band together specifically to kill her, which can certainly happen without backup. Watch at all times for an ambush or any kind of burst. Remember that you have Evil Eye to slow enemies with and deal your own burst damage, making Rage that much more lethal, and start to upgrade it further with any Solar you collect.
With Rage and Evil Eye both maxed, little Ayla will be dealing some killer damage, with some pretty hard-to-break defenses while attacking a group. It's important to keep as many enemies as you can in your field at one time, as many of them as possible droids, enough of which will make you functionally invincible. As mentioned in the purchase order section, by late game, it's time to upgrade your Chain Whack to improve your damage to turrets. The tactic hasn't changed much between mid and late game, but if the game is going evenly, then your enemies are upgrading and getting stronger, making them somewhat more of a threat. Be smart about when to attack and when it comes time to defend, focus on enemy droids, as Ayla can get rid of them faster than perhaps any other character, and gains life from doing so, as well. With Hungry Zurian at her disposal, Ayla gains yet another lifesteal with her Chain Whack, making her an even greater threat to structures. Once you get a foothold, start pushing, and whittle away at what's left of the enemy's defenses, then pat yourself on the back, you little ball of death and cuteness.
FINAL NOTE[edit | edit source]
This build is very team-dependent in higher leagues, especially if you upgrade Rage before Evil Eye. It is meant primarily for droid clearing and multiple assassinations (swooping in for kills after your allies have weakened opponents). Despite what it may seem, this is a PASSIVE Ayla build. If your role is that of an initiator, then AAyla has a higher skill ceiling. If you must use Rage for your primary attack in an initiating playstyle, though, then you should upgrade Evil Eye via Toothbrush Shank before Rage in the Early Game portion. For soloing purposes, Evil Eye is what's going to get you your kills; upgrading nothing but Rage and diving in headfirst is what's going to get you killed.
Finally, if you see an Ayla on the enemy team, absolutely go for Evil Eye upgrades before Rage. In most cases, Ayla vs. Ayla is decided by which has upgraded her Evil Eye the most.
--XTApocalypse (talk) 23:01, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
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Give Up the Funk Edition
Jan 30, 20231:21 PM
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Chris Molanphy: Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of pop chart history from Slate magazine about the hits from coast to coast. I'm Chris Molanphy, chart analyst, pop critic and writer of Slate's Why Is This Song number one series on today's show? 50 years ago this month, the number one album in America was a smooth, sinuous slice of uncut funk. It was a soundtrack LP, but also an Auteurist album in its own right by a man already regarded as a soul legend. Curtis Mayfield. See?
Chris Molanphy: The Superfly from the Gordon Parks Jr movie of the same name was a watershed not only for the man who recorded it, but for all of popular black music in the seventies. It affirmed not only that R&B and soul had been transformed by the rhythmic form now known as funk, but that funk was commercially viable with a massive crossover audience. And there was more than one way to funk. No.
Speaker 2: Not. You never sleep. Did you know.
Chris Molanphy: That the Seventies was positively awash in funk in all of its forms? Whether Latin fusion funk from bands like War to the romantic boudoir funk of Marvin Gaye.
Chris Molanphy: Let's get to the strutting funk of the Ohio players.
Speaker 3: Hey, What? Now.
Chris Molanphy: One seminal group even put Funk right in their name, Funkadelic. Really? It was two groups, Parliament and Funkadelic, hosting a rotating cast of some of the best players in funk music.
Speaker 3: They don't have enough. That's the way.
Chris Molanphy: These artists all scored massive hit singles. But crucially, they also sold truckloads of albums. All of the above acts scored number one or platinum LPs. Indeed, funk in the Seventies was perhaps best appreciated on long playing vinyl, where its grooves seemed to stretch into outer space.
Speaker 2: Laying down.
Chris Molanphy: Bands like Earth, Wind and Fire razed the LP to an art form not only routinely topping the album chart, but putting out elaborate packages that rivaled LP's from the world of Rock.
Speaker 2: And Shining Star. No matter who we are.
Chris Molanphy: But as Funk in the Seventies competed with not only rock but disco, it found itself having to adapt to keep up with the relentless demand for dance rhythms. Bands that were once pure Funk.
Speaker 2: Django and Get It song.
Chris Molanphy: Were adapting smoother grooves into their sound.
Speaker 2: Oh it's too hot hop They got out the shelter.
Chris Molanphy: Got a and certain seventies funk Craftsman.
Speaker 3: Brand. How how does that.
Chris Molanphy: Smooth themselves out into eighties pop song Smiths.
Speaker 3: And you are stuck with. The rain.
Chris Molanphy: To say nothing of the foundation that Funk laid for an entirely new genre.
Speaker 2: Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, Get back down. Get on up without a funk, you know?
Chris Molanphy: Oh, sure. We know what funk became in the decades after the seventies. But the richness of funk at its peak and the ways it was consumed back in the day are vital to understanding how popular music found its groove. O.G. Funk underpins so much of what we take for granted in pop. To this day, I.
Speaker 3: Can dig rap and I'm ready. How did this happen?
Chris Molanphy: Today on the hit parade, after decades of funk paying it forward. We're here to provide the big payback, whether delivered by established soul legends.
Speaker 3: So I bet I know my dad. I'm gonna keep trying to.
Chris Molanphy: Or rising young upstarts.
Speaker 2: Tell me something good. One.
Chris Molanphy: Tell me Funk was the lingua franca of the seventies. Not only for dancing, but for appreciating at length. And it took one particular soul legend who had shaped several waves of black art to establish that funk would fuse with psychedelic soul and shape the decade to come.
Speaker 2: We can deal with rockets and dreams, but reality. What does it mean? It's. Calls many states.
Chris Molanphy: And that's where your hit parade marches today, the week ending October 28th, 1972, when Freddie's Dead. The lead single from Curtis Mayfield's Superfly soundtrack broke into the top ten on Billboard's Hot 100 and reached its number two peak on the Soul singles chart the same week the Superfly album settled into a month long run at number one on the Billboard album chart. On Superfly, Mayfield sang about trying to get over, but Funk had already gotten over and taken center stage.
Chris Molanphy: While we were preparing this episode of Hit Parade, the music World Lost artist Leon Ivey, Jr, better known as nineties rapper Coolio at age 59, and I, for one, couldn't help but reflect on how essential golden age funk was to Coolio's breakthrough.
Speaker 2: It's about the kitchen We Oh, the Miss Fantastic Size 75.
Chris Molanphy: Though he is best known for the chart topping 1995 single Gangsta's Paradise. Coolio's big break on the charts came a year earlier in 94 with Fantastic Voyage, a number three hit that borrowed its title, its chorus hook, and pretty much its entire groove from this 1980 R&B smash.
Speaker 3: The Long Goodbye.
Chris Molanphy: It's a Fantastic Voyage by Dayton, Ohio, funk group Lakeside. And like so many funk groups. Lakeside had gotten their start in the early seventies. When they were first signed by Curtis Mayfield's curtain record label. So many roads lead back to Curtis Mayfield.
Speaker 2: Just. Toward your destination, though you may find from time to time.
Chris Molanphy: I bring up Coolio very briefly here. First, to wish him a peaceful journey into the afterlife. But also to explain what this hit parade episode will not be. Nearly half a century past the birth of hip hop, it's tempting to view funk largely through that lens, considering how seventies classics by the likes of same Stevie Wonder men.
Speaker 2: Spending most their lives living.
Speaker 3: In the past time bound and spending Mos Def.
Chris Molanphy: Were later transformed by rappers like Coolio into hits like Gangsta's Paradise and sure, the entire G-funk era Coolio was a part of in the nineties. Has funk in its name for a reason.
Speaker 2: Hey yo you stuff with all that. You're just saying.
Chris Molanphy: We could spend this entire episode playing rap classics that owe their existence to vintage seventies funk. From the De La Soul hit that samples Funkadelic and the Ohio players.
Speaker 2: It's just me, myself and.
Speaker 3: Just a dinner party.
Chris Molanphy: To Tupac songs that are built out of old James Brown records.
Speaker 2: In all, your performance will never forget. So the third piece from Richard, it's a patrol.
Chris Molanphy: To the big Punisher hit that interpolated a deep cut from Earth, Wind and Fire.
Speaker 2: You know, a lot of play offs. You know what you're looking for. I want a.
Chris Molanphy: Bush. And by the way, while we are now decades past the G-funk era, even the charts of 2022 are living in a world funk created. For example, this chart topping single by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak called Love's Train, a summer 2022 number one song on Billboard's adult R&B chart.
Speaker 2: Sugar.
Speaker 3: Honey, Darlin, I Really Want to see.
Chris Molanphy: Is a remake of an old hit by this seventies eighties funk group can function.
Speaker 3: Like a time.
Speaker 2: Not just on my part.
Chris Molanphy: As much as I love all of this R&B and hip hop heritage wrought by first wave funk, to me, it's a little unfair to regard funk music as merely a blueprint for music that came later. Funk isn't just for deejays, producers and crate diggers. In its day, funk was pop music's. Dominating the charts nearly as reliably that decade as rock and disco.
Chris Molanphy: In this episode, I want to talk about how funk music was consumed at the time and how it came to define what pop sounded like. And no decade was ever as good to funk as the 1970s. But of course, first funk had to be invented, and for that we briefly need to travel back to the 1960s and the man known as Soul Brother Number one. You had to know we'd be covering him. The self-proclaimed hardest working man in show business, James Brown, who codified the very concept of the one.
Speaker 3: I'm on commercial flight.
Chris Molanphy: And few records are as epical as Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. James Brown's first top ten pop hit and the dividing line between how rhythm was understood in soul music before and after. In his book, The Heart of Rock and soul critic Dave Marsh writes, quote, No record before Pop has got a brand new bag. Sounded anything like it. No records since has been unmarked by it, unquote.
Speaker 3: Pop has got a brand new band.
Chris Molanphy: As I touched on briefly in our fifth anniversary episode of Hit Parade, Brown's innovation was to lead his band toward what he called the one that is placing the rhythmic emphasis on the first beat in a measure rather than the second and fourth beats, which is more typical in rock and other traditional pop songs. Pappas, which reached number ten in the summer of 1965, was the hit that effectively introduced this concept, and it became the bedrock of funk and other forms of rhythmic music. Brown refined this approach on later tracks on his 1967 number seven hit Cold Sweat, for example. You can really hear how James has distilled the one down to its essence.
Speaker 3: I got. And I'm gonna spot. Now.
Chris Molanphy: By the dawn of the seventies, Brown had boiled down this highly syncopated approach to the point where his band was essentially a pure funk rhythm section. Listen to his seminal 1970 single Sex Machine, a number two R&B, number 15 pop hit. This groove is the blueprint for much of seventies funk.
Speaker 3: Get on up. Do you know who? The guitar.
Speaker 2: Bass, guitar. Bass guitar.
Chris Molanphy: Who is running parallel to James Brown's Funky Revolution was another innovator who seemed to hear things differently. The North Carolina born New Jersey raised George Clinton, later known as the prime minister of Funk, Uncle Jam and Dr. Frankenstein. Clinton and his funky adventures couldn't be contained within just one band.
Speaker 3: You will win a bet. Find out. You can drink. I'll get you.
Chris Molanphy: I'll bet you was the first chart hit for Funkadelic. A number 22 R&B. Number 50 pop hit in 1969 that fused psychedelic soul with rumbling basslines. Clinton formed Funkadelic while his original band, The Parliaments, were fighting off a trademark lawsuit on their name. When the parliaments won their lawsuit, George converted them to just Parliament, and they too shifted in a much funkier direction.
Chris Molanphy: Both of these bands, Parliament and Funkadelic, continued to record for more than a decade, with George Clinton switching names and sets of players from album to album. The lines between them blurred enough that most fans referred to Clinton's exploits as Parliament Funkadelic or simply P-Funk.
Chris Molanphy: Generally, Funkadelic was the more experimental band. Among its signature innovations was the seminal 1971 funk rock instrumental Maggot Brain with searing crying guitar by Eddie Hazel Funkadelic. Maggot Brain is still considered one of the greatest guitar songs of all time.
Chris Molanphy: We will hear plenty more from P-Funk later in this episode. If James Brown and George Clinton were funk innovators, other late sixties hitmakers, were popularizers shifting their soul music hard in the direction of funk. New Orleans instrumentalists The Meters scored with a swampy take on funk as early as 1969, when they landed their number four R&B number 23 pop classic Cissy Strut.
Chris Molanphy: Sly Stone, whom we've discussed in several prior hit parade episodes, shifted his psychedelic soul sound steadily toward funk over several albums and singles on 1968. I Want to Take You Higher. Sly and the Family Stone were already pretty funky. Then at the end of 1969, Sly and the Family Stone dropped. Thank you for letting me be myself again.
Chris Molanphy: A 1970 number one single built around bassist Larry Graham's cutting edge slap funk bassline. A year later, Sly dropped his acclaimed There's A Riot Going On LP, which we discussed in our hits of 71 episode. By then, the Family Stone had fully transitioned to a murky funk sound as on their irresistible number one smash family affair.
Speaker 2: It's a family affair. A family affair. It's a family affair.
Chris Molanphy: Also in our hits of 71 show, I talked about Isaac Hayes, whose greatest funk innovation was arguably about song length. Hayes produced evocative, slow burning cuts that took up most of the side of an album, such as his 12 minute version of the Dionne Warwick hit Walk On by which Hayes punctuated with languid funk bass.
Chris Molanphy: Although Isaac Hayes breakthrough hit in 1971, his Oscar winning number one theme from the seminal blaxploitation film Shaft was one of his shorter recordings. It kicked off with a relatively long instrumental funk jam that took up half the record before Hayes even started singing.
Speaker 2: Who's the Black.
Chris Molanphy: Private? The Shaft soundtrack also reached number one on the album chart, an indication that music fans were consuming Isaac Hayes simmering funk at length. Hayes LP topped the album chart for only one week, which could have been a fluke. But one year later, Curtis Mayfield affirmed the commercial viability of blaxploitation soundtracks with his own smash LP and Mayfield, like James Brown, Sly Stone and George Clinton had made a fairly radical musical shift from the sixties into the seventies.
Speaker 2: Now. Maybe some day.
Chris Molanphy: In the sixties. Curtis Mayfield was a member of The Impressions, a group that started as a gospel inflected doo wop troupe showcasing the vocals of Jerry Butler. When Butler departed, Mayfield stepped forward as the group's de facto leader and main songwriter for The Impressions. Mayfield penned some of the most indelible songs of the civil rights era, including the R&B chart toppers Keep On Pushing, We're a Winner and the Now Standard. People get ready.
Speaker 2: So people get ready for the train to join. Passenger car.
Chris Molanphy: Already an iconic voice in sixties black pop. By the end of the decade, Curtis Mayfield became a budding mogul, founding his own custom label first to showcase his final albums with The Impressions before he then transitioned into a solo career and a much funkier sound.
Speaker 3: He sat down with. He said, Don't worry.
Chris Molanphy: The early 1971 hit, don't worry if there's a hell below, we're all going to go, which reached number three on the R&B chart and number 29 on the Hot 100. Found Mayfield adapting his socially conscious sound for the era of P-Funk and Sly Stone. It laid the groundwork for the soundtrack he would write and record a year later.
Chris Molanphy: Not long after Isaac Hayes topped the charts with Shaft Blaxploitation, film directors like Gordon Parks, director of Shaft and his son Gordon Parks, junior director of Superfly, liked having one artist record an entire soundtrack to give their film a signature sound. Hayes's Shaft album had consisted largely of his film score, with just a couple of vocal tracks like Theme from Shaft. But what Mayfield turned in for Parks Junior's film, Superfly, was exceptional, a funk album with mostly vocal tracks that stood apart from the film and told a story all its own.
Speaker 2: Everything that is in the thing.
Speaker 3: You push a move.
Chris Molanphy: From Pusher Man, which set the tone for the album to the lead single, Freddie's Dead Man The Smell.
Speaker 2: I'm sure that has come.
Chris Molanphy: Superfly was an amalgam of funk and soul, rhythm and melody, story and groove. It didn't hurt that Superfly, the movie starring Ryan O'Neal, was a smash, the highest grossing blaxploitation film to that date. But Mayfield's album developed a life of its own. Debuting on the album chart in late August 1972, a few weeks after the movie arrived. Curtis Mayfield's Superfly took eight weeks to reach number one on Billboard's Top LPs chart, and it rode the chart for nearly a year.
Speaker 3: Full of superfans. You to make it. But if you lose, go, guys, No questions.
Chris Molanphy: Superfly was more hip packed than any funk album before it. With Freddy's dead reaching number four on the Hot 100 and the title track reaching number eight. Though Curtis Mayfield would never again reach the pop top ten. He spent the rest of the decade scoring hits on the R&B chart like Future Shock. From the number one Soul Chart album back to the world.
Speaker 2: Subdued. Just shy.
Chris Molanphy: And the trend hopping Top 40 pop. Number three R&B hit Kung Fu Kong.
Speaker 2: I'm just dropping like this guy. Wow.
Chris Molanphy: More important, Mayfield had helped open the floodgates to a new wave of deep funk and. At first, many of the big funk crossover hits came from Motown veterans of the sixties.
Speaker 3: Well, that was all.
Chris Molanphy: Including the Temptations who went to number one in late 1972, just weeks after Superfly broke with their bass Heavy Papa was a Rolling Stone, or Marvin Gaye, who melded his soul balladry with a sexy strut on the 1973 number one hit. Let's get it on. Come on.
Chris Molanphy: And of course, Stevie Wonder recently emancipated from his teenage Motown contract and producing albums independent of the Motown system. His early seventies tracks like Superstition and Maybe Your Baby, were built around thick keyboard lines from Stevie's Clavinet.
Chris Molanphy: Moreover, acts that came from the smoother end of seventies R&B tilted toward funk in their arrangements. The O'Jays, for example, were the premier vocal group of Philadelphia Soul, which was heavily orchestrated and generally much fluttery, higher than funk. Nonetheless, you could hear the imprint of funk on the trio's highly syncopated hits. Songwriter John Whitehead called 1970 Two's Backstabbers. A number three pop number one R&B hit, quote, A heavenly feel against that funk, unquote.
Speaker 3: What they do in your face all the time, you ought to take your place.
Speaker 2: US.
Chris Molanphy: By 1974, the O'Jays had gotten even more bass heavy on the rumbling for the love of money. A number nine pop. Number three R&B hit.
Chris Molanphy: Besides these artists that alluded to funk, it was now possible for groups that focused largely on the music to score, both on the singles and album charts. One of the biggest of the early seventies was the Long Beach, California Latin funk combo war in 1970. Their career had been reinvented when the former leader of British group The Animals, Eric Burdon, took war under his wing and scored the number three psychedelic funk hit. Spill the Wine.
Speaker 2: She said While. Oh, my God.
Chris Molanphy: After that rock and soul breakthrough. By 1972, war began scoring on their own with hits like the number 14 Slippin Into the Darkness.
Speaker 2: And then it died.
Chris Molanphy: That set up war for their 1973 magnum opus, The World is a Ghetto.
Speaker 2: That's true. And four year old boy.
Chris Molanphy: The album topped Billboard's Top LPs in February 1973, hung around the chart all year and produced multiple hits, including the number seven title track and the number two smash, The Cisco Kid. Go.
Speaker 2: Go, go!
Chris Molanphy: The World Is a Ghetto wasn't just a singles collection Wars LP connected with rock and pop fans as an album length statement. There were tracks with the sprawl of album oriented rock, like the ten minute city, country, city. At the end of 1973, Billboard named The World is a Ghetto, the year's number one album. It established war as regular seventies hitmakers. Years later, they were still cracking the pop top ten with the reggae tinged funk of Why Can't We Be Friends?
Speaker 3: Why Did I get.
Chris Molanphy: And their most iconic single 1970 Fives horn inflected car, Anthem Low Rider.
Speaker 3: And Go Ride does it a little higher.
Chris Molanphy: Another all funk combo. Jersey City's Kool and the Gang had a similarly auspicious emergence. Their 1973 album, Wild and Peaceful, generated three Top 40 hits. The number 29 Funky stuff hanging out.
Speaker 3: All that is stuff.
Chris Molanphy: The number four hit Jungle Boogie, which decades later would be revived in Quentin Tarantino's film Pulp Fiction. I'm gonna go get it. Jungle Book and Hollywood Swinging, which also cracked the pop top ten and went all the way to number one on the R&B chart. Hollywood. But Kool in the gang's path would take a very different turn later in the decade. We'll come back to that by 1974 and 75. Funk was fusing with everything and everything it touched turned to gold. Godfather of Soul James Brown recorded his own blaxploitation style anthem, The Payback.
Speaker 3: Hey. Got to got to pay back. Rubin.
Chris Molanphy: Which was originally intended for the soundtrack of hell up in Harlem. When the filmmakers rejected the song, Brown released it himself as a kind of shivery funk murder ballad. It not only returned him to number one on the R&B chart, it cracked the pop Top 30 and was his first gold single in two years.
Speaker 2: Get down with my husband Buddy.
Chris Molanphy: Right down the Jammy Brooklyn combo Mandrill were a fusion of Latin jazz and rock with a funky edge, previously too esoteric for the charts. By 73 and 74, they were regularly making Billboard's Soul singles chart with tracks like Fence Walk and their Composite Truth. LP cracked the Pop Top 30. Even deeper into jazz. Herbie Hancock's seminal funk fusion LP Headhunters, reached number 13 on the pop album chart in early 1974.
Chris Molanphy: And as we discussed earlier this year in our R&B Queens episode of Hit Parade, the Chicago band Rufus, fronted by Chaka Khan, finally broke big in the summer of 74 after pivoting away from rock toward pure funk, scoring their first big hit with the Stevie Wonder penned and produced. Tell me something.
Speaker 2: Tell me something good. One. Tell me that you love me.
Chris Molanphy: Get out of the funk. Sound was not even limited to America. Average White band. A Scottish instrumental group produced an R&B sound so credible on pick up the pieces. They topped the hot 100, went top five on the Soul singles chart, and their album AWB topped both the pop and R&B lists. In early 1975.
Chris Molanphy: Sharing space with average white band near the top of the album chart in February of 75 was an even quirkier funk super combo. Their album was called Simply Fire, and they hailed from Dayton, Ohio. They called themselves The Ohio Players.
Speaker 2: God bless. Oh, my God. Oh, God.
Chris Molanphy: The group had both great grooves and great gimmicks. What made the Ohio players exceptional commercially was their marketing of funk as glossy, jovial party music. Best consumed an album at a time. And like Herb Alpert, Roxy Music or Chic, the Ohio players knew the value of a gorgeous female model on a vinyl dust jacket.
Speaker 2: There's a worm in the ground just. 6.0.
Chris Molanphy: In 1973 when they broke out with the hit Funky Worm, a number one R&B number 15 pop hit. The Ohio players were known both for the track's so-called granny vocals delivered in character by Walter Junie Morrison. Think of this trope as the media of its day.
Speaker 2: Cannot win it again and then come out with it.
Chris Molanphy: And the cover of the LP. It came from Payne, which featured a bald whip wielding female dominatrix in a bikini. The Ohio players repeated this sexy gambit on subsequent LPs called Pleasure, Ecstasy and Skin Tight, each of which sported a provocative cover and each of which sold better than the last.
Speaker 3: Skin ties, That ties.
Chris Molanphy: It all culminated in the late 1974 LP Fire, whose cover featured a buxom model clad in a fire helmet and not much else holding a phallic hose. Sexy as it was, that LP jacket wouldn't have mattered if the album's title track hadn't been, well, The Bomb Fire.
Chris Molanphy: Fire and fire topped the hot 100 in February 75, the same week the fire album hit number one on top LP. The song was no less funky than prior Ohio players releases, but halfway through the seventies, the record buying and radio listening public was, you might say, at its most funk.
Speaker 2: Philip sleigh can resurrect my dad's. I'm.
Chris Molanphy: And as gimmicky as those LP photos were, you couldn't hear a loo breathless album cover on the radio. America loved the songs. Later, in 75, taking advantage of their combustible momentum, the Ohio players dropped a follow up LP Honey. Yes, there was a sexy cover and yes, it involved the sweet sticky stuff. The lead single was a disco fied funk Fantasia called Love Roller Coaster. It, too, reached number one on the Hot 100 and the LP reached number two.
Speaker 3: What does that.
Speaker 2: Mean?
Chris Molanphy: About as big as the Ohio players got in 1975. The year's more pivotal breakthrough came from an even larger scale, more commercially dominant Hall of Fame level combo. They were based in funk, but more than funk. Their sound included jazz, soul, gospel, rock, folk, Afrobeat and yes, disco. Indeed, they would navigate the peak disco years better than any of these other early seventies acts. But even when their music was smooth or slick, it was still funky. And you might say elemental, earthy, windy, fiery and black featured as they disappeared.
Chris Molanphy: Five. A fun footnote about Earth, Wind and Fire. They recorded a blaxploitation movie soundtrack even before Isaac Hayes or Curtis Mayfield. They were the uncredited backing band to Melvin Van Peebles on the 1971 soundtrack to the director's seminal film Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song Ground Zero for Blaxploitation. Frankly, you can barely tell. Earth, Wind and Fire are playing on that soundtrack, which all music calls, quote, serviceable period funk soul.
Chris Molanphy: About the only telltale sign is when E.W. EFF leader Maurice White plays the Kalimba, the African style thumb piano White was probably the most famous kalimba player of all time. Maurice White started as a session musician playing drums on countless recordings for Chess Records, But he had greater ambitions.
Chris Molanphy: Founding his own band in Chicago in 1969, White named them Earth, Wind and Fire after his astrological chart, which had no water signs. The group signed to Warner Brothers Records and 2ewf albums came and went along with that Sweetback soundtrack to only modest success. White disbanded the group retaining only the Earth, Wind and Fire name, and his brother, bassist Virgin White signed to a New deal with Columbia Records in 1973.
Chris Molanphy: The year funk really began to blow up on the charts. DWF finally caught a wave. Head to the sky. Earth, Wind and Fires 1973 LP generated two R&B Top 40 hits, cracked the top 30 on the pop album chart and went gold even among their funky peers.
Chris Molanphy: In 73, he W.f. had a more expansive, eclectic sound played by a jazzy nine piece band and fronted by the falsetto vocals of Phillip Bailey and Morris and Virgin White. It was an ethereal, airy sound, but the next year, on a much bigger single E! DWF brought the uncut funk.
Chris Molanphy: Mighty, mighty. A number for R&B. Number 29 Pop hit Distilled the Earth, Wind and Fire sound for radio domination and set a template for the band. Melodic funk with brassy, intricate playing and stacked vocals. DWF had a good 1974 there. Open Our Eyes LP cracked the top 20 on the pop album chart and spun off three sizable hits. But 1975 was even better. Much better.
Speaker 2: No matter who you are. You seem to be a.
Chris Molanphy: Shining star was the lead single of That's the Way of the World. Earth, Wind and Fire is sixth studio album. And by the way, the soundtrack to a Harvey Keitel movie that's largely forgotten today. E w f didn't need a boost from that flop film because world, the album was a world beating blockbuster. Their most acclaimed and best selling LP, it topped the album chart in mid-May 1975, and one week later, Shining Star topped the hot 100.
Speaker 3: Yeah. But. Now I've got about. Oh, no. Yeah.
Chris Molanphy: Percolating and danceable with mystically minded lyrics about being born. A man child of the sun shining star may be the quintessential E W.f. funk song. It has the heavy bottom and the pillowy top elsewhere on That's the Way of the World. E w f further showcased their breath. The lilting title track was a number 12 pop. Number five R&B hit.
Chris Molanphy: The album also kicked off a stunning chart run for Earth, Wind and Fire from 1975 through 79. E.W. Alpha scored a top five platinum album every year. These included gratitude, another number one LP in early 76 that generated the ebullient top five hit Sing a Song.
Chris Molanphy: Thanks. And the late 76 album Spirit, which reached number two and spun off the hard charging number one R&B number 12 pop hit Getaway.
Chris Molanphy: Again, these were hit albums, not just hit songs with gatefold sleeves, elaborate Afrocentric imagery, and slick photos of the band assembled in artful arrangements. E w f albums even more than the sexy covers from the Ohio players upped the ante for R&B and funk iconography. They looked more like progressive or hard rock albums, and they sat comfortably in the collections of seventies LP buyers next to the likes of Led Zeppelin's. And.
Chris Molanphy: Yes. The elaborate imagery also matched E.W. Jeff's live show, which Maurice White stacked with lavish costumes, special effects and pyrotechnics, sometimes even stunts designed by magician Doug Henning. And the band was augmented onstage by their regular brass combo, the Phoenix Horns, who would later back Phil Collins on his brassy solo album.
Chris Molanphy: Through all of this elaborate production and instrumentation, the core of Earth, Wind and Fire, as music was still funk best exemplified by Serpentine Fire, a number one R&B number 13 pop hit in 1977 and the lead single to yet another platinum album.
Chris Molanphy: All in all. If Earth, Wind and Fire represented Funk's heightened super ego, you might say Parliament-Funkadelic was the it Rolling Stones Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll positions P-Funk as e w f's quote ideological rivals down and dirty, but equally eclectic, unquote.
Chris Molanphy: Indeed, George Clinton's dual axis of bands never scored the major pop crossover e w eff enjoyed. Neither Parliament nor Funkadelic ever landed a top ten hit on the hot 100. But away from the spotlight of pop listeners. Clinton had been mounting his own elaborate, crazy funk revolution with equally splashy LP covers for deep seventies funk fans.
Chris Molanphy: P-Funk were the prototype for everybody. Get up. Putting parliaments up for the down Stroke became the P-Funk Collective's first R&B Top ten hit in 1974. Its chanting rhythmic chorus. Get up for the down stroke, everybody Get Up. Was quintessential George Clinton gibberish with a sense of purpose from a man who once titled an album. Free your mind and your ass will follow.
Chris Molanphy: Each P-Funk album was high concept. Though some of George's concepts were more legible than others. Titles included Cosmic Slop and Funk, Intellect versus the Placebo Syndrome, one of the more accessible concepts. On 1975, Chocolate City imagined a nationwide takeover of the levers of government by Black America.
Speaker 2: Richard Pryor, Minister of Education. Stevie Wonder as Secretary of Fine Arts and Miss Aretha Franklin and the First Lady. Are you out there?
Chris Molanphy: See, George Clinton's not so secret weapon was the towering bassist Bootsy Collins, a veteran of James Brown's jabs at their early seventies peak.
Speaker 2: I got something that makes pink ball shout. I got the thing and tell me what it's all about. I got faith.
Chris Molanphy: Bootsy permanently joined the P-Funk collective in 1972, standing six foot two, clad in outrageous spangled outfits and glasses with stars on the lenses, popping his bass and singing pinched high harmony vocals. Bootsy became both a musical and a visual icon of Clinton's band, and he was instrumental to the success of Parliament's most successful album.
Speaker 2: Make make mad the people. I'm gonna get my stuff here, people. I want to get this.
Chris Molanphy: Mothership connection released At the very end of 1975. Became the first platinum P-Funk album in 1976 and their biggest crossover moment. Bootsy Collins was among the highlights on the second single, Give Up the Funk. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker. His percolating bassline is considered definitive.
Speaker 3: How about how about how we evolved on.
Chris Molanphy: The cover of Mothership? Connection featured George Clinton, a huge Star Trek fan emerging from a flying saucer legs first in platform moon boots. This imagery and the album's strong sales paid off on P-Funk, now legendary mothership tour of 1976, which featured a full scale spaceship and a massive band of expert funk players.
Speaker 2: The first record, The Grand of the Mothership, The Mothership Connection, found in 3D.
Chris Molanphy: If possible for P-Funk Stage show was even more extravagant than Earth, Wind and Fire's, and it attracted concert goers across the spectrum who might otherwise not have gone to a funk show. The Mothership Connection album went gold, then platinum. Within a year, George Clinton had become prime Minister of Funk by following his freaky muse without really trying to cross over.
Chris Molanphy: Which brings up an interesting point. How far would any of these acts need to go to attract a mainstream audience? Earth, Wind and Fire were finding a huge audience with their sleek, heterogeneous funk, but they were eclectic from the start and through 1976 acts as unabashedly funky as War. And the Ohio players were scoring massive pop hits without diluting their sound. How much further would they go? The answer to this question became more pressing in the late seventies, after Funk started grafting itself and then competing with other popular forms. For example.
Speaker 3: How was it Boogie singer playing in The Wild Cherry.
Chris Molanphy: A band from Steubenville, Ohio? Though you probably wouldn't call them Ohio, players are often categorized as a funk rock band, a label that has as much to do with their race as their music. Essentially, their 1976 number one hit play, That funky music, which some classify as disco, was really straight up funk. Even with the inclusion of the self-consciously satirical lyrics White.
Speaker 3: Music. Why I talking music, right?
Chris Molanphy: Similarly, Aerosmith's Walk This Way. The original version, a top ten hit in 1977, had a highly syncopated beat and riff that guitarist Joe Perry patterned after the Meters. A decade before, it was remade by rappers Run DMC, Walk This Way was already a white rock approximation of funk. So that was Rock appropriating Funk's moves.
Chris Molanphy: And then, of course, there was disco, which in many cases was really just funk by another name. On their comeback slash reinvention. Single Jive Talkin number one. In 1975, the Bee Gees were openly emulating the bass sound of Stevie Wonder and Sly Stone. If not for their breezy vocals and the keening synths. Jive Talkin would probably be classed as a funk record.
Chris Molanphy: And by the way, that was true of disco hits by black performers too, such as Rose Royce, the L.A. group behind Car Wash, another hot 100 number one in early 1977. Like Jive Talkin. Car Wash was built out of a popping funk bassline. The song even came from the soundtrack of a latter day blaxploitation film car wash.
Speaker 3: Work in the car wash him singing with.
Chris Molanphy: Soul for full on funk acts, making the transition from the early seventies to the late seventies. The dilemma concerned whether to adapt, especially as disco took over the charts and by how much. One of the most interesting before and after cases was a group from Tuskegee, Alabama.
Chris Molanphy: You might say, The Commodores, a sextet of multiple songwriters and instrumentalists, had a split personality from the start. Their debut single, an instrumental called Machine Gun, was a synth funk breakdown written by keyboardist Mahlon Williams. It reached number seven on the R&B chart and number 22 on the Hot 100. In 1974, the following year, Slippery when Wet, an even funkier jam written by Commodores, guitarist Thomas McClary went to number one R&B and cracked the pop top 20 rating.
Speaker 3: You might expect.
Speaker 2: That Brown was.
Chris Molanphy: The lead singer on Slippery when Wet was also a songwriter. You've probably heard of him. Lionel Richie and Lionel tended toward the softer side. That. When the Commodores finally broke into the pop Top five in 1976, they did it with Sweet Love, a Richie penned ballad with both R&B and pop in its bones. Lionel excelled at this kind of soft composition. Later in 77, Richie took the Commodores back into the top five and back to number one R&B with the wistful mid-tempo saloon ballad Easy.
Speaker 3: That's why I'm here. I'm easy. Like Sunday morning.
Speaker 2: And yet.
Chris Molanphy: Through all of this, The Commodores didn't abandon Funk, their very next hit. To this day, one of their most popular sung by drummer Walter Orange, was the funk ode to Carla Pidgeon, Women Brick House. And it was a top five on both the pop and R&B charts.
Speaker 3: How things about how. Save my my time.
Speaker 2: Just letting it all hang out. She's our friend.
Chris Molanphy: So, in other words, the Commodores could still give up the funk. And they didn't have to give up on funk. But they couldn't help but notice that Brick House accepted. The funky songs tended to fall short at top 40 radio, such as their number 39 hit Fancy Dancer.
Speaker 2: You'll the.
Speaker 3: Living. Todd. How?
Chris Molanphy: Or the number 24. Too hot to trot now.
Speaker 2: Too hot to trot. Now, babe, I got to stop by. Well, you do have the job.
Chris Molanphy: And so at a time when songs like You Light Up My Life and how Deep is your love, we're commanding the hot 100. The Commodores chose to lean into their secret sentimental weapon. Lionel Richie and his piano once.
Speaker 2: Time. Leader.
Chris Molanphy: Three times, a lady finally took the Commodores to number one on the hot 100 in the summer of 1978. A year later, the even gentler, more lachrymose still did the trick again.
Speaker 2: So many dreams. So. Many were.
Chris Molanphy: We did even more than on Sweet Love or Easy in these songs. The syncopation. The funk was gone. The Commodores scored just a couple more uptempo hits with Lionel Richie in the band before he left for a multiplatinum eighties solo career. By then, they had fully converted to a post disco easy listening group. Not really a funk group. Still props because, Lady, You Bring Me Up is a jam. Let's win.
Chris Molanphy: So the Commodores shift away from hard funk was gradual and not entirely necessary. They had hits throughout the seventies for Kool and the Gang. However, the choice was motivated by a career imperative. Get down.
Speaker 2: Get the feeling, the spirit.
Chris Molanphy: Right. By the mid-seventies, Kool and the Gang could still be relied upon to score big R&B hits like 1970 Five's Spirit of the Boogie. Despite the Boogie in its title, this was still their original brand of hard funk ala Jungle Boogie.
Chris Molanphy: But by 1976, with Disco on the Rise. Band leader Robert Kool Bell felt Kool and the Gang needed to get in front of the trend, so they recorded open sesame and exotic horn inflected disco funk track that had the good fortune to appear on the soundtrack to 1977 Saturday Night Fever.
Chris Molanphy: Unfortunately, this didn't help Kool and the Gang's sales much. The Open Sesame LP only reached number 110 on the album chart. So cool and gang leaned even harder into disco 1978. Everybody's dancin piled strings on top of the group's funk, bass and horns. It was an awkward hybrid. Everybody. The Everybody's Dancin single missed the top 40 on the R&B chart and missed the hot 100 entirely. The album bubbled under the album chart at number 207.
Chris Molanphy: Disco had seemingly made Kool the Gang obsolete. They would need a total overhaul. Bandleader Bell brought in a new producer, new instrumentalists, and for the first time, a permanent lead singer. The Smooth James J.T. Taylor was too hard, too.
Speaker 2: Hard to get around the show. Got a run of shame. It's too.
Chris Molanphy: Hot. The group was finally going to just skip over disco and aim for slick balladry and gently funky pop. This turned out to be a very wise move. Kool and the Gang anticipated the sound of eighties Pop and B Late Night and.
Speaker 2: 60 9010109 Ladies Night and the.
Chris Molanphy: Ladies Night. The title track of their late 1979 LP returned Kool and the Gang to the top ten on the hot 100 and to number one on the R&B chart. The group hadn't entirely abandoned funk basslines or their syncopated horns. They'd just smoothed everything out while removing any obvious disco tropes. One year later, an even more ebullient party jam did even better for Kool and the Gang.
Speaker 3: It's a breakdown.
Chris Molanphy: Celebration, which is surely playing somewhere in America as I speak, wherever more than ten people are gathered. Reached number one on the hot 100 in the winter of 1981.
Speaker 3: We go celebrate and party with you. Come on, now.
Chris Molanphy: The song was extremely danceable, but again, it did not have obvious disco overtones, making it an easier sell on the radio of 1980 and 81. It had funk guitar and deep synth bass, but it sounded like the eighties, not the seventies. Kool and the Gang would go on to mine this sound for the rest of the decade.
Speaker 3: Get down on. Get down on it. Come on. Get down on it. On it. On it.
Chris Molanphy: Scoring seven more, top ten hits, ten in total out of 13 top 40 hits. In the eighties alone, though, they had only been medium level hit makers in the seventies. Improbably in the eighties, Kool and the Gang became Kings of Pop and big crossover and they didn't have to give up funk entirely.
Speaker 3: Now get down on it. Down on it. Come on and down on baby, baby on it. Get on it here now.
Speaker 2: I think people are.
Chris Molanphy: This choice to funk or not to funk, to cross over or go with what you know was handled differently by every seventies veteran act. As the eighties approached the Ohio players, for example, their staggering mid-seventies success turned out to be fleeting. They tried going jazzier on an album called Mr. Mean, then tried their hand at disco funk fusion in 1979 to only modest results.
Speaker 2: The things you.
Speaker 3: Do to me in. Kim Moon, making great.
Chris Molanphy: War for their part, gave Latin flavoured disco a try. 1977 Galaxie squeaked into the pop top 40 at number 39 and was their last R&B top ten hit. However, war did continue to record steadily into the eighties and 1995. I got.
Speaker 2: My.
Chris Molanphy: Fire Curtis Mayfield shifted away from funk toward a mix of stately R&B balladry and a kind of yacht soul. 1981 She Don't Let Nobody But Me was his last R&B top 20 hit No Body.
Speaker 3: No, Not. She has no fire. No RINGO.
Chris Molanphy: In 1990, Mayfield was paralyzed when a lighting rig fell on him at a concert. That decade, he was inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Once with the Impressions and a second time on his own. Just months after that solo induction in 1999, Curtis Mayfield died at age 57.
Chris Molanphy: And what about the opposing archetypes of mid seventies funk? Earth, Wind and Fire and George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic universe? True to form, they went in opposite directions, but both approaches worked in their. George Clinton scored his biggest hits in the late seventies at the height of disco, even if other acts were abandoning uncut funk. He was going to continue to set the agenda, and 1978 was his most imperial year.
Speaker 3: And then I go.
Chris Molanphy: In March of 78, Parliament topped the R&B chart for the first time and reached an impressive number 16 on the hot 100 with flashlight. Three weeks later, Clinton effectively replaced himself at number one R&B when a track he'd produced for bassist Bootsy Collins called Boot Zilla.
Speaker 2: Yup. You get the.
Chris Molanphy: Oh, succeeded flashlight on top. Then just six months after.
Speaker 2: That until after the. Getting down for the that one day.
Chris Molanphy: Around the Moon Funkadelic scored its biggest ever single and album, both titled One Nation Under a Groove. The LP went top 20 and platinum. The single was a top 30 pop hit and number one R&B for six weeks. Clearly, P-Funk fans preferred George Clinton. Deeply funky and deeply weird. Over the next four years. Clinton would continue to top the R&B chart with such quirky jams as parliaments. Aqua Boogie.
Speaker 3: Me, too. Hey. Comprehension of strokes.
Speaker 2: Was it all.
Chris Molanphy: Funkadelic? Not just knee deep. And in the early eighties, under his own name, George Clinton would hit the top with his digital funk hip hop jam. Atomic Dog.
Speaker 2: Oh. Oh, wow. Wow, Wow. Video He followed.
Chris Molanphy: Clinton's loopy catchphrases from these hits like Psycho Alpha, Disco Beat Up or Bow. Wow. Wow, Yippee. Yo Yerba became permanent parts of hip hop lingo. No other funk veteran was given greater permission to let his freak flag fly, and that fearlessly freaky style arguably made Clinton the greatest influence not only on hip hop but on the next generation of eighties Funk from Rick James.
Speaker 3: Give it to the dead. It's a.
Chris Molanphy: Better to the Gap band that. Me too.
Speaker 3: Cameo account on Bad, Bad Tommy. What's so bad? I out? You to God.
Chris Molanphy: And what about Earth, Wind and Fire? Maurice White's killer instinct. His unerring ear for crossover hits kept DWF in the game right through the end of the decade and beyond.
Speaker 2: Do you remember.
Speaker 3: When it was time? My love is changing by September.
Chris Molanphy: A one off single attached to a late 1978 Greatest Hits album is now Earth, Wind and Fires. Most played perennial, streamed more than 1.1 billion times on Spotify. Co-written by Maurice White, his guitarist Al McKay, and Journey woman songwriter Ali Willis, who, by the way, would later penned hits for The Pet Shop Boys and the Rembrandts.
Chris Molanphy: No kidding. September blended funk and disco into a joyous celebration. By the way, nobody really knows what body yard means. And Maurice White claimed that he picked the 21st night of September entirely at random.
Chris Molanphy: Anyway, e w f followed the disco adjacent September with Boogie Wonderland. A full dive into disco that reached number two, R&B, number six pop.
Chris Molanphy: And then. As we discussed in our yacht rock episode of Hit Parade, IWC scored with the classic yacht soul ballad After the Love Has Gone. It hit number two on both charts just as the album I Am became E.W. F's fifth consecutive platinum studio album. It was the band's versatility that sold all those LPs and generated all those hits.
Chris Molanphy: Songs like Boogie Wonderland and After The Love Has Gone may not have been funk per se. But they didn't take DWF that far away from the music's roots. The syncopation, the bass grooves, the sophisticated arrangements, and the falsetto vocals. Like Curtis Mayfield from nearly a decade before on Superfly.
Speaker 3: And I didn't have to be. Well, I was just kidding.
Chris Molanphy: Anyway, as ever, Earth, Wind and Fire didn't stray from straight up funk for long.
Speaker 2: Get down. Down on the ground.
Chris Molanphy: Amazingly, DWF scored arguably their biggest chart hit ever in 1981 with the synth funk banger Let's Groove with eight weeks at number one on the Soul singles chart. Their longest R&B reign ever and five weeks at number three on the Hot 100, outlasting the endurance of their 1975 number one Shining star. Let's groove. Summarized everything DWF had done in the prior decade for two.
Speaker 3: You can do it. Oh, right.
Chris Molanphy: Little sleek, brassy, catchy, fluttery, smooth, romantic, and most of all, funky. Let's groove could not have been more aptly titled. It was E.W. F's last blockbuster Go. But not their last hit.
Chris Molanphy: After a mid-eighties hiatus, the group kept scoring on the R&B chart through the late eighties and early nineties, including their final number one R&B hit 1987 System of Survival. Separately on his own. Vocalist Philip Bailey scored a massive eighties hit teaming up with Earth, Wind and Fire fan Phil Collins. Their duet, 1980 Five's Easy Lover hit number two.
Speaker 3: She'll take it. But you want to.
Chris Molanphy: Earth, Wind and Fire were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. That same year, it was announced that Maurice White was contending with Parkinson's disease. He nonetheless made the ceremony and spoke briefly.
Speaker 4: Well, the first thing I can say that I'm speechless. I've got to go. But it's been a long, hard road. But it's been a beautiful road. I want to tell the musicians, along with what else to take the ride. It's been very. And we couldn't couldn't have went any place without the fans and loyal fans. We thank you very, very much.
Chris Molanphy: White lived another decade and a half, continuing to mind the group's business, even as he could no longer join them on stage. Maurice White died in February 2016 at the age of 74. Maybe among the seventies class of funk acts.
Chris Molanphy: Earth, Wind and Fire were not as influential as George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars, or certainly going back to the sixties as formative as James Brown or even Curtis Mayfield. But you could say that Maurice White's brainchild, the band he formed half a century ago that sold about 90 million records, was the most successful product of funk. Proof of the music's adaptability and reach. DWF music was all encompassing, versatile and joyous, and, by the way, fronted by Philip Bailey and Virgin White.
Chris Molanphy: Earth, Wind and Fire continues to tour to this day. In fact, just a month ago, in September 2022, they were on stage performing well, of course, September.
Chris Molanphy: There are no onstage pyrotechnics anymore at an e w f show, no magic tricks. The pyramid images and laser lights are now just projected onto a screen, and the band are no longer wearing wide collars, sequins and moon boots. But if you close your eyes, the groove is unmistakable, the funk undeniable. And as the song says, you'll dance in the night. And remember how the stars stole the night away. Get back.
Chris Molanphy: I hope you enjoyed this episode of Hit Parade. Our show was written, edited and narrated by Chris Molanphy. That's me. My producer is Kevin Bendis. Alicia montgomery is the executive producer and Derek John, the supervising narrative producer of Slate Podcasts. Check out their roster of shows at Slate.com slash podcast. You can subscribe to Hit Parade wherever you get your podcasts. In addition to finding it in the Slate Culture Feed, if you're subscribing on Apple Podcasts, please rate and review us while you're there. It helps other listeners find the show. Before I sign off this month, a quick promo.
Chris Molanphy: If you're in the Columbia, South Carolina area, I'll be making a live appearance sponsored by the University of South Carolina's School of Information and Communications and the Richland Public Library on Thursday, October 20th at 6:30 p.m.. I'm speaking at the Richland Main Public Library and it's free and open to the public. My talk will be about pop culture, music and South Carolina. And by the way, my discussion of a certain South Carolina musician may make it into a future hit parade episode. We'll add a link to the show page. Thanks for listening and I look forward to leading the hip parade back your way. Until then, keep on marching on the one. I'm Chris Molanphy.
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New iPhones Could Support Dual SIM Cards: Why It Matters
By Adam Ismail 10 September 2018
A teaser graphic posted by China Mobile on social media has renewed speculation that Apple's 2018 iPhones will carry a feature some users have waited years for: dual SIM support.
(Image credit: China Mobile via GSMArena)
Depending on where you live and how you use your phone, this is potentially a huge deal. Dual SIM phones feature slots for two SIM cards, but up until now the feature has primarily been reserved for Android phones sold in Asia. They're favored by business clients who travel often and rely on multiple carriers when they're home or away.
Dual SIM slots allow your phone to run on different networks without forcing you to fiddle with swapping those pesky little paper cards that are so easy to lose. In certain parts of the world, though, they're not so much a luxury, but a necessity.
Some overseas carriers offer competitive rates for calls and texts, while other provide reasonable data-only plans. By mixing and matching SIM cards, users in countries like India and China can actually save money.
(Image credit: Shutterstock)
While the potential for a dual SIM iPhone is looking stronger with every leak, there's no certainty that the dual SIM variants will arrive in the West. According to GSMArena, which uncovered the teaser, the 6.1-inch LCD iPhone — reported to be the least expensive of the three new models and possibly called the iPhone Xc — may be the only new Apple handset with the ability to house two SIM cards. However, the iPhone Xc we see here may be stuck with the good old-fashioned single SIM bay, along with the rumored iPhone XS and XS Max.
MORE: New 2018 iPhones: iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone 9
It's believed Apple may elect to go the dual SIM route in the face of steep competition from Chinese brands like Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi. The current batch of iPhones are reportedly performing reasonably well in China; in Q2 2018 for example, Apple's year-over-year growth was flat while domestic competitors mostly lost market share to Huawei, based on data from Counterpoint Research by way of Apple Insider.
Dual SIM functionality might not be particularly noteworthy on this side of the Pacific, but it could greatly impact the iPhone's global success. And if you travel a lot, it's a feature you'd be wise to make use of, too.
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Canadian Outrigger Racing Association (CORA)
CORA Town Hall (5 November 4PM Pacific): Recognition East To West – CORA Hall Of Fame
2022-10-28 2022-11-07 Graeme Galves 2 Comments
The CORA Off-the-Water Video Forum Series resumes this October 2022 with blockbuster presentations on back-to-back weekends including Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame Induction on SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 ~ 4PM (PACIFIC) just 1 week after Outrigger Crew Selection on SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER ~ 4PM (PACIFIC).
CORA is hosting this online Town Hall presentation for 2022 Hall Of Fame inductees spread across Canada and the rest of the world. Microwave some popcorn, heat up a warm drink, curl up next to the fireplace, and join us this Autumn evening as our Inductees and Guest Speakers share with you some great stories.
Here is an opportunity to get to know those individuals who have been recognized this year such as Andrea Dillon, Grace Morissette, Don Mulhall, Rosemary Henry, Wendy Rae-Perkins, and Kamini Jain who have made significant and exemplary contributions to outrigger canoeing in Canada over their lifetimes as athletes / coaches-builders and as pioneers. Although their histories have been published on the CORA website, their friends and colleagues have personal insights they wish to share.
Guest speakers are being invited and are likely to include Leanne Stanley, Brian / Graham / Russell Henry, Doug Mancell, Ken Asano, Sheila Kuyper, Valerie Simmons, Nancy Botting, Susan Mott, Hugh Fisher, Melanie Whittall, Annie Boulding, and several other luminaries.
Topic: CORA Town Hall: Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame Induction
Time: Nov 5, 2022 4:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
2023 CORA-Sanctioned Race Submissions
2022-10-14 2022-10-14 Ron Chin Leave a comment
Applications to host a CORA-sanctioned event in 2023 are now being accepted through the following webpage:
https://www.canadianoutrigger.ca/cora-forms/application-to-hold-a-cora-sanctioned-event/
Please submit applications by Friday, November 4, 2022.
There is no guarantee that your proposed event will be approved for your preferred date, so please provide alternate dates.
Proposed CORA Cup races will not be co-scheduled with any other outrigger races. Regional races whose catchment areas or target participants do not significantly overlap may be co-scheduled. Please avoid co-scheduling with IVF World Distance Championships in Samoa August 10-18, 2023.
Subject to approval at the AGM, the CORA budget will provide a grant to partially reimburse costs and expenses incurred by the club hosting the Canadian National Outrigger Championships (contact us for further information).
The CORA Board will identify and try to resolve scheduling conflicts between applications prior to the Board's Technical Meeting on November 20, 2022.
The proposed 2023 Race Schedule will be presented to the CORA Board for approval at the Technical Meeting.
CORA Townhall: Outrigger Crew Selection
2022-10-13 2022-11-07 Erik Ages Leave a comment
SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER ~ 4PM (PACIFIC)
You're invited to join Dave Krueger (NAC) and Jill Schooler (Lanakila) as they discuss the challenges and rewards of selecting effective racing and training crews, both during the off-season, in preparation for races and at the start line. CORA's table of guest coaches will consider a variety of circumstances in their discussion, including athlete baseline training, club capacity and program goals, safety and performance…as well as transparency in philosophy and selection metrics. Each seat role will also be considered when discussing how athletes are chosen in order to get the right results for the right conditions at the right races.
Meeting participants will have the opportunity to post questions to the panel, and the session will be recorded and added to the inventory of townhall discussions that CORA launched at the onset of the COVID lockdowns.
Everyone is welcome to attend, just as everyone is welcome to browse our townhall archive at any time.
See you (virtually) on Saturday 29 October at 4pm Pacific for this first townhall gathering of the 2022-23 fall/winter series.
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The Eagle Cabinet Vending Machine is capable of having up to 3 extra capacity panels added to it, which increases its versatility.
The Eagle Cabinet Vending Machine is capable of having up to 3 extra capacity panels added to it, which increases its versatility. It features slide out plexi panels, all metal construction and a Fall-Thru coin mechanism that allows smaller coins and foreign objects to fall thru and prevent usage of the machine. It is able to vend all types of gum, candy, nuts, small toy capsules, and super balls. A simple, elegant and reliable vending machine that is easy to service. This Eagle vendor on a black pipe stand combo is ideal for putting at the door of restaurants, car dealerships, hardware stores and most any small business. Eagle Cabinet Vendor Specifications: Height: 17″. Width: 7″. Red Vendor Color. Black Stand Color. Accepts 1 US quarter or 1 Canadian quarter. Optional .50 cent coin mechanism.
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Rosehill Nursery was professionally designed and built specifically with children in mind. A creative environment to enhance and promote the well-being and development of babies and children.
Rosehill Nursery is open all weeks except Bank Holidays and Christmas Days. We are open Monday - Friday, 7.15am-6.00pm.
Rosehill Nursery has places for children aged 0-5 years.
Rosehill Nursery 1 out of 5, 1 based on 1 ratings 1 user reviews.
I have 2 children and we used to attend different nurseries due to their age or location, but this nursery is the worst. First of all this nursery is extremely overpriced and is not flexible for working parents. When I told the manager that I am going to change the nursery and leave bad feedback, the only thing she was concerned about was admin fee and notice period money. She never asked me what the matter was and how she could resolve the situation. My son used to go to Rosehill Nursery for 5 month before i could change the nursery. The first thing he would ask me upon collection: what have you got to eat in your bag? It says it all... The stuff is rude: you come in and there is not even "good morning". I used to engage them into conversation myself but they would look at me with a smile on their face as if they don't understand my English. The couple of page annual report I received about my son had spelling mistakes (eg. know spelled as no). On two occasions my son complained that teacher shouted at him and he got upset. I went to see a teacher on both occasions to clarify the matter. No relevant explanation was given. I even looked into changing the nursery that time. The card my boy made for father's day was given to us 2 months after the father's day. There were no evidence that they were teaching my son at all. After the first 2 sessions in a new nursery my boy came home with a book bag containing letter he had to learn, shapes and a reading book record. Within 5 months at Rosehill Nursery he had nothing like that and I had not a single conversation with a teacher about his progress. I just feel I should have made these changes long ago. Would never recommend this nursery to anyone.
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Congo has devised a National Nutrition Policy/Strategy.
Policymakers in Congo benefit from regular nutrition surveys that are statistically representative at national level. The last survey was published in 2014-2015.
The Government of Congo promotes complementary feeding practices and has achieved two high doses of vitamin A supplementation for 99% of children in 2015.
In Congo 93.2% of women aged 15-49 were visited at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel in 2014-2015.
Strong civil registration rates (95.9% in 2014-2015) potentially enable children's access to critical public services such as health and education.
Spending on agriculture (1.6% of public spending in 2016), does not meet government commitments set out in the African Union's Maputo Declaration (10% of public spending).
Congo's spending in its health sector (3.1% of public spending in 2015) does not fully meet (15%) commitments set out in the Abuja Declaration.
In Congo, the law does not give women economic rights equal to men. Men and women have equal legal access to agricultural land, but this is not effectively enforced and discriminatory practices against women continue, increasing their vulnerability to hunger and undernutrition.
Relative to other HANCI countries, Congo's medium/long term national development policy (Le Chemin d'Avenir) places weak importance to nutrition.
Even though Congo has developed a National Nutrition Policy/Strategy, clear time-bound nutrition targets and a multisectoral and multistakeholder policy coordination mechanism are still lacking.
The Government of Congo has not enshrined the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes into domestic law.
Weak access to improved sanitation facilities (15% in 2015) obstructs better hunger and nutrition outcomes.
In Congo, constitutional protection of the right to food and the right to social security is weak.
Social safety nets in Congo are basic and only cover few risks for a limited number of beneficiaries.
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package org.apache.sling.installer.core.impl;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Dictionary;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import org.apache.sling.installer.api.InstallableResource;
import org.apache.sling.installer.core.impl.mocks.MockFileDataStore;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
/**
* Test for the installable resource.
*/
public class InternalResourceTest {
private static final String SCHEME = "test";
@Before public void setDataStore() {
MockFileDataStore.set();
}
@After public void unsetDataStore() {
MockFileDataStore.unset();
}
private Dictionary<String, Object> getSimpleDict() {
final Hashtable<String, Object> dict = new Hashtable<String, Object>();
dict.put("a", "a");
dict.put("b", 2);
return dict;
}
private void assertIsSimpleDict(final Dictionary<String, Object> dict) {
assertEquals(2, dict.size());
assertEquals("a", dict.get("a"));
assertEquals(2, dict.get("b"));
}
@Test public void testSimpleProps() throws IOException {
final String[] types = new String[] {InstallableResource.TYPE_CONFIG,
InstallableResource.TYPE_PROPERTIES,
null, "zip"};
for(int i=0;i<types.length; i++) {
final InstallableResource instRes = new InstallableResource("1",
null, getSimpleDict(), null, types[i], null);
final InternalResource ir = InternalResource.create(SCHEME,
instRes);
assertEquals(SCHEME + ":1", ir.getURL());
assertEquals("1", ir.getId());
assertNotNull(ir.getDictionary());
assertIsSimpleDict(ir.getDictionary());
assertNotNull(ir.getPrivateCopyOfDictionary());
assertIsSimpleDict(ir.getPrivateCopyOfDictionary());
assertNull(ir.getInputStream());
assertNull(ir.getPrivateCopyOfFile());
if ( "zip".equals(types[i]) ) {
assertEquals("zip", ir.getType());
} else {
assertEquals(InstallableResource.TYPE_PROPERTIES, ir.getType());
}
assertNotNull(ir.getDigest());
assertEquals(InstallableResource.DEFAULT_PRIORITY, ir.getPriority());
}
}
}
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Comparison of HPV genotyping and methylated ZNF582 as triage for women with equivocal liquid-based cytology results
Yu-Ligh Liou1,3,5,
Yu Zhang2,
Yingzi Liu1,3,
Lanqin Cao2,
Chong-Zhen Qin1,
Tao-Lan Zhang1,
Chi-Feng Chang5,
Huei-Jen Wang5,
Shu-Yi Lin6,
Tang-Yuan Chu4,7,8,
Yi Zhang2 &
Hong-Hao Zhou1,3
The interpretation of equivocal Papanicolaou (Pap) smear results remains challenging, even with the addition of the high-risk human papillomavirus test (HPV-HR). Recently, methylated zinc finger protein 582 (ZNF582) (ZNF582 m) was reported to be highly associated with cervical cancer. In this study, we compared the performance of ZNF582 m detection and HPV-HR genotyping in the triage of cervical atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance (ASC-US) and atypical squamous cell - cannot exclude a high-grade lesion (ASC-H).
Two hundred and forty-two subjects with equivocal papanicolaou smear (Pap smear) results were recruited in this hospital-based and case-controlled study. The residual cervical cells in liquid-based cytological test (LBC) containers were used for genomic DNA extraction and then for ZNF582 m and HPV-HR detection. The level of ZNF582 m was quantified by real-time methylation-specific PCR after bisulfite conversion. The HPV-HR test was performed by using a nested multiplex PCR (NMPCR) assay that combines degenerate E6/E7 consensus primers and HPV type-specific primers.
Discussion and evaluation
Significant associations were observed between ZNF582 m and the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or higher (CIN3+; odds ratio = 15.52, 95% confidence interval (CI): 7.73 to 31.18). The sensitivity and specificity of ZNF582 m for women with CIN3+ were 82.43% and 76.79%, respectively. High sensitivity (99.33%) but low specificity (38.76%) was observed for HPV-HR. When combining both positive results of ZNF582 m and HPV-HR, the sensitivity and specificity were 82.43% and 81.55%, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of ZNF582 m or HPV-16/18 were 89.19% and 70.24%, respectively. However, the sensitivity and specificity of ZNF582 m combined with HPV-16/18 (both ZNF582 m and HPV-16/18 positive results) were 59.46% and 94.64%, respectively.
ZNF582 m provides a promising triage tool for women with ASC.
To effectively manage ASC patients, a new strategy co-testing for ZNF582 m and HPV-16/18 genotyping was proposed. This strategy could reduce the number of patients referred for colposcopic examination and thus provide a feasible follow-up solution in the regions where colposcopy is not readily available. This strategy could also prevent women from experiencing unnecessary anxiety caused by HPV-HR.
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer that affects women worldwide. In China, approximately 58,000 new cases and 20,000 deaths were documented in 2005 [1-5]. Screening with the cytological test developed by George Papnicolaou (the Pap test) has led to a significant reduction in the incidence of cervical cancer over the past few decades. However, the optimal treatment regimen for women with atypical squamous cell (ASC) is not well established. In the case of an ASC smear result, a pathologist has to specify the type as either atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance (ASC-US) or cannot exclude a high-grade lesion (ASC-H). ASC-US and ASC-H need to be closely monitored to prevent the development of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL). Hybrid capture 2 human papillomavirus (HC2 HPV) testing has been widely adopted for the triage of patients with ASC-US [6]. The recommendation for ASC-H is colposcopy [7]. The sensitivity of HPV testing is good; however, the high prevalence of transient HPV infections limits the specificity of this approach, resulting in high number of colposcopic referrals and unnecessary anxiety for women. Thus, there is a need for other markers, which have both high sensitivity and specificity [8-10].
The mechanisms of pathogenesis in cervical cancer are not entirely clear. Hypermethylation of CpG sites in promoter regions silences the transcription of tumor suppressor genes and is an early and crucial event in cancer development [11-13]. Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes and activation of oncogenes also play a significant role in carcinogenesis, caused by genetic and epigenetic alterations. Various genome-wide approaches have been used to discover new abnormally methylated genes for many cancers. For example, candidate methylated genes have been selected, including COL25A1 and KATNAL2, which showed increased methylation during progression in high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) lesions, to screen for the early detection of cervical cancer [14,15]. The advanced concept of using DNA methylation as a biomarker for cervical cancer screening is appealing [16-19], and several hypermethylated genes have already been identified [20]. Among them, zinc finger protein 582 (ZNF582) possesses great clinical potential [21]. ZNF582 is located on chromosome 19q13.43, which contains one KRAB-A-B domain and nine zinc-finger motifs. A recent study of acute myeloid leukemia revealed that aberrant methylation of ZNF582 is consistent in different disease subtypes, especially in the promoter region. Although the biological function of ZNF582 is not yet well characterized, a group in Taiwan found similar associations for cervical cancer and adenocarcinoma with ZNF582 using cervical scrapings. Recently, one study also revealed that hypermethylated ZNF582 (methylated ZNF582 (ZNF582 m)) performs well as a marker for detecting grade III or higher cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN3+) with 73% sensitivity and 71% specificity for women with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions [21-23].
In the present study, we examined the performance of methylated ZNF582 testing (ZNF582 m) for the triage of ASC-US and ASC-H cervical scrapings and compared the results with those of HPV DNA testing.
The study was approved by the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, People's Republic of China. During the period between December 2011 and April 2013, women referred for a colposcopic examination were invited to participate in the study. The eligible women were sexually active, scheduled to undergo a liquid-based cytology test (LBC) within a week, not pregnant, possessed an intact uterus, and no history of treatment for CIN or cervical cancer. The exclusion criteria included women who had a history of cancer related to the reproductive tract, underwent therapy for cervical lesions, received the HPV vaccination, or were currently pregnant. Standard guidelines for the management and treatment of cervical neoplasia were followed in all subjects [24]. The cytology results were classified according to the 2001 Bethesda System [25].
After signing the informed consent, patients immediately received the colposcopic examination and biopsy. The follow-up clinical information was collected. When the biopsy results revealed moderate to severe dysplasia or worse, patients underwent conization or major surgery. The final diagnosis was based on the results of tissue-proven pathology, rather than on the LBC results. To ensure the quality control of the diagnosis, two expert cytologists and two pathologists independently read or reviewed the cytology and histology slides, respectively. All of the patient recruitment and clinical information collection processes were periodically monitored and good clinical practice (GCP) guidelines were followed.
Specimen collection and DNA preparation
All of the patients had LBC testing before receiving the colposcopic examination. After the informed consent was signed, the LBC containers (Hospitex Diagnostics SRL, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy) were picked up from the Cytology Department, and the residual cervical cells were used for HPV typing and detection of methylated ZNF582. All of the molecular tests were performed at the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, China, following GLP guidelines. The cells were centrifuged and stored in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) solution at −20°C from the day of collection, and the assays were finished within 6 months. Genomic DNA (gDNA) was extracted from the collected cells with a QIAamp DNA Mini Kit (Qiagen GmbH, Hilden, Germany) according to the manufacturer's protocol. A BioSpec-nano spectrophotometer (Shimadzu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) was used to quantify the amount of extracted DNA.
DNA methylation tests
For the DNA methylation tests, quantitative methylation-specific PCR (QMSP) using TaqMan-based technologies was performed using the Lightcycler LC480 real-time PCR system (Roche Applied Science, Penzberg, Germany). Briefly, 500 ng of gDNA was subjected to bisulfite conversion using the EZ DNA Methylation-Gold™ Kit (Zymo Research, CA,USA), according to the manufacturer's recommendations.
The methylation levels of ZNF582 were then determined using the qPCR kits developed by iStat Biomedical located in Taiwan. The type II collagen gene (COL2A) was designed as the internal reference and tested with each specimen. The crossing point (Cp) value for COL2A, which is also the validity indicator of the test, should not be larger than 35. The PCR cycling conditions consisted of an initial incubation at 95°C for 10 min, followed by 50 cycles of denaturation at 95°C for 10 s, and annealing/extension at 60°C for 40 s. Fluorescence data were collected during the annealing/extension step for determination of the Cp. For each sample, two Cp values were obtained: one from the target gene and another from COL2A. The DNA methylation level was subsequently determined from the difference between the two Cp values (delta Cp = Cp ZNF582 - Cp COL2A ). ZNF582 was deemed to be hypermethylated or positive if the delta Cp was smaller than 13 (the cut-off value). The registered CaSki and A375 cancer cell lines were used as the methylation and no-methylation controls to ensure the quality of bisulfite conversion and qPCR processes. Representative positive and negative QMSP results are shown in Figure 1.
Representative positive and negative ZNF582 methylation detection by real-time PCR. For each specimen, ZNF582 m (labeled with FAM) and COL2A (labeled with VIC) were detected simultaneously. Fluorescence data were collected during the annealing/extension step for determination of the crossing point (Cp). The amplification curve for ZNF582 is shown in panel (A) and the control COL2A gene is shown in panel (B). The blue arrow indicates the crossing point, and the x-axis value is the so-called Cp value. The ΔCp is the difference between Cp values for ZNF582 m and COL2A. A smaller ΔCp indicates a higher degree of methylation detected in the testing sample. ZNF582 was deemed to be hypermethylated (or positive) if the ΔCp was smaller than 13 (the cut-off value). The blue arrow is Cp value of ZNF582 m and the green arrow is the un-methylated ZNF582 m in panel (A). ZNF582, zinc finger protein 582; ZNF582 m, methylated ZNF582.
Laboratory methods for HPV DNA amplification and genotyping
High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV-HR) typing was performed using a nested multiplex PCR (NMPCR) assay that combines degenerate E6/E7 consensus primers and type-specific primers. The identification of HPV-HR was achieved by determining the size of the nested PCR amplification product [26].
The cut-off values for ZNF582 m were generated from the first 100 subjects, including 50 subjects with normal Pap test results and 50 subjects with abnormal Pap test results. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were generated, and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was calculated for the detection of the CIN3+ lesions.
SAS software (version 9.2) was used for all statistical analyses (SAS Institute, Ltd., Cary, NC, USA). The chi-square test was used to analyze the status of methylated ZNF582 or HPV typing in different combinations. Fisher's exact test was used for the small number data, for example, age under 30 group analysis. For the final analysis, the sensitivity and specificity with a 95% confidence interval (CI) for grade CIN3 lesions or worse were obtained. All differences were considered two-sided and statistically significant at P < 0.05.
Establishment of routine Pap screening has resulted in a significant decrease in cervical cancer deaths. In China, ASC, including ASC-US and ASC-H, were reported in approximately 10% of papanicolaou smear (Pap smears) [27]. The large number of ASC patients referred for colposcopic examination and follow-up could be an extra burden. In conjunction with the currently available tests, molecular diagnostic tests that can assist in the diagnosis of cancer and that have both a high sensitivity and high specificity would be useful because they would be more accurate than Pap tests alone. Recent guidelines in the USA recommend that adult women with an ASC-US Pap result either have the Pap test repeated at 6 and 12 months, or have an HPV-HR DNA test. In China, repeated follow-up is impractical and time-consuming because many areas do not have sufficient medical resources to perform additional examinations. Another option is to send ASC patients for colposcopy, but colposcopy may not be available in the areas where patients reside thus prohibiting or delaying the diagnosis. Moreover, colposcopy is more invasive and causes anxiety to many women.
Because of the high sensitivity, triage of ASC-US with HPV-HR has been suggested in the cervical screening guidelines. This strategy provides the advantage of missing fewer cases of the severe disease state [28]. However, the low specificity still leads to approximately 50% of women with ASC-US being referred for colposcopy [29]. A similar trend was observed in the present study. The sensitivity and specificity of HPV-HR for detecting CIN3+ were 99.33% and 38.76%, respectively. Seventy-three percent (177/242) of the women with an ASC-US or ASC-H result were positive for HPV-HR, but 61.3% of them had a histological result of CIN2, CIN1, or normal, which is not indicative of a referral for a colposcopic examination. Thus, the HPV-HR test is limited by its low specificity.
In 2012, the American Cancer Society proposed new screening guidelines that included using age-adjusted screening methodologies as well as cytological and HPV co-testing. HPV 16 and 18 typing has been recommended for HPV-HR-positive women [30]. However, geographic variation in the distribution of HPV genotypes exists. In Asia, in addition to HPV types 16 and 18, types 52 and 58 are frequently observed in patients with invasive cervical cancers [31-33]. Similar trends were also observed in the present study even though the test subjects were only limited to women with ASC. In CIN3+ lesions (N = 74), HPV 16 (55.4%) and HPV 52 (31.1%) were the most common types, followed by HPV 18 (13.5%), HPV 58 (12.2%), and HPV 33 (9.4%). Among the high percentage of HPV 16 and/or 52 in the CIN3 lesions, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy are 74.32%, 73.81%, and 73.97%, respectively. Therefore, the combination of Pap smear and HPV-16/18 typing is not sufficiently accurate for cervical cancer triage in this study.
ZNF582 m has been found to possess clinical potential for the detection of cancer. For example, the frequency of methylated ZNF582 detection was 100% in SCC tissue. Clinically, ZNF582 m has demonstrated 70% sensitivity and 82% specificity for CIN3+ lesions in a Taiwanese case-control cohort. For triage of LSIL, ZNF582 m also has good sensitivity and specificity with values of 73% and 71%, respectively. Moreover, the ZNF582 m was reported at a high methylation rate in cervical adenocarcinoma, which has been difficult to diagnose.
In triage of the ASC group, CADM1/MAL, WT1, and other methylation genes have been reported [34]. The present study has proposed a new strategy: co-testing for ZNF582 m and HPV-16/18, in which the patients negative for ZNF582 m undergo HPV-16/18 genotyping. As mentioned, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the co-test are 89.19%, 70.24%, and 76.03%, respectively. The colposcopy referral rate of the co-test is 47.9%, which is 25.2% less than that of HPV-HR alone. Although eight cases of CIN3+ (10.81%) were missed, nearly 100% of the women with SCC were successfully diagnosed and treated (Table 1). It is also known that the cumulative actuarial rate of progression from CIN3 (severe dysplasia) to CIS or worse is 12% in 4 to 24 months [35,36]. Thus, for patients with ASC undetected by the co-test, a regular follow-up Pap test would be highly recommended. Thus, the progression of the lesion for the eight women with undetected CIN3 would be closely monitored. This triage model would greatly reduce the cost and increase the accuracy for patients residing in countries with limited resources for colposcopy, such as China.
Table 1 Number of colposcopies performed using different triage strategies
The subjects were recruited at the colposcopic examination room. As mentioned, women had results of abnormal pap, inflammation syndrome, cervical erosion, bedding syndromes, or suspected cervical cancer, and these women would be referred to have a colposcopic examination. In our cohort, >90% of women had inflammation syndrome with positive HPV-HR, which correlate with high percentage of CIN2+ (~45%) observed. Although it is known that heterogeneous etiology for cancers and the equivocal nature of ASC, the significance of ZNF582 m in cancer detection was still being observed.
Characteristics of subjects and colposcopic biopsy results
From November 2011 to March 2013, 242 women were scheduled for colposcopic examinations. The characteristics of the subjects are shown in Table 2. Generally, when women received results of an abnormal Pap, cervical erosion, or suspected cervical cancer, they would be referred to colposcopic examination room from the gynecological outpatient department (OPD). There were 199 women who had ASC-US and 43 who had ASC-H based on the LBC test. The histological and cytological results of the 242 women are shown in Table 2. In total, the colposcopy and biopsy results revealed normal histology in 109 (45.04%) patients, CIN1 in 23 (9.50%) patients, CIN2 in 36 (14.87%) patients, CIN3 in 39 (16.11%) patients, carcinoma in situ (CIS) in 6 (2.47%) patients, and invasive carcinoma in 29 (11.98%) patients. Thus, 30.6% (74 of 242) of the total patients had a histological finding of CIN3 or worse (CIN3+). Specifically, 22.1% and 70% of the patients had CIN3+ in the ASC-US and ASC-H groups, respectively.
Table 2 Characteristics and histological results of the study subjects
Molecular test results in the detection of CIN3+: ZNF582 m and HPV genotyping
The distribution of the molecular tests for different levels of disease severity is listed in Table 2. Table 3 shows the results of the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for different molecular tests or combinations of molecular tests in different age groups for the detection of CIN3+ lesions. Among the 242 ASC subjects, 41% were positive for ZNF582 m. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of ZNF582 m in the identification of CIN3+ lesion were 82.43%, 76.79%, and 78.51%, respectively. However, when the CIN2 or more severe neoplasms were targeted, the sensitivity and accuracy of ZNF582 m was decreased to 67.27% and 74.38%, respectively, but the specificity was increased to 80.30%. Among women less than 30 years old with ASC, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of ZNF582 m in the identification of a CIN3+ lesion were 75.00%, 81.48%, and 80.65%, respectively. For postmenopausal women with ASC, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 88.89%, 69.77%, and 75.41%, respectively.
Table 3 The performance of combinations of ZNF582 m and HPV tests in detecting CIN3+ in ASC
The HPV typing indicated that 177 (73.14%) patients were positive for HPV-HR. The most common types of HPV were HPV 16 (23.14%), HPV 52 (23.14%), HPV 58 (14.88%), HPV 68 (7.85%), HPV 33 (7.44%), and HPV 18 (6.05%). The sensitivity and specificity of HPV-HR in identifying CIN3+ were 99.33% and 38.76%, respectively. The percentage of patients who were positive for HPV-16/18 and who had CIN3+ was 66.22% (49 of 74). The prevalence of HPV-16/18 in patients whose tissue was pathologically normal, CIN1, CIN2, CIN3/CIS, or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) was 7.34%, 17.39%, 22.22%, 55.56%, and 82.76%, respectively.
The results for ZNF582 m combined with different HPV genotyping assays are interesting. The sensitivity of ZNF582 m combined with HPV-HR, HPV-16/18/52/58, or HPV-16/18 was 99.33%, 95.98%, or 89.19%, respectively, but the specificity was increased with values of 34.02%, 48.81%, and 70.24%, respectively.
Colposcopy referral rate: the performance of ZNF582 m and HPV genotyping in the triage of ASC
Colposcopy is a diagnostic procedure performed by a physician to examine the cervix, vagina, and vulva carefully for signs of disease. Due to the high cost and insufficient availability of colposcopy, it is desirable to reduce the number of colposcopy referrals while still examining women with severe dysplasia or carcinoma such as CIN3, CIS, or SCC. Our results indicated that the referral rate for colposcopy for ZNF582 m alone, HPV-HR alone, and ZNF582 m, or HPV-16/18 are 41%, 73.1%, and 47.9% respectively (Table 1). Previous research has recommended triage procedures using HPV-HR followed by gene methylation screening [34]. Using HPV-HR testing as triage identified no CIN3 and SCC results in the study but the referral rate for colposcopy is 73.1%. If triaged using ZNF582 m testing alone, the colposcopy referral would therefore reduce 31.8% compared to that of HPV-HR. However, only 61 out of the 74 women with CIN3+ and 4 SCC results would be detected. As a result, no treatment would be given to 17 women, who would be in a severe disease stage, especially the four with SCC. To avoid not detecting the severe cases, we have proposed a new strategy to manage ASC patients (Figure 2). This clinical flowchart has incorporated the ZNF582 m and HPV testing into the procedures. Co-testing for ZNF582 m and HPV-16/18 would therefore reduce 61 cases (25.21%) from colposcopy referral (when compared with HPV-HR), yet none of the SCC cases would be missed (Figure 2).
The recommended management of abnormal cervical cytology (Pap smear): a flowchart with methylated ZNF582 m. ASC-H, atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; ASC-US, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2; HPV, human papillomavirus-16/18; ZNF582, zinc finger protein 582; ZNF582 m, methylated ZNF582.
To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first to discuss the involvement of ZNF582 m in the ASC group and to consider using the combination of HPV results and methylation markers in the triage of colposcopic referral. It is also the first to compare HPV genotyping and ZNF582 m in the triage of women with ASC Pap smear results. Our results showed that ZNF582 m could be a promising triage technique for women with ASC. We have recommended a new management strategy of abnormal cervical cytology (Pap smear) illustrated in a flowchart. The present study did have some limitations. The subjects were recruited at the colposcopic examination room. Other limitations include using a smaller sample sizes and a lack of extensive long-term follow-up information. However, our results suggest that testing for ZNF582 m followed by HP-V16/18 testing could help to reduce the number of patients with ASC being referred for colposcopy. This could reduce the logistics of obtaining follow-up care, especially in regions where colposcopy is not easily available, which could have a significant impact on public health.
ASC-H:
Atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions
ASC-US:
Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance
AUC:
CI:
CIN:
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Carcinoma in situ
HPV-HR:
High-risk human papillomavirus
LBC:
Liquid-based cytological test
Pap smear:
Papanicolaou smear
SCC:
ZNF582 :
Zinc finger protein 582
ZNF582 m :
Methylated ZNF582
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This research was supported by the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University. We thank the women who participated in this study and their families. We also thank Chong-Zhen Oin, Pei-Yu Lv, Ying Zhang, Na-Yi Yuan Wu, Meng-Xue Ge, Rui-Jia Li, Chun Zhang, Juan Chen, Yue-Li Zhang, and Xing-Yu for assistance with patient recruitment and the clinical information collection process.
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People's Republic of China
Yu-Ligh Liou
, Yingzi Liu
, Chong-Zhen Qin
, Tao-Lan Zhang
& Hong-Hao Zhou
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People's Republic of China
Yu Zhang
, Lanqin Cao
& Yi Zhang
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, No. 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, People's Republic of China
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, No.707, Sec. 3, Zhongyang Rd., Hualien, 97002, Taiwan
Tang-Yuan Chu
iStat Biomedical Co. Ltd., 18F, No. 96, Sec.1, Xintai 5th Road, Xizhi Dist., Taipei, 22102, Taiwan
, Chi-Feng Chang
& Huei-Jen Wang
Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, No.10, Sec. 4, Ren'ai Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei, 10629, Taiwan
Shu-Yi Lin
Institure of Medical Science, Tzu Chi University, No.707, Sec. 3, Zhongyang Rd., Hualien, 97002, Taiwan
Center for Cervical Cancer Prevention, Department of Research Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, No.707, Sec. 3, Zhongyang Rd., Hualien, 97002, Taiwan
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iStat Co., Ltd provided the testing kits for the project. Yu-Ligh Liou is the PhD student of Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China and an employee of iStat Biomedical Co., Ltd., Taiwan. Huei-Jen Wang and Chi-Feng Chang are employees of iStat Co., Ltd. The other authors declare that they have no potential competing interests.
YLL contributed to the writing of this manuscript, and the coordination of the clinical trial and all of the molecular tests. YLL, YuZ, CFC, TYC, YL and HHZ contributed to the conception, design, and final approval of the submitted version. YZ, LC, CZQ, and YiZ contributed to the clinical data evaluation and selection. HJW and TLZ contributed to the assay for the results. YLL and SYL contributed to the data analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Yu-Ligh Liou and Yu Zhang contributed equally to this work.
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The talented young chef Tom Sellers who has worked at Noma and Per Se with some celebrated chefs and his new restaurant 'Story' near Tower Bridge cooks up dishes fit for this historical part of the city. Sellers menu offers dishes such as Mackerel, mermaid's hair and strawberry and Scallops cucumber, and dill ash you may have to fight to get a table. A three course lunch menu at £28, six course menu at £45 or a 10 course meal for £65. 201 Tooley St, SE1 2UE, www.restaurantstory.co.uk.
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Celebrating Peace in Costa Rica
Costa Rica celebrates an important annual holiday each December 1 to commemorate the historic disarmament and dissolving of its military army as a national institution. On December 1, 1948, President José Figueres Ferrer abolished the military of Costa Rica after victory in the civil war that year. In a ceremony in the Cuartel Bellavista, Figueres broke a wall with a hammer symbolizing the end of Costa Rica's military organization and a commitment to peace. In 1949, the abolition of the military was introduced in Article 12 of the Costa Rican Constitution. The budget previously dedicated to the military is now invested in health care, education and culture. The museum, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, was placed in the Cuartel Bellavista as a symbol of commitment to culture. Educational opportunities continue to expand and thrive. Preventative health care guides medicine, and literacy rates, including cyber literacy, are high. Creative and progressive solutions and inspiring negotiations create successful conflict resolution strategies.
Costa Rica is known as the most stable, modern country in Central America- the country with no army that proves that quality of life and a culture of happiness and progress is more likely when a country chooses to not have an armed force in place. Peace and disarmament leads to changes in focus for funding, systems development, and quality of life for everyone. Costa Rica maintains small, distinct forces for law enforcement and foreign peacekeeping, but has no permanent standing army. Law enforcement is solidly in place and no armed forces have been necessary to maintain peace and cultural progress. These changes allowed Costa Rica to prioritize health care, education and cultural celebration as the most vital and robust services for increased happiness and quality of life. With the financial gains of demilitarization, Costa Rica has not only invested in the people, but has also begun to transform the local ecosystem into a flourishing and more healing habitat. Approximately 25% of our landscape in ecological reserves and national parks is protected.
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The ultra-right militias in Ukraine defy government
June 16, 2017 IMMPolitics
Amid the continuing Ukraine fight against Russian-backed separatists, Kiev is faced with another threat in relation to their long-term sovereignty — it comes from having great potential far-right wing ultranationalist groups. These groups are not reluctant to use violence to achieve their goals, which undoubtedly contradict the principles of a tolerant and oriented towards Western democracy, which Ukraine wants to become.
The recent brutal attack on the left anti-war activist Stas Sergienko and inflicting stab wounds testify to the threat posed by these extremists. Sergienko and his fellow activists believe that those who attacked him, the perpetrators belong to neo-Nazi group S-14 (this is the name associated with the phrase of 14 words used by the supporters of the supremacy of the white race). The attack on Sergienko occurred on the birthday of Hitler and the leaders of the group C-14 is published immediately after this statement, which praised the actions of extremists.
The attack on Sergiyenko — this is just the tip of the iceberg. Recently members of the group C-14 has beaten a policy of socialist orientation, while the other ultra-nationalist thugs stormed the premises of the city Council in Lviv and Kiev. In addition, right-wing neo-Nazi groups are attacking art exhibitions (or violate), an anti-fascist demonstration, rallies under the slogan "Ukrainians choose peace", at LGBT events, social centres, media organisations, courts, and participants of March in victory Day, the anniversary of the end of world war II.
According to a study conducted by "the Institute "Republic", the problem is not only in the frequency of use of violence by far-right groups, but that these offenders are, in the main, operate with impunity. It is easy to understand why Kiev don't seem to feel much desire to counteract these groups using violent methods. First of all, far-right paramilitary groups played an important role in the early stage of the struggle against Russian-backed separatists. Kiev also fears that the violent, these groups can speak out against the government — they've done it before and threaten to continue to do so in the future.
I should say that the statement of the Russian propaganda that Ukraine occupied by the Nazis or fascists, is a lie. Such far-right parties like "Svoboda" or "Right sector" (banned in Russia organization — approx. ed.) have little support among Ukrainians.
But even in this case should not ignore an existing threat. If the authorities do not stop the impunity of extreme right-wing, they risk even more encouraging, said Krasimir Yankov (Krasimir Yankov), a researcher located in Kiev branch of the organization Amnesty International. In fact, a blatant desire Vita Zaveruhi — known neofascist, released on bail and under house arrest after the murder of two police officers — photo with 50 other nationalists after the storming of the popular Kiev restaurant demonstrates the confidence of the extreme right that the government will not pursue them.
Now it's not too late for the government to take steps to restore its control and the rule of law. First of all, the government should declare a policy of "zero tolerance" against violence by the extreme right. President Petro Poroshenko has ordered the main law enforcement agencies — the Ministry of the interior, National police of Ukraine, the security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Prosecutor General's office to make the fight against far-right groups as a top priority. The legal framework for prosecuting members of extremist groups clearly exists. The criminal code of Ukraine, in particular, prohibits the use of violence against peaceful demonstrations. The police should start to apply this law.
More importantly, the government should stop any communication between law enforcement and extreme right organizations. The latest example of this kind relates to the Ministry of internal Affairs headed by Arsen Avakov. Avakov has a long-standing connection with the Azov battalion, a paramilitary group, using symbols SS as their insignia. In addition, this group, along with a few others in the beginning of the war in the East was integrated into the armed forces and the National guard. Critics accuse Avakov of using its members to intimidate opposition media. As noted, at least one commentator, the use of National guard to fight the ultra-nationalist violence is likely to be a challenging task if far-right groups will become part of the Guard.
Avakov's Deputy Vadim Troyan was a member of the neo-Nazi paramilitary organization "Patriot of Ukraine", while the current staff of the Ministry of internal Affairs Ilya Kiva, a former member of the far-right party "the Right sector", whose Instagram many images of former Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini calls for the "execution" of gays. And Avakov himself used the group "Patriot of Ukraine" to promote their business and political interests at a time when he was Governor in Eastern Ukraine as interior Minister, he formed and armed the extremist battalion "Azov" led by Andriy Biletsky, nicknamed "White Leader", calling into a crusade against the "Semites-led subhumans".
Such officials have no place in the government based on the rule of law; they have to go. Speaking more broadly, the government must be confident that police officers receive training in human rights focusing on improving the detection of crimes of hate, and the punishment for committing them. Those people who demonstrate their connection with the extremists or sympathetic to them, should be fired.
In the course received the notoriety of the incident, the journalists managed to make the thugs with the tattoos in the form of a swastika — the police then stated that it is only applicants for the job, who wished to have some fun. In addition, these people were Nazi salutes in one of the premises of the police in Kiev. This kind of thing should be prohibited, and for the Ukrainian democracy is just as important to clear law enforcement bodies of the extremists, and how to get rid of in the framework of the policy of "lustration" of corrupt officials during the reign of former President Viktor Yanukovych.
Yet Poroshenko is not too late to put an end to the growing sense of impunity among representatives of far-right groups. But it needs to act now.
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"The Ocean is calling me. This is my Journey."
With these words, in the spring of 2010, Susan Marie Conrad scaled her world down to an 18-foot sea kayak and launched a solo journey that took her north to Alaska. With no sense of where she belonged in space and unreconciled feelings of a painful childhood following her, she decided that instead of running away, she would run toward her dreams. Inside (288 pages) chronicles her adventure, which took her along the western coast of North America through the Inside Passage—a 1,200-mile ribbon of water—in a journey of the sea and soul.
The expedition took her deep within herself, humbling her, healing her, helping her to discover the depths of her own strength and courage. On her way from Anacortes, Washington, to Juneau, Alaska, she grappled with fear and exhaustion, forged friendships with quirky people in the strangest places, endured perilous weather and angry seas, and pretended not to be intimidated by 700-pound grizzly bears and 40-ton whales.
She lived her dream.
– Grand Prize Winner, Chanticleer International Book Award, Journey / Narrative Non-Fiction
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"I had the privilege of meeting Susan Conrad before she set out on her journey. Her excitement about the coming venture was contagious. As we said goodbye I was not a little envious of all that lay before her. And she does not disappoint. Inside: One Woman's Journey through the Inside Passage is a singular epic. It is a brave story. One of personal triumph, of heart break, terrifying challenges, soulful introspection and sheer joy. It is also a moving story about the power of friendship. Her words flow off the pages, carrying the reader along on the current of her adventure. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to read about real adventure, personal challenge and experience, through her evocative writing, the wonders and beauty of the Inside Passage."
–Milbry Polk, co-author of Women of Discovery and founder of Wings WorldQuest
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The American computer company Microsoft recently announced plans to pump between $150m and $160m into the Egyptian market over the next four years.
Khalid Abdel Qader, Executive President of Microsoft Egypt, stated that the move came as part of the company's new plan to provide support to small and mid-sized projects operating within Egypt, in an attempt to open up and penetrate new markets and decrease spending.
He added that the company seeks to establish a cloud computing centre to service users located in the Middle East, and is studying the potential creation of the headquarters for such a centre in Jordan, Qatar or Egypt. He went on to say that discussions had been held with Egypt's communications minister regarding the issue, adding that the company sought to test the service with governments and companies working in Africa.
Abdel Qader went on to say that Egyptian market demand for the Windows 8 operating system has increased compared to previous versions of Windows. He added that the local launch of the company's new operating system came at the same time as that of its international release.
He went on to say that the best way to combat the sale of pirated and knockoff versions of Microsoft products was to first encourage innovation, saying that research and development in Egypt was particularly lacking in this field. He stated that knockoff versions of Microsoft products currently made up 60% of Egypt's local computer market, a number which has increased 4% since the 25 January Revolution.
He further stated that Microsoft has taken a series of strategic decisions regarding Egypt's local market, making significant increases in investment in the human resources sector, saying that the number of Egyptians employed by Microsoft has gone up since the revolution.
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Title: Walt Whitman to Ernest Rhys, 9 November 1885
Whitman Archive ID: pri.00009
Source: Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Notes for this letter were derived from Walt Whitman, The Correspondence, ed. Edwin Haviland Miller, 6 vols. (New York: New York University Press, 1961–1977), and supplemented, updated, or created by Whitman Archive staff as appropriate.
Editorial note: The annotation, "[To Ernest Rhys]," is in an unknown hand.
Contributors to digital file: Stefan Schöberlein, Kyle Barton, and Nicole Gray
Cite this page: "Walt Whitman to Ernest Rhys, 9 November 1885." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 17 January 2020. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
328 Mickle Street1
Camden New Jersey U S America
My dear Sir2
Excuse the delay—I have rec'd the draft for 10 pounds, 10 shillings, & have drawn the money. As I understand it, the plan is to make a selection from my Poems & put them in a Volume of your "Canterbury" series, to be called Walt Whitman's Poems,—you to select—& perhaps to write Preface or Biographical notice, or what not—I am willing—on the sole & specific condition that it is not to come for sale to this country, without further & written permission from me.
Ernest Percival Rhys (1859–1946) was a British author and editor; he founded the Everyman's Library series of inexpensive reprintings of popular works. He included a volume of Whitman's poems in the Canterbury Poets series and two volumes of Whitman's prose in the Camelot series for Walter Scott publishers. For more information about Rhys, see Joel Myerson, "Rhys, Ernest Percival (1859–1946)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998).
1. This letter is addressed: Ernest Rhys | 59 Cheyne Walk | Chelsea | London SW | England. It is postmarked: CAMDEN | NOV | 9 | 5 PM | 1885 | N.J.; NEW YORK | NOV 9 | 11 PM | 85; LONDON. S.W. | RB | NO 20 | 85. [back]
2. Ernest Rhys (1859–1946) wrote on May 31, 1885: "Let me say simply in a young man's way to you who are an old man now, how dearly and earnestly I think of you across the sea to-night, remembering the Past, looking on to the great to-morrow, for perhaps of all young men you have helped me most powerfully & perfectly." On July 7, 1885 Rhys proposed a one-shilling edition of Whitman's poetry in The Canterbury Poets series. On September 25–29 Rhys wrote for the third time after waiting "for a reply so far in vain," and included the payment from Walter Scott, the English publisher of The Canterbury Poets. On Rhys's letter Whitman wrote: "the little English selection from L. of G. is out since, & the whole edition (10,000) sold." For more information about Rhys, see Joel Myerson, "Rhys, Ernest Percival (1859–1946)," Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998). [back]
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From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a dog,"
or, "that's a lot of money for just a dog."
They don't understand the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for "just a dog."
Some of my proudest moments have come about with
"just a dog."
Many hours have passed and my only company was
"just a dog,"
but I did not once feel slighted.
Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by
and in those days of darkness,
the gentle touch of "just a dog"
gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.
If you, too, think it's "just a dog," then you will probably understand phases
like "just a friend," "just a sunrise," or "just a promise."
"Just a dog" brings into my life the very essence of friendship,
trust, and pure unbridled joy.
"Just a dog" brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person.
Because of "just a dog" I will rise early,
take long walks and look longingly to the future.
So for me and folks like me, it's not "just a dog"
but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams
of the future, the fond memories of the past,
and the pure joy of the moment.
"Just a dog" brings out what's good in me and
diverts my thoughts away from myself and the
worries of the day.
I hope that someday they can understand that
it's not "just a dog"
but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps
me from being "just a man."
So the next time you hear the phrase "just a dog."
just smile, because they "just don't understand."
~Sandra Dee
" He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
~Unknown
"If there are no dogs in Heaven,
then when I die I want to go where they went."
~Will Rogers, 1897-1935
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous,
he will not bite you.
This is the principal difference between a dog and a man..."
~Mark Twain
"Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he's owned a dog.
A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes."
~Gene Hill - The Dog Man
"Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies,
quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love
and always have to mix love and hate."
~Sigmund Freud
"Until one has loved an animal
a part of one's soul remains unawakened"
~Anatole France
"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy
licking your face."
~Bern Williams
"No matter how little money and how few possessions
you own, having a dog makes you rich."
~Louis Sabin
"No animal I know of can consistently be more of a friend
and companion than a dog."
~Stanley Leinwoll
"Happiness is a warm puppy."
~Charles Schulz
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Pro-lifers block Planned Parenthood construction site in D.C.
By Carole Novielli | September 21, 2015 , 05:19pm
A group of pro-life activists blocked the site of a new Planned Parenthood center in Washington, D.C., this morning.
Abortion Free DC, led by a group of about a dozen pro-life activists including the Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, Mark Harrington of Created Equal, and full time pro-life activist Lauren Handy, arrived early this morning to the Planned Parenthood site at 1225 Fourth St. NE, which was purchased in August 2013 by Planned Parenthood of Metro DC for $6.15 million. This new Planned Parenthood is intended to replace one that recently closed.
Pizzano Contractors, a company operated by a Catholic businessman, was hired for construction of the abortion center.
After arriving on scene today, Rev. Mahoney updated his supporters, writing on Facebook, "Already a major victory! Before our sit-in at Planned Parenthood in DC, they have stopped all work using heavy equipment! Thank God!"
A message on the group's events page reads:
A generation ago, civil rights activists gathered as a bold and public witness to stand against the injustice of racism and segregation. They risked arrest at lunch counters, on buses and in the public square for peacefully embracing the eternal principles of justice for all.
Today, this generation, faces a similar challenge on the issue of abortion. How we can passively sit by while our brothers and sisters are being brutalized and women being diminished through the tragic act of violence?
Planned Parenthood has been under heavy scrutiny since mid-July, when undercover videos from The Center for Medical Progress revealed how the abortion giant engages in the harvesting and sales of body parts of the children they abort. Congress is currently considering whether to defund Planned Parenthood, which gets over $500 million tax dollars annually.
Abortion Free DC is also calling on Pope Francis to address the issue of abortion and Planned Parenthood when he speaks to a joint session of Congress on September 23.
(Photo credit: Lauren Handy and Patrick Mahoney)
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Reply to post: A global off switch that is only availalbe to "Users"
A global off switch that is only availalbe to "Users"
AKA, people who agreed to permanently waive broad sections of their rights away in return for gaining access to a privacy settings page that Facehugger Inc can change at will, and includes terms that the company can change at will. They can and will constantly Opt-In your account to things on a regular basis even if you don't log into the service after opting out.
Big surprise that Canada and the EU have spanked them for this. Another useful observation is how the sky hasn't fallen on either of them as a result.
Interesting question, what happens when an account created outside Canada or he EU starts posting and tagging pictures of people IN the EU?
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Zuckerberg says Facebook to review policies over use of force, voter suppression amid criticism
by Tal Axelrod - 06/05/20 8:20 PM ET
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social media platform will review its policies regarding discussions on police use of force and voter suppression amid criticism over the company's response to recent protests against the killing of George Floyd.
Zuckerberg said in a memo to employees that he also put on his personal page that he's "committed to making sure we … fight for voter engagement and racial justice" and said the company would undertake "concrete steps" to adjust its policies.
The Facebook chief said he would review policies allowing discussion and threats of state use of force in instances of "excessive use of police or state force [and] when a country has ongoing civil unrest or violent conflicts."
"We already have precedents for imposing greater restrictions during emergencies and when countries are in ongoing states of conflict, so there may be additional policies or integrity measures to consider around discussion or threats of state use of force when a country is in this state," Zuckerberg wrote in the memo.
The memo comes after dozens of former Facebook employees wrote to Zuckerberg panning him for allowing controversial posts from President Trump to stay up, specifically claiming that posts saying "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" is a "betrayal" of the social media platform's ideals.
Those remarks faced widespread criticism for escalating protests across the country, some of which had already devolved into rioting and looting. The protests were sparked after Floyd, an unarmed black man, died while in police custody in Minneapolis.
"[Facebook] claims that providing warnings about a politician's speech is inappropriate, but removing content from citizens is acceptable, even if both are saying the same thing," the employees wrote. "That is not a noble stand for freedom. It is incoherent, and worse, it is cowardly. Facebook should be holding politicians to a higher standard than their constituents."
Zuckerberg had rebutted the criticism, saying Facebook is not an "arbiter of truth."
However, he noted that "the decision I made last week has left many of you angry, disappointed and hurt," and that he is grateful for their input.
"We have so far to go to overcome racial injustice in America and around the world, and we all have a responsibility and opportunity to change that. I believe our platforms will play a positive role in this, but we have work to do to make sure our role is as positive as possible," Zuckerberg wrote. "These ideas are a starting point and I'm sure we'll find more to do as we continue on this journey."
Facebook will also review its policies on voter suppression to ensure people can accurately discuss the issue during the time of the coronavirus pandemic and bat away misinformation.
"We've played a role in protecting many elections and now have some of the most advanced systems in the world. But there's a good chance that there will be unprecedented fear and confusion around going to the polls in November, and some will likely try to capitalize on that confusion," Zuckerberg said.
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NEW YORK — Even in an era of $500 hotel rooms and $18 cocktails, the $442 that a Texas family paid for a ride in a New York City pedicab has become notorious.
The outrageous fare made headlines in the city's tabloids over the summer, and since then, officials have been pushing for a simplified pricing structure so tourists don't get taken for a ride.
Even operators of the pedicabs – essentially adult tricycles with a padded seat that can carry three passengers – say publicity over the mother of all shakedown fares has given all of them a bad name.
"It was not good for us," Souleymane Toure said as he hawked riders for his pedicab in Central Park. "Because any time you stop somebody for the ride they say, `Are you going to charge us $400?'"
Pedicab operators are allowed to charge whatever they like as long as their prices are posted on the side of the cab. But listed prices are often based on a confusing formula – for example, an initial charge of $5, plus $1 or $2 per short block and $3, $4 or $5 per long block. And not all rate cards state clearly that the charges are per rider. A loop through Central Park can be $40, $50 or more per passenger.
That was what led to the $442 fare, which Councilman Dan Garodnick cited during a hearing on the issue last week.
The driver told the Texas couple after their 14-block ride that there was a $100 fare for each additional passenger, even though the daughters, who sat on their parents' laps were 7 and 9. It was technically illegal to have four passengers, but such a trip for three people ordinarily costs $80 to $100.
A proposal before the City Council would scrap the rate cards for a per-minute charge that each driver could set. "They would set it, they would post it and that's the story," Garodnick said. "What we don't want are surprises at the end."
Drivers say they would support changing the current system, but not all agree on what it should be changed to.
Greg Zuman, the vice president of the New York City Pedicab Owners Association and a pedicab driver himself, acknowledges abuse of the rate cards but said he does not support the per-minute system.
His group, he said, would prefer a requirement that prices be quoted before the ride starts. "The prices aren't quoted up front right now, and that's a huge problem," Zuman said.
Tourist Alan Albright, of Kansas City, Kan., said he made sure to negotiate the price before he and a friend boarded a pedicab for a loop around Central Park.
"They told me it was $120," Albright said. "I told him I would only pay $100."
He added, sheepishly, that the original price would have been fair: "We're two people that are a little overweight, so it was a little hard for him to pedal around."
Pedicabs were introduced to New York City in the 1990s as a cheaper alternative to the horse-drawn carriages that operate some of the same routes around Central Park and midtown Manhattan. They have become increasingly popular ever since. There are currently 1,335 licensed pedicab drivers.
On a recent sunny day, a swarm of pedicab drivers tried to entice people waiting for a cab outside Penn Station to ditch the line and take a human-powered cab instead – sometimes just as fast on Manhattan's crowded streets as motorized means.
"I'd feel like a plutocrat, and I hate plutocrats," one man said as he declined.
Jeff Marcus, who lives in suburban Bellmore and works in the city, was tempted by a pedicab sales pitch but stayed in the taxi line instead.
"I know there's been some issues with people getting ripped off," Marcus said. "But if you ask how much it is before, and you agree to a price, you're not going to get ripped off."
Marcus said the pedicab driver quoted a price of $25, but he figured a taxi to his East Side destination would be closer to $10.
"If he'd said $15, I probably would have got in there and it would have been a different experience," he said.
Several Central Park customers said they had enjoyed their rides.
"We saw bridges from movies and fountains from movies," said Kellie Hopkins, of Shrewsbury, Pa., who paid $90 for her loop through the park with daughter. "The man was nice and very personable and he knew everything."
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For so many Americans who rely on Medicare and Medicaid, yesterday's historic Supreme Court ruling was a major victory. According to the New York Times, many improvements that had initially passed in the bill early in 2010 and which could have evaporated had the law been overturned, have now been solidified into the act.
Most important perhaps is the preservation of certain initiatives for advancing efforts to support elderly and disabled people in their homes, rather than in nursing homes, says the NYT. This includes the Community First Choice Option, "which assists states with the costs of in-home programs for people who would otherwise be institutionalized, and the Balancing Incentive Program, which increases federal matching Medicaid funds in states with less coverage for home and community services.
The Christian Science Monitor along with other reputable news outlets covering the milestone ruling are, however, reporting the concerns that some senior citizens may now have.
The annual free wellness exam, which 2.2 million people took advantage of, according to AARP, will continue, along with the first free "Welcome to Medicare" visit.
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Although the title of the book is very general, the theme centers on the Vedic philosophy. The Vedic philosophy has been characterized as religious and dogmatic. No doubt the Vedas contain spiritual hymns; it also contains deep philosophy in its metaphoric maxims. Overall, Vedic literature is deeply entrenched in faith, strong belief in God and creation. In contrast, the empirical science advocates verification and corroboration. Further, science demands induction from facts and not deductions from dogmas. Thus, scientific truths stand opposite to spiritual truths and it has been this way since empirical science made its debut in the sixteenth century.
This book espouses neither spiritualism nor empiricism in strict sense of these terms; rather it merely tries to find correlations between Vedic pronouncements and science, as we know it now. It does not wrap Vedic aphorisms into a package of creationism; rather, it seeks to find the truth; the truth in the criticism that Vedic scriptures are full of mysticism, overstress religion, and, therefore, theological in character.
This is the inspiration and objective of this book. Toward this goal, the Chapters of the book reveal the metaphysics and scientific parallels grounded in those adages. The book discussed the metaphysical concepts embedded in the Vedic philosophy vis-à-vis the Western philosophy as well as the parallels of those conceptual frameworks in modern science.
This book will be useful for students and research scholars in Comparative Studies, Indic Studies, Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy.
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Kanungo has received research grants in the USA and has organized symposiums, including an International symposium, on aspects of Biology and served as co-editor for two symposia volumes on "The Aquatic Environment: Problems and Perspectives." He has several research publications to his credit and has written popular articles in the English newspapers and magazines. Since his retirement, he has published four popular science books of which three are in English and one in Oriya, one of the regional languages in India. The books in English are (1) Human: The Amazing Animal; (2) Food, Nutrition and Health (co-author, Puspanjali Samantaray); and (3) Living World of the Ocean.The book in Oriya Manushya Eka Abhinab Prani (co-author, Basanta K. Behura).
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We issue three Bulletins a year and the subscriptions are £6.50 per annum.
The principal shows are at Leeds, Southport, Birmingham, Peterborough, Nottingham, Norfolk, Southsea and Pembrokeshire.
We have district meeting in all parts of the country.
We will publish in the Bulletins the dates of any show that includes begonia classes in its schedule.
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Sakichi Toyoda
Sakichi Toyoda Biography
Sakichi Toyoda (February 14, 1867 – October 30, 1930) was a Japanese inventor and industrialist. He was born in the Kosai region, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. His father was a Japanese carpenter. and Sakichi would join his father in the workshop which made him interested in the creation of artifacts, and later on, Toyoda would dabble in the mechanical devices.
By 1891, Sakichi patented his first automatic loom. Soon after he would move to Tokyo to publicize his invention and commercializing it. At the beginning, it was not easy, but he added a new gadget to the machine which would make stop the machine when detecting a fault in the fabric. Despite that, Sakichi knew that he had to sell it, at first, at a low cost. As a result, this modern loom began a hand-held competition against artifacts of French and German origin.
With the sales going up, thanks to the basic principles that he imposed on his company: stop operations if there is no process with normality and never commercialize defective products or in poor condition, Sakichi closed a contract with Mitsui to export his products. Certainly, this new machine created by Toyoda generated an authentic revolution in the textile industry in Japan.
In 1907, Sakichi would found Toyoda Automatic Loom Works in the, a company dedicated to the sale of varied textiles, that quickly became the number one in the market by its more economic prices and, six years later, with the help of his son Kiichiro Toyoda, Sakichi made the construction of an automated loom, thus achieving one of his most dreamed of projects. From that moment begins the story of Toyoda (currently known as Toyota).
In 1910 Toyoda undertakes a trip, looking for the company to be installed also in the United States.
Once he returns to Tokyo, he is motivated to meet some car factories that left him perplexed. Years later, Sakichi sells the rights to the British company Pratt Brothers, in order to, reinvest the money in the work of the first Toyota vehicle. Unfortunately, when the projects were taking shape Sakichi was surprised by the death and clearly could not see his dream come true. So, his son Kiichiro to honor the memory of his father continued with the project. Years later, Kiichiro would baptize the company with the name of Toyota.
His son had inherited the entrepreneurial and adventurous spirit of his father; besides, he was very passionate about the world of motor and mechanics. In order to acquire much knowledge about this, he traveled almost 20 years to visit the most successful car factories in the world. Especially Europe and the United States were where he would acquire most of the knowledge to apply in Toyota. On the other hand, he always carried the two principles that his father had postulated, Kiichiro increased his own vision: observe, prove, make mistakes and succeed.
Kiichiro applied his methodology to a Chevrolet model 33′, which he would disassembled completely to know its operation and the pieces that composed it. Some years later, in 1936, presented the first Toyota model A1. This is the first Toyota in history, baptized the Toyota AA, contains a motor of 6 cylinders and a three-speed manual transmission with 3,389 ccs and 62 HP of power.
Later, he used the 100,000 pounds that his father had given him for the sale of the patents, to create a Toyota Type A with a power greater than 65 HP. With this new model, the company took off, and he decided to found Toyota Motor Company, in which, he would apply a production system based on the "just in time" philosophy, which basically managed to produce the quantities necessary to reduce the level of inventory and the number of errors. It was a counter model of mass production. Used in the United States. This system was important in the development of the company, which began to spread throughout the global automotive industry.
During World War II, the Japanese government urged them to produce trucks for the Imperial Army. However, the military trucks were not very successful because they were manufactured in a simple way, due to the inclement shortage in Japan of the materials by the effects of the War.
In 1948, the company experienced a serious financial crisis that led Kiichiro to abandon it.
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Emil Berliner Biography
Emil Berliner (May 20, 1851 – August 3, 1929) inventor. He was born in Hannover, Germany. He grew up in a Jewish environment. Due to a complex economic situation, he had to work to help his parents from a young age, so he did not attend school regularly. His first paid job was as a painter, for later, at age 16, to enter as a clerk in a food store.
According to his experience, he began to be interested in the production methods of the factory where he worked. He was a very versatile man since he built a weaving machine that improved existing ones; It was one of the many inventions of German. In 1869, when a system of repression against Jewish families was installed, Berliner obtained a position in a company located in Washington, United States. The family raised the money needed to support his trip and, especially, to prevent his son from being sent to the army ranks. Then, Emil settled in New York with the idea of finding a job. He returned to Washington. Despite the economic difficulties, he studied at the Cooper Institute electricity and physics.
Motivated by scientists who were researching about the conversion of sound into electrical impulses that could be transmitted on wires; Berliner experimented with the electrical transmission of sound. Thanks to his research he was granted an assistant position of Dr. Constantine Fahlberg in his prestigious chemical laboratory. Soon he invented two electrical mechanisms that reproduced the sound more authentically and made it transmissible in the distance.
The responsibility for creating the prototypes of the microphone and the transformer was Berliner, the two basic mechanisms for electronic communication, in addition to building a carbon transmitter microphone and an iron diagram transmitter. It is clear that sometimes his inventions were inconvenient, but Berliner managed to solve these problems. Occasionally, he used objects that had not previously been used or integrated into an invention.
It was based on the telephone number of Reiss and Antonio Meucci and from there make some progress. Besides, he powered the device invented by Alexander Graham Bell. In this way, Berliner is identified as the inventor of the modern telephone. Berliner offered his invention to the subsidiary of the Bell Company in New York, the offer was finalized in the year of 1878 for $ 50,000. It was not long before the conflict with the Western Union arrived over the patent of the invention, the American courts appealed in favor of Berliner.
In 1881, together with his brother Joseph, he founded the Telephone-Fabrik Berliner, with branches in Vienna, Berlin, Budapest, London, and Paris. Later, he returned to Washington in 1883, where he advanced his independent research on the mechanical reproduction of sound. Berliner created new reproduction materials to improve his invention. One of his most significant contributions was the improvement of the phonograph, the first was patented in 1877.
I create a record player baptized gramophone, with a needle system that would be hegemonic until the end of the 20th century. In 1887 he patented his invention. A year later, the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia awarded him the Scott Medal for his contribution to the development of acoustics and sound reproduction. With collaboration, he founded the United States Gramophone Company in 1893; In 1897 he created the Berliner Gramophone Company in Montreal. He quickly arrived in Europe: he opened the Deutsche Gramaphon Gesellschaft and Britain's Gramophone Co.
We must indicate that Berliner worked in other areas such as aeronautics. Then, he was the first to use a light internal combustion engine. His work was very important because years later he joined the airplanes. His son, Henry Berliner, designed a helicopter that flew successfully in early 1919. His interest in the problems of sound reproduction was greater, which is why he strove to create acoustic tiles for use in auditoriums and concert halls. His contribution was recognized in 1913 and he was awarded the Elliot Cresson Medal in recognition of his scientific contribution to telephony and acoustics. He died on August 3, 1929, as a result of a heart attack.
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James Watt Biography
The engineer and inventor James Watt was born on January 19, 1736, in the town of Greenock, belonging to the nation of Scotland, United Kingdom, and died on August 25, 1819, in the city of Birmingham, the nation of England, United Kingdom. His research inspired the creation of the first steam engines, which served to lay the foundations for the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the second half of the eighteenth century. Due to the contributions, he made in life, as an honor, the decision was made to give Watts (W) the power unit of measure.
He was born in a comfortable home as the son of the treasurer, naval engineer and carpenter, James Watt, and the high-born lady Agnes Muirhead. Because he was constantly affected by his weak state of health, his parents made the decision to educate him at home, being taught most of the time by his mother. When he was 14 years old, he was allowed to attend the Greenock grammar school, demonstrating at that time good skills for mathematics and crafts; possibly this was due to the influence of his grandfather who was a professor of mathematics and the work he saw and even carried out together with his father in the carpentry workshop, but evidenced at the same time little interest in learning Latin and Greek.
When he was 17 years old he became interested in the construction of complex machines that had the potential to be used in the field of mathematics, so he decided to enter the University of Glasgow, where in addition to study aspects of this field he would work as a specialist of the same. For the year of 1755 he moved to the University of London to continue with his research interests, but because the place drastically affected his health his stay lasted just over a year, returning to his previous university; Glasgow. Within the campus of the university began a modest business in which built, repaired and offered for sale mathematical measurement tools, while using these resources for the study on the practical uses of steam, without reaching a satisfactory result.
Approximately in 1764, he was commissioned to repair an atmospheric Newcomen steam engine, which after finishing his work with it, Watt began to think in different ways to improve its design, because he realized that the machine was wasting a lot of energy heating and cooling its pistons, performance being affected.
That same year he married one of his cousins: Margaret Miller, with whom he would have a total of six children. After several attempts, finally, Watt presented a new model of atmospheric steam machine, in which was added a condenser that made it consume less carbon and wasted less energy.
For the year of 1773 his wife died, and after spending three years overcoming his loss, he married Ann McGregor, with whom he would once again have six children. In the year of 1769, he managed to patent the first design of what would be a steam engine, but he would not succeed with it in the market until his association with Matthew Boulton, founding the Soho Foundry company in the year 1774, which would be dedicated completely to manufacture steam engines. Thanks to this he could have at hand better elements to improve his designs and investigate other steam applications, developing a steam pressure gauge in the machines, a rotary engine that improved the simple movement of pumping by a rotating one; serving to feed more than one machine with the energy that was produced, a double action motor that distributed the steam stored on both sides of the piston, and even made a theory to measure the capacity of a steam engine in a unit that he named horse steam.
Some of his lesser-known inventions were a device that could be added to telescopes to calculate distances and a photocopier that moistened texts to transfer his ink to a blank page, making a significant number of copies of the original document. In the year of 1875, he became part of the Royal Society of London for the advancement of natural science, in addition, he became a valuable member for the Lunar Society of Birmingham.
For the year 1800 Watt decided to retire, transferring his responsibilities with the Soho Foundry to his son James Watt Jr. What Matthew Boulton also did. He retired to his house "Heathfield Hall" from where he continued with his inventive interests until he died at the age of 83 years, on August 25 of the year 1819.
Evangelista Torricelli
Evangelista Torricelli Biography
Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647) was an Italian physicist and mathematician who made great contributions in the fields of pure mathematics, integral calculus and the movement of projectiles and fluids. Evangelista Torricelli thought that mathematics was the language that allowed humans to understand nature.
Torricelli was the first man to recognize that air has weight and that atmospheric pressure is variable. From this idea, he created an artifact that was known as Torricelli's tube and that gave rise to the invention of the barometer. On the other hand, in the field of mathematics, Evangelista developed hat is called Torricelli's theorem which helps to calculate the flow of a liquid through an open hole at a certain depth.
Evangelista Torricelli was born on October 15, 1608, in Faenza, province of Ravenna, Italy, and grew up in a humble family. His parents were Gaspare Torricelli, a textile worker, and Caterina Angetti. When their parents realized his potential, they decided to send him to study humanities with his father's brother, Jacobo, who was a Camaldulense friar.
In 1624, he entered a Jesuit college where he was taught in mathematics and philosophy for two years. After his father died, between 1626 and 1627 he traveled to Rome with his whole family (his mother and two brothers) to study with the Benedictine friar, Benedetto Castelli.
Torricelli would be assigned the position of private secretary of Castelli. He used the money obtained with work to pay for his studies so he could stay in the position and studying at the University College of Sapienza until 1632. Later, Castelli appointed Torricelli to replace him as the teacher in mathematics, mechanics, hydraulics, and astronomy in the University College of Sapienza.
On September 11, 1632, Torricelli received a letter from Galileo addressed to Castelli. In his response, Torricelli besides explaining the reason for the absence of his teacher, he took the opportunity to express his admiration for the text Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican that was written by Galileo six months earlier, and presented his support for the Copernicus theory that the earth revolves around the sun.
After Galileo was ordered to appear in Rome for his astronomy approaches, Torricelli decided to move his attention to less dangerous terrain, so he concentrated on mathematics.
In De Motu Gravium et Levium, Torricelli consigned some developments to the mechanical principles set forth by Galileo in his book Two New Sciences (1638). Shortly afterward, on April 10th, 1641, Castelli handed Galileo a copy of this work, and later, Torricelli became Secretary of Galileo. Unfortunately, after three months of coexistence with Galileo in Florence, Galileo passed away.
In spite of the death of Galileo, he remained in Florence as a philosopher and mathematician of the Grand Duke Ferdinand II and professor of mathematics at the Academy. Shortly after, he managed to answer the question that had haunted Galileo: the question of the veracity of Aristotle's theory, which said that Nature abhors a vacuum.
Torricelli achieved the answer by means of an experiment that consisted of filling a tube with mercury (liquid that is 13.5 times denser than water) covering one end of the container and inserting it into another container with more mercury. In this way, it was observed that a part of the mercury that filled the tube is transferred to the second container creating a space for the vacuum. In addition, his demonstration of the existence of emptiness included the clarity that it is not possible to find it in nature but it is necessary to generate it artificially.
In 1643, he demonstrated the existence of atmospheric pressure and developed the basis for the barometer.
The barometer was not Torricelli's only important discovery. For example, thanks to him we know that geometric curves are not limited to their theoretical form but are representations of real physical movements. From this idea, it was proposed to study the parabolic trajectories followed by the projectiles when being fired and reached two conclusions: the first was that "the envelope of all these parables is another parable" and the second was that "the locus of the vertices of all the parabolas is also another parabola." Apart from this, he showed that "the rotation of curves of infinite length can produce solids of finite volume." (Suma, 2009).
Undoubtedly Torricelli was one of the most productive and promising mathematicians of the seventeenth century. It is believed that if he had not died so young (he was only 39 years old at the time of his death) he would have formulated his methods mathematically and would have approached the concept of the limit. It is even believed that he could have invented the infinitesimal calculus. Unfortunately, he lost the battle against pleurisy in 1647, and died in Florence, Italy.
Nikola Tesla Biography
Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan, the Serbian province of Lika, which at that time was called Croatia (Yugoslavia) and died of cardiac arrest at age 87 in New York on January 7, 1943.
Nikola was part of 5 brothers who were underestimated by their father, a Serbian Orthodox priest that decided to invent something that would astonish the world, begin with experiments to take advantage of the strength of the water and the force of the wind. He liked mathematics and had a great aptitude to handle formulas to solve equations. He enrolled at the Polytechnic Institute of Graz, where he specialized in Physics and Mathematics.
"Our virtues and our defects are inseparable, like force and matter, and when they separate, man does not exist" Nicholas Tesla
In the 1870s, Nikola Tesla moved to Budapest, where he worked at the telephone building. He finished his studies at the University of Prague in 1880 and in 1881 he invented a telephone amplifier that reduced static. Besides in that city, he developed the idea of the induction motor, but after several years trying to get interested in his invention, he decided in 1884 to leave Europe and travel to the United States where Thomas Edison hired him to work together making improvements to Edison's inventions, but then they separate due to personality attitudes of both, scientific and commercial issues that Tesla did not handle
In 1885, Tesla received funds for the Tesla Electric Light Company to take charge of developing the improved arc lighting, after doing it so successfully. It was not until 1887 when Tesla found interest in his Alternating Current electrical system and in the financing of his company Tesla Electric Company, that Tesla had already filed several patents for inventions based on alternating current. This system of alternating current attracted the attention of engineer George Westinghouse, who at that time needed to supply the country with long-distance energy. Believing in the genius of Tesla in 1888, Westinghouse acquired his patents and made him a member of Westinghouse. He works tirelessly and it is at this time that Tesla patents several inventions such as Tesla Coil, until in 1893, the Westinghouse Corporation was chosen to provide lighting at the 1893 World Exposition in Chicago and Tesla made several demonstrations of his AC system.
As early as 1895, Nikola Tesla had designed what would be one of the first AC hydropower plants in the United States, at Niagara Falls fed later with the city of Buffalo and New York; This feat full of success definitely became the most important energy system of the twentieth century, remaining the standard since then.
Throughout his career, Tesla discovered, designed and developed ideas that motivated important inventions such as dynamos, radar technology, X-rays, electromagnetic rotating field, remote control, among others.
Based on the wireless transmission of power, in 1900 Nikola Tesla works on his great project, the construction of a global wireless communication system that consisted of transmitting through an electric tower to share information and provide free electricity throughout the world.
Financed by the financial giant JP Morgan, in 1901 Tesla began working on the design and construction of a laboratory with a power station and a massive transmission tower on Long Island, New York, which was called Wardenclyffe. However, the investors had doubts about the viability of the Tesla system and its rival, Guglielmo Marconi, who came with the support of Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Edison. Tesla had no choice but to abandon the project. The staff of Wardenclyffe was dismissed in 1906 and in 1915 the site of the mortgage was executed to the point that in 1917 Tesla went bankrupt and the tower was dismantled and sold to pay the debts that Tesla had.
"Science is nothing more than a perversion of itself unless it has as a final goal the improvement of humanity" Nicholas Tesla
After this, Tesla had the need to return to work as a consultant. However, as time passed, his ideas became extravagant and impractical, to the point that he spent a lot of time in New York caring for wild pigeons. He even caught the attention of the authorities because his idea of building a powerful "death ray" (weapon of ultimate mass destruction), he had generated some interest from the Soviet Union during World War II.
Finally, on January 7, 1943, Nikola Tesla dies poor and lonely in New York. Nevertheless, his great legacy still lives to the present.
There are many Nikola Tesla books, movies of his life and famous works, and the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, Serbia.
In 1994, A street sign identifying "Nikola Tesla Corner" was installed at 40th Street and 6th Avenue near the lab site.
Since 2013, the Wardenclyffe website has been invested in restoration work by Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal.com.
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg Biography
Johannes Gutenberg was an inventor, engraver and printer, creator of one of the inventions that changed the future of humanity: the printing press. Gutenberg was born in Mainz, Germany, in 1397.
His real last name was Gensfleisch. Else, Friele (mother and father) and their brothers, lived in a house called Zum Gutenberg. His family moved to Eltville am Rhein, where his mother had inherited a farm. In the year of 1431 his father died, and two years later his mother also died.
About Gutenberg is not known much until in 1434 when he began to work the silversmith in Strasbourg, where two years later he is interested in perfecting the stature of precious stones. In 1437, inclines his efforts in the elaboration of mirrors. In Strasbourg, Gutenberg founded a goldsmith's workshop with other partners. In addition to his own techniques in the manufacture of mirrors and lenses, and carving of gems, Gutenberg devoted a large part of his time to researching printing techniques, which he already called "New Art."
Between 1438 and 1448, Gutenberg, driven by his interest, took money from the workshop's capital box to continue with the greatest of secrets, his typographical experiments. His partners in the goldsmith business realized the fraud and sued him. It is said that his partners took some printed materials in his time off work by Gutenberg as evidence. The judge noted in his documents that Gutenberg "had bought lead to manufacture pieces that separated and melted." It was also mentioned that there was an object to press the material.
In 1449, Gutenberg lost his trial and was almost forced to leave Strasbourg and return to Mainz, and in that same year, he was associated with a very wealthy lawyer, Johann Fust, who was interested in Gutenberg's typographical advances and start working in his workshop. Fust lent Gutenberg some money to finish a printing press. With the financial support of his partner, Gutenberg worked hard on his project, until around 1450 that he completed his invention, the printing of mobile types. Thanks to Gutenberg's knowledge as a metalworker, they were key to his idea of using steel molds that represented the letters of the alphabet, since these would no longer be broken when the press came on the molds to be printed on the paper. In this way, the problem of the fragility of the old wooden molds was solved.
Gutenberg initiated the edition of the Bible of 42 lines in 1455. The 42-line Bible, or also known as the Gutenberg Bible, had more than 1,200 pages, divided into two columns of 42 lines each. It is a marvel of typographical beauty: the letters were of a Gothic style, very similar to that of the medieval manuscripts. Currently, in the world, 46 copies of the work are conserved.
In 1455, Gutenberg did not have much money to return the money that Fust had lent him, so the union was over, and Gutenberg saw himself in misery; Even Gutenberg had to reveal the secret of setting up printing presses in order to survive. Fust sued Gutenberg for breaking the clauses of the contract and not having returned the money left over from his project. Fust and his son-in-law Schöffer partnered and published The Gutenberg Bible. The following year they released El Psalterio or Psalmorum Codex.
In 1464, Gutenberg was partially blind, and the powerful elector Adolfo de Nassau, who valued the famous invention, welcomed him into his court and gave him the necessary means so that he could survive worthily until the end of his days.
On February 3, 1468, Johannes Gutenberg died in his hometown, Mainz.
"The printing press is an army of twenty-six lead soldiers with whom you can conquer the world."
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North Dakota (US) is 58 times as big as Rhode Island (US)
North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States. It is the nineteenth largest in area, the fourth least populous, and the fourth most sparsely populated of the 50 states. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, along with its neighboring state, South Dakota.
Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh least populous (1,059,361 as of 2019), but it is also the second most densely populated behind New Jersey. The state has land borders with Connecticut to the west, Massachusetts to the north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. It also shares a small maritime border with New York.
North Dakota (US) compared to other US states
California (US) is 2.31 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Texas (US) is 3.80 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Upper Peninsula of Michigan is 0.23 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Alaska (US) is 9.37 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Alabama (US) is 0.74 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Arkansas (US) is 0.75 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Arizona (US) is 1.61 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Colorado (US) is 1.47 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Florida (US) is 0.93 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Georgia (US) is 0.84 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Hawaii (US) is 0.15 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Iowa (US) is 0.80 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Idaho (US) is 1.18 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Illinois (US) is 0.82 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Indiana (US) is 0.51 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Kansas (US) is 1.16 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Kentucky (US) is 0.57 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Louisiana (US) is 0.74 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Massachusetts (US) is 0.15 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Maryland (US) is 0.18 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Maine (US) is 0.50 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Michigan (US) is 0.82 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Minnesota (US) is 1.23 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Missouri (US) is 0.99 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Mississippi (US) is 0.68 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Montana (US) is 2.08 times as big as North Dakota (US)
North Carolina (US) is 0.76 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Nebraska (US) is 1.09 times as big as North Dakota (US)
New Hampshire (US) is 0.13 times as big as North Dakota (US)
New Jersey (US) is 0.12 times as big as North Dakota (US)
New Mexico (US) is 1.72 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Nevada (US) is 1.56 times as big as North Dakota (US)
New York State (US) is 0.77 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Ohio (US) is 0.63 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Oklahoma (US) is 0.99 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Oregon (US) is 1.39 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Pennsylvania (US) is 0.65 times as big as North Dakota (US)
South Carolina (US) is 0.45 times as big as North Dakota (US)
South Dakota (US) is 1.09 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Tennessee (US) is 0.60 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Utah (US) is 1.20 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Virginia (US) is 0.60 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Vermont (US) is 0.14 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Washington (US) is 1.01 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Wisconsin (US) is 0.93 times as big as North Dakota (US)
West Virginia (US) is 0.34 times as big as North Dakota (US)
Wyoming (US) is 1.39 times as big as North Dakota (US)
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Tin HiFi T2 Plus Review: Value-Added
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At this point, everyone who reads this site should already be familiar with Tin HiFi and their famous T2, the IEM that put their name on the audiophile map. It's a nice budget IEM that was one of the two or three truly "neutral" IEMs in its price bracket, and it enjoyed massive success since its release.
Seeking to replicate this success with the T2, Tin HiFi created the T2 Pro. The T2 Pro was markedly brighter and sharper than the already-fatiguing T2, resulting in a signature that was much less pleasant and edging into the realm of esoterism. Despite the allure of the "Pro" suffix the original T2 still vastly outsold its supposed upgrade, and so Tin HiFi goes back to the drawing board once more.
The T2 Plus is Tin's newest attempt to capture the magic of its T2, sporting a completely new shell (unlike the T2 Pro that basically re-used the T2's shell) and at a $10 premium over the original. The T2 cult still remains strong to this day and so I'm here to answer their burning question: is the T2 Plus the true T2 upgrade everyone's been looking for?
Product page: https://www.linsoul.com/products/tinhifi-t2-plus
Driver configuration: single DD
This T2 Plus was kindly provided by Linsoul.
Signature & Tonality
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The signature of the T2 Plus can be described as "warm neutral", more-or-less neutral across the board but with that wideband boost across the lower mids that tilts it slightly into warmth.
The overall tonal balance of the T2 Plus is… good. Excellent even. It definitely has certain colourations going on that give it its own character, for instance a more forward vocal and instrumental presentation along with the aforementioned warm tilt, but nothing that really pushes it into an overly unnatural tonality.
T2 Plus in comparison with the other T2 variants
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The T2 Plus is a clear departure from the original "T2 twins"; gone are the odd lower-midrange emphasis and sub-bass roll-off, now replaced with a more tamed and controlled transition from the lower mids into the bass. The treble sits in between the two, though subjectively speaking it sounds more in-line with the original T2 given the contrast between the T2 Plus' mids and treble.
This is where I have an issue with the T2 Plus, not with its sound but with its naming scheme. I've clowned on the Campfire for invoking the Andromeda name on the Andromeda Gold despite sounding nothing like an Andromeda, and the T2 Plus has the same "problem" here. Sure, the T2 Plus is superior to the T2 and the T2 Pro… but it's also not a T2. I guess Tin HiFi ran out of numbers now that 3 and 4 are taken.
At any case, within the "warm neutral" classification of IEM sound signatures the T2 Plus has the chops to play with the greats. It's not perfect for sure, for instance some of you may find issue with the "early pinna gain raise" from 1kHz to 2kHz causing that forward presentation, but whatever issues it has are peanuts compared to other tonal deficiencies common in IEMs of its price range (and far above it, might I add).
Tone grade: A
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In terms of raw technicality, the T2 Plus still can't shake off the fact that it's a cheaply-produced IEM at its very core.
That's not to say it's bad, but it still performs on the same level as the older T2 variants in resolving ability and note definition. Not bad, but not good either. In fact, it might be at a slight disadvantage due to its frankly abysmal imaging ability; the "in-your-head" effect is especially prevalent on the T2 Plus, resulting in that cross-eyed-esque sensation where it feels like I'm the one singing rather than the image being projected away from my head.
Not much to say apart from that potential dealbreaker, it's just barely above average and lacking the proper sharpness in its attack to be considered high-tier in this regard.
Technical grade: C+
The T2 Plus costs $60, so realistically speaking it should play at the sub-$100 market. But to keep things fair… it should really compete with the sub-$200 (or even $300, depending on your priorities).
Looking at Tin HiFi's own T4 (which costs $110 and is their third most expensive model behind the P-series planars), it's certainly slightly more resolving but the T2 Plus is far better tuned. That's not to say the T4 has bad tonality (it doesn't), but its "spicy" midrange would probably turn off more people than the T2's comparatively mild quirks would. Do the T2 Plus and the T4 stand on equal footing? According to the IEF weighting system… sure. But I will say this: I find myself reaching for the T2 Plus more often than the T4.
So for the first star we ask the question: is it worth the price?
At sub-$100, no question. The T2 Plus could probably go to $100 easy and still retain its value proposition. Not that it should, but it could.
And for the second question for the second star: does it refine its price bracket?
At sub-$100, I can count with one hand the number of IEMs that about as well-tuned as the T2 Plus. Sure it's only merely "good" in terms of technical ability within the bounds of its immediate competition, but it's so far ahead in terms of tonality that it should be on any budget hunter's shortlist.
The 3-star award is a bit of a minefield, as it should be. I don't think the T2 Plus is quite safe enough to be "Worth the Blind". But who knows, I might change my mind later.
Value Rating: ★★
"Redefines the price bracket"
It's not quite like any T2 that has been made before. But the T2 Plus shows that Tin HiFi isn't quite done with the budget stuff, even with its entry into the sub-$500 market.
The T2 Plus builds upon the original T2's legacy of a well-tuned budget IEM and just kicks it up a notch. For anyone looking out for a tonality-focused IEM that wouldn't break the bank, the T2 Plus should be high on your shortlist.
Grade: B- ★★
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Luke357 says:
I've had a pair of these for a few months and I love the way these sound. If you want an intense IEM this is it. I tend to listen to harder alternative rock (Chevelle, Seether, etc) and it sounds amazing through these IEMs. For $60 there is no competition if you want an intense (dare I say aggressive) sound to pump you up.
I have one too. I think it's better than Aria. I bought it for U$ 30.00. For this price it was a bargain. Impressive how opinions on this iem differ. Some people gave it five stars! Each ear is different, each person has a different hearing. No one, or very few people, have perfect hearing, so it seems I doubt there's one item that pleases everyone.
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Carme Artigas is the co-Founder and CEO at Synergic Partners, a company that specializes in Big Data that was acquired by Telefónica in 2015. Carme Artigas has more than 20 years of experience in first line management. She started the first virtual business incubator in 1996, a career path that she has maintained until today leading disruptive technology companies. She is a member of the Technology and Innovation Commission at the CEOE (Spanish Confederation of Employers' Organizations), she also belongs to the Industry Affiliate Partners at the Columbia University Data Science Institute (NYC). Artigas is also a member of the Board of Directors at the Spanish Association of Directors (AED) and has been appointed by the University of Stanford (California) as ambassador in Madrid of the Conference "Women in Data Science" (WIDS).
it is actually a very interesting story. Back in 2001 I had the opportunity to assist at a conference in Barcelona (Spain) where Bill Clinton had a talk. it was one week after the events of 11-S. There was a point at his speech where he said "we had all the data but we were unable to see it". It was then when something clicked in me and from that moment I knew that the future it would be crucial looking at our own data and extracting insights from them.
In 2007 I cofounded a Big Data consultancy firm after more than 20 years in the Telecommunications and innovation field. I was prior the CEO of Ericsson Innova, the venture capital firm of European telecom leader Ericsson. In my whole professional career I have been driven by what was on the edge of technologies.
After more than 10 years in this field I can tell how we, as society, have evolved and matured in the use of data to help companies to extract business value from it but also how in the public sector these technologies have a major impact for the wellbeing of citizens.
Talking about data, there are 3 topics that really catch my attention; the first one, related to the evolution of AI along with its ethical challenges, I think the main issue will not be the technical progress needed to make machines smarter but how we, as society, set the rules for its function.
The second is the one related to the convergence of IoT analytics and blockchain; in both cases we are talking about distributed systems. There is no doubt that Blockchain will play a role in how devices will communicate directly between each other.
Finally, the implications when becoming a data driven organization. Again, the gap in this implementation is not the maturity of the technology but our capacity to internalize that change. A cultural change is needed in order to achieve an organization where decisions are taken by data and not simple intuition.
In the era of Internet is difficult to pick up a couple of Big Data influencers, as we have blogs, articles in the traditional media, twitter, linkedin and so many sources where we share information. But I would say that Bernard Marr, a regular contributor to the World Economic Forum, Forbes and Huffington Post, is one of the first names that comes to my mind. Also, Roger Magoulas, together with Ben Lorica, were the first ones to coin the word "Big Data" as a concept. Thomas L. Friedman, Andrew Ng and John Hagel are also influencers that I read frequently.
OUTSIDE OF BIG DATA WHO ELSE INFLUENCES YOU?
I think this year we will see an important acceleration in the use of wireless 5G, that will allows the development of IoT solutions in many areas, such as Health (e.g. long-distance surgeries) and transport (e.g autonomous car, traffic automation).
Also, in the next months we will see more small and medium companies taking advantage of their own data thanks to Big Data technologies, increasingly affordable and accessible. But more specifically, there will be a speed in the automatization of data wrangling solutions that today takes most of the time of Data Scientists.
Finally, as data privacy is taking an important discussion in society, I think a new ecosystem of platforms will raise where users will have the possibility to manage their own data which up now is not possible.
I am always very open when it comes to sharing expertise and trying to build upon that; that is why I would be interested in collaborating in go-to-market activities, solutions development, partnerships and education.
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Tilkepe Past and Present
This book contains original research done by Father Michael Bazzi in the town of Tilkepe, located in northern Iraq. Tilkepe is at a similar latitude to Carmel Valley in Central California, and just as beautiful and rural.
Professor Bazzi uses empirical data to describe the town, culture, customs, health care and religious beliefs of this town, which up until the 1960's, was over 93% Christian. Using research gathered from the local Chaldean families, the author reveals the heritage of a modern community whose roots trace back to humanity's earliest civilization.
Originally published in Arabic in 1969, father Michael's book is more relevant than ever given the events taking place in the Middle East today. This new edition is in both English and Arabic and contains a never before published addition on the authors grandfather, Shango Bazzi, who was the first "rayis" or city manager of Tilkepe in 1877.
Chaldeans Present and Past
Ancient Mesopatamia is considered the "cradle of civilization" and modern people from that region are still known as Chaldeans. Father Michael Bazzi, who has given many tours in this region, gives us an overview of this region which was home to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the famous "Hanging Gardens of Babylon."
Professor Bazzi takes us on a journey from the ancient lawgiver Hammurabi, to the Patriarch Abraham, through the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, and follows the diaspora up to the present day.
In this book that the whole family can enjoy together, Fr. Michael traces the history of the Aramaic language, the language spoken by Jesus. A guide to Semitic languages is also provided. This book contains stunningly beautiful pictures of historical landmarks taken in 2012 by a daring translator during the recent war in Iraq. This book is excellent for young adults, English Language Learners, and those new to the heritage of the Chaldeans.
Beginners Handbook of the Aramaic Chaldean Alphabets
Are you ready to gently wade into the body of language known as Chaldean Aramaic? Then this is the perfect book for you!
Father Michael Bazzi has put together an extensive primer on the alphabet, vowels, and numbers of this beautiful language. By the end of the Beginner's Handbook, the student will be ready for the brief vocabulary section and dictionary located at the end of the book.
Recommended for language enthusiasts of any age!
Aramaic Language Chaldean Dialogue
This is the textbook Professor Bazzi uses in his first semester of Modern Aramaic at Cuyamaca College.
Most readers of this book are best served by first studying either Read and Write Modern Aramaic or the Beginners Handbook of the Aramaic Chaldean Alphabets.
After a review of the alphabet, we are introduced to pronouns and verbs followed by a large section on grammar and nouns. Included in this edition are a folk song, wisdom sayings, and the Lord's Prayer in modern, classical, and Estrangela versions. Professor Bazzi created this unique learning method for both native speakers wanting to read, write, and speak modern Aramaic as well as non-native speakers seeking to learn Modern Aramaic or lay a foundation in Classical Aramaic.
The Advanced Handbook of Modern Aramaic Language Chaldean Dialect Vol. II
This textbook, written by Father Michael Bazzi, is used in the author's second semester class at Cuyamaca College. This book builds upon Professor Bazzi's unique teaching principles of reading, writing, and speaking learned in the first semester.
This book uses entertaining folk stories to entertain the learner as he dives into the intricacies of the Modern Aramaic Chaldean language. The folk stories are in both Aramaic and English and vocabulary is provided for both.
After studying this book, the student will have an enhanced knowledge of Chaldean culture, have a command of Modern Aramaic Chaldean, and will be able to apply the language principles to Classical Aramaic.
Read and Write The Modern Aramaic in Chaldean Vernacular
This is the same booklet Father Michael uses to teach the children Aramaic at Saint Peters' Chaldean Catholic Church in El Cajon, California.
This 32 page booklet, which is interspersed with colorful graphics and pictures, is consistent in methodology with Fr. Michaels' other Aramaic language books for adult learners. The 22 consonants and 7 vowels of the Aramaic Chaldean language are introduced and the author includes two quizzes to solidify learning. Basic grammar and the verb "to be" are also introduced.
This booklet concludes with the Aramaic version of the Lord's Prayer in modern, classical, and Estrangela script.
Who are the Chaldeans?
This booklet answers questions that many people may have about their new Chaldean neighbors since the Chaldean diaspora from Iraq.
Father Michael Bazzi shares that the heritage of Chaldeans are Christian, not Muslim, even though they are from Iraq. He also explains that how as Catholic Christians from the East they are under the direct auspices of the Pope but are not Roman Catholic.
The author educates the reader that although many Chaldeans were forced to learn Arabic, their native language is Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke. Modern Aramaic, the language currently spoken by the Chaldean people, is declining in usage and the author is making an attempt to unify and preserve this beautiful language. Classical Aramaic is still used for liturgical purposes but is not the spoken vernacular.
Fr. Michael shares some of the culture and ethos of the Chaldean people. He points out that they are a hard working and industrious people. Coming from an agrarian society they acclimated well to San Diego, California, where 70% of grocery stores and liquor stores are owned by Chaldeans.
Although they have been heavily persecuted in their homeland, there are over 800,00 Chaldeans world-wide. After reading this booklet, you will know a bit more about this group whose history goes back thousands of years. And, if you are fortunate, perhaps you can properly educate yourself on how to welcome your Chaldean neighbor to the neighborhood!
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Q: App specific memory in lua, corona labs? I have a android background now i am working in corona labs. I want to know is there any thing like preferences which we have in android. I want to manage cumulative score in my name so i was thinking if we have something like preference.
A: Corona SDK uses file IO to save and load data for your app. There is a folder called system.DocumentsDirectory that you would read and write files from.
See the sample code in the SampleCode/Storage/FileDemo/ folder for an example on how to do this.
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Cut a cross in each chestnut, and place in a pan of hot water and boil for 10 mins.
Peel the nuts and simmer for a further 40 mins.
Pass through a sieve to puree them.
Weigh the puree then weigh the same amount of sugar.
Place the sugar in a pan and for each kilogram / 2lb add 3/4 ltr or 1 1/4pts of water.
Add a little vanilla extract and bring to the boil.
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Q: Integrating SAGA 7.8.1 into QGIS 3.16 (OS Windows 10) I want to calculate the PV potential of roofing using QGIS, similar to this post:
How to calculate total PV potential of a roof using QGIS?.
However, my SAGA version in QGIS does not show me the Potential Incoming Solar Radiation algorithm.
I have downloaded a standalone SAGA version 7.8.1.
Can I integrate the latest/ update the current SAGA version that is used by my QGIS?
The OS I am using is Windows 10.
I am completely new to SAGA in QGIS and have no previous experience in using it.
A: SAGA 7.8 comes with saga4qgis and it provides support for SAGA Algorithms through QGIS Processing Toolbox.
This is a short instruction to install saga4qgis into QGIS 3.16, on Windows10 environment.
(1) Download latest SAGA
Visit SAGA in SorceForge.net, and download the latest zipped version of SAGA (i.e. saga-7.8.2_x64.zip).
(2) Unzip downloaded SAGA and search for saga4qgis.zip file.
(3) Unzip saga4qgis.zip
You will find two files and a folder.
*
*readme.txt: This is the instruction (see below).
*SagaNameDecorator.py
*description (folder with lots of description files)
Open readme.txt - it is short and sweet
Replace the SAGA binaries in:
> C:\Program Files\QGIS X.Y\apps\saga(-ltr)
Adjust the interface in:
> C:\Program Files\QGIS X.Y\apps\qgis(-ltr)\python\plugins\processing\algs\saga(-ltr)
Adjust version in file:
> SagaAlgorithmProvider.py
>> REQUIRED_VERSION = '7.7.'
(4) Folow the instruction as written in readme.txt.
That's it - below is my note but it has no additional information.
*
*Open up [aa] C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.16\apps\saga-ltr folder and delete all files inside it.
*Copy all files of unzipped saga-7.8.2_x64.zip to the above folder [aa].
*Open up [bb] C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.16\ apps\ qgis\ python\ plugins\ processing\ algs\ saga and search for SagaNameDecorator.py file. Replace this file by new SagaNameDecorator.py (which is in saga4qgis.zip).
*In the same [bb] folder, find SagaAlgorithmProvide.py and open it by a text editor (e.g. Notepad++). Change REQUIRED_VERSION = '2.3.' to REQUIRED_VERSION = '7.7.'.
*You will find description folder in the same [bb] folder. Delete all files in this [bb]\description folder, and copy all description files in saga4qgis\description into this.
*Start QGIS 3.16 and examine QGIS Processing Toolbox.
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Mentorship is perceived to play a significant role in the career development and productivity of academic clinicians, but little is known about the characteristics of mentorship. This knowledge would be useful for those developing mentorship programs.
To complete a systematic review of the qualitative literature to explore and summarize the development, perceptions and experiences of the mentoring relationship in academic medicine.
Medline, PsycINFO, ERIC, Scopus and Current Contents databases from the earliest available date to December 2008.
We included studies that used qualitative research methodology to explore the meaning and characteristics of mentoring in academic medicine. Two investigators independently assessed articles for relevance and study quality, and extracted data using standardized forms. No restrictions were placed on the language of articles.
A total of 8,487 citations were identified, 114 full text articles were assessed, and 9 articles were selected for review. All studies were conducted in North America, and most focused on the initiation and cultivation phases of the mentoring relationship. Mentoring was described as a complex relationship based on mutual interests, both professional and personal. Mentees should take an active role in the formation and development of mentoring relationships. Good mentors should be sincere in their dealings with mentees, be able to listen actively and understand mentees' needs, and have a well-established position within the academic community. Some of the mentoring functions aim at the mentees' academic growth and others at personal growth. Barriers to mentoring and dysfunctional mentoring can be related to personal factors, relational difficulties and structural/institutional barriers.
Successful mentoring requires commitment and interpersonal skills of the mentor and mentee, but also a facilitating environment at academic medicine's institutions.
The online version of this article (doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-1165-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
We thank Ms Laure Perrier for her help in designing search strategies and retrieval of articles. Dr Sambunjak and Dr Marušić are financially supported in part by a grant from the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (no. 216-1080314-0245) to Matko Marušić. Dr. Straus was supported by a Canada Research Chair.
The funders had no influence on the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data; or preparation, review or approval of the manuscript. All of the authors are teachers at medical schools and have no competing interests.
Nicholas DB, Globerman J, Antle BJ, McNeill T, Lach LM. Processes of metastudy: a study of psychosocial adaptation to childhood chronic health conditions. International journal of qualitative methods. 2006;5(1), Article 5. Retrieved: August 3rd 2009 from http://www.ualberta.ca/∼iiqm/backissues/5_1/PDF/NICHOLAS.PDF (Accessed October 2009).
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Today I have another manicure for the weekly nail art challenge I am participating in on Instagram this month. The theme for today is mint and lilac so I'm expecting to see lots of lovely delicate manicures! I started off with my gradient in mint and lilac using Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet and Lacey Lilac. I am SO happy with this gradient! See how smooth it is? These colours were so lovely together. I spent a little extra time on the gradient, going over and over it until it looked smooth. It was so worth it and hopefully I'll be able to do some more smooth gradients. I think the fact that these two polishes look amazing together helped a lot too! I'd originally planned on topping the gradient with some delicate white stamping, but once it was done, I thought of roses and decided to do that instead. I used Sally Hansen Purple Pulse and Good To Grape along with Essence white stampy polish for the roses (it was the only white I had! Shocking!) and added the leaves with Essie Pretty Edgy. I wasn't 100% happy with the little roses, but I still liked the overall look. I really think the gradient made it! What do you think?
This is beautiful! I'm glad you went with the roses instead of the white stamping, looks great!
That gradient is killer! I love it so hard!
Absolutely in love with the color scheme, it's perfect to bring out the roses.
Love the colors here, so gorgeous! Your roses are amazing.
Very beautiful!! I think the flowers look great!!
Wow, your gradient turned out amazing!! This whole manicure is so cute!
This is so pretty! I love the gradient underneath, it gives it a real earthy, floral feel to go along with the flowers.
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New Release Dates for LOOPER, PLAYING THE FIELD, THE IDES OF MARCH, THE MASTER, and More
by Matt Goldberg June 9, 2011
Time to break out your calendars, kids! A slew of new release dates have been announced. I'm going to rattle off the release dates right now and then you can hit the jump to briefly learn about the film (if you haven't heard about it already) and what it will be playing against. First up, Box Office Mojo reports that Rian Johnson's Looper is set for September 28, 2012; Roland Emmerich's Anonymous has been pushed back to October 28th; the sci-fi thriller Lockout has been moved to April 13, 2012; the Gerard Butler comedy Playing the Field is slated for March 9, 2012; and the George Clooney political drama The Ides of March has been pushed up a week to October 7th. Additionally, Cigarettes & Red Vines [via The Playlist] reports that Paul Thomas Anderson's religious drama The Master (unofficial title) is looking at a late 2012 release.
Hit the jump for more on all of these films and their current competition at the box office.
Directed by Rian Johnson (The Brothers Bloom). Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt.
Looper is a time-travel action thriller involves a killer (Gordon-Levitt) who works for the mob of the future. He, along with other so-called Loopers, dispose of people that are sent from the future. When he recognizes one victim as his future self (Willis), he hesitates, letting the man escape.
The film currently has no competition on September 28, 2012.
Directed by Roland Emmerich (2012). Starring Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, and Joely Richardson.
Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds ranging from Mark Twain and Charles Dickens to Henry James and Sigmund Freud, namely: who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. Anonymous poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne were exposed in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.
On October 28th, Anonymous will face the sci-fi thriller In Time, the adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel The Rum Diary, and the Jason Statham action flick (redundant, I know) Safe, as well as the limited release of the Sundance hit Like Crazy.
Directed by James Mather and Stephen St. Leger. Starring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, and Peter Stormare.
A man is wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. He's offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.
The only other movie currently set for April 13, 2012 is the giant comedic ensemble Movie 43 (tentative title).
PLAYING THE FIELD
Directed by Gabriele Muccino (Seven Pounds). Starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, and Uma Thurman.
PLAYING THE FIELD kicks off with the homecoming of George (Gerard Butler), a retired soccer pro whose glory days are behind him. Burnt out on his playboy lifestyle and bankrupted by a string of bad investments, George moves back to Virginia to reconnect with his estranged ex-wife (Jessica Biel) and neglected son (Noah Lomax). Making up for lost time, George starts to coach the boys' soccer team. But can he keep his eyes on the goal when the bleachers are stacked with sexy soccer moms and desperate housewives?
Also set for March 9, 2012 is Andrew Stanton's John Carter (of Mars—add it back, Disney) and James Teigue's untitled The Raven thriller starring John Cusack, Luke Evans, and Alice Eve.
Directed by George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck.). Starring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, and Marisa Tomei.
Based off the play Farragut North, Ryan Gosling stars a young press spokesman who falls prey to backroom politics. The play was loosely based on the 2004 presidential campaign of Howard Dean.
The other films set to open on October 7th are Shawn Levy's robot boxing flick Real Steel, David Wain's new comedy Wanderlust, and the limited release of the unnerving psychological drama Martha Marcy May Marlene.
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood). Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Adams.
A soldier (Hoffman) returns to America after witnessing the horrors of World War II and creates his own religion. He recruits a young alcoholic drifter (Phoenix) as his right-hand man.
Obviously, "late 2012" doesn't qualify as a release date, but it shows that Anderson's film will probably be running in the awards race.
'La La Land's Damien Chazelle and Emma Stone to Reunite for 1920s-Set 'Babylon'
I AM NUMBER FOUR Blu-ray Review
Set Photos from THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER Starring Logan Lerman…
• Anonymous • Entertainment • Lockout • Looper • Movie • Playing the Field • The Ides of March • The Master • Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Project
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Mister Sears sang in the choir of our small church in Dedham, Mass. I noticed that oil and grease and dirt had found almost every pour and crevice of his hands. He owned a crowded lawn mower and small engine repair shop near the church. As a youth and football player I had worked hard to clean hands and nails for the early service. But the hands of Mister Sears and my Dad who was a printer were almost impossible to clean. The shape and color of work was oil and grease and printer's ink.
And yet they were kind hands, powerful, like spades that dug deep into the earth. How I loved those hands.
What matters is a pure heart, not whether or not your hands are clean. To sing with a heart full of the love of God, to pray with an open mind and heart. To do the work we can do for the love of fixing a machine, or inking a printer's plate.
I have too little time to spend in judgement of the ones who come with dirty hands. Instead, I pray to "make in me a pure heart, O God", at the dawn of the day. And try to remember what it means to live in wonder and astonishment of all that is.
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Q: exclude non-duplicated int in vector I'm new to C++, I came from Swift background, and I'm thankful for your help in advance.
I have a vector that contains int values. Some of them are repeated.
My task here is to get the largest repeated value from the vector.
Example:
std::vector<int> myVector;
myVector.push_back(1);
myVector.push_back(8);
myVector.push_back(4);
myVector.push_back(4);
I need a function that returns 4 because it's the largest duplicate int in the vector.
Thanks again, and please, if you have any question, please ask it instead of downvoting.
A: Solution based only on std algorithms:
*
*Sort the list using std::sort.
*Iterate backwards over its elements and detect the first one that is equal to its predecessor using std::adjacent_find and reverse iterators.
I doubt it gets simpler than this. For your enjoyment:
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
int main()
{
std::vector<int> v{1,2,3,3,4,4,4,5,6,7,7,8};
std::sort(v.begin(), v.end());
auto result = std::adjacent_find(v.rbegin(), v.rend());
if(result == v.rend())
std::cout << "No duplicate elements found.";
else
std::cout << "Largest non-unique element: " << *result;
}
Live example on Coliru.
Properties:
*
*Zero space overhead if the list can be sorted in place.
*Complexity: O(N log(N)) less than comparisons and K equality comparisons where K is equal to the number of unique elements larger than the one you're after.
*Lines of code making up the algorithm: 2
A: You could use a map, as someone who commented above, and then place the number of appearances of each element of the vector. Afterwards, you take the maximum element via a custom comparator.
Ideone
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <map>
#include <vector>
int largestRepeatingNumber(const std::vector<int> & vec)
{
std::map<int, int> counter;
std::for_each(std::begin(vec), std::end(vec), [&counter] (int elem) {
counter.find(elem) == counter.end() ? counter[elem] = 1 : ++counter[elem]; });
return std::max_element(std::begin(counter), std::end(counter), [] (auto lhs, auto rhs) {
if (lhs.second == rhs.second)
return lhs.first < rhs.first;
return lhs.second < rhs.second;
})->first;
}
int main()
{
std::vector<int> myVector;
myVector.push_back(1);
myVector.push_back(8);
myVector.push_back(4);
myVector.push_back(4);
myVector.push_back(3);
myVector.push_back(3);
std::cout << largestRepeatingNumber(myVector);
return 0;
}
A: I have used the lower bound and upper bound
so strategy is
1)Sort the original vector (so that can use unique function on it)
2)find unique (copy the unique values to a vector so that we can use it to find the values in original vector , not extra search)
3)Find the lower and upper bound value with max distance
for example 1 4 4 8
4 will have max distance
5)Store in map using the count as index (map is ordered so max duplicate value will be at the end )
#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
#include<vector>
#include<map>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
std::vector<int> myVector,myvec,counter;
map<int,int> maxdupe;
myVector.push_back(1);
myVector.push_back(8);
myVector.push_back(4);
myVector.push_back(4);
sort(myVector.begin(),myVector.end());
std::unique_copy(myVector.begin(), myVector.end(), std::back_inserter(myvec));
std::copy(myvec.begin(), myvec.end(), std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
cout<<endl;
for(auto i = myvec.begin(); i!=myvec.end();i++)
{
auto lower = std::lower_bound(myVector.begin(), myVector.end(), *i);
auto upper = std::upper_bound(myVector.begin(), myVector.end(), *i);
maxdupe[upper - lower] = *i;
}
for(auto i= maxdupe.begin();i!= maxdupe.end();i++)
{
cout<<i->first<<i->second<<endl;
}
return 0;
}
Output
1 4 8
18
24
Program ended with exit code: 0
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When things don't work out for our struggling learners, we often want to jump in and rescue them. It's easy to become focused on their struggles instead of their strengths. When there is a disappointment educationally, we often sweep it under the rug and don't discuss it. I'm always looking out for ways to open discussion with my kids (my own and my students) about their struggles in a way that encourages them. I found two children's books recently which helped me with those discussions. I want to share one of those with you today. These books also work with my older students. We might not read the whole book, but I do show a few pictures and tell them something I found interesting.
In the book Anna, Kid Engineer it is once again time for the annual Science Fair at East Creek Elementary School. Anna isn't excited about the event because of the embarrassing projects she came up with during her 3rd and 4th grade years. Anna loves to tinker and make new things out of old toys she finds at yard sales, but what does her tinkering have to do with a science fair project? In the process of trying to figure out a project, Anna discovers that she is a kid engineer!
Anna, Kid Engineer launched today but I received a copy early to review. It's fantastic! While this book doesn't mention anything about learning disabilities or struggles, it does talk about a disappointment Anna endured a few years before. After the disappointment in her science fair project, Anna discovered her love for building things. So many of our struggling learners work with their hands to learn, create, and express themselves and this book will encourage them! You'll have to get your own copy to see how Anna did this year at the Science Fair and how her tinkering paid off! The author, Shenek Alston, has a website Make Math More Fun and right now you can get a free download of fun engineering facts in the download section of that website!
When you buy the book as an ebook, you get a free audio version!
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S.M.I.L.E Microfinance is a non-banking -finance company (NBFC),registered with and regulated by the Reserve Bank of India, it got incorporated in 21st March 1995.
S.M.I.L.E Microfinance is the first Chennai based Microfinance Institution (MFI) to set up operations in 2005 and has a first mover advantage .
Company is engaged in providing microfinance services to Women from poor segments of urban and rural Tamil Nadu .
Company adopts JLG model to provide unsecured loans to the members , this ensures credit discipline through weekly, fortnightly, monthly meetings to make sure individual members are diligent in utilizing the loan and are prompt in repaying their loan.
In 2006 ,The Company got registered as a non-deposit accepting Non-Banking Financial Company ('NBFC-ND') with the Reserve Bank of India ('RBI').
In 2015 ,it obtained license from RBI to operate as a Non-Banking Financial Company -Micro Finance Institution ('NBFC-MFI').
In 2010 there was a private equity infusion of ₹50 crore from the USA -Developing World Markets ,this infusion was funded across three tranches.
As at March 2020, SMILE Microfinance has presence across 7 states with a portfolio outstanding of INR 606 Cr, managed through a network of 137 branches and a team of more than 800 employees.
SMILE MICROFINANCE Product & Services
SMILE offers - Group Loans. Group Loans are used by women, for income generating activities. SHARE has created this product with an intention to build deeper relationships with clients who want to grow their businesses, and at the same time expand the client base by reaching out to new clients.
SMILE MICROFINANCE Industry Overview
India is the largest microfinance market in the world, with the sector growing at an average rate of over 50 per cent. Consequently, it is attracting domestic and foreign investors and new players, who are hoping to practice profitable philanthropy.
Microfinance, or micro-credit, typically comprises very small-sized loans of about INR 7,400 extended to an individual or a group of individuals, which are called self-help groups (SHGs). Borrowers are generally from the weaker sections of society.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country's central bank, has urged banks to opt for the SHG model to lend to over 3 Cr small and micro units, to ensure they have easy access to funds.
Market overview:
According to the Intellecap study, the market size for microfinance in India is in the range of 5.8 to 7.7 Cr. clients, assuming the entire poor population of the country represents potential clientele. This translates to an annual credit demand of INR 42,180 Cr. to INR 1.4 Lakh Cr., assuming loan sizes range between INR 7400 and INR 18,500.
India microfinance market is anticipated to grow at a brisk CAGR of more than 40% through 2025, predominantly on account of increasing demand for microfinance loans from the MSME sector. The main objective of microfinance organizations is to give a chance to low-salary borrowers to become self-sufficient.
Investment Scenario:
Svasti Microfinance Private Limited has raised a total of INR 31 Cr. from its existing investors Adar Poonawalla, Nordic Microfinance Initiative (NMI) and Rajiv Dadlani Group. It will also be raising around INR 150 Cr. of equity in FY 2022 to fund growth plans.
Asirvad Microfinance Ltd has mobilised INR 111.2 Cr., 7-year commercial loan from US-based WorldBusiness Capital (WBC), Inc
SMILE MICROFINANCE Strengths
The company has 137 branches across 7 states including Central Indian states Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka in South India.
The company has excellent NPA ratios. Its GNPA and NNPA for FY20 were 0.2% and 0.0%, respectively.
The company has excellent profit margins. Its EBIT margin and EBITDA margin for FY20 were 39.2% and 40.5%, respectively.
Company's total income increased by 17.6% in FY20, when compared to FY19.
The company's Net interest margin is best in its peers.
SMILE MICROFINANCE Shortcomings
The company has a low to moderate profitability.
SMILE MICROFINANCE Opportunities
The NBFCs-MFI industry has a microloan portfolio of 74,371 Cr. at at the end of March 20 registering a year-on-year growth of 31%. MFI industry is growing at a rapid pace.
SMILE MICROFINANCE Threats
The continuation of pandemic can adversely affect the collections in the asset classes of microfinance as the same. As per Acuite Ratings, the collections of MFIs and smaller NBFCs drop to 65-85% in Q1 FY22.
The company faces a stiff competition from other microfinance institutions like Equitas Small Finance, ESAF Microfinance, Fusion Microfinance, Annapurna Microfinance, Muthoot Microfinance etc.
SMILE MICROFINANCE Rating
SMILE MICROFINANCE Detail Info
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Reg Office: 14/25, Chakrapani Street,West Mambalam, Chennai , Tamil Nadu 600033.
Website: http://www.smileltd.in
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US cricket fans in for some exciting times
Mumbai Mirror / Updated: Jan 10, 2021, 13:37 IST
File image of Sunil Gavaskar in Louisville
The Sunil M. Gavaskar cricket field in Louisville, Kentucky in USA, is taking steps to be one of the leading cricket fields in the nation and one of the most beautiful International cricket venues in North America. The nations cricket governing body USA Cricket has had multiple discussions with officials of Louisville Parks & Louisville Cricket Club to impart turf wicket knowhow and the ensuing maintenance. Plans are also underway to build international standard pavilion & media area.
Suraj Viswanathan, a USA Cricket Board Director, who has been working closely with the Louisville Cricket Club on this project, explained, "One of the biggest challenges to developing competitive domestic cricket structures within the USA is the lack of good quality turf wickets that are available. To cultivate such wickets requires significant investment, knowledge, skill and time, and USA Cricket is delighted to see those factors coming together at the Sunil M Gavaskar Cricket field and to be able to support the plans. We look forward to seeing the progress in Louisville over the coming months, and to scheduling some high quality domestic and international cricket there in the future."
The project for installing two turf wickets at Sunil M. Gavaskar field at Hays Kennedy Park is a public - private partnership between Louisville Parks & Louisville Cricket Club. The project is set to commence later this month. "The Louisville Cricket Club has been a tremendous partner and in teaming with Louisville Metro, we're showing our city is embracing this growing, worldwide sport," said Dana Kasler, Director of Parks and Recreation in Louisville, Kentucky. "The Gavaskar Field is a true gem, and we're committed with Louisville Cricket Club to help make it an international showcase for cricket."
Sunil M. Gavaskar Cricket field, home field for Louisville Cricket Club was inaugurated in October 2017 by Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer & Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar. "Louisville is an increasingly global community and of course, a huge sports town. I'm thrilled that cricket has become such a part of our sporting landscape, and I can't wait to see what's next at Gavaskar field" Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said.
"It's a great move forward," quipped Sunil Gavaskar when reached out for his comment on the planned improvement at his namesake field. """With planned turf wickets, pavilion in the near future, the Sunil M. Gavaskar Cricket field in Louisville, KY is on path to be one of the few international cricket venues in the US, capable of hosting national/international cricket events and also become home to a proposed professional cricket team. Cricket lovers in USA are in for some exciting imes," the cricket legend added.
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The college is currently engaged in a diversity, equity and inclusion self-study using the NERCHE rubric, logic models and work plans.
We are currently assessing the most recent results of the self study administered to student services staff as well as the results of the d/e/i survey administered to faculty.
The results will be compiled and shared in an open meeting hosted by the Council for Inclusive Excellence as well as posted on the website that is currently under revision.
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Similar works to Maha Maamoun's Beach (2005) were recently acquired by the Met with help from Art Jameel.
As part of its ongoing effort to diversify its modern and contemporary holdings, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Art Jameel will launch a new partnership. The Saudi Arabia–based nonprofit announced the news ahead of the winter 2018 opening of its new space, the Jameel Arts Centre Dubai.
The partnership will allow the Met to acquire more modern and contemporary work by Middle Eastern artists—an area of art history that has been of interest to many museums in Europe and the United States of late. Art Jameel recently helped the museum acquire work by Egyptian artist Maha Maamoun.
The Jameel Arts Centre Dubai will be one of the first nonprofit contemporary art institutions in the United Arab Emirates. It will occupy some 107,640 square feet, and will be designed by the British firm Serie Architects. The Dia Art Foundation's director, Jessica Morgan, and curator and writer Murtaza Vali are currently overseeing the arts center's curatorial council.
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Get henry copeland's new iteration quotes.
The iterations range from little snippets and updates, comments to long analysis pieces and reported pieces. It's key to the model that you suit the format or genre to the particular increment of news you're putting in front of readers. If you know the site, you know this. You know what they look like, how they unfold. But the architecture of the site has never had a good way to capture those narrative arcs. If you know the site's idiom, you recognize them. If you don't, it can be a little bewildering. And even if you do recognize them the site has never had a very good way of stitching those narratives together or allowing you to trace them backwards or forwards in time. So that's one thing new we have coming and something we'll be working on over the next few months.
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One new show that I was looking forward to seeing recently is "It Takes a Church," which airs on the GSN. This reality dating show is unlike others that you have seen.
"Hosted by 2014 Grammy® Nominee and multi Dove Award winner Natalie Grant, IT TAKES A CHURCH features Christian congregations across the country who play matchmaker in a competition to help an unattached fellow parishioner find their partner. Each one-hour episode features a different congregation from across the country including Brooklyn, NY; Baltimore, MD; Goshen, IN; Milwaukee, WI; Rock Hill, SC; Oxnard, CA; and Tempe, AZ.
Each week, one unsuspecting single who has a desire to find a mate, is surprised to learn that their church is coming together to help them find love, led by their own Pastor, who speaks to the situation and gives advice on the potential suitors.
Luckily, I was sent a screener copy of the pilot episode, which premiered on June 5th at 9/8C, and have to say that this is a wonderful concept and one dating show I can see myself watching and enjoying. I oftentimes hear single friends talk about their dating struggles, and how a few found love through match ups from fellow church members. I personally liked watching the church members recommending and even helping the contestant select potential dates to go on.
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Q: Generate an array of integers from text file of strings on separate lines. Better way? So I have this extremely long .txt file that contains all unordered integers from 0 to 100,000, inclusive.
Ex of .txt
142142
142421
45454
355
etc...
And after some manipulation I was able to successfully achieve the goal of generating an array from those numbers into a list of strings.
arr = open('/Users/macroot/Desktop/data.txt')
data = []
for line in arr:
data.append(line)
data
Out[ ]: ['142142\n',
'142421\n',
'45454\n',
'355\n',
'etc...\n']
Furthermore, I even figured out that I can remove the new line tag and convert each element to an integer.
data = list(map(lambda x: int(x.rstrip()), data))
data
Out[ ]: [142142,
142421,
45454,
355,
etc...]
Wonderful! Now I can put this into a merge sort algorithm and count some inversions! But wait, what is my question?
Surely there is a better, built in method that reads in a file and does these modifications automatically, right?
A:
Surely there is a better, built in method that reads in a file and
does these modifications automatically, right?
Since your file constains a lot of lines, it's a good idea to read the content line by line instead of whole content. But you can simplify this by using a list comprehension.
with open('/Users/macroot/Desktop/data.txt') as f:
array = [int(line) for line in f]
Also, if you're using numpy library you can apply
array = np.genfromtxt('/Users/macroot/Desktop/data.txt', dtype=np.int32)
which returns a generator.
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You may have seen the recent press coverage of the European Union Court of Justice decision against Google which ruled that European search engines must remove all "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive" personal data on request.
The case was brought by a Spanish man who complained that a search of his name on Google returned an article from 16 years ago about the sale of a property to recover money he owed, information which the individual claimed infringed his privacy given the matter had been resolved and was no longer relevant to his present circumstances. The rather ironic side-note here is that the case has probably done more to highlight the individual's private life than he would ever have suffered via limited Google searches!
In response to the ruling, Google (although the same applies to all search engines used in Europe) has now developed an application form which individuals can complete to request that personal data be removed. Google have said that when evaluating a request they will consider whether the results include outdated information as well as whether there is a public interest in the information. They describe public interest as being data about a person which may relate to things such as, "financial scams, professional malpractice, criminal convictions or your public conduct as a government official".
The ruling has been labelled as the "right to be forgotten" in reference to the new data protection legislation originally proposed back in 2012 by the European Commission which contained similar rules around individuals being able to request that a company remove personal data held about them, however that legislation continues to be debated across Europe with the UK a particular detractor of aspects of the proposed changes.
It will be interesting to see whether this recent Google ruling has a knock on effect should customers now challenge the use and storage of their personal data.
If you have any queries regarding the article, please email [email protected].
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National Highway 122 is a national highway of India. This highway runs entirely in the state of Bihar. It is a spur road of National Highway 22. NH-122 was previously numbered NH-28.
Route
NH-22 near Muzaffarpur - Dholi - Musrigharari - NH-31 near Barauni.
Junctions
Terminal near Muzaffarpur.
near Musrigharari
Terminal near Barauni.
See also
List of National Highways in India
List of National Highways in India by state
References
External links
NH 122 on OpenStreetMap
National highways in India
National Highways in Bihar
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A kertszobrászat a szobrászat egyik szakosodott ága. Egyik értelmezésben a kertet díszítő, emberi kéz által megformált kő- vagy műkő elemek. Másik értelmezésben az alakfák és szoborformára nyírt díszbokrok. Ezt inkább növényszobrászatnak nevezzük.
A kertszobrászat kövekkel, műkövekkel foglalkozó ága, amely a kert használhatóságát és nagyfokú kényelmét biztosítja. Egyszerűbb elemei a térkövek, járdaszegélyek, kőoszlopok. Bonyolultabb elemei a lépcsősorokat szegélyező kőkorlátok és a szökőkutak.
Kertszobrászati elemek
Az egyik leghétköznapibb elem a járdaszegélykő és a járdák, utak térburkoló kövei. Másik gyakori elem a parkokban látható műkő virágtartó, de ide tartoznak a sírkerti vázák és a kastélyvázák is. Külön figyelmet érdemelnek a szökőkutak. A nagyobb virágágyások és szökőkutak oldalait szintén szegélykövezik, az erre a célra legyártott oldalkövekkel.
A kertszobrászat története
A Kertszobrászat legrégebbi példái az ókorból maradtak ránk. Szép példái az óindiai, és egyiptomi templomkertek, és főúri kertek szökőkutai, valamint azok környezetében fellelhető kőpadok és kő virágtartó edények. Külön figyelmet érdemel Szemiramisz függőkertje - ami a kertépítés ókori remekműve. Az ókori görög-római kertépítés is gyakran használt szobrászati elemeket a kertek díszítésére.
Ezt a hagyományt később a mediterrán területeken tovább vitték a főnemesek, majd később már a módos polgárság is. A télen hóval fedett területeken kevésbé tudott elterjedni a könnyen megmunkálható kövek fagyérzékenysége miatt. Napjainkban a fagytűrő kövek is jól megmunkálhatók a mai eszközökkel, ezért a jövőben a kertszobrászati elemek terjedése várható. A télen hóval fedett területeken is tért fog hódítani az elképzelések szerint.
A kertszobrászat szakmai megvalósítása
Szobrászati szaktudást igényel a speciális igényeknek megfelelő öntőformák elkészítése és az öntőformák legyártása. Az öntőformák használata már nem igényel művészi képességeket. Elég hozzá egy építőipari szakma vagy egy betanított munkás.
Szobrászat
Kertészet
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THIS AGREEMENT, made as of this ___ day of 2017, by and between _____________________, herein referred to as "Producer," and Ozark Farmers Agricultural Cooperative (OFAC) an agricultural cooperative having an office in the state of Missouri, herein referred to as "The Cooperative".
This Agreement supersedes and cancels any prior agreement entered into between the parties thereto.
The Cooperative is an agricultural cooperative organized under the laws of the State of Missouri.
C. Full membership, a producer becomes a full member that agrees to grow for the co-op and have the co-op market their entire crop grown from annual plants.
D. Associate membership, an associate member is a producer that sells some or all of their product through the co-op, products sold by associate members are, crafts, meat, eggs, baked goods, canned goods, produce, and all other agricultural products.
Producer must have written consent from the board of directors to market a product under the Ozark Farmers Co-op label and insurance if it is for a market other than the primary market of the co-op. All money from products sold under the Ozark Farmers Agricultural Co-op label and insurance must be turned into the treasurer with receipt within 5 days in order to be pulled in with the product of similar kind and grade. Failure to turn in the money collected will result in breach of contract.
E. This entitles Producer to all the benefits of membership in the Cooperative as long as Producer complies with the Articles of Incorporation, policies, standard operating procedures, and the bylaws of the Cooperative and the provisions of this agreement.
The Cooperative may at any time pool any or all Product(s) of Producer with any other Product(s) of a similar kind and grade. Producer shall receive, for Product(s) pooled, a unit price equal to the average net unit price obtained for the pooled Product(s). The Cooperative will make every effort to market all of the Producer's product(s) set forth in this agreement. If the cooperative is unable to market all products under this marketing agreement, the Producer will not be liable or in breach of contract.
The Cooperatives primary market is top quality products at their highest grades. In cases where there are multiple grading criteria's beyond a pass or fail (such as a grade number 2 tomato), the Cooperative will make every effort to market the lesser graded products for the members.
Produce. The co-op agrees to sell the produce at retail, discount or wholesale depending on the market and quantity of the produce that need to be sold. the proceeds from the sales of produce will be split 70/30. 70% of the proceeds will go to the producer, 30% of the proceeds will go to the co-op.
All other products other than produce. The co-op agrees to sell products from associate members on a consignment basis. The sell price will be established between the producer and the co-op, the proceeds will be split 70/30. 70% of the proceeds will go to the producer, 30% of the proceeds will go to the co-op.
Section 2: Delivery. All Product(s) shall be delivered by Producer at Producer's expense at the earliest reasonable time after harvesting, or at such time as called for by the Cooperative, to the Cooperative's principal place of business.
Section 3. Inspection and Grading. The Producer is responsible for inspecting, grading and packaging all Product(s) before delivery to the Cooperative's principal place of business or to one of the Cooperative's authorized distribution/collection locations. The Cooperative may perform a quality control spot inspection or may inspect all products delivered. The Cooperative has final grading authority and can reject any product(s), single or batched together, that do not meet the grading criteria established by the Cooperative.
Section 5: Termination and Renewal. This agreement is for one year from the date of execution. A new Marketing Agreement must be submitted for renewal.
Section 6: No Contrary Agreements. Producer warrants that Producer has not contracted to sell, market, consign, or deliver and will not contract to sell, market, consign, or deliver any Product(s) under this agreement during the term of this agreement to any person, firm, other cooperative or corporation, contrary to this agreement.
Section 7: Forfeiture of Membership. Violation of this agreement in any material respect by Producer shall be grounds for the Board of Directors to terminate Producer's membership in the Cooperative.
Section 8: Articles, Bylaws, Policies, Quality Assurance Requirements, and Standard Operating Procedures. Producer agrees to conform to and observe the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Policies, Quality Assurance requirements, and Standard Operating Procedures of the Cooperative now in force and as they may be amended hereafter.
Section 9: Entire Agreement. It is agreed that the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Policies, Quality Assurance requirements, and Standard Operating Procedures of the Cooperative, now or hereafter in effect, and this marketing agreement constitute the entire agreement between the Cooperative and Producer, and that there are no oral or other conditions, promises, covenants, representations, or inducements in addition to, or at variance with, any terms of this agreement.
Section 11: Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.
Signatures. To make the contract official, it must be signed by both parties. If the producer is a business and not a real person, the Cooperative should check to make sure the signee for the business is authorized to enter into such agreements for the business.
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Rado Unveils Captain Cook Bronze Watch In Burgundy
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Introducing Stefano Ricci Octagon Watches
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Vacheron Constantin, Mr Porter Release Fiftysix Day-Date Petrol Blue Watch
It was just two years ago at the famed Abbey Road Studios in London that Vacheron Constantin unveiled its Fiftysix collection to the world. Since then, the line has enjoyed many iterations, but today's release on Mr. Porter of the Fiftysix Day-Date Petrol Blue watch may be one of the most stunning unveiled this year.…
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Up Close: Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Heritage Blue Abyss
It isn't every day that a person has a watch made to honor their 70thbirthday, but Michel Parmigiani isn't just any person. The now 70-year-old master watchmaker is the founder of Parmigiani Fleurier and in honor of this birthday, the brand is creating a limited edition series of the first wristwatch he designed, the Toric,…
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Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona Sells For $5.1 Million At Racing Pulse Auction, Steve McQueen's Heuer Monaco Gets $2.2 Million
Well it seems that Paul Newman is slightly cooler than Steve McQueen in the auction world — or at least Newman's Rolex "Big Red" Daytona was in higher demand than the TAG Heuer watch McQueen wore on the last day of filming the movie LeMans. But both of them achieved great prices, and the TAG…
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Q: WebDAV get free space info I'm working with Yandex Disk API (http://api.yandex.com/disk/doc/dg/reference/propfind_space-request.xml).
Having trouble with adding property in the request body (quota-available-bytes and quota-used-bytes)
public static string SpaceInfo(string path)
{
// Authorization.
HttpWebRequest webReq = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://webdav.yandex.ru/");
webReq.Accept = "*/*";
webReq.Headers.Add("Depth: 0");
webReq.Headers.Add("Authorization: OAuth " + token);
webReq.Method = "PROPFIND";
// Adding data in body request.
string inputData = @"<D:propfind xmlns:D=""DAV:""><D:prop><quota-available-bytes/></D:prop></D:propfind>";
byte[] buffer = new ASCIIEncoding().GetBytes(inputData);
webReq.ContentType = "text/xml; encoding='utf-8";
webReq.ContentLength = buffer.Length;
try
{
HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)webReq.GetResponse();
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(resp.GetResponseStream());
string dinfo = sr.ReadToEnd();
return dinfo;
}
}
I don't get any response, maybe i can use another method? What should i do?
Thanks!
A: quota-available-bytes should use same namespace "D"
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Another effort I've been making lately is simply to have less. Less clothes, less food in fridge, less clutter, LESS STUFF. I cannot tell you how much peace of mind it brings me when my refrigerator isn't filled to the brim with stuff. It's so much easier to keep organized when there isn't as much there. I now like to get the bare minimum/essentials and replenish as needed. This also helps to avoid wasting any produce.
So, I bought a 12 pack of glass jars (very inexpensive, by the way) and it has transformed my fridge. They're not only a space saver, but I can now see what everything is; it's out in the open, and I'm more inclined to reach for it when I'm hungry. For example, I used to have arugula and spinach in plastic bags stuffed in bins, I would never see them and sometimes forget about them. Now, they're in jars, out in the open, and stay fresh way longer.
Create a few sections in the fridge so that you know where an items goes and can put it back neatly. This one is pretty basic, but a life saver.
I like curly kale for salads, spinach for smoothies, tuscan kale for juicing (just easier to put in the juicer), collard greens for wraps, arugula for EVERYTHING.
I'm a pickle/kraut addict. I've always got jars of something pickled and fermented on hand. Hot pink picked onions add a pop of color and flavor to any dish, and probiotic rich smoked jalapeño kraut is perfect on anything, to be honest.
Having kombucha is such a treat, my boyfriend and I share one everyday and I just love all of the flavors and options out there now.
I like to always have cilantro, parsley and mint. They're best stored in a glass of water (as pictured), think of them as little bouquets of flowers.
I love to have fresh berries on hand, grapefruits, and any seasonal fruit. Right now I've been having a lot of mangos and peaches.
Dijon mustard, fish sauce, sriracha, thai chili paste, Veganaise (just because I have an egg yolk sensitivity). I love to make my own salad dressings, marinades and sauces, so these are always good to have on hand.
Leftovers, some ghee butter, fermented cod liver capsules (good for acne prone skin!), hemp oil (I use it to wash my face…or in a salad dressing), beets, paleo granola, nuts, ginger, turmeric, dates, peppers, romaine lettuce, cauliflower, sprouts, jalapeños, green apples. You'll also often find a bottle of rosé or some random IPAs, because life is to be enjoyed and balance is key!
What kind of fermented cod liver capsules do you use?
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